I have made it back to Ohio from Minnesota today - no small feat considering all the snow across the middle part of the continent. Amazing how a little phase change can cause such a ruckus.
I was greeted with new news from Indonesia when I got back to Granville. Anak Krakatau, the volcano that has risen in the location of the collapsed Krakatau in the Sunda Strait (see below), has become active enough for Indonesian officials to begin considering evacuations in the surrounding region. Very few people live on the island that is the home of Anak Krakatau, but as the devastation on both sides of the strait during the 1883 eruption of Krakatau show, you don't need to be at the volcano to become a victim of its eruption. During the 1883 eruption, the eruption and collapse of the volcano produced a large tsunami that killed thousands on ...
