Krakatoa: The Last Days, Clip 3 - Loudest Sound

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1JPxgYuJM

From the BBC docu-drama, "Krakatoa: The Last Days." The movie is also known as "Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction" and aired on Discovery Channel. The movie brings to life the journals and recollections of four witnesses who survived the cataclysmic eruption of Krakatoa in August of 1883.

The Beijerinck (Beyerinck) family leaves the village of Ketimbang, Sumatra for their hut situated on higher ground further inland, along with 3,000 survivors on August 26, 1883 after a tsunami struck the village earlier in the day. The family arrived at their hut around midnight and settled down, exhausted but relieved, believing the worst was behind them.

The next day, August 27, four enormous explosions occurred early in the morning about one hour apart. The northern two-thirds of Rakata Island, one of the three islands which comprised Krakatoa, had collapsed. The last explosion was the loudest sound in recorded history, and was heard as far away as Perth, Australia. Its sound pressure level was at approximately 180 dBSPL at a distance of 100 miles (160km). To imagine its impact, the human threshold for pain is at 134 dBSPL and short-term effect hearing damage can occur at 120 dBSPL.

If you would like to read Johanna Beijerinck's in-depth account of her family's survival through this volcanic catastrophe, please visit:

Survivor Diary -- Johanna Beyerinck
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/diaries/johanna.html

If you want to see the full docudrama, you can catch it on Discovery Channel, rent it, or buy the DVD at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krakatoa-Last-Days-Rupert-Penry-Jones/dp/B000FTJ79G/r...

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[Riveramaya123]

why did they make out in a time like that

[MelodyOfVision]

@Riveramaya123 - Yeah, I know! What an awkward moment. I could come up with a million more appropriate things to do other than make out with my significant other (such as writhing in intense pain on the floor). I was thinking, "Wha...? Good grief! Get a room you two!"

[macktheknife888]

My bathroom has to put up with load noises:)

[milodara93]

@dragonforks93 lmao..

[NickWaterfall]

@Ezza190 Yellowstone doesn't blow up in one big explosion....

[dragonforks93]

"Can you hear me?"

"No"

WTF?

[Ezza190]

Krakatoa, what a crater, I think she will do that again, but I guess Yellowstone would make Krakatoa a joke, even if she blows again the sound won't beat the blast that Yellowstone will make

[DetroitTigersFan187]

dude every one in north america will have their ears literally explode when yellowstone blows up!

[MaxBialystock]

@AndromedaChao2 All the enormous pressure that was built up.

[FanOfStephenKing]

@ominageeshi Yellowstone will probably be thousands of times louder than Krakatoa. I live in Colorado.

[WeakenCombo]

ROCK RAIN YEEHAW

[superjboy16]

I swear as soon as that sound came on i thought I'd gone deaf...

[macktheknife888]

Go on, you know you want to play it one m0:00re time.