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Thread #110957 Message #2332901
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-May-08 - 06:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Volcano active, slept for ten thousand years
Subject: RE: BS: Volcano activ , slept for ten th,years
The Laki eruption poisoned livestock and crops to the extent that 1/4 of the population died of starvation according to one estimate, but I wouldn't doubt that 1/3 died overall (Campin, above). The eruption of 934 may have been been even larger.