Comments on: Son of Krakatoa

By: JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 01:24:27 +0000

And yet another article that I somehow missed.

And, as always, yet another fascinating article.

By: Andy Mohd

Andy Mohd — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 11:12:24 +0000

My 13 year old daughter is thrilled that I have photos of Anak Krakatoa, taken from Anyer with her as a toddler and her Batavian uncle. We just watched the BBC movie “Krakatoa”. I told her of the tidal surge seen on the River Thames in London some months later but can now find no reference to that. Thank you GinieB for your personal input. Appreciated, and will let my daughter know of this. I asked some Anyer teenagers of their fears at that time, and they had none. Interesting to note too, we dragged a most enormous net through the sea, and then back to the beach, and the catch was pitiful. No fish basically. One must wonder what gasses are being emitted today around this coastline. Our week in Anyer after an attempt to stay at the Tanjung Lesung Sailing Club had many limitations. We participated in a ID Tourism Project, but it’s still a bit scary. We reckon it could go at any time.

By: GinieB

GinieB — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 23:17:25 +0000

My father, WS Bristowe visited Anak Krakatoa in 1930 with a group of scientists. The island was very new then, but he found several spiders had arrived there already. He wrote of the experience in his book, ‘A book of Islands’. There is also a good description of the eruption of Krakatoa in Eliza Scidmore’s book on Java. Both books are out of print, but can be bought on line.

By: EGDP

EGDP — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:42:19 +0000

Furnace said: “When I was a kid, I read a book in school about a man that sailed a balloon around the world and ended up on Krakatoa right before the explosion. (Fictional, of course.) If anyone happens to know the title of it, I would really appreciate it. I can’t find it anywhere.”

The book is called 21 Balloons

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:41:09 +0000

man your guys comments are in my opinion a lot more Damn Interesting then the article. i heard about this volcano about a year ago and have recently thought about this volcano and its son. I am very interested in learning more about this volcanoe and others. thank you for your comments……P.S where are all the comments im the first comment in like 3 1/2 years???

By: georgie_girl2410

georgie_girl2410 — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:42:01 +0000

Im currently doing a school project on this topic, and this article was of much help for me-our world is very ‘exciting!’
by the way- I like french toast too!

By: tarteauxpommes

tarteauxpommes — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:59:04 +0000

I did a school report on this a few months back. My report was 10 pages long, but your article encompassed about the same amount of information in much less space and time. By far one of the best-written articles I have read on your site!

By: SPORK

SPORK — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:31:19 +0000

Tink said: "Prince, don't be a Pr*ck. It's obvious that English is not k310's first language. I think the information he/she gave to the comments was Damned Interesting too, and now sadly it looks as though you embarrassed them and that person has not posted again. And I note you have not contributed anything of interest to the conversation either.

I will admit though that this cracked me up: k310 said:…"The volcano not only sprew hot larva and hot gasses …" LOL. Come back k310 and don't be shy about shareing your experiances with us. Oh and thank you Cynthia for another DI article! :)"

I AGREE WITH TINK- COME BACK K310. "PLANET EARTH" WAS REALLY AMAZING... TO MANY COMMERCIALS BUT SOOO COOL.

By: SPORK

SPORK — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:03:31 +0000

I LOVE PANCAKES WITH 2 EGGS OVER EASY.

PBS HAD A DAMN INTERESTING SHOW ON DADDY KRAK SUNDAY.

By: BigR55

BigR55 — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:37:43 +0000

What happened to everyone? No new post in months! Christmas shopping and gift return time is over.

I found k310's first hand account of the current activity interesting. Someone there sould get him back on line. Can photos be posted here?