This week Spenser Starke joins us to discuss “Acts of God” from around the world.

We talk about the Lake Nyos Disaster, the Carrington Event, and the Tunguska Incident. Instead of a story, Spenser brings in an original TTRPG that gets everyone involved in crafting an archeological adventure.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields

Italia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna

https://www.italia.it/en/campania/herculaneum

Visit Pompeii

https://www.visitpompeiivesuvius.com/en/e/herculaneum

Smithsonian Mag

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/

University of Kentucky

https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneum-papyrus-scrolls/

History Channel

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/pompeii

https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii

Pompeii online

https://www.pompeionline.net/en/archaeological-park-of-pompeii/history-of-pompeii

Wellesley

http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/discovery-of-pompeii-and-hercu/founding-pompeii

New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/the-terror-and-the-fascination-of-pompeii

Pompeii Org

http://www.pompeii.org.uk/s.php/tour-the-two-letters-written-by-pliny-the-elder-about-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-in-79-a-d-history-of-pompeii-en-238-s.htm

IGPP

https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html

Pompeii

https://www.pompei.it/pompeii/daily-life-pompeii.htm

Western Australian Museum

https://museum.wa.gov.au/pompeii2010/daily-life/lifestyle/index.html

The Travel

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-prehistoric-pompeii-italy/

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/reviews/brothels-ancient-pompeii

Getty

https://www.getty.edu/news/what-did-ancient-romans-eat/

History Ace

https://thehistoryace.com/the-roman-empires-reaction-to-pompeii/#:~:text=The%20Roman%20Public%20Was%20Devastated%20and%20Grieved&text=This%20was%20because%20of%20two,held%20lots%20of%20Senatorial%20estates.

History Channel
https://www.history.com/news/6-bizarre-natural-disasters

Newspapers

https://blog.newspapers.com/lake-nyos-disaster-august-21-1986/

Pompeii Site

http://pompeiisites.org/en/pompeii-map/analysis/the-casts/

Journal of Geophysical Research
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JA009504

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-radiation-storm#:~:text=Solar%20radiation%20storms%20occur%20when,atmosphere%20to%20very%20high%20velocities.

UNESCO

https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/818#:~:text=UNESCO%20and%20Italy%20have%20agreed,World%20Heritage%20List%20in%201997.

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bracing-for-a-solar-superstorm/

The Herculaneum Society

https://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/about-us/story-of-herculaneum

Daily News (Trove)
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77351480

Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117706000160

Solar Storm Risk to the North American Power Grid

https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-solar-storm-risk-to-the-north-american-electric-grid/1/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf

CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/the-tunguska-event-1.742329<...