as if Greece didn't have enough problems

[mrbigstuff]

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/03/...-activity/

“The volcano’s magma chamber is filling, and we are keeping a close eye on its activity.”
The chamber has expanded by nearly 500 million cubic feet since last January, Newman said.

[haikuman]

I thought you were going to say Jimmypoo was visiting *(:>*

[Paul F.]

Uh, oh...
Keep in mind that the LAST major eruption of Santorini (aka Thera) caused the extinction of the Minoan civilization, and created a "Mediterranean dark age".

[OWC Jamie]

Wife was there last year and was thoroughly impressed with the caldera that you enter to get into the harbor. Definitely a place to go see - before it goes away

[Paul F.]

If you look at a map of the island, you can see that the whole ISLAND was the caldera at one time... but that was a LONG time ago :-)

[N-OS X-tasy!]

Paul F. wrote:
Uh, oh...
Keep in mind that the LAST major eruption of Santorini (aka Thera) caused the extinction of the Minoan civilization, and created a "Mediterranean dark age".

I'm currently in the middle of re-reading Lucifer's Hammer, which includes a couple of references to Thera.

[cbelt3]

Well, the resultant tsunami will certainly make that sunken cruise ship easier to repair.. once it's sitting on top of the island.

[mrbigstuff]

cbelt3 wrote:
Well, the resultant tsunami will certainly make that sunken cruise ship easier to repair.. once it's sitting on top of the island.

the land masses in the way should slow it down ;-)

[Rolando]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=Paul F.]
Uh, oh...
Keep in mind that the LAST major eruption of Santorini (aka Thera) caused the extinction of the Minoan civilization, and created a "Mediterranean dark age".

I'm currently in the middle of re-reading Lucifer's Hammer, which includes a couple of references to Thera.
Great book! I read it back to back with Clarke's "Hammer of God" Preferred Niven's better.

[Will Collier]

Oia, on the north end of the island, is one of the most beautiful places on Earth... but I guess I wouldn't want to be staying in one of the cave hotels in the caldera when an earthquake hits. Yikes.