History Woes

Ep. 2 Damn Nature, You Scary


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In our first week of podcasting we're bringing you a bonus episode so you don't miss us too much. But it's not permanent, don't get needy. In this episode we bring you two scary topics brought to you by Mother Nature herself: the rogue wave and the Lake Nyos Disaster.


Citations

Rogue Wave:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mathematicians-may-soon-be-able-to-predict-enormous-rogue-waves

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/rogue-waves

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/scientists-thought-these-monster-waves-were-myth-now-they-re-racing-to-understand-them-20220609-p5asla.html

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-grand-unified-theory-of-rogue-waves-20200205/

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Ship-sinking_monster_waves_revealed_by_ESA_satellites

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/remembering-muenchen-and-winter-in-the-north-atlantic-40-years-ago

https://measuringstuff.com/things-that-are-100-feet-tall/

https://www.dimensionofstuff.com/things-that-are-about-80-feet-ft-long/

https://measuringstuff.com/9-things-that-are-40-feet-long/

Lake Nyos:

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

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

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

http://sci.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Nyos.html

Music:

Victor Natas - Dancing in despair available @ freesound.org

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