Please note readers that only 33 of the 84 photos I uploaded on this note entry of mine are owned by me, whilst the photo above and 52 other photos are not. The 33 photos that are owned by me, which I captioned, are the ones I took of my adventurous trip to the beautiful Azores, which you readers will encounter as you read along the rest of this note entry of mine.
The Boxing Day Tsunami had caused many serious damages and injuries, of course, and had also caused a very high number of deaths, unsurprisingly; the number of deaths varies from time to time.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that approximately 283,100 were killed, approximately 14,100 missing, and approximately 1,126,900 people displaced.
The UN reported that approximately 229,866 people have been lost, which that number includes the 186,983 killed and the 42,883 missing.
However, the UN’s report of 229,866 people lost could actually be approximately 230,000 people if they had included the approximate 400 to 600 people who are believed to have been killed in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, which is more than the Burmese government’s official figure of an approximate of 61 killed.
The Boxing Day Tsunami affected many people from around the world, which the affected had led almost every single country from around the world to prompt a widespread humanitarian response with charity fundraising for humanitarian aid to those affected by the earthquake; the widespread humanitarian response was broadcasted live from around the world. The charity fundraising raised more than a total of 7,000,000,000,000.00 billion American dollars, which converts in Euros to 4,816,744,457,079.03 billion.
Mount Pinatubo
On the date of Saturday, June 15, 1991, a volcano erupted in Mount Pinatubo, in Luzon, the Republic of the Philippines; the volcanic eruption affected the world’s climate for several years, but some scientists say for only approximately 2 years, because approximately 15 to 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide ejected into the atmosphere. The warmer climates had gotten hotter and the cooler climates had gotten colder, but some cooler climates had gotten warm, whilst other parts of the world had been affected with a lot of rain instead of less rain and some other parts of the world with a lot of dryness instead of less dryness. Some scientists believe the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, commonly called as El Niño, is caused by an oceanic response to pollutants emitted by large volcanic eruptions, but many other scientists that disbelieve this.
What all scientists agree on is that a total number of active volcanoes in the world currently stand at 455, with an estimated 80 or more being submarine volcanoes and that the Republic of Indonesia is the only place in this world that has the most volcanic eruptions currently standing at 77 of its 167 volcanoes erupted within historic times.
The North American Ice Storm of 1998
The North American Ice Storm of 1998, commonly called as Great Ice Storm of 1998, sometimes the 98 replaces the 19, nicknamed as, which translates in English to When Hell Froze Over, hit in Canada, in eastern Ontario, southern Québec, and western New Brunswick, and it also hit in the United States of America, in northern New England and northern New York; the North American ice storm of 1998 had killed 35 people, 28 of those 35 occurred in Canada and 7 of those 35 occurred in the United States of America.
Approximately 4 million people were without electricity for 6 days, but there were many without it for an entire month and some for almost 2 months.
Of all the places that exist all across this entire world, the beautiful Azores is the only place in this entire world where I have a very, very keen knowledge of its history and climate changes, of course, and I will begin writing about it, but only about its climate change and not its history, beginning on my next paragraph.
Climate Changes in the Beautiful Azores
The 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, were very, very intense for many Azoreans, of course, especially during a time when pirate attacks had occurred in the Azores, despite there had been forts built-in to protect the Azoreans and top officials working under the Portuguese monarchy, who had been living there to protect the islands and the Azoreans. The pirate attacks had left many Azoreans dead and many others homeless. To make matters worse, the Azoreans were left completely neglected by the Portuguese government, of course, during those times.
In fairness, it was throughout the entire 19th century and almost throughout the entire 20th century that the Azoreans were left completely neglected by the Portuguese government than the previous centuries, because it was in the 19th century when the Portuguese monarchy was coming to a fall and in the 20th century when the Portuguese Republic became a dictatorship military nation after the fall of the Portuguese monarchy. My point of this note entry is not about the history of the Azores and about how Azoreans were left completely neglected; my point of this note entry is about the climate change in the beautiful Azores, which I will officially begin writing about it, but only about its climate changes and not its history, really, beginning on my next paragraph.
Weather
The weather in the Azores has often changed approximately every 30 minutes since the year 1997, unlike before the year 1997 when it was uncommon. The 30 minute weather change in the Azores changes from good to bad to worse to worsen and from worsen to worse to bad to good.
Rain
The Azores has been receiving a whole lot of rain, which the rain occurs almost daily, really, since the year 1997, unlike when it was uncommon before the year 1997. Mind you readers, it is common during the late autumn season to all of the winter season, but now it is becoming a common thing during most of the spring and summer season.
Temperatures
The Azores has been receiving mid to late teen autumn, winter, and spring temperatures during the summer season since the year 1997, unlike before the year 1997 when it was a common thing during most of the summer time for the summer temperatures to be at the early to mid twenties, sometimes late twenties.
Sea Life
Sea life in the Azores has changed a bit from worse to better; it makes me wonder if it will ever change from better to worse, which could be possible.
Better Sea Life
Of all the 9 Azorean islands, Pico was, and still is, well-known worldwide for the birthplace of hunting the beautiful Sperm Whales for their oil and for various other sources. The Sperm Whale Hunters, who a lot of them were from the Azores and a majority from all four corners of the world, were well acclaimed for their hunting techniques of the beautiful Sperm Whale. In fact, there were many American whaling ship companies who had hired Azoreans to work for them after witnessing those small Azoreans risking their own lives against big creatures. Although the Azoreans and non-Azoreans were well acclaimed for their hunting techniques of the beautiful Sperm Whale, they were known as Sea Wolves by many anti-whaling hunters and were considered by those anti-whaling hunters as extraordinary artisans.
After the force of international laws protecting the Sperm Whales and protecting all other kinds of species living in the sea, the hunt for the beautiful Sperm Whale officially came to an end in the Portuguese Republic on the date of Thursday, January 1, 1980, after the Portuguese government had come to an agreement to ban Sperm Whale hunting for good.
The Azorean Government proudly opened up a whale museum in Pico; the Whale Museum is dedicated to the many, many decades of whale hunting that went on in the island of Pico. Inside the Whale Museum are photographs and memorabilia that are proudly exhibited inside the Whale Museum.
The Azorean Government proudly opened up a whale museum in Pico, in the municipality of Lajes do Pico; the Whale Museum is dedicated to the whale hunting that went on in the island for many, many centuries; inside the Whale Museum are photographs and memorabilia that are proudly exhibited inside the Whale Museum.
Worse Sea Life
Sea life in the Azores has changed a bit from better to worse; it makes me wonder if it will ever change from worse to better, which could be impossible.
Jellyfishes
The sea life in the Azores seems to be going fine, for now; it has not been going fine for the jellyfishes; it used to be common to see large groups of jellyfishes of all shapes and sizes floating in the Azorean ocean and hanging around on the shore rocks, but that is no longer the case, sadly.
Limpets
It is common to see the baby limpets floating in the Azorean ocean and hanging around on the shore rocks, whilst the adult limpets are found deep under the Azorean ocean, unlike before when it used to be so common to find the adult limpets floating in the Azorean ocean and hanging around on the shore rocks.
It is common to see the baby limpets floating in the Azorean ocean and hanging around on the shore rocks and the adult limpets are found deep under the Azorean ocean, unlike before when it used to be so common to find the adult limpets floating in the Azorean ocean and hanging around on the shore rocks.
See Stars
See stars, also called as starfishes, are still common to find, for now, and easy to catch, for now, but the size and colour of the starfishes are different today compared to when my parents were growing up in the 1950s and 1960s when they were of a beige colour, or even of a white colour, and were smaller, harder, and heavier, compared to the ones today that are bigger, softer, and lighter and have a few colours, such as a silver and blue colour with spots of gray here and there, and another having one entire colour, such as a the top part having a dark chilly pepper red colour and the bottom part having a light chilly pepper red colour with tiny spots of an orange yellow chilly pepper seed colour.
Crinoids, also known as sea lilies, or even as feather-stars, have been fixed to the rock by a stalk, as you can see on the photo below, for approximately more than 500 million years; they have also been thriving on tropical coral reefs also for approximately more than 500 million years; they are upside down cousins of starfishes.
Archaeopteryx
Starfishes are not the only ones different today compared to when my parents were growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, birds are also different today; they are not different today compared to the 1950s and 1960s; they were different compared to approximately 160 to 150 to 145 million years ago.
It used to be thought that a creature with feathers was a bird and that dinosaurs resembled lizards; this had always been thought for a very long time, but that had all changed ever since there had been recent discoveries of dinosaur fossils with feathers on them, especially when the earliest and most primitive bird known, which is the Archaeopteryx, which is pronounced as Ark-ee-op-tur-icks, was discovered sometime in the year 1861, by German palaeontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer, commonly known as von Meyer.
However, it was not until the year 1999 that most palaeontologists, including dinosaurologists like myself, began to see the realisation that dinosaurs are indeed closely related to birds, albeit we had already seen that after Archaeopteryx was discovered.
Chinese palaeontologists Xu Xing, Wang Xiaolin, and Wu Xiao-Chun discovered a new species of dinosaur and named it Sinornithosaurus, which is pronounced as Sine-or-nith-oh-sore-us; Sinornithosaurus is one of the earliest known birdlike dinosaurs with a revolutionary feature; it has a layer of primitive feathers up to in inch and a half long. Albeit it had a layer of primitive feathers, it was unable to fly and probably used its feathers to help control its body temperature, or to attract members of the opposite sex.
Most Palaeontologists and dinosaurologists think feathers probably evolved initially as insulation, or as a “net” to catch small prey, or for camouflage; they also think the feathered dinosaurs used their flight developed subsequently as tree climbers, which could have probably controlled downward swoops, or used their flight developed as fast runners by flapping their forelimbs to jump up when chasing prey, or from escaping their predators. Modern classification does not regard birds as a major group, equivalent to reptiles or mammals, but as a subgroup of dinosaurian. Birds are living, warm-blooded, feathered dinosaurs. Albeit it is common to think they are living, warm-blooded, feathered dinosaurs, there are other palaeontologists and dinosaurologists out there that do not think the same.
A Velociraptor, which is pronounced as Vell-oss-ee-rap-tore, came along as another flightless carnivore approximately 55 million years after the existence of Sinornithosaurus; the Velociraptor came along as another flightless carnivore was actually less than one half of the size of an average human being, unlike in the Jurassic Park film series that displayed Velociraptors as twice as tall as the average human being, as scaly instead of feathered, as having flexible tails, and as being more intelligent as dolphin, whale, and various primates when in fact they were less intelligent as modern big cats.
Besides feathers, Velociraptor and Sinornithosaurus share more than 100 specialised features with birds, including the hollow bones that help make birds go airborne. Evidence shows that both of these predatory dinosaurs support the idea that birds are the direct descendents of two-legged meat eating dinosaurs. Albeit both these dinosaurs support the idea, palaeontologists still do not know exactly why feathers evolved. What they do exactly know is that if it looks like a bird and acts like a bird, then it must be a dinosaur.
This is an artist’s description of a feathered Velociraptor, which is pronounced as Vell-oss-ee-rap-tore, which had lived approximately 83 to 70 million years ago, which was during the Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous period; it was approximately 6.70 feet long, which converts in metres to 2.07; its height was approximately 1.60 feet, which converts in metres to 0.50; its weight was approximately 15.00 kilograms, which converts in pounds to 33.00; its skull grew up to approximately 250.00 millimetres, which converts in to inches to 10.00; its enlarged claw, which was long around its outer edge, could have approximately been 65.00 millimetres, which converts to inches to 2.50, its enlarged claw was most likely a predatory device used to tear into prey, which could have possibly delivered a fatal blow to its prey; its jaws were lined with approximately 26 to 28 widely-spaced teeth on each side, each more strongly serrated on the back edge than the front; it was possibly an adaptation that improved its ability to catch and hold fast-moving prey.
An artist’s description of a feathered Sinornithosaurs, which is pronounced as Sine-or-nith-oh-sore-us which had lived approximately 130 to 125 million years ago, which was during the Barremian stages of the Early Cretaceous period; it was approximately 3.00 feet long which converts in metres to 0.91; its weight is unknown; its long and fang-like maxillary teeth has prominent grooves running down the outer surface, which is located towards the rear of the tooth, a feature seen only in venomous animals; its cavity in the jaw bone, located just above its teeth, could have been a possible site for the soft-tissue venom gland. When it bit into a bird or another animal, the venom would be delivered.
It is believed that the Archaeopteryx lived approximately 160 to 150 to 145 million years ago during the Upper and Late Jurassic period of the Oxfordian stage, of the Kimmeridgian stage, and of the Tithonian stage; it was a carnivorous bird that is known to have had a beak, body, claws, feet, fingers, legs, skull, tail, and teeth; its beak, feathers, and feet were like that of modern birds, whilst its claws, fingers, and teeth were like that of Dinosaurs; it is not quite sure if it was able to flap its wings to fly or just downstroke-only flap-assisted gliding, but there is a possibility that it had downstroke-only flap-assisted gliding than flapping its wings to fly; its height from beak to tail was approximately at 1.60 to 2.00 feet, which converts in metres to 0.50 to 0.60, whilst its wingspan was approximately at 2.29 feet, which converts in metres to 0.69; its fossil is exquisitely preserved in fine-grained limestone in Solenhofen, which is a the municipality located in the state of Bavaria, in the country of the Federal Republic of Germany. In fact, the fossil came to light as part of quarrying operations; this type of rock has such fine grains that it was used for printing and is known as lithographic limestone.
It is believed that the Archaeopteryx lived approximately 160 to 150 to 145 million years ago during the Upper and Late Jurassic period of the Oxfordian stage, of the Kimmeridgian stage, and of the Tithonian stage; it was a carnivorous bird that is known to have had a beak, body, claws, feet, fingers, legs, skull, tail, and teeth; its beak, feathers, and feet were like that of modern birds, whilst its claws, fingers, and teeth were like that of Dinosaurs; it is quite unsure if it was able to flap its wings to fly or to just downstroke-only flap-assisted gliding, but there is a possibility that it had downstroke-only flap-assisted gliding than flapping its wings to fly; its height from beak to tail was approximately at 1.60 to 2.00 feet, which converts in metres to 0.50 to 0.60, whilst its wingspan was approximately at 2.29 feet, which converts in metres to 0.69; its fossil is exquisitely preserved in fine-grained limestone in the municipality of Solenhofen, which is located in the state of Bavaria, in the country of the Federal Republic of Germany. In fact, the fossil came to light as part of quarrying operations; this type of rock has such fine grains that it was used for printing and is known as lithographic limestone.
Sea Level
My mother was born and raised in the parish of Fajã dos Vimes, in São Jorge; the parish has a long rocky beach trail where a majority of the long rocky beach trail is too dangerous to go swimming at since the waves, no matter how rough or weak, are capable of killing or causing severe injury to a person if the waves drag a person to the danger area where there are many big and bigger rocks. The long rocky beach trail has a safer area for people to go swimming at; the name of the area is called Praia Areía, which translates in English to Sand Beach, despite the beach is rocky and not sandy.
When my mother was young, she, including many of the other parishers, swam at Praia Areía; she sometimes says to me that the ocean is eating Praia Areía yearly by 5.08 centimetres, which converts in inches to 2.00, and that it has been eating it before her parents’ time. What my mother is trying to get at is that there is costal erosion happening in Praia Areía and that Praia Areía used to have much, much more space to do all sorts of activities, despite it is a rocky beach, when she was young compared to today. In fact, there is this one particular area that was once an activity area that had sand for parishers, such as my mother, to play games and sports, such as volleyball and football, not to be confused with the American football, but the activity area no longer exists, sadly, because costal erosion prevented that from happening after it forced the rocks to land on the sand. If you readers are confused, which I have a feeling you readers are, after reading the words “the costal erosion forced the rocks to land on the sand”, then here is a better example of a photo I took that I would like you readers to click on and view at. Drag your mouse to where you see a rocky hill; I have tagged the photo in case if you readers do not know where the rocky hill is at.
As you readers can see, after viewing my two photos above, it was in that rocky hill area that was once an activity area that had sand for parishers, such as my mother, to play games and sports.
Here are two videos I recorded of the costal erosion hitting the wet rocks, which not too far away from where I was filming at the area of where all the dry rocks are:
Costal Erosion I of II
Costal Erosion II of II
Legendary Belief
There is a legendary belief that a few locations in the eastern part of the United States of America, mainly in the state of Massachusetts, were once viewable to see all the way from the islands of Flores and Corvo during very clear days and nights, despite both islands are located away from North America at approximately 3,380.00 kilometres, which converts in miles to 2,400.00.
Most people find this legendary belief to be false, of course, but it could actually be true because the sea levels in and around both those islands have risen more than ever before since the 1960s.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
It is believed the very first earthquake and volcanic eruptions to have occurred in the Azores were back either in 4th century Before Christ, or in 545 Anno Domini, but this is not officially confirmed.
What is officially confirmed is that all the 9 islands of the Azores are volcanic, of course, and all have an undersea volcano, but the undersea volcanoes were only discovered after the volcanic eruption of the Vulcão dos Capelinhos, which I will explain more about the Vulcão dos Capelinhos later on this note entry of mine.
Thee undersea volcanoes had, or has, caused the Azores to go through many major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions from 45,000 years ago to the present, but the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries were more frequent compared to the 20th century and to this present century. Although the 20th century and this present century were not as frequent compared to the previous centuries, the 20th century had a bit more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions than this present century. In fact, only 1 volcanic eruption has been reported in this present century, for now, but there have been a quite a handful of earthquakes.
Of all the 9 islands, São Jorge, Terceira, Faial, São Jorge, Pico, and Graciosa are the only 5 islands that are believed by scientists to have had, or has, more earthquake and volcanic eruptions than the 3 other Azorean islands, which those 3 are Santa Maria, Flores, and Corvo. I do not know how many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have occurred in the Azores, but I have kept track as many as I could.
According to my numbers, there were a total number of 54 volcanic eruptions in the Azores and a total number of 181 earthquakes also in the Azores.
Please note readers that there were a lot more than 54 volcanic eruptions and 181 earthquakes, of course, but this the only numbers I have so far kept track of.
Vulcão dos Capelinhos Witnessed and Experienced by My Parents
A volcano erupted in the parish of Capelo, hence the name Vulcão dos Capelinhos, on the date of Friday, September 27, 1957, at 07:00 Azorean Standard Time; the volcanic eruption had lasted for 1 year and 29 days and had emitted approximately 24.00 million cubic metres of molten basalt, which had formed the Ponta dos Capelinhos by enlarging the island by approximately 2.00 to 2.50 square kilometres², which converts in square miles² to 1.24 to 1.55, and by approximately 1,640.42 feet deep, which converts in metres to 500.00. The crater is the deepest part; it is filled with a lake, really.
In certain parts of Graciosa and Terceira, the inhabitants were able to see a mushroom cloud covering the islands of Faial, Pico, and São Jorge. My father, who was living in Terceira at the time, was one of those inhabitants; he told me how he and almost everyone in Terceira were scared to see the mushroom cloud entirely covering those islands because it had looked like the world was coming to its end. Mind you readers, the reason they thought the world was coming to an end was because they were not sure what exactly was going on since the communication in the Azores was very poor back then, unlike today.
My mother was living in São Jorge at the time; she told me that she and the inhabitants of São Jorge had been praying almost every single day since the day they saw the mushroom cloud entirely covering the three islands; she and the inhabitants were all covered in black ash and so was everything else in sight; it was like as if someone had spilled an ashtray all over them and everything else; they all had a better view of Faial since it is only approximately 26.07 kilometres, which converts in miles to 16.20, away from her island and approximately 7.24 kilometres, which converts in miles to 4.50 miles, away from Faial.
On the date of Monday, May 12, 1958, the volcano went through a phase of strombolian eruptions and incandescent lapilli, which all of this had lasted throughout the entire day.
Late into the night, greyish ash erupted from the centre of the volcano whilst high jets of molten basalt appeared from the lava, which the lava had looked like a lake.
On the date of Friday, October 24, the last strombolian eruptions of reddish lapilli occurred without any warning. This was a sign that the volcano was beginning to die out. The inhabitants were seen that everything was going to turnout okay.
The next day, the degasification, cooling, and erosion process began, which the process is still going to the present day.
Nobody died directly from the volcanic eruption, but some had died indirectly from it years after. Their causes of death were from lung problems and other affects related to lung problems. There were some injuries reported, but the exact number of injuries, for some strange reason, has never been confirmed.
The volcanic eruption burned down half of the famous lighthouse; it completely burnt down a total of 300 houses and 12 still remain standing till this very da, but the 12 that still remain standing are in no good use because the eruption prevented the 12 from being used.
Capelo was famous for its beautiful plant life; the plants have never been grown again ever since the eruption, sadly, because the volcanic ashes and bombs and lava rocks prevented the growth. It has been said that the plants that were once grown there were one of the most beautiful plants in the world and that some of those beautiful plants had only been grown in Capelo, not in any other part of the world.
The volcano never erupted again, but scientists believe it is expected to erupt again on the 100th anniversary of its first eruption.
The volcanic eruption changed the face of geography and volcanoes, in some ways than none, because it helped scientists to answer why exactly volcanoes erupt and how exactly they erupt and that each of the 9 Azorean islands have in undersea volcano.
1964 Undersea Volcanic Eruption Witnessed and Experienced by My Mother
A powerful earthquake hit in the parish of Rosais and in the municipality of Velas, sometime in February of 1964; the epicentre of the earthquake started deep into the Rosais key after an undersea volcano erupted there; the earthquake then travelled on land in São Jorge. There were no inhabitants killed or injured, but it did cause a lot of damages to a total of 900 homes and 400 buildings and led an enormous panic to a lot of Jorgenses where they evacuated in large numbers into the island of Terceira and to other Azorean islands, including to Canada and the United States of America.
My mother was living in São Jorge at the time; she told me that she and all the inhabitants in Fajã dos Vimes were one of those many that had to evacuate because the aftershock tremors were not stopping; they all had a plan to evacuate in the parish of Ribeira Seca, not to be confused with the parish of Ribeira Seca located in São Miguel.
She and many of the parishers would run outside for safety before the aftershock tremors began. Sometimes the aftershock tremors would start off before my mother and the other parishers made it outside for safety. Whenever my mother and the parishers heard a loud sound that sounded like as if someone was moaning in pain, it was a sign that an aftershock tremor would hit at any given second or minute. Whenever the aftershock tremors had stopped, everything sounded like to my mother as if everyone was sleeping or as if my mother was wearing ear plugs.
When my mother was evacuating out of Fajã dos Vimes with her parents and siblings, every parisher wanted her father to take them along with him because it was uncommon in those days for the inhabitants in São Jorge and in the Azores to own a motor vehicle, unlike today where it is common. At the time, my mother’s father was the only person in Fajã dos Vimes who had owned a motor vehicle; he tried as best as he can to fit as many parishers as possible in his pickup truck, but not everyone was able to fit, of course. The parishers that were not able to fit managed to find other ways to evacuate out of Fajã dos Vimes, which is a good thing, without any motor vehicle.
As my mother’s father was driving, he had to make various stops during all of the mayhem because the aftershocks were constantly and constantly going and going. There were at times where he had to make stops during moments when there were no aftershocks taking place because there were quite a lot massive crack on the roads that were caused by the earthquake and aftershocks. My grandfather and the other parishers would cover the cracks with huge piles of wood or with whatever else they could find to cover them. Their ideas turned out to be a success, but there were times it had seemed it was not because the aftershocks would continue as they were covering the massive cracks and as my mother’s father was driving over the piles of wood. My mother and parisher made it to Ribeira Seca safe and sound.
It took 3 days for my mother and everyone else to head back to Fajã dos Vimes, but there were many parishers who had stayed in Ribeira Seca for various months because they were too sacred to go back to Fajã dos Vimes. After all, Fajã dos Vimes is the only Fajã in all of São Jorge that is located below ground.
Tsunamis
There were 4 reported tsunamis that had occurred in the Azores. They are as follows:
1641 Tsunami
On the date of Saturday, December 21, 1641, an undersea earthquake caused two tsunamis to hit São Jorge.
The first tsunami hit the municipality of Velas and the second one hit near parishes located close to Monte dos Fachos where it had caused lots of damages. There was no precise information reported on the time of the tsunami and if it had caused any deaths or injuries to the inhabitants, but there are possibilities it had caused deaths and injuries.
1755 Tsunami
On the date of Saturday, November 1, 1755, a tsunami hit all across of the Azores and all across the reefs, banks and seamounts of the Azores after the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, also called as the Great Lisbon Earthquake, occurred in Lisbon, the Portuguese Republic, than known as the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves. There was no precise information reported on the time of the tsunami, but there are reports that it had caused no deaths or injuries to the inhabitants. Although there were no deaths or injuries reported, there were many that were reported in the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves with an approximate total of 10,000 to 100,000 killed and thousands and thousands injured.
2009 Tsunami
On the date of Monday, December 14, 2009, a torrential rainstorm hit the entire island of Terceira, but the parish of Agualva was the biggest hit after a mini tsunami hit the parish. A total of 161 homes were damaged, which 40 of those 161 damaged homes were in Agualva, and a total of 5 inhabitants were injured and 1 inhabitant killed. The 5 injured inhabitants and 1 killed inhabitant were all from the parish of Agualva.
Future Climate Changes for the Beautiful Azores
After studying about those major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that occurred in the beautiful Azores, it got me thinking that the bigger limpets may not last long enough in the future, just as the same way as the beige coloured and white coloured starfishes my parents grew up knowing in the 1950s and 1960s. If this ends up being the case with limpets, which could possibly end up being the case, then the smaller limpets will, without a doubt, vanish by the future, or by the future after the future and will then evolve into different kinds of limpets, just as the same way as the silver and blue coloured starfishes with spots of gray here and there and as the dark chilly pepper red coloured starfishes. The limpets could evolve into a kind that could end being not too tasty to eat, or too poisonous too eat. If they ever end up being too poisonous to eat, then it could be a sign that it is because of how they were destroyed by the hands of God, or by the hands of Mother Nature, or by the hands of Mankind, or by whoever or however.
My studying of the major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that occurred in the beautiful Azores has also got me thinking that those earthquakes and volcanic eruptions had, or have, played a partial role on the extinction of dinosaurs approximately 30,000 to 60,000 to 100,000 years after the Chicxulub crater hit planet earth approximately 65.5million years ago, which the name of the extinction is called as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, erstwhile called as Kreidezeit-Tertiary extinction, and also erstwhile called as Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction.
There are many dinosaurologists, palaeontologists, and scientists that believe the impact of the Chicxulub crater hitting this planet was a major one; it was so major that they believe it had caused this planet to go through a lot of major volcanic eruptions, volcanic gases, and earthquakes.
If the major volcanic eruptions, volcanic gases, and earthquakes had played a role in the extinction of dinosaurs, then it could explain why the Azores, including many other places on this planet, is going through major weather changes and strange weather patterns and for causing a few of the sea life in the Azores to go extinct and others to evolve into other types of sea life never seen before and could likely never ever be seeing until the future or the future after the future. I not only put a partial blame on the major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions; I put a partial blame on Azoreans to have, or had, done almost the same thing the major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have, or had, done. Although I put a partial blame on the Azoreans, I really do not want to put a partial blame on them because the partial blame would go towards my grandfather and uncle, my mother’s farther and brother, and I do not want to do that. This has nothing to do with the fact that they are related to me, really, because it actually has to do with the fact that the economy in the Azores is still dependable on fishing, of course, and my grandfather and uncle, including their fellow Azoreans, need to fish and catch crabs and limpets for a living since the job opportunities over there is not so great. Mind you readers, there are good job opportunities over there, but it is nothing compared to their neighbouring islands Madeira and the Canary Islands where there are a lot better job opportunities than in the Azores.
Future Climate Changes for the Rest of the World
After I witnessed the Boxing Day Tsunami with my own two very eyes from watching footages of it on telly and on the Internet and by reading about it in books, newspapers, and websites, it makes me wonder what the future weather will bring for the rest of the world; it will, without a doubt, most definitely not be a good one, that if for sure, because I fear the worst is yet to come! I do not know what will happen next, how it will happen, where it will happen, and when it will happen. What I do know is that every nation, territory, and autonomous region is going through major weather changes and strange weather patterns, of course; it is the third world countries that are experiencing it more and the second world countries experiencing it less, but the second world countries are experiencing it more than the first world countries. This is how we all see it, but this is not how I see it; this is not how I see it because I think every nation, territory, and autonomous region will go through major weather changes and strange weather patterns year after year sometime in the future after the future, or in the future after the future.
When I wrote the words “I think every nation, territory, and autonomous region will go through major weather changes and strange weather patterns year after year sometime in the future, or in the future after the future”, I was not referring to what lot of people keep talking and writing about claiming that it will be the Beginning of the End for the entire world on the date of Thursday, December 21, 2012. What a total bullshite hoax, which I will explain more about this bullshite hoax later in this note entry. I was not referring to that, nor will I ever refer to that. In fact, I was referring to 2 main things and to 2 main things only. Here are the 2 main things I was referring:
2. What I was referring is that planet Earth will experience major weather changes and strange weather patterns year after year sometime in the future, or in the future after the future, unlike today’s major weather changes and strange weather patterns that occurs every few years or so.
1. I was also referring to how climates have changed altered hugely throughout 3 major eras, which those 3 major eras were the Palaeozoic Era, which is the oldest era and was followed by the Mesozoic Era, which in turn was followed by the Cenozoic Era, also called as Cænozoic Era, or even as Cainozoic Era. Throughout those 3 eras, climates changed altered hugely because coast-lines changed as sea levels rose and fell many times, which the rise and fall altered the sizes and shapes of the grate land masses, or continents, to have drifted around planet Earth each year at a rate of approximately 1.00 to 2.00 to 4.00 centimetres, which converts in inches to 0.39 to 0.78 to 1.57. Here is a better understanding at what I am trying to get at:
Life in the Triassic Period
In the Triassic period, Planet Earth’s land was joined together in one huge supercontinent known as Pangaea. The animals that lived on Pangaea, including the first dinosaurs, were free to wander in all directions since there were no oceans to stop them from crossing the continent.
Life in the Jurassic Period
In the Jurassic period, Pangaea was split apart by two huge cracks that opened up in planet Earth’s crust. The process of continental drift had begun, which formed into two large masses called Gondwana and Laurasia. At the same time, each of these supercontinents was itself splitting more or less to their present-day positions, which had caused rifts and seaways to open up. Oceans flooded the gaps between the continents, creating watery barriers that land animals, including dinosaurs, could no longer cross.
Gondwana was located in the southern hemisphere, which makes up today’s continents, such as Asia, Baltica, the East China Craton, Europe, Kazakhstania, North America, the North China Craton, and Siberia.
Laurasia was located in the southern hemisphere, which makes up today’s continents, such as Africa, Antarctica, Arabia, Australia-New Guinea, the Indian Subcontinent, New Zealand, the Republic of Madagascar, and South America.
Life in the Cretaceous Period
In the Cretaceous Period, the continents reached their somewhat present-day positions; mountain ranges were formed where plates pushed into each other. Each continent was stocked with its own variety of unique animals.
Life in the Tertiary Period
In the Tertiary Period, land masses moved to the positions we know from today’s world map after a mass extinction periodically devastated life on planet Earth approximately 65.50 million yeas ago. Two major animal groups, the birds and the mammals, survived the mass extinction and soon burgeoned right after the close of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Life in the Quaternary Period
In the Quaternary Period, the rise of our own species, Homo sapiens, appeared approximately 63 million years after the close of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Bullshite Hoax
The Discovery Channel, called as Discovery Channel ever since the mid 1990s when the word “The” was dropped from the channel’s name, aired a 1 hour bullshite hoax special about a so-called planet named Nibiru that will be crashing into planet Earth on the date of Thursday, December 21, 2012; the crash will cause all life on this planet to come to its final end. None of this is true because of 2 main reasons and 2 main reasons only:
2. This planet has been getting along just fine and dandy for approximately more than 4 billion years.
1. The date Thursday, December 21, 2012, does not cease to exist on the Mayan calendar, because it is the end of the Mayan long-count period.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, commonly called as NASA, had, unsurprisingly, received so many questions, possibly millions of questions, regarding about this 2012 shite. They have finally answered all those questions, but only the most frequent ones, on their official website. Please click here to read their answers.
Dinosaurs Can Prevent the Major Weather Changes and Strange Weather Patterns
If any of you readers read this entire note entry I have written, which is currently my longest and most favourite note entry I have ever written, then I am delighted you readers read my entire note entry; I am also delighted that you readers are my Facebook friend. Becoming my Facebook friend was not easy, I know; it was like trying to become a Facebook friend of me, me, and me. In fact, I suspect it was a little tougher than trying to get me, me, and me to be your Facebook friend, especially when it comes to trying to get me, me, and me to become a Facebook friend of me, me, and me - I mean myself, myself, and myself. Damn that was confusing, very confusing. I am sure I am not the only one who thinks this. Now on to my point on how dinosaurs can prevent the major weather changes and strange weather patterns.
I always find, and will always find, that many people do not take dinosaurs seriously, sadly, the same way they take ancient Egyptian and Rome seriously, the same way they take archaic Homo sapiensan and atomically modern humans, also called as early modern human, seriously, the same way they take Greek mythology seriously, and the same way they take religious studies, also called as religious education, seriously, or whatever else they take seriously.
To make matters worse, their counterparts, who are today’s children, will begin to lose interest in dinosaurs once they reach the 10 to 12 age range, possibly 10, just as the same way today’s teenagers and adults lost interest in them at that age range; they will then forget and not care about dinosaurs once they reach the 12 to 14 age range, possibly 14. Although they will begin to lose interest in dinosaurs once they reach the 10 to 12 age range and forget and not care about them once they reach the 12 to 14 age range, I am glad to write that dinosaur palaeontology is not dead, nor will it ever be dead.
The reason for this is because more new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in the past quarter century than in all prior history, even though there was once a report published that stated 71 percent of the world’s dinosaur species have yet to be discovered.
However, I find, and will always find, that it is really not a good thing when children lose interest in dinosaurs at the 10 to 12 age range and then forget and not care about them at the 12 to 14 range age. I am not writing this due to the fact I am a dinosaurologist, really; I am writing this due to the fact dinosaurs can prevent the major weather changes and strange weather patterns and I will explain why and how that can be starting on my next paragraph.
The current seven continents on planet Earth have gone through three major shifts changes ever since it was once an all one continent called Pangaea, which dates back to approximately 251.00, give or take, 250.00 million years ago, before splitting into two continents called Gondwana and Laurasia, which dates back approximately 206.00, give or take, 203.60, give or take, 199.60 million years ago, and before Gondwana and Laurasia split more or less to their somewhat present-day positions we know from today’s world map ever since the past 65.50 million years ago, and even before the land masses moved to the positions we know today’s world map approximately 1.75 million yeas ago.
All of this happened in a blink of a dinosaur’s eye, but not in the blink of all archaic Homo sapiensans eyes and also not in the blink of most Homo sapiens’ eyes.
The reason for this is because those three major shifts changes had all occurred during a time when there were no archaic Homo sapiensan and atomically modern humans living on planet Earth when dinosaurs ruled planet Earth for approximately 251.00, give or take, 250.00 million years. My point is simply that non-scientists and non-dinosaurologists do not see this because I think that none of what I wrote on this paragraph, including throughout the rest of this entire note entry, is not being taught at all levels of education, sadly and shamefully, due living in a society where religion takes its course and being a main top priority in today’s current society, and due to today’s current society focuses way, way too much on how to find ways to save energy, on how to make planet Earth’s environment a clean one, and, most importunately, on how to stop global warming.
Mind you readers, I am not suggesting that all religions should be band and that we should ignore saving energy, ignore having a clean environment, and ignore global warming; I am suggesting that we need to focus way, way less on those 5 main issues and focus way, way more on 5 other main issues:
5. Why and how dinosaurs can help us solve answers on why and how modern birds were once living dinosaurs.
4. Why and how dinosaurs can help us solve answers on why and how the Daspletosaurus had evolved into a new species known as the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Maiasaura evolved into a new species known as Edmontosaurus, which the adult Edmontosaurus doubled the length of the Maiasaura at approximately 40.00 feet, which converts in metres to 12.19.
3. Why and how dinosaurs that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period lived closer to archaic Homo sapiensan and to atomically modern humans than to every single other dinosaur that lived before the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period.
2. Why and how dinosaurs can help us solve answers on why and how the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction occrued, which can also help us prevent the major weather changes and strange weather patterns from becoming worse to worsen.
1. Why and how dinosaurs can help us solve answers on why and how today’s current seven continents on planet Earth were once joined together as one supercontinent, then split into two continents, and then split into seven continents we know in today’s world map.
Rest in peace!
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Boxing Day Tsunami
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