Days Since Incident (2022)

Related:<p><i>Days Since Incident – tracker of natural disasters on Earth</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33018771">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33018771</a> - Sept 2022 (38 comments)

Why does category 5 hurricane not also constitute a category 2 hurricane. Seems silly to differentiate by what level they end up at when a cat 5 has also, by definition, made it to cat 2 at some point.<p>Other than that, this is fun.

I&#x27;m curious how is this being updated.

There are 500 metre high Megatsunami? O_O<p>Sure, sure, don&#x27;t worry about it, but being told that the tsunamis in <i>The Abyss</i> could be real? Good lord that is shocking to me.<p>Some of the effects of a wave like that can be read here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and_megatsunami" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and...</a><p><i>&quot;Over 30 million cubic meters of rock fell from a height of several hundred meters into the bay, creating the megatsunami.&quot;</i>

Is there one for Boeing also?

What constitutes a volcanic eruption? Thinking about Iceland right now.

i wish there was an additional line with each (known) previous incident

I like the design of this site, but honestly these are things just not worth worrying about.