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\u00a0 \u00a0 A fascinating article about the great Tambora eruption of 1815, its effects around the world \u2014 including its impact on Joseph Smith and the rise of Mormonism \u2014 and what would happen if such a disaster were to happen today: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/briefing\/21647958-two-hundred-years-ago-most-powerful-eruption-modern-history-made-itself-felt-around \u00a0 I posted an item on this same eruption a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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