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This author seems to imply that it's not a catastrophe until it also affects Europeans... "Ten thousand locals died instantly. Most of those who survived the b

This author seems to imply that it's not a catastrophe until it also affects Europeans... "Ten thousand locals died instantly. Most of those who survived the blast went on to die of starvation after nearly all vegetation on the island of Sumbawa was destroyed." "Then came the real catastrophe."

floor2 6y ago
That's obviously not at all what was intended. Please don't project your biases onto others by suggesting dark, cynical interpretations which were obviously not what the author meant. There were obvious, short-term, localized negative effects. There were non-obvious, long-term, global effects. The author is making the reader aware that the latter surprisingly contributed to more total human suffering.