thanks for the links
the BBC had some specials about the sea peoples and the end of the Bronze age; the real question is how this volcano could have affected the collapse of Mycenae the hittites etc...right now, the volcano came two hundred years earlier,but I wonder if the dates might correspond to a later eruption, or a climatic problem that caused the migrations.
I saw recently about a study of major tsunami destruction along the northern side of Crete. I think the hypotensis is that if a tsunami caused by Thera occurred, it would have destroyed the maritime power of Crete. All the ships in port would have been destroyed. Most of the shipbuilders, probably living near their work, would have been killed. Only those ships at sea would have survived, but there would have been far fewer skilled workers to keep them repaired and to build replacements. Hence, after a few generations the power of Crete would have been greatly diminished.