Discuss.
What the Earth is capable of.
Started by Gametime, Jun 04 2010 10:26 PM
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BuckFutter
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Posted 04 June 2010 - 10:47 PM
Came in expecting the Guatemala sinkhole ... satisfied 
Imagine if they decide to dig up the ruins of the clothing factory from 300ft down.
Imagine if they decide to dig up the ruins of the clothing factory from 300ft down.
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ArticTheTiger
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 01:05 AM
Would like to see that happen to NYC,
Firstly the thing would have been claimed as a terrorists new weapon, and a well known terrorists group takes responsibility.
Later there will be videos online by conspiracy theorists that it was all a set up by the government, because traces in the soil kind of look like termite.
Oh yeah, and certain religious groups will call it the wrath of god, even though there is a perfectly good geological reason behind this.
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BuckFutter
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 01:27 AM
Firstly the thing would have been claimed as a terrorists new weapon, and a well known terrorists group takes responsibility.
Later there will be videos online by conspiracy theorists that it was all a set up by the government, because traces in the soil kind of look like termite.
Oh yeah, and certain religious groups will call it the wrath of god, even though there is a perfectly good geological reason behind this.
Heh, has Pat Robertson said anything about this yet?
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devil669988
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 03:36 AM
true after all they'd rather blame it on everything they can think of before they see the scientific reason in it
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luvsmyncis
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 05:14 AM
The owner of the clothing factory must be completel bewildered.
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outsidedream86
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 06:24 AM
Something the media has failed to explain is that it, in fact, is not technically a sinkhole.
Sinkhole: solid bedrock eaten away by groundwater. Cannot be predicted by geologists.
Guatemala: the city sits on top of hundreds of feet of volcanic ash. Caused by stormwater runoff and leaky sewage system washing away the ash.
Why does this matter? Because it could have been prevented. Unless Guatemala fixes its sewer system, this sort of thing will keep happening. It happened in 2007 and geologists knew that it would happen again, and will keep happening more frequently in the future.
Sinkhole: solid bedrock eaten away by groundwater. Cannot be predicted by geologists.
Guatemala: the city sits on top of hundreds of feet of volcanic ash. Caused by stormwater runoff and leaky sewage system washing away the ash.
Why does this matter? Because it could have been prevented. Unless Guatemala fixes its sewer system, this sort of thing will keep happening. It happened in 2007 and geologists knew that it would happen again, and will keep happening more frequently in the future.
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AliceFi
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Posted 05 June 2010 - 07:28 AM
neat huh
i saw it in the newspapers
it's 30m of diameters and 60m deep
i'd like to see them fill this up^^ its crazy really how big this is!
i saw it in the newspapers
it's 30m of diameters and 60m deep
i'd like to see them fill this up^^ its crazy really how big this is!
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