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Tsunami #204500
02/27/10 02:09 PM
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you may know it already:
earthquake in chile at tsunami across the pacific.

take care and good luck for all people concerned

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Re: Tsunami [Re: Smiths_Cat] #204501
02/27/10 02:53 PM
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“an island in the Pacifi...
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The resort I live above has been evacuated. Our neighborhood is packed with tourists. The neighbor kids are selling lemonade and sun screen.


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Re: Tsunami [Re: hobie1616] #204513
02/27/10 08:38 PM
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Sebring, Florida.
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And??

Did any big wave ever hit?

I hope all are OK.


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Re: Tsunami [Re: hobie1616] #204516
02/27/10 10:22 PM
02/27/10 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hobie1616
The resort I live above has been evacuated. Our neighborhood is packed with tourists. The neighbor kids are selling lemonade and sun screen.


We happen to be over on Maui in Kihei. Same story, everyone evacuated. We went to upcountry, Makawao. It was great for their local business. They anticipated 10ft wall of water, turned out to be only 6ft. Harbors and bays, water went down, then turned silty. No reported damage, or any one hurt. Just another missed day on the Beach.

Re: Tsunami [Re: H17cat] #204519
02/27/10 11:57 PM
02/27/10 11:57 PM

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Waves only 10cm so far in Japan. But they are prepared for worst.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_tsunami

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Re: Tsunami [Re: ] #204537
02/28/10 09:40 AM
02/28/10 09:40 AM
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“an island in the Pacifi...
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Turned out to be a non event. To celebrate the Hyatt had Tsunami's on sale at the bar.

A little neighbor boy came by to tell us a salami was coming.


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Re: Tsunami [Re: hobie1616] #204544
02/28/10 10:04 AM
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Good thing the salami wasn't so big, considering it was a big butt earthquake.

Largest earthquake recorded was 9.4? Also in Chile? Sometime in the 60's? I think?

2012 here we come!! key the REM song.

Re: Tsunami [Re: Karl_Brogger] #204547
02/28/10 10:26 AM
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Karl, is that avatar available on a t-shirt? I think it work quite well in four panels.


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Re: Tsunami [Re: pgp] #204549
02/28/10 10:39 AM
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Damn those Salami's!! They must be stopped! How long will we put up with runaway Salami's??!!

Salami Baggers, time to suit up!


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Re: Tsunami [Re: Karl_Brogger] #204550
02/28/10 10:45 AM
02/28/10 10:45 AM
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You bring up an interesting line of thought, there, K. Despite the arguments about the whys and wherefores, it is inevitable that from time to time, the earth will cast off a few species. Mass extinction events are recorded throughout the fossil record. Sometimes they are attributed to catastrophic events like the much-glamorized K-T Event, and other times they are believed to be the result of changing climate or loss of habitat as in the O-S Event. It is interesting to note that biologists are quietly in agreement that, though difficult for the human mind to comprehend the galactic span of time, we are in the early stages of what has been named the Holocene Event. If such thinking could somehow penetrate deeper into our understanding, we wouldn't have threads like "Drill." We, together, are a species clinging to a restless rock that is hurtling through the cold black at an incomprehensible speed. We're one big wave, one escaped tiger, one Heimlich away from... what? Good thing we have Portsmouth ratings to argue about... Ooh, look! Something shiny!


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Re: Tsunami [Re: John Williams] #204551
02/28/10 10:53 AM
02/28/10 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by John Williams
You bring up an interesting line of thought, there, K. Despite the arguments about the whys and wherefores, it is inevitable that from time to time, the earth will cast off a few species. Mass extinction events are recorded throughout the fossil record. Sometimes they are attributed to catastrophic events like the much-glamorized K-T Event, and other times they are believed to be the result of changing climate or loss of habitat as in the O-S Event. It is interesting to note that biologists are quietly in agreement that, though difficult for the human mind to comprehend the galactic span of time, we are in the early stages of what has been named the Holocene Event. If such thinking could somehow penetrate deeper into our understanding, we wouldn't have threads like "Drill." We, together, are a species clinging to a restless rock that is hurtling through the cold black at an incomprehensible speed. We're one big wave, one escaped tiger, one Heimlich away from... what? Good thing we have Portsmouth ratings to argue about...
Ooh, look! Something shiny!


Question: How many Sailors with ADD does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Hey, lets go ride our bikes ! ! ! !


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It's about learning to dance in the rain
Re: Tsunami [Re: John Williams] #204552
02/28/10 11:00 AM
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We're one big wave, one escaped tiger, one Heimlich away from...

You forgot Killer Whales...

Evacuate the Park, Tili the Killer Whale is coming!


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Re: Tsunami [Re: Timbo] #204554
02/28/10 11:10 AM
02/28/10 11:10 AM
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My church often puts groups together for mission trips in disaster areas. Today I volunteered to lead the tsunami relief trip to Hawaii. Several people offered to join me, after they paused a few seconds to realize what I had said.


What - Me Worry?


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Re: Tsunami [Re: IndyWave] #204555
02/28/10 11:19 AM
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Domestic disaster relief? Now there's an idea. wink


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Re: Tsunami [Re: pgp] #204557
02/28/10 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pgp
Karl, is that avatar available on a t-shirt? I think it work quite well in four panels.


Copy. Paste. Talk to somebody who know how to take apart a .GIF file. I'd laugh my butt off if I saw that on a t-shirt.

Re: Tsunami [Re: Karl_Brogger] #204571
02/28/10 05:31 PM
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This is what we got:

Re: Tsunami [Re: SurfCityRacing] #204573
02/28/10 05:43 PM
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Pretty amazing that a wave generated in Chile hits Japan 24 hours later, that is a distance of more than 9000nm!
[Linked Image]

Last edited by Tony_F18; 02/28/10 05:50 PM. Reason: Added graph
Re: Tsunami [Re: John Williams] #204578
02/28/10 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by John Williams
....It is interesting to note that biologists are quietly in agreement that, though difficult for the human mind to comprehend the galactic span of time, we are in the early stages of what has been named the Holocene Event.


Early stages of an extinction event... That raises a few questions:
How long is it supposed to last?
How early are we?
What will be the causes of extinction, natural ones or human beings?


Luiz
Re: Tsunami [Re: Luiz] #204587
03/01/10 03:09 AM
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Obvious answer: Last minute litigation brought against the Vogons by a trans-galactic dolphin consortium set back the original plans for a hyperspace bypass.
Of course, as these things go, money talks in the end and there you have it, the end of the world 2.0!

Re: Tsunami [Re: DennisMe] #204589
03/01/10 03:50 AM
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Mice are working fast and hard on a solution.

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