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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:52 PM Original message |
Giant crack in Africa may create a new ocean |
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Razoor (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. wheres some spackle when you need it? n/t |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Spackle?! Pffft. Duct tape!! |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Why waste duct tape when one well placed nuke can rectify the crisis yesterday? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Superman fixed a fault line. Anyone got his #? |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. in a million years according to the article.. |
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Vehl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I hope humanity survives till then! |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. By that time, maybe California will be adrift as well. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. California... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I thought it was just San Diego migrating north very stealthily. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Could be a boon for that part of africa if this is true |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. We should bomb it like the moon! |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I agree. Nuke it! |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe it's nature way to diminish damage of the ice melting? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Nope, it is just plate tectonics. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. ... and has NOTHING to do with human activity. nt |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Time to jump on some ocean front property. nt |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Using the powers of Amerigo Vespucci, I proclaim the new ocean to be: The FSogol Ocean |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. This will be wonderful |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Those paintings actually exist |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
47. A vast and deadly one, though. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
53. I think it will suck. |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. Oh, great. Here come the Somali pirates. |
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chemenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Somalian Pirates We |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. The entire eastern portion of Africa is due to split off of the continent |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Lived in Ethiopia for a couple of years |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Very cool. Thanks for sharing. |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. my wife and I were teachers and we had two children |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. 3.5 million years ago |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. yep - some great findings from this area |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. I lived up in Asmara from 66 to 69. I remember all the earth tremors we |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. RUN! |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well... |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. Where I live in Bucks County was a rift valley like that once |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. If I remember my geology correctly |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-03-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. Giant Crack Syndrome? I'm sure there's a pill for that. (nt) |
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scot (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Not a pill, a suppository. |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. BWAHAHAHAHAHA |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. And if there is I bet Limbaugh has a few thousand of them -nt- |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Hell, I think he bought the company. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
29. "Mother Earth is simply barfing out the poison we have injected into her." |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. No need to snark. The OP specified that statement was not based on science. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Statements like that REQUIRE snark. |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'll be working on my crack navigating skills. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. This happens. It's a normal part of plate tectonics. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Hi Tucker! |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is news? Where has msmbc been for the last few eons? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Busy planning their "Get FoxNews" strategery |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. I got some waterfront property to sell |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-04-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's time for a War on Giant Cracks stat! |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. how is this LBN? I herd about this over a year ago. NT |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is connected to climate change somehow...I am sure. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Nope. Plate tectonics. Has nothing to do with human activity. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. There is a bigger rift on DU |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-05-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's Obama - he's trying to hide Kenya and his birth certificate ... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. At last, Etthiopians will be able to afford beachfront property. |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh, holy fucking shit. |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-06-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. they were talking about the rift on NOVA |
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