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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 05:23 PM
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Floating debris from Japan will wash up on U.S. coast
A massive island of debris is working its way across the Pacific Ocean, the remains of a tsunami that devastated the Japanese coast last month.

The debris, which comprises trees, houses, cars and human remains, is slowly floating eastward. And scientists say it’s likely to reach the western coast of the continental United States in two years.

It will likely reach Hawaii much sooner.

University of Hawaii’s International Pacific Research Center is tracking the debris swarm, and an animated projection is available online.

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http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/04/12/debris-island-from-japan-will-wash-up-on-u-s-coast-npr/
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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 05:36 PM
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1. Woohoo!
Time to take a trip to the coast and pick up a gently-used car when it washes ashore!
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 06:37 AM
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5. !!!
You are terrible.
:rofl:
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 05:36 PM
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2. You'll be able to see it at night.
That is, if your eyes still work.
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GKirk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-12-11 05:53 PM
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3. I hadn't thought about it before...
...that'll be pretty weird. If I had thought about it before I wouldn't have
guessed it would take two years to get here.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-11 10:18 PM
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4. I wouldn't want to be the person to find dead bodies from Japan washed up on shore.
:(
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-14-11 06:44 AM
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6. They will be long gone by then
eaten, decomposed. Along with anything else edible. They will see lots of plastic and some wood.
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-11 04:53 PM
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7. I would be hoping more for
a keg of Sake, or some hello Kitty things.
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