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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:49 AM Original message |
The Thai tsunami, Katrina and the Myanmar cyclone are models for the future |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. The tsunami had nothing to do with climate. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Shhhhh.... |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. And slipping on the butter. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I thought catastrophism as a science is the hallmark of creationsists |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You don't know what you're talking about. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Catastrophism is used to "prove" Noah's flood. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. and as the basis for hundreds of scientific theories and observations |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. The dominant (and mainstream) view of geology is uniformitarianism |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Presently ALL mass extinctions are thought to have been caused |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. "I'm not saying the sky is falling" |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. you don't think this is true? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No, but higher sea levels will make future tsunamis hit deeper inland |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Well, "inland" will still be at the same place relative to the shore. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. no. but it had everything to do with the ocean |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Only if there's no relocation. All coastlines are vulnerable if people live barely above sea level |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. is the mississippi river delta more or less vulnerable now than it was 50 years ago? |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I only meant to point out that the tsunami had nothing to do with climate or weather. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. cause of the catastrophe |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Coasts are not capable of being stressed...only people who want to live on them are. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. LOL |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. www.dictionary.com |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. do you own a dictionary? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. try educating yourself before spouting off and namecalling |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Congratulations, you have shat in your own pew. From your own cite: |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. talk about stress |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. I believe a future tsunami could be caused by global warming climate change.Considering that some |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "water based glaciers" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Call it an iceberg if you prefer, but it doesn't change the premise of the logic. n/t |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. But of course not. "Water based glaciers" is a perfectly apt term. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Considering it's referred to as glacier in the Antarctic while floating on the water before |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. First, show me a "land based glacier" |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. To begin with, it hasn't happened on that scale yet, but here is a smaller example |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The largest glaciers in the world would barely make a splash even IF they could |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Do you mean this Lituya Bay? |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Of course I do...it's why I mentioned it. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Water is seeping through cracks in the glaciers forming vast pools underneath them. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Yes, all those things are indicative of very big potential problems but NOT tsunamis. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I believe this is a dynamic which can change rapidly. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. What you apparently cannot grasp is that glaciers sit on a VERY GRADUAL SLOPE |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I don't believe it needs to be a steep slope with that kind of mass |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Okay...fill your bathtub up to within a couple inches of the top. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. How about just letting the bowling ball roll in to the bathtub from a sleight angle, |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Aw jeeze...give it up. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Regarding friction, not if it's floating on shallow melt water. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Ooops...I forgot to add a term to my list: |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I believe if a glacier the size of Rhode Island, Connecticut or larger slide in to the ocean, many |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. So a glacier...WHICH IS ALREADY FLOATING...will cause sea levels to rise? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. From my post 52 |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And, while you're tracking down that RI-sized "land based glacier", can you define this word for me? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Here are two more that could give Rhode Island a run for it's money. |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yep, we are in serious times as far as weather in the world goes and will only... |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Looks like you are right. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. the ONLY issue is the class war |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. true |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yep I weep for Myanmar |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Kicked and recommended. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I know that DU is a "big tent," |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Now, in addition to being mistaken you are also disingenuous. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. surrender before I taunt you further! |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Please do not booger-fling me! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. LOL |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I suspect election season has an effect |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. One of them at least has been around for awhile |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I have days like that, I make more errors |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Of, f**k off. Nobody here is denying global warming |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I am. |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. You will have a birds-eye view of the rapture from there! |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. BTW |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. all 3 engineered disasters by Bushco... |
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