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fried eggs Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:28 PM
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Forget global warming, I'm concerned about global cracking
4 earthquakes in the United States in 4 days? What is going on? And is man contributing to the quakes somehow?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:31 PM
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yellowcanine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:33 PM
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2. Absolutely. By refusing to believe in the Flying Sphagetti Monster and His Noodly Appendage,
man is causing the quakes. His Pastaness is vexed.
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abelenkpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:51 PM
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7. I believe
Actually I just really want some spaghetti. I hope his pastaness won't be offended if I slurp up a big bowl of noodles tonite. :)
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 02:43 PM
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3. The Earth won't break apart just from x-amount of earthquakes
It'll take much, MUCH more force.
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Jeroen Donating Member (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:06 PM
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4. Induced seismicity
Men can only cause minor earthquakes and tremors, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_seismicity
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:17 PM
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5. It is not unreasonable to speculate that the increase in average ground temperatures
could facilitate yesterdays event. There have been reports of increased ground temps this summer. This increase has been blamed for a record number of water main breaks and highway infrastructure issues. It is evident that the eastern portion of the country is some way a continuous large mass and that same mass could experience tremendous stress/expansion due to a very insignificant increase in temperature.
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ProdigalJunkMail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-24-11 03:19 PM
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6. a little light reading for you...
http://qntm.org/destroy


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