Posted on 09/24/2010 7:37:44 PM PDT by TaraP
The Iska River in Slovenia vanished overnight after residents reported hearing loud crashing sounds. CBSNews.com's Felipe Maya reports. (Video)
Iska River in Slovenia Vanished Overnight
The Iska River in Slovenia vanished overnight. Residents reported hearing loud crashing and drumming sounds during the night and woke up to find the river was gone. Fish were found flopping on the dry river bed. The river may have moved underground after a crack opened in the riverbed. However, no earthquake was reported. There is another video about the vanishing river
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Oops. It has been burning for the past FORTY years.
Considering they tell us how limited that gas and oil are, it sure seems like this giant bunsen burner should have burned out a long time ago.
More than they should by what measure? These glaciers have been studied for perhaps a few decades and they have likely existed for centuries. Yet they can determine exactly how fast they should melt at any given time in their existence.
By that logic, the glaciers that covered much of the northern US and Canada must have melted quite a bit more than they should so many years ago when the "warming" really got started. There are many things we can't explain but blaming our actions is akin to our early ancestors believing they caused an eclipse or a drought.
If you take a look at the map, you will see many of the areas are arid, for example Arizona or Nevada.
It is un-likely I will over pump where I live. i get about 70 inches a year, but most of Nevada gets 7 inches. Where does the water go?
They pump centuries of collected water out of the ground, and put on their lawns, pools and ponds. The water evaporates, turns into clouds and rains on places where it Rains a lot more.
Now renamed the “Waska River.”
What do you think the carbon footprint on that puppy is ?
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“It looks like the Americans have done it to us again!”
you got it right - karst (limestone bedrock with solution channels in it). A new hole opened up and down it goes. The word karst is, if I remember aright, Hungarian based on the local name for the phenomenon, but can find it anywhere in the world where the geology is right. Those famous Florida sinkholes that east the occasional road or car dealership come to mind.
I’ve fished a herd of fish.
I’ve moved rocks the size of mountains.
I’ve swallowed entire rivers to quench my thirst.
What’s my name?
ping
Did you know that one of the HOTTEST, DRIEST, LOWEST, and DEADLIEST places in the United States, Death Valley, has one of the world’s largest known aquifers?
It is called Devil’s Hole.
...”that eat the occasional road or car dealership”....
sure. read all my posts on this thread and say that again.
Helen Thomas ?
I actually recently read WATER FOLLIES: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America’s Fresh Waters.
It painted an alarming picture and amazingly enough, did NOT demand a statist solution.
“Pumping water downstream has long raised opposition in southeastern North Dakota, Minnesota and even as far away as the Canadian province of Manitoba, which could receive some of the water from the Red River.
Officials in those places fear the water would contaminate other waterways with harmful plants and fish and increase sulfate levels in the drinking water. Water high in sulfates, including salts, can taste bitter and act as a laxative. Officials in Fargo and West Fargo are seeking federal help to improve their water treatment facilities for Devils Lake water.”
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Hokay, so this excess water could be pumped into the nearby river but Federal water quality standards for the river would be violated and downstream towns are afraid it would give them the runs.
You win. But have you ever swam in San Felipe Creek?
“herd of fish”
I herd of fish too, but I ain’t been no good at ketchin’ any lately.
I gotta fish more at night, I guess, when they’re home from school.
I recall reading an article about a lake in England. They were doing some dredgeing and the equipment caught on a huge chain. It was attached to a 6 foot wooden plug. When they pulled in, the plug came out of a 6 foot stone lined underground waterway. The lake drained, and a lake several miles away flooded. The waterway ran between the lakes. The locals had no record of when the waterway was built. It was figured to be several hundreds of years old. I read the article several years ago.
Look at the video. Got to be real.
The Ice Age ended when humanids invented fire and created vast ozone clouds. History repeats itself.
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