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The south is SINKING: Giant chunks of the Earth's mantle are falling off and causing quakes across
Daily Mail ^
| 4 MAy 2014
| MARK PRIGG
Posted on 05/04/2016 7:43:25 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
The southeastern United States has been hit by a series of strange unexplained quakes - most recently, the 2011 magnitude-5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Virginia that shook the nation's capital. Researchers have been baffled, believing the areas should be relatively quiet in terms of seismic activity, as it is located in the interior of the North American Plate, far away from plate boundaries where earthquakes usually occur. Now, they believe the quakes could be caused by pieces of the Earth's mantle breaking off and sinking into the planet.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; continentaldrift; crust; doomage; doomed; earthchanges; earthquakes; edgarcayce; freepun; mantle; markprigg; mineral; planetx; platetectonics; storkzilla; virginia; virginiabeach; wewillalldie
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Apparently I was missing a URL in the previous post -- here goes!
To: SunkenCiv
To: Fractal Trader
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:44:40 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Fractal Trader
Global sinking = Large deep lakes. Good.
4
posted on
05/04/2016 7:46:10 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Fractal Trader
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:46:16 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Fractal Trader
That sounds serious. I’d be crushed if DC was swallowed into a lake of magma.
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:46:36 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
To: Fractal Trader
The epicenter was traced to a point below a Michele Obama “Let’s Move” dance platform.
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:49:02 PM PDT
by
PTBAA
To: Fractal Trader
Clinton will blame this on Trump
8
posted on
05/04/2016 7:49:20 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Just a tropical gardener chatting with friends)
To: Fractal Trader
So the Appalachian mountains should punch through first? That or all that weight of government fat employees in Northern Virginia is crushing the mantle in the region?
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:49:25 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: DesertRhino
I would be faced with a serious dilemma: what f-stop to use?
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:49:47 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(Destroy Islam and its followers. The civilization you save may be your own.)
To: Fractal Trader
So, the crust is being temper-mantle, eh?
Badda bing, badda boom.
Hey, that tomato hurt.........
To: BenLurkin
Tectonic plate shifting is the greatest recycling method known. Over time that’s is.
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:51:11 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Da Coyote
Help! We’re all doomed!! Aghhh!!!!
(beats ending up in a nursing home)
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:52:28 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: Da Coyote
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:54:56 PM PDT
by
Strac6
(The primaries are only the semi-finals. ALL THAT MATTERS IS DEFEATING HILLARY IN NOVEMBER.)
To: Fractal Trader
Watch everything but CA sink. Bewahahaha.
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posted on
05/04/2016 7:55:50 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Fractal Trader
Wasn’t this the quake which damaged the Washington Monument?
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posted on
05/04/2016 8:01:20 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Fractal Trader
Bush’s fault. I do believe I have just made a pun!
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posted on
05/04/2016 8:04:35 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: dragnet2
Mooch Obama fell off her bike
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posted on
05/04/2016 8:07:14 PM PDT
by
bigtoona
(The media, GOPe, dems, commie Pope, hate Trump. He is the destroyer we've been waiting for!)
To: blackdog
Tectonic plate shifting is the greatest recycling method known. Over time thats is. ...and over time, politicians will find a way to tax us in an attempt to off set it.
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posted on
05/04/2016 8:08:40 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(Fighting POLITICIANS is the true WOT)
To: Fractal Trader; Gamecock; SaveFerris
So my Costanza mantle quip is gone? Now I’ll need something original. Maybe something about Mickey Mantle?
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posted on
05/04/2016 8:08:55 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(#GiveTrumpAChance and then pray we don't get fooled again)
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