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To: Publius772000

Now I am scared to go to work in Manhattan.
Guam is 209 square miles and has a population of 180,000.

Manhattan is 33 square miles and has a population of over 1.6 million, not including the hundreds of thousands of commuters and tourists who are there every day.

If Guam is at risk for tipping over and capsizing, how much greater is the peril in NYC? I better start wearing my life vest to work.


23 posted on 04/01/2010 4:41:02 AM PDT by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Above My Pay Grade

Don’t let word of that leak out... Al Qaeda could send thousands of operatives to one side of Manhattan and just flip the whole thing in one fell swoop. Let’s not give the enemy ideas...


27 posted on 04/01/2010 4:50:54 AM PDT by Publius772000 (http://theconstitutionalalamo.com)
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To: Above My Pay Grade

“If Guam is at risk for tipping over and capsizing, how much greater is the peril in NYC?”

Oddly enough, the destruction of the World Trade Center SAVED NYC, which was in imminent peril of flipping over and trapping millions under water...


51 posted on 04/01/2010 7:28:22 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Above My Pay Grade; Salamander; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; humblegunner; Eaker
"If Guam is at risk for tipping over and capsizing, how much greater is the peril in NYC? I better start wearing my life vest to work."

Silly Goose!

The great foresight exercised by the city planners anchored the Island of Manhattan to the mainland by an intricate series of bridges. Besides, everyone knows that the Hudson River isn't nearly as deep as the Pacific Ocean, so when it does start to capsize the edges would hit the bottom long before it could turn all the way over!

Learn some science before you go and panic - sheesh!
60 posted on 04/01/2010 11:10:03 AM PDT by shibumi (FReepMail me to get on the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
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