Atlas Farted!
Posted on 02/27/2010 11:59:17 AM PST by americanophile
Chile is on a hotspot of sorts for earthquake activity. And so the 8.8-magnitude temblor that shook the region overnight was not a surprise, historically speaking. Nor was it outside the realm of normal, scientists say, even though it comes on the heels of other major earthquakes.
One scientist, however, says that relative to the time period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Earth has been more active over the past 15 years or so.
The Chilean earthquake, and the tsunami it spawned, originated on a hot spot known as a subduction zone, where one plate of Earth's crust dives under another. It's part of the active "Ring of Fire," a zone of major crustal plate clashes that surround the Pacific Ocean.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
It is true that Obama actually renamed the tectonic plates under Haiti - BUSH’S FAULT?
“Out of control?” That’s the dumbest question I’ve heard this month! When was nature “in control?”
Atlas Farted!
Girth Quake?
Live Science already weighed in on this in 2007, maybe this is chapter two:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070830_gw_quakes.html
Please tell me you forgot the /sarc.
Bubbling peach pie filling! My fav!
I’m waiting for some nitwit to suggest that this is Mother Gaia punishing Chile for electing a conservative president.
Tim Pawlenty: "...God's in charge. God is in charge...
Sarah Palin: "...America's spirit to rise again by not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as a God fearing nation..."
That sums it all up quite aptly.
ALGORE, OF COURSE!!!
Don’t mess with Mother Nature.
“The planet’s got a raging fever is is trying to cool itself by splashing tsunami waves over it’s land masses...”
I read recently that there are three times when
earthquakes are most likely...
Moon rides high on celestial equator (begins the most likely 5 day period of earthquakes in the northern hemisphere).
Moon runs low on celestial equator (begins the most likely 5 day period of earthquakes in the southern hemisphere).
Two days a month, the Moon is on the celestial equator - the most likely time for an earthquake in either hemisphere.
The next day where the Moon is on the celestial equator is March 1...
I found this interesting.
ampu
Some of these idiots actually have, claiming that the warmer atmosphere and Oceans is putting excessive stress on the Earth’s crust.
Yes, but wouldn’t it be fun to toss a maiden into a volcano just for the heck of it?
algore can’t be bothered.
We dropped off a truckload of Twinkies at his barge last night.
it shouldn’t have been necessary..........LOL!
I live in southern California.
Yeah. it’s very big quake, where big quakes have happened before.
My point is, this is not the end of days or Mayan doomsday.
All we can do, is build things better.
It will happen again and again and again over and over and over.
Now will we finally strop driving our SUV’s??????
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