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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thanks to climate change, there is no longer a 400-feet thick sheet of ice where I live north of Seattle.


21 posted on 10/14/2022 10:53:20 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle
Same here in NH. The Cave men 12000 years ago were driving SUVs when they were out hunting for Woolly Mammoths and melted the MILE of ice over my house.
The problem is it left all these really big boulders on my property when the glacier retreated.
26 posted on 10/14/2022 11:08:32 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Steve_Seattle
Thanks to climate change, there is no longer a 400-feet thick sheet of ice where I live north of Seattle.

And we can enjoy the Red Rocks of Sedona and ski on mountains.

27 posted on 10/14/2022 11:11:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Steve_Seattle

Only 400 feet? Count yourself lucky! I live in the Purcell Trench. The Purcell Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet occupied northern Idaho and the northwestern edge of Montana. The Purcell Lobe was notable because it blocked off the Clark Fork River, creating a massive ice dam over 2,000 feet tall. The dam caused water to back up in western Montana, forming Lake Missoula, a glacial lake covering about 3,000 square miles.

How strong was an 2,000 foot ice dam when the earth warmed and the last glacial period ended? About as strong as you would expect. The geologists think the Cordilleran Ice Sheet melted away in less than 4,000 years.

Now THAT was some serious climate change! And it was only happened about 300 human generations ago.


42 posted on 10/14/2022 1:59:06 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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