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UNO geologist: Video tells bin Laden's hiding place
Omaha World-Herald ^
| Published Tuesday
| BY MICHAEL O'CONNOR
Posted on 10/16/2001 7:23:30 AM PDT by Oldsailor
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To: NittanyLion
Sedimentary rock are those created under water fromm deposits ... movement later on (such as what created the Himalaya's and their 14,000 foot "foothills" in Afgan. from the sea floor) will lift them very, very far up.
If he claims he recognizes a particular kind of rock .. more power to him. He probably can.
But limiting an area to even 100 square MILES (a small 10 mile x 10 mile area geologically!) is way too big a search area for dropping bombs. Limiting it to a single mesa or outcropping could helpful though. Limiting the search region (for ground observers working over an area for weeks) would be helpful.
NO BOMB - even a modest size nuke - is going to be effective more than 1 mile away against underground targets in the mountains. Figure a kill distance of a few hundred feet (even less) for conventional explosives.
Nagasaki, for example, with very small hills and valleys, had "protected" areas only a short distance from the ground zero of an air blast.
Real big nuke? Sure - Bigger damage area. But still not real large compared to a "mountainside" in a far country valley.
To: Oldsailor
I think any motivated patriot with a survey of geology under her belt was hoping U.S. central command was on those pictures. The geologist is a blabber mouth,though.
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To: Thumper1960
I don't think you have it right yet though.....I'm a retired Dentist and I can tell you that good lips can put some real pressure on even a pinky finger let alone an undersized member
To: Oldsailor
They say he moves everyday between various locations.
To: FreePaul
how big a province is in Afghanistan Big enough in geological terms. Like measuring the age of civilization in geological time.
To: Urbane_Guerilla
Pretty strong language for an item of this kind. Better check how tight your belt and tie are. May need to loosen them some there. :-)
To: Eowyn-of-Rohan
we need to find an entrance We need to find several thousand entrances.
And seal them...
One at a time
To: Oldsailor
Pretty strong language for an item of this kind. Better check how tight your belt and tie are. May need to loosen them some there. :-)
Lol ... too true. I do get transformed at times, and maybe I should throw out my underwear and get a bigger waist band ... it has been a while.
To: NittanyLion
If the rock behind Bin Laden was sedimentary, it would suggest that the area was underwater at some recent point in its history. I suspect only southern Afghanistan is at a low enough elevation to have been under a sea in the recent past. Hmmmmm.
OK I'll throw in my few units of Geology.
Present elevation is not necessarily an indicator of past elevation.
I would say more "distant" past rather than "recent" past.
To: Publius6961
Personally, I remember those rock formations in two specific scenes from "Return of Planet of the Apes". I hope somebody is looking for Bin Laden here in the United States! JEEEEZZZ!!!
To: Oldsailor
I suppose you're correct.
I forgot about the stresses on a straw.
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