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Caribbean tsunami warning issued after Haiti quake
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| 1/12/10
Posted on 01/12/2010 2:26:40 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer
Anyone have any idea what bearing this has on the French West Indies?
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posted on
01/12/2010 10:05:36 PM PST
by
Cosmo
(Liberalism is for girls)
To: rdl6989
There’s some dreadful news at that site.
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posted on
01/13/2010 4:32:51 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: Enterprise
83
posted on
01/13/2010 4:36:58 AM PST
by
rdl6989
(January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
To: rdl6989
UN headquarters in Haiti has collapsed. Engineers are on site and troops are protecting the site.
Large Number Of UN Staff Missing After Haiti Quake
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posted on
01/13/2010 4:41:29 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
01/13/2010 5:45:17 AM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
(I will follow the "True North-star" and that's, Sarah!)
To: aruanan
no thats the japanese word for it they just started calling it that to be politically correct, in english and in the western hemisphere its a tidal wave.
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posted on
01/13/2010 7:47:22 AM PST
by
ichabod1
( I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet.)
To: winoneforthegipper
Uh-oh... That does NOT sound good at all...
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posted on
01/13/2010 8:43:44 AM PST
by
LibertyRocks
(Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
To: ichabod1
no thats the japanese word for it they just started calling it that to be politically correct, in english and in the western hemisphere its a tidal wave.
"Tidal wave" has
always been an incorrect term to describe a wave generated by an earthquake since it has nothing to do with tides. Here is a picture of a tidal wave (also known as a tidal bore) that is a wave created by tidal forces:
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posted on
01/13/2010 10:20:40 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: ichabod1
The difference in terminology between a natural phenomenon in the Atlantic versus the Pacific is hurricane versus typhoon.
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posted on
01/13/2010 10:22:02 AM PST
by
aruanan
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