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It's so awful.  And this on top of the situation in Burma/Myanmar...  I wish I had enough perspective to know if this is a sign the earth is freaking out on us, or just routine weather disasters.  A slew of tornadoes came across the US this weekend (hitting a superfund site, among other things), but I seem to always remember there being tornadoes in the Midwest US...  


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:26:50 PM EST
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They're not terribly uncommon in the Midwest, although it's nothing like Tornado Alley.  We have more than I would've guessed in the South, too, as Mother Nature reminded us with her recent actions in ATL.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:34:45 PM EST
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I'd say the weather events are the climate freaking out on us. The scary thing is that I believe that the La Nina event in the Pacific is actually having a calming effect on world climate, god help us when that ends.

But earthquakes are just gonna happen.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:42:15 PM EST
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poemless:
I wish I had enough perspective to know if this is a sign the earth is freaking out on us, or just routine weather disasters.

Heh. Did you miss this morning chatter?

by Nomad on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:54:10 PM EST
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But, Nomad, facts about seismology are not enough: you need to come up with a mythology.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:56:14 PM EST
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?

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:59:36 PM EST
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I strike you as someone who needs a "mythology"?  

Perspective is what I was lamenting.  Not the absence of a retributive sky god...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:01:06 PM EST
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Read kcurie's diary.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:30:36 PM EST
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I did...  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:33:46 PM EST
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What do you mean by "perspective"?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:40:21 PM EST
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Well I was told this morning in all seriousness, that "all the extra earhquakes we're getting are because of all trhe oil we've stolen that was lubricating the geological plates"

Do you ever have days when, even as an atheist, Praying for the human race might actually seem to be a good idea?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:18:08 PM EST
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"all the extra earhquakes we're getting are because of all trhe oil we've stolen that was lubricating the geological plates"

Actually, that is funny.  lol...

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:30:54 PM EST
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I think we're beyond prayer and moving switfly into *EPIC FAIL* territory.

Maybe mammals are a bad idea in general?

Sponges seem quite tame. You can't do a lot of damage as a sponge. And if you get to be a really really big sponge, you might even get around to discovering relativity - just because it's more interesting than being stuck to the bottom of the ocean all day without your mouth open.

But stop me if I'm being too optimistic here.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 05:35:03 PM EST
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i dont know, if sponges do become the dominant lifeform, they might soak up all of the available oceans.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 06:08:39 PM EST
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by Sassafras on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 06:14:25 PM EST
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  1.  Yes.
  2.  And now that I've read it - I have to say - I'm feeling no more informed on the matter.


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 02:58:33 PM EST
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Are you content with your current level of confusion or should we all pile in and increase it?

:-)

by ATinNM on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:08:51 PM EST
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I suspect there is a 3rd option, but that I'm not going to find it with the help of anyone here.

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:11:49 PM EST
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2. To answer your original question: no, the earth cannot "freak out" on us or anything else.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:37:27 PM EST
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It's a figure of speech, and I believe you knew that.  

Carry on among yourselves.

I'm quitting my end of this conversation. right. here.  


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 03:48:35 PM EST
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This is becasue of lack of training.. I will explain it with a couple of sentences:

They are retribution for homosexual sins... or commie chinese.

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 04:11:43 PM EST
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