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Recent Natural Disasters! (pg. 3)
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Disasters have happened like this for all of history - the difference now is that people are everywhere on the earth and as a result are affected by them (and reporting on them). |
+ 1...the media...especially American Media...reports every natural event that happens...scare tactics sell |
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| DigiNut |
Global Warming, LOL. Even if you're of the mind that it's 100% certain, absolutely positively a sure thing and man-made, there is still no plausible theory in existence which would link the amount of "warming" today to a higher rate of natural disasters. More like a positive feedback loop in the climate affecting weather systems 30 or 40 years from now. And even those theories are on the fringe among the so-called "climate scientists" who are generally more considered about ocean life dying off.
I mean , these are terrible tragedies, but people sound so ridiculous when they wax philosophical about what they mean on a global or cosmic scale. Earth's environment is, was, and always will be incredibly chaotic and these kinds of disasters will always happen. The rate hasn't gone up or down in any statistically significant way. If anything, we hear about them more often because we have the technology to report on events happening around the world in real-time. |
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| Orko |
| Yes, the world is slowly going to die, because global warming can now cause earth quakes. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
I mean , these are terrible tragedies, but people sound so ridiculous when they wax philosophical about what they mean on a global or cosmic scale. Earth's environment is, was, and always will be incredibly chaotic and these kinds of disasters will always happen. The rate hasn't gone up or down in any statistically significant way. If anything, we hear about them more often because we have the technology to report on events happening around the world in real-time. |
And these disasters will be more and more tragic because (surprise, surprise) the population is growing faster and faster. Some people really overreact. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
This will probably be the only post I make in this thread b/c I don't feel like getting into a global warming argument....but global warming has increased the likelihood of these natural disasters happening, as well as the intensity of the disasters. |
Yes. But its not OUR fault the earth is warming. That`s just happening due to other natural factors.
Just sucks for us. Oh well. We gotta work with the cards that the earth and the universe has dealt us.
Hopefully we`ll not all go the way of the dinosaurs. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Global Warming, LOL. Even if you're of the mind that it's 100% certain, absolutely positively a sure thing and man-made, there is still no plausible theory in existence which would link the amount of "warming" today to a higher rate of natural disasters. More like a positive feedback loop in the climate affecting weather systems 30 or 40 years from now. And even those theories are on the fringe among the so-called "climate scientists" who are generally more considered about ocean life dying off.
I mean , these are terrible tragedies, but people sound so ridiculous when they wax philosophical about what they mean on a global or cosmic scale. Earth's environment is, was, and always will be incredibly chaotic and these kinds of disasters will always happen. The rate hasn't gone up or down in any statistically significant way. If anything, we hear about them more often because we have the technology to report on events happening around the world in real-time. |
Seriously. Thank god you can post reason in amoungst all the `òmgz global warming fan-fare`. As petty said... DING DING DING! |
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| KaiLee |
Yesterday's earthquake :nervous:
I live on the 48th floor of my apartment building in Shanghai and buildings in China are not built to support earthquakes. The damn thing swayed back and forth for a good few minutes. Needless to stay we opened a door quicker than you can say "Uno!"
It's not the first earthquake we've had here this year. It's just this earthquake's centre happened to be near a very populated city.
Places like Tokyo get earthquakes everyday! You just don't feel them for the most part. I remember when I lived in Taipei we had about 3000 earthquakes a year but only really felt one once or twice a week.
I feel so bad for those people in Chengdu where most of the deaths are though. Multiple schools crumbled with kiddies in them :(
I do have to applaud the Chinese president for being so swift about sending those 20,000 troops to help clean up (whether or not it's an Olypmics PR move). Some are even travelling on foot to get there.
Also, the panda conservation centres are in Chengdu....hope the fuzzy ones are alright! |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by KaiLee
Yesterday's earthquake :nervous:
I live on the 48th floor of my apartment building in Shanghai and buildings in China are not built to support earthquakes. The damn thing swayed back and forth for a good few minutes. Needless to stay we opened a door quicker than you can say "Uno!" |
I'd my pants and get out of the apartment like a big black man is chasing after my delicious cookies.
Swaying buildings? I hate heights!:nervous: |
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| Orko |
| If your building didn't sway, it would have crumbled. Be thankful it did its job. |
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| Jer. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yohan
I'd my pants and get out of the apartment like a big black man is chasing after my delicious cookies.
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lolque? |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
If your building didn't sway, it would have crumbled. Be thankful it did its job. |
I lived in an building made to withstand earthquakes for two years and have been through earthquakes stronger than what we felt in Shanghai. The building never swayed like this one did. It was more of a shallow long sway as the earthquake was quite shallow to the earth's surface.
I'm definitely not complaining it's still up...who in their right mind would? It was just freaky experiencing it 48 floors up. |
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