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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:37 PM
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Hello...is anyone watching?...
Edited on Tue Apr-04-06 01:48 PM by Acebass
Why the hell should I care if Britney Spears has 10 statues carved with her ass in the air.
The world is coming apart people, and I'm not 'chicken little' either!
What are we prepared to do?!

MONSTER WAVES

Vessel Measures Record Ocean Swells

By Markus Becker

A British research team has observed some of the biggest sea swells ever measured. A whole series of giant waves hammered into their ship that were so big, according to computer models used to set safety standards for ships and oil rigs, they shouldn't even exist.


When the RRS Discovery set out to sea, the crew was expecting stormy weather. Meteorologists had predicted a violent storm, and the scientists -- a team from Britain's National Oceanography Center -- wanted to observe it from up close. What they ended up experiencing went far beyond anything they could have imagined -- and could have cost them their lives.

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0%2C1518%2C408953%2C00.html
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:39 PM
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1. Link is not working. n/t
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:47 PM
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9. sorry try this one...
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:51 PM
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12. Thanks
I caught it mid thread. That is disturbing. Damn.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:39 PM
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2. the link isn't working
I would like to read more.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:41 PM
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3. Working link here
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benevolent dictator Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:42 PM
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4. You beat me to it by like 5 seconds. nt.
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Lochloosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:43 PM
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5. Here is another one
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:45 PM
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7. The benefit of my cable internet connection
and it is actually working today.
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:56 PM
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13. Dial up blows...I'm envious...n/t
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:50 PM
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11. Thanks...n/t
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:44 PM
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6. Did you happen to see the Discovery channel's show Sunday about
a megaflood hitting London and going over the Thames barrier? It had conditions greating giant sea swells. I think the program is called 'Perfect Disasters'.
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:47 PM
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8. Missed it
watched "The Sopranos" and "Big Love". I will keep an eye out for this program though. Thanks for the tip.
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 01:49 PM
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10. I've updated the link in the original message...
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theHOMOagenda Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:02 PM
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14. But but but.. Britney is on Will and Grace
trying to recover her image from Farenheit 9/11!

Are you REALLY trying to tell me that this wave business is more important that THAT?

:think:

my brain hurts..
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:55 PM
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15. darn...I know there are priorities but...
Yes!...:woohoo:
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:57 PM
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16. Remind me to introduce you to someone...n/t
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theHOMOagenda Donating Member (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 03:33 PM
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17. Okay
.... Here is your reminder! :toast:

BTW... thanks for the post.. these things actually concern me quite deeply.
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Acebass Donating Member (926 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 03:46 PM
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18. If we're not concerned we're in for a big surprise...
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