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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:48 am

Some interesting stats re Quake readiness in Japan: http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/03/29/l ... nse-ready/
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Postby Jari Head » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:24 pm

Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm
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Postby Cool Egg Sandwich » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:56 pm

Jari Head wrote:Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm


Listening to your dog, while helpful at times, can lead to devastating results....


Don't listen to your dog, dammit!
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Postby Zeth Rekia » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:59 pm

Cool Egg Sandwich wrote:
Jari Head wrote:Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm


Listening to your dog, while helpful at times, can lead to devastating results....


Don't listen to your dog, dammit!

^this.

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Postby Farnhamia » Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:28 pm

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Jari Head wrote:Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm


Listening to your dog, while helpful at times, can lead to devastating results....


Don't listen to your dog, dammit!

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Postby The Corparation » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:40 pm

So, Its the 29th here in So Cal. Jim's prediction has yet to happen.

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Jari Head wrote:Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm


Listening to your dog, while helpful at times, can lead to devastating results....


Don't listen to your dog, dammit!

Oh god not them too. First cats then dogs. What innocent creature will next fall unto satans ranks?
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Postby South Norwega » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:22 pm

Cool Egg Sandwich wrote:
Jari Head wrote:Always listen to your dog, it may save your life http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110327002250.htm


Listening to your dog, while helpful at times, can lead to devastating results....


Don't listen to your dog, dammit!

That wasn't his dog, that was his neighbour's dog.

The lesson from this is to live near cat people.
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Wow. Just wow. Ridiculous is an understatement.
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Postby The Corparation » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:46 pm


Well its plausible if you know anything about the US navy's trained dolphins. The dolphins were obviously loaned to the CIA to plant earthquake magnifying devices on the sea bed of the coast of japan, these devices amplified and focused the power of the HARP array into a more direct path and helped ensure it shifted the sea floor enough to cause the tsunami. Next up on the CIA's hit list is the American public using HARPS mind control capabilities to focus our support for the operations in Libya and distract us from their secret space program. Image
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Postby Bloodthirsty Dolphins » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:56 pm

Laugh all you want, hairless monkeys. The hour of your doom is at hand! KEKEKEKEKEKEKE!!!!

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I don't know what this guy is smoking, but it's got to be good!

It amazes me how ignorant people are. Who cares what caused this disaster? What happened happened. No one will ever know why it happened. It's far more important to aid Japan in anyway possible and clean up the damage and help Japan recover as quickly as possible. If geniuses like this nut put in as much effort into helping resolve this situation as he/she does talking about absolutely ridiculously stupid ideas about the cause of this unfortunate disaster every thing would be near normal again.
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Postby The Corparation » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:03 pm

Scotovy wrote:


I don't know what this guy is smoking, but it's got to be good!

It amazes me how ignorant people are. Who cares what caused this disaster? What happened happened. No one will ever know why it happened. It's far more important to aid Japan in anyway possible and clean up the damage and help Japan recover as quickly as possible. If geniuses like this nut put in as much effort into helping resolve this situation as he/she does talking about absolutely ridiculously stupid ideas about the cause of this unfortunate disaster every thing would be near normal again.

Plate tectonics caused this. A slip on a fault caused this. We know what causes earthquakes.
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Postby Scotovy » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:47 pm

[/quote]
Plate tectonics caused this. A slip on a fault caused this. We know what causes earthquakes.[/quote]

I know what causes earthquakes. What I meant was no one will ever know why it happened to Japan and not to another country such as the U.S. It just happens.
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Postby The Corparation » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:48 pm

Scotovy wrote:

Plate tectonics caused this. A slip on a fault caused this. We know what causes earthquakes.[/quote]

I know what causes earthquakes. What I meant was no one will ever know why it happened to Japan and not to another country such as the U.S. It just happens.[/quote]
It happened to japan because japan sits on the ring of fire. Basically Earthquakes 'R' Us. With locations all across the pacific.,
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Postby Staenwald » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:37 pm

The Corparation wrote:
Scotovy wrote:

Plate tectonics caused this. A slip on a fault caused this. We know what causes earthquakes.


I know what causes earthquakes. What I meant was no one will ever know why it happened to Japan and not to another country such as the U.S. It just happens.[/quote]
It happened to japan because japan sits on the ring of fire. Basically Earthquakes 'R' Us. With locations all across the pacific.,[/quote]

it occurs due to the pacific plate sinking beneath the one Japan lies on, as the pacific plate sinks it rubs and gets caught on the other and loads the Japanese plate like a spring, and if the pressure is released it goes flying right back up there..
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Postby Cool Egg Sandwich » Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:30 am

Staenwald wrote:
The Corparation wrote:Plate tectonics caused this. A slip on a fault caused this. We know what causes earthquakes.

I know what causes earthquakes. What I meant was no one will ever know why it happened to Japan and not to another country such as the U.S. It just happens.
It happened to japan because japan sits on the ring of fire. Basically Earthquakes 'R' Us. With locations all across the pacific.,


it occurs due to the pacific plate sinking beneath the one Japan lies on, as the pacific plate sinks it rubs and gets caught on the other and loads the Japanese plate like a spring, and if the pressure is released it goes flying right back up there..


As opposed to a fault-line such as the San Andreas Fault, which is essentially two sides rubbing against each other. Such a plate boundary would be classified as a "Transform-Fault" boundary, whereas the plates in Japan would be 'subduction' boundaries.

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I read a great paper once talking about how the rich soil around volcanoes and uplifts along plate boundaries actually attracts settlements, then the volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
Pompeii was famous fore the richest soil around, well up until the big eruption.
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Sociobiology wrote:I read a great paper once talking about how the rich soil around volcanoes and uplifts along plate boundaries actually attracts settlements, then the volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
Pompeii was famous fore the richest soil around, well up until the big eruption.

i bet it's soil is still rich. ash makes soil rich. It also explains why humans started to move forward after appearing in tanzania, which sits above a massive lava field.
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Postby Daistallia 2104 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:54 pm

Sibirsky wrote:

Wow. Just wow. Ridiculous is an understatement.


It's abovetopsecret.com. Everything there falls under ridiculous is an understatement.
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Staenwald wrote:
Sociobiology wrote:I read a great paper once talking about how the rich soil around volcanoes and uplifts along plate boundaries actually attracts settlements, then the volcanoes and earthquakes happen.
Pompeii was famous fore the richest soil around, well up until the big eruption.

i bet it's soil is still rich. ash makes soil rich. It also explains why humans started to move forward after appearing in tanzania, which sits above a massive lava field.


not just the ash but also all the rarer minerals like feldspar which plants love are all igneous
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Postby Sibirsky » Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:50 pm

19 year old golfer Ryo Ishikawa, pledges all of his 2011 prize money to Japanese relief efforts.
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Sibirsky wrote:19 year old golfer Ryo Ishikawa, pledges all of his 2011 prize money to Japanese relief efforts.
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He's clearly a commie :p
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Mongolian Khanate wrote:
Sibirsky wrote:19 year old golfer Ryo Ishikawa, pledges all of his 2011 prize money to Japanese relief efforts.
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He's clearly a commie :p

Would I clap for anyone else?
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