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Penguins escape huge earthquake
BBC ^
| Dec 24, 2004
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Posted on 12/24/2004 9:38:44 AM PST by Mike Fieschko
Macquarie penguins appear to have escaped the worst
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An earthquake on a remote Antarctic archipelago home to 850,000 King Penguins was the strongest on earth in four years, seismologists say.
The quake hit 400km (250 miles) off the Macquarie Islands on Friday, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale.
Penguins appear to have escaped a major disaster as the quake occurred deep under the sea, far from inhabited land.
There were no tsunamis, or large tidal waves, because the quake moved horizontally rather than vertically.
The tremors were felt in Tasmania, 1000km (600 miles) away, but because the epicentre was 10km underground, few observers noticed the initial quake.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; macquarieislands; penguins; wildlife
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To: July 4th
I have to admit, I recently bought a bottle of that wine just for the label.
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posted on
12/24/2004 1:21:11 PM PST
by
packrat35
(reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
To: Mike Fieschko
Yep, that Linux is a survivor...
22
posted on
12/24/2004 1:41:50 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Revision 8.1)
To: Cicero
How about the seals?They are busy suing the AP.
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:16:01 AM PST
by
ijcr
(Age and treachery will always overcome youth and ability.)
To: Mike Fieschko
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:19:21 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: Angry Republican
"Tennessee Tuxedo will not fall!"
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posted on
12/30/2004 8:26:16 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Oh yeah - and F the french too!)
To: RckyRaCoCo
Dude, I've been trying to post that file, but the animation never worked.
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posted on
12/30/2004 12:28:18 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Screw the Sun! Ehrlich in '06!)
To: July 4th
What kind of wine is that and where can I get it?
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posted on
12/30/2004 12:30:30 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Screw the Sun! Ehrlich in '06!)
To: Angry Republican
It's Little Penguin wine:
http://www.thelittlepenguin.com. They make a few different types.
It's a cheap Australian wine that is actually pretty good. I think it's far better than the equivalent Aussie wines that go for $5.50 a bottle, like Yellow Tail. I've seen it in several liquor stores in Wisconsin, so it might be in your area.
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:04:31 PM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Mike Fieschko; All
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:06:35 PM PST
by
zoobee
To: FormerACLUmember
Bump that thought -- blows my mind!
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posted on
12/30/2004 1:16:45 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: zoobee
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posted on
12/30/2004 4:04:56 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Screw the Sun! Ehrlich in '06!)
To: FormerACLUmember; Salvation
Thousands of babies were just murdered in British abortion factories. The BBC is worried about some penguins. Two days later near Indonesia, God woke some people up -- in more ways than one. No penguin talk after the 9.0 earthquake + tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
People are also omitting to talk about the tourists in that part of world that go to Thailand for the child sex slavery business.
If I were God, I really would have dropped the hammer much harsher for what is going on. Thank God that God know best...
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:25:29 PM PST
by
topher
(God bless & Protect our Troops)
To: Squawk 8888
*groan* If you think that was bad [about the penguins and earthquake near Australia was Bush's fault], just after the Indonesian quake/tsunami, I saw a web site that claimed that US Military base Diego Garcia was flattened and this was indeed Bush's fault.
Fortunately, this liberal wackos don't know what they are talking about.
God protected Diego Garcia...
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:30:09 PM PST
by
topher
(God bless & Protect our Troops)
To: zoobee
LMAO!
I got 205.4, what did you get?
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:38:06 PM PST
by
kstewskis
(Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.......M Gibson)
To: Angry Republican
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:38:42 PM PST
by
kstewskis
(Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.......M Gibson)
To: kstewskis
I've had better.
I also sent the link to my supervisor. He couldn't stop playing it. It's very addictive.
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:40:49 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Screw the Sun! Ehrlich in '06!)
To: Angry Republican
lol.
I just swung a 316. You're right it is addictive!
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:44:31 PM PST
by
kstewskis
(Political correctness is intellectual terrorism.......M Gibson)
To: kstewskis
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:48:01 PM PST
by
JoeV1
(The Democrats-The unlawful and corrupt leading the uneducated and blind)
To: kstewskis
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posted on
12/31/2004 1:50:45 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Screw the Sun! Ehrlich in '06!)
To: kstewskis; Angry Republican
LOL! I got a 306 something.....but it was a lucky swing. Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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posted on
01/03/2005 5:23:49 AM PST
by
zoobee
(http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf Smack the Penguin)
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