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Missing: Large lake in southern Chile
Reuters ^ | Wed Jun 20, 6:44 PM ET | unknown

Posted on 06/21/2007 7:12:30 AM PDT by Redcitizen

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chile; conservation; lake; water
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1 posted on 06/21/2007 7:12:32 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: Redcitizen

Global Warming. Rapid evaporation. Bush’s fault.


2 posted on 06/21/2007 7:13:42 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell was right.)
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To: Redcitizen

Mother Earth was thirsty?


3 posted on 06/21/2007 7:13:53 AM PDT by bubbacluck
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To: Redcitizen
Cannonball!!......


4 posted on 06/21/2007 7:14:25 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Redcitizen

The Silver Surfer?


5 posted on 06/21/2007 7:14:26 AM PDT by RexBeach (Americans never quit. -Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Redcitizen

No, no hole. It’s that evil global warming thing again.


6 posted on 06/21/2007 7:14:45 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Uncledave

LOL! Best post ever!


7 posted on 06/21/2007 7:16:01 AM PDT by rightwingfop
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To: Redcitizen

Chupacabra get mighty thirsty.


8 posted on 06/21/2007 7:16:07 AM PDT by weegee (Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
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To: Redcitizen

From the look of the picture at the site, I would say that one went down the drain.


9 posted on 06/21/2007 7:16:31 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: Redcitizen

10-12 acres is a puddle...


10 posted on 06/21/2007 7:16:35 AM PDT by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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To: Redcitizen
"surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres)"

That's not a lake. A good sized stock tank maybe.

11 posted on 06/21/2007 7:18:04 AM PDT by Deguello
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To: RexBeach

Galactus is coming.


12 posted on 06/21/2007 7:18:43 AM PDT by Redcitizen (Senator Palpatine for President in 2008!)
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To: Redcitizen
Michael Moore got thirsty.
13 posted on 06/21/2007 7:18:57 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: Uncledave
Hey, that pic didn't load first time or I wouldn't have mentioned MM.

I like the cannonball idea better too.

14 posted on 06/21/2007 7:20:40 AM PDT by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: BallyBill

Yep. But look for another lake to pop up somewhere else in a few hours.


15 posted on 06/21/2007 7:20:47 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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To: LIConFem

Look for the pipe to a “Springwater Bottling Plant”.


16 posted on 06/21/2007 7:23:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: mtbopfuyn
The full report say’s there’s a fissure where the lake used to be. The picture shows the start of one, but it looks like the ice is covering the major portion of it.
17 posted on 06/21/2007 7:26:44 AM PDT by Freeport
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To: Uncledave

That slob will be demonstrating in downtown Chicago today ... in case any of you Chicago area FReepers are interested in crashing his party. 300 E. Randolph.


18 posted on 06/21/2007 7:27:07 AM PDT by al_c
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To: Redcitizen

What could that evil Bush want with a lake? The seriousness of this charge requires investigation!!


19 posted on 06/21/2007 7:30:30 AM PDT by Camel Joe (liberal=socialist=royalist/imperialist pawn=enemy of Freedom)
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To: Redcitizen

10 Acres is hardly what I would call a large lake.
Heck it barely qualifies as a small pond.


20 posted on 06/21/2007 7:30:57 AM PDT by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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