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Tourists hurt by giant wave after Arctic glacier breaks
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| 8/9/07
| Reuters
Posted on 08/09/2007 10:06:54 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Russian cruise ship 8-?
The Russian cruise ship Alexej Maryshev, which was hit by large pieces of ice from a glacier in the Hornsund fjord on August 8, 2007, is seen in this undated file photo. Those hurt in the incident have been hospitalised in northern Norway. (Governor of Svalbard/Handout/Scanpix/Reuters)
I hope the Captain wasn’t tootin’ his horn..
‘Global Warming’ makes glaciers real sensitive, yaknow.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:08:19 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
To: NormsRevenge
Global warming hitting back?
[sarc]
To: NormsRevenge
Glaciers naturally break apart as they slide downhill but many are shrinking more quickly than usual because of global warming, blamed by almost all scientists on human emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels.Reuters had to get that in.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:08:52 AM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: NormsRevenge
Sigh....
Everytime I get Mrs Badeye warmed up to a cruise, something like this pops up in the news. If its not a glacier ‘calving’ and causing damange to the ship, its a murder unsolved, a story about bad/contaminated food, ‘pirates’...or they rerun one of the Poesidon movies.
Sheesh....I just want to go to sea ONE TIME without an AIRPORT on the roof!
(chuckle)
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:09:25 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: NormsRevenge
She's a beaut!
Check out the rope swing over the pool.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:13:10 AM PDT
by
kaboom
To: Badeye
Honey! There's an airport on our roof!
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:15:59 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: Badeye
We’re doing a Panama Canal cruise next year, the only ice your wife would see there is in the bars and dining room when they have ice carvings on display. ;-)
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:21:12 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
To: NormsRevenge
Definitely read the title as “Terrorists hurt by giant wave...” and was like...COOL!
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:22:02 AM PDT
by
AntiKev
("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
To: kaboom
probably a passengers and crew hot tub too,,..
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:22:17 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Welcome to FR. The Virtual Boot Camp for 'infidels' in waiting)
To: NormsRevenge
Cruise ship?? Looks more like a freighter to this landlubber's eye.
To: coloradan
(chuckle)
I’ve seen much much worse, unfortunately.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:28:55 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: NormsRevenge
We’re doing a Panama Canal cruise next year, the only ice your wife would see there is in the bars and dining room when they have ice carvings on display. ;-)
she’d worry about getting murdered, tossed overboard, bad food, ‘pirates’....luv her to death, but she’s got a reason ‘why not’ for every occasion regarding a cruise trip.
Enjoy your cruise, btw.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:30:31 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: NormsRevenge
Glaciers naturally break apart as they slide downhill but many are shrinking more quickly than usual because of global warming, blamed by almost all scientists on human emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels. I used to go rock climbing in an area of Pennsylvania that had really terrific stacks of big rocks and ravines with water falls. It was all made by glaciers thousands of years ago. But thanks to primitive mammals driving around in their SUVs, they all melted and broke apart.
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posted on
08/09/2007 10:45:37 AM PDT
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: CaptainK; Badeye; NormsRevenge
Not only was that statement a gratuitous dig for globull warming, it is WRONG!
Glaciers calve because they are GROWING and the weight extends beyond their land support, NOT SHRINKING!!!
I wish just once they would get it right!
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posted on
08/09/2007 11:43:03 AM PDT
by
alwaysconservative
(Your life may be the only Bible someone else reads.)
To: alwaysconservative
‘Glaciers calve because they are GROWING and the weight extends beyond their land support, NOT SHRINKING!!!’
Shhhh, their on a roll....
(Paraphrase from Animal House)
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posted on
08/09/2007 11:47:58 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: NormsRevenge
Yikes, what a freak accident.
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posted on
08/09/2007 11:51:49 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Badeye
Did somebody say, "Shrinkage?"
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posted on
08/09/2007 11:54:10 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: dfwgator
Did somebody say, “Shrinkage?”
Never to me....(chuckle)
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posted on
08/09/2007 11:57:26 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: alwaysconservative
". . . blamed by almost all scientists . . . . "Almost all, except all the ones who disagree.
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