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"only a danger locally"

What does "locally" mean?


14 posted on 12/29/2008 6:29:33 PM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Momaw Nadon

“What does ‘locally’ mean?”

A hydrothermal explosion is only a danger within the particular area of the park where it occurs.


23 posted on 12/29/2008 6:33:39 PM PST by MittFan08
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To: Momaw Nadon
What does "locally" mean?

I was around for the Hebgen Lake Quake and that's pretty "local" to Yellowstone. It shook Yellowstone up pretty good and even changed the schedules of many geysers when underground "plumbing" got rearranged. It killed 27 campers when the side of a mountain peeled off and buried them while they were asleep. It created Quake Lake by damming a major stream. It was felt clearly several hundred miles away.

Earthquakes of all sizes can be expected in the entire Yellowstone region. Their time scale is very different than that of human beings, however, and during our puny, short lifespans we never seem to be truly aware of the constant danger beneath our feet -- except those of us who live in California and Alaska, maybe.

41 posted on 12/29/2008 6:46:05 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Momaw Nadon

This immediately popped to mind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group


72 posted on 12/29/2008 7:04:08 PM PST by edge10 (Obama lied, babies died!)
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To: Momaw Nadon
What does "locally" mean?

Mars and Venus will hardly notice the effects.

107 posted on 12/29/2008 7:38:05 PM PST by TigersEye (I threw my shoe at Mohammed and hit Allah in the butt.)
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To: Momaw Nadon

What does “locally” mean?

Northern Hemisphere?


138 posted on 12/29/2008 8:08:59 PM PST by Chickensoup (we owe HUSSEIN & Democrats the exact kind respect & loyalty that they showed us, Bush & Reagan)
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To: Momaw Nadon
What does "locally" mean?

Earth, Mars and Venus. Pluto, Saturn and the others should be fine.

163 posted on 12/29/2008 9:12:55 PM PST by Cementjungle
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