Our crack US scientists

[billvon 2,476]

I just came across this on MSNBC, and it was, in a way, so sad it was funny. Here's the article:
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A massive Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed into the sea, shattering into thousands of icebergs and alarming researchers by the speed with which the process unfolded. Described by one researcher as “staggering,” the rapid collapse offered fuel for the debate over whether global warming is to blame. . . .
Scientists with the British Antarctic Survey first predicted in 1998 that it would eventually collapse, and satellite images over the years suggested as much. The process accelerated over the last month, with the single largest piece calving on March 5.
David Vaughan, a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey, noted that since the 1998 prediction, “warming on the peninsula has continued and we watched as piece by piece Larsen B has retreated.”
“We knew what was left would collapse eventually,” he said in a statement, “but the speed of it is staggering.” It’s hard to believe, he said, that 720 billion tons “of ice sheet has disintegrated in less than a month.”

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And what do our crack US scientists have to say?
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The U.S. center noted that 720 billion tons is enough ice for 290 trillion 5-pound bags.
-bill von

[Sebazz1 2]

So is it time to buy beach front property in Arizona? Nevada? Colorado?...............
Sebazz.........

[n2skdvn 0]

have to think positively the good ole usa!!!!
if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!

[SkyMissy 0]

Hey, that's 725 trillion 2 pound bags. And a shitload of quarter sacks! Where's my PhD???
I'm not the man they think I am at home, no;
I'm a rocket man.
Sky World

[ChromeBoy 0]

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The U.S. center noted that 720 billion tons is enough ice for 290 trillion 5-pound bags.

We just like to ensure that we have ice for our beer when everything else comes crashing down.
"Psycho Monkey"

[skygeek 0]

How many snow cones is that??? Or margarita's? or daquries?

[AggieDave 6]

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The U.S. center noted that 720 billion tons is enough ice for 290 trillion 5-pound bags.

Just enough Ice for about 320 Trillon Kegs of beer!
"I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..."

[MrHixxx 0]

I wonder how many collostomy bags that is...
-Hixxx
"Sous ma tub, Dr. Suess ma tub"

[lippy 789]

On the bright side, Global Warming=Longer Jumping SeasonIt's not a real sport unless you can die from massive internal trauama
Lippy

[ChromeBoy 0]

Heat causes turbulence though.
"Psycho Monkey"

[skybytch 259]

Or mudslides?
pull and flare,
lisa

[Sebazz1 2]

More water = more swoop ponds.................
More water = Arctic beer..................Sebazz.........

[AggieDave 6]

Lisa, we don't care about mudslides, everyone else lives in a normal state with out crazy natural disasters happening on a bi-weekly bases...
"I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..."

[Sebazz1 2]

Less land = less pushing for Lummy's truck for me..........*pant pant huff pant* Can I take a break yet?
Sebazz.........

[n2skdvn 0]

jumping in to enjoy the ride "keep it up seabazz your doing fine"...lol
if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!

[ChromeBoy 0]

In the age we are talking women can not wear shirts. They must walk around with bare boobies.
"Psycho Monkey"

[skybytch 259]

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Lisa, we don't care about mudslides

And you call yourself an alcoholic. Geez. A mudslide is a very tasty frozen alcoholic beverage, in addition to being a common occurence in Malibu (which, coincidentally is also an alcoholic beverage...)
pull and flare,
lisa

[AggieDave 6]

Correction, it is not necissarily a frozen beverage and I do like them, and white russians and Colorado Bulldogs..."I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..."

[MiataDRM 0]

Just wanted to let everyone know I'm sitting here looking out of my window watching people surf on the beach! All this talk about water is making me thirsty....BEER RUN! Sorry, I didn't have anything w/ substance to add...just adding more to my # of total posts! **I'm a Pschydiver!
Majdi

[diverdriver 5]

And more, stronger, bigger thunderstorms. I know, I know....to the dungeon for negative thinking. Sorry Billvon.
Chris

[skybytch 259]

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to the dungeon for negative thinking. Sorry Billvon.

Oh! Oh! Our first "victim"!! Can I, bill? Can I????
pull and flare,
lisa

[Iflyme 0]

I'm thinkin' Crown Royal and ice ...
"Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees"
Five For Fighting

[xybe 0]

Ok since nobody jumped in...
I think they meant "Some US scientist that were on crack at the time..."
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[Zennie 0]

What's interesting is that they are hesitant to blame it on global warming. Although that part of Antarctica has seen a warming trend, another part has seen a cooling trend.
"Zero Tolerance: the politically correct term for zero thought, zero common sense."

[FallingILweenie 0]

Global warming gets a bad rap...anyone who has to go through a Chicago winter can attest to that fact.