Mother Nature Rules All
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:36 pm
Forget Batman and Super friends, this is just awesome:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... ntana.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... ntana.html
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:42 pm
10 points to Hufflepuff! Good find!
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:00 pm
I think that photo was featured in a recent National Geographic
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:57 pm
No, that isn't mother nature, that's Storm from X-Men.
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:01 pm
Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with. Nothing we have made can have the destructive power she holds.
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:30 pm
We'll get there, don't worry.CDN_Merlin wrote:Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with. Nothing we have made can have the destructive power she holds.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:26 pm
Already have. 
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:41 pm
Whaaa??? You're comparing that little fire-cracker to the entire weather system, which runs off the sun and gravity. That's several googolplexes times more powerful than any bomb we have.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 3:58 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:35 pm
There's no such person.CDN_Merlin wrote:Mother Nature is a force to be reckoned with. Nothing we have made can have the destructive power she holds.
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:38 pm
When Krakatoa blew, it affected our weather for years:
\"The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately 40,000 people, although some estimates put the death toll much higher. The explosion is still considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard nearly 3,000 miles from its point of origin. The shock wave from the explosion was recorded on barographs around the globe.
Average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 degrees Celsius in the year following the eruption. Weather patterns continued to be chaotic for years and temperatures did not return to normal until 1888.\"
\"The island exploded in 1883, killing approximately 40,000 people, although some estimates put the death toll much higher. The explosion is still considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard nearly 3,000 miles from its point of origin. The shock wave from the explosion was recorded on barographs around the globe.
Average global temperatures fell by as much as 1.2 degrees Celsius in the year following the eruption. Weather patterns continued to be chaotic for years and temperatures did not return to normal until 1888.\"
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Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:06 pm
True. But you're talkin' full blown hurricane, not the smaller mesoyclone in woodchip's picture, although it does have a really nicely formed wall cloud. I'd rather go through a hurricane than a nuclear explosion however.Isaac wrote:Whaaa??? You're comparing that little fire-cracker to the entire weather system, which runs off the sun and gravity. That's several googolplexes times more powerful than any bomb we have.
Woodchip, you reminded me of a news story I saw recently. Krakatoa is active and being reborn as Anak Krakatau.
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:27 am
TC, hopefully the activity exhibited releases enough pressure to prevent the explosion it created a 120 years ago.