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Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:51 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:55 pm
by CAA Flagship
In the middle of eastern Washington, in a desert that gets less than eight inches of rain a year, stands what was once the largest waterfall in the world. It is three miles wide and 400 feet high—ten times the size of Niagara Falls—with plunge pools at its base suggesting the erosive power of an immense flow of water. Today there is not so much as a trickle running over the cataract’s lip. It is completely dry.
That's it. I am flipping to the other side. I am now a Climate Kook as I believe this is a clear example of how man has changed the climate for the worse. :twisted:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:00 pm
by Ivytalk
I blame Klam. Water diverted to golf courses! :evil:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:40 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1
I know, its really easy to blame man for glaciers receding 13000 years ago. We are so obviously the cause of the earth getting warmer!

fucking climate jagoffs

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:43 pm
by Grizalltheway
I can hear kalm fapping clear on the other side of Glacial Lake Missoula. 8-)

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:08 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1
Legend has it thats why we have waves.............

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:10 pm
by kalm
Grizalltheway wrote:I can hear kalm fapping clear on the other side of Glacial Lake Missoula. 8-)
Oh baby! :dance:

(Posted this article on FB this morning)

Imagine a wall of water 900 feet high racing across the land at 70 miles an hour, so powerful it had boulders the size of VW bugs suspended in its sediment load. :ugeek:

Greatest cataclysmic natural event in modern history. And the the new theory is that it was triggered by a significant meteor strike in North America that flash melted the glaciers, releasing the water, that changed the entire global climate for at least the next few months, suggesting the coincidence of biblical flood narratives that span multiple ancient cultures. :nod: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

Semi advanced civilizations that predate our earliest hypotheses could have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Takes another pipe hit... :ugeek:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:44 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1
kalm wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote:I can hear kalm fapping clear on the other side of Glacial Lake Missoula. 8-)
Oh baby! :dance:

(Posted this article on FB this morning)

Imagine a wall of water 900 feet high racing across the land at 70 miles an hour, so powerful it had boulder the size of a VW bug suspended in its sediment load. :ugeek:

Greatest cataclysmic natural event in modern history. And the the new theory is that it was triggered by a significant meteor strike in North America that flash melted the glaciers, releasing the water, that changed the entire global climate for at least the next few months, suggesting the coincidence of biblical flood narratives that span multiple ancient cultures. :nod: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

Semi advanced civilizations that predate our earliest hypotheses could have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Takes another pipe hit... :ugeek:
FIFY

:coffee:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:03 am
by Ibanez
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Oh baby! :dance:

(Posted this article on FB this morning)

Imagine a wall of water 900 feet high racing across the land at 70 miles an hour, so powerful it had boulder the size of a VW bug suspended in its sediment load. :ugeek:

Greatest cataclysmic natural event in modern history. And the the new theory is that it was triggered by a significant meteor strike in North America that flash melted the glaciers, releasing the water, that changed the entire global climate for at least the next few months, suggesting the coincidence of biblical flood narratives that span multiple ancient cultures. :nod: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

Semi advanced civilizations that predate our earliest hypotheses could have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Takes another pipe hit... :ugeek:
FIFY

:coffee:
? What did you change?

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:51 am
by kalm
Ibanez wrote:
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
FIFY

:coffee:
? What did you change?
You have to search hard this time. Nicely done.

:clap: :lol:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 6:59 am
by AshevilleApp
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Oh baby! :dance:

(Posted this article on FB this morning)

Imagine a wall of water 900 feet high racing across the land at 70 miles an hour, so powerful it had boulder the size of a VW bug suspended in its sediment load. :ugeek:

Greatest cataclysmic natural event in modern history. And the the new theory is that it was triggered by a significant meteor strike in North America that flash melted the glaciers, releasing the water, that changed the entire global climate for at least the next few months, suggesting the coincidence of biblical flood narratives that span multiple ancient cultures. :nod: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

Semi advanced civilizations that predate our earliest hypotheses could have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Takes another pipe hit... :ugeek:
FIFY

:coffee:
:lol:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:21 am
by YoUDeeMan
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Oh baby! :dance:

(Posted this article on FB this morning)

Imagine a wall of water 900 feet high racing across the land at 70 miles an hour, so powerful it had boulder the size of a VW bug suspended in its sediment load. :ugeek:

Greatest cataclysmic natural event in modern history. And the the new theory is that it was triggered by a significant meteor strike in North America that flash melted the glaciers, releasing the water, that changed the entire global climate for at least the next few months, suggesting the coincidence of biblical flood narratives that span multiple ancient cultures. :nod: :ugeek: :ugeek: :ugeek:

Semi advanced civilizations that predate our earliest hypotheses could have been wiped off the face of the earth.

Takes another pipe hit... :ugeek:
FIFY

:coffee:
:lol:

Rocky Mountain bolder.

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:27 am
by CID1990
Cataclysmic events have shaped our history - both the earth 's history and human history as well.

Nat Geo's most recent issue has an excellent feature on the Vikings. They literally revolutionized everything in medieval Europe- commerce, warfare, cultural exchange, our understanding of the known world at the time, etc.

And it is now widely accepted that if not for an event that spewed a large amount of dust into the atmosphere and greatly lowered global temperatures sometime around 509-700 AD, the Viking literally never may have happened.

Scandinavia was very temperate prior to this climate event, but when it got cold, half the area was uninhabitable; hundreds of thousands died of various causes. When things warmed back up, what was left of the Scandinavian tribes scrambled to reoccupy old lands, and they became very warlike and factionalized as a result. Their outward expansion was a way of keeping peace at home.


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Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:45 am
by kalm
CID1990 wrote:Cataclysmic events have shaped our history - both the earth 's history and human history as well.

Nat Geo's most recent issue has an excellent feature on the Vikings. They literally revolutionized everything in medieval Europe- commerce, warfare, cultural exchange, our understanding of the known world at the time, etc.

And it is now widely accepted that if not for an event that spewed a large amount of dust into the atmosphere and greatly lowered global temperatures sometime around 509-700 AD, the Viking literally never may have happened.

Scandinavia was very temperate prior to this climate event, but when it got cold, half the area was uninhabitable; hundreds of thousands died of various causes. When things warmed back up, what was left of the Scandinavian tribes scrambled to reoccupy old lands, and they became very warlike and factionalized as a result. Their outward expansion was a way of keeping peace at home.


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Very cool. Do you have a link or the article title

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:28 pm
by CID1990
kalm wrote:
CID1990 wrote:Cataclysmic events have shaped our history - both the earth 's history and human history as well.

Nat Geo's most recent issue has an excellent feature on the Vikings. They literally revolutionized everything in medieval Europe- commerce, warfare, cultural exchange, our understanding of the known world at the time, etc.

And it is now widely accepted that if not for an event that spewed a large amount of dust into the atmosphere and greatly lowered global temperatures sometime around 509-700 AD, the Viking literally never may have happened.

Scandinavia was very temperate prior to this climate event, but when it got cold, half the area was uninhabitable; hundreds of thousands died of various causes. When things warmed back up, what was left of the Scandinavian tribes scrambled to reoccupy old lands, and they became very warlike and factionalized as a result. Their outward expansion was a way of keeping peace at home.


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Very cool. Do you have a link or the article title
It was the feature story in the latest issue, so I think the March edition.

Every now and then they do a feature not entirely related to melting glaciers and actually entice me to continue my subscription.


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Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:59 pm
by UNI88
CID1990 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Very cool. Do you have a link or the article title
It was the feature story in the latest issue, so I think the March edition.

Every now and then they do a feature not entirely related to melting glaciers and actually entice me to continue my subscription.

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I browsed that article while at the vet with my dog. Pleasantly surprised to find NG there and that article was definitely worth looking at.

As someone who is roughly 3/4 Scandinavian (1/2 Norwegian and approx 1/4 Danish) I love to read about Vikings. The impact of the environment on the Vikings and their impact on the world were both tremendous.

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:15 pm
by kalm
UNI88 wrote:
CID1990 wrote:
It was the feature story in the latest issue, so I think the March edition.

Every now and then they do a feature not entirely related to melting glaciers and actually entice me to continue my subscription.

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I browsed that article while at the vet with my dog. Pleasantly surprised to find NG there and that article was definitely worth looking at.

As someone who is roughly 3/4 Scandinavian (1/2 Norwegian and approx 1/4 Danish) I love to read about Vikings. The impact of the environment on the Vikings and their impact on the world were both tremendous.
Good article! Thx, CID!

From Canada to Afghanistan. I don't think they were as organized or centrally governed as the Mongols, Persians, or Romans, but that's still an impressive chunk of land to influence.

And yes, CID, the effect of cataclysmic events was an interesting side bar. I was thinking "Winter is coming" right as they were mentioning Game of Thrones.

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:08 am
by Chizzang
This place is getting gayer after Dback left...
It doesn't make any sense

8-)

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:33 am
by kalm
Chizzang wrote:This place is getting gayer after Dback left...
It doesn't make any sense

8-)
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 10:52 am
by Chizzang
kalm wrote:
Chizzang wrote:This place is getting gayer after Dback left...
It doesn't make any sense

8-)
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:14 am
by kalm
Chizzang wrote:
kalm wrote:
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:
Hey...Urban Outfitters is having a monster sale today! You could go there right after pilates class...maybe pick up soup and a salad from Panera afterward.

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 11:50 am
by Ibanez
Chizzang wrote:
kalm wrote:
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:
I believe the Ziggu Stardust thread is over there----—>


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Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:34 pm
by ALPHAGRIZ1
Chizzang wrote:
kalm wrote:
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:
Somebody sounds angry lately, is there a shortage of .410 shells in Seattle?

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:36 pm
by kalm
ALPHAGRIZ1 wrote:
Chizzang wrote:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:
Somebody sounds angry lately, is there a shortage of .410 shells in Seattle?
Boom! Crack!

Re: Washington Scablands

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2017 12:37 pm
by CID1990
Chizzang wrote:
kalm wrote:
FTR, the thread was started and gayed up by Alpha.

Are you suggesting that heterosexually mature, grown men can't have a discussion on sediment loads, waterfalls, vikings, with GOT references...?

:ohno:
I'm sorry,
You lost me after Unicorns, color pallets and glitter paint...

:coffee:
we arent here to always tee up softballs for you to haiku-ize about, you smug prick


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