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Evidence of "Global Warming"
« on: May 08, 2018, 09:31:25 AM »
Okay, this is warm (also, the volcano needs to be sued for its carbon footprint):

https://youtu.be/R2D23AlZmt8?t=23

I feel bad for people losing their stuff, but I had to laugh a little because of an article I read. Residents from the area were "demanding" answers on what was happening and what would be done. It's a freakin' volcano. It's the Earth telling us that we're puny. However, if you do want to bring it back to human terms and our penchant for cramming planetary timescales into human lifespans, there is a reason the land in that part of Hawaii is like half the price of anywhere else.

Which, to bring it back to my dig at global warming, is what the Earth tells us about our self-importance. Volcanoes will erupt over the next billion years. The temperature will change (sometimes drastically - ref: volcanoes, asteroids, etc.) over the next billion years. The planet, and the solar system for that matter, don't really care what humans think about it.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2018, 09:42:54 AM »
Quote from: Ben on May 08, 2018, 09:31:25 AM
Residents from the area were "demanding" answers on what was happening and what would be done.

I have a theory; this really isn't new.  It's just that the pre-"civilized" administrations had enough sense to toss these people into the volcano and make up a story to justify it.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2018, 09:45:26 AM »
Hawaii was made because volcanoes erupted.  WTF do people think happened?
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2018, 09:47:19 AM »
Them: "The lava is eating my stuff. Do something!"

Me: "It's a volcano. You built your house on the flanks of an active volcano. What do you expect."

Them: "Yeah, but DO SOMETHING!"

Me: ...sets up time lapse camera and reactivates YouTube account...

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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2018, 09:49:16 AM »
R2D2 NOOOOO!!!!!
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2018, 11:09:39 AM »
People just gotta go with the flow. When the flow is go you gotta go!
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2018, 11:42:30 AM »
Fox news showed a clip of a lava flow approaching a metal fence,  the kind usually used to keep cattle from straying.  I admit a fleeting ridiculous thought; "anyone thinking THAT is gonna stop a lava flow is nucking futs!"


It really didn't seriously occur to me there really were people who actually believed we COULD stop a volcano! [tinfoil] [popcorn]
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2018, 12:01:05 PM »
Didn't Tommy Lee Jones manage it with Jersey barriers in LA a few years ago?
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2018, 12:13:49 PM »
And a BUILDING!
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2018, 02:13:34 PM »
If Hawaii were a part of Italy, volcanologists there would be at risk of arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment for failing to predict with 100% accuracy the time, direction, and volume of all lava flows, the timing and magnitude of earth tremors, and the venting of toxic gasses.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2018, 02:18:00 PM »
Quote from: Ben on May 08, 2018, 09:31:25 AM

I feel bad for people losing their stuff, but I had to laugh a little because of an article I read. Residents from the area were "demanding" answers on what was happening and what would be done. It's a freakin' volcano.

I was at the doctor the other day, and they had a television on.  Video of a guy being interviewed about the volcano, complaining because no one told him that this would happen when he bought his house, and someone needs to be held accountable for the fact that his neighborhood is, well, gone.  Nurse and I were both laughing at that one. 
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2018, 02:45:26 PM »


Pretty much sums up my thoughts on humanity's impact on the earth, universe and everything else.

Volcano gives no shits about dust specks.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2018, 03:23:32 PM »
Quote from: bluestarlizzard on May 08, 2018, 02:45:26 PM


Pretty much sums up my thoughts on humanity's impact on the earth, universe and everything else.

Volcano gives no shits about dust specks.

One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes....


(Well, they're all my favorites. Mr. Watterson had a very unique perspective.)
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2018, 05:15:18 PM »
Quote from: makattak on May 08, 2018, 03:23:32 PM
One of my favorite Calvin and Hobbes....


(Well, they're all my favorites. Mr. Watterson had a very unique perspective.)
I thought I heard he was a philosophy guy and most of the comics addressed some philosophical issue of one kind or another.  Either way, they were usually good reading.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2018, 10:06:28 AM »
Hey CNN - now do climate change.  :rofl:

This latest volcanic activity in HI is becoming the poster child for my whole "the planet doesn't notice you, puny humans" spiel. Maybe I don't remember, but I don't recall this dumbshit "control the lava" stuff in previous instances in HI. People mostly just ran away, because, lava. The whole "stop climate change" nonsense has really bled over to make people stupid in many other areas.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/05/09/cnn-gets-mocked-over-explainer-on-why-people-cant-stop-lava/
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2018, 10:10:29 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on May 08, 2018, 09:47:19 AM
Them: "The lava is eating my stuff. Do something!"

Me: "It's a volcano. You built your house on the flanks of an active volcano. What do you expect."

Them: "Yeah, but DO SOMETHING!"

Me: ...sets up time lapse camera and reactivates YouTube account...

Brad

That.
There are roughly 3.7 million sq miles in the US to build a house and live on, most of which isn't next to an active volcano.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2018, 10:14:44 AM »
Quote from: brimic on May 09, 2018, 10:10:29 AM
That.
There are roughly 3.7 million sq miles in the US to build a house and live on, most of which isn't next to an active volcano.

I say that about the people who build $1 million homes 200 feet from the boundary of largest portion of the Earth, which happens to be a three dimensional body of dynamic fluid, then complain when it fluctuates 0.0000000000001% and destroys their home.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2018, 10:26:48 AM »
(In my best post Katrina voice) The real problem is because Trump doesn't care about Hawaiians.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2018, 11:02:44 AM »
Quote from: Ben on May 09, 2018, 10:06:28 AM
Hey CNN - now do climate change.  :rofl:

This latest volcanic activity in HI is becoming the poster child for my whole "the planet doesn't notice you, puny humans" spiel. Maybe I don't remember, but I don't recall this dumbshit "control the lava" stuff in previous instances in HI. People mostly just ran away, because, lava. The whole "stop climate change" nonsense has really bled over to make people stupid in many other areas.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/05/09/cnn-gets-mocked-over-explainer-on-why-people-cant-stop-lava/
I figure last time the lava didn't hit those people's neighborhood. 
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2018, 11:24:48 AM »
Mother Earth should be forgiven for urping and farting now and then.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2018, 08:17:03 PM »
Quote from: KD5NRH on May 08, 2018, 09:42:54 AM
I have a theory; this really isn't new.  It's just that the pre-"civilized" administrations had enough sense to toss these people into the volcano and make up a story to justify it.

See, that's the problem.  They should have been throwing 6 virgins libtards a month in the volcano since humans began living in HI.  That's why the volcano is erupting.  He's pissed that no one has been feeding him.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2018, 11:25:24 PM »
Quote from: Ben on May 09, 2018, 10:06:28 AM
Hey CNN - now do climate change.  :rofl:

This latest volcanic activity in HI is becoming the poster child for my whole "the planet doesn't notice you, puny humans" spiel. Maybe I don't remember, but I don't recall this dumbshit "control the lava" stuff in previous instances in HI. People mostly just ran away, because, lava. The whole "stop climate change" nonsense has really bled over to make people stupid in many other areas.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/05/09/cnn-gets-mocked-over-explainer-on-why-people-cant-stop-lava/

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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2018, 06:50:14 PM »
On the plus side of Pele reminding Hawaiians who's in charge, we were planning on eloping to Maui in September. Hopefully this'll drive down prices of flights and the hotel.
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Re: Evidence of "Global Warming"
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2018, 08:09:15 PM »
While we marvel at thag volcano, it’s worth considering that the amount of material pumped into the air by human beings every year absolutely dwarfs that from volcanic activity.

We may feel puny, but our industrial operation works on a scale that is not.
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