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Aaron at Free Will emails: “I did a little research into the issue of the sinking Sundarbans and discovered something interesting: There’s a temple near Lohachara, the temple to the sage Kapil Muni, that’s been moved repeatedly because of encroaching seas. Apparently it’s been going on for centuries.”
OH no! Al, Al, Al, if only you’de been born earlier to save the poor oil guzzling monster truck drivers of Rungholt from their folly! Thank Gaia you’ve been made flesh to walk among us!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rungholt
Trutz, blanke Hans!#4 kiwinews: How can you wish for such a thing?
LOL Paco, See, even the dog falls worship at his feet. Looks like Naomi Wolf’s got a good windbreaker look going on him there: a kinda outdoors-y, ready for a romp in the swamp, muskrat love groove.
You know as many times as Al’s had river levels raised for his paddling photo ops, you wouldn’t think he’s complain abou rising waters, would you?Can’t they save those islands by bailing out the surrounding waters using a red cup?
Posted by andycanuck on 2006 12 27 at 06:05 PM • permalinkdont miss next week’s independent exclusive
Waxing Warmening- Port Royal Razed
Posted by eeniemeenie on 2006 12 27 at 09:30 PM • permalinkCriminey, this is ridiculous. Here’s a little hint for journalists and others lacking elementary common sense: if melting ice-caps ever raise water levels they will do so everywhere. This first-one-island-then-the-world silliness is worth listening to only for the ensuing belly laugh. Show me that sea levels on the Bangladesh coast are rising and I’ll worry about Bangladesh.
From Wikipedia (“Ganges Delta”):
“In November 1970, the deadliest tropical cyclone of the twentieh century hit the Ganges Delta region. The 1970 Bhola cyclone killed 500,000 people (official death toll), with another 100,000 missing. The Guinness Book of World Records estimated the total loss of human life from the Bhola cyclone at 1,000,000 - [1] Another cyclone hit the delta in 1991, killing about 138,000 people—see 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone. Residents have to be careful building on the river delta, as severe flooding sometimes occurs. In 1998, the Ganges flooded the delta, killing about 1,000 people and leaving more than 30 million people homeless. The Bangladesh government asked for $900 million to help feed the people of the region, as the entire rice crop was lost.”
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Good for Aaron! Dusty, in the comments section, had some good stuff, too.
Lean and other sensationalists need to learn that, although the spelling is similar, there’s a world of difference between an “arhat” and an “asshat”.