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Huge Iceberg Nine Times As Large As Singapore
DeadBugs writes: "From CNN and the actual National Ice Center press release, a huge iceberg 2130 square miles in size has broke off of Antartica. Satellite pictures are included at each site. This iceberg is larger than the state of Rhode Island and about the same size as Delaware."
It's only half the size of this one
It's nice that the media releases news stories with units that real, everyday people can refer to, like the size of Singapore.
"......the same size as Delaware."
But does it have more interesting attractions than delaware?
Lisa gushes, "I want to see Wilmington." Bart adds, "I want to visit a screen door factory." Marge replies, "Yup, Delaware has got it all."
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Curious to learn more about icebergs, I found this nifty FAQ. Figured I'd share.
Dude, it's springtime! This happens every year, remember?
Err... It broke of of Antarctica. Southern Hemisphere. Seasons reversed.
It's only software!
Lessee..
We have a POLAR CONTINENT...
With huge thermal differentials across its' surface due to it being on a spherical planet and.. stuff.
Why is this surprising? It's a natural outward flow of material from the Pole (where it accretes) to the edge (where all that H2O gets recycled).
Sometimes bergs are big. Sometimes small.
Always constant, though.
Sheesh!
Stuff happens!
Brak: What's THAT?
Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
More from indymedia:
A renegade iceberg - nine times the size of singapore - has defected from the antarctic republic. The iceberg, believed to hold communist sympathies, is heading directly for washington D.C at a speed of 0.1 knots. Although the motives of the iceberg are not clear, it may be seeking retaliation for President GW Bush's dismissal of the Kyoto agreement. Other sources believe the Iceberg may have recieved funding from Iraq and may be in association with Al Queida. Reports that Ossama bin Laden - having escaped Afghanistan - is Captaining the Iceberg have proved unfounded.
Although no public statement has been offered by the Whitehouse, inside sources believe that Bush is preparing a full readying of America's nuclear resources in preparation for the incident.
ALthought the consequences of the Iceberg reaching Washington are difficult to predict, it is thought that it could lead to a major destabalisation of the global Ice Cream market, eventually resulting in huge economic turmoil for Ben & jerry's ice cream.
Expect W. to announce a carefully thoughtout plan, endorsed by nameless private industry advisors to VP Cheney, to offset this environmental calamity by drilling for more oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, "We've got to offset the threat to penguins with an equal threat to artic wildlife." While dismissing accusations the company pressured Dell not to offer Linux on systems, Microsoft will underscore why penguins are a threat and this is a good thing.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
I can't help thinking that this is some kind of promotional thing for Fox's _Ice Age_. It happened about the same time as the movie was released, right? Has anybody gotten a good close look at the satellite photo? I'm pretty sure I can see "ICE AGE - COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU" carved in to the ice.
I think the facts are overwhelming here. I'd better go put on my tinfoil hat or they'll start stealing thoughts from my brain again.
It would almost make those high movie ticket prices worthwhile if the studios would do cool stuff like this. Plus it would provide for scienterifically interesting things to study.
Or, since we all know that Delaware is bigger than Rhode Island, you could just have said it's about the size of Delaware.
That is, unless you wanted to start a list of things that it's bigger than.