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New Ocean being Formed in Africa
PenguinRadio writes "The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting on a 37-mile long fissure that split open in September in the Afar desert in Ethiopia that could be the start of a new ocean forming. The fissure, which grew 8 meters wide in 3 weeks following an earthquake on Sept 14, is now splitting at about 0.8 inches per year, would eventually lead to Ethiopia eastern portions becoming an island in a million years or so. The findings were presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting taking place in San Francisco this week. The BBC reports that formation of a ocean basin is the first step toward developing an ocean, but that it will be millions of years before that could occur."
No silly, itisn't the scammers, itis global warming causing this.
The scammers just get the benifit of going from lake front property to ocean front property.
This would be one pretty fecking small ocean. It sounds more like a natural bay or sea or something.
By this logic, I could take a piss on the sidewalk and say there's a new ocean forming in New Jersey.
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