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City-Sized Ice Shelf Breaks Free Of Antarctica
LeadSongDog writes "Germany's TerraSAR-X satellite is showing that the Antarctic's Pine Island ice shelf has calved a 'berg of 720 square kilometres, 'the size of Hamburg.' Angelika Humbert says 'The Western Antarctic land ice is on land which is deeper than sea level. Its "bed" tends towards the land. The danger therefore exists that these large ice masses will become unstable and will start to slide.' The article extrapolates that 'If the entire West Antarctic ice shield were to flow into the Ocean, this would lead to a global rise in sea level of around 3.3 meters.' Goodbye Florida.
I grew up in the Imperial valley, which is the region you are discussing. No, I do not want to buy that property, because it'll still be infested with meth and spics. And spics on meth.
I pity the poor fool who dares buy your property, the day he moves in the spics will strip his car clean and tag "SUR XIII" all over his house. Not to mention that all the neighbors will be blasting Mariachi music and vuvuzela noise until 2am every day, because why work when taxpayers give you free money?
-- Ethanol-fueled