101 'amazing' earth facts

[punch]

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/101_earth_facts_030722-1.html

Good thing to flip through.

[Joe M]

Damnit. get to work.

[MetallicPony]

no kidding...dont you have a job brian? :hah:

[punch]

wtf, takes 2 seconds to post a link

[2001Ponypower]

The sun is going to swallow the planet...

Let's get working on that moving thing now so that in however many billion years it will actually be ready.

[worduphomefry]

74. Is the state of Louisiana growing or shrinking?

Louisiana loses about 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) of land each year to coastal erosion, hurricanes, other natural and human causes and a thing called subsidence, which means sinking. Much of New Orleans actually sits 11 feet (3.4 meters) below sea level. Parts of the French quarter have sunk 2 feet in the past six decades. The city is protected by dikes, but all experts agree that storm tides from a direct hit by a major hurricane would breach the system and swamp much of the city. In 2000, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, Chip Groat, said: "With the projected rate of subsidence, wetland loss and sea-level rise, New Orleans will likely be on the verge of extinction by this time next century."

written in 2003....

[CletusFD3S]

i want to be protected by dikes

[TurboX2]

wtf, takes 2 seconds to post a link

One might assume you would first need to be surfing around to find the link that you then post....

i want to be protected by dikes

I'd rather be protected from most of the ones I've seen..... :idiot:

[Emart]

punch always posts the best links