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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 7:49:23 GMT
I see from the news that there are now cases in France.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 7:55:02 GMT
Of course the other worry is the locusts in Kenya which may have a devastating effect on the price of organic coffee for hard done by westerners.
It's terrible.
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Post by bodger on Jan 25, 2020 8:15:07 GMT
"A scientific report has predicted more than a quarter of a million people could be infected with the coronavirus just in Wuhan - the city at the centre of the outbreak - by the beginning of February. Authorities there have ordered the building of a new hospital in less than a week to deal with 'overwhelming' numbers of patients. Large parts of China have gone into lockdown today, with cities stopping their public transport and closing roads" Yet they are still sending planes full of Chinese all over the rest of the world! Thanks for nothing, China!! W T F
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 8:17:50 GMT
I quite liked that in a sort of puerile way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 8:22:02 GMT
Also, the extinction-event rock might very possibly have still been in space at one end at the point of impact...in which case it was simultaneously an asteroid and a meteorite... fun this ain't it Not having a dig John, but read a bit about that rock - the estimates given for its mass are between 10 and 81(!) kilometres.
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Post by JohnV on Jan 25, 2020 8:34:17 GMT
fun this ain't it Not having a dig John, but read a bit about that rock - the estimates given for its mass are between 10 and 81(!) kilometres. You are talking about the Chicxulub ? and the KT ? It's something that has fascinated me for the best part of 40 years. On my bookshelf there is a copy of "The Great Extinction" by Allaby and Lovelock suggesting a cosmic event as a serious contender back in 1983. Long before Lois Alvarez and son published their results of the "black band" or the seismographic reports of the Yucatan were released by the oil companies. Have you read anything by Mike Baillie of Queens University in Belfast? a man who doesn't talk to the trees ..... but listens to them instead. Research into cosmic bombardment leads you down fascinating byways
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 8:37:04 GMT
I see from the news that there are now cases in France. So far the fatality rate is about 5%, but I haven't seen any reports of those who contracted the virus and made a recovery. I guess its too soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 8:42:54 GMT
Not having a dig John, but read a bit about that rock - the estimates given for its mass are between 10 and 81(!) kilometres. You are talking about the Chicxulub ? and the KT ? It's something that has fascinated me for the best part of 40 years. On my bookshelf there is a copy of "The Great Extinction" by Allaby and Lovelock suggesting a cosmic event as a serious contender back in 1983. Long before Lois Alvarez and son published their results of the "black band" or the seismographic reports of the Yucatan were released by the oil companies. Have you read anything by Mike Baillie of Queens University in Belfast? a man who doesn't talk to the trees ..... but listens to them instead. Research into cosmic bombardment leads you down fascinating byways Yes, the Chicxulub event. What's Mr Baillie's contribution? Has he made any predictions?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 8:47:41 GMT
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Post by JohnV on Jan 25, 2020 9:06:34 GMT
In Mike Baillie's book Exodus to Arthur he does give specil mention to the moron involved in scree slope analysis who chopped down the oldest tree in the world to find out how old it was (something in excess of 5000 years) He reckons there is a special room in Hell where he will join the Tasmanian who cut down the tallest tree in the world to measure it's height
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Post by JohnV on Jan 25, 2020 9:08:54 GMT
Incidentally Exodus to Arthur (although some bits have now been overtaken by new research) does pose some very interesting questions about cosmic events that have greatly changed human development and history
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 9:24:37 GMT
Incidentally Exodus to Arthur (although some bits have now been overtaken by new research) does pose some very interesting questions about cosmic events that have greatly changed human development and history How intriguing. I once heard of a theory concerning the 'Dark Ages' which suggested the possibility that the term implied more than a time of unknown events and may have been a result of an ecological disruption, perhaps caused by the Thera eruption...which sort of connects with the last part of the title of Mr Baillie's book...but the first part?
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Post by JohnV on Jan 25, 2020 15:08:31 GMT
Incidentally Exodus to Arthur (although some bits have now been overtaken by new research) does pose some very interesting questions about cosmic events that have greatly changed human development and history How intriguing. I once heard of a theory concerning the 'Dark Ages' which suggested the possibility that the term implied more than a time of unknown events and may have been a result of an ecological disruption, perhaps caused by the Thera eruption...which sort of connects with the last part of the title of Mr Baillie's book...but the first part? sorry for late reply ..... been out and about a lot of his book was cross referencing various sources. Volcanic eruptions show up in ice cores because they introduce large quantities of sulphur into the atmosphere which shows up as acid spikes ..... it's when there is an event showing in tree rings and sometimes in vague historical records but not in the ice cores that things get interesting after all there is then evidence of an ecological/historical event but no evidence of a volcanic eruption
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 16:14:10 GMT
What, you mean you don't spend all day obsessively staring at the screen? Seeing as Mr Baillie is an academic type I would guess that his book goes 'introduction, evidence, conclusion'. And since there was a copy of it on Amazon for a penny plus post it seemed rude not to buy it. Being inherently lazy I may only read the last part... Also I had my wires crossed a bit, the Thera eruption is linked (by some) to the biblical exodus.
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Post by Jim on Jan 25, 2020 16:30:03 GMT
The mortality rate, at 5%, is lower than normal winter 'flu. Still, that's no excuse not to run about flapping like a fox in a headless chicken costume is it.
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