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What's Wrong With LinuxMint ?

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First post2026-08-18 01:44 -0400
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  What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:44 -0400
    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 01:59 -0400
    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 06:05 +0000
      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-18 08:10 +0000
        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-18 11:33 +0100
        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:16 -0400
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:32 +0000
            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:05 +0100
              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 13:23 +0000
                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:10 +0000
                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:15 +0100
                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 21:53 +0000
                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000
                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-08-20 10:31 -0300
                        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-21 13:10 +0100
                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-08-20 10:30 -0300
                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 18:04 +0000
              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:01 +0000
                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:24 +0100
                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 22:07 +0000
                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-22 04:02 +0000
                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-22 06:48 +0000
                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-22 16:15 +0000
                        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-08-23 21:52 +0000
                          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-24 01:07 +0000
                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-24 11:15 +0100
                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-24 19:26 +0000
                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:45 +0100
                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 18:39 +0000
                                Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-25 06:48 -0700
                                  Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 15:10 +0100
                                    Re: Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-26 18:04 -0700
                                      Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 03:23 -0400
                                        Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 12:09 +0100
                                          Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:15 -0400
                                            Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 03:21 +0000
                                              Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-28 02:42 -0400
                                                Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:15 +0100
                                                Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:40 +0000
                                                  Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:37 +0100
                                                    Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:13 +0000
                                                      Re: Power lines "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-29 21:28 +0100
                                                        Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:23 +0100
                                                          Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 22:47 +0000
                                                      Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:20 +0100
                                              Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:09 +0100
                                            Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:06 +0100
                                        Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 14:19 +0000
                                          Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 15:25 +0100
                                          Re: Power lines c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:24 -0400
                                            Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:18 +0100
                                              Re: Power lines Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-28 05:56 -0700
                                                Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 15:33 +0100
                                                  Re: Power lines Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-28 16:06 +0000
                                                    Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:30 +0100
                                                Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:51 +0000
                                                  Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:39 +0100
                                                    Re: Power lines rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:26 +0000
                                                      Re: Power lines The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:25 +0100
                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-25 01:46 -0400
                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-25 11:50 +0100
                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-25 18:43 +0000
                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-26 04:07 -0400
                                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Enoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom> - 2026-08-27 10:54 -0600
                                        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-27 19:11 +0100
                                          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Enoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom> - 2026-08-27 12:57 -0600
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 12:55 +0100
                                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:25 +0000
                                          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 00:27 +0100
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-28 00:45 -0400
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:02 +0100
                                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-28 16:13 +0000
                                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:32 +0100
                                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 19:38 +0000
                                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:57 +0100
                                                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:10 +0000
                                        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:55 -0400
                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-25 23:34 -0400
                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2026-08-26 04:27 +0000
                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-26 08:57 +0100
                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-27 06:30 -0700
                                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-27 13:57 +0000
                                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:22 -0400
                                        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-28 13:16 +0100
                                          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-28 18:36 +0000
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-28 19:42 +0100
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 10:28 +0100
                                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 20:04 +0000
                                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 23:18 +0100
                                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 22:50 +0000
                                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-08-30 07:55 +0500
                                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-30 02:08 -0400
                                                      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:30 +0000
                                          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-29 13:58 +0200
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-29 10:11 -0700
                                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:20 +0200
                                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-29 23:06 +0000
                                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-30 02:14 -0400
                                                    Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-30 06:35 +0000
                                              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:55 +0100
                                            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-29 22:49 +0100
                                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-08-27 16:32 +0100
                                  Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-27 22:44 -0400
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-08-19 12:57 +0000
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:03 +0100
            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 22:24 -0400
      Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:07 -0400
        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 03:42 +0000
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:14 -0400
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:13 +0100
            Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 14:14 +0000
              Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 15:27 +0100
                Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 16:57 +0000
        Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:02 +0100
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 13:54 +0000
          Re: What's Wrong With LinuxMint ? c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 22:21 -0400

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#90513

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-25 11:50 +0100
Message-ID<116js10$3l7js$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90487
On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>    environmental disasters better than yer average
>    3rd-world shithole. Recent EU news suggests that
>    NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded power
>    distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN !
>    The proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.

Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay 
insurance.
Weather is very weird this year. Big El Niño. Only two named Atlantic 
storms so far.

Expect the unexpected. Flash Floods in Utah,and forest fires apparently.

Stock up on cans of pork and beans and fresh water

-- 
"I am inclined to tell the truth and dislike people who lie consistently.
This makes me unfit for the company of people of a Left persuasion, and 
all women"

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#90555

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-25 18:43 +0000
Message-ID<nf662aF5rktU48@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90513
On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:50:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
>> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>>    environmental disasters better than yer average 3rd-world shithole.
>>    Recent EU news suggests that NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded
>>    power distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN ! The
>>    proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.
> 
> Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay
> insurance.

One year in the '90s Arizona found out what '100 year flood plain' means. 
Not a good idea to build in Rio Salada even though it hasn't been a rio in 
recent memory.

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#90612

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-08-26 04:07 -0400
Message-ID<ZfqcnW9t_dSYAhP3nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#90555
On 8/25/26 14:43, rbowman wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:50:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
>>> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>>>     environmental disasters better than yer average 3rd-world shithole.
>>>     Recent EU news suggests that NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded
>>>     power distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN ! The
>>>     proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.
>>
>> Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay
>> insurance.
> 
> One year in the '90s Arizona found out what '100 year flood plain' means.
> Not a good idea to build in Rio Salada even though it hasn't been a rio in
> recent memory.

   Yea, "100 Year" even "1000 Year" don't really
   MEAN much.

   So, like it or not, gotta be ready for the
   "1000-year" EVERY year.

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#90688

FromEnoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom>
Date2026-08-27 10:54 -0600
Message-ID<116pq47$1lau2$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90612
On 8/26/2026 2:07 AM, c186282 wrote:
> On 8/25/26 14:43, rbowman wrote:
>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:50:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
>>>> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>>>>     environmental disasters better than yer average 3rd-world shithole.
>>>>     Recent EU news suggests that NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded
>>>>     power distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN ! The
>>>>     proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.
>>>
>>> Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay
>>> insurance.
>>
>> One year in the '90s Arizona found out what '100 year flood plain' means.
>> Not a good idea to build in Rio Salada even though it hasn't been a 
>> rio in
>> recent memory.
> 
>    Yea, "100 Year" even "1000 Year" don't really
>    MEAN much.
> 
>    So, like it or not, gotta be ready for the
>    "1000-year" EVERY year.

Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what 
"experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html

-- 
Israel’s Ben Gvir Calls For Nightly Kill Quota In Gaza

Ben Gvir: “There are people there who are not alive. They don’t need to
live. They are not people. I’m doing them a favor by calling them people.”

https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2088695627702002109

https://www.globalgulag.us

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#90690

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-27 19:11 +0100
Message-ID<116pulb$1mu8b$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90688
On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what 
> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
> 
> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html

Its all over you tube.
Horrendous.
Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell into 
the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed a 
series of dams and the water behind them.

Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...

-- 
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that 
the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

    - Bertrand Russell

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#90692

FromEnoch Powell <e.powell@tutanatu.kom>
Date2026-08-27 12:57 -0600
Message-ID<116q1a4$1nvg5$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90690
On 8/27/2026 12:11 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what 
>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>
>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal- 
>> tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
> 
> Its all over you tube.
> Horrendous.
> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell into 
> the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed a 
> series of dams and the water behind them.
> 
> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
> 

One can surmise that the collapsed glacier is a preview of things to 
come. Billions of people, fish and animals depend on glacier fed rivers. 
When "climate change" causes the glaciers to melt, billions of 
"refugees" will be heading to Russia, Europe and North America from 
water starved areas of the planet, bringing chaos and ruin to the areas 
they flee too.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/revealed-here-is-what-caused-apocalyptic-nepal-floods/

-- 
Israel’s Ben Gvir Calls For Nightly Kill Quota In Gaza

Ben Gvir: “There are people there who are not alive. They don’t need to
live. They are not people. I’m doing them a favor by calling them people.”

https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2088695627702002109

https://www.globalgulag.us

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#90751

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-28 12:55 +0100
Message-ID<116rsvv$28guo$14@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90692
On 27/08/2026 19:57, Enoch Powell wrote:
> On 8/27/2026 12:11 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what 
>>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>>
>>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal- 
>>> tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>>
>> Its all over you tube.
>> Horrendous.
>> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell 
>> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed 
>> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>>
>> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
>> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
>>
> 
> One can surmise that the collapsed glacier is a preview of things to 
> come. Billions of people, fish and animals depend on glacier fed rivers. 
> When "climate change"

What climate change is that?

>  causes the glaciers to melt, billions of 
> "refugees" will be heading to Russia, Europe and North America from 
> water starved areas of the planet, bringing chaos and ruin to the areas 
> they flee too.
> 
> https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/revealed-here-is-what-caused-apocalyptic-nepal-floods/
> 
*yawn*. Its always much worserer than the worserest thing there ever 
was, with 'climate change'

Glacial collapse has always happened. We have had a massively El Niño 
year and it continues.

Heavy rainfall in the Utah and Nevada deserts. Wildfires elsewhere

Atlantic storms are down, Pacific storms are up, Antarctic ice is low, 
Arctic ice is higher

Earthquakes are more numerous. As are volcanoes.

Solar flares are extremely active, and the moon and sun are in alignment 
to create eclipses.

Are they linked? No one knows.

Man made climate change is just another man made conspiracy theory

-- 
Climate Change: Socialism wearing a lab coat.

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#90773

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-28 18:25 +0000
Message-ID<nfe24aFprcuU37@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90751
On Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:55:43 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Glacial collapse has always happened. We have had a massively El Niño
> year and it continues.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacial_Lake_Missoula

Damn Blackfeet and their smoky campfires. There are several markers on 
trails at the 4200' level. It's interesting to look out over the valley 
and picture a lake. 

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#90701

FromNuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-28 00:27 +0100
Message-ID<116qh4m$1s6cu$3@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90690
On 2026-08-27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what
>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>
>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>
> Its all over you tube.
> Horrendous.
> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell
> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed
> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>
> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...

If anything dams may have softened the impact for a while, and even if a
short while that'd probably still be immensely valuable.

Other than that, if it's beyond dam capacity, there'd be a flood, dam or
no dam...

-- 
Nuno Silva

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#90726

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-08-28 00:45 -0400
Message-ID<wxednYQ-Uqocjwz3nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#90701
On 8/27/26 19:27, Nuno Silva wrote:
> On 2026-08-27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what
>>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>>
>>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>>
>> Its all over you tube.
>> Horrendous.
>> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell
>> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed
>> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>>
>> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
>> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
> 
> If anything dams may have softened the impact for a while, and even if a
> short while that'd probably still be immensely valuable.
> 
> Other than that, if it's beyond dam capacity, there'd be a flood, dam or
> no dam...

   Hydro dams CAN be built right - but, due to the expense,
   rarely ARE done right. Little leaks turn into bigger leaks
   and then BOOM/FLUSH !

   USA ... land ownership and environmental regs have limited
   the use of hydro for quite awhile. Most good stuff was put
   in before WW2.

   HAVE been interested in 'low-head hydro' ... computers can
   now design impellers/wheels well optimized for low-pressure/
   high-volume. Theoretically the Mississippi river could be
   heavily farmed as near-zero-head hydroelectric ... basically
   'raft farms' of kinda traditional-looking paddle-wheel type
   stuff. The lower efficiency can be made up through sheer
   VOLUME, cheapness and expansible modularity of the 'farms'.

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#90752

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-28 13:02 +0100
Message-ID<116rtcq$28guo$15@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90701
On 28/08/2026 00:27, Nuno Silva wrote:
> On 2026-08-27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what
>>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>>
>>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>>
>> Its all over you tube.
>> Horrendous.
>> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell
>> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed
>> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>>
>> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
>> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
> 
> If anything dams may have softened the impact for a while, and even if a
> short while that'd probably still be immensely valuable.
> 
No. Each dam held a volume of water that was released once the event 
came, and the dams failed, *adding* to the chaos downstream

The greatest loss of life from an energy related accident was the 
failure of the 1975 Banqiao Dam ...

..Around 1:30 a.m. on August 8, 1975, water overtopped the earthen 
structure, causing rapid and catastrophic erosion.

  A wall of water roughly 10 kilometers wide and 5 meters high rushed 
out at speeds up to 50 km/h.

  The initial surge caused a domino effect, leading to the catastrophic 
collapse of 61 total downstream dams in the Zhumadian area, including 
the Shimantan Dam

Death Toll: Estimates range from roughly 26,000 immediate drowning 
deaths up to a total of 150,000–240,000 overall casualties when 
accounting for subsequent disease (cholera, typhoid) and widespread famine.

Over 10 million people were displaced.

The disaster was kept as a state secret in China for roughly 30 years 
before public acknowledgment and eventual reconstruction of a new dam on 
the site by 1993


> Other than that, if it's beyond dam capacity, there'd be a flood, dam or
> no dam...

The problem is similar to what brought the twin towers down. Progressive 
collapse,. The shock of all the water rocks and ice hitting each dam 
*broke* that dam. And added more water for the next dam...


> 

-- 
"I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah 
puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun".

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#90770

FromRobert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
Date2026-08-28 16:13 +0000
Message-ID<slrn1193cst.gd.spamtrap42@one.localnet>
In reply to#90752
On 2026-08-28, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 28/08/2026 00:27, Nuno Silva wrote:
>> On 2026-08-27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>>>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what
>>>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>>>
>>> Its all over you tube.
>>> Horrendous.
>>> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell
>>> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed
>>> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>>>
>>> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
>>> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
>> 
>> If anything dams may have softened the impact for a while, and even if a
>> short while that'd probably still be immensely valuable.
>> 
> No. Each dam held a volume of water that was released once the event 
> came, and the dams failed, *adding* to the chaos downstream
>
> The greatest loss of life from an energy related accident was the 
> failure of the 1975 Banqiao Dam ...
>
> ..Around 1:30 a.m. on August 8, 1975, water overtopped the earthen 
> structure, causing rapid and catastrophic erosion.
>
>   A wall of water roughly 10 kilometers wide and 5 meters high rushed 
> out at speeds up to 50 km/h.
>
>   The initial surge caused a domino effect, leading to the catastrophic 
> collapse of 61 total downstream dams in the Zhumadian area, including 
> the Shimantan Dam
>
> Death Toll: Estimates range from roughly 26,000 immediate drowning 
> deaths up to a total of 150,000–240,000 overall casualties when 
> accounting for subsequent disease (cholera, typhoid) and widespread famine.
>
> Over 10 million people were displaced.
>
> The disaster was kept as a state secret in China for roughly 30 years 
> before public acknowledgment and eventual reconstruction of a new dam on 
> the site by 1993
>
>
>> Other than that, if it's beyond dam capacity, there'd be a flood, dam or
>> no dam...
>
> The problem is similar to what brought the twin towers down. Progressive 
> collapse,. The shock of all the water rocks and ice hitting each dam 
> *broke* that dam. And added more water for the next dam...

Under the right (or wrong) conditions and in a much smaller
scale, that can happen in nature with a series of beaver dams in
a canyon.  I have seen a road washout from that type of event.  I
was told by competent sources that there were rock gouges on tree
trunks, IIRC, 8-16 feet up.

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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#90814

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-29 10:32 +0100
Message-ID<116u8vd$3345j$11@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90770
On 28/08/2026 17:13, Robert Riches wrote:
> On 2026-08-28, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 28/08/2026 00:27, Nuno Silva wrote:
>>> On 2026-08-27, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 27/08/2026 17:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
>>>>> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what
>>>>> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet-floods-destruction-damage.html
>>>>
>>>> Its all over you tube.
>>>> Horrendous.
>>>> Yes, the consensus is a chunk of ice water rocks and sediment fell
>>>> into the valley causing a 6,4 level 'earthquake' and that overwhelmed
>>>> a series of dams and the water behind them.
>>>>
>>>> Dam failure - these were hydro dams - is massively dangerous.
>>>> And yet people prefer it to nuclear power stations...
>>>
>>> If anything dams may have softened the impact for a while, and even if a
>>> short while that'd probably still be immensely valuable.
>>>
>> No. Each dam held a volume of water that was released once the event
>> came, and the dams failed, *adding* to the chaos downstream
>>
>> The greatest loss of life from an energy related accident was the
>> failure of the 1975 Banqiao Dam ...
>>
>> ..Around 1:30 a.m. on August 8, 1975, water overtopped the earthen
>> structure, causing rapid and catastrophic erosion.
>>
>>    A wall of water roughly 10 kilometers wide and 5 meters high rushed
>> out at speeds up to 50 km/h.
>>
>>    The initial surge caused a domino effect, leading to the catastrophic
>> collapse of 61 total downstream dams in the Zhumadian area, including
>> the Shimantan Dam
>>
>> Death Toll: Estimates range from roughly 26,000 immediate drowning
>> deaths up to a total of 150,000–240,000 overall casualties when
>> accounting for subsequent disease (cholera, typhoid) and widespread famine.
>>
>> Over 10 million people were displaced.
>>
>> The disaster was kept as a state secret in China for roughly 30 years
>> before public acknowledgment and eventual reconstruction of a new dam on
>> the site by 1993
>>
>>
>>> Other than that, if it's beyond dam capacity, there'd be a flood, dam or
>>> no dam...
>>
>> The problem is similar to what brought the twin towers down. Progressive
>> collapse,. The shock of all the water rocks and ice hitting each dam
>> *broke* that dam. And added more water for the next dam...
> 
> Under the right (or wrong) conditions and in a much smaller
> scale, that can happen in nature with a series of beaver dams in
> a canyon.  I have seen a road washout from that type of event.  I
> was told by competent sources that there were rock gouges on tree
> trunks, IIRC, 8-16 feet up.
> 
8-16 feet is not uncommon in flash floods in arid places IIRC.
The Mojave desert IIRC has more deaths from drowning than any other 
cause when the arroyos become raging torrents

-- 
"It was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70's that it is being 70 in the 20's"
Joew Walsh

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#90837

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-29 19:38 +0000
Message-ID<nfgqprFprcuU52@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90814
On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:32:29 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> 8-16 feet is not uncommon in flash floods in arid places IIRC.
> The Mojave desert IIRC has more deaths from drowning than any other
> cause when the arroyos become raging torrents

One winter that I spent in Arizona was very wet. It wasn't a big deal but 
for a few days I could neither go north to Ajo or east to Casa Grande or 
Tucson. The arroyos, called washes by the Anglo population, seldom had any 
water. In areas where the wash is fairly deep there may be a bridge. For 
those without bridges there are usually depth markers so you can judge 
whether or not you can drive across the ford. Some people judge poorly. 

Often the washes are dammed at suitable locations. If it rains a small 
pond is formed for livestock or irrigation purposes. The desert Pima used 
that strategy for their summer encampments. The years when it didn't rain 
they would visit their riverine cousins along the Gila or Salt rivers, 
provide entertainment, work in the irrigated fields, or do other odd 
labor. I suppose it was sort of a welfare system. Like many of today's 
homeless the migratory desert tribes didn't want a settled life style.

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#90856

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-29 22:57 +0100
Message-ID<116vkkq$3j6fu$6@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90837
On 29/08/2026 20:38, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:32:29 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> 8-16 feet is not uncommon in flash floods in arid places IIRC.
>> The Mojave desert IIRC has more deaths from drowning than any other
>> cause when the arroyos become raging torrents
> 
> One winter that I spent in Arizona was very wet. It wasn't a big deal but
> for a few days I could neither go north to Ajo or east to Casa Grande or
> Tucson. The arroyos, called washes by the Anglo population, seldom had any
> water. In areas where the wash is fairly deep there may be a bridge. For
> those without bridges there are usually depth markers so you can judge
> whether or not you can drive across the ford. Some people judge poorly.
> 
> Often the washes are dammed at suitable locations. If it rains a small
> pond is formed for livestock or irrigation purposes. The desert Pima used
> that strategy for their summer encampments. The years when it didn't rain
> they would visit their riverine cousins along the Gila or Salt rivers,
> provide entertainment, work in the irrigated fields, or do other odd
> labor. I suppose it was sort of a welfare system. Like many of today's
> homeless the migratory desert tribes didn't want a settled life style.

Thanks for that. It was interesting. I suppose I should have said washes 
but for some reason I could only remember the Spanish term
-- 
It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
Mark Twain


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#90881

Fromrbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Date2026-08-30 06:10 +0000
Message-ID<nfhvq9FprcuU68@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#90856
On Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:57:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> Thanks for that. It was interesting. I suppose I should have said washes
> but for some reason I could only remember the Spanish term

There are several names. In the second season of Wolf Creek the survivors 
head for trees where the think there may be water. It's a wash and dry 
although they try digging for water. Sometimes that works, usually 
doesn't. It was filmed in South Australia but might as well have been 
filmed in south Arizona. 

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#90717

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-08-27 22:55 -0400
Message-ID<zX6dnaaqj-cPZQ33nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#90688
On 8/27/26 12:54, Enoch Powell wrote:
> On 8/26/2026 2:07 AM, c186282 wrote:
>> On 8/25/26 14:43, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:50:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
>>>>> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>>>>>     environmental disasters better than yer average 3rd-world 
>>>>> shithole.
>>>>>     Recent EU news suggests that NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded
>>>>>     power distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN ! The
>>>>>     proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.
>>>>
>>>> Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay
>>>> insurance.
>>>
>>> One year in the '90s Arizona found out what '100 year flood plain' 
>>> means.
>>> Not a good idea to build in Rio Salada even though it hasn't been a 
>>> rio in
>>> recent memory.
>>
>>    Yea, "100 Year" even "1000 Year" don't really
>>    MEAN much.
>>
>>    So, like it or not, gotta be ready for the
>>    "1000-year" EVERY year.
> 
> Some amazing video of the flooding in Nepal and Tibet from what 
> "experts" believe is a collapsed glacier:
> 
> https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16083765/New-footage-nepal-tibet- 
> floods-destruction-damage.html

   THAT was impressive ! Steep hills and what looked to
   be a 30+ foot high gigantic flush coming down the
   river bed. China has warned that debris have created
   a NEW 'dam' that will likely fall apart suddenly and
   send a similar flush downhill.

   In any case, those "100-year" or even "1000-year" events
   were mostly based on data not nearly so old. Guesses.
   Too optimistic. Insurers and disaster orgs adopted those
   'truths' in the 50s/60s.

   More recent works shows that regional climate shifts
   all the time, sort of 'cyclic'. There IS NO 'normal'
   except as a sort of statistical hallucination. Any ONE
   year can fuck you over really bad.

   And, with realization of that truth, it's why far more
   and more every year can't GET/afford any kind of
   property insurance. This is a serious PROBLEM.

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#90583

Fromc186282 <c186282@nnada.net>
Date2026-08-25 23:34 -0400
Message-ID<ZfqcnXRt_dS0whP3nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#90513
On 8/25/26 06:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 25/08/2026 06:46, c186282 wrote:
>> Face it, the USA is barely set to deal with major
>>    environmental disasters better than yer average
>>    3rd-world shithole. Recent EU news suggests that
>>    NOBODY is. Shredded housing, shredded power
>>    distribution, shredded comms ... yer ON YER OWN !
>>    The proverbial "safety net" is 90+ percent ILLUSION.
> 
> Cost benefit says you don't prepare for 1000 year events, you just pay 
> insurance.

   Insurance company lobbyists OBVIOUSLY behind that tact ! :-)

   Came across an article about a year ago - seems the mayor
   of Palm Beach Florida - a RICH area - had to drop his
   property/windstorm insurance because the price had gotten
   entirely out of hand. His salary would have been well
   into six figures fer-sure, but ......

   Finally, "1000-year Events" seem to be "EVERY-year
   events" of late ..... note a repeat of last years
   deadly/destructive floods in Texas. On the plus
   the el-Nino ought to suppress Atlantic/Gulf
   hurricanes for a few years.

> Weather is very weird this year. Big El Niño. Only two named Atlantic 
> storms so far.
> 
> Expect the unexpected. Flash Floods in Utah,and forest fires apparently.
> 
> Stock up on cans of pork and beans and fresh water

   Cans of P&B aren't a bad choice - except I have to
   keep a low-carb diet. Canned tuna will keep for
   a LONG time too. Corned beef also. For carb freaks
   you have plenty of choices - plain old bags of
   rice and wheat flour and dried beans.

   Just as the Covid thing was starting I scored kind of
   the last boxes of dehydrated food and decent MREs.
   Still have 'em, surely still "edible", Just In Case.

   MREs remain 'edible' for a long time, but the flavor
   gets kinda stale after a few years. Still better than
   the neighbors cat I suspect :-)

   Oh, avoid armadillo ... recent news sez they're loaded
   with leprosy. Lots of human xfer cases this year. There's
   something about the citters body temperature that makes
   them ideal incubators. Also probs with prion diseases in
   some herds of deer and moose - NO cure for those - not
   even sure super-well-done will destroy those mutant
   proteins.

   Actually, the whole food-supply chain, commercial
   and natural, seems kinda FUCKED the past five years.
   Never seen so many "urgent recall / Sure Death"
   warnings. The CryptoSHIT disease is the least of it.
   Fish may still be ok, but you kinda have to live on
   the ocean to take full advantage.

   Other odd bit this year - most of the horrible food
   diseases seem to be in VEGGIES, not meat. So much
   that I'm beginning to suspect something deliberate.

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#90592

FromRobert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net>
Date2026-08-26 04:27 +0000
Message-ID<slrn118sqp3.k54.spamtrap42@one.localnet>
In reply to#90583
On 2026-08-26, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>
>    Cans of P&B aren't a bad choice - except I have to
>    keep a low-carb diet. Canned tuna will keep for
>    a LONG time too. Corned beef also. For carb freaks
>    you have plenty of choices - plain old bags of
>    rice and wheat flour and dried beans.

If I'm informed correctly:

- wheat flour degrades rather quickly;

- unground wheat berries/kernels will last for many years if
stored in airtight containers with the oxygen removed by dry ice
or manufactured oxygen eliminator packets;

- wheat has much more protein and other nutrients than (at least
white) rice.

Plain wheat kernels can be boiled to make a very nice grown-up
cereal.  My wife likes milk, honey, cinnamon, and/or butter on
hers.  I prefer plain milk on mine.  If no milk is available,
that's okay, too.

The recipe can be adjusted for the size of batch being boiled,
but the general idea is to combine 3 parts water for 1 part wheat
kernels, bring to a boil, turn down the heat and let slow boil or
simmer for ~45 minutes, then turn off the heat and let it
continue to self-cook for 3-8 hours.  A larger pan will hold heat
longer, while a smaller pan will cool down more quickly, so cook
times can be adjusted to get the preferred consistency.

In my experience, boiled wheat can be left at room temperature
for up to 24 hours before refrigerating it, but it starts to
taste sour after a few days in the fridge if left at room
temperature longer than about 24 hours before going in the
fridge.

If boiling is not possible, wheat can be eaten by putting some
kernels in the mouth for a few minutes to let them soften enough
for chewing.

-- 
Robert Riches
spamtrap42@jacob21819.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

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#90608

FromThe Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Date2026-08-26 08:57 +0100
Message-ID<116m68d$e9qm$4@dont-email.me>
In reply to#90583
On 26/08/2026 04:34, c186282 wrote:
> Finally, "1000-year Events" seem to be "EVERY-year
>    events" of late ..... note a repeat of last years
>    deadly/destructive floods in Texas. On the plus
>    the el-Nino ought to suppress Atlantic/Gulf
>    hurricanes for a few years.

Well yes, any random event in a year of sufficiently unique character 
from a set of a thousand is going to be a 'thousand year event'

-- 
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the 
very definition of slavery.

Jonathan Swift

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