when bulldada strikes
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:13:20 -0700
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Ah, the wonders of paranoia.
For years now, the US has been rumored to be working
on weather and earthquake controlling weapons by lots
of kooks.
Just within the last day, there was a 6.5 or so
earthquake in SW Iran. It is on a line from where
the Bam, Iran earthquake of about a year ago hit,
and Tehran.
The last big earthquake to hit Tehran was in 1830,
so it is believed to be past due for the next one.
It is really, really ripe, by seismological standards.
On top of everything else, seismologists have come
out and said that the Tsunami-generating earthquake
has strongly accelerated the plate shift, so that
Tehran is now in severe danger, and soon, for just
getting the stuffing knocked out of it.
But the irony of all of this is that, in much of
the world, now, it is believed that the US, and by
that they say "George Bush", has an earthquake
weapon. And that he is going to use to to
obliterate Tehran. Right now, the rumor mill is
running wild, and lots of Iranians are going to
pick up on this.
So is this like "bulldada becoming reality" or
"reality becoming bulldada"?
--
"Mars was destroyed with weapons from the future.
There, does that make you feel any better?"
-- nu-monet
Correspondent:: Eddie Vroom
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 04:52:33 GMT
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nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
> So is this like "bulldada becoming reality" or
> "reality becoming bulldada"?
Well, what do *you* think would happen if you believed it was?
--
How's this for a punchline: I wasn't joking, motherfucker!
the Mystical RevvedErrand Doktor Eddie Vroom
Certified God by the holy authority of
the White Lotus Fortune Cookie Company
June 23, 2004
Correspondent:: nikolai kingsley
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:22:19 +1100
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> Just within the last day, there was a 6.5 or so
> earthquake in SW Iran. It is on a line from where
> the Bam, Iran earthquake of about a year ago hit,
> and Tehran.
>
> The last big earthquake to hit Tehran was in 1830,
this turns out not to be the case.
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/world/iran/sig_eq.html
January 1909, 7.3 richter, 5,500 killed
May 1923, 5.7, 2,200 killed
May 1929, 7.4, 3,330 killed
May 1930, 7.2, 2,500 killed
November 1945, 8.2, 4,000 persons reported killed
July 1957, 7.4, About 2,000 dead
December 1957, 7.3, More than 2,000 killed and many injured.
1962, 7.3; 1968, 7.3; 1972, 7.1; 1976, 7.3; 1977, 6.9; 1978, 7.8;
June 1981, 6.9, 3,000 killed
June 1990, 7.4, Estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people killed
February 1997, 6.1, At least 1,100 people killed
June 2002,6.5, 261 people killed. big deal!
December 2003, 6.6, 26,200 people killed
Iran is virtually Earthquake City. they should promote it as such, build
houses out of neoprene rubber and rent them out to seismologists who get
a hard-on when they feel the earth move. or perhaps the other way 'round.
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0"
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:22:52 -0700
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nikolai kingsley wrote:
>
> > Just within the last day, there was a 6.5 or so
> > earthquake in SW Iran. It is on a line from where
> > the Bam, Iran earthquake of about a year ago hit,
> > and Tehran.
> >
> > The last big earthquake to hit Tehran was in 1830,
>
> this turns out not to be the case.
>
> http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/world/iran/sig_eq.html
Uh, Tehran is a city. Iran is the country.
These are earthquakes that hit Iran.
To say that Tehran was "hit by a major earthquake"
sort of implies that it was, or was very near, the
epicenter of the quake.
This is not to say that Tehran can't feel earthquakes
happening in other parts of their country, just that
Tehran proper hasn't been flattened, like Bam, for
example, since 1830.
--
"Money can't buy you happiness,
but when you're poor, you can't
buy shit, and nobody will loan
you happiness."
--nu-monet
Correspondent:: "just john"
Date: 23 Feb 2005 05:33:45 -0800
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nu-monet v7.0 wrote:
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> Uh, Tehran is a city. Iran is the country.
>
> These are earthquakes that hit Iran.
>
> To say that Tehran was "hit by a major earthquake"
> sort of implies that it was, or was very near, the
> epicenter of the quake.
>
> This is not to say that Tehran can't feel earthquakes
> happening in other parts of their country, just that
> Tehran proper hasn't been flattened, like Bam, for
> example, since 1830.
>
>
Yeah, the cities slated for earthquake destruction are given sound
effect names. I think Thud is next, or maybe Kabuum.
A while back, I considered starting a rumor based on the oft-repeated
notion that if all the people in China jumped off short platforms in
tightly coordinated intervals, they could cause earthquakes elsewhere
in the world. The rumor I wanted to start would be that the Chinese
were aware of this, and every citizen there had been issued a platform
and was being drilled on jumping off it when ordered to.
--
* Radio Free Entropy: http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml *
Correspondent:: König Prüße, GfbAEV
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:54:44 GMT
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"nu-monet v7.0" wrote:
>nikolai kingsley wrote:
>>
>> > Just within the last day, there was a 6.5 or so
>> > earthquake in SW Iran. It is on a line from where
>> > the Bam, Iran earthquake of about a year ago hit,
>> > and Tehran.
>> >
>> > The last big earthquake to hit Tehran was in 1830,
>>
>> this turns out not to be the case.
>>
>> http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/world/iran/sig_eq.html
>
>Uh, Tehran is a city. Iran is the country.
>
>These are earthquakes that hit Iran.
>
>To say that Tehran was "hit by a major earthquake"
>sort of implies that it was, or was very near, the
>epicenter of the quake.
>
>This is not to say that Tehran can't feel earthquakes
>happening in other parts of their country, just that
>Tehran proper hasn't been flattened, like Bam, for
>example, since 1830.
>
>
>--
See? That just goes to show that you shouldn't
name cities with names like "Bam!" and "Phuket!"
Tehran is next to Tehraq, right?