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Saturday, July 10, 2010

The Disaster in the Gulf: Beyond Katrina

This may be the 2nd-worst disaster in the Gulf. The most catastrophic came when a rogue asteroid or comet smashed into the Yucatan peninsula some 65 million years ago. That calamity caused the mass-extinction of the dinosaurs and many other animal and plant species.

This oil spill should be thought of as a pending tragedy that easily has the potential for comparable damage. This is more than another Hurricane Katrina...it just may be another asteroid!

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