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!
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!
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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