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Death by Weird Edition
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Death by Weird Edition Here we are, minions- a single post away from a staggering 200 adventures here in The Beast Burrow. I apologize for having been absent the last few days. My mind was distracted during my final few actual working days in the United States Navy. Friday wrapped things up for me, more or less. I will only return twice between now, and my official retirement date of 30 September. I begin my Veteran's Administration medical appointments on Monday. I'm hoping I end up with a fat disability percentage. That way I won't have to work myself to death in my old age.  Today I would like to talk about two real life events that are as strange as anything to ever happen in a science fiction movie. Maybe it will spark an interest in some of you. The first item on the agenda is the Tunguska Event. On June 30, 1908, a mid-air explosion leveled 80 million trees over 2,150 square kilometers in a remote region of Siberia. Scientists believe the likely culprit was either an exploding meteoroid or comet which exploded after entering Earth's atmosphere. The blast was estimated to be the equivalent of between 10-15 megatons of TNT. That would have been 1000 times more powerful than the bomb, dropped by airplane, and detonated upon the city of Hiroshima. Strange, but true. Let's hope something like that never happens over a large, populated area. The second event is the explosion of Lake Nyos in Cameroon. Lake Nyos is one of three lakes known as Exploding Lakes, the other two being Lake Kivu, and Lake Monoun. Lake Nyos last exploded on August 21, 1986, releasing a tremendous cloud of CO2, and suffocating 1,700 people, as well as 3,500 livestock in located in nearby villages. A man riding his bicyclew from his village, to the next in which he worked, began noticing dead animals along the road, and eventually people. They all looked as if they had fallen dead in the middle of whatever activity they had been engaged in. The CO2 cloud advanced very quickly, and even killed animals well above and a nearby mountain slope. It makes The Beast appreciate life more, knowing it can be taken at any moment by the most obscure, and seemingly impossible events nature can throw at us. My 200th post spectacular is coming next folks. I'll hopefully have it ready on Monday. I need to think of some special doodles, pictures, and topics. Hopefully it will be entertaining. BEAST OUT |
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6/23/2012 2:12 pm |
I've seen documentaries on both of the events that you mentioned. Really interesting, but also scary to think about. 
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next event would be the Beast farting and chasing millions and millions of minions out...some are even killed by the blast...that would be disaster...
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Wow I had never heard of these! Thank you Beast.
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happy winding down the career. love it when nature decides that we can be done without and makes it known.
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I have no doubt that #200 will be just as incredible as you. I can't wait for it.  I make mistakes, I am out of control & at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. ~Marilyn
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