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And Don't Forget The Computer Models As Well
They're used to pinpoint and track hurricanes 100 years in the future?
Sam F.
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8/31/2005 5:47:03 AM
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Wow.
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Do you realize that Katarina would have killed tens of thousands were it not for SPACE TECHNOLOGY?
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Jacob Samorodin
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8/30/2005 11:41:46 PM
And it may yet have killled that many.
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Lee
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9/1/2005 2:35:25 AM
Too true!
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DFM
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9/2/2005 4:32:32 PM
And Don't Forget The Computer Models As Well
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Mark Eby
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8/31/2005 2:40:55 AM
re: And Don't Forget The Computer Models As Well
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Larry J
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8/31/2005 12:39:08 PM
Larry, Sam. You guys are right, but you're wrong....
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et
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8/31/2005 5:16:28 PM
The Simple Point
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Mark Eby
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9/1/2005 2:13:24 AM
I never said they were invalid
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Larry J
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9/1/2005 3:31:30 PM
I agree.
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et
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9/1/2005 4:05:18 AM
Computer models are not complete junk....
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Sam F.
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9/1/2005 6:44:11 AM
Maybe You Didn't Notice
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ID
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9/1/2005 2:53:27 PM
What part of "they have to be validated" is hard to understand?
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Sam F.
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9/2/2005 6:10:55 AM
They're still a long way from understanding the variables of climate
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Larry J
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8/31/2005 7:21:02 PM
re: They're still a long way from understanding the variables of climate
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et
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9/1/2005 4:03:02 AM
Speaking of what those marvelous space satellites can do...
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ljk
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8/31/2005 6:18:45 PM
They're used to pinpoint and track hurricanes 100 years in the future?
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Sam F.
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8/31/2005 5:47:03 AM
Consider what happened in Galveston, TX in 1900
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Larry J
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8/31/2005 12:54:43 AM
Know your satellite images of Katrina
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ljk
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9/2/2005 2:30:59 PM
Space images of the levees breaking
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ljk
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9/2/2005 7:09:25 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.