Another disappeared lake

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:37 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/sc_nm/chile_lake_dc[/url][url][/url]

For those of you who were interested in the Florida story.

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:58 pm

Link's already dead... x.x Any chance you have a copy of the story you can just post?

DarKnyht · Post by **DarKnyht** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:11 pm

Here is a corrected link to the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070620/sc_nm/chile_lake_dc

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 10:57 pm

Thanks, DK

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:03 pm

Whoops, that's what I get for clicking without really looking at what I'm clicking on... ~.~;

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Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:26 pm

It happens.

At least we can be reasonably certain this lake didn't evaporate - there was ice found in what used to be the lake.

Maybe that fissure might tie us in to the Hollow Earth discussion?

DarKnyht · Post by **DarKnyht** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:20 am

No problem for updating the link.

As for the ice and crack in the earth, perhaps the foundation was a softer rock type that the lake dissolved through. The water could now be in an underground lake or river.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 10:14 pm

I beleive hte article sites tectonic forces as a probable cause - but it could be a karst topography.

Natasha · Post by **Natasha** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:45 pm

Chile has some significant karst as far as I know but I am not very familiar with the geography and geology of the country at all.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:22 pm

I am sure it would have been mentioned in the article though.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:08 pm

So, there our are scientific possibilites - what are the other options? Some giant demon frog drinking all the worlds water?

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:40 pm

You know Ron, i'm actually familiar with that legend.

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:43 pm

So both of you have been reading up on Aboriginal myths?

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:49 pm

Actually one of Ed's friends is an arcanist who researched obscure end of the world legends. We stayed at his place for awhile and I got in to alot of discussions with him. The demon frog one was one of his favorites.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:59 am

Just need a giant frog-eating Yeti then.

Prof. Rosecrest · Post by **Prof. Rosecrest** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:03 am

As Shadow has said before "That is wrong."

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:06 am

All right then, how do you get rid of a giant frog? And don't say a giant french chef.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:11 am

Hey bor dee shpear dor dee bork bork bork!

The frog-eating yeti are harmless. Unless you are a frog. Unfortunately, the frog-eating yeti are the smallest of the yetis, too. That' swhy you need a giant one.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:15 am

Good point.

and that's the SWEDISH chef! :lol:

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:16 am

Yea, I didn't French chef did I

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:18 am

This whole area is resembling the muppet show

Shadowstalker · Post by **Shadowstalker** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:55 am

Just don't get Ron started about the Muppet Show. :roll:

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:59 am

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:14 pm

Shadowstalker wrote:Just don't get Ron started about the Muppet Show.

Yes . . . don't.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:07 pm

What? Mugged by Fozzie Bear?

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:16 pm

Don't say we didn't warn you. :lol:

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:05 am

I just beleive that any show that portrays monsters as cute and amusing is doing a real disservice to the survival of the human race by supressing the fight or flight instinct that most people should have when confronted by such critters.

It also makes it harder for us to be taken seriously when we try to warn the world of the very real and adangerosu monsters lurking in the cities and in the woods.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:32 am

Oh. I'm sorry, I thought it was the muppets themselves you didn't like. That does make sense, now that you mention it.

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:36 am

SEE?!?!? She gets it!!

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:49 am

Quiet poopy head!