100-foot deep Andes lake disappears

[kg4kww]

This sounds like something out the movie View To A Kill.

Ok Egg Heads explain this one.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A five-acre glacial lake in Chile's southern Andes has disappeared -- and scientists want to know why.

Park rangers at Bernardo O'Higgins National Park said they found a 100-feet-deep crater in late May were the lake had been in March. Several large pieces of ice that used to float atop the water also were spotted.

"The lake had simply disappeared," Juan Jose Romero, head of Chile's National Forest Service in the southernmost region of Magallanes, said Wednesday. "No one knows what happened."

Full Story (http://beta.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/21/missing.lake.ap/index.html)

[kl7aj]

Has anyone offered a reward for its safe return?

[N2RJ]

Global warming.

[KA8DKT]

I'm sorry, I was just so thirsty...but I left the ice cubes...

-g

[al2i]

Greg is the best.

Thanks Greg!

[KB1KIX]

Rosie needed to take a bath for her job audition for "The Price is Left"

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Jonathan

[K2WH]

Let me see, it's been 2 months since anyone looked at this lake? Must be pretty remote.

Probably just dried up.

K2WH

[kg4kww]

This is freaky. Maybe the aliens from the movie 'V' are for real and have invaded. Have you thought of that??

[n2cfj]

Who pulled the plug from the drain?

[ka5piu]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 21 2007,14:25)]This is freaky. Maybe the aliens from the movie 'V' are for real and have invaded. Have you thought of that??
Hello.

One can only hope.

[G0GQK]

Some people will steal anything if you don't nail it down

G0GQK http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[WB2WIK]

I already saw it for sale on eBay. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif

[w0aew]

I don't feel so bad about misplacing the garage key now.

[kg4kww]

Don't you all care that tons-o-fish are now with out homes? And that lots of animals will be thirsty while you are having a cold one?

Think about this people.

Look at the science behind this, what could have oe who could have done it and why. Could the Lord be sending us a message? Could a UFO have landed and sucked up all the water? Could the water have gone into making beer or could it have been used in local toilets?

We need answers.

[N5NPO]

Haliburton! Had to be Haliburton!

[AC0H]

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!</span></span>

[KI4ITV]

So where was David Copperfield when this happened?

[NA4BH]

And still no Loch Ness Monster. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KB1GYQ]

Quote[/b] (KB1KIX @ June 21 2007,16:52)]Rosie needed to take a bath for her job audition for &quot;The Price is Left&quot;

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Jonathan
Nah, not enough water

[kf6rdn]

Quote[/b] (KB1KIX @ June 21 2007,12:52)]Rosie needed to take a bath for her job audition for &quot;The Price is Left&quot;

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Jonathan
Wrong dike, wrong finger.
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[al2i]

If this happens to the Pacific Ocean, there will be one hell of a land grab.

[AC0H]

Quote[/b] (al2i @ June 22 2007,04:52)]If this happens to the Pacific Ocean, there will be one hell of a land grab.
That would make Hawaii pretty boring.

[ac4ut]

Somedays the world just sucks!

[WA3KYY]

The most likely explanation is that cracks opened in the lake bottom allowing the water to drain into subterranian chambers. The locals looking into this discount that because they claim there was no recent seismic activity in the area. However, they have not told us what the underlying strata is made of. If sandstone, limestone or shale, slow water seepage through small cracks could have led to a sudden enlargement by erosion into cracks large enough to drain the lake rapidly.

[KG4CGC]

Quote[/b] (WA3KYY @ June 22 2007,10:14)]The most likely explanation is that cracks opened in the lake bottom allowing the water to drain into subterranian chambers. The locals looking into this discount that because they claim there was no recent seismic activity in the area. However, they have not told us what the underlying strata is made of. If sandstone, limestone or shale, slow water seepage through small cracks could have led to a sudden enlargement by erosion into cracks large enough to drain the lake rapidly.
All roads lead to China.

[n2cfj]

Quote[/b] (AC0H @ June 22 2007,05:38)]Quote[/b] (al2i @ June 22 2007,04:52)]If this happens to the Pacific Ocean, there will be one hell of a land grab.
That would make Hawaii pretty boring.
Yeah, but you could drive there.

[KB1GYQ]

boston to london.... (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=boston&daddr=london&sll=46.195042,-34.277344&sspn=62.036896,135.878906&ie=UTF8&ll=46.920255,-34.628906&spn=61.362653,135.878906&z=3&om=1)

[kg4kww]

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'>Don't you all care that tons-o-fish are now with out homes? And that lots of animals will be thirsty while you are having a cold one?

Think about this people.</span></span>

[KC0MIS]

I have this sinking feeling.......

[ki4sha]

I think I'll wait until all of the facts are in before offering an opinion, so as not to make a bad assumption based on a watered down version of the event....

[kg4kww]

Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??

[ki4sha]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 22 2007,11:50)]Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??
Not at all... I'm sure many of them will wander into nearby towns or cities, where they should be able to find water. As long as they're not colander-catapaulted back to the dry lake area, they should be fine. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[KA8DKT]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 21 2007,19:02)]Don't you all care that tons-o-fish are now with out homes? And that lots of animals will be thirsty while you are having a cold one?

Think about this people.

Look at the science behind this, what could have oe who could have done it and why. Could the Lord be sending us a message? Could a UFO have landed and sucked up all the water? Could the water have gone into making beer or could it have been used in local toilets?

We need answers.(My emphasis)

Yup. #That would be a brilliant move on the part of &quot;the Lord&quot;. #Pick a remote location that won't be discovered for a couple of months to use to &quot;send a message&quot;.
Duh.
-gary

[kg4kww]

Gary OM, O'l chum, stranger things have happened.

Does this concern you??

Should a group of hams go to this lake and set up a station???

Should 007 be called in??

Speak Up

[WF7A]

Forget 007: call in the Tidybowl Man.

[n2nh]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 22 2007,14:50)]Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??
They'll just turn cannibal and eat each other.
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[W4HAY]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 21 2007,23:02)]Don't you all care that tons-o-fish are now with out homes? And that lots of animals will be thirsty while you are having a cold one?
Oh, the humanity!

[NL7W]

Who cares!

[n2ize]

Ah cuddn't care less about some dang ol' lake dissapeerin. Dang all dem darn lakes, Let em all dissupeer fer all ah care. Ta hail wid dat darned faggy wimpy unvirermint.

[al2i]

The Vast International Jewish Conspiracy needed water for the Negev Desert and is silently siphoning our precious fluids from environmentally sensitive regions.

[n2ize]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 22 2007,11:50)]Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??
From a conservative stantpoint I think it is wonderful that those animals will slowly die from thirst and starvation. I think we should head down there with a conservative party so we can have the thrill of watching those rotten little suckers die. Then we should deliberately dry up more lakes so more of them die. As a compassionate conservative republican christian I hate lakes, small animals and the environment. I love pollution, war, and corrupt politicians.

[kg4kww]

Will this lake ever be found?

Will it wind up as toilet water?

Don't be scared, speak up

[KB1GYQ]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 27 2007,11:04)]Will this lake ever be found?

Will it wind up as toilet water?

Don't be scared, speak up
More likely embalming fluid...

[kg4kww]

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[KI4OXD]

Quote[/b] (AC0H @ June 21 2007,23:20)]<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!</span></span>
Why yes, we will.

[ve2nsm]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 22 2007,14:50)]Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??
Not too much bunnies and squirrels at this altitude believe me.
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[NL7W]

Quote[/b] (n2ize @ June 23 2007,13:09)]Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ June 22 2007,11:50)]Does it bother you all that all the cute little Squirrels and bunnies that live near this lake will now be without water??
From a conservative stantpoint I think it is wonderful that those animals will slowly die from thirst and starvation. I think we should head down there with a conservative party so we can have the thrill of watching those rotten little suckers die. Then we should deliberately dry up more lakes so more of them die. As a compassionate conservative republican christian I hate lakes, small animals and the environment. I love pollution, war, and corrupt politicians.
As a true Conservative:

- I love my God, my family, and my Country
- I believe in a limited federal government -- with states and local governments accountable for the vast majority of pertinent issues
- I love our wilds and the environment -- especially here in Alaska -- its why I live here
- I believe in being a good steward of our lands, attending to the resources above and below ground through managed care -- not those extreme environmentalist wacko positions that lock up land and resources -- against God's desire for us to actively manage his gifts

This being the case, what does a lake in southern hemisphere have to do with the average U.S. citizen? My answer: nothing at all. Other ideas are just pure speculation.

Or...

stealing from the Eagles' recent hit song, &quot;There's a hole in the World tonight...&quot;

Ciao.

[kg4kww]

I hope they find this lake.

Did Paris and her friends drink it dry??

[K8MHZ]

KG4KWW,

I sure wish all I had to lose sleep over was the crazy stuff that you want people to fret about.

Dude, you need a hobby.