Danny Glover... what a tool !

[Buddahaid]

You're all wrong. It was caused by the pending superbowl win of the SAINTS who made a pact with the devil.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Here's a bunch of smileys, all for you.

Forgot one:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Hello,
maybe we can kill ourselves by nuclear bombs, chemical warfare or just exterminate other species which then leads to our own extinction due to the food chain, but i tell you - even with the biggest bombs we will not be able to influence plate tectonics, let alone making any influence by agricultural activities or praying to the wrong god lol.

The earth itself without this thin surface we call atmosphere (if we really srew it up and kill ourselves as a result) is perfectly able to develop its own activities without help of us ridiculous ants crawling over its surface.

We are living on a thin crust that has been moving since 3.5 billion years, swimming on a semi-liquid and very hot mantle of molten "rock" - and this crust is made of many single plates, that constantly push others around, sink others/are being sunk or pile up against each other. The movement is usually some 2 centimeters a year e.g. in the atlantic ocean floor, but at the collision areas the tension rises until the friction of the crusts cannot hold back the tensions any more - and it makes a hefty and sudden jerk - an "earthquake".

You do not really need a god for this, unless you call him Pluton like our ancestors. But believe a geologist (me), no prayer or political/ religiously/ whatever human behaviour will prevent this crust from moving.

Greetings,
Catfish

P.s: Maybe it would have been wise to build earthquake-resisting buildings, powerplants and whatnot, like they do in Japan, but you need MONEY for this, and Haiti is a poor state, thanks to its government.
To tell such phrases like the climate and our behaviour being the reason for what recently happened in Haiti or- in this Pat Robertson's bull$hit - guilt or religiously "wrong" behaviour in connection to and after this event is asking for someone using a shotgun against those self-righteous a$$holes.
Sorry, venting done.

Thank you for this obviously knowlegable answer. It makes a nice change to the 'smiley-posters' who frequent this board.

To clarify, I didn't mean that things such as soil erosion and poverty actually cause the earthquake but that they create and magnify the damage to the human population of a stricken area.

Although with even my limited knowledge of earthquakes, I think there is still quite a bit of uncertainty when it comes to the prediction of earthquakes. The danger areas are roughly known but people are still allowed to live in these areas. And even when an earthquake is somewhat predicted with seismic measurements, then what? Some bespectacled absent-minded professor type will run over to the white house and somehow convince the world leaders that something needs to be done to save people in some third world country that doesn't even have any oil? Hasn't happened as of yet to my knowledge.

[Ducimus]

Isn't Danny Glover a little too old for this schitt?

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Pardon my ignorance, but is it even possible for the climate to affect the movement of tectonic plates?

Short answer: No.

[Weiss Pinguin]

Thanks for the answers. I kinda figured as much, but it's still interesting to read how that stufd works.

Also, LOL @ Ducimus

[Catfish]

Hello,
i think this quarrel between August and OneToughHerring was just a misunderstanding:

A. laughed about OTH because he said "the damage may have been stronger and the damage greater by other factors", thinking OTH meant Clover's climate change, or Pat Robertson's religious reasons . However what OTH meant with "other reasons" was that this was due to the poor infrastructure, and a lacking plan for events like this.

Or so i think

If not i will now duck, cover or run away (since the referee always gets the blows ... )

Greetings,
Catfish

Catfish,

yea you're right, although I think August has also specialised in messing with me. However I do find it somewhat sad that some people would actually think that I would agree with Robertson in pretty much any matter.

[August]

"Quarrel" is an awful strong word for just posting a couple of smileys.

[les green01]

he must been hit by lighting while dancing in the rain flapping his arms like a chicken

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by les green01

he must been hit by lighting while dancing in the rain flapping his arms like a chicken

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[Reece]

Actor Danny Glover believes that the Haitian earthquake was caused by climate change and global warming

Excuse my ignorance but it seems fairly feasible that over the past 20 years or so the temperature of the earth has increased considerably due to global warming, couldn't this heat cause expansion of the earths surface thus causing the plates to shift? Not being an expert in this area but it does seem possible, obviously does to Danny!

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Reece

Excuse my ignorance but it seems fairly feasible that over the past 20 years or so the temperature of the earth has increased considerably due to global warming, couldn't this heat cause expansion of the earths surface thus causing the plates to shift? Not being an expert in this area but it does seem possible, obviously does to Danny!

Considering that the tectonic plates are 15-200 kilometers or 50-250 miles thick on average, and that the majority of their surface area is located deep under the oceans, I seriously doubt a minute change of temperature in the air above would have any effect on them. The molten core below them is the bigger factor.

However, Danny Glover did play the president in that idiotic 2012 movie so maybe that makes him more in the know than the rest of us.

[Reece]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

However, Danny Glover did play the president in that idiotic 2012 movie so maybe that makes him more in the know than the rest of us.

Yes I suppose it would now that you mention it!!

[magic452]

However, Danny Glover did play the president in that idiotic 2012 movie so maybe that makes him more in the know than the rest of us.

Of course it does just look what playing Vice President did for Algore

Magic