Friday, July 01, 2005

In other news....

I wonder what kind of line he caught that on...

Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record -- a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear -- and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on June 29. The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong River, home to more species of massive fish than any river on Earth. Photo by Stringer/Thailand/Reuters.

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Lightning struck twice in Tonganoxie Thursday morning. One bolt hit a house, traveled through the roof and down some metal edging in a bedroom wall, and set a mattress on fire. Unfortunately, 7-year-old Kaylee Shriner was sleeping on the mattress at the time.



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It seems that half of Moscow sits atop georectonic fractures. These are reported to be the cause of the water-park tragedy in 2004.

"The park was built in the area of one of the fractures. A series of mini-earthquakes took place on the site of the park before its dome collapsed," head of the Digger-Spas underground research center, Vadim Mikhailov, said.

Russia is having some serious-ass problems lately. read more about this story
and then, there was this:
MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - A Russian village was left baffled on Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight.

Also, here is a delightful little article giving an overview of how the U.S. continues to do its best de-fang the soviets once and for all.
Dividing Russia by Mark Ames

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That's one big fucking catfish.

Namaste.