Dead Zones Off Oregon and Washington Likely Tied to Global Warming


	Dead Zones Off Oregon and Washington Likely Tied to Global Warming

papananook

2-15-2008 5:54 PM

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papananook says:

Well, ain't this a pisser for me personally because this is the very area I'm moving tio to be near the Ocean...and I read that it's dying. Arrrrgh!
This is REAL. people not just a theory..we are killing ourselves, Goddamnit!

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2-15-2008 7:48 PM

kkcapricorn

Doomsday nears.

2-15-2008 7:51 PM

papananook

Thanks, KK, for cheering me up!
sorry...i'm just freakin' depressed right now...I don't know if I can hug my grandkids without cryin'...

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