 thefoxalmighty says: Creepy. Man, that's freakin' crazy! Is this really true? The website is not opening. Damnit. Hope you're not pulling our leg, Fox. Wow. Reading the scientific explanation took a bit of the novelty away, but still. Wow. Yea, the website opened and I read the explanation. It's pretty cool when you think about it though. Those people must have really thought it was some sort of curse, with the lake going all red and stuff too. And all the lamps mysteriously going out too. Science takes all the fun out of things!  Ahh....aren't we (people of the earth) supposed to be having a little problem with something called GREEN HOUSE GASES? Me thinks that's known as CO2 and the theory is there is TOO MUCH of it accumulating in the atmosphere. They why the hell are these idiots releasing MORE into the atmosphere (MILLIONS of cubic feet!) instead of just leaving it IN the lake?!? And tell the villagers to STAY AWAY! We actually have places in the USA that don't SUPPORT LIFE (deserts, tar pits, etc) and people don't try to LIVE THERE! LEAVE the co2 IN the ground (and move 11,800 people) INSTEAD of pumping it into the AIR and contributing to the pollution of the WHOLE planet! Duh!!! Just my humble opin... If you leave it in the lake it eventually gets out anyway. As it did that day in 1986. The amount of CO2 sounds high but it is not in comparison to what is released with fossil fuel burning. Reading the scientific explanation took a bit of the novelty away. - saan-kpaSurely it's still a novelty even if it has a scientific explanation. Science takes all the fun out of things! - fudzzzI don't see how nearly 1800 people being killed is fun. Surely it is better now that there is an explanation and people know what to monitor and look out for to help prevent the 'fun' of another 1800 people dying. There was a special on TV from National Geographic or Learning Channel that showed and explained the whole thing--hour long video. Really fascinating, both the mystery and the explanation. Great clip. i have noi ssen any thing.argaz there was no clip to see.argaz Uh, I don't know that I would be comfortable calling this a novelty. It's a tragedy. It's good that we can explain it. This provides one of the greatest arguments for science: rather than accepting the hopelessness of our fate, science challenges the world and tries to make it better through understanding first, and then taking action. Also, wasn't this in a National Geographic issue back in the 80s? I seem to remember it, but my back issues are all in America... Yeah i remember reading an article about this in National Geographic. Actually, I still have the issue that it was published in, though it'll take me ages to go through the piles of magazines we have -_- This was reported in Science News the week it happened. |
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