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posted by chromas on Monday July 16 2018, @12:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-said-"no-ice"! dept.

Submitted via IRC for Bytram

It looks like something badly CGI'd into a disaster movie, but it's real: an 11 million ton iceberg, slowly moving toward a village, threatening to destroy everything in its path.

Just look at this thing.

[YouTube video]

A massive section of the iceberg falls off at around 30 seconds in, which gives you a sense of the scale here. If the iceberg becomes destabilised, and a larger chunk is broken off, it could create a tsunami, which could potentially destroy the town of Innaarsuit. This sped up GIF does a good job of illustrating the iceberg's movement.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/watch-this-gigantic-terrifying-iceberg-slowly-move-toward-a-tiny-greenland-village/


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  • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Monday July 16 2018, @05:16PM (3 children)

    by pvanhoof (4638) on Monday July 16 2018, @05:16PM (#707949) Homepage

    You'll win the War on Ice before you'll win the War on Stupidity. That's exactly right. But .. concerning this war on Stupidity. Did you manage to kill or convince any of the enemies?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @05:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @05:34PM (#707958)

    I suggest we combine this new war on Ice with the ongoing war on Stupidity. It's easy, offer this iceberg as target practice for NRA members. A quick look suggests that Greenland won't have to change their gun laws to any great extent,
        http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/greenland [gunpolicy.org]

    That low population country already has plenty of guns--
    > Small Arms Imports (US$) - Customs
    > The annual value of small arms and ammunition imports to Greenland is reported by Customs to be US$1,044,858 (2011)

  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Monday July 16 2018, @05:44PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Monday July 16 2018, @05:44PM (#707966) Journal

    The War on Stupidity was over a long time ago. Stupidity won.

    --
    Washington DC delenda est.
    • (Score: 2) by pvanhoof on Monday July 16 2018, @05:49PM

      by pvanhoof (4638) on Monday July 16 2018, @05:49PM (#707971) Homepage

      Yes, but did any of the enemy combatants either get convinced to cease being stupid or got killed? It even looks like they took over government in the US. Didn't NOFX have a song about that? The Idiots are taking over or something. Yes, The War on Errorism was the album called.