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Fears volcanic ash is causing ecological disaster
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5-12-2008 8:11 AM
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Could have waited till we cleaned the atmosphere up.
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5-12-2008
1:17 PM
BartendingBear
A volcano erupts in Chile, an earthquake in China, big tornado damage in the mid-west plains, wild fires in Florida, the cyclone in Myanmar... it sure looks like it will be a very interesting summer.
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