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Yo_Mama

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7. But this IS the natural order

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sun Jun 10, 2012, 08:10 PM

Jun 2012

The process is entirely natural. Granted, in the past there weren't docks and so forth, but the massive tree losses near the shore and all the near-shore debris always gets pulled out in these tsunamis.

Tsunamis and so forth are disruptive of natural processes, but the disruption is quite natural and has been a part of the ecosystem forever.

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As Japan debris washes up in the US, scientists fear break in natural order [View all] xchrom Jun 2012 OP

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