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Old December 24th 04, 12:44 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
TudorHgh TudorHgh is offline
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Default Catastrophe scenario for a movie

Hero(ine) makes a presentation at a global warming conference: predicts
that melting of Antarctic glaciers will lead to dramatic isotactic
recovery further raising sea levels. Cites increased seismic activity.


Silly tart. She meant isostatic. Isotactic refers to the orientation
of methyl groups in (for example) polypropylene.

Tudor Hughes.