in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

[ChicksnMore]

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Gotta ask, what is that?

 

[Free Birb]

Puppy or seal you decide

 

[ChicksnMore]

A fissure in Arizona, from groundwater extraction.

Pumping water can cause the earth above an aquifer to slump, collapsing the space left behind by the water that was removed. Once that space is lost, it can no longer hold water.

That process, called subsidence, is happening around the country, and more than 80 percent of it is the result of groundwater use, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency says subsidence has affected more than 47,000 square miles of land and waterways across the United States.

As the land sinks, home foundations, sewer pipes and other structures are damaged. But among the most dramatic consequences of subsidence is a fissure. As softer ground slumps, sometimes an adjacent patch of ground stays put. The resulting movement shears the earth apart.

 

[pertnear09]

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A fissure in Arizona, from groundwater extraction.

Pumping water can cause the earth above an aquifer to slump, collapsing the space left behind by the water that was removed. Once that space is lost, it can no longer hold water.

That process, called subsidence, is happening around the country, and more than 80 percent of it is the result of groundwater use, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The agency says subsidence has affected more than 47,000 square miles of land and waterways across the United States.

As the land sinks, home foundations, sewer pipes and other structures are damaged. But among the most dramatic consequences of subsidence is a fissure. As softer ground slumps, sometimes an adjacent patch of ground stays put. The resulting movement shears the earth apart.

I read that a lot of the water being pumped out of these aquifers is going on crops being raised and then shipped out of country. A lot of people are raising cane about it.

 

[troyer]

I read that a lot of the water being pumped out of these aquifers is going on crops being raised and then shipped out of country. A lot of people are raising cane about it.

As we should!

 

[Free Birb]

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If that comes in my house I’m moving to a different continent

 

[pennyJo1960]

Better pack the bags.

 

[Nomadicus]

Gators are prone to coming into houses in parts of Florida. I'd rather deal with a bug I can squash than a 1,000 lb reptile.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Gators are prone to coming into houses in parts of Florida. I'd rather deal with a bug I can squash than a 1,000 lb reptile.

We never left doors open in FL.

 

[azurbanclucker]