by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 3rd, 2009

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Will the giant rift opening in the Ethiopian Desert become a new sea? See LINK:

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by Slap Daddy on November 3rd, 2009
According to several articles I just read because of this question it seems likely. What an interesting chance to better understand continental drift for scientists, and likely a very frightening experience for those living in the region.

But I conclude that it is all due to global warming and 100% George Bush's fault. :P
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- Yes, it is fascinating to be able to observe it without having to figure out how to get to the bottom of an oceanic trench.
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by HoboJoe on November 4th, 2009
Very interesting, Ed. Will a new ocean help Ethiopia? The article didn't say. I sure would want to know the effect on the country.
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by anonymous on November 3rd, 2009
It's fascinating, but we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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- I wonder if they expect it to eventually connect to the ocean or to fill from ground water.
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by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 3rd, 2009
They seem to think so.
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- What a thing to watch unfold.
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 3rd, 2009
- Um, I think they said it should take like a million years. Might get a little boring after the initial rift.
  This kind of make me think of the San Andreas Fault. I wonder if that's something similar?
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  by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 4th, 2009
- I believe that the San Andreas is a lateral fault, where one part of the plate is slipping past another part, not pulling away. You can clearly see it in some areas when flying over it in a small plane. See http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sTqVIl4_vmA/SRNf8AjeK1I/AAAAAAAAD4k/damhiYTsEYA/s400/SanAndreasFault.Ca.Air.pix.jpg
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 4th, 2009
- I have actually stood in it. I was a surveyor in Cal. and worked around it a few times.
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  by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 5th, 2009
- Too cool. It's quite a sight, isn't it. So serene, but capable of such tremendous violence.
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 5th, 2009
- Well, it's a gradual thing so you don't notice it until the ground shakes and the world turns upside down.
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  by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 6th, 2009
- Yeah, I used to live in LA. I was there when the 6.6 quake hit San Fernando in 1971. That killed 65 people and moved parts of the valley floor 3 feet vertically and 3 feet laterally! I definitely NOTICED it. :)
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 6th, 2009
- I used to drive on the highway in Oakland where it collapsed during the quake that dropped that Bay Bridge. Fortunately we had moved to the East Coast shortly before that happened. I definitely would not have enjoyed wearing part of the highway for a hat.
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  by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 7th, 2009
- Yes, and none of those were the "Big One."
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 7th, 2009
- It will be here soon enough.
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  by Bull wears a COAT of many colours on November 8th, 2009
- I know. 2012? :)
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 8th, 2009
- I guess that's as good a number as any.
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by Glenn Blaylock on November 3rd, 2009
We don't know. Assuming that the rifting there continues, then yes, it will eventually become a sea. This is how the Red Sea formed. However, sometimes rift zones such as this stop spreading before they become open to the sea and we don't know why some continue to spread and others do not.
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- So it would be premature to grab up land hoping to open beachfront concessions in the near future? :)
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  by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on November 3rd, 2009
- Definitely.
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- capitalism at its finest LOL Brill...
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