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Champ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 02:54 PM
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Scientists Say Chicago Sinking Every Year
CHICAGO - Shifting land caused by the melting of Canadian glaciers causes Chicago to sink at the rate of about a millimeter a year, a Northwestern University study has found.


The shift also causes water in the Great Lakes to slosh from the upper Great Lakes into their lower reaches.


The study was done by researchers at Northwestern University with collaborators around the U.S. and Canada. It was presented Wednesday at a joint meeting in Montreal of the American and Canadian Geophysical Unions.


Scientists used 10 years of readings from global positioning satellites at more than 200 points across North America to determine the shift.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20040520/ap_on_sc/chicago_sinking
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 02:57 PM
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1. I don't need a scientist to tell me that the Cubs are doing badly
Oh wait; that's not what it's about. Never mind.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 02:57 PM
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2. Guess I'll need to wear my rubbers.
Thanks for the headsup.
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:01 PM
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3. I thought everyone was just getting TALLER than me.....
..Thanks for the heads-up!!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:06 PM
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4. It's those damn Chicago hot dogs!
Load them up with onions, peppers, pickles, mustard and God knows what else (except ketchup, of course), and look what happens! Come on, put less stuff on them!

It's either that, or those insane pizzas the size of children's wading pools...


Or maybe it's a micro-black hole over Wrigley field, sucking away the spirits and hopes of all the Cubs fans each year...

Or...(can't help myself...I live in Wisconsin...) :evilgrin:
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:16 PM
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5. Man oh man
Those hot dogs were good. My fondest memories of Chicago are the hot dogs and..uh..Rush street.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:21 PM
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6. Rush Street And Wrigleyville
:-)
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Jose Diablo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 04:23 PM
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11. How 'bout Billy Goat Tavern?
On Randolf by S Wacker. I thinks thats the name of the streets. Best hambooger in town says Stephanodupolus.

LOL..I love Chicago.
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JM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:39 PM
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9. I broke down during Passover
You just can't be in Chicago and pass on Chicago style pizza and a Vienna Beef hot dog...

JM
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:30 PM
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7. I just sent this to a pregnant friend in Chicago
My email subject line: Yikes, how much weight have you gained?????
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JM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 03:38 PM
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8. Be sure to have someone inform us
of your funeral B-)

JM
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 04:10 PM
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10. Actually I think she'll laugh
I hope

:scared:
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Serenity-NOW Donating Member (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 04:28 PM
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12. ... melting of Canadian glaciers ... nothing to see here, move along n/t
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 04:29 PM
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13. fascinating! The city has already been raised one story above ground.
The "official grade" of the city is actually about one story above natural ground level near the lake (the area of the Loop)..and this has all been filled in alredy. The grade change is really obvious in close-in neighborhoods like Pilsen, as some of the houses and lots never had been raised, given these neighborhoods an occasional "sunken gardens" feeling.
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 04:48 PM
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14. Examples "sunken houses" in Bridgeport neighborhood
One of those close in neighborhoods, where the streets are at the "official grade", but houses and lots arent.
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