- Canvalanche- when your pile of empties gets oversteepened, and collapses, sweeping everything in its path away
- Derbis fowl: 20 minutes of hurried writing, followed by an hour of exasperated editing.
- Hallar - volcanic debris flow in Appalachia
- Earthquack - disaster associated with enormous waterfowl.
- Tsugami- Japanese art form involving folding the ocean, often leading to nasty side effects.
- Volgina- source of queefs.
- Escrapment- danger from poop taken off a cliff falling onto passers-by below.
- Volcanic erection- geologist with blue balls.
- Kart topography- food vendors that distract and capture unwary pedestrians.
- Dessication fissures- piscivores in a drought.
- Creep- freaky dude who totally disrupts any foundation for belief in basic decency of humanity.
- Vulgarite- a really, really rude rock.
- Foold- disaster following an area's being inundated with idiots.
- Sizemic risk- consequence of too much rich, high-calorie consumption during Holiday season.
- Geophysical- damage to an area or region from a really awful Olivia Newton-John song.
- PailO'Seismology- earthquakes in a bucket! Fun for the whole family!
- Disorientation- the state of being somewhere other than central eastern Asia.
- Hoar frost- I'm not even gonna touch that one.
- Nuée aldente- an explosion of flavor as perfectly cooked pasta enters your mouth.
- Storm serge- results in large areas being drowned in fabric.
- Flash food- reactions between condiments and meal, with ensuing explosions and/or fireballs. Sriracha is often a factor.
- RT @theburntcity Gasperititis can be part of the Flash Food especially when dealing with unknown or unexpected flavors and textures.
- Liquifaction- the party that believes it should keeps its demands fluid.
- Trans-gendered faults- for heteros, the problems you have with your significant other.
- Induction Zones- military recruitment offices.
- Volganic- eruptions involving no artificial fertilizers or pesticides.
- Fissile- rock record of previously-existing life, mounted on a rocket, and armed with a nuclear weapon.
- Rock hammered- "Don't even ask. I've been drinking with geologists."
- Solar Wind- On occasion, the sun farts; if directed toward earth, can result in a geomagnetic stench.
- Rockfall- when outcrops shed their foliage to prepare for winter.
- Seiche- trying to pronounce complicated words when rock hammered.
- FEMA- actually not a hazard at all, it's the bone in the upper portion of the leg.
- Sinkholes- can collapse without warning, disrupting dish-washing plans.
- Fumaroles- Spanish for "papers to make cigarettes."
- Phreatic- atic is totally innocent!
- Focus- earthquakes happen when the planet loses this, and can't keep its shit together any longer.
- Lateral spread- associated with sizemic risk from overeating.
- Pummus- fossilized remains of Middle-Eastern chickpea spread. NOT edible. Trust me on this one.
- Magma- Clint Eastwood's preferred weapon in the "Dirty Harry" movies.
- Talker's block- frequently develops in response to volcanic eruptions in Iceland.
- "Talker's block" should not be confused with "speech impediment," which is responding to desert with stunned silence.
- Tool envy- looking at your hammer, then at heavy machinery, sighing, "I want one." Will escalate to Death Star unchecked.
Miscellaneous thoughts on politics, people, math, science and other cool (if sometimes frustrating) stuff from somewhere near my favorite coffee shop.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
#ObscureGeoHazards
This hashtag game occurred to me last night in the aftermath of a canvalanche...
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