GBR damage

[ct_vol]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8616880.stm

 

[mkenochm]

This is horrible. I don't ever have time for the news and had not heard about this tragedy. Hopefully the clean up will be quick and unobtrusive and keep any further damage from occurring.

 

[EvilMel]

I heard about that. It's absolutely devastating.

 

[macclellan]

As Mel would say, Ding Dang!

 

[macclellan]

Even worse news: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100420/ap_on_bi_ge/lt_brazil_amazon_dam

The Xingu River is a tributary of the Amazon, and this project will in all likelihood make extinct some awesome endemic species, like this lil' guy: