Arctic Warming: Need For Freezers & A/C – Navy Dumps Waste Into Ocean

Posted on Thursday, September 20 at 16:16 by bracewell
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Military dumps food waste into Arctic Ocean because of global warming (September 16/06)
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Instead of having to carry all waste food on deck for eventual disposal at port, the ships will be allowed to dump it at sea.

The changes "help alleviate our COs (commanding officers') concerns (with regard to) accumulated food remnants stored in garbage bags on decks during ever-increasing global warming summers," says an internal memo, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.
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[Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on September 24, 2007]

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  1. Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:27 pm
    This is just simply too funny :)

  2. Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:55 am
    "Sorry officer, global warming made me do it."

  3. Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:05 pm
    Dude, Arctic has a second 'c' in it. It stands for Canada, btw ;)

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  4. Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:28 pm
    Damn. Gess mah spall cheker didnt pik it up.

    Fixed.

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  5. Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:34 am
    Shit (gets a hand, and) happens

    The Only constant is change

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