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To: J.L. Turner who wrote (2226)	7/21/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: firstman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

You haven't heard of the ozone hole??? Let's see, it is now a little bigger than antarctica, and hovering over that continent as well ('cause it's the pole). It can be seen from space using various imaging frequencies. It is also said that all the CFC's that have been creating this hole are actually from 30-40 years ago when the levels released into the atmosphere were comparatively small to the 60's-90's releases. The stuff released in the later decades have yet to fully imopact the ozone hole. Side note: every time the space shuttle blasts off into space, it burns away a full 2% of the remaining ozone layer. It seems our only hope may be "greenhouse emmissions" that will help block the sun from frying our asses! I hear that in New Zealand and parts of Australia there are laws that require children to wear fully covering clothes and hats to school or they are sent home. In Chile the sheepherders, thier flocks, and the local wildlife have been going blind due to the new extreme exposure to the sun. Wear your sunblock, it ain't like it used to be.

To: J.L. Turner who wrote (2226)	7/21/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: sibe	Respond to of 9818

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To: J.L. Turner who wrote (2226)	7/21/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: Jane Hafker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

It's the dead elephant no one acknowledges laying on the front room floor. The cocktail party continues, everyone sidesteps the elephant and doesn't mention it. Look at a picture of the earth featuring the atmospheric layers. You will find it is usually colored. Toward the earth the air is rich and dense. gets thinner toward the top where you will find a very, very thin usually dark blue ring. On the other side of the ring is labeled "outer space":. It is black on the other side of the blue line. The blue line is billions, trililons, zillions, gazillions of nothing more than 3 molecules of oxygen linked together uniquely for that purpose--TO HOLD IN THE BREATHABLE AIR SO IT DIDN'T JUST DRIFT OUT INTO OUTER SPACE A FEW MILES UP FROM THE TREES. Ding....ding.....ding......whoooop.....whoooooop......whooooooop (submarine noise in distress.) Just my theory. It is obvious as can be. Also, not a pleasant subject--no? Now. What happens outside of the space suit the astronauts are wearing. Say they take it off. They immediately pop inside out. It's called the something something and what it means is that the huge vacuum of space sucks out anything to try to fill it. Let's say our Ozone layer is a great big super big balloon. Filled with breathable air. It has holes in it. Hissssssssssssssssssssss. Sorry. This is not a pleasant subject, but again, tearing down the trees at a psychotic pace, coupled with the fact that we have no permanent thin membrance through which air cannot pass through to the vacuum of outer space, nor can the vacuum of outer space seem to rip it apart from the OUTSIDE...... That's all I know. Just my hunch based on inescapable reality and a small study of the ozone layer and outer space.