Lake Disappears. Village Baffled. Woman Blames America

[mcs328]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&e=1&u=/nm/20050519/od_nm/odd_russia_lake_dc

Lake disappears, baffling villagers

1 hour, 20 minutes ago

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian village was left baffled Thursday after its lake disappeared overnight.
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NTV television showed pictures of a giant muddy hole bathed in summer sun, while fishermen from the village of Bolotnikovo looked on disconsolately.

"It is very dangerous. If a person had been in this disaster, he would have had almost no chance of survival. The trees flew downwards, under the ground," said Dmitry Zaitsev, a local Emergencies Ministry official interviewed by the channel.

Officials in Nizhegorodskaya region, on the Volga river east of Moscow, said water in the lake might have been sucked down into an underground water-course or cave system, but some villagers had more sinister explanations.

"I am thinking, well, America has finally got to us," said one old woman, as she sat on the ground outside her house.
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Yes...that's the US version of an WMD. Covertly drain your drinking supply for our own use so we can trade water for oil. Bah it's just one woman with a crazy notion.

[gear02]

They have water there? I thought their lakes were full of vodka...

[Kevster]

Actually this is part of So. California's new covert aqueduct system where instead of stealing water from other parts of the state, we actually steal it from other parts of the world. The technical details are classified, but as you can see we have had at least one major success story already! Of course, we'll have to treat it to meet our high water quality standards but the possibilities are endless!

[BrewMaster]

I like the way you think Kevster. next up, Lake Superior!

[welfareloser]

hmm. i'd move if possible. that's a little too much geomigration for my comfort.

[ShawnLee]

That's awesome! Not that the lake disappeared, that sucks, but that she blames the US?

I wonder where that woman's sentiment comes from? The way it says, "finally got to us" makes me think that it's more about the old cold war feelings than current anti-American feelings.

[bachviet]

Yeap the "evil" America works its magic. :P

[Kevster]

Nah, it's all about Kah-LEE-fornia baby! All your water are belong to us!

[Apex]

That old woman is behind the times. It's important these days to blame Bush, not just America in general.

[speedracer120]

:spock:

I thought we all were blaming Canada for all the no good in the world. Chh.

[LPMiller]

Finally, we have gotten Nizhegorodskaya Lake! Game set and match, you commie bastards!

[ialsohaveadream]

Finally, we have gotten Nizhegorodskaya Lake! Game set and match, you commie bastards!
Ha! Silly Reds. They thought just because that stupid wall went down we were going to back off? You realize our President calls your President "Pootie", don't you? First we take the lakes, then we take the sugar, then we take ze women!

[sourdough]

Ha! Silly Reds. They thought just because that stupid wall went down we were going to back off? You realize our President calls your President "Pootie", don't you? First we take the lakes, then we take the sugar, then we take ze women!

They can keep their bread. It only usually lasts one day at best before it "dies". :dead:

[speedracer120]

Black bread is good though.

[LegendKiller]

They can keep their bread. It only usually lasts one day at best before it "dies". :dead:


That's because it isn't filled with preservatives.

[molecularfire]

Ha! Silly Reds. They thought just because that stupid wall went down we were going to back off? You realize our President calls your President "Pootie", don't you? First we take the lakes, then we take the sugar, then we take ze women!
Maybe we should take their women before we take the sugar. We already have enough fat, diabetic virgins out there... don't really need anymore.

[Showtime]

This defector said that in Russia, they blamed everything on America. He defected in the 80's I think and said that some of the stuff was ridiculous. It is really weird how people perceive other countries when they have never had any experiences there.

But hey, we all think funny stuff about other states in the US.

Btw, wouldn't it be funny if we did drain the lake. A couple of frogmen with explosives and a remote detonator practicing covert ops for kicks. :)

-j