Cutting Undersea Cables Matters

What does the undersea world of the internet look like? This:

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Remarkable "coincidence" that three cables to the Mideast were cut in one week, eh? (wink, wink)

By Virgil Samms (not verified) on 03 Feb 2008 #permalink

The sequential breaking of submarine submarine cables in 1929 led to the understanding of turbidity currents (triggered by an earthquake off Nova Scotia). Perhaps curious sedimentologists are trying to learn something in the Mideast.