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Things I Learned from this Movie


1. You can leave several "crazy" messages for the CEO of a multi-billion dollar oil drilling company and then will be allowed to see him that day without a security escort or his attorney being present.

2. When planting an electronic eavesdropping device in the office of the CEO of a multi-million dollar company, don't bother to hide it. Just plant it out in the open. You'll get what you need before it's discovered.

3. Oil companies are evil. Eeeeeviiiiiil.

4. CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies personally order assassinations ... twice (including initiating multiple contacts with the hit man using the CEO's own phone). And the won't use actual assassins - any roughneck off the oil rig will do.

5. It's possible, when ordered to kill someone, to immediately afterward beat them to their destination, have a rifle ready and be in position to use it, and attempt to kill them ... all while simultaneously setting their lab on fire.

6. Major university research facilities don't use networks to back up data.

7. A student in a small coterie of graduate students can disappear on a field trip and he will never be missed.

8. In Florida, natural disasters are INVESTIGATED by the National Guard.

9. Don't play tennis with blondes in black outfits.

10. Drilling activity in the Gulf of Mexico will cause seismic activity off the coast of Miami.

11. Emily knows everything that's going on.

12. Louisiana's Abita beer company is a major sponsor of Spring Break events in Miami.

13. It only takes 4 semis to carry 400,000 gallons of liquid nitrogen.

14. After flinging liquid nitrogen onto someone trying to kill you, don't run away or do anything to avoid getting shot by his last move.

15. The response by the Florida National Guard to a natural disaster threatening Miami will consist of 100 guys and a colonel (not even a medic - when the girl was shot, they sent for a first aid kit).

16. It's possible to respond to the threat of a volcanic eruption destroying a major US city without even once consulting a vulcanologist.

17. While al Qaeda operatives have figured out how to trigger IEDs from a safe distance, US Army electronic bomb triggers require an immediate proximity to the receiver in order to be effective.

18. It is possible to tell whether an explosive has had the desired effect immediately after the explosion - even before the dust settles.


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Saw this movie last night. It was stupid.

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Stupid would be a Big upgrade for this drivel...


the current resident of Our White House has a liberal socialist agenda which is Killing Our Country

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19. When you see a pipe turn cherry red with heat, and then start to bulge out, stand there until it explodes in your face.

20. Once you've completely bypassed your oil plants output standards, stand right in front of the valve showing off, so that when it explodes, it's sure to kill you.

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"21. Changing the name to Swamp Volcano....didn't help."


True.

At least "Swamp Shark" was set in an actual swamp.

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22. When you are attempting to open a valve on an oil well platform to increase the pressure you should turn the valve clockwise - not counterclockwise.

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23. College geology professors have access to electronic eavesdropping devices and no qualms about using them.

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The scene was confusing, but I think what she actually planted on his desk allowed her to copy his hard drive, not hear his phone conversation. Still, odd thing for a geology professor to have...

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It was a device that allowed her to wirelessly connect to and download his entire desktop computer harddrive in less than a minute - without having to bypass any security protocols.

To avoid having to expound on how ridiculous that is, I'm calling it an eavesdropping device.

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lol I thought it was a bug at first, then I noticed how horribly hidden it was. She put it right on the front of the desk. Then when i realized it was a wireless repeater that allowed someone to access a harddrive I loled.

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Things like that do actually exist you know. Feds have such devices they can use in certain scenarios. Heck, anybody who knows how to can rig such a device using stuff from an electronics store lol.


Never give in. Never give up. Never surrender.

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24. Abandoned missile silos will always have working lights installed just in case you want to climb down and examine something at the bottom.

25. If two people are climbing down a metal ladder, and reverse course when a volcanic explosion occurs at the bottom of the ladder, only the person on the bottom will be affected by the heat conducted by the metal. The person on top will emerge without a scratch (or a burn).

26. A collapsing bridge will bear the weight of a jeep driving over it, even if the bridge has collapsed just behind the jeep.

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27. syfy channel will rename the movie and air it again like it's new.
28. rachel hunter is not aging well.

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29. Stare, don't run.
30. Take a gun from freezing someone..take their hand.
By the way, this film premired in 2012 for.me under Swamp.Volcano. Miami Magma on DvD releases.

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