Posted on 11/20/2017 7:59:14 AM PST by 11th_VA
- Slight fluctuations will release mammoth amounts of underground energy
- Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, scientists warn
- The most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions
Swarms of devastating earthquakes are set to arrive next year due to the slowing of Earth's rotation, scientists claim.
Experts warn we 'had it easy this year' with just six severe earthquakes.
Next year we could have at least 20 serious earthquakes, and the most intense ones are expected to occur in tropical regions, home to around one billion people.
Tiny changes in the speed of our planet's rotation will trigger huge seismic activity by releasing vast amounts of underground energy, experts claim - although their research has been rejected by some scientists.
The planet's rotation is slowing down because of tidal forces between Earth and the moon.
The side of Earth closest to the moon feels its pull the strongest, while the side farthest from the moon feels its gravity less.
That difference in gravitational pull stretches the Earth, which causes tidal bulges.
These bulges pull the moon closer or farther away from Earth by around 4cm per year.
The moon exerts the opposite force on them, pulling them back toward it, creating friction and slowing down the planet's rotation.
The time the Earth takes to make a complete rotation on its axis varies by about a millionth of a second per day.
While the rotational rate hasn't declined evenly, the average day has grown longer by between 15 millionths and 25 millionths of a second every year.
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20 serious earthquakes last year, 20 serious earthquakes this year.
Better panic, there are going to be 20 serious earthquakes next year.
The “Church of Perpetual Panic” (the greenies and msm) has spoken!
This is so difficult to know which way the government grants will go under Trump. It is so difficult to know the truth without getting the funding for the truth.
Global warming! the Black Plague! Earth’s slowing rotation!!!! We won’t survive! Oh, my!
This is easy to fix. Everybody on earth should gather in the same location and run in place as fast as they can to speed up the rotation of the earth. Ahem, just let me know where to accept my Nobel prize.
I call B.S. it didn’t happen when Superman saved Lois Lane...
...and he made the planet stop and go in the opposite direction —Twice!
The following table shows the leap seconds added each year since 1972. They are added in June or December. If one was to be added this year, we'd have heard about it by now.
| Announced leap seconds to date | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Jun 30 |
Dec 31 |
Total |
| 1972 | +1 | +1 | 2 |
| 1973 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
| 1974 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| 1975 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 1976 | 0 | +1 | 6 |
| 1977 | 0 | +1 | 7 |
| 1978 | 0 | +1 | 8 |
| 1979 | 0 | +1 | 9 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1981 | +1 | 0 | 10 |
| 1982 | +1 | 0 | 11 |
| 1983 | +1 | 0 | 12 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1985 | +1 | 0 | 13 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1987 | 0 | +1 | 14 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 1989 | 0 | +1 | 15 |
| 1990 | 0 | +1 | 16 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1992 | +1 | 0 | 17 |
| 1993 | +1 | 0 | 18 |
| 1994 | +1 | 0 | 19 |
| 1995 | 0 | +1 | 20 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 1997 | +1 | 0 | 21 |
| 1998 | 0 | +1 | 22 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2005 | 0 | +1 | 23 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2008 | 0 | +1 | 24 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2012 | +1 | 0 | 25 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2015 | +1 | 0 | 26 |
| 2016 | 0 | +1 | 27 |
| Year | Jun 30 |
Dec 31 |
Total |
| Total | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Current TAI-UTC = 37 | |||
Women and children in tropical regions hardest hurt.
Uhm, no.
The moon’s attraction is responsible for the larger tidal rise (bulge), while the sun’s attraction is responsible for the smaller high tide.
When the two bodies are in opposition, we have our lowest tides, when they are both on the same side of the planet (in conjunction) is when the highest tides occur. A “super” moon occurring while the sun and moon are in conjunction is what creates the highest tides, and is also why there are only 2 tides during that short period.
OMG - Do NOT suggest this. You just gave the Libs another 'Open Border' talking point ...
ONE TIDE daily during conjunction. Sheesh!
Perhaps your definition of science is only a social construct. You have been deceived by the misinformation of the global illuminati conspiracy!
Next year, the seas could rise 20 meters. Next year, we could have 20 serious earthquakes. Next year, I could win the lottery 20 times. "Could" is a slippery word that weakens whatever follows, in this case making it meaningless.
Thank goodness we can all do burnouts heading west to speed it back up. It'll make up for white privilege and global warming.
Are these purported “scientists” nitwits in search of more grant money to steal...or what?
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My ALL TIME favorite.
What will happen to the 24 hour day?
Seems the Bible speaks of at the beginning of the Last Days..earthquakes be in “diverse places” among a whole lot of really bad things also happening...along with the EQ’s.
Farmers need to stop rotating their crops.
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