Planetary alignment caused tsunami: Scientist

Press Trust of India ^ | April 16, 2005

[em2vn]

The accused. "I had only had one drink your honor, However,Saturn, Moon, Earth and the Sun were perfectly aligned that day and my normal human level of blood alcohol overflowed because of some kind electro some-tha-other. I read about it on FR. Some dude from India figured it out."
The judge. " I read the same thing you dope. A year in the county lock up. Good news though. No porn but you can get FR on our jail house computers."

[Atlas Sneezed]

Of course, the earth, sun, and moon are aligned twice a month, every month, and Saturn joins the alignment twice a year, every year.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004.

Full Moon on 26 December 2004 at 10:06 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (16:06 UTC).

Thus, while the quake happened the same "day" as the full moon, it was off by 16 hours (9 orbital degrees).

The opposition of Saturn was January 14, off by 19 days (19 orbital degrees.)

This is the scientific equivalent of seeing the Virgin in a cheese sandwich.

I'd like to ask the guy why the heck the quake did not happen when the closer and more massive Jupiter was at opposition last April?

[Piquaboy]

And all this time, I thought Bush did it.

[Piquaboy]

Today I learned that water is a fluid. Thank you scientist!

[CPOSharky]

Even if the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Saturn were "perfectly" lined up, they would not be in the same plane. The odds of all four being in opposition at the same time they are in the plane of the ecliptic is enormous.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Not to mention that the tidal forces of bodies other than the moon and sun are insignificant compared to variations from day to day and month to month from the Sun and Moon.

[Lijahsbubbe]

I don't know if he's responsible for the tsunami, but he's definitely a repulsive force!

[oceanperch]

Yuck.

Been waiting for you it's a full moon post, looks very close to full tonight.

There is another poster with the screne name beelzuhbubbe (sp wrong) but I think that is oppisite of a Lijahsbubbe. Yes?

[Concentrate]

It might be true. Can anyone negate the premise? Gravitational forces may have to do with geological forces.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic was posted 4/21/2005. Thanks nickcarraway.

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