To: mnehring
>>>A lot of digital clocks are synchronized based on the frequency of the electrical grid. It the eruption knocked that out if wack it could mess up clocks.
Explain the watches running fast also mentioned in the article...
7 posted on
07/13/2011 12:18:50 PM PDT by
Keith in Iowa
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To: Keith in Iowa
Actually a lot of clocks and watches use a quartz crystal to keep time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_watch
maybe the magnetic fields or some other interference is messing up the frequency the crystals vibrate?
13 posted on
07/13/2011 12:24:08 PM PDT by
bigtoona
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Thanks FrogMom for the question and ping, thanks Keith in Iowa for the thought in message 7.
24 posted on
07/13/2011 6:40:28 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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