Posted on 12/27/2004 6:08:33 AM PST by NYer
There are several FReepers on this site that spelling the name "GOD" is sacrilegious in this type of forum. These faiths range from Hasidic Jews to Ultra-conservative Christian.
In deference to their beliefs, many other FReepers use "G-D" in reference to GOD.
Hope this helps!
NeverGore :^)
The shock waves from the earthquake are conducted through the earth's crust, mantle and core like an echo.
The variances in the Earth's structure like different forms of rock, tectonic plate interfaces, molten core, sea water all affect the transmission of the shock waves and they scatter and bounce around. The waves, their "echoes", the reflected waves all interfere with each other for quite some time (some reinforce each other, some counteract) until they dampen.
Some of that energy is manifested in a direction counter to the Earth's rotation. That impact is so small it can't be measured by the tactile senses but it can be measures with precision measuring equipment.
I'm amazed that all of Sumatra is 100 feet over from where it was a couple of days ago.
Greenhouse gases caused it. Algore said it so it must be true. No?
It's tough being one of the little people.
The following prophetic doc from Nov about an Indonesian Tsunami dream/vision is more than a little interesting to me:
Arafat Era Ends 11/11 - An 11th Hour Warning
November 11, 2004
At exactly 4:30am Paris time on 11/11, Yasser Arafat was officially pronounced dead in French military hospital, fulfilling a significant series of prophecies concerning the "removal of Arafat", and how this relates to our current timeline. For the last several years we have received numerous prophetic words from people around the world, in many cases which the Holy Spirit has verbally spoken to them that the "removal of Arafat" would be a clear sign of the Lord's soon return, and indication that major judgments were about to explode on the world scene.
The timing in which Arafat fell into a coma, November 3, Paris time (November 2, U.S. time: Election Day) is also extremely significant (read our September 15, 2004 Rosh Hashanah Report). Shortly after Yasser Arafat fell into a coma on November 3, the Holy Spirit spoke to me that 11/11 would be a very significant date in history. (I mentioned this to my wife and several other ministry associates in the Philippines.) One week ago, we felt prompted to enter into a time of prayer and fasting from 11/11/04 - 01/11/05; a 3-month period of cleansing and preparation for the new year (chiefly a Daniel fast, fruits and vegetables).
On the early morning of 11/11 before the sun rose in the Philippines, I received the following vision: I was climbing a large mountain somewhere near the Indonesian coast, traveling upwards into a place of refuge. Upon reaching my destination in the mountains, I found a small city with a large population of Christians, and begin to prophesy to them about approaching judgments; but the inhabitants were spiritually blind, and could not receive the word.
Suddenly, the ground began to shake, and every eye looked towards the coast. Like a small ripple in the crystal blue sea, the first tidal wave approached and had little impact. Those watching said, "Is that all!?". They began to mock God's grace and mercy demonstrated in the first judgment.
But while they were mocking yet another wave approached, slightly larger; and then another, and another. Until finally one large ripple appeared on the horizon, so large that as it struck the hills on the coast the impact left a thunderous splash, towering perhaps a thousand feet into the air. Below us the water from the tsunami traveled along the river inland for nearly a hundred miles, destroying everything in it's path.
Haven't heard from the physicists . . . but I'd guesstimate that it's somewhat like batting a big spinning top gently with the palm of one's hand.
Can you source that? I hadn't seen that factoid before.
> can an earthquake alter the angular momentum of the earth?
No. Angular momentum will be conserved unless affected by an *outside* source.
However...
It is possible that with a big enough quake, or a big enough volcano, or a big enough ice age (taking water from the oceans and piling it up on continents as ice), the moments of inertia for the planet will be very slightly alterred, so that that same angular momentum plays out with a slightly different rotation rate.
Interesting analogy Dobbs uses. The same thing occurred to me, but I don't know why those people would be considered any worse [sinners] than others on this globe.Unfortunately, there's a few people around here that could explain how the Indonesians are...
-Eric
It's making my head spin....Oh, wait...My son says it's the bottle of wine I drank....
I think it's time to get rid of clocks. Too many of us trying to make up for 'lost' time.
Think about it.
I understand that. What I'm curious about is whether it slowed us, stopped us, moved us forward or what. All I've found was that blanket statement with no data or application of that data presented. The one statement that the rotation has been affected is such a general pronouncement that more details are needed to properly interpret it.
I read that. That is profound. Think of the energy involved. It is truly awe-inspiring.
Damn! I just sent calenders to all my clients..........what does this mean? Do I need to send new ones with fewer days? Or more days, or what?
I think there may be a result 180 degrees away from that earthquake. I crawled through a 6.4 one in CA. Let's see.
It's on Drudge. I don't know where he got it from, but I'll keep looking.
There are disasters everyday, and this earthquake may be bigger than most, but earthquakes happen all the time.
There were 242 earthquakes in California alone within the last week.
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