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QUAKE'S JOLTING EFFECT LEAVES THE EARTH RINGING
New York Post ^
| 12/28/04
| Andy Geller
Posted on 12/28/2004 12:42:47 AM PST by kattracks
Because of Sunday's gargantuan quake, planet Earth is ringing like a church bell. You can't hear it, but it's being measured at seismic stations around the world, including Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y.
It will last for three days, perhaps longer.
The quake, which measured 9.0 on the Richter scale, was caused by the shifting of geological plates along a 600-mile area.
This changed the Earth's mass. As the mass returns to normal, it moves back and forth, much like a church bell when struck by a tong, said Stony Brook geophysicist Teng-fong Wong.
[snip]
The quake caused a shift in the Earth's rotation, as the change in the planet's mass altered the effect of the pull of gravity on the Earth.
But not to worry. The same thing happens in the summer and winter. It's harmless and it shouldn't last long.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; earthquakes; eq; quake; quakes; quaking; ringing; sumatraquake; vibrate; vibrating
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:42:47 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: Jeremiah Jr
Because of Sunday's gargantuan quake, planet Earth is ringing like a church bell.
To: kattracks
Wong is wrong. A churchbell is not hit by a tong, it's hit by a clapper.
He is also wrong that this changed the earth's mass. The mass of the earth is the same, it's just vibrating. The strange thing is that Stony Brook used to be the home of a very good physics department. A lot of the guys from Brookhaven Labs used to get their post graduate degrees there as well as teach there.
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:47:51 AM PST
by
ProudVet77
(MERRY CHRISTMAS, damn it!)
To: RadioAstronomer
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:48:53 AM PST
by
farmfriend
( Congratulation. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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"This changed the Earth's mass. As the mass returns to normal, it moves back and forth, much like a church bell when struck by a tong, said Stony Brook geophysicist Teng-fong Wong."
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posted on
12/28/2004 12:54:15 AM PST
by
JockoManning
(www.biblegateway.com)
To: ProudVet77
...much like a church bell when struck by a tong, said Stony Brook geophysicist Teng-fong Wong.I think he meant his neighbor, ;-) or maybe he wang the wong bell.
To: ProudVet77
Yes sir, you are correct. The mass is the same because the earth is a closed system. Unless some of the earth's mass is ejected into space, it doesn't change. He probably meant that the Earth's balance has changed and the planet is ringing.
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posted on
12/28/2004 1:02:09 AM PST
by
X_CDN_EH
(regards wb)
To: ProudVet77
Is the clong clanged by a copper clapper from Cleveland?
(From a Johnny Carson skit from the 1970s - funny as hell!).
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posted on
12/28/2004 1:14:27 AM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: JockoManning
said Stony Brook geophysicist Teng-fong Wong." Was he partaking from a bong? I gave that up about 30 years ago after I got my MBA. Ah, Mega Bong Abuse degree... Just kidding.
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posted on
12/28/2004 1:18:01 AM PST
by
Cobra64
(Babes should wear Bullet Bras - www.BulletBras.net)
To: ProudVet77
Stony Brook also counts Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (Baba Ram Dass) as illustrious affilates.
10
posted on
12/28/2004 2:24:54 AM PST
by
Khurkris
(That sound you hear coming from over the horizon...thats me laughing.)
To: kattracks
Wong was weally wong about the tong making a bong wike a gong.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:28:59 AM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
("Nature abhors a moron."-H.L. Mencken)
To: kattracks
The quake caused a shift in the Earth's rotation, as the change in the planet's mass altered the effect of the pull of gravity on the Earth.The same thing happens every time Michael Moore sits down or stands up.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:33:12 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
To: ProudVet77
A churchbell is not hit by a tong Temples in the Far East use a gong to ring their bells.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:46:57 AM PST
by
Alissa
To: kattracks
The sky is falling, the sky is falling, oh woe is us!
More "Scare Tactics"?
The liberal bleating continues.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:59:53 AM PST
by
VOYAGER
To: kattracks
The writer got one thing wrong ...
The mass of the earth did not change due to the earthquake. It was redistributed.
To: ProudVet77
It did change the shape of the earths mass, and as it settles back the ringing continues.
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:44:58 AM PST
by
Tigen
To: Cobra64
It's all Claude Cooper's fault!
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:46:27 AM PST
by
mewzilla
To: kattracks
Teng-fong Wong say, "Earth go bong! Like Temple Gong! Make ding-dong-song, but not change mass, reporter misquote too fast, but error always last, make me look wong, like some ding-dong!"
To: Cobra64
Correct. The copper clapper was copped from the closet by klepto Claude Cooper from Cleveland.
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posted on
12/28/2004 4:19:35 AM PST
by
jimtorr
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