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To: Black Tooth; BriarBey
Hurricanes don't cause earthquakes Soemone is pulling your leg

One example: http://www.iris.washington.edu/about/ENO/iows/9_2004b.htm

"Hurricanes can easily be recorded by seismographs, and before the days of satellite images, seismographs were sometimes used to track the storms. Ocean waves generated by the hurricane cause the most shaking, but shaking trees and buildings also contribute to the seismic waves. 24 hours of ground movement is plotted in the figure (each line is 2 hours long) and a gradual decrease in the amplitude over the course of the day is seen. This time period corresponds to the time when the winds from Hurricane Ivan dropped from 135 to less than 50 miles per hour. The signals shown on the plot are referred to by seismologists as microseismic noise and are always visible to some degree on global seismographs. The amplitude varies depending on the weather and the distance a seismic station is from the coast."

2,009 posted on 08/28/2005 9:03:14 AM PDT by spycatcher
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To: spycatcher

And there is some question about whether massive quantities of water can act as a lubricant or can build up steam/pressure on a fault causing a quake. I've seen that theorized anyway.


2,025 posted on 08/28/2005 9:07:01 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: spycatcher
Hurricanes don't cause earthquakes Soemone is pulling your leg

One example: http://www.iris.washington.edu/about/ENO/iows/9_2004b.htm "Hurricanes can easily be recorded by seismographs

No, that's not an example of a hurricane causing an earthquake.

Just because an event can be recorded on a seismograph, does not mean it caused an earthquake. Seismographs can even register sonic booms if I am not mistaken. But sonic booms do not cause earthquakes either.

2,046 posted on 08/28/2005 9:10:39 AM PDT by Black Tooth
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To: spycatcher

"Hurricanes can easily be recorded by seismographs, and before the days of satellite images, seismographs were sometimes used to track the storms. Ocean waves generated by the hurricane cause the most shaking, but shaking trees and buildings also contribute to the seismic waves.
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Thanks spycatcher!


2,108 posted on 08/28/2005 9:20:57 AM PDT by BriarBey ("He Who Does Not Remember History Is Condemned To Repeat It")
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