Posted on 10/25/2006 3:04:06 PM PDT by blam
Moon and rain could mean quakes
25 October 2006
From New Scientist Print Edition.
A full moon may have triggered the Indian Ocean earthquake that caused the tsunami on 26 December 2004, a new study concludes.
Between October 2004 and August 2005 Robin Crockett from the University of Northampton, UK, and his colleagues monitored tremors and collected tidal data along the Java/Sumatra trench. They found that major quakes were 86 per cent more likely around new and full moons, when tides are at their greatest.
"At new and full moons the biggest mass of water is being loaded and unloaded at the plate boundary," Crockett says. That might be the final push that initiates a quake.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Water also adds weight.
I think a full moon caused this article.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/773250/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/816864/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893881/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1107346/posts
also slightly related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1203912/posts
ROFLOL!
That one deserves a Johnny Hart (like) Quip of the Day Award.
Good news, sounds like you're having fun.
Thanks. :-)
You're welcome, GOPJ.
LOL!
LOL!
With their ice cold winters, it doesn't seem really fair, however there's always Alaska...
I guess I could have saved some time and bandwidth with...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=cruithne
That's an interesting point, Sully.
That's why I don't believe in global warming. It's so cold up here!!!
Lol, ... I didn't realize you were from Maine. Not sure how long you have lived there - Bert & I? Bass? What a beautiful State.
Well well. Does this mean I can now post 'Full Moon Alert!' with less static?
Of course... LOL! ;-)
Hi - that'd be me. Nice to be missed! Now we just need that Jim poster to rebutt this! (it's always fun to stir the pot...)
We came to northern Maine in August of 1983 for Loring Air Force Base, which closed in Sept of 1994. So sad. I really miss that base.
But we bought this house in Dec of 1984 and have lived here ever since. Hubby died in 2003 and this house is really too big for me, but I love it and have no plan to leave.
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