Chilean Quake Likely Shifted Earth’s Axis, NASA Scientist Says

Business Week ^ | 1 March 2020 | Alex Morales

[Fractal Trader]

I trust that Richard Gross is a more qualified NASA scientist than James Hansen

[briarbey b]

Somebody better fine somebody over this...there is $$$$$ to be made!!! Get with it!!

[C19fan]

Do you they adjust the international definition of the second, based on the wavelength of a certain atom?

[saganite]

Observers in Washington noticed a tiny shift to the right in the White House. ;^)

[tet68]

You can tell that Gross is not from the south,
or he would have said, “...the earth would ring
like a ten penny finishing nail hit with a greasy
ball peen hammer.”

[wolfcreek]

Must of been Michelle’s booty.

[Doogle]

"thats why I've been listing since Saturday"

[JRios1968]

Bush, Cheney and Rove have been busy

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 microseconds (millionths of a second),” Gross, said today in an e-mailed reply to questions. “The axis about which the Earth’s mass is balanced should have moved by 2.7 milliarcseconds (about 8 centimeters or 3 inches).

Hmmmm...difficult to call...

Bush's Fault!

[grobdriver]

The length of the day should have gotten shorter by 1.26 microseconds

Yaknow, I thought yesterday seemed a little shorter...

[muleskinner]

I hate when I lose 1.26 microseconds of sleep.

[Doogle]

[C19fan]

I wonder if this impacts systems like the GPS which rely on atomic clock levels of accuracy?

[VRWCmember]

I would expect that a 3-inch shift in the earth’s axis would be likely to have more of an impact on global climate patterns than all of the man-made carbon emissions in history.

[fanfan]

Is it tomorrow yet, ping.

[bayliving]

This is all very interesting but in simple (construction worker terms) what does it all mean?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some earth nuts aver that global climate changes can impact tectonic events such as earthquakes, but I’ve never seen much made of the reverse of this thesis.

So how far did the north and south poles move?

[briarbey b]

Great...that means I’ll be lost 1.something seconds longer in the wrong direction.

[icwhatudo]

The axis about which the Earth’s mass is balanced should have moved by 2.7 milliarcseconds (about 8 centimeters or 3 inches).”

Anyone else think they basically just make this stuff up?

[HiTech RedNeck]

It means a polar bear looking north when the Chile quake hit might have found himself suddenly looking south instead.