Yep! But Don't Bite 'Em!
No offense to anyone intended... just thought it was cute :)
Posted on 03/17/2011 6:56:17 PM PDT by Chattering Class of 58
A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent.
Jim Berkland predicts earthquakes…accurately.
Never heard of him? Perhaps you should—especially if you live on or near the West Coast of the United States, or know someone that does.
Anyone with an average 80 percent success rate predicting earthquakes should command attention, and lately Berkland has been in the limelight of the national media.
"The people that say you cannot predict earthquakes, they don't know what they are talking about," Berkland told the Santa Cruz Sentinel during a 2009 interview.
Appearing on late night radio shows for many years, since the great quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan the retired geologist has been finding his booking calendar full. His unpronounceable and difficult-to-spell website, syzygyjob.com, has crashed several times after his latest appearances on FOXNews with Neil Cavuto and the popular talk radio host Michael Savage's show.
While Berkland has scored many direct hits with earthquake predictions—they fall within his self-described "seismec window"—his greatest claim to fame was his accurate prediction of the powerful 1989 temblor that rocked San Fransisco four days before it occurred.
Now the earthquake prognosticator admits he's worried about the prospects of a strong quake hitting the West Coast of the US sometime during March 2011, particularly around March 19th.
The "ring of fire" that encircles the Pacific rim includes the region from Alaska south to South America. During the past several years earthquake and volcanic activity has been on the upswing all along the rim except on the northeastern perimeter.
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I find this interesting though I would like to see some statistical analysis as well. I don’t think his theory is all that far fetched. The earth is not the rigid body most people think it is, but a thin shell structure spanning a liquid center. It probably has less structural integrity than an egg. Rotational forces, the constant gravitational deformation caused by the sun, the influence of lunar gravitational forces and tidal forces must have some effect. Like I said, I find it interesting.
If the world ends next year, two days before my birthday.. Well I want my presents early.
Are you sure the actual center is liquid?
I found some vintage Sam Adams that must have been made on a very good day. A rare treat for general non drinker.
The time to stock up on toys is now; that and a selection of “precious metals”
I thought it had a chewy chocolate center...wait, that’s Tootsie Roll Pops.
BTTT !!
Correction: March 19 is the *closest approach* of the “supermoon”. It’s been at near-perigee for several months now. The difference in distance from last month to now is probably less than 1000km.
Wow! This is Hugh and Series!
LOL I’m in my seventh decade and still love Tootsie Roll Pops....
I think this is worth filing away, to see what happens.
Full moon and alignment of the planets frequently coincide with seismic events.
And there certainly was a major fish kill at Redondo Beach.
Who knows?
Mark for later
The magma is liquid and the most significant portion of the interior. It's very viscous, but nonetheless a liquid. It doesn't matter much what the core is since it is a very small part of the interior. It could well be solid. Take a tennis ball, squeeze it between your hands and rotate it between your hands. That's somewhat the effect you get just from the earth's rotation and the gravitational force of the sun. A thin crust on that ball would fracture.
Yep! But Don't Bite 'Em!
No offense to anyone intended... just thought it was cute :)
“... I want my presents”
Start eating the CAKE now. LOL
Cheers!
Those are cute shirts......:O)
Actually, the composition of interstellar entities can vary from caramel (Milky Way) to nougats and almonds (Mars).
Cheers!
Your birthday is Dec. 22?
Cheers!
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