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Quake May Have Altered Earth's Rotation
Drudge Report ^ | 12/27/04 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 12/27/2004 6:48:27 PM PST by wagglebee

May have shortened the day by 3 microseconds, said gravity expert Richard Gross of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena... On premise a slab slid into core, Gross said he's done calculations 'to see what effect this (earthquake) should have had.' The result: A day shortened... 'We won't know for weeks,' said a geophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 'So it's a guess, as of now'...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; earthquake; earthsrotation; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; sumatraquake; tsunami
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To: wagglebee

Does this mean the sky is falling?????


21 posted on 12/27/2004 7:01:09 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-Democrat)
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To: wagglebee
It'll be more than made up when the next leap second is accounted for in Boulder, CO.
22 posted on 12/27/2004 7:01:22 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper
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To: wagglebee

I think I hear Franken and Moore saying it's my fault already......

23 posted on 12/27/2004 7:01:44 PM PST by musical_airman (Have the wonder of a child, Party like you're in college, But live like a man.)
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To: wagglebee

The days have been lengthening as the earth has aged, if it did speed up by a few milliseconds it will lose it again with time.


24 posted on 12/27/2004 7:02:06 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: wagglebee

relax, you can buy a few kyoto protocol credits and speed that puppy right back up.

(/s)


25 posted on 12/27/2004 7:02:19 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: airborne

Thanks, it's my 25th annual 21st....


26 posted on 12/27/2004 7:03:20 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: longtermmemmory

At the rate we spend money (US budget), this could be hugh.


27 posted on 12/27/2004 7:03:47 PM PST by umgud
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To: HamiltonJay

We can us the Russian calender again!


28 posted on 12/27/2004 7:04:12 PM PST by Indy Pendance
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To: wagglebee

Does this mean some bits of earth slide into an empty pocket, thus making the surface area smaller? Or did it just shudder back a bit in its rotation? In other words, 3 microseconds a year, or just a one-shot deal?


29 posted on 12/27/2004 7:04:52 PM PST by P.O.E. (Happy New Year)
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To: wagglebee

I wasn't making lite of all these people dying. It's just hard to imagine that someone makes a living measuring seconds and I just wondered if there was more to this than at first seen.


30 posted on 12/27/2004 7:05:41 PM PST by CindyDawg (Valentines on sale)
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To: CindyDawg
Not about the time but penatrating the core and make a tiny , slight change to a perfect machine. That kind of stuff.

The core will be fine.

Of course that's just my opinion.

31 posted on 12/27/2004 7:05:46 PM PST by Jorge
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To: wagglebee
Three microseconds!!!

My souffle was ruined!

32 posted on 12/27/2004 7:06:22 PM PST by Petronski (Don't ask me about my pneumonia...it's making me very cranky.)
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To: umgud

My God , I hadn't thought of that. My credit card payment is late!


33 posted on 12/27/2004 7:06:38 PM PST by BIGLOOK (I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
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.driew os gnileef neeb ev'I yhw eb tsum tahT


34 posted on 12/27/2004 7:06:51 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod ( I'm going to open Cobra Kai dojos all over this valley!)
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To: CindyDawg
I wasn't attacking you.
I find it absurd that a highly-educated scientist, who is no doubt highly paid and gets piles of money in grants, has nothing better to do than figure out where 3 microseconds went.
35 posted on 12/27/2004 7:07:50 PM PST by wagglebee (Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
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To: wagglebee

So.....am I older or younger? Let's put this thing into perspective.


36 posted on 12/27/2004 7:08:00 PM PST by McGavin999 (Senate is trying to cover their A$$es with Rumsfeld hide)
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To: Jorge

" I believe a "micro" is a millionth. "

Sorry, but you're off by a factor of 1000. "Micro" means 1/1000. Still, 1000 times almost nothing is still almost nothing! ;-)


37 posted on 12/27/2004 7:10:00 PM PST by poindexter
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To: wagglebee
Now this one must have been a real doozy!

1) In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."

2) Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD , 3 "Remember, O LORD , how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

3) Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: 4) "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD , the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD . 6) I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' "

7) Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.

8) Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?"

9) Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"

10) "It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."

11) Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD , and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

2 Kings chapter 20:1-11
38 posted on 12/27/2004 7:10:35 PM PST by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: wagglebee

I think you'd be greatly surprised at how little the average scientist outside of industry is paid.


39 posted on 12/27/2004 7:10:54 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: wagglebee
Does this mean the rotational velocity of the planet sped up? We "lost" 3usec. The days are now that much shorter, Wow.
The numerical time value for day, month and year are different now. Obviously since "year" has changed, so has "light year", and with it the speed of light has changed. The earthquake was punishment for violating the laws of physics. I r smart.
40 posted on 12/27/2004 7:11:13 PM PST by IYAAYAS (Live free or die trying)
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