[JustPiper]

Here’s something bizarre I found awhile back

Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones

[CharlesWayneCT]

This is the raw data for the nearest bouy, and it sure looks like there are 20meter peaks every 5 minutes:

#YY  MM DD hh mm ss T   HEIGHT
#yr  mo dy hr mn  s -      m
2010 02 27 20 59 00 2 4682.430
2010 02 27 20 58 00 2 4682.428
2010 02 27 20 57 00 2 4659.821
2010 02 27 20 56 00 2 4706.437
2010 02 27 20 55 00 2 4682.426
2010 02 27 20 54 00 2 4682.425
2010 02 27 20 53 00 2 4682.424
2010 02 27 20 52 00 2 4682.424
2010 02 27 20 51 00 2 4682.423
2010 02 27 20 50 00 2 4682.421
2010 02 27 20 49 00 2 4662.599
2010 02 27 20 48 00 2 4704.966
2010 02 27 20 47 00 2 4682.417
2010 02 27 20 46 00 2 4682.415
2010 02 27 20 45 00 2 4682.414
2010 02 27 20 44 00 2 4682.414
2010 02 27 20 43 00 2 4682.412
2010 02 27 20 42 00 2 4682.411
2010 02 27 20 41 00 2 4658.576
2010 02 27 20 40 00 2 4707.960
2010 02 27 20 39 00 2 4682.407
2010 02 27 20 38 00 2 4682.407
2010 02 27 20 37 00 2 4659.694
2010 02 27 20 36 00 2 4703.147
2010 02 27 20 35 45 3 4682.404
2010 02 27 20 35 30 3 4682.404

See all the 4704, 4707 measurements, compared to 4682? Obviously this isn't what I think it means, does anybody understand why this bouy would be showing 20-meter changes?

[maica]

Idiot on the Weather channel just said that 3 hundred million people felt the shaking of the Chile earthquake. And she looked at a paper in her hand to check if she was saying the right amount.

Is everyone who works on tv number-challenged????

[Quix]

Persistent reports are that years ago they revised it down to

200,000,000

to get there by force.