CoastalWx Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Sometimes these disasters can help with rival neighbors. China sounds like they are doing what they can by helping the Japanese. Those two aren't the best of friends, but it's nice to see a gesture of humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masomenos Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Not sure if this has been posted already, but this is pretty insane...it shows before and after aerial shots of devastated areas with a little twist. http://www.msnbc.msn...d_science-space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 With the reported 4" axis shift, would this affect circulation patterns in any way? And if so, do the global models need to be modified? They now say it's 10". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg ralls Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 BTW, since thread has far more than 50 pages, shouldn't a Part II thread be started? That helps with the storage size of the forum or something, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Whats interesting is that California is probably in line for a major quake rather soon IMO. They just had an expert on MSNBC. He said that the last 1906 earthquake in San Fran had 2 previous major earthquakes along the ring of fire. One in Chile and one in Taiwan. Whats similar? A major earthquake in New Zealand and a major earthquake in Japan. He described the ring of fire as a bell and once you strike that bell, then it just keeps vibrating. He said that the the PAC NW and CALI will see a major one rather soon. Whether its 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, impossible to tell. Feb 22, 2011- Christchurch Mar 11, 2011- Japan March 28, 2011- U.S?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderdog Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Whats interesting is that California is probably in line for a major quake rather soon IMO. They just had an expert on MSNBC. He said that the last 1906 earthquake in San Fran had 2 previous major earthquakes along the ring of fire. One in Chile and one in Taiwan. Whats similar? A major earthquake in New Zealand and a major earthquake in Japan. He described the ring of fire as a bell and once you strike that bell, then it just keeps vibrating. He said that the the PAC NW and CALI will see a major one rather soon. Whether its 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, impossible to tell. Feb 22, 2011- Christchurch Mar 11, 2011- Japan March 28, 2011- U.S?????? What were the dates of the Ring of Fire events in 1906? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Whats interesting is that California is probably in line for a major quake rather soon IMO. They just had an expert on MSNBC. He said that the last 1906 earthquake in San Fran had 2 previous major earthquakes along the ring of fire. One in Chile and one in Taiwan. Whats similar? A major earthquake in New Zealand and a major earthquake in Japan. He described the ring of fire as a bell and once you strike that bell, then it just keeps vibrating. He said that the the PAC NW and CALI will see a major one rather soon. Whether its 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, impossible to tell. Feb 22, 2011- Christchurch Mar 11, 2011- Japan March 28, 2011- U.S?????? So you decided next week would be the big one for CA and the Pac NW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Whats interesting is that California is probably in line for a major quake rather soon IMO. They just had an expert on MSNBC. He said that the last 1906 earthquake in San Fran had 2 previous major earthquakes along the ring of fire. One in Chile and one in Taiwan. Whats similar? A major earthquake in New Zealand and a major earthquake in Japan. He described the ring of fire as a bell and once you strike that bell, then it just keeps vibrating. He said that the the PAC NW and CALI will see a major one rather soon. Whether its 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year, impossible to tell. Feb 22, 2011- Christchurch Mar 11, 2011- Japan March 28, 2011- U.S?????? That doesn't sound like an "expert" to me. Sounds more like yet another alarmist. The New Zealand earthquake wasn't even a deep 'quake along plate boundaries. It was a shallow crustal 'quake. We have had Chile, Indonesia (Indian Ocean side, though), and Japan all with major subduction 'quakes since 2004... and another decent-sized one, IIRC, north of New Zealand that affected some of the Pacific Islands. But whether or not that means anything at all for the US is completely unclear, and it certainly is not a strong signal for anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 That doesn't sound like an "expert" to me. Sounds more like yet another alarmist. The New Zealand earthquake wasn't even a deep 'quake along plate boundaries. It was a shallow crustal 'quake. We have had Chile, Indonesia (Indian Ocean side, though), and Japan all with major subduction 'quakes since 2004... and another decent-sized one, IIRC, north of New Zealand that affected some of the Pacific Islands. But whether or not that means anything at all for the US is completely unclear, and it certainly is not a strong signal for anything. Right, it's all about getting viewers attention. Hell, I could call for a major earthquake on the west coast in the next few months and certainly have a shot at being right. Kind of like saying there will be a major east coast blizzard next Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowNH Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 What were the dates of the Ring of Fire events in 1906? Taiwan- March 17, 1906 (7.1) San Fran- April 18, 1906 (7.9) Chile- August 17, 1906 (8.5) Looking at the ring of fire map, you can see how that string of earthquakes occured in a clockwise fashion along the ring of fire, starting in Taiwan and ending in Chile. Whats interesting is that this string of Earthquakes is following a similar clockwise pattern, starting in New Zealand and now Japan. I'd really be concerned if I lived on the West Coast of U.S now. Just speculating right now for shear boredom. Lets say Taiwan, San Fran and Chile are hours on clock: Taiwan- 9 o'clock San Fran- 2 o'clock Chile- 5 o'clock (5 hours, 3 hours separation) Now 2011 earthquakes: New Zealand- 7 o'clock Japan- 10 o'clock San Fran- 2 o'clock (3 hours, 4 hours separation??) Pretty interesting just to speculate. I know earthquakes don't work in a pattern...but still interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k*** Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ^ bendy facepalm trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ^ bendy facepalm trees Ya. Wow. There are no words... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well, I'll be in L.A. this time next week-- just in time for some action, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ya. Wow. There are no words... ArtRosen has just been supplanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well, I'll be in L.A. this time next week-- just in time for some action, I guess! Well, I guess you should be staying in NY an extra week based on that "prediction" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Mike Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well, I'll be in L.A. this time next week-- just in time for some action, I guess! I hear ya. I'll be in Palm Spring on the 26th. BTW, they had a 5.4 in July last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 If you count the number of letters between C (Chile) and N (New Zealand) and include the C and N, you get 12. The Chile and New Zealand earthquakes were 12 months apart!!!!111!!!11!! There are 3 letters between N and J if you DON'T count either the N and J. The New Zealand and Japan earthquakes were 3 weeks apart!!11!!!!! Keep counting back 6 more letters and you get back to C for CALIFORNIA. Oh yeah...California. I'm just speculating here, but this seems to make a lot of sense. I think there's going to be a big earthquake in California in either 6 weeks or 6 months!11!!!!!! You forgot the extra hour of sunlight during DST. It's obviously 6 days, not weeks or months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 If you count the number of letters between C (Chile) and N (New Zealand) and include the C and N, you get 12. The Chile and New Zealand earthquakes were 12 months apart!!!!111!!!11!! There are 3 letters between N and J if you DON'T count either the N and J. The New Zealand and Japan earthquakes were 3 weeks apart!!11!!!!! Keep counting back 6 more letters and you get back to C for CALIFORNIA. Oh yeah...California. I'm just speculating here, but this seems to make a lot of sense. I think there's going to be a big earthquake in California in either 6 weeks or 6 months!11!!!!!! 6 days, you gotta be consistent here. Months... weeks.... the next logical timescale is days. Clearly. EDIT: Looks like I'm neither the first nor second to point this out. Must've been pretty obvious. How could you have overlooked this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 chain email Let's try to post things from credible news sources, not crack right-wing sites. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok...back to reality. Did anyone notice how many "pre-shocks" there were to this quake on the 9th? 4 quakes of mag 6+, one of which was 7.2. In hindsight this was obviously predictive...did anyone say anything about this on the 9th or 10th? http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Well, I guess you should be staying in NY an extra week based on that "prediction" lol. No, way, dude-- if we're going to have an historic quake, I want to be there for it. They're scary as sh*t, but they're also weirdly... exhilarating. (Like a cyclone, I guess.) You going to the NYC thing on Saturday? If so, I'll meet ya, finally! Sorry, everyone, for going OT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 EDIT: Looks like I'm neither the first nor second to point this out. Must've been pretty obvious. How could you have overlooked this point? Geology's not my forte I hope real ones are looking into these important clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallow Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok...back to reality. Did anyone notice how many "pre-shocks" there were to this quake on the 9th? 4 quakes of mag 6+, one of which was 7.2. In hindsight this was obviously predictive...did anyone say anything about this on the 9th or 10th? http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php True, but I don't know if you could say any more than "the risk of a large quake in this region is heightened"... like they do in Cali after a quake (as Josh likes to point out every time. ) Geology's not my forte I hope real ones are looking into these important clues. It's okay. I understand that in the excitement of the moment it's easy to get "weeks" and "days" confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 1) That's a journalist not a scientist 2) Did he say there's a major crack in the world-- or maybe he just meant in his skull? I didn't read further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok...back to reality. Did anyone notice how many "pre-shocks" there were to this quake on the 9th? 4 quakes of mag 6+, one of which was 7.2. In hindsight this was obviously predictive...did anyone say anything about this on the 9th or 10th? http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php Foreshocks are a big topic of discussion in CA. Whenever we have a jolt that's widely felt-- say, something over a 4.5-- we're automatically on alert for a larger event within 24 hrs. The rule of thumb-- at least in CA-- a temblor automatically brings with it a 5% chance of a larger one within 24-36 hrs. That might sound low, but a 1-in-20 chance of a big quake is a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Let's try to post things from credible news sources, not crack right-wing sites. Thanks. Dumb and dumber lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Foreshocks are a big topic of discussion in CA. Whenever we have a jolt that's widely felt-- say, something over a 4.5-- we're automatically on alert for a larger event within 24 hrs. The rule of thumb-- at least in CA-- is that every time we have a good quake, there's a 5% chance of a larger one within 24-36 hrs. That might sound low, but a 1-in-20 chance of a big quake is a big deal. There was a strong foreshock before the big Chile quake also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Ok...back to reality. Did anyone notice how many "pre-shocks" there were to this quake on the 9th? 4 quakes of mag 6+, one of which was 7.2. In hindsight this was obviously predictive...did anyone say anything about this on the 9th or 10th? http://earthquake.us.../quakes_all.php I started a thread for the 7.2, but I had no idea it was a pre-shock. I let the team down. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/15046-72-japanese-earthquake/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Right, it's all about getting viewers attention. Hell, I could call for a major earthquake on the west coast in the next few months and certainly have a shot at being right. Kind of like saying there will be a major east coast blizzard next Feb. Yes, it's actually disgusting they would want to profit off a disaster in this manner. I've also noticed there have been an inordinate number of earthquake/volcano "disaster" movies on cable TV the last few days. I'm putting them in the same category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Can we also stop with the nonsensical speculation of where the next quake is going to happen, unless you happen to be posting something by a credible seismologist? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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