NASA: Chile Quake Could Have Shifted Earth's Axis

[Montezuma]

I am selling seats on my private jet. Be ready for 2012, or you might end up riding the ground into the ocean. Please include the latitude and longitude of the location you want me to pick you up yet, along with the price you are willing to pay.

I also have a few extra passes on the American Ship, so just let me know.

 

[gumbedamit]

33.949046, -84.787701
N33° 56.9428', W084° 47.2621'
There are 3 of us, willing to pay 10mil each. let me know

 

[eklipz330]

[citation][nom]slaphappy[/nom]There is no such thing as "Richter 8.8". Magnitude is a measurement of the Richter scale.[/citation]

so who the hell is this richter and why does he get to decide how strong an earthquake is?

tell that asshole i want my 1.26 microseconds back

 

[jednx01]

Soooo..... Apparently gumbledamit lives at 126 Riverwood Way, Dallas, GA.... lol

 

[gumbedamit]

Isn't he the villian from Die Hard?

 

[wotan31]

[citation][nom]ender21[/nom]Was it Magnitude 8.8 or Richter 8.8? For some reason I thought the two scales were different.[/citation]
That's like asking are you 1.8 meters tall? Or is your length 1.8m? It's the same thing. The Richter scale is a measure of magnitude, just like meters are a measure of length.

 

[gumbedamit]

You're three off,and I did live there. Sold the house in Sept. Not that stupid...

 

[omnimodis78]

[citation][nom]Glorian[/nom]Hippies will use this as an excuse to why its getting colder and not warmer.[/citation]
If by "hippies" you mean people who are concerned about our environment then you are mistaken my friend, it's quite well known what's causing weather pattern anomalies...

 

[gumbedamit]

Global warming causes Snowball earth, hmmm, that's something to ponder...

 

[maestintaolius]

Why is it that every site that reports this the comments shift to climate change debates? This has nothing to do with climate and I can't find anything referencing climate in the nasa article. Its an angular momentum problem resulting in extremely tiny shifts in rotational rate and axis.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]redplanet_returns[/nom]richter scale of magnitude 8.8...honestly i don't know of ANY other measurements for earthquake[/citation]
Richter Magnitude and Mercalli Degree, there now you know of 2.

 

[UbeRveLT]

[citation][nom]christopherknapp[/nom]Oh great, more stuff for the 2012-ers to cry "I told you so!"[/citation]

That actually came to mind. I mean it fits in with the whole flooding thing we are experiencing in Brisbane, Australia at the moment. I was tempted to build an ark when I looked out the window and saw cars floating down the street.

 

[maestintaolius]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]Richter Magnitude and Mercalli Degree, there now you know of 2.[/citation]
Moment Magnitude Scale (the current scale in use by USGS). So now you know 3!

 

[yannifb]

at gumbedamit:
Ugh please don't tell me your one of those people who think global warming is fake... If the air is warmer, it can shift the jet streams slightly, which could possibly bring colder air to a warmer place and vice versa. While I doubt that happened recently since its still too early, thats how it could happen.

 

[Montezuma]

[citation][nom]yannifb[/nom]at gumbedamit:Ugh please don't tell me your one of those people who think global warming is fake... If the air is warmer, it can shift the jet streams slightly, which could possibly bring colder air to a warmer place and vice versa. While I doubt that happened recently since its still too early, thats how it could happen.[/citation]

Please tell me that you are not one of the people dumb enough to believe Ole "Tree-Hugger" Al Gore. Global Warming, or whatever it is called today, is total horseshit and only a complete fucking moron would believe that any of that stuff has any footing in reality.

I know it is an slightly less than shitty movie, but The Day After Tomorrow is fake too.

 

[drwho1]

Oh No! I was late for a meeting and this was why! (Sarcasm)

 

[randomizer]

HAARP was used to create this earthquake. The Government decided that we need to work longer and that our weekends would have to be cut short.

 

[christop]

I read this 3 days ago on yahoo...

 

[ender21]

Ok, Montezuma just went on the "permanent a-holes" list. While gumbedamit's post was irreverent, he didn't denegrate into childish insults (which in turn weaken your argument).

 

[ender21]

Whoever mentioned Moment Magnitude is on to something: Richter Scale tops out at 7.0. Moment Magnitude is now used to measure medium-to-large quakes. It is, however, inaccurate for smaller quakes so Richter is still used for them. From ~5.0 to 7.0 the two scales are virtually identical, so a 5.0 on both are considered equal to each other.