What’s amazing, is that I didn’t feel a thing.
The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.
“At this point, we know that one GPS station moved (8 feet), and we have seen a map from GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan showing the pattern of shift over a large area is consistent with about that much shift of the land mass,” said Kenneth Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Reports from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy estimated the 8.9-magnitude quake shifted the planet on its axis by nearly 4 inches (10 centimeters).
You’d think if the Earth is knocked off its axis I might notice. It’s crazy to think about one earthquake moving the island of Honshu eight feet.
It’s crazy to think about one earthquake moving the island of Honshu eight feet.
Boo:
Queue up that local Kia commercial you must have heard if you ever listen to WIP or 97.5 The Phanatic(or whatever their AM station is).
I’m still waiting to hear from Pat Robertson on what kind of decadent behavior the Japanese are responsible for that caused Pat’s god to smite them with this horrific tragedy.
My guess is that since only a tiny fraction of the Japanese people put Pat’s god as Number 1 on the religion hit parade, that he will almost surely say that it has been sent as a wake up call to the Japanese to repent and follow Jesus. That seems to be the M.O. of Pat’s god if you take Pat at his word. Hey, who wouldn’t want to follow such a swell god, right?
Yeah, maybe the Westboro Baptists would like to join Pat for a sojourn in the far east as well. The far, far east.
C’mon, Rich. This one is easy. They don’t cook their fish.
Heh, damn straight. We all know in Muricka that Jesus is a meat and potatoes guy. He also likes cowboy boots, ten gallon hats, guns and war. He’s a man’s man who doesn’t go in for those namby-pamby, limp wristed things like sushi.
Their fish is cooked now.
It didn’t just move the island, but the whole plate thingy that the island sits on. I guess everyone over there is gonna have to update the maps on their GPS devices because right now they’re off by 8 feet to the west.
because if the earth’s axis was altered, something else is going to be coming up on top of global warming/El Nino/a.
I’ve been watching the coverage of these nuclear plants and from the looks on the faces of the Japanese Officials, plus the expert advice, it seems that the govenment is lying to the people about the seriousness of the the now 3 (three!!!) failed nuclear reactors.
I think they’ve got three Chernobels on their hands and that they just don’t know how to explain to their people that they’re totally fucked. We’ll see, I guess.
BTW, I was talking to my dad (total nuclear apologist) about this and he got really defensive so I shut the conversation down for now. We’ll just have to see how this turns out. I hope I’m wrong but Japan may have just learned the nuclear power lesson. I doubt that the US will even consider building a new nuclear plant for another 50 years.
With that intensity of earthquake I believe it can move any island. It is devastating to see that tsunami. I pity those who were affected by the incident.
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