Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake

[The Straight Story]

Atmosphere Above Japan Heated Rapidly Before M9 Earthquake

Geologists have long puzzled over anecdotal reports of strange atmospheric phenomena in the days before big earthquakes. But good data to back up these stories has been hard to come by.

In recent years, however, various teams have set up atmospheric monitoring stations in earthquake zones and a number of satellites are capable of sending back data about the state of the upper atmosphere and the ionosphere during an earthquake.

Last year, we looked at some fascinating data from the DEMETER spacecraft showing a significant increase in ultra-low frequency radio signals before the magnitude 7 Haiti earthquake in January 2010

Today, Dimitar Ouzounov at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland and a few buddies present the data from the Great Tohoku earthquake which devastated Japan on 11 March. Their results, although preliminary, are eye-opening.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26773/

[MineralMan]

1. Very interesting. It could be a means of prediction.

Now, I'm starting a countdown to see how many posts it takes before someone says "global warming cause the Japanese quake." It shouldn't take long.

[Ghost Dog]

5. Or someone mentions, you know,

HAARP.

(Oh: http://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+earthquake+haarp )

[MineralMan]

7. Oh, well that's a completely different sort of thing, you know.

Truly. :sarcasm:

[Ghost Dog]

15. Of course.

But that way of 'seeing things' appears to be spreading, in some parts of the world. And could become (socially, politically) dangerous.

[mountainlion55]

2. Interesting------ Thanks

:smoke:

[xchrom]

3. Huh. Very interesting. Nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Indigestion if you ask me

right before the giant burb.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. I'll make a prediction:

The HAARP conspiracy people are going to have a field day with this.


Still, interesting stuff for those of us in the reality-based community, too.

[MineralMan]

8. Someone beat you to that prediction.

But it's a good one, anyway. Will the global warming connection or HAARP come first? We shall see.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Yep, it proves HAARP is real...

:sarcasm:

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Oh, HAARP is real..

it's just not responsible for the crazy shit some people attribute to it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. I know... but you knew why I added the sarcasm.

[MineralMan]

9. Gaia blushes and says, "Oops. Sorry."

Everybody farts. Ever been near a volcanic area? Peeeuuu!

[bvar22]

13. Our chickens know when a storm is coming before we do.

There is a long history of anecdotal testimony about unusual animal behavior prior to an earthquake.
They must be picking up on something that is quantifiable.

[Sonoman]

14. I have seen lightning over mid-Pacific earthquakes.

Strangest things I have ever seen.

Our instruments would pick up sea-floor disturbances and the lightning would commence immediately.

Sonoman