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 Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:17 am
See something interesting in the news you want to discuss? Go ahead and post up a link with a little summary of the article.
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:25 am
The earthquake in Chile was an 8.8 on the Richter scale. Considering it's a 1-10 scale, that's actually quite massive and destructive. It even caused a tsunami in the Pacific that required evacuations in coastal regions and Hawaii. What are your thoughts on the earthquake? I know the question on everyone's lips is in the U.S.; what can we do to help, and even, SHOULD we help?
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:52 pm
Gear-Richie The earthquake in Chile was an 8.8 on the Richter scale. Considering it's a 1-10 scale, that's actually quite massive and destructive. It even caused a tsunami in the Pacific that required evacuations in coastal regions and Hawaii. What are your thoughts on the earthquake? I know the question on everyone's lips is in the U.S.; what can we do to help, and even, SHOULD we help? I live on the coast. Having to evacuate was actually kind of scary... I think we should do all we can spare, but we also shouldn't break our backs. Give as much as we can give without it hurting us.
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:56 pm
We should help. This 8.8 earthquake wasn't the strongest one in Chile. The strongest one was the 9.5 on the Richter scale in 1960. And on Sci-Fi (AKA Syfy) there was a movie called 10.5. I also heard this 8.8 earthquake affected earth's location of its axis, and shortened the day by less than a second.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:26 am
It did. The tectonic plate beneath Chile shifted downwards, closer to the center of the Earth. It acted similar to a spinning ice skater bringing her arms in towards herself, making her spin faster. The change is very slight, but it's there.
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:36 am
THE WORLD IS GONNA END!! gonk
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Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 1:58 pm
Scientists calculated that the net effect of shortening of the days is on the order of microseconds. It would take a couple thousand years without any intervening changes before we noticed a minute worth of difference.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:13 pm
So... erm... interesting topic... WikiLeaks? Aussie floods? (I need to read/watch the news more often -_-)
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