Comments on Advance Indiana™: Japan Rocked By Powerful Earthquake and Tsunami: Are We Next?

One thing I know for sure is if the world's le...

2011-03-12T11:04:24.380-05:00

One thing I know for sure is if the world's leaders have figured out a cataclysmic event is about to unfold wiping out most of the world's population, they aren't going to tell the masses in advance. The movie 2012 was dead on in that respect.

I did see 2012, Paul. Makes you wonder if that exp...

2011-03-12T08:29:05.511-05:00

I did see 2012, Paul. Makes you wonder if that explains the unexplained disappearance of trillions of dollars in recent years. Interestingly, there are people who claim the U.S. and other governments have constructed very large underground facilities and lunar bases that have not been disclosed to the public. What are they preparing for?

Some argue the Mayan calendar doesn't specific...

2011-03-12T08:25:40.202-05:00

Some argue the Mayan calendar doesn't specifically say the end of one era and the beginning of a new era starts on Dec. 21, 2012; rather, it's a general reference date that actually may cover a several year period if transitition. By that account, we're in that window of transition now. The celestial aligning of the planets and the sun may play a key role in bringing about the transition. Clearly, the Mayans, as well as other ancient civilizations as indicated by the design and layout of the Great Pyramids, suggested they possessed a far greater knowledge of the importance of the earth's interaction with the solar system and other celestial bodies.

This was interesting, Gary. See 2012? I hadn'...

2011-03-12T00:55:27.117-05:00

This was interesting, Gary. See 2012? I hadn't heard that some thought the end of the world would be on May 11, 2011. Is that a difference of interpreting the Mayan calendar or what? What's your background, Rob? You seem very well versed in this. I thought they were talking about Jupiter and Saturn's effect on the Sun and resultant solar activity, not those planets' direct influence on the earth.

This guy is a bit of a alarmist. Most of the tida...

2011-03-11T17:35:10.575-05:00

This guy is a bit of a alarmist.

Most of the tidal forces on the Earth are due to the moon and it's close position to the earth, the sun is 93 million miles away and also influences the tides. The sun's tidal acceleration is about 45% of the lunar tidal acceleration, which means that the sun accounts for about a third of the total tidal forces created by combining the sun and the moon.
Saturn and Jupiter are considerably farther away from the earth and mass so much less than the sun, that their tidal effect is about 1 * 10 ^ (-6).
Saturn masses about 1/28000 of the sun and at the closest is eight times farther away, Jupiter masses about 1/1000 of the sun and at closest is 4 times farther away.
Since tidal force falls off with the square of the distance, and directly with the mass, the Jupiter tidal force is about 1/16000 of the sun's tidal force, and the Saturn tidal force is about 1/416,000 of the sun's tidal force.

Adding in the Jupiter and Saturn tidal force does not really change the overall impact. Also note that it takes about 6 months or so to move from being as close as possible to Saturn/Jupiter to being the farthest away. Saturn and Jupiter take 12 and 30 years respectively to orbit the sun which means that Earth is almost always racing away or toward these two planets.

And it's not the end of the world. It will sti...

2011-03-11T15:42:43.367-05:00

And it's not the end of the world. It will still be here. Just the beginning of a new era for those still around to pick up the pieces and start anew.

Some say it's May 21, 2011.

2011-03-11T15:41:24.322-05:00

Some say it's May 21, 2011.

But the world isn't supposed to end until 2012...

2011-03-11T13:50:51.411-05:00

But the world isn't supposed to end until 2012, is it?

Plus all the birds dying suddenly in the midwest r...

2011-03-11T12:10:32.977-05:00

Plus all the birds dying suddenly in the midwest recently. Just watch the animals. They know more than they let on.

I have earthquake insurance. I live in Greenwood, and it's cheap.

I am totally stocked up on water, canned foods, and Coco Krispies.

Interesting read. We also have, on March 19, the m...

2011-03-11T08:27:21.364-05:00

Interesting read. We also have, on March 19, the moon at perigee and the closest it has been to Earth in years. The decreased distance between the two objects increases the gravitational interaction.

The size comparisons the guy used are way off base though - unless you could cram 920 grapefruits in a basketball (Jupiter to Sun ratio). ;-)