Posted on 11/15/2019 5:56:58 AM PST by BenLurkin
Correct information about possible aftershocks was being conveyed inaccurately, or someone at Homeland Security was getting truly bad information and relaying it. Either way, it was a problem.
An earthquake conspiracy theory forum was—or perhaps several of them were—clearly pushing out false and misleading information about what was going to happen next.
Earthquake conspiracy theorists aren’t a huge group, but they do exist and have an immense amount of sway over their dedicated fans.
They would say they are rogue scientists, unfairly reviled by their more mainstream colleagues for having mastered prediction, the ultimate goal of seismology. They say they’re only working to share that information with the public, and frequently accuse established scientific agencies like the USGS of hiding earthquakes or changing the magnitude after the fact to downplay their severity.
USGS points out, though, that while fracking does directly cause some quakes, their research shows what’s really causing most of the larger ones is wastewater disposal, where fluid from fracking and other types of oil and gas production is injected into deep, underground wells.
The quake prediction industry seems to have something of an unnaturally high turnover: for a time, as the New Zealand publication Stuff pointed out, Ring had a minor rival, a man named Nigel Antony Gray, who today shares a rich variety of environmental conspiracy theories on his Facebook page. But he has yet to grow much of an audience for himself, and hasn’t made a quake prediction publicly in a very long time. A relatively popular astrologer named Barbara Goldsmith, who has over 200,000 YouTube subscribers, made a sideline in predicting natural disasters about eight years ago, but these days confines herself largely to horoscopes for the week ahead.
(Excerpt) Read more at vice.com ...
It’s not a conspiracy theory when it’s true.
Fracking and the disposal of fracking fluids sometimes cause seismic events, full stop.
I wonder how many climate scientists are rogue scientists. Or are they as pure as the wind driven snow?
Which begs the question; what is it about wind that purifies the snow? Is the snow that falls on a windless day not pure?
Watch out where the huskies go
The quake was in Indonesia, right where predicted.
And the climate scientists.
If EIB command was in an earthquake zone, we’d have expert analysis.
USGS doesn’t like this guy - Dutch Sinse
But he makes lots of sense to me. He forecasts earthquakes (oh no! they are random). And he was more current during the Ridgecrest, CA quakes than USGS, from my observations.
https://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse
https://www.facebook.com/dutchsinseofficial/
Dutchsince has a great track record and the USGS hates him because he exposes them. For as obvious as this article is against him they ought to at least use his name.
An earthquake conspiracy theory forum was—or perhaps several of them were—clearly pushing out false and misleading information about what was going to happen next. Earthquake conspiracy theorists aren’t a huge group, but they do exist and have an immense amount of sway over their dedicated fans.
Who do they think they are, Adam Schiff?
USGS points out, though, that while fracking does directly cause some quakes, their research shows what’s really causing most of the larger ones is wastewater disposal, where fluid from fracking and other types of oil and gas production is injected into deep, underground wells.
That's total BS. Full stop.
The quake prediction industry seems to have something of an unnaturally high turnover: for a time, as the New Zealand publication Stuff pointed out, Ring [? ]had a minor rival, a man named Nigel Antony Gray, who today shares a rich variety of environmental conspiracy theories on his Facebook page. But he has yet to grow much of an audience for himself, and hasn’t made a quake prediction publicly in a very long time. A relatively popular astrologer named Barbara Goldsmith, who has over 200,000 YouTube subscribers, made a sideline in predicting natural disasters about eight years ago, but these days confines herself largely to horoscopes for the week ahead.
Gosh, it's almost as if quake prediction carries the same veracity as Ouija board "information".
Reminds me of the oncologists who tell you botanicals, older medications, stopping all glucose, etc. are bogus and all we can do is wait until chemo kills us.
Read How To Starve Cancer by Jane McLelland. Good stuff.
Really? Odd. Cancer and earthquakes are unrelated to one another.
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