Posted on 08/26/2006 4:20:53 AM PDT by aculeus
It came from the same camp that later derived nuclear winter as the reason we should all disarm and 'live in harmony'. Not saying I agreed with them. The most intelligent account did factor in the rotation of the Earth during the all-out exchange, which, iirc, placed most of the megatonnage on the same side of the planet, in the northern hemisphere.
I'd be pretty skeptical of a large volcano causing enough of a rotational instability as well.
But a few mile in diameter Ni/Fe mass might have a different and less subtle effect. That is why I tend to lean toward an event of cosmic proportions.
Could end up being one hell of a ride!
Petrified trees found in North Dakota were Sequoia, iirc. >4 ft. dia. stumps are pretty common.
The HAB Theory was the name of the book-I couldn't put it down.
The HAB Theory was the name of the book-I couldn't put it down.
That was just my thought! In fact, quite a few years ago I read a book by a British scientist who was convinced of Velikosvsky's theories and wrote about the earth turning over - similar to this article - only caused by a large metorite just missing Earth (I think). He was not a Christian, but claimed this is what caused the appearance of the "sun standing still" as recorded in Joshua 10. He demonstrated in the book how when the earth turned over it would appear from those on earth as though the sun moved backward across the sky for one day and then would return to its normal pattern.
Yeah, and send Senator Teddy the Hutt to the equator.
Not panic????? The earth is warming--and cooling--at the same time. It's going to be hit by an asteroid and spin to a different axis. Alaska's going to be on the equator. Then there are the extraterrestrials. I don't know about you, but I'm under the bed!
Yup. I've read it multiple times. And even though Hapgood abandoned his theories late in life, there are tantalizing pieces that make you wonder. Wonder a lot.
Oh No! VHVs!
Bunk.
Now as an adult I wonder .. Could the planetary agreement to limit or stop altogether nuclear activity be the result of irrefutable data from all soueces that shows we just might be 'in the balance', so to speak?
When's the movie coming out?
"The sediments we have recovered from Norway offer the first good evidence that a true polar wander event happened about 800 million years ago," said Adam Maloof,
Adam, go sit in the corner. 200 Million years ago there was only ONE continent, Pangaea. As such, 800 million years ago NOBODY knows where 'Alaska' would have been.
(why do these 'experts' always forget about plate tectonics and continental drift?)
Nope. It was the inexorable efforts of leftists from the peaceniks to the growing (KGB seed-monied) leftist enviros to weaken the warfighting capability of the West.
The opposition political idealogies still exist, veneered with capitalism after the economic distress brought about by the Communist systems.
Only North Korea has maintained its politics and economy, with disastrous results for the average schmuck over there.
Nuclear proliferation continues, at a reduced pace, and existing nuclear powers still seek to improve delivery systems and warhead capability. Now most testing is conducted on supercomputers without the actual need to cook off a device.
Velikovsky's theories make more sense than the one in the article. The calculated weight of Earth is just short of 6 sextillion metric tons, a 6 followed by 18 zeros. If there was ever a volcano "heavy" enough to move the Earth's rotation, the position of the poles would be mankind's least problem.
Time to pass a law against heavy volcanos??
If John Kerry was president, this wouldn't happen.
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