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Post by malewithatail on Mar 15, 2024 11:22:09 GMT 10
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Post by spatial on Mar 15, 2024 13:20:33 GMT 10
Internet blackout.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said.
apnews.com/article/africa-internet-outage-undersea-cables-failure-ac67fd11b4d9ae7cb3959622c5e9e78bThe MTN Group, one of Africa’s largest network providers, said the ongoing disruptions were a result of failures in multiple major undersea cables. “Our operations are actively working to reroute traffic through alternative network paths,” the South African company said in a statement. Network disruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in Africa in recent years. However, “today’s disruption points to something larger (and) this is amongst the most severe,” said Isik Mater, director of research at NetBlocks, a group that documents internet disruptions around the world. |
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Post by spatial on Mar 15, 2024 13:42:34 GMT 10
They are not real quakes, earthquake is classified as anything over 4.5 on the Richter scale. But yes having studied geology and worked more than 15 years as a geologist with a keen interest in seismic events (am still in mining and do work related to UG collapses etc.). The West coast of the USA esp. California area is well over due for a big one. It is part of the ring of fire and considering all the tectonic activity - Japan pacific islands etc. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has basically locked up. An earthquake is movement reducing stress. If the fault locks then pressure builds to unprecedented levels and when releases it is a global event - we will feel the waves in Aus. Many people of Christian religious persuasion are trumpeting the 8th April solar eclipse that occurs with a comet on a Jewish holy day as an omen for EQ's to start. It is one of my prediction for 2024 for EQ to ramp up... The Mississippi river all the way from the Great lakes in Canada to New Orleans (Gulf of Mexico) sits on a major fault zone (New Madrid Seismic Zone), Back in 1811 the fault activated, and the Mississippi river actually flowed upstream, new lakes and hills were created, it was felt all the way to NYC and Church bells rung. America is going to be ripped in half. Again it is overdue for movement. New Madrid Seismic Zonecusec.org/new-madrid-seismic-zone/The Great New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12 were a series of over 2,000 seismic events, which occurred for approximately five months, beginning December 16, 1811. Several of those earthquakes are believed to have been magnitude 7.0 or greater. 400 terrified residents in the town of New Madrid, Missouri were abruptly awakened by violent shaking and a tremendous roar. It was December 16, 1811, and it was the first of at least three very large (M7 or greater) earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks to rock the region that winter, with the last occurring on February 7, 1812. Survivors reported that the earthquakes caused cracks to open in the earth’s surface, the ground to roll in visible waves, and large areas of land to sink or rise. The crew of the New Orleans (the first steamboat on the Mississippi, which was on her maiden voyage) reported mooring to an island only to awake in the morning and find that the island had disappeared below the waters of the Mississippi River. Damage was reported as far away as Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C. 00 terrified residents in the town of New Madrid, Missouri were abruptly awakened by violent shaking and a tremendous roar. It was December 16, 1811, and it was the first of at least three very large (M7 or greater) earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks to rock the region that winter, with the last occurring on February 7, 1812. Survivors reported that the earthquakes caused cracks to open in the earth’s surface, the ground to roll in visible waves, and large areas of land to sink or rise. The crew of the New Orleans (the first steamboat on the Mississippi, which was on her maiden voyage) reported mooring to an island only to awake in the morning and find that the island had disappeared below the waters of the Mississippi River. Damage was reported as far away as Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C. |
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 15, 2024 14:25:15 GMT 10
When the earth lets go in a quake, the rocks give out a pulse of electric, like a piezo effect of the gas igniter. This is detectable.
I've monitored the Earths electric field, as opposed to its magnetic field, for over 40 years now and have a few observations that others might be interested in.
My electrometer couldn't be simpler, a 6U7 radio valve, connected to a 5 meter well insulated wire sensing aerial, and to a + and - 800 v dc supply (as the discharges are both polarities), and an output, initially to a paper chart recorder, but then a 4 channel data logger and PC.
1) There are positive and negative lightning strikes, the positive ones are 10 X more powerful than the negative ones, but there are 10 X more negative ones to keep the charge balanced.
2) Some rain storms have no charge in them.
3) The earths electric field is usually several hundred volts positive, but is disturbed by various events, obviously electric storms can do it, but so can meteor ionization trails and....earthquakes.
4) The buildup to a storm is easily visible on the traces, well before its appearance on weather radar or even to an observer, sometimes days before a really severe storm. Useful after the collapse to predict the onset of bad weather, before thunder or clouds appear even.
I was probably the only person who detected the Newcastle quake electrically, as a electric pulse due to the piezo electric effect. I also had a seismograph running at the same time, both feeding into a 2 channel chart recorder. When I got home that afternoon, I checked the readings out of interest. That's when I discovered that around 2 minutes AFTER the electric pulse, the earth moved at the farm at Yellow Rock. In other words, I had 2 minutes warning of the quake, more than enough time to seek safety if needed. I copied the charts and sent them off the the UNSW and the Beuro, wrote several papers that were published in various journals and.....nothing happened, zilch, naught, no one interested in such a simple method.
I did take out several Australian Patients on the research though.
Anyway, I'm still monitoring, sometimes, and learning.
The future is like the present, only longer.
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Post by frostbite on Mar 15, 2024 14:39:24 GMT 10
Quote: America is going to be ripped in half
Yep, most likely on 5th November 2024, and not due to a seismic event.
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Post by Tim Horton on Mar 15, 2024 15:50:59 GMT 10
The start of the Mississippi river is about 100 miles or so from me.. I have waded across it ankle deep where it comes out of Lake Itasca... I believe the lower part of the Mississippi river, in Missouri state (?) has had events that caused the river to change course significantly over the last 2-300 years.. The river delta at the Gulf of Mexico is changing all the time..
Many feel America is already ripped in half.. The first Tuesday of November may just be the time when the title wave from both sides crash back together...
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Post by Joey on Mar 15, 2024 18:01:07 GMT 10
When the earth lets go in a quake, the rocks give out a pulse of electric, like a piezo effect of the gas igniter. This is detectable. I've monitored the Earths electric field, as opposed to its magnetic field, for over 40 years now and have a few observations that others might be interested in. My electrometer couldn't be simpler, a 6U7 radio valve, connected to a 5 meter well insulated wire sensing aerial, and to a + and - 800 v dc supply (as the discharges are both polarities), and an output, initially to a paper chart recorder, but then a 4 channel data logger and PC. 1) There are positive and negative lightning strikes, the positive ones are 10 X more powerful than the negative ones, but there are 10 X more negative ones to keep the charge balanced. 2) Some rain storms have no charge in them. 3) The earths electric field is usually several hundred volts positive, but is disturbed by various events, obviously electric storms can do it, but so can meteor ionization trails and....earthquakes. 4) The buildup to a storm is easily visible on the traces, well before its appearance on weather radar or even to an observer, sometimes days before a really severe storm. Useful after the collapse to predict the onset of bad weather, before thunder or clouds appear even. I was probably the only person who detected the Newcastle quake electrically, as a electric pulse due to the piezo electric effect. I also had a seismograph running at the same time, both feeding into a 2 channel chart recorder. When I got home that afternoon, I checked the readings out of interest. That's when I discovered that around 2 minutes AFTER the electric pulse, the earth moved at the farm at Yellow Rock. In other words, I had 2 minutes warning of the quake, more than enough time to seek safety if needed. I copied the charts and sent them off the the UNSW and the Beuro, wrote several papers that were published in various journals and.....nothing happened, zilch, naught, no one interested in such a simple method. I did take out several Australian Patients on the research though. Anyway, I'm still monitoring, sometimes, and learning. The future is like the present, only longer. Got any photos of your setup? |
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 16, 2024 8:30:51 GMT 10
Electrometer  Electrometer is on the top shelf, the data logger is screwed to the wall above the green sign, and the old Acer Notebook PC running windaq software under windows XP is on the shelf. The other gear there are various battery chargers for the nimh cells, a 12 v jump starter pack, small sw radio and other assorted battery related equipment. Below is the control panel for the 30 kw solar array.  Below is the main 3,000 amp hour, 48 volt battery pack.  |
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Post by bug on Mar 16, 2024 12:20:22 GMT 10
Internet blackout.
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A dozen countries across Africa suffered a major internet outage on Thursday as multiple undersea telecommunication cables reported failures, network operators and internet watch groups said.
apnews.com/article/africa-internet-outage-undersea-cables-failure-ac67fd11b4d9ae7cb3959622c5e9e78bThe MTN Group, one of Africa’s largest network providers, said the ongoing disruptions were a result of failures in multiple major undersea cables. “Our operations are actively working to reroute traffic through alternative network paths,” the South African company said in a statement. Network disruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in Africa in recent years. However, “today’s disruption points to something larger (and) this is amongst the most severe,” said Isik Mater, director of research at NetBlocks, a group that documents internet disruptions around the world. Expect a temporary reduction in the number of scam victims. |
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 16, 2024 13:09:07 GMT 10
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Post by spatial on Mar 17, 2024 8:14:06 GMT 10
The economic doomsayers are coming out in force for imminent stock market crash. All the indicators have been flashing red for a long time. finance.yahoo.com/news/p-500-bizarrely-overvalued-could-204249144.htmlS&P 500 is 'bizarrely overvalued' and could crash 49% as recession sets in, elite strategist says- The S&P 500 may crash 49% when valuations normalize and a recession hits, Paul Dietrich said.
- B. Riley Wealth's chief strategist flagged market and economic indicators that were flashing red.
- Dietrich titled his latest commentary "The Stock Market Bubble Is About to Burst — Look Out!"
B. Riley Wealth Management's chief investment strategist issued the alarming call in a commentary titled "The Stock Market Bubble Is About to Burst — Look Out!" He compared the buying frenzy to the feverish demand for lottery tickets when the jackpot passes $750 million: "That's when everyone starts to go insane."
Dietrich cautioned against putting money into the market now, noting that stocks often surge before a recession hits and then promptly plunge. Bubbles can pop suddenly and disastrously because they're inflated by emotion and momentum, not built on fundamentals such as earnings or economic growth, he said.
The Wall Street veteran walked through a raft of flashing valuation metrics and indicators to make his case that stocks were "bizarrely overvalued" and trouble was coming.
For example, he flagged the S&P 500's historically high price-to-earnings ratio, unusually low dividend yield, elevated trading range, and infeasible priced-in earnings growth.
"This is how far this bubble has gone," he said. "The stock market is basically priced for earnings growth that has only happened 3% in the past, and that percentage has generally happened when the economy was coming out of a severe recession."
Dietrich also pointed to a 180%-plus reading on the "Buffett Indicator," which suggests the US stock market is heavily overvalued relative to the size of the economy. He argued that gold's surge to record highs signaled investors were taking cover from expensive stocks and a faltering economy.
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Post by spatial on Mar 19, 2024 21:20:49 GMT 10
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 20, 2024 5:44:35 GMT 10
All this climate garbage is just B/S.
If they were really concerned with it, something would be done about all the waste heat from industrial processes, motor vehicles and so on. Co2 is a vital gas needed for growth of forests and our survival.
A warmer world isn't necessarily bad thing, it will means wetter for some parts and an increased chance of storms, which will tend to be more severe.
There is never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.
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Post by spinifex on Mar 20, 2024 7:51:59 GMT 10
This is why we are self-building a new home. Paying others to take this task on is now quite risky. |
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 20, 2024 8:09:24 GMT 10
And something further to my post re forecasting weather with an electrometer, I subjected a storm to a fractal analysis.
I withheld the last 2 data points and instructed the program (actually a vibrational analysis program to predict the failure time of a bearing), to predict the timing of the next lightning strike.
It got it right 95% of the time, after that the program was guessing, but if I could have fed that data point back in, there is no reason the accuracy couldn't have got even better over time.
The whole world runs on cycles, for instance pi.
I also plotted some fractal analysis of a storm I digitized. That was interesting, in that there are various ways of plotting a fractal.
I've got those plots somewhere still, but no ones been interested in it, probably 'cause they don't understand it.
There will be a rain dance friday night, weather permitting.
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Post by bug on Mar 22, 2024 11:41:34 GMT 10
This is why we are self-building a new home. Paying others to take this task on is now quite risky. Have had that discussion with a few people. They just, don't, get it. Appointing a builder is a massive risk. You hand over your money and hope that in 2 years your house is done. We are adding 600,000 people per year and at the same time builders are regularly going broke. The price of materials has not backed down from it's covid peak either. Right now builders are giving crazy quotes to cover themselves, because they know someone will get stuck and have to pay. If you can do it yourself, then do it yourself. |
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Post by spinifex on Mar 22, 2024 12:22:48 GMT 10
This is why we are self-building a new home. Paying others to take this task on is now quite risky. Have had that discussion with a few people. They just, don't, get it. Appointing a builder is a massive risk. You hand over your money and hope that in 2 years your house is done. We are adding 600,000 people per year and at the same time builders are regularly going broke. The price of materials has not backed down from it's covid peak either. Right now builders are giving crazy quotes to cover themselves, because they know someone will get stuck and have to pay. If you can do it yourself, then do it yourself. Have you seen that Oz Lebanese guy on YT that goes around inspecting shonky builds? That show should be enough to put the wind up anyone when it comes to trusting builders. Some of these shonky construction jobs are on quite expensive houses too. And it makes you wonder what the hell the council building inspectors are getting paid for if they can't pick up these faults during the build.
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Post by bug on Mar 22, 2024 13:19:24 GMT 10
There are a few FB pages too covering this stuff. The 'prestige' of the house does not get you a better builder. The contractor will use whoever is available. As long as the crap work can be adequately hidden, they do not care.
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Post by malewithatail on Mar 22, 2024 16:28:17 GMT 10
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Post by Joey on Mar 22, 2024 18:00:09 GMT 10
That's why you use independent building inspectors to conduct during build inspections at the various stages of the build.
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