Again mother nature at her worst.
I hope that if anyone has friends/family anywhere near Japan that they are safe and well.
Its been a rough couple of weeks on planet earth!
Cheers
Matt
---------- Post added 11-03-2011 at 11:22 PM ----------
Just following on from this, I found this published on smh.com.au today some hours prior to the Japanese earthquake.
A "supermoon" is coming and conspiracy theorists believe it will cause a moonageddon.
While astronomers and other scientists suggest everyone just take a chill pill and enjoy the prospect of a larger moon on March 19, US astrologist Richard Nolle believes it heralds disaster.
Supermoons are closer to Earth and occur every 10 to 20 years - the most recent being in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005.
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On March 19, the moon will be 356,577 kilometres from Earth, the closest it has been since 1992.
The lunar perigee, or supermoon - a term that Mr Nolle said he coined in 1979 - takes place because the moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfect circle, but in a slightly elliptical manner.
"Supermoons, in fact, have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes," Mr Nolle told ABC Radio this week.
"Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year ... and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect."
Mr Nolle said the most recent supermoon on February 18 had an impact on Earth from February 12 to 21. He drew a link between the lunar phenomenon and the Christchurch earthquake, which hit New Zealand on February 22.
He also linked the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake in Turkmenistan, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 and 2005's Hurricane Katrina in the United States to periods of supermoon activity.
I hope that if anyone has friends/family anywhere near Japan that they are safe and well.
Its been a rough couple of weeks on planet earth!
Cheers
Matt
---------- Post added 11-03-2011 at 11:22 PM ----------
Just following on from this, I found this published on smh.com.au today some hours prior to the Japanese earthquake.
A "supermoon" is coming and conspiracy theorists believe it will cause a moonageddon.
While astronomers and other scientists suggest everyone just take a chill pill and enjoy the prospect of a larger moon on March 19, US astrologist Richard Nolle believes it heralds disaster.
Supermoons are closer to Earth and occur every 10 to 20 years - the most recent being in 1955, 1974, 1992 and 2005.
Advertisement: Story continues below
On March 19, the moon will be 356,577 kilometres from Earth, the closest it has been since 1992.
The lunar perigee, or supermoon - a term that Mr Nolle said he coined in 1979 - takes place because the moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfect circle, but in a slightly elliptical manner.
"Supermoons, in fact, have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes," Mr Nolle told ABC Radio this week.
"Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year ... and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect."
Mr Nolle said the most recent supermoon on February 18 had an impact on Earth from February 12 to 21. He drew a link between the lunar phenomenon and the Christchurch earthquake, which hit New Zealand on February 22.
He also linked the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake in Turkmenistan, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 and 2005's Hurricane Katrina in the United States to periods of supermoon activity.
