tsunami & if earthquake is electrical ----

James,
HEAT IS INFRA RED RADIATION
At least it was when I went to college.

David

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James, HEAT IS INFRA RED RADIATION At least it was when I went to college

James) Then maybe you want to go back to college. And don't pick up any hot pans on the way!


james

James wrote:

Shelagh you might want to study this - some mighty good people worked on it with me - people that have far more education than yourself

If you have a question ask - but please don't think you are better than they are!

http://www.publishedauthors.org/t6587-the-rb-effect-the-answer-to-earthquake

No questions, James. I'll contact NASA if I have any questions.

Shelagh wrote:

James wrote:

Shelagh you might want to study this - some mighty good people worked on it with me - people that have far more education than yourself

If you have a question ask - but please don't think you are better than they are!

http://www.publishedauthors.org/t6587-the-rb-effect-the-answer-to-earthquake

No questions, James. I'll contact NASA if I have any questions.

And they, NASA, will answer the question you have--not ask you one on another subject.

It will save much aggravation.

Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared


Heat

Main article: Thermal radiation

Infrared radiation is popularly known as "heat" or sometimes known as
"heat radiation", since many people attribute all radiant heating to
infrared light and/or all infrared radiation to heating. This is a
widespread misconception, since light and electromagnetic waves of any
frequency will heat surfaces that absorb them. Infrared light from the
Sun only accounts for 49%^[11]
of the heating of the Earth, with the rest being caused by visible
light that is absorbed then re-radiated at longer wavelengths. Visible
light or ultraviolet-emitting lasers can char paper and incandescently hot objects emit visible radiation. Objects at room temperature will emit radiation
mostly concentrated in the 8 to 25 micrometer band, but this is not
distinct from the emission of visible light by incandescent objects and
ultraviolet by even hotter objects (see black body and Wien's displacement law).^[12]
Heat is energy in transient form that flows due to temperature difference. Unlike heat transmitted by thermal conduction or thermal convection, radiation can propagate through a vacuum.
The concept of emissivity
is important in understanding the infrared emissions of objects. This
is a property of a surface which describes how its thermal emissions
deviate from the ideal of a black body.
To further explain, two objects at the same physical temperature will
not "appear" the same temperature in an infrared image if they have
differing emissivities.

No need to go back to college yet. I've just missconceived. No harm done!

Shelagh

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No questions, James. I'll contact NASA if I have any questions.

James) You do that - mention my name and remind them that I worked for a sub-contractor and designed parts for the first stage launch engine for Apollo.

Apollo as you might recall took our astronauts to the moon.

This is an excerpt from my book

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I never saw a launch myself, so my enthusiasm for seeing what seven and a half million pounds of thrust looked like was never satisfied. But those that I knew that did told me that it was not the towering size of the vehicle, or the power that was being unleashed that impressed them, instead they said, the awesome presence of Apollo came from the thunder of the engines that immersed the scene during the launch and for many long minutes after it was out of sight.

Mention me too, I paid substantail taxes so they could afford exploration of the moon etc...

Mention me, I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who likes to drop astronauts names at parties.

We are all best buddies with the top dogs at NASA!

What does the US Geological Survey think about earthquakes?

Are they the conspirators?

The US Geological Survey is setting up a drilling experiment to learn more about how to predict earthquakes:

"SAFOD [San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth] will provide direct information on the composition and mechanical properties of rocks in the fault zone, the nature of stresses responsible for earthquakes, the role of fluids in controlling faulting and earthquake recurrence, and the physics of earthquake initiation and rupture. By observing quakes "up close," SAFOD will mark a major advance in the pursuit of a rigorous scientific basis for assessing earthquake hazards and predicting earthquakes."

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/safod_pbo.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/reports/04HQGR0086.pdf

a discussion of ellectric magnetic fields prior to earthquakes.

Interesting discussion, Alice. Two Greek researchers (C. Thanassoulas and G. Tselentis) conducted a study in 1992. They concluded:

"The accuracy and reliability of the results can be improved by geolectric characterization of the area and measurements multiple locations. Using a single station, it cannot be verified whether the observed variations of geoelectric field are local in nature, caused by physical/chemical site. In terms of processing, a better approach would be to use a fuzzy expert system for tracking brief precursors of strong earthquake in the low-frequency telluric field of techniques are required as well as a better study of the influence of man made electrical noise.

Concluding we believe that there is substantial evidence that there is some relation of the local seismic activity with the disturbance of the electrotelluric field potential."

This led to an article about the costs and benefits of earthquake prediction studies in Greece (summary):

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb06591.x/abstract