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- NiborDude
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The tsunami's in asia could be the biggest tragedy in our life time. I have donated 60 dollars. If you can find a way to help out as well, please do so. This is a world relief effort. Please be a part of it.
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- Commander_Gaunt
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One of my friends could easily have been in Sri Lanka at the time as he is a member of the Sri Lankan Royal family and visits there a lot (most holidays... I will find out on thursday when I go back to school.
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- NiborDude
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Watch TV. Basically every country around the Bay of Bengal. The size of an earthquake that can alters the earths rotation needs to be magnitude of 9 I think. If it did change the axis or whatever, then we'd be having freak weather patterns. Hmmm... XPBackfire-esque load of snow and rain in the west. Inch of ice on the east coast. Coincidental?
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Can an earthquake really affect the way the planet spins on its axis?
Yep. As you'll recall from science class, the rotating Earth resembles a spinning top: The planet's axis does not always point in exactly the same direction but wobbles very slightly, describing small but measurable circles at the poles. A very large earthquakeone of a magnitude of 9.0 or greatercan shift enough mass relative to that of the entire Earth to alter, very minutely, the course of that wobble. But the planet's speed of rotation (which, of course, determines the lengths of our days) remains unchanged, so we don't need to worry about adjusting our watches.
In this case, the 9.0-magnitude shock was a "megathrust" quake, which occurs where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another. Initial U.S. Geological Survey data from the quake and its dozens of powerful aftershocks indicate that some 740 miles of the boundary between the India plate and the Burma plate slipped an average of 15 meters and that the sea floor thrust up several meters. It is difficult to determine the total mass of the crust that shifted because the movement was irregular, but when so much of the Earth moves so far, the wobble of its axis will jog slightly, too.
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- NiborDude
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I have donated 40 riyals(equavlance in USD is a little more then 10 dollars). My family donated a whole buttload of cloths (like over 5 big bags of cloths) to the Tsunami disatser, and I gave 3 of my favourite huge really , really soft grey blankets. My mom donated a few pillows and sheets and stuff to sleep on. Sadly last time there was a diaster over 1 billion dollars were donated only 17.7 million got there. We had a Tsunami presentation from a kids dad in our class. He worked as a person to find oil and look for earthquakes and junk. He showed us some of the videos of the wave , and guess what, he told us a little over 70 earthquakes went off once the first earthquake went off. took maybe 30 - 45 minutes for all of them to stop. He told us something I never knew before, That the magma of the outer core of the Earth is rotating, and since it is rotating it is creating a magnetic field to protected the earth from radiation from the sun. Like in the movie The Core. Well thats all I got to say, And well over 150 characters to Hey, that's funny..
- Commander_Gaunt
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Actually that was 120 feet.It moved an island at least 60 feet!
Oh my royal Sri Lankan friend is O.K. but 6 of his family are dead, and 4 injured.
Sadly true, governments collect the money and then after the disater gets off the front pages, they decide it could be used better. So this time round a few countries (started by britain) give what they get as soon as they get it, no saving it up, they get a pound they send it next day. (America hasn't so no-one knows if your cash will get there or go to the government).Sadly last time there was a diaster over 1 billion dollars were donated only 17.7 million got there
Oh, and did you know, if everyone in China jumped at the same time, the Earth would be knocked off its orbit and sent spinning off into space...Freaky!
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- NiborDude
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I don't know the truth to that. I've heard it as well, but I highly doubt it. Even if a huge asteroid were to hit the earth, the rotation would be changed, but the orbit would stay basically the same. If a huge asteroid could barely do anything to our Orbit, I doubt everyone in China could move the earth, just be simply jumping up in the air all at once.Oh, and did you know, if everyone in China jumped at the same time, the Earth would be knocked off its orbit and sent spinning off into space...Freaky!
Actually, the US government is telling Americans to donate to companies and foundations such as the Red Cross. That way, the government can keep track of the money they're sending over to south east asia. They learned their lesson after all of the donations came in after 9/11.(America hasn't so no-one knows if your cash will get there or go to the government).
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- Commander_Gaunt
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Well they didn't sign up to the international agreement about that, and the China thing is true, it was proved by a load of bored students I think. You would be surprised at the amount of peole in China.
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