NASA preparing for quakes ?

Is NASA Preparing Us For Earthquakes?
...August 11, 2003
by Mitch Battros (ECTV)

There is something about this timing that is a bit unsettling. A public announcement was just released moments ago, telling us Nasa is ready to predict earthquakes. That's right, predict earthquakes. It was just last year, Nasa went public shunning the possibility of predicting earthquakes. Why the sudden turn around?

Nasa makes this announcement "High above Earth where seismic waves never reach, satellites may be able to detect earthquakes--before they strike." Nasa claims they have satellite technology which can detect tectonic plate movement.

Nasa says they are working hard to have a system in place "giving the public and emergency planners time to prepare." (Nasa)

"There are several satellite-based methods that show promise as precursors to earthquake activity," says Jacob Yates, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "One method is Interferometric-Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR). Basically, InSAR is when two radar images of a given tectonic area are combined in a process called data fusion, and any changes in ground motion at the surface may be detected."

Folks, the "super-duper doppler weatherman" is alive and well. It just may be, even with the down time of SOHO, we will see our local and national weather personalities giving forecast which includes space weather such as solar flares, cme's, geomagnetic storms, and now....earthquake predictions!

Nasa reports one of their methods is to monitor "slow fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field". Scientists doing research with magnetometers just before major earthquakes have serendipitously recorded tiny, slow fluctuations in Earth's magnetic field. One example happened during the Loma-Prieta earthquake that devastated San Francisco in 1989. Almost 2 weeks before the quake, readings of low-frequency magnetic signals (0.01-0.02 Hz) jumped up to 20 times above normal levels, and then spiked even higher the day of the quake. (see equation)

It's all about magnetics! Just as the equation can predict extreme weather, such can be monitored for electro-magnetic flux as outlined above. We do indeed live in exciting times.

Equation:
Sunspots => Solar Flares => Magnetic Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption (mitch battros)

Mitch Battros
Producer - Earth Changes TV
http://www.earthchangestv.com