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Originally posted by PuterMan
reply to post by Roald
I have to say Roald that I have looked many many times for proof of the effect of HAARP and NO ONE has ever been able to provide it.
I don't think Red Cloak or any other 'conspiracy theorists' out there have ever seen this information, in this manner, otherwise it would have been posted all round the web. Yes we can read the page you linked, but that is not the same as hearing if from someone who we sort of 'know' if you understand what I mean.
All I can say is:
Gob-smacked (maybe)
By the way no $1 million however as you did not follow the requested format for reply.
edit on 13/2/2011 by PuterMan because: (no reason given)
I don't have time to waste on disinformation agents like you. You are only here to spread disinformation and to mock, patronize, and condescend to others. I hate to break it to you, but people with intelligence don't care to play games with you. I am ignoring you because you are a disinfo agent. Deal with it and stop mocking me in your posts. There are plenty of stupid people that you can waste your shtick on. I'm not one of them.
And don't bother to tell me arrogant, rude, and ignorant things like "prove it or stop posting here" again.
As far as I am concerned, you no longer exist. I will never respond to you again in this forum.
Thank you for contacting ASK USGS.
Please note the following statement from University of Utah regarding its seismograph stations that monitor Yellowstone.
Beginning October 1, 2010, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations has reduced the magnitude threshold for public web posting of automated earthquake locations and magnitudes for the Yellowstone region. The new minimum magnitude threshold is M 1.5, reduced from the previous threshold of M 2.5. The new threshold value will allow more earthquake information to be rapidly released to the public and other users. This lower magnitude threshold will be tested during a trial period and may be increased again.
Small earthquakes are common in the Yellowstone region. With the reduced magnitude threshold for web posting of automated earthquake locations and magnitudes, it will no longer be practical for seismologists to continue the practice of reviewing all of this information immediately after posting. Users of these data should be aware that an unreviewed earthquake report can be significantly in error and might even be a false alarm, regardless of the reported magnitude. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations will continue its policy of including only reviewed events in its finalized earthquake catalog.
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program FAQ's:
Q: Why do some earthquakes disappear?
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Ice and Snow at Yellowstone Cause Telemetry Problems
Recent telemetry problems, from ice and snow buildup on data transmission antennas, have caused intermittent malfunctions of the University of Utah's automated earthquake location system. The malfunctions result in false earthquake reports, which upon review, are then manually deleted from the earthquake catalog. The snow and ice buildup interferes with the continuous streaming of seismic data causing occasional signal dropouts. The dropouts cause spikes to appear in the data streams, which the automated system misinterprets as the abrupt appearance of a high amplitude seismic wave from an earthquake. Windy conditions, common this time of year, exacerbate the problem by contributing additional noise and thereby reducing the overall signal quality of the seismic data streams. In most cases, seismologists at the University of Utah can overcome these problems and still identify and locate earthquakes correctly. Seismic activity at Yellowstone remains at background levels.
Originally posted by westcoast
reply to post by Anmarie96
1. The threshold has been lowered so the quakes are being posted before being reviewed. False quakes are therefore removed after being reviewed.
If this is the case, how come that doesn't happen with the Pacific Northwest Arrays? I have been watching for years and while they are UPDATEDl; meanig they are upgraded, downgraded and depth changed but they are rarely ever totally removed.
2. Weather. Snow and Ice build-up causing false quakes.
I call BS on this one. I mean, if this were the case than how come we don't see all these quakes being removed from other regions like Alaska or Iceland? If snow and ice were such an issue for 'false quakes' than we should see this all over the world. If every other cold region in the world has such better equipment than the super volcano Yellowston...we have major issues.
3. Software malfuntion
This one seems the most likely to me, because I have a hard time believing that the Yellowstone array would be so much more difficult to maintain and keep accurate than any other. My only problem here is that is has been going on for SO LONG. I mean come on!!! A software glitch is STILL causing false reporting??? You can't tell me that someone wouldn't have done something by now to fix this. How come it wasn't a problem before? Is this new software? If so, then just go back to the old one until it is fixed. I just have a hard time buying that it would go on for any longer than two or three days.
So there you have it...the three different answers the general public has been given and I personally think they ALL stink.
Anyone watching the park avidly for the past couple of years knows that recently ( four months or so?) they have gotten VERY messy. Meaning more and more often, different stations are glitchy and unreliable . They turned up the threshold this past month on all of the stations....from 200 to 1600 on most. Is it not possible that THIS could be the reason that we are not seeing smaller quakes in the park?
The highest used to be 600 I think.
Accurate reporting, I would think, would be what they would be MOST concerned with.