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Originally posted by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
reply to post by ttimez
FYI, he did cite one of Vidale's papers.
Originally posted by cenpuppie
So many trolls and yet very few bothered to read the work. They are shooting it down with the good ol, your just wrong because i'm right. Typical.
It's interesting to say the least. I wonder if this is one of the reasons why the ancients where so good at astrology. Even the Hindu's concept of age is disturbing close to the truth from their Vedas. Then you have the Mayan calender (which was so good that those that defeated them started using it).
A prediction model for the window of 6.0+ EQs. It could simply be coincidental however. Then again not. Hard to say because plate tectonics not to mention man made factors need to be factored in. Like when the chinese made that damn that created that ginormous lake.edit on 15-8-2012 by cenpuppie because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Olivine
Melyanna, you state in your opening post:
This mechanism cannot predict earthquakes, but it can identify ALL times of the year when a Mega Quake is possible and identify ALL times of the year when a MEGA quake is not possible. For anyone interested in Earthquake causes, mechanisms, and predictions, we can definitely state that we know at least one cause.
I read through the PDF by Omerbashich you linked on page 1, and found something curious.
Let's look at pages 21 and 22 of the linked PDF, showing his forecasts for magnitude 6+ earthquakes, and subsequent 100% accuracy.
Here is his graph of long "alignments" and associated earthquakes for March:
(click thumbnail to enlarge)
I notice that every day of the month was included as being capable of producing a magnitude 6 or higher quake.
This is his graph for May 2012:
Again, every day of the month is included as being capable of producing a mag 6+ quake.
If you look at every graph from January through June 2012, (pages 21-22 of referenced PDF) there are only 6 days NOT capable of producing a large earthquake. 174/180 days were. According to Mr. Omerbashich's hypothesis 96.67% of the days during the first half of this year were.
And guess what? He nailed it!
I'm not sure how this shows that these "long alignments" cause earthquakes. He could just as easily say that these "long alignments" will cause a random spot on the globe to experience cloud cover, and have the same 100% accuracy.
***I have "alignments" in quotations because Mr. Omerbashich uses several "alignments" that (according to his paper page 22) are 'proximal'. He statesIMO, he seems to be playing loose with his alignments to keep his 100% accuracy intact.
Note that proximal long alignments, marked with an *, occur when heavenly bodies are non-strictly aligned: when bodies never align themselves or they do on occasion, all while staying aligned to within the +/- 5 arc degrees.
If you cast a wide enough net, you're certain to catch fish...
If I extrapolate out to a full year, there are 12 days that should be worry free concerning a large quake. I'm failing to see the usefulness of his hypothesis, let alone a causal mechanism.
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Originally posted by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
reply to post by Blaine91555
Except Omerbashich's proposed mechanism in this thread isn't astrology.
No one has to date dissected and attempted to refute his paper.edit on 15-8-2012 by wujotvowujotvowujotvo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by butcherguy
Originally posted by CaticusMaximus
reply to post by Melyanna
A 7.7 is NOT a "mega" quake.
Sensationalist tripe.
It is sensationalist.
I too thought that a 7.7 quake was not 'mega', until I looked it up.
From the MacMillan Dictionary:
mega-quake noun a very powerful earthquake, which measures more than 7 on the Richter scale
I was surprised. I figured megaquakes would be much more powerful.
Originally posted by paradisepurple
I had never heard of Mensur Omerbashich before and was surprised to read RationalWiki's description of him, it's so scathing it almost seems as if someone is trying really hard to discredit him....
Originally posted by np6888
Dr Mensa wasn't wrong about Elenin at all. The problem is that Elenin inexplicably disappeared(my guess is aliens zapped it) before it ever had a chance to make the final and most major alignments. How can you disprove his theory about Elenin, when it never got a chance?
Therein lies the problem with all of these predictions and theories: if the aliens interfere and don't show, then we will never know anything(you can even use aliens to explain macro-evolution and the lack of transitional fossils, but that's another story. The point is aliens should always be considered a factor).
Originally posted by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
reply to post by Blaine91555
Except Omerbashich's proposed mechanism in this thread isn't astrology.
No one has to date dissected and attempted to refute his paper.edit on 15-8-2012 by wujotvowujotvowujotvo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by wujotvowujotvowujotvo
Most of his math/mechanism is there on georesonance - reference 2, just below the Nature article cited for tectonics, which the pdf is here for fulltext billt4.com/Documents/PhysicsHandouts/NatureEarthEvolution.pdf (pg 264 in article, 4 of 5 in pdf reader)
Surprising to see as if Omerbashich didn't detail them.
It was published when the journal was by French Lavoisier SAS, now under Taylor and Francis.
Omerbashich, M. (2007) Magnification of mantle resonance as a cause of tectonics.Geodinamica Acta 20 (6):369-383
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3166/ga.20.369-383
arxiv.org/abs/physics/0612177
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