Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:29:10 PM
Now, in my mind a definite possible contributor to our earthquakes of today ..
Buried History: Underground Nuclear Weapons Tests .. videos inside ..
When you think of nuclear explosions, you probably think of the iconic mushroom cloud. But in the 1950s and 1960s, underground nuclear tests were just as common. The tests were performed underground to prevent nuclear fallout from contaminating the atmosphere. And while they didn’t invoke any memorable mushroom clouds, the underground tests did produce some stunning effects on the surrounding areas.
Unbelievably, government tests were once carried out to determine if nuclear weapons could be used as earth-moving devices. Imagine using the most powerful, dangerous weapon on Earth to simply landscape an area. Such tests would never be approved today, thanks to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
The incredible power of the nuclear weapon vaporizes rock in the immediate vicinity. The earth further away from the test site is crushed, cracked, and otherwise mangled. The tests caused seismic activity equal to a major earthquake. Underground nuclear tests usually caused gigantic craters to form at test sites, and if they were too close to the surface they caused huge expulsions of rock and debris along with radioactive materials. In these amazing vintage videos, you can see the shockwaves extending out from the central test sites as the weapons go off.
The last underground nuclear test in the US was conducted in 1992. While the long-term geological effects, if any, of the tests aren’t yet known, many of the resulting craters can still be seen at former nuclear test sites. Although the videos are entertaining to watch, the massive, terrifying power of these weapons is sobering. .. http://gajitz.com/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests/
.. the army called it coincidence, but ..
Article: 784 of sgi.talk.ratical
From: (dave "who can do? ratmandu!" ratcliffe)
Subject: Nuclear Bomb Tests and their relationship to Earthquakes planetwide
Summary: Is Nuclear Testing Triggering Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity?
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:36:38 GMT
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Although the quake provoked renewed calls for a halt to plans for storing radioactive materials in such an unstable area, the larger questions have still not been raised in the United States: Do bomb tests actually cause earthquakes? Do nuclear tests make the planet more prone to geologic disruption? . . .
Whiteford studied all earthquakes this century of more than 5.8 on the Richter scale. "Below that intensity," he explained, "some earthquakes would have passed unrecorded in the earlier part of the century when measuring devices were less sensitive and less ubiquitous. But for bigger quakes the records are detailed and complete for the entire planet." So Whiteford was able to make a simple comparison of the earthquake rate in the first half of the century, before nuclear testing, and the rate for 1950 to 1988. In the fifty years before testing, large earthquakes of more than 5.8 occurred at an average rate of 68 per year. With the advent of testing the rate rose "suddenly and dramatically" to an average of 127 a year. The earthquake rate has almost doubled. To this day the U.S. military attributes the increase to "coincidence." . . .
. . . Who will the world hold responsible if suddenly an unprecedented series of violent earthquakes and volcanoes shake the earth? Will nuclear testers be able to assure the world they were not responsible?
We are witnessing boys in men's bodies being enabled to play with toys UNIMAGINABLY dangerous and toxic. If we don't collectively--AND SOON--succeed in redirecting the brilliance of these people into positive, life-affirming and life-enhancing endeavors, we will surely witness the evolutionary progress of life on Mother Earth over the past 25,000 years pushed over the edge into the abyss of non-being for many, many millennia to come.
http://www.ratical.org/radiation/inetSeries/testsNquakes.html
Gallery of U.S. Nuclear Tests .. http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/
History of Nuclear Weapons Testing .. http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/nukes/ctbt/read9.html
Earthquakes caused by underground nuclear explosions on Pahute Mesa, Nevada Test Site*
http://www.bssaonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/5/1319
Crack exacerbating, or creating craters.
Underground Testing at the Nevada Test Site
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Nts.html
The last underground nuclear test in the US was conducted in 1992. [...] the massive, terrifying power of
these weapons is sobering. .. http://gajitz.com/buried-history-underground-nuclear-weapons-tests/ .. videos as above ..
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