NEWS: 9.0 Quake, Tsunamis Strike SE Asia - 275,000+ Dead, page 35
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reply posted on 21-1-2005 @ 03:18 AM by Hellmutt
According to NASA, the quake moved the North pole and also made our days shorter...

From: NASA details earthquake affects on the Earth

The "mean North pole" was shifted by about 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) in the direction of 145 degrees East Latitude. This shift east is continuing a long-term seismic trend identified in previous studies.

They also found the earthquake decreased the length of day by 2.68 microseconds. Physically this is like a spinning skater drawing arms closer to the body resulting in a faster spin. The quake also affected the Earth's shape. They found Earth's oblateness (flattening on the top and bulging at the equator) decreased by a small amount. It decreased about one part in 10 billion, continuing the trend of earthquakes making Earth less oblate.




reply posted on 23-8-2008 @ 12:17 AM by Hellmutt
Tsunami aid workers and forensic specialists are getting sick from "unknown" chemicals, that was sprayed on them in Thailand.


Tsunami aid workers sick


22 Aug 2008


Several of the more than 100 Norwegians who helped identify tsunami victims in Thailand in 2004 have since fallen ill. They're suffering respiratory problems linked to disinfectants that were sprayed on both corpses and themselves.

Newspaper Aftenposten reported Friday that as many as 30 percent of forensic specialists and others sent to identify bodies are now suffering asthma-like ailments.

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"I could feel that it irritated my throat," Rognum said, adding that neither he nor his colleagues knew what they were being sprayed with. "It wasn't easy to get any information on the contents."

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