As far as atmospheric heating, I can't say... as far as geomagnetic disturbances prior to EQs, I think its VERY likely! This is based on the following first hand observations... I have a close friend who spent 30 years in electrical engineering, and 20 of that was making all kinds of very sophisticated scientific instruments for an independent scientific research institute. He told me about the EQ monitoring system he had built based on Bise/Rauscher's design. It monitors magnetic fields from 0 to 100 hertz (i.e., ~ELF). On two completely different occasions, separated by at least a year or three, we were sitting there talking and watching the spectrum analyzer (actually it was an HP 3562 Dynamic Signal Analyzer) screen, when all of a sudden the traces go nuts and off the scale and he says, "That's a MAJOR geomagnetic event... and very likely indicative of a large EQ about to happen." In both instances, within 24 hours, there was a major EQ (>7.0 richter) within several thousand miles. When asked if the technology could triagulate in order to localize the source of the geomagnetic disturbance he said yes. However, his setup only had one 'antenna', so it was not capable of any localization; only that some event was likely to happen. The antenna was many miles of fine coiled copper wire within a cylindrical container about 8 inches long and 5 inches in diameter... obviously because geomagnetics are very low frequency, they required a very long antenna. He designed and built the extremely-low-noise preamp himself... How sensitive was it? He handed me a typical small cylindrical permanent magnet, ~0.75" diameter and 1" long. He asked me to hold it between the tips of my thumb and fore-finger, and to oscillate it back and forth about once or twice a second. The 'antenna' was about 30 ft. away in another part of the house, and the periodic oscillations it induced on the signal analyzer screen were quite significant -- perhaps taking up 25 to 30% of the vertical deflection... I don't remember what the vertical scale was (V/div), nor what that might translate to in mag-field strength... its been over 7 years since that evening. EQ's larger than 7.0 don't happen very often, and its fortunate that they happened on two of my many visits. I've been at his place numerous times, and every time, we sit and talk and watch that darn screen... and the two times that he said, "That's a major geomagnetic event", major EQs happened.... and not the numerous other times that I was there when we saw NO unusual activity. So its not exactly a rigorous scientific test, however, the odds are highly unlikely that it just happened by chance on those two occasions and not any of the other times I was there. And yes, the USGS is well aware of this... that's a whole 'nother story.
-Mark _____ From: Rock_nj [mailto:rockn...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:51 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Can Atmospheric Heating Predict Future Earthquakes? While many branches of scientific inquiry have made incredible strides over the past century, earthquake prediction science has been woefully slow to make advancements that could lead to accurate scientific forewarning of pending earthquakes. Reports of unusual pre-earthquake atmospheric phenomena have led inquisitive scientists to initiate research into atmospheric conditions in areas that are prone to experience earthquakes. The initial results of these atmospheric investigations in earthquake zones have provided enough positive data to warrant further research that could eventually led to accurate earthquake prediction methods. More at: http://hubpages.com/hub/Can-Atmospheric-Heating-Predict-Future-Earthquakes?done
