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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:41 AM
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why the bushgang is so quiet: big oil and the tsunami

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10211&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported]http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=10211&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported


Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy?

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On November 28th, one month ago, Reuters reported that during a 3 day span 169 whales and dolphins beached themselves in Tasmania, an island of the southern coast of mainland Australia and in New Zealand. The cause for these beachings is not known, but Bob Brown, a senator in the Australian parliament, said "sound bombing" or seismic tests of ocean floors to test for oil and gas had been carried out near the sites of the Tasmanian beachings recently.

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The impulses created by the release of air from arrays of up to 24 airguns create low frequency sound waves powerful enough to penetrate up to 40km below the seafloor. The “source level" of these sound waves is generally over 200dB (and often 230dB or more), roughly comparable to a sound of at least 140-170dB in air.

According to the Australian Conservation Foundation, these 200dB – 230dB shots from the airguns are fired every few seconds, from 10 meters below the surface, 24 hours a day, weather permitting.

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On December 24th there was a magnitude 8.1 earthquake more than 500 miles southeast of Tasmania near New Zealand, with a subsequent aftershock 6.1 a little later in the morning that same day.

On December 26th, the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck at the intersection of the Australian tectonic plate and the India tectonic plate. This is the devastating tragedy that we have all heard about. The death toll of this horrific event has reached 52,000 souls and continues to rise.

On December 27th, 20 whales beached themselves 110 miles west of Hobart on the southern island state of Tasmania.

What is interesting about this is that the same place where the whale beachings have been taking place over the last 30 days is the same general area where the 8.1 Australian earthquake took place, and this is the same area where they are doing these seismic tests. Then 2 days after the Australian tectonic plate shifted, the 9.0 earthquake shook the coast of Indonesia.

A great deal of interest and seismic testing has been taking place in this area, as the government of Australia has given great tax breaks to encourage the oil exploration.

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(there are pics and graphs)
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"24 hrs. a day" !!!!!!!!!!!!

you really think the earth takes this abuse without any reactions?

what's that law? every action causes a reaction

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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:43 AM
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1. An equal and opposite reaction....
Hardly the case here.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:48 AM
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2. ok tinfoil chapeau firmly in place
we know noise can start an avalanche in unstable snow, what's to say constant sound bombardment wouldn't cause unstable rock to shift?

small shifts cascade to larger and still larger shifts.......

:tinfoilhat:
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FarLeftRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:48 AM
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3. Very interesting...hmmm
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction...
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 11:52 AM
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4. This article is attempting
to connect the Dec. 26 earthquake with seismic testing that took place a couple of thousand miles away from the epicenter. Beyond silly. Earthquakes of thise magnitude happen, if not often, with great regularity, and they've been happening for a very long time. Must we tin hat everything?
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