I think there is something else going on. The location of the video had to = be very close to the epicenter to display the amount of movement. My eye sa= w that the dog moved ~ 6 sec before the visable shaking. I would think that= being that close to the epicenter there wouldn't be surface waves. The sha= king was probably the P and S waves. I am ~ 350 km from the event and I sho= wed an abrupt P arrival. I think the dog was sensing something else. Maybe = a smaller event just prior to the main event? Maybe looking on other helico= rder sites in the area would shed some light as to whether it was ground mo= tion. Regards Barry http://www.seismicvault.com --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Kareem Lanier from Heyjoojoo.Comwrote: From: Kareem Lanier from Heyjoojoo.Com Subject: RE: Animals and Earthquakes To: psn-l@.............. Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:36 PM =0A=0A=0A =0A =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AThis is why I sent that link yesterday s= howing the dog reacting=0Adramatically before the floor (and everything els= e) moved violently from the=0AM6.5 Nothern Cal Quake. Most of the time with= camera footage, one is not always=0Aable to detect every bit of motion. So= , who knows if that dog was reacting to=0Asmall nearly imperceptible moveme= nt that was probably going on just prior to=0Athe obvious side to side moti= on that we saw. Or was the dog reacting to low=0Afrequency noises that occu= r in the earth=E2=80=99s electromagnetic field just=0Aprior to an event? Do= n=E2=80=99t know. There was a man in the same room with the=0Adog and he wa= s sitting in a chair. He reacted just as the floor motion started=0Abut by = the then, the dog had already made a bee-line out of the there. =0A=0A =C2= =A0 =0A=0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaAzZIH4_X-s =0A=0A =C2=A0 =0A=0A= =C2=A0 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AFrom:=0Apsn-l-request@.............. [mailto:psn-= l-request@............... On Behalf=0AOf Kay Wyatt =0ASent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:37 AM =0ATo: psn-l@.............. =0ASubject: Animals and Earthquakes =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =C2=A0 =0A=0A=0A=0A= =C2=A0 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AI'm not sure=0Ahow many of you are aware of the CE= RT program (Community Emergency Response=0ATeam) which was developed in 198= 5 by the Los Angeles City Fire Department in=0A1985 to train ordinary citiz= ens to be first responders in a major=0Adisaster.=C2=A0 The program was lat= er adopted by FEMA (1993) and the training=0Amaterials are available online= at http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/index.shtm =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=C2=A0 = =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AIn their=0Atraining manual they discuss various earthquak= e myths.=C2=A0 One of them=0Aperplexes me and I would love to hear from any= one who can explain this.=C2=A0=0ABelow is the material in their training m= anual.=C2=A0 My questions is what are=0Athe "first low frequency waves of a= n earthquake" that come PRIOR to=0Athe primary and secondary waves?=C2=A0 A= re they talking about EM or non seismic=0Awaves? =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=C2=A0 = =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ATheir=0Atraining guide..... =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=C2=A0 =0A= =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A =0A Myth: =0A =0A =0A Animals can sense earthqu= akes and=0A give advance warning. =0A =C2=A0 =0A =0A =0A =0A =0A Fact= : =0A =0A =0A Animals may be able to sense the first low-frequency waves= =0A of an earthquake that occur deep within the Earth, but the damage-caus= ing=0A primary and secondary waves follow just seconds behind.=C2=A0 Anima= ls do not=0A make good earthquake warning devices. =0A =C2=A0 =0A =0A =
I think there is something else going on. The= location of the video had to be very close to the epicenter to display the= amount of movement. My eye saw that the dog moved ~ 6 sec before the visab= le shaking. I would think that being that close to the epicenter there woul= dn't be surface waves. The shaking was probably the P and S waves. I am ~ 3= 50 km from the event and I showed an abrupt P arrival. I think the dog was = sensing something else. Maybe a smaller event just prior to the main event?= Maybe looking on other helicorder sites in the area would shed some light = as to whether it was ground motion.
Regards
Barry
http://www.seismi= cvault.com
--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Kareem Lanier from Heyjooj= oo.Com <system98765@.............> wrote:
From: Kareem Lanier from Heyjoojoo.Com <system98765@he= yjoojoo.com>
Subject: RE: Animals and Earthquakes
To: psn-l@webtro= nics.com
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:36 PM=0A=0A=0A =0A =0A= =0A=0A=0A=0AThis is why I sent that link yesterday showing the = dog reacting=0Adramatically before the floor (and everything else) moved vi= olently from the=0AM6.5 Nothern Cal Quake. Most of the time with camera foo= tage, one is not always=0Aable to detect every bit of motion. So, who knows= if that dog was reacting to=0Asmall nearly imperceptible movement that was= probably going on just prior to=0Athe obvious side to side motion that we = saw. Or was the dog reacting to low=0Afrequency noises that occur in the ea= rth=E2=80=99s electromagnetic field just=0Aprior to an event? Don=E2=80=99t= know. There was a man in the same room with the=0Adog and he was sitting i= n a chair. He reacted just as the floor motion started=0Abut by the then, t= he dog had already made a bee-line out of the there.
=0A=0A= p> =0A=0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DaAzZIH4_= X-s
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=0A=0A=0A= =0A=0A=0A=0A=0AFrom:=0Apsn-l-request@.............. [mailto:psn-l-request@w= ebtronics.com] On Behalf=0AOf Kay Wyatt
=0A=0A
=0ASent: Tuesday, = January 12, 2010 11:37 AM
=0ATo: psn-l@..............
=0ASu= bject: Animals and Earthquakes=0A=0A
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
=0A=0A=0A=0AI'm not sure= =0Ahow many of you are aware of the CERT program (Community Emergency Respo= nse=0ATeam) which was developed in 1985 by the Los Angeles City Fire Depart= ment in=0A1985 to train ordinary citizens to be first responders in a major= =0Adisaster. The program was later adopted by FEMA (1993) and the tra= ining=0Amaterials are available online at http://www.citize= ncorps.gov/cert/index.shtm
=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
=0A=0A=0A=0AIn their=0Atraining manual they discuss various earthquake myths. = One of them=0Aperplexes me and I would love to hear from anyone who can exp= lain this. =0ABelow is the material in their training manual. My= questions is what are=0Athe "first low frequency waves of an earthquake" t= hat come PRIOR to=0Athe primary and secondary waves? Are they talking= about EM or non seismic=0Awaves?
=0A=0A=0A=0A<= p class=3D"MsoNormal"> =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ATheir=0Atraining guide.....
=0A=0A=0A=0A<= p class=3D"MsoNormal"> =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A
=0A =0A=0A =0A =Myth:
=0A=0A =0AAnimals can sen= se earthquakes and=0A give advance warning.
=0A=0A
=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A = =0AFact:
=0A=0A =0AAnimals may be able to sense the firs= t low-frequency waves=0A of an earthquake that occur deep within the Earth= , but the damage-causing=0A primary and secondary waves follow just second= s behind. Animals do not=0A make good earthquake warning devices.
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