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Subject: Re: Ambient ground noise and solar flares?
From: Thomas Dick dickthomas01@.............
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:10:06 -0500


On 7/12/2011 7:22 PM, Geoffrey M. Voeth wrote:
> In the neighborhood of 0.2 Hz I get
> microseismic signals seemingly
> related to weather or storms in the pacific coast
> or gulf of california or major weather fronts
> arriving from the west.
> This has been true no matter what I do.
>
> Geoff,
> I looked at your website about a week ago. It impressed me. Looked sharp.

My attention has always been on those  .2 Hz peaks for maybe fifteen 
years now after the tornado came through here. I have documented the 
hurricanes at Galveston and New Orleans and their paths up into the U.S. 
I have recorded severe Atlantic storms and Pacific storms and even 
strong fronts. But the peaks I am getting now are NOT coming from 
anything I can see.

Here is what Chris Chapman just sent me ...and my reply statement. ..he 
could be right about the .05 hz peaks I get on the Lehmans ---

     The 0.2 Hz is likely to be the microseism background.

Yes, that is what I thought. Just read this paper 
(_http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/shorton/NOISE/noise.html) _I first 
got the idea  from looking at lecture by A. Rocchi pptv3 somewhere back 
around 2009 in Italy. But this  ~.2 Hz stuff is stronger now. I have 
watched it for two years now. At times, it was easy to associated it 
with particular areas of oceans and seas or strong winds acrossed 
mountain ranges but lately I cannot identify any weather source to 
attribute it to. about 5 PM local time. Lately the strongest peaks are 
on the E-W  Lehman
> Remember
> that you can probably see signals from both the Atlantic and the
> Pacific Oceans ! The 0.04 Hz suggests that the damping may need to
> be increased ? Have you checked it lately ? This could be about the
> period of your arm.
This has been a weird weather pattern here. We are way above our normal 
rain amounts after two years of almost drought conditions. The severe 
storms are missing us....but not the torrential rains.  I did adjust the 
damping last May.  I will tighten it up some tomorrow. There is a 
difference in the temperature of the room and floor in the winter and 
summer plus the excessive rains (I believe) are affecting the foundation 
of the house...sort of like the house is floating. The ~.2 Hz peak seems 
to vary a little and is clearly visible even on the AS-1 in the old 
refrigerator. The ~.05 Hz  peak is also visible on the AS-1 but seems to 
vary more in amplitude on that unit.

You are also in a basin (syncline) ...aren't you? I don't believe your 
sediments are as extensive as mine. Read the reference mentioned above 
.... Your comments are welcome



  
    
  
  
    On 7/12/2011 7:22 PM, Geoffrey M. Voeth wrote:
    
In the neighborhood of 0.2 Hz I get
microseismic signals seemingly
related to weather or storms in the pacific coast
or gulf of california or major weather fronts
arriving from the west.
This has been true no matter what I do.

Geoff,
I looked at your website about a week ago. It impressed me. Looked sharp.

My attention has always been on those  .2 Hz peaks for maybe fifteen years now after the tornado came through here. I have documented the hurricanes at Galveston and New Orleans and their paths up into the U.S. I have recorded severe Atlantic storms and Pacific storms and even strong fronts. But the peaks I am getting now are NOT coming from anything I can see.

Here is what Chris Chapman just sent me ... and my reply statement. ..he could be right about the .05 hz peaks I get on the Lehmans ---

    The 0.2 Hz is likely to be the microseism background. 
Yes, that is what I thought. Just read this paper (http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/shorton/NOISE/noise.html) I first got the idea  from looking at lecture by A. Rocchi pptv3 somewhere back around 2009 in Italy. But this  ~.2 Hz stuff is stronger now. I have watched it for two years now. At times, it was easy to associated it with particular areas of oceans and seas or strong winds acrossed mountain ranges but lately I cannot identify any weather source to attribute it to. about 5 PM local time. Lately the strongest peaks are on the E-W  Lehman
Remember 
that you can probably see signals from both the Atlantic and the 
Pacific Oceans ! The 0.04 Hz suggests that the damping may need to 
be increased ? Have you checked it lately ? This could be about the 
period of your arm. 
This has been a weird weather pattern here. We are way above our normal rain amounts after two years of almost drought conditions. The severe storms are missing us....but not the torrential rains.  I did adjust the damping last May.  I will tighten it up some tomorrow. There is a difference in the temperature of the room and floor in the winter and summer plus the excessive rains (I believe) are affecting the foundation of the house...sort of like the house is floating. The ~.2 Hz peak seems to vary a little and is clearly visible even on the AS-1 in the old refrigerator. The ~.05 Hz  peak is also visible on the AS-1 but seems to vary more in amplitude on that unit.

You are also in a basin (syncline) ...aren't you? I don't believe your sediments are as extensive as mine. Read the reference mentioned above ... Your comments are welcome


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