Okay... Now i am getting worried.

[JEBWrench]

I have to agree with Hugo Chavez, it is Obama's Earthquake inducing death ray, we are all doomed. Seriosuly though, it's some earthquakes, we don't need a bloody spanish inquisition looknig into it.

Nobody expects the Earthquake death ray!

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

The melting ice caps put less pressure on fault lines around the Earth, allowing them to open up like old wounds, which explains the increase seismic activity lately.

At least that's what I've heard.

And somehow a kilo of ice weighs more than a kilo of water? [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YouFailPhysicsForever]

A kilo of ice most certainly can weigh more than a kilo of water. It's the difference between mass and weight. Having a kilo of ice and a kilo of water just mean that you have the same amount of actual stuff in both. Density needs to also be taken into account when figuring weight. If you have a kilo of something packed into a small space, it will likely weigh less than a kilo of something spread out over a large space. So ice can weigh more than water, even if they are essentially the same substance, because the ice is tightly packed, while the water will be spread out. That's how you can have enough water packed into the relatively small space of the polar ice caps to raise the sea level enough to swallow even rather large islands whole.

Now imagine if you heard all that in Sten's voice.

Actually I think Leonard Nimoy's Spock might be more suitable. Seems to be better for the whole "B-movie scientist" vibe. Though imagining it in Sten's voice does make me want to LOL.

I'd put that into one of the random conversations your party members have. I think Alistair would be most suitable for the level of dumbfoundedness from it.

 

[Soushi]

That;s what i figure. It just seems like they have been happening a lot and doing a lot more damamge than usual.
I mean, we aren't talking end of the world here, unless of course it creates a bunch of super volcanoes that create a cloud of dust that blankets that sky and chokes us out for thousands of years... but that may just be a hilarious senario that i will now turn in to the next disaster movie. Excuse me *grabs camera and runs out the door as fast as he can*

Coming this July
The clouds.... are upon us
The Age of man... has ended
The time of the deep dark... has just begun
The most thrilling disaster movie this year..
Can you survive...
ASH!!!! rated R (for graphic scenes of natural disaster and nudity, lots and lots of nudity)

Your movie will require some pseudoscience about the axial shift that occurred being the cause of the earthquakes.

Yes.... one sec

Coming this August (due to certain script changes)
We thought the Earth was stable, that we were safe... we were wrong. Whot happens to a planet, when its most important governing force... suddenly.... shifts.
The clouds.... are upon us
The Age of man... has ended
The time of the deep dark... has just begun... will humanity.... ever see the light?
The most thrilling disaster movie this year..
Can you survive...
ASH!!!! rated R (for graphic scenes of natural disaster and nudity, lots and lots of nudity)

 

[Aedes]

Well... As far as I know (which isn't much), earthquakes has always been happening since the Earth has magma on it's core. Even the big ones.
However, most of the earthquakes happens way down the surface and therefore, hardly felt by us.
This last tremors on Haiti, Chile and now on China, were terrible cause they happened near densely populated areas.

So, in my view, it's just bad luck.

 

[ethaninja]

Teh al13nz r f1ring der lazor beeeemss! Nah but in all seriousness.. you should be sweet. Just don't die from it.

 

[Soushi]

I have to agree with Hugo Chavez, it is Obama's Earthquake inducing death ray, we are all doomed. Seriosuly though, it's some earthquakes, we don't need a bloody spanish inquisition looknig into it.

NOBODY EXPECTS TEH SPANISH INQUISITION!!!! to be looking...into.... earth....quakes....

*bows deeply* I am very sorry, please forgive me, it won't happen again *exits the room*

 

[Toriver]

Weight=Gravitic Force=F(g)

F(g)=m*a

m=mass(Kg)

a=9.8(m.s^-2) Which is pretty much a constant on earth surface for any macroscopic calculations.

If you have more ice packed into a smaller volume then you have more mass. You have to remember that the earth is a closed system, we only exchange energy with the outside, not matter(except for the occasional satellite or meteor. So the whole idea of there being more or less mass over the Earth's crust based on the state of the matter is well... silly.

But then that should be applied to the idea of the ice caps melting putting less strain on the continental plates to make that idea make some sense. Even if I may have been mistaken about the actual idea of a kilo of ice or water having a different weight, that formula shows that if you take that weight and spread it out, the mass from the polar ice caps would be spread out over a larger surface area, easing the burden on the continental plates.

 

[notyouraveragejoe]

It's perfectly normal activity. People build near resources, which are often located near areas of seismic activity. Also, with the speed of information these days, you're more likely to hear more detailed information about the activity occurring.

I agree with this. Also I think with todays faster moving media we can more easily hear about the disasters. I don't think its getting any more "frequent" to the point of it being dangerous enough to worry over. It may be a trend...but the trend is in media not in an increase of actual disasters.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

there's nothing to read into it, earthquakes are natural, and they haven't hit anywere where they shouldn't (were there's not a border between tectonic plates). All it is is bad luck, but there really haven't been that many for the number there could be at any time

 

[Artemicion]

There have been more earthquakes that have devastating effects, but there is no more seismic activity than usual. I wouldn't worry too much. 2012 isn't for at least another year.

 

[Ldude893]

There have been more earthquakes that have devastating effects, but there is no more seismic activity than usual. I wouldn't worry too much. 2012 isn't for at least another year.

And that's when I graduate.

 

[Artemicion]

And that's when I graduate.

Then I suggest you start celebrating now.

 

[gragimor]

I blame Switzerland [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/6820811/Geologist-stands-trial-for-triggering-earthquakes-in-Switzerland.html]. But seriously, I've noticed this myself and thought about the whole "2012" thing. I don't believe it but I'd hate to be proven wrong on this.

Nah we're good, Bush is no longer president, so whatever is going to happen, it's not nearly as big as all the crap we had to put up with the past years.

 

[Marsell]

Gods pulling an etch-a-sketch on us?

 

[jj90]

be worried the locust horde is coming

 

[AVATAR_RAGE]

There have been a lot of really nasty earthquakes recently. Is this kind of siesmic activity normal, is it just hitting populated area's more than usual? Or is there something else going on here, a planetary shift of some kind.
Does anyone have any idea?
Is anybody else worried?

BTW: My heart goes out to all those affected and hurt.

planets always moving, these earthquakes occuring in populated areas a coincidental. there are billions of earthquakes around the world. don't look too much into and allow nature to take it's course

 

[JokerCrowe]

I think that because the quake in Haiti was so huge, there are movements along the cracks in the "continental plates". If one starts moving, it pushes on another one so it starts moving... It's basically a chainreaction to what happened in Haiti.
(is what I think)

 

[ScarlettRage]

The melting ice caps put less pressure on fault lines around the Earth, allowing them to open up like old wounds, which explains the increase seismic activity lately.

At least that's what I've heard.

it would make sence anyway lol

 

[child of lileth]

I think it's just coincidence. Like how it was really hot out one year, and everyone was like "It's all global warming." Then the next year it was back to normal again. People just tend to make a bigger deal out of normal stuff sometimes.

 

[Serperoth]

I think it's just coincidence, mostly. Earthquakes happen all the time, they just became a little more common in early 2010. Nothing to worry about, move along now, there's nothing to see here.