Description : Please share your experiences of earthquakes, has your area ever been hit by a strong one?
Last Answer : Red Deer had a 4.0 magnitude earthquake 2 years ago, most likely from fracking. I didn’t notice.
Description : Does Fracking Cause Earthquakes?
Last Answer : answer:Fracking USGS Paper on the relationship between Fracking and Induced Earthquakes Yes I do.
Description : If you HAD to experience one or the other, would you prefer an earthquake or a tornado?
Last Answer : Well, the tornado. If everything is going to be destroyed, it might as well look cool while it’s happening. Having said that, if a tornado happened and I experienced it I would probably totally forget that it’s cool while I was busy shitting in my knickers.
Description : In light of the recent earthquake: Are you concerned with the Yellowstone Caldera (Supervolcano) at Yellowstone National Park?
Last Answer : answer:I live on the world's most active volcano. There is one thing we can be sure of. Volcanic eruptions cannot be predicted with pinpoint accuracy. It's possible to say an eruption is likely. ... a very long time. It will take a lot more investigation to determine if an eruption is imminent.
Description : Suppose you are in a helicopter when an earthquake takes place. Is there any danger to you?
Last Answer : If it moves the air that much you’re going to have bigger problems then a little turbulence.
Description : Can anyone identify this Hopi messenger/elder? (Details)
Last Answer : If you have a youtube account you could email the poster, chich234 and hopefully he can tell you who it is. Bottom left hand corner, by his picture, there’s an option to send a message to him.
Description : Does it annoy you when people claim that the most recent earthquake / volcano / heat wave / flood / whatever is a sign that it is the end times?
Last Answer : Yes. It annoys me. In fact, I really do not much like people like that, and I generally like everybody.
Description : Did Hurricane Irene (or some other extreme event) get you into emergency preparedness?
Last Answer : Every spring I move all the crap away from the cellar door so we have free access to it. That’s about it.
Description : How bad should a natural disaster be before you totally freak out?
Last Answer : A lot as I am a trained first responder. I would have to find a loved one dead and that would probably make me freak out!
Description : What is it with an earthquake that messes with your mind?
Last Answer : Could it be that earths gravity has something to do with it? That earthquakes somehow makes earths gravity have an effect on a humans equalibrium?
Description : Anyone else just feel the earthquake? Where are you and what did you feel?
Last Answer : I am in northern NJ. I didn’t feel a thing and neither did anyone else in my household, but yet everyone a town over felt it. Hm.
Description : Did anyone else just have an earthquake?
Last Answer : Well, it was epicenter Mineral VA and was a magnitude 5.8. Here is MD, it shook our building pretty good.
Description : Anyone in the Mid-Atlantic feel that earthquake about 15 minutes ago?
Last Answer : I didn’t feel it, but supposedly everyone else in my area did. My husband was outside and he felt nothing. I was inside, and I felt nothing… but the local news is blowing up about it “shaking” our area.
Description : Is it too much to ask for a moment of silence for those in Sendai and greater Japan?
Last Answer : I’ve been thinking of them and praying for them all day. My daughter has friends there.
Description : Have there been an unusually large number of earthquakes lately?
Last Answer : As a “religious” person, I wouldn’t say that the earthquakes would be a punishment, but rather a sign of the end times. Just my 2 cents, because I don’t want to open up a can of worms.
Description : Have you read or heard about the 8.9 magnitude quake off the northeast coast of Japan, that struck today (Friday, March 11, 2011) at 05:46:23 UTC?
Last Answer : Apparently an earthquake was recorded in Hawaii not long ago, including subsequent aftershocks. I have a good friend who is in Hawaii on business right now, and the last update that I heard ... ground. That's all that I know. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
Description : Has anyone noticed these influx of earthquakes, etc? Media ploy or an actual sign of more trouble to come?
Last Answer : Devastating earthquakes, volcanoes, floods and tsunamis are constant. Look into any period and you will find them.
Description : Have people forgotten about Haiti already?
Last Answer : The “news” industry has moved on; the real rescue operation has yet to begin, and the suffering grows ever more intense.
Description : Earthquake in Haiti and now Chili... a bit too close together?
Last Answer : Same thing that always causes them – it’s just coincidence.
Description : Anyone else feel the earthquake?
Last Answer : Yeah, I felt it. I got to school in Dekalb and it was centered around 5 miles from me. My house was shaking for good 5 seconds.
Description : Do you worry about the supervolcano below Yellowstone?
Last Answer : Not much you can do about it! What’s to worry?
Description : What has been happening in the Caribbean?
Last Answer : Uh, this is a pretty broad question. Just limiting the answer to hurricanes would take several paragraphs.
Description : I am worried about experiencing an earthquake. Do you have any advice?
Last Answer : Don't be scared of an earth quake. I've been living in CA 12 years. I've been awake for 2 earthquakes. I've never seen a single bit of property damage from any of them. Buildings ... are built specifically to withstand earthquakes. Unless it's an 8+ magnitude, I think everything should be fine.
Description : The Greater Los Angeles Area (Hawthorne)
Last Answer : I live in Sacramento, 400 miles away, and some friends called to ask me about it. To them, California is where I live – duh.
Description : Do you have a bug out bag?
Last Answer : I just started working on a Go Bag, but have stored a bunch of stuff at home (mainly water and food). The City of San Francisco has a website with useful information for earthquake (and other natural ... including suggestions for what to include in a Go Bag. Let's hope we never have to use them.
Description : Will the olympics still be in china?
Last Answer : answer:Beijing is unaffected by the earthquake so there won't be much of a reduction in tourists and olympic teams due to physical damage, I'd be more worried about boycotts due to human ... have been being made, the costs of such extensive planning and construction of venues must be astronomical.
Description : Did anyone in SoCal just feel the earthquake?
Last Answer : yes yes Soo long.
Description : How do we use nuclear energy to generate electricity?
Last Answer : nuclear energy is produce by nuclei of atom
Description : Why is wind power not used to generate electricity needed for large cities?
Last Answer : Simply because of the space that would be needed for thewind-turbines ! The amount of power produced by a single windturbine is relatively small. In order to power a large city, youwould need thousands of turbines - which would occupy huge swathesof land !
Description : In a typical power plant used to generate electricity in the U.S., the percentage of energy in the fuel that is converted to electricity is about: w) 99 percent x) 50 percent y) 35 percent z) 10 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 35 PERCENT
Description : What the major problems associated with generating electricity using nuclear power plants?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : About what percent of the electricity used in the United States is currently being produced by nuclear power plants? w) 5 percent x) 10 percent y) 20 percent z) 30 percent
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 20 PERCENT
Description : Of the following answers, which is closest to the percentage of electricity generated by nuclear power plants in the U.S. in 1987? w) 5% x) 10% y) 20% z) 40%
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 20%
Description : How much natural gas, coal, etc does it take to generate enough electricity for every electric car in America?
Last Answer : That depends mainly on how quickly America converts away from generating energy using gas and coal. See for example the article: How much more energy will the US need to electrify everything?
Description : Could the radiation on Mars be used to generate electricity?
Last Answer : I defer to Rocketguy who is a literal rocket scientist. But I don’t think so. Certainly it wouldn’t be a regular source of energy. Even solar isn’t a regular source of energy.
Description : Is it possible or practical to generate electricity utilizing the magnetic field of the earth?
Last Answer : nope. not for us anyway. we’ve nothing to affix our velocity to.
Description : What energy does an electric cell use to generate electricity ?
Last Answer : Electric cells generate electricity using chemical energy.
Description : How do I generate electricity from water ?
Last Answer : It is possible to generate electricity from water currents. In this case, the turbine is rotated using the current , which produces mechanical energy. This turbine is coupled with generator or alternator. ... generated with the help of commutator is converted to DC and supplied to the outside load.
Description : How does Ilmach generate electricity ?
Last Answer : Electric eel can generate electricity in its body. That electric shock can injure or even kill you. Even crocodiles have been found to be severely injured. These are found all over the world. Especially in ... to each other and act like a battery at once. And this is how electricity is created.
Description : What is the reaction of a fuel cell to generate electricity ?
Last Answer : Answer : Electricity is generated from fuel by the redox reaction that takes place between the two electrodes of the fuel cell.
Description : Say the methods a little ..
Last Answer : Collect the stone crumbs and grind them then fill them in two tubes and then attach them to the conductor.
Description : Why does the splitting atoms generate electricity?
Last Answer : If you mean nuclear fission, then this does not generateelectricity directly. The energy released is essentially light/heatenergy and this is used to heat water to produce steam. The steamis then used to drive turbines/generators to produce theelectricity.
Description : How does geothermal energy is used to generate electricity from steam?
Last Answer : The heat from the earth is used to heat water. The water is usedto turn a turbine - which generates electricity.
Description : Why does a car engine still need a battery if it can generate its own electricity?
Last Answer : It needs the battery to store enough energy to restart theengine when it has been turned off. Without the battery you wouldhave to start the engine manually with a crank (as they did ... electrical systems toprevent variations in the voltage of the electrical system withchanges in engine speed, etc.
Description : How much more electricity does biomass energy generate than coal?
Last Answer : I am pretty sure that LESS electricity is generated withbiomass, meaning that its use is not as common as coal.
Description : Why do we need coal to generate electricity?
Description : Do small personal windmills generate enough electricity for my whole house?
Last Answer : Each house is different and there are many things to take into account when thinking of using windmills to power your house. You have to take into consideration how much power you use and how much wind ... how many windmills you will need. It can take up to 8 windmills to power the average house.
Description : How can static electricity generate an electrical force to make your hair stand on end?
Last Answer : Static Electricity generator an electrical force can make your hair stand on end that happens because, your hair has picked up extra electrons. This causes your hair to repel against each other(Like charges ... tightly packed, the furthest any hair can get from another hair is to stand straight up.
Description : In a temporary forest camp, the best way to generate electricity for several hours is to use
Last Answer : diesel engine.