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Cryoseisms: A Case of Mother Earth's Cold Shivers .. and not an Earhquake .. A Watchman's Report

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       Frost and ice may be beatiful looking on trees and windows, but underground it can expand and cause a small quake in your neighborhood! Photo by AccuWeather.com Facebook fan Matt. M.

Cold snap creates odd ‘frostquakes’

 

Saturday, February 12, 2011  02:51 AM

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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February usually brings frigid temperatures, snow and ice, but southwestern Ohio residents are learning that it also can carry some rattle and boom.

A cold snap that swept through the state Wednesday night and Thursday morning produced a series of house-shaking, explosive-sounding “frost quakes” that residents of Darke and Miami counties in Ohio and Randolph County in eastern Indiana felt for hours.

Frost quakes, or cryoseisms, are caused when a sudden drop in temperature causes moisture in soil to freeze, expand and crack. The energy released is strong enough to shake the ground and create loud noises.

The quakes occurred from 1 to 9 a.m. on Thursday and prompted a number of people to call 911. Local officials called the military and emergency-management agencies in Ohio and Indiana.

“It was just a thunderous boom-type sound,” said Jack Staudt, a Miami County 911 supervisor who experienced a frost quake at work. “I thought a piece of ice had fallen off the (radio) tower and hit the building.”

Brandon Redmond, Darke County’s 911 director, said one quake shook his house so hard that the lights flickered.

“I never experienced shaking like this,” Redmond said.

Officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force base near Dayton said they had no flights or training exercises in the area.

Michael Hansen, who directs the Ohio Seismic Network, said that because no earthquakes were detected, frost quakes were the only remaining logical explanation.

Hansen said the recipe for a frost quake requires a sunny day that helps thaw ice and snow, followed by a quick freeze. Beyond that, he said little is known about what causes frost quakes to occur in some regions and not others.

“These things are really poorly understood,” Hansen said.

Frost quakes are more common in northeastern states, including New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine.

In Ohio, Hansen said he believes frost quakes were behind reports of shaking and booming noises in the Newark area on Feb. 14, 2007.

This week, temperatures were well below 40 degrees, which is the average temperature for this time of year.

Starting today, temperatures should continue to rise into next week. By Thursday, you can expect temperatures in the low 50s, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

This warmer weather is expected to last a couple of weeks, said Chris Bradley, chief meteorologist at WBNS-TV (Channel 10).

“It’s going to feel really good,” Bradley said. “The last time we hit 50 degrees was on New Year’s Day.”

The higher temperatures could give us a bit of a mental-health boost as well, said Bill Friday, a Whitehall psychologist who specializes in depression.

The vitamin D we get from sunlight helps us feel better physically, avoid illnesses and regulate our moods, he said.

“I just love warm weather,” Friday said. “You anticipate plants starting to come up through the snow; you anticipate that summer will be here.”

Reports of earth shaking in Maine possibly due to cryoseisms.

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In each instance listed below, the reported effects were felt by a single household or a few neighbors, and occurred when the New England seismic monitoring network detected no true earthquake activity. These reports were received by the Maine Geological Survey (MGS) by phone, e-mail, or web site submission.

Report 1.
Date January 14, 2000 and January 15, 2000
Local Time 4-8 a.m. At least three or four times both nights.
Town Skowhegan
Reported effects Deep rumbling that seemed to quickly pass through the house. House creaked, windows rattled, small objects vibrated.
MGS Comments Probable cryoseisms. Occurrence during cold overnight hours, and recurrence on successive nights are typical. National Weather Service records from the town of Gray show that south-central Maine had unusually warm temperatures from January 1 to 12 (including rain), followed by a week of very cold temperatures. In addition, the ground was bare until the first measurable snowfall of the winter on January 16. This is the ideal weather scenario for the reported cryoseisms on the 14th and 15th.
 
Report 2.
Date December 13, 2000
Local Time 7:20 p.m.
Town Hollis
Reported effects Felt chair and computer “shudder” and house vibrate twice, for 3-4 seconds each, about 5 minutes apart.
MGS Comments According to the National Weather Service records for December, 2000, the temperature did drop dramatically on the 13th, after two warm days, and there was no snow cover until the 14th, so cryoseisms could occur. But the low temperature was still above zero, and the reported occurrence in early evening would not have been during the coldest part of the day, so it is uncertain whether this was a cryoseism.
 
Report 3.
Date February 11, 2002
Local Time 7:35 p.m.
Town Wayne
Reported effects Booming sound
MGS Comments February, 2002, was marked by a lack of snowfall and generally warm temperatures (see NWS monthly summary). The daily record shows overnight temperatures dropped to near zero from 2/11 to 2/14, so this report might represent a cryoseism.
 
Report 4.
Date February 25, 2003
Local Time 3 a.m.
Town Phillips
Reported effects Loud boom. Crack outside, in snow crust, 1/2 inch wide and 30 ft. long. Crack in concrete cellar floor the length of the house (70 ft.)
MGS Comments Records from the National Weather Service office in Gray for February, 2003 show that after being unseasonably warm from the 19th to the 24th, overnight temperatures did drop to zero on the 25th. The reported occurrence at 3 a.m. is typical of cryoseisms. But there was significant snow cover at the time, which is unusual for cryoseisms.
 
Report 5.
Date January 14, 2004
Local Time 12:30 a.m.
Town Lewiston
Reported effects Whole house shook hard for maybe 3 seconds. Felt like an explosion down the street. Rumbling, but no noise.
MGS Comments National Weather Service records for early January, 2004, show ideal conditions for cryoseisms: Very thin snow cover, seasonable or above normal temperatures from January 1 to 7, then a cold snap from the 8th to the 16th. The high temperature in Gray on the date of this report was 3 degrees below zero, with a low of -14. Probably a cryoseism.
 
Report 6.
Date January 15, 2004
Local Time around 10 p.m.
Towns Turner – Mechanic Falls area
Reported effects County Emergency Management officials received several calls about shaking and loud noises.
MGS Comments Probably cryoseisms. This was the second consecutive day of subzero temperatures.
 
Report 7.
Date January 16, 2004
Local Time 3:50 a.m.
Towns Montville and Unity
Reported effects Moderately loud rumble and tremor, similar to blasting of bedrock during construction. People were awakened.
MGS Comments Reports from the two towns were probably separate small cryoseism events at about the same time. Third consecutive day of subzero temperatures.
 
Report 8.
Date January 26, 2004
Local Time 5:15 a.m.
Town Kennebunk
Reported effects Moderately loud boom. Small crack in ground for 25-30 feet. Neighbors did not notice anything.
MGS Comments National Weather Service records in southern Maine for late January, 2004, show ideal conditions for cryoseisms: No snow cover, seasonable temperatures from January 17 to 22, then a cold snap with high temperatures in the teens, and low temperatures below zero. Probably a cryoseism.
 
Report 9.
Date January 21, 2005
Local Time 2:08 a.m.
Town Auburn
Reported effects Loud rattling noises awakened people in house. Lamps and other objects on tables vibrated and moved. Caused new crack in driveway, about ¼ inch wide. Cracked ceramic tile in kitchen.
MGS Comments Probably a cryoseism. National Weather Service records in southern Maine for January, 2005, show seasonable to above normal temperatures from January 1 to 16, then a cold snap from the 17th to the 21st. Relatively thin snow cover after rain on the 14th. Occurrence after midnight and presence of a crack on plowed driveway are consistent with cryoseism.
 
Report 10.
Date January 28, 2005
Local Time 11:58 p.m.
Town Eustis
Reported effects Moderately loud noise – I’d call it a good jolt. I checked the basement [for damage]. Small objects vibrated.
MGS Comments Probably a cryoseism. National Weather Service records in southern Maine for January, 2005, show cold nighttime temperatures from the 17th to the 28th. Occurrence at midnight and felt effects are typical of cryoseisms.
 
Report 11.
Date January 28 and 30, 2005
Local Time (1/28) 8:30 and 10:45 p.m.;
(1/30) 6:30, 7:30, 8:45, and 9:10 p.m.
Town Limington
Reported effects Noise and ground shaking. A neighbor went outside to see if his car had exploded. Crack in paved driveway.
MGS Comments Probably cryoseisms. National Weather Service records in southern Maine for January, 2005, show cold nighttime temperatures from the 17th to the 30th. Repeated occurrence on different nights is common.



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      Boy, the American Public will believe any BS, won’t they? Ice quakes? I’ve lived in the northeast all my 50+ years and NEVER has there EVER been an ice quake. This is nonsense. However, a better choice would be satellite-based weaponry being used to hit the earth and cause the New Madrid fault to rupture. Read the book, “Satellite Terrorism in America,” and read about gang stalking of innocent people and advanced weaponry in space. In case you weren’t aware, there are videos on YouTube with a US Navy map showing a huge, gaping hole in the Gulf of Mexico and a split in the earth of the US all the way up to the Great Lakes. It shows the eastern part of the country separated from the midwest and the rest of the country. Now how would they know that? FEMA right now is buying millions of blankets and long-term storage dehydrated food in size #10 cans, with an expectation of 7 million survivors from this catastrophic “earth” quake, which will be manmade.

      People in India heard the same blasts and earthquakes after the tsunami in 2004, and it sure doesn’t snow there. Their scientists recorded blasts hitting the ground at evenly-spaced intervals going up the entire subcontinent. They, thank God, are not as stupid as we are, and recognized that it was a deliberate event. As a interesting point, India is supposed to sink into the ocean, with a little help from space-based weapons, perhaps? Considering that there are many YouTube videos on population reduction, including one from about the 1970-80′s showing an ugly, bushy-haired man talking about getting rid of the “undesirables,” what better way to get rid of people than by unnatural disasters? All the major crop growing areas of the world are being hit with manufactured cyclones, hurricanes and earthquakes, and with no food comes famine, starvation and death of many more millions, or even billions.

      Check out the Georgia Guidestones if you don’t believe me. The world’s elite don’t like us “useless eaters” and are planning to get rid of 90% of the world’s population. They wrote in stone their intention to limit the earth’s population to a mere 500 million, which means they have to get rid of the rest of us. In case you weren’t aware, the Green Agenda of the UN calls for depopulation of the planet to keep it “green.” Earthquakes, floods, and let’s not forget endless wars using depleted uranium is killing millions and poisoning our own troops. Add toxic vaccinations, like Gardasil which kills our children, first girls and now boys will be mandated by the
      “state” to get it–do you really want your children shot up with neurotoxins like mercury, formeldyhyde, aluminum and diseased monkey parts, plus the added insult of tissue from aborted American babies!!! Get on Dr. Rebecca Carley’s website about vaccine toxicity, watch her videos on YouTube and have your eyes opened to the crippling diseases and death caused by these vaccines!

      Check out videos on Morgellan’s Disease, a fiber disease which began in America and is now worldwide. Its victims suffer horribly and die slowly, with intense itching and the sensation of things crawling and biting under the skin, and much worse. Where did it come from? Take a guess. Somebody bioengineered it from a number of organisms, and it can’t be killed. The fibers which come out of the victims’ bodies have been subjected to heat of over 1000 degrees, and they don’t burn or even melt. The fibers are a living form of plastic/silicon.

      Since the 1940′s, our food has been poisoned by pesticides. If it kills the bugs, don’t you think it will also kill you? Fluoride, a toxic bone destroyer, was added to our water supplies, along with chlorine. Now there’s mercury, lithium and uranium being added to our water supply. Then there’s the dental materials–mercury and other heavy metals in the “silver” fillings. I lived with constant brain fog and the inability to communicate verbally until I got mine removed. For over 40 years I was unable to hold conversations with people, until I got the fillings removed and slowly detoxed. Then the ability to communicate grew by leaps and bounds.

      We have murdered our American babies by legalized abortion since 1972 and prevented conceptions with the pill since the 1960′s. Guess who gave us the pill? Guess who was behind abortion? You got it, the elite who want us dead. Guess who is behind the massive third world immigration into civilized western countries? We were once a Christian nation, now we are being told we can’t wear our religious crosses lest they offend these immigrants. The Western World has lived frivolously for the past 50 years and now the time has come to pay the piper.

      In case you weren’t aware, the elite have constructed huge underground cities with our taxpayer dollars, where they will go and hide until all the destructions are over. They have bought up enormous supplies of long-term storage dehydrated foods, so they and their lackeys will have plenty to eat while we starve and kill each other over a piece of gum stuck to the sidewalk. Just remember who sold our jobs overseas, and you will know who some of them are. China is now a great power with our manufacturing and even our most secret stealth weaponry is in their hands. The United States has been sold to China, and they are shortly going to send their millions of troops to collect on the debt. Read the translated speech of the Chinese defense minister on Jeff Rense program, wherein he states that the Chinese people will take our land and that it is okay if they kill 100-200 million Americans using a vaccine made in China, of course. A phony pandemic, forced vaccinations and millions of dead Americans litter the streets. There was a team of Chinese on my old street taking pictures of properties with their cell phones and laptops three years ago. This is going on under our very noses, and we are so soused with beer and the Superbowl that we can’t see it! Then there are the backscatter x-ray machines on our highways and the airport scanners which destroy our DNA. Those who resist the scanners endure sexually invasive gropings, and their complaints are ignored.

      We have brought all of this upon ourselves because we have turned our backs on God. Our once mostly moral America is now a cesspool of filth and evil. Pornography, child sexual abuse, drug and alcohol addictions, where will it end? In the cement and plastic coffins distributed across our country in the millions to hold our dead bodies. Check out Fema coffins on YouTube. They can hold three or four bodies each. Check out the use of guillotines as the method of execution. There’s so much more for you to know, and I’m tired of trying to warn people. As we have killed our babies by abortion, so will we be killed by the foreign troops in the millions who are already here in underground bases waiting for the implementation of martial law when the economy collapses. Think of your children–what will happen to them?

      Let’s not forget the concentration camps complete with torture implements out of the Dark Ages. There are three or more of these camps in every state. Those that don’t accept the vaccinations will be herded into these camps to be killed. Don’t believe it? Wait just a little longer. When the New Madrid fault erupts, the bioengineered diseases spread, the West Coast has a devastating earthquake, the lake of magma under Yellow Stone Park explodes, and every other horrible event, the people will be so cowed, so fear filled, that they will accept anything our masters do to us, even death. Get on Steve Quayle’s website and read about the giants still roaming the earth. “Fee, fie, fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman, isn’t just a nursery rhyme. These things still exist in the mountains of Kashmir, and they eat human flesh. Some of our troops were killed and eaten by a 12 foot tall giant. (Listen to Coast to Coast, Steve Quayle, on YouTube.) Read about the ability to resurrect the dinosaurs and guess who’ll be dinner–you and me! The “elite” have shown us in the movies what’s coming upon us for decades now, as entertainment for the simple minded. Land of the free and home of the brave? Not for long.

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