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To: Taro who wrote (247440)8/25/2005 12:29:53 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572172
 
I must admit, that I have never seen this theory been tied up with the lost day of the Bible, but my understanding was that the event imagined would have happened quite rapidly with the crust tipping over within a fairly short time, whatever that could be by geological measures.

But for sure it's an interesting idea, which would explain a lot and in particular that a major relocation of the poles sometime in the history of Earth would explain a a few things like a past tropical climate in Antarctica.

Anyway, if such an event took place with 24 hours, at a rotating speed of a 1000 miles per hour, I wonder how many people would survive such a G heavy event to tell about it.


Tell your bible belt friends........they will eat it up and find a way to incorporate it in their latest theory on the creation of the earth.



To: Taro who wrote (247440)8/31/2005 12:22:46 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 1572172
 
Not only the deceleration stress, but there is also the fact that the atmosphere wouldn't stop instantly, it would keep its momentum around the earth (imagine 1000 mph winds at the equator). And the heat from the energy applied, and from the friction of the earth stopping would be incredible. You wouldn't be talking about how many people would survive (the answer would be 0), but whether or not any life on earth could survive or would the earth be sterilized.

Tim