Hurricane Irma is so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes

[RandySF]

Hurricane Irma is so strong it's showing up on seismometers — equipment designed to measure earthquakes.

"What we’re seeing in the seismogram are low-pitched hums that gradually become stronger as the hurricane gets closer to the seismometer on the island of Guadeloupe," said Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

The noise is likely caused by high winds — which cause tiny motions in the ground — and also by trees swaying in the wind, which also transfers energy into the ground, he said. The seismometer is located close to the ocean, so waves crashing along the coastline reverberate around the island, also generating seismic energy, Hicks added.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/09/05/hurricane-irma-so-strong-its-registering-devices-designed-detect-earthquakes/634419001/

[Angry Dragon]

1. no climate change here

[wasupaloopa]

2. So how many strong hurricanes need to happen before economics

forces a belief in global warming.

Insurance companies can't take too many hits before they pull out of an area

[Iliyah]

3. Never pursuant to the RWers because ya know

Liberals/Dems/Progressives control the weather.

[AllaN01Bear]

4. !!!

[YOHABLO]

5. Looks like it's going straight up the middle of FL and perhaps right up the east coast.

Perhaps when it hits land fall it will weaken. It's a monster right now. Fasten your seat belts.

[Laffy Kat]

6. My sister lives right outside of Tallahassee and she emailed me tonight..

To say today, at least five days with no more information than they have now, you cannot find bottled water anywhere. Is anyone else having this problem? I'd say, if you live ANYWHERE in FL at this point, start putting away H2O.

[longship]

7. Not uncommon.

Seismology has rather precise instrumentation. It is not surprising that a hurricane can be detected by seismologists thousands of miles away.

After all, one cannot explode a bomb on earth without it being detected. The guys at CalTech are rather good at it.