Seismic Subduction Tsunami Explosions

Video Documentary
Broadcast by Canadian Television

Posted online on March 27, 2005

This documentary is quite well made and quite informative for the uninitiated. It shows the location of the "Sunda Plate," west of Sumatra, and attempts to explain the phenomenon of subduction (although it's only a very rough image).

It is mentioned that a sequence of earthquakes, which are aftershocks, occurred shortly after in this region.

One of the commentators, probably a scientist or a science journalist ( ? ...), mentions the possible repetition of this tsunami phenomenon in this region. He states "that it would take decades or even centuries for this energy to be stored again in the fault in question, in the subduction zone." Unless I'm mistaken, it should rather be in thousands or tens of thousands of years. Indeed, the catastrophe caused a release of tensions, and for danger to return, these tensions would have to accumulate again. Paradoxically, except for the few "aftershocks" that have occurred in this region, it would be (according to Souriau) the areas that were most affected (such as northern Sumatra) that would now be the least at risk. This phenomenon of subduction plate movement causing a tsunami had not been recorded in human memory (counting 10,000 years). Thus, no one could suspect that such energy could be stored in this part of the world, capable of killing hundreds of thousands of people. We can therefore imagine that it would take a comparable amount of time for this energy to be stored again.

I still believe that this phenomenon could have a human origin, not in the intention of killing hundreds of thousands of humans, but to hide the test of a very powerful weapon (several thousand megatons) by detonating it in the ocean floor, in a region where seismic effects could be confused with a natural phenomenon, therefore in a subduction zone. Those who would have carried out such an interesting experiment might have anticipated that it could awaken some anger of the Earth. A budget for compensation had even been planned by the American government, unfortunately very underestimated. The location was also chosen to protect the Diago Garcia base from the ocean trench, and the time was chosen so that two US satellites would be ideally positioned to observe the effects of this "seismic weapon".

If the Canadians have presented such a report, it is because they are perfectly aware that there is an absolutely immeasurable risk that such a destructive phenomenon could occur on their own coasts, facing the British Columbia, where there is also a fault. Very destructive tsunamis have already occurred a bit further north, in Alaska. I believe we can imagine the deterrent effect of such a threat:

- If you make a move, we will trigger a phenomenon that will kill hundreds of thousands of Canadians and you won't be able to prove it's anything other than a natural phenomenon.

Note: I think that the governments threatened should place in the sea not buoys allowing them to detect the slightest rise in water signaling the start of a tsunami, a fairly expensive installation, but sensitive hydrophones capable of detecting a major underwater explosion. If I were in their place, I would do this, and it wouldn't cost a fortune. This would be equivalent to the global seismic monitoring system, intended to monitor the cessation of underground nuclear tests.

At the moment I write these lines, three months have passed since this catastrophe and already this memory is fading from human memories. Likewise, themes such as the wars in Chechnya, Iraq or other dramatic events quickly fade from people's memories. It is true that our media are there to "de-dramatize" and facilitate this fading by flooding us with fascinating events such as the 40 years of Chirac's political life, the visit to the agricultural fair, the arrival of nice weather or the explosion of a gas bottle in an old retirement home.

Stories of crushed dogs mask the daily dramatic reality of the world.

One can wonder why our media are so trivial. Is it due to a real "conspiracy"? Yesterday, the channel Arte broadcast a documentary on extraterrestrial life that had some quite well-made parts. In particular, a woman researcher was shown searching for forms of life in the most extreme conditions, and it was learned, for example, that there are bacteria that manage to live in the depths of caves, at considerable depths, far from any light, by simply exploiting the energy possibilities of the rocks present. It had already been discovered with surprise how life could develop at the bottom of the seas around "smokers," hot gas sources in regions where submarine volcanism reigns. The study of this woman shows that life can develop anywhere where there is ... a source of energy, whether solar, thermal or (and) chemical. The film mentioned the situation of Jupiter's satellites covered by icy crusts. It explained why scientists thought that a large mass of liquid water could be found on this crust, whose state could be maintained by the release of energy coming from the planet's core. Where does this release come from?

It may be (which also plays an important role in maintaining the temperature of the Earth's magma) the effect of radioactive element decay. But we must also take into account the consequences of tidal effects, related to Jupiter's proximity (which maintain, for example, intense volcanism on Io). By tidal effect, it means a continuous mixing of the planetary magma or the core of a planet, a dissipative energy phenomenon. It is therefore entirely conceivable that under the icy crust of these satellites there is liquid water, even though these celestial bodies are not in the "water zone," that is, "at a suitable distance from the Sun." Combining this with the discoveries of this woman, it would be entirely possible that under the ice of these Jupiter's satellites there is a form of life, plant or even ... animal (consuming proteins created by vagataux), totally exuberant.

Can we even talk about "plants"? The term is no longer precise enough. A plant, traditionally, is a living being that synthesizes its proteins from solar energy. It would be necessary to include this designation of "plant" in a term that would describe any form of life that synthesizes its own proteins from a form of energy, either from radiation or from energy derived from "mineral chemistry" (in contrast to "organic chemistry"). &&& One can ask if a reader would have the idea of a word designating this more general form of life.

From this angle, the Arte documentary was therefore very interesting. More disappointing: a very superficial treatment of the UFO issue, both in terms of observations and crop circles. We could see a man saying that he was trying to show that all UFO photos were fake (he showed...