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Subject: Re: Recording earthquakes from 3rd floor
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F3n_Fr=EDmann?= jonfr@.........
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:34:19 +0000


Hi Pete,

I don't have a job yet. But I am trying anyway to make my web site my
job. My plan is to go into school in Denmark when the time comes. But
other then that I am going to write, as I want to write a book (sci-fi).

Regards,
J=F3n Fr=EDmann.

On m=E1n, 2011-01-24 at 19:36 -0800, Pete Rowe wrote:
> Hi Jon
> What are you going to do in Denmark? Did you get a job there?
> Good wishes for an smooth move!
> Pete
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> --- On Mon, 1/24/11, J=F3n Fr=EDmann  wrote:
>        =20
>         From: J=F3n Fr=EDmann 
>         Subject: Re: Recording earthquakes from 3rd floor
>         To: psnlist@..............
>         Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 7:21 PM
>        =20
>         Hi Dave,
>        =20
>         I won't have the option getting the geophone to the ground.
>         Also the
>         local animal live and insect live would be a problem.
>        =20
>         But in theory a house should move in the same way as a
>         earthquake does.
>         It is also a fact that Denmark doesn't have a lot of
>         earthquakes. In
>         fact, I think that they mostly have close to zero earthquakes
>         on land
>         and less then 10 earthquakes in one year off the coast.
>        =20
>         Regards,
>         J=F3n Fr=EDmann.
>        =20
>         On =FEri, 2011-01-25 at 14:05 +1100, dave.nelson@...............
>         wrote:
>         > Hi Jon,
>         >               I suggest that its going to be a significant
>         problem as you are no longer really recording the earthquake.
>         As I said in the previous mail.  Rather you are recording the
>         building's response to the quake which is a whole different
>         thing !!.=20
>         >     If it was me I would be doing all I could,once you have
>         relocated to that building to try and get a cable down to
>         ground level so that the geophone can be buried in the ground
>         or at the very least securely affixed to the concrete base
>         (footpaths  etc) surrounding the building, if you cannot get
>         to soil to bury the geophone. Its not going to be perfect but
>         its going to give you a much more "accurate" recording of the
>         seismic waves  :)
>         >=20
>         > Dave
>         >=20
>         >=20
>         >=20
>         > > Jn Frmann  wrote:
>         > >=20
>         > Hi Dave,
>         >=20
>         > I know, and this is why that I did ask about if this would
>         be a problem.
>         > It appears that it won't be a problem. But there is a
>         question how well
>         > this is going to work in Denmark, as houses there are build
>         from bricks
>         > like in most other places in Europe (far as I know anyway).
>         >=20
>         > Regards,
>         > Jn Frmann.
>         >=20
>         > On ri, 2011-01-25 at 07:20 +1100, Dave Nelson wrote:
>         > > The problem with elevating the seismometer is that the
>         main thing you are
>         > > recording is the buildings' response to the seismic waves
>         rather than the=20
>         > > seismic
>         > > waves themselves.
>         > >=20
>         > >    The further up in the building you are the more the
>         building=20
>         > > sways,  even for distance events.
>         > >=20
>         > > Dave
>         > >=20
>         > >=20
>         > >=20
>         > >=20
>         > > At 06:43 AM 25/01/2011, you wrote:
>         > > >I'm on the third floor, and as you can see by the
>         pictures on my website,=20
>         > > >the result is that you'll see all the big earthquakes
>         easily.
>         > > >
>         > > >http://www.brasswings.com/seis.html
>         > > >
>         > > >But of course there is a huge amount of background noise.
>         > > >Wind is the biggest issue.   Windy days can block out
>         pretty much everything.
>         > > >You'll also find that the floor probably isnt solid
>         enough to rest a=20
>         > > >seismometer on.     The weight of a human is enough to
>         register full scale=20
>         > > >deflection as the floor sags, when you move from one side
>         of the room to=20
>         > > >the other.
>         > > >The best I could do is to lift the sensor box off the
>         floor and press it=20
>         > > >up against the wall (in a corner) with the weight of some
>         bricks.
>         > > >If you've got the ability to measure it (with an
>         inclinometer), you'll=20
>         > > >also see how much the building sways backward and forward
>         through the=20
>         > > >course of the day and it heats up and cools down.
>         > > >
>         > > >But as you say, its worth a try anyway.   You might have
>         a more solid=20
>         > > >building than mine.
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > >
>         > > >Glenn
>         > > >
>         > >
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