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> What does that cloud formation have to do with earthquakes? Last I read about the alleged phenomena, you're supposedly looking for straight line or ripple cl
by zamalek 7y ago
> What does that cloud formation have to do with earthquakes?
Last I read about the alleged phenomena, you're supposedly looking for straight line or ripple clouds that form in seconds. The explanation is that some mechanism (originally friction) is boiling groundwater; but proponents can no longer agree on what mechanism leads to formation of the clouds.
- harshreality 7y agoWhy would earthquakes cause a significant amount of groundwater to boil? Supposing there were enough water vapor to do that, how would boiling groundwater form clouds at all, much less in seconds? There's still a lot of earth in the way between the fault and the sky. Ground shaking does not mean that energy is converted into heat. Does the ground feel hot after an earthquake? Warm at all? Earthquakes, right? Not volcanoes or magma chambers? If this phenomenon were real, wouldn't you expect it to occur right before a volcanic eruption, which actually involves large amounts of magma, near the surface, which could actually vaporize large amounts of groundwater? As far as I can tell, that doesn't happen either. The water vapor erupts with the molten rock, and mainly condenses into volcanic clouds because it has volcanic particles to condense around, not because the water vapor itself is enough to form clouds on its own before dissipating.