America's Road to Fame

Chapter 310 Request for Refund

On October 10, after the outbreak of the sovereign debt crisis, Ireland became the second euro zone country to apply for assistance from the EU.

The European Union seems to have forgotten what they once said, "Greece is just an exception, and will not provide such assistance to euro zone countries in the future", and urgently approved a total of 850 billion euros in aid to Ireland.

Affected by this, Europe was once again shrouded in the shadow of the crisis, and the euro fell to 1.1712 against the dollar, which was close to the previous low of 2005 in November 11.

The news on this day, in addition to the latest developments in the European debt crisis, is that the Management Committee of the Island of Atlanta has asked the people of the original Palu and their mutual funds to return some or all of the purchase money. .

The reason is that they discovered anomalies during their geological research on the formerly known as Palu, now Atlan Island.

Then the Atlanta Management Committee invited experts including the United States, Japan, and China, which are currently excellent in earthquake research in the world, to carry out detection and research on Atlanta Island again, and concluded that the vicinity of Atlanta Island The geological activities and related data are indeed suspicious, and the possibility of major geological disasters in the near future is relatively high.

It is worth mentioning that experts from Huaguo accidentally discovered the emergence of seabed bubbles in the waters near Atlanta Island. The specific reason is still unclear, but they pointed out the possibility of earthquakes in addition to the opinions of Japanese experts. , does not rule out the possibility of a submarine volcanic eruption.

Therefore, in response to these conclusions, the Atlanta Management Committee believes that there is a great possibility of major geological disasters occurring on Atlanta Island or its surrounding areas in the near future. In addition to issuing early warnings to neighboring countries, they also proposed to increase the A supplemental agreement whereby, in the event of a disaster, the other party would refund some or all of their claim to purchase Palu.

In response to the Atlanta Management Committee's request to return part or even all of the funds for the purchase of Palu Island, Palu's side strongly stated that this is a performance of no credit at all, and the so-called geological disasters of the Atlanta side are simply groundless. It is guessed that they hope that the other party will first enhance their sense of responsibility and contract spirit before learning how to govern the territory, and respect the agreements that have been signed under the notarization of international parties.

In this regard, as the official of Palu at this time, the Australian side also came forward, saying that the Palu people will protect their due rights under their own governance, so they will follow up on this matter. Please Atlanta Management Committee abide by the agreement.

This is obviously on Palu's side. After all, the funds Palu received are already considered Australian domestic funds at this time. At this time, they are damaged by the subprime mortgage crisis and facing the impact of the European debt crisis. They also need as much as possible. funds to keep the domestic economy alive.

In addition, all parties in the world have expressed concern about this matter.If it is indeed as Atlanta said, then it seems reasonable for them to ask Palu to return part of the funds. After all, the island will be damaged by geological disasters shortly after buying it back. It is hard to say whether Palu has already had something information.

But the key point is that the experts invited by the Atlanta Management Committee cannot give a positive statement on the prediction of geological disasters.

This is normal, even now that human science and technology are advancing with each passing day, it is still extremely difficult to predict disasters such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Among the similar disasters that have occurred so far, whether it is earthquakes or volcanic eruptions involving sea , There are very few people who can really make accurate predictions.

It has to be said that for the research on earthquakes, as a region with frequent crustal activities and frequent earthquakes, Japan, the relevant experts there are also relatively leading in the world.

Most of the several methods for predicting earthquakes are first proposed by Japanese scientists.

These methods include:

The first one is the RTM method.This is an evaluation algorithm for seismic activity developed by Professor Yosuke Nagao of the Earthquake Prediction Research Center, Tokai University, Japan.In this method, R is the area, T is the time, and M is the magnitude of the earthquake. A certain formula is used to calculate the possible occurrence of the earthquake.

The principle of this method is that the movement between the crustal plates has a fixed law, and random small earthquakes are releasing the destructive energy generated by the movement of the plates.On the eve of a major earthquake, there is often a certain period of time when the seismic activity decreases and becomes "abnormally quiet", indicating that energy is accumulating. trick".

The RTM algorithm is to use a formula to calculate whether the seismic activity in a certain area has decreased to determine whether the area has entered a seismogenic period. Once the "abnormally quiet" period ends, it may mean that a major earthquake is about to occur.

The second is the ionospheric TEC anomaly before the earthquake. When the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred in Japan in 1995, an ionospheric anomaly appeared 80 kilometers above the epicenter.A professor of geophysics at Hokkaido University used radio waves transmitted by GPS satellites to ascertain changes in the electron density of the ionosphere.He found that 40 minutes before the earthquake, the electron density of the ionosphere above the epicenter increased by about [-]% compared with the surrounding area.

Although the reason for this is still unknown, it is hoped that this method can be used to predict large earthquakes, but this method is still being perfected.

The third is the abnormal concentration of radon in the atmosphere. The principle is that before the earthquake, the interior of the earth’s crust is under pressure, causing partial destruction of the earth’s crust. However, at this time, the “radon” trapped in the earth’s crust is released into the atmosphere and groundwater
Radon is produced by the radioactive decay of radium contained in rocks and is found in the Earth's crust.Part of the generated radon dissolves in groundwater and flows out, and part of it accumulates in the voids of the earth's crust, is released into the air, and diffuses into the atmosphere.

Radon concentrations in the atmosphere and groundwater may fluctuate due to crustal movement and volcanic activity, so experts in Japan have also been researching how to predict earthquakes by examining changes in radon concentrations.

These three methods are commonly used by Japanese experts to predict earthquakes, but the first method is generally an "abnormally quiet" period one year before a major earthquake, so long-term observations are needed to compare data.

And the second method can only be predicted within one hour before the earthquake erupts.

Therefore, this time, Japanese experts mainly determined through the third method, because through their research, the concentration of radon in the air will rise significantly starting one month before the earthquake.

Of course, this method is not the only one. Chen William has recruited geological experts to conduct data exploration on the entire island of Atlanta since September, so there are still more data retained, and it is also because he has already prepared for it. , and be able to respond on the grounds of preparation for large-scale construction.

Therefore, by comparison, compared with the data of other regions at the same latitude and longitude, the contrast intensity of address activities in the Atlanta region can be seen to be "quiet".Moreover, the detected radon concentration in the surrounding area also tends to be high. Based on these, they speculate that there is a possibility of an earthquake occurring here.

But it is not so sure. After all, relatively speaking, the data here is still too little, and even Japan, which has accumulated data all the year round, is not so accurate in predicting earthquakes. This is also the difficulty of detecting this kind of deep-seated movement. .

As for the volcanic eruption, if it is a volcano above the ground, it can also be observed by installing detectors for a long time. Before the volcanic eruption, there will often be obvious detectable signals, such as gas emissions, rising surface water temperature or Slow expansion, which can be monitored through satellite data.

However, if it involves volcanoes on the seabed, it is difficult to monitor the above data. This time, it is only a speculation made by experts from Huaguo who accidentally discovered the emergence of bubbles on the seabed. As for whether there will really be an eruption of a seabed volcano , Even they themselves dare not be too sure.

Therefore, under the combination of these circumstances, the speculation about the possible occurrence of geological disasters put forward by Atlanta does not seem to be so tenable, and it is no wonder that most of the relevant parties are skeptical.

Even Atlanta's request to Palu to return part of the funds was the result of William Chen's push behind the scenes. Otherwise, Erica would not have the confidence to really ask for a refund after getting such speculation. .

(End of this chapter)