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Old 20-February-2005, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cyswxman
So if the windstorms are caused by a sudden jerk of the Earths' crust, wouldn't anyone standing where this jerk occurred be immediately displaced in the direction that they were going before the earth under thier feet decided to abruptly change direction?????
Cf. Larson, "Continental drift whiplash".