Feb 2016 From 16 to 29 Second Fortnight Post: Fast Radio Bursts: Gravity Waves observed in Visakhapatnam

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Volume 2016, Issue No. 2b,  Dated: 16 to 29 February 2016, Time: 12:57:35 PM

February 2016, from 16 to 29 Second Fortnight Post 

FAST RADIO BURSTS

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GRAVITY WAVES OBSERVED IN VISAKHAPATNAM

Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,

(Retd. Prof. of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004)

Res: 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,

                                                Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.

kotcherlakoa_l_n@hotmail.com

   lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

                 Present author observed the Gravity Waves and Photos are given recorded on the eve of 16 Feb 2016. The waves were observed subsequent two days as well. The Gravity Waves do they arrange in orderly manner to project out the Ice crystals in the sky in a very regular pattern.   Prof. J. Chockalingam and two co-authors, they predicted the dates for the occurrence of Earth Quakes in India and not Gravity Waves. Record cold intensified by gusting winds gripped US North-East on the Southern edge of the cold front affected Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle were hit by heavy rain, hail and tornadoes. [16 Feb at 8:31 AM EST]. Car washing is an offence in water crisis struck Gurgaon due to Jat quote stir, Feb 29.  It was indeed a meteorite, which fell on 6 Feb around 3.30 PM, inside Bharathidasan Engineering College that killed a driver in Engineering College at Vellore and shattered window panes of buildings and buses. SEM revealed the characteristics of the carbonaceous Chondrites. The earthquake with a focal depth 157km hit different parts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa in north-west Pakistan at 14.12 hours Feb 21, 2016, 07.32 PM IST. Japan successfully launched a jointly developed space observation satellite on Wednesday tasked with studying mysterious black holes, set to orbit at an altitude of about 360 miles and observe X-rays emanating mainly from black holes and galaxy clusters.  It was launched at 5:45 pm (8.45am GMT).  Only 16 detected so far, namely the Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) that last only few milliseconds. FRB identified now, from six billion light years away used to weigh the cosmic matter through which it travelled, which helped to confirm the existence of “missing matter”. Their origin still unknown.  The River in Mayantuyacu, Peru, the width of River is 25 meters, depth is about 6 meters and length of the River is 6.24 km. It's 'Earth arteries' are filled with hot water, and when they come to the surface, we see geothermal manifestations, like the boiling river. Adding Gravitas to Indian Science, Predicted by Prof. Vishveshwara (Nature Vol. 227, p.936, 1970; observed by LIGO, Physical Review Letters Vol. 116, p. 06102, 2016).

                    

INTRODUCTION
              Gravity Waves observed on the eve of 16 Feb 2016 at Visakhapatnam.  They continued to occur the next Two days.

PREAMBLE         

Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:31 AM EST

Winter storm hits U.S. North-East Coast, tornadoes tear into South

          From 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of snow blanketed Washington by nightfall, with less accumulation forecast for New York City. National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Burke said the snow would turn into freezing rain and then rain amid rising temperatures. A high school was damaged in Wesson, Mississippi, and a fire department headquarters was destroyed in Conecuh County, Alabama, the National Weather Service said. In Escambia County, Florida, about 30 homes were damaged. Almost 1,600 U.S. flights were cancelled, mostly at Washington, North Carolina and New York-area airports, according to flight tracking website. Record cold intensified by gusting winds gripped US North-East on the Southern edge of the cold front affected Alabama, Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle were hit by heavy rain, hail and tornadoes. Escambia County Florida several homes were damaged or destroyed rescue teams searching for trapped residents in debris.  Buffalo was expected to get 12 inches of snow.

 SEM revealed meteorite Feb 6
                                         

Fig.1 The meteorite which fell at an Engineering College

                      It was indeed a meteorite, which fell inside Bharathidasan Engineering College that killed a driver in Engineering College at Vellore and shattered window panes of buildings and buses. SEM revealed the characteristics of the carbonaceous chondrites. All the buildings were mildly affected by the impact of the meteorite. They termed it as “BEC 1”.

2D semi-conducting SnO 16 Feb

                      New York India origin engineer discovered a new kind of 2D semi-conducting material for electronics that allows much speedier computers and smart phones that consume a lot less power. The semi-conductor made of SnO. The material benefit is that it is made of one layer the thickness of just one or two atoms. 

GRAVITY WAVES IN VISAKHAPATNAM
               The Gravity Waves do they arrange in orderly manner to project out the Ice crystals in the sky in a very regular pattern. The ordinary cloud formations can also be seen along with these Ice cloud crystal splendour of the Sky. Especially in Visakhapatnam they occur very bright and offer a compelling scenario of the sky.

Fig. 2a   Gravity Waves at Visakhapatnam 

 Photo0502.jpg at 17:52 PM on 16 Feb 2016

Fig. 2b Gravity Waves in Visakhapatnam

Photo0503.jpg   at 17:53 PM on 16 Feb 2016 

Fig. 2c  Gravity Waves in Visakhapatnam

Photo0504.jpg at 18:07 PM on 16 Feb 2016

Fig. 2d Gravity Waves at Visakhapatnam

                                              Photo0505.jpg  at 18:09 PM on 16 Feb 2016

Fig.2e  BBq1yXc  Red Car England Ice Particle

 iridescence nacreous clouds on Feb 2 .jpg

         The pictures of the clouds (nacreous) indicate ice particle formations quite often seen in Visakhapatnam. Why is that they stream line? 

Earth Quake sensitive dates of this year

                   January 1-4; February 27-29; March 1, 10-11, 16-17, 19-22; April 20-24; May 7-8; August 14-16, 29-30; September 1-3, 14-15, 19-21; October 6-9, 21-22, 27-28; November 6-9, 17-18, 22-24, 30; December 1-3. Planets cause Quakes, Prof. C. Jaganathan, Birla Institute of Technology, at Mesra in Ranchi, published in Journal of Advances in Remote Sensing, GIS and Geography, latest issue. All spatial locations of resultant gravity vectors (RGV) resulting from all combinations of major planets, were identified, and whenever a planetary vector crosses those RGVs, a gravity ripple is created and it perturbs the Earth's orbital path. This alters the movement pattern on the surface of as well the underground. [The New Indian Express, 16 Feb 2016]. Gravity Waves observed by me  on the 16 Feb 2016 seemingly agree with dates given by Prof. Jaganathan Chockalingam and two co-authors, but they predicted the dates for the occurrence of Earth Quakes in India and not Gravity Waves.

GOOGLE 

                                           

                                                        Fig.3 Google's floating facility for 

                                                           remote Internet to Villages. PESHAWAR

                         A 5.9 R moderate earthquake on Sunday jolted parts of Pakistan's north-western Khyber Pakthunkhwa province but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.  The earthquake with a focal depth 157 km hit different parts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa in north-west Pakistan at 14.12 hours Feb 21, 2016, 07.32 PM IST. The epicentre of the quake was at Hindu Kush mountain range inside Afghanistan at a depth.  The area which felt the tremor include north-western cities and tribal regions like Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Swat and Bajaur tribal agency.  

February 21, 2016:

Fig.10 The Alaskan Aurora on 21 Feb 2016.

                              The aurora forecast for tonight 21 Feb 2016, and the next few nights are quiet. No significant aurora activity is expected. Up north, such as in the Fairbanks area, we expect to see the “typical” quiet aurora band across the horizon. The Kp level at most is predicted to be Kp 2. Cloudy skies may block the view, as auroras are more than 60 miles upwards in the atmosphere. The aurora colours can appear any time of year, any time of the night. The colours depend on the electrons entering the earth’s upper atmosphere, colliding with atoms of oxygen and nitrogen at various altitudes. Red is a bit more rare than green but it is seen. We see pinks much more often up here in Alaska, usually on the edge of a green aurora.  

7:02AM GMT 18 Feb 2016

           Japan successfully launched a jointly developed space observation satellite on Wednesday tasked with studying mysterious black holes, the country's space agency said. The ASTRO-H satellite, developed in collaboration between the agency, NASA and other groups, is set to orbit at an altitude of about 360 miles and observe X-rays emanating mainly from black holes and galaxy clusters. It was launched at 5:45 pm (8.45am GMT).

AFRICAN CHILDREN EFFECTED

         UN says El Nino drought has left a million African children severely malnourished: Thursday 18 February 2016. Lesotho, Zimbabwe and most of South Africa declare emergencies, while in Ethiopia, the number of people in need of food assistance is expected to almost double from 10 million to 18 million

18 FEB 2016 PERU HOT RIVER

Fig.4 Peru Hot River Wonder of The World.

Incredible boiling hot River is discovered in the Amazon.jpg

             For centuries, Peruvian locals have talked about a river in the Amazon that burns so hot it can kill. According to legend, Spanish conquistadors foolishly ventured into the rainforest in search of gold, and the few men that returned told stories of poisoned water, man-eating snakes, and a River that boiled from below. It was steaming hot. When I saw this, I immediately grabbed for my thermometer, said Ruzo in a TED talk in 2014. He published a book. Average temperature in the River was 86 degrees Celsius, not quite boiling but definitely close enough, it is not a legend and the water enters deep in the earth to become hot and steams blow out. The scenario is so outstanding in the midst of trees and hills. This hot water joins the River water and flows down. The width of River is 25 meters, depth is about 6 meters and length of the River is 6.24 km.  These 'Earth arteries' are filled with hot water, and when they come to the surface, we see geothermal manifestations,  like the boiling river. This means the system is part of an enormous hydrothermal system, the likes of which haven't been seen anywhere else on the planet. The water is used to make tea and for cooking the mother of the discoverer. The river in Mayantuyacu, Peru has been found by geoscientist Andrés Ruzo who followed up on what was thought to be a legend because science says it shouldn't exist. 

WEATHER IN VISAKHAPATNAM AND El Nino

         The clear sky made the city hot since last four days, report on 19 Feb 2016, the temperatures in Telangana and Andhra are about 3 to 5 degrees excess, in several places, but due to the winds from the North, the night temperatures are far below. People feeling the cold in the night like the winter. El Nino might get lost in the middle of this year. Day temperature around 38 , which is 3 to 6 degrees excess over normal temperature, and falling down by about 3 to 6 degrees during the night because of the wet winds from the Sea. About 15 to 20  C Degrees difference persisting between day and night temperatures. This year El Nino is withdrawing. But increase in Ocean temperatures is effecting the coastal atmosphere. Most effective El Nino in the last 15 years similar to the occurrence in  1882-83 and 1997-98. Africa southern parts and Middle America experiencing the loss of life and shortage of drinking water, in spite of sudden floods. Lost nine months the increase in temperature is being noticed. In 2016 January saw an increase of 2.03 C temperature.    

RED BLOOD RIVER SUPER-SALTY 

Fig.5  Bloodfalls.jpg

                    When water from the subglacial lake seeps through a fissure in the glacier, the salty water cascades down the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney below. When the iron-rich water comes into contact with the air, it rusts - depositing blood red stains on the ice as it falls." Not only is the blood-red, super-salty water severely lacking in oxygen and any exposure to light, it also happens to be home to some extremely odd wildlife. When the lake was forming million of years ago, tiny microbes moved in, and found themselves trapped when the glaciers grew and set on top. The microbes have been thriving in the lake ever since, sourcing the energy they need by breaking down sulphates - naturally occurring substances that contain sulphur and oxygen.

Fiji Cyclone Category Five

Fig.7 The Cyclone Fiji Dated 20 Feb 2016

Fig.7a The Fiji Cyclone in colour by Mobile 

                       Fiji was on Saturday, 20 Feb 2016, struck by its most powerful ever cyclone, according to reports, as the island nation battened down the hatches with a blanket curfew and mass evacuations. The category five super-storm hit the main island of Viti Levu overnight, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, with flights cancelled and evacuation centres activated earlier in the day. Severe tropical cyclone Winston, with average winds of 220 km (136 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 315 km per hour, was the first ever category five storm to hit the nation, the Fiji Times reported.  In Fiji, 17 dead from 'monster' Cyclone Winston, schools shuttered for a week.  0224 GMT (1024 HKT) February 22, 2016. Schools, however, will be closed in Fiji for one week, the Ministry of Rural and Maritime Development and National Disaster Management said. 
                    Winds that reached 296 kph (184 mph) lashed the tiny island nation in the Pacific, felling trees, knocking out power and causing heavy flooding, Now that Tropical Cyclone Winston has passed, the arduous tasks of clean up and damage assessment from the most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere has begun. 24 Feb 2016: The death toll in Fiji has jumped to 42 amid fears for remote areas and islands yet to be reached by relief teams, days after a devastating cyclone. Cyclone Winston, thought to be one of the strongest storms to hit the Southern Hemisphere, left 8,500 sheltering in evacuation centres.

Himachal Pradesh 

               Shimla experienced widespread rainfall on the higher reaches on Saturday, 20 Feb 2016, ending a long dry spell in the hill state. Many of the middle and lower hill areas received snow intermingled with rains. Various districts reported moderate-to-heavy rain fall in last 24 hours. About 31 cm snow fall recorded at Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti district and more than four feet at 13,000 feet high Rohtang Pass. Also at Kunzum Pass, Baralach Pass, Mani Mahesh of Chamba, Dhauladhar ranges of Kangra district.

New Delhi 
             Cold conditions prevailed across North India on Friday, 19 Feb 206  with mercury dipping in many parts of the region following snowfall in hilly areas including Kashmir where the authorities issued an avalanche warning for higher reaches.

Fig.8 The Jammu & Kashmir snow fall 19 Feb 2016.

                   a. In Jammu and Kashmir, intermittent snowfall continued in upper reaches of Kashmir Valley even as mercury plummeted by several degrees, intensifying cold wave. Srinagar also recorded a drop and settled at minus 0.8 degrees Celsius. Srinagar experienced intermittent rains and snowfall throughout the day yesterday as a result of which the maximum temperature fell to 5.3 degrees Celsius - four degrees below normal during this part of the season. 

                       b. Pahalgam recorded 14 inches of snow and a drop of two degrees in the night temperature which settled at minus 2.4 degrees Celsius. The 3,880-metre high cave shrine of Amarnath and adjoining hills witnessed heavy snowfall.

Fig. 8a Sri Venkateswara Temple Tirupati, on 22 Feb 2016

The Full Moon Day. 

22 Feb 2016

Adding Gravitas to Indian Science

                       Predicted by Prof. Vishveshwara (Nature Vol. 227, p.936, 1970; observed by LIGO, Physical Review Letters Vol. 116, p. 06102)

Fig. 9 Speaking of Science: The Hindu Education Plus: S&T 02 page

SOLAR POWER: Tue, Aug 18 2015. 07 35 PM IST: 

                   Cochin becomes world’s first solar-run airport. Kerala’s Cochin International Airport has become the first airport in the world that would be running fully on solar power. Kerala’s Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) has become the first airport in the world that would be running fully on solar power. The airport officially commissioned a 12 MW solar project on Tuesday.  The state’s chief minister Oomman Chandy commissioned the project constructed on 45 acres near the cargo complex of the airport. The project was executed by Bosch Ltd at a cost of Rs. 62 crore in about six months.                         24 Feb 2016: Pak Parliament to run on world's first solar power use. It was financed and built by China, at a cost of $55 million as an act of friendship.

ANDHRA AND TELENGANA TEMPERATURE

                   Nizamabad recorded on Feb 23, 2016 a temperature of 41 C, Anatpuram 40 C, Kurnool 39 C, and Hyderabad 38.7 C. Visakhapatnam recorded only 29.8 C.

18-02-2016: Wed. Feb 17 
        As of this posting at 11 PM, 0.52" of rain has fallen in the Foothills of LosAngeles CA.

Rains lash Kolkata Published on Wed, Feb 24 2016 12:45 IST

               Rains have finally made a comeback over Kolkata and that too with a bang. Extremely heavy rain lashed the capital city of West Bengal, with Dum Dum Observatory recording 96 mm of rain in span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016. A cyclonic circulation has developed over Bangladesh and Gangetic west Bengal. Under its influence, scattered rains will continue for another 24 hours over Kolkata but a similar heavy spell is not likely.

04:36, UK, Wednesday 24 February 2016                        Three Killed As Tornadoes Hit US Deep South, Governors in both Louisiana and Mississippi declare states of emergency after the storms hit the Deep South.U.S. East lashed by severe storms that kills 3 in Gulf Coast states:

                           Wreckage covers the grounds of a mobile home park a day after it was hit by a tornado, in Convent, Louisiana. : The National Weather Service (NWS) warned of potential tornadoes through early evening from Raleigh, North Carolina, north to parts of Virginia, Maryland and the Washington area. The threat comes a day after twisters killed at least three people and left a path of destruction in Gulf Coast states. The storm destroyed a mobile home in Wayne County in central North Carolina, while wind gusts of up to 53 miles (85.3 km) per hour were reported at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport in South Carolina. Schools in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida cancelled classes or shifted hours ahead of severe weather forecast in those states. Debris from a damaged water tower is shown in this handout photo provided by Assumption Parish Sheri …In Louisiana, rescue crews combed debris for people possibly trapped after at least seven tornadoes pummelled that state and Mississippi on Tuesday 23 Feb. Among the hardest hit was the Mississippi River hamlet of Convent, in St. James Parish, Louisiana, where state officials said two people died and dozens were injured at one trailer park. About 90 percent of the estimated 160 mobile homes were destroyed at the park, located about 60 miles (100 km) west of New Orleans. Trailers toppled over and were ripped apart, while mangled cars and shoes, pillows and mattresses were scattered across the park, according to photos from the scene. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said it was "a minor miracle" the casualty toll was not higher as most of the trailers were occupied when the storm hit. In Assumption Parish, which borders St. James Parish, more than 100 homes and businesses were damaged and several were destroyed. The National Weather Service confirmed one fatality near the Mississippi town of Purvis, where a mobile home was destroyed.

US Mid-West 25 Feb 2016
                   A major wind and snow storm downed power lines, closed highways and grounded hundreds of flights over a wide swath of the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday. Feb 24 Blizzard and winter storm warnings were in effect until Thursday  Feb 25 morning for parts of Indiana, Michigan and Illinois as the National Weather Service (NWS) predicted as much as 13 inches (33 cm) of snow and winds of up to 50 mph (80 kph).  A system of storms swept across the US East Coast Wednesday, killing several people, tearing down homes, and causing power outages. Dozens of tornadoes were recorded, as well as hail the size of golf balls. More than 2,800 flights have since been cancelled. Waverly, Va.  Wednesday night, a tiny town of roughly 2,000, was perhaps hit the hardest in the state, brought tornadoes to the East Coast, killing four in Virginia, and heavy snow that cancelled hundreds of flights in the Midwest. Virginia Gov. A 2-year-old child and two men ages 50 and 26 were killed there during the storm bodies were found 300 yards away from their mobile home. At least five structures were damaged in the town of approximately 2,000 and roads leading into town had to be closed because of downed trees and debris tossed by winds gusting to 60 mph. After tornadoes damaged homes and left thousands without power across the state. The tiny town of Waverly took the brunt of the storm.  In the Midwest, the storms were accompanied by heavy snow and wind. Northern Indiana was expected to see the worst snowfall, up to 18 inches. Parts of Michigan was also projected to receive more than a foot of snow.  

Dt. 25 Feb 2016: 

                        In Vidarbha, Marathwada and Telangana surroundings up in the sky the clouds the dominated.  Coastal districts are covered by the wet winds and several places in the states the rainy clouds favoured. But in Telangana and Rayalseema at many places the temperatures are hovering high. 27 Feb was cool, but 28 and 29 Feb turned to be quite  hot with simmering Sun through out the day.

Visakhapatnam 26 Feb 2016   

                      It rained here in the morning and weather is very damp with the clouds and temperature slightly lower. 

FAST RADIO BURST & MISSING MATTER: NEWS Dated 26 Feb 2016

          Only 16 detected so far, namely the Fast Radio Bursts (FRB) that last only few milliseconds. FRB identified now, from six billion light years away used to weigh the cosmic matter through which it travelled, which helped to confirm the existence of “missing matter”. Their origin still unknown. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan’s Subaru Optical Telescope in Hawaii looked from these bursts emanated and found that they originate from an elliptical galaxy which is six billion light years away. 

26 February 2016 updated at 21:24
              Torrential rain have struck the northern parts of Peru leading to widespread flooding. Two states Telangana and Andhra experienced light rains, with Visakhapatnam totally cloudy  with no  rain, and with temperatures above by 2 to 3 degrees C than normal. Nizamabad and Kurnool registered 37 C. Visakhapatnam minimum 24 C and maximum 31 C were recorded.

Monday Feb 29, 2016 10:00 AM | Explosion from Sinabung on 25 Feb

                       Sinabung (Sumatra, Indonesia): Over the past days, activity at the volcano seems to have picked up. The frequency and size of explosions from the summit have increased and generated several ash plumes that rose up to approx 3 km height above the summit. In addition, collapses of parts of the lava lobe generated small to moderate pyroclastic flows that traveled up to 3 km down on the ESE side. One of them on Saturday reached again the (already mostly destroyed and abandoned) village of Simacem on the ESE flank at only 3 km distance from the crater.

VISAKHAPATNAM

           It rained in Visakhapatnam on 29 Feb 2016, from about 6:15 PM to 6:45 PM and all the roads have become wet that cleared only after about an hour at 7:15 PM. It was sweltering warm weather in the morning since last three days. Possibly Summer rains have set  in at Visakhapatnam.

29 February (Day 1): Weather in India 

             Thunder squall accompanied with hail very likely at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada & Vidarbha and likely at isolated places over south Madhya Pradesh, south Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

                I am indebted to Late Prof K R Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D. Sc. (London) whose enthusiasm to record whatever little finding of research by any one is a welcoming gesture for the understanding the Universe.