Ken Ring, a New Zealander from www.predictweather.com has some interesting things to say about the weather and moon cycles which affect what we experience here on earth including the very strong winds. Having studied his predictions with respect to when it could rain here in Australia for some while now, and following his interpretations of how the weather is affected by the moon's North and Southern declination and the closeness or otherwise of both the moon and the sun and their effects on Earth weather, I have to say he's much more accurate than the 'conventional' weather bureaus, (but then, that wouldn't be hard) and his theories make some sense to me and do help to explain certain events. He also believes the angle of the moon, sun and other planets to the Earth also make Her more susceptible to earthquakes in certain areas because of the pressures generated, as well as affecting the weather under the effect of long-term cycles (some far longer than we have any decent weather data for).
Ken Ring is very anti the whole global warming thing which he argues is again caused by the Earth's natural cycles and its all part of the process. He also dismisses HAARP and other man-made manipulation which I think personally is a mistake but then no-one has all the bits of the puzzle. In terms of weather manipulation, based purely on my observations - I've seen what looks very like DOR cloud formations that I've never seen before, the most peculiar being the unshaken duvet (US=doona?) look, a large cloud mass with many little pockets, dark and feeling ominous but no rain ever comes from it and it seems to me to 'suck energy' out of its surroundings, but that is just my feeling, summed up by "it doesn't look or feel natural".
His theories on increased earthquake potentiality do not preclude their subsequent manipulation to make them really 'go' of course, just that he highlights the more likely times for them to occur and correlation with actual earthquake findings appear to substantiate this theory or at least warrant further investigation.
This is perhaps, a long way of saying, you might find the following interesting:
A Basic looks at Weather Cycles:
http://www.predictweather.com/articles.asp?ID=31
A Case for the Moon:
http://www.predictweather.com/articles.asp?ID=16
Natural Cycles:
http://www.predictweather.com/articles.asp?ID=42
The piece on the Moon in particular offers some interesting thoughts about the moon's gravity (para 2) but the rationale is predicated on the fact that the moon landings actually happened, otherwise the reason the astronaut could not jump as high as was postulated may be very different.....
If the moon was manufactured, as per Lyra's excellent thread, "Who built the moon?" then perhaps its orbit and behaviour was/is manipulated too?
If anyone can spot any glaring errors in Ring's work, I'd be very pleased to hear them. I feel there's more to it but that there is also some basis in there and trust you will find it interesting.
Sheila
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