[Phys-L] Re: World Jump Day

[Vern Lindberg <vwlsps@RIT.EDU>]

In college (late 60's), the version I heard of this was that the
Communist Chinese were going to set off earthquakes to destroy the
western world by having their citizens jump. It being far before the
web, the rumor spread slowly, and I never remember anyone taking it
seriously.

Vern Lindberg

> From: "Anthony Lapinski" <anthony_lapinski@PDS.ORG>
> To: <PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:59 PM
> Subject: World Jump Day
>
>
> I received this website from my physics colleague. The idea is for
> people
> on Earth to simultaneously jump to alter Earth's orbit to reduce
> global
> warming. Yea, I thought it was a joke, too, until I went to the
> website:
>
> [ http://www.venehammerschlag.com/worldjumpday/
> ]http://www.venehammerschlag.com/worldjumpday/
>
> This will take place on July 20, 2006. Apparently, nearly
> 400,000,000
> people have already registered, and 600,000,000 are required for
> this to
> work! Is this for real??? I wonder if this group has any
> affiliation with
> the Flat Earth Society...
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