One day feeling like crap, the other feeling sheepish. Today is a whole new day.
What happened to all my posts?
The last extreme super moon we had was on the 10th Jan 2005 about the same time as 9.0 Indonesian earthquake, and that one was on a new moon this one is on the full moon,
thommo, you missed the one on 12 Dec 2008 which was closer than the 2005 one - 356,567 vs 356,571 km respectively. The 90 and 93 approaches were even closer - 356,526 and 356,548 km respectively.
As you can see from the numbers though, there isn't much in it. There was a very distant approach in 1991 at 357,600 km so the difference between a close and a distant one was about 1,000 km ... bang on 0.3%
... and yes, there was a 9.0 earthquake about the time of the 2005 approach. There were very few earthquakes around the time of the 90-92 approaches.
I was thinking hard, and you are probably third or fourth funniest on my list. Hasn't been to much to laugh about lately. Ricky Nixon, Brendan Fevola's brother are first and second.
maybe there could be a reactor down Wonthaggi {vic] way as there will be a desalination plant opening soon that will be available to provide the water required for cooling purposes!
A nuclear power plant specified Gnangara as a possible location in the 70's, it is on the Gnangara mound.