FOTers
Roger's logic >> the movement of scientists and Eclipse groupies to the
south of England and the Cornish peninsular to see the eclipse is causing a
tilt on our island<< is to be commended because we did have a 'tilt'
problem in England just before the Normandy landings in the last war. The
weight of the enormous amount of British and American soldiers and
equipment (tanks, field guns, corned beef rolls and steak and kidney pies)
that moved south to gather at the southern ports the night before D Day
nearly caused total disaster. Southern England began a downward tilt into
the ocean of some 10 degrees. The immediate problem was solved when 20
divisions of extremely brave men from the Irish catering corps (45.000 men)
realized the danger everyone was in. Under the command of Brigadier General
Paddy Maclonerky they volunteered to dive in Portsmouth harbor and swim to
the Normandy coast ( in full battle gear) under the cover of darkness to
clear the beaches of mines and get the tea on for the troops the next day.
Immediately after the war, the Cornish peninsular was under pinned to
prevent a similar occurrence in the future. This was achieved by assembling
hundreds of huge floatation tanks at the bottom of Cornish Tin Mines which
were then moved through man made tunnels to coastal extremities and
anchored to the bedrock.
Paul
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