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echo: fidonews
to: Bjrn Felten
from: Michiel van der Vlist
date: 2019-08-14 15:28:00
subject: WWIII

Hello Bj”rn,

On Wednesday August 14 2019 15:06, you wrote to Lee Lofaso:

 LL>> navigate yourself to the peak of Mt Everest ...

 BF>    Actually Chimborazo in Ecuador would be a better choice.

 BF>    It's the highest mountain above Earth's center, and since the sea
 BF> level will follow the gravity, it means that this peak eventually will
 BF> be the last to be submerged.

Not so. Sea level follows a surface of equal potential energy. The earth 
rotation comes into play and causes that surface to flatten at the poles.


Cheers, Michiel

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