Hurricane Harvey Moved the Earth!
The rains associated with Hurricane Harvey caused considerable flooding. We are told that up to 33 trillion gallons of water fell. That amount of water I calculate as weighing about 125 billion tonnes. (I assume the gallons are US ones).
And this weight was enough to push the earth's surface down by up to 2 cm. If an ice sheet can do it I suppose a flood can as well. The surprising thing to me is the speed with which the earth moved. You can read all about it HERE.
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