Hi everyone

It makes it much easier if the quote button, top right of a post is used, otherwise it is easy to get confused as to who is referring or talking to who

Thanks

This was the point of my reply, that Reichenbach found that it was the illumination and not gravitation that caused problems; at, or around the full moon.
He went to great length to eliminate electromagnetic and gravitational causes. Any study that does not take this into account is not an answer or a debunk to his findings.
I was looking at some files recently that record others who have followed his guidelines and found them to be valid. If I remember where they are I'll post them on this thread.
L&L
Al

I was just giving my reasons for my answer and confusion.
However, most celestial bodies have so little effect on the earth that measurement is impossible. This is not the case for the moon or the sun. They cause tides in the earth's crust that in turn create gravitational and electrical effects that can be measured. The electric field sensor, magnetometer, and gravimeter are some of the tools used.

I think it must have been my library angel, I bought a magazine today with an article about lunar effects causing strange behaviour in people and animals.

According to Michael Zimeki of the Polish Academy of Sciences there are incidences of increase in crime and hospital admissions at the time of full moon.

German scientists looked at police arrest reports for drunkenness - 16,495 offenders most of which were arrested at or around the time of full moon.

Armley Jail in Leeds UK maximum security wing found an increase in violence around the time of full moon.

Car insurance company found accidents 50 per cent more likely under full moon than new moon.

Australian, Robert Seeburger, astronomer and physicist said his team analysed 500,000 industrial accidents and found no link with lunar activity. I think industrial accidents are more to do with machines than people and so he's probably right.

Here's one for the astrologers:
"In summation, after more than 25 years of research in this field of solar system science, I can say without equivocation that there is very strong evidence that the planets, when in certain predictable arrangements, do cause changes to take place in those solar radiations that control our ionosphere."
- John H. Nelson, RCA Communications. Cosmic Patterns. 1974.

This guy was asked in the 1950's by RCA to find out why short wave radio communications were so bad at certain times and he found after 25 years that the cause was the position of the planets relative to each other in the solar system.

Hi spiritalk
I'm still looking for some electrical effects of the moon. I wish I had the date when our power-line blew up.

L&L
Al