caution : magnetic field

**laracroft** · May 2nd, 2006 03:53 PM

anybody been to caylabne resort in ternate, cavite?
there's this sign along the road when you are several
kilometers from the resort that reads "caution : magnetic
field". it immediately struck me, upon reading the sign, that
could this be the same thing that is reportedly being
experienced also in a part of tanay, rizal?

so i immediately stopped the car and ahead of me was this
portion of the road that was gently sloping uphill. imagine my
amazement when, upon releasing the brake, the car moved
uphill! the car was in neutral, by the way. thinking that
it may be an optical illusion, i looked at the road behind us.
it was really going downhill behind us.

it was really amazing! wonder if any of you guys had a
similar experience? does the magnetic field affect only cars?
could there be deposits of magnets in that area? hehehe.
i wonder what else the magnetic field affects?

**atongk** · May 2nd, 2006 04:53 PM

bossing ,
totoo yan, kahit 6x6 trucks kayang hilahin ng magnetic hill. (engine turned off). inexperiment din namin. yun nga lang pati compass parang relo ang ikot dahil sa magnetic field , madami tuloy estudyante ang confused sa location. . . he he he

**greenlyt** · May 2nd, 2006 05:09 PM

yep experience that also sa los banos laguna, really amazing!

**mazdamazda** · May 2nd, 2006 05:19 PM

that's a MYTH!

it is caused by an optical illusion wherein a downhill slope looks like an uphill.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physic...ll-uphill.html

**atongk** · May 2nd, 2006 05:23 PM

no offense sir m2, maybe in other places maybe its a myth, but in ternate i dont think so . . . if its an illusion, how come the behaviour of the compass is such . . . or may momo na doon . . . awooooo . . .

**theveed** · May 2nd, 2006 05:40 PM

Sa Marikina bridge din, if you're coming from Katipunan entering A.Bonifacio... during the uphill stage of the bridge, kahit full stop ka and bitawan mo brakes aabante ka hehe.

**mazdamazda** · May 2nd, 2006 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by atongk

no offense sir m2, maybe in other places maybe its a myth, but in ternate i dont think so . . . if its an illusion, how come the behaviour of the compass is such . . . or may momo na doon . . . awooooo . . .

try placing a piece of marble... it will still roll "uphill"...

and about the compass thingie... a deposit of magnetite might be found nearby.

**atongk** · May 2nd, 2006 05:49 PM

sorry sir, as i've said naexperiment na namin . . .as for the magnetite ??? siguro malaki yon kasi whole hill plus the ravine on the right side of the area ganoon ang behaviour ng compass. . . .

**claRkEnt** · May 2nd, 2006 06:25 PM

i'm not sure if that ternate place ay yung accident prone area (claimed to be because of the magnetic field). i remember na one time, dyan naaksidente yung bus carrying employees ng Unilever na papunta ng seminar somewhere there.

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