CR+Logbook+Oct.+22

October 22- Today I finished the Task-List for the LIGO project, I am in a group with just myself and have not really explored the data available to me at this time so all my efforts will be concentrated on initiating myself within the LIGO e-lab and it's assorted data resources, I will focus on the Bluestone online analysis device and the various Wikispaces pages devoted to the interpretation of Bluestone data

October 23- I have decided to follow the doc's advice and study all of my classmate's pages concerning the LIGO project currently up on wikispaces, also i will now begin focusing on trying to better understand the differences between s and p waves and the way that they affect the earthquakes themselves and the LIGO data from the earthquakes

October 24- today i contacted eric myers and dan ingrams to introduce myself and to let them know i will be working on the LIGO project this year, I also began to understand the differences between s and p waves and how they travel through the earth's inner layers, It is very interesting to learn about some of the deeper reasons behind earthquakes and their sometimes disastrous effects throughout the world

October 25- I have begun review on the suggested topics of projects concerning the LIGO research project, through the various links posted onto the LIGO page I have begun to narrow down the possible projects available to me, my interests so far have been centered away from earthquake related subjects but i reserve my final choice for a date in which i am more knowledgable in the subject than i am now

October 26- the differences between the primary and secondary or s and p waves have finally become clear, The differences as i now understand them are in the strength, speed, and direction of the waves, the primary waves are first to reach the surface and push and pull objects on the surface these are the strongest and fastest of the different types of waves, secondary waves come after the primary waves are slower but do more damage than primary waves because of their vertical pressures