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Sundogs from Cliff
and Gina Maroh: "This was taken at 10:30 a.m. CT
4 miles east and 2 south of Pierpont SD.
I've seen sundogs before but
this was very bright and made a full circle around the sun."
@ -- Jan. 22 --
Earthquakes - East Coast, Ecuador, etc. 1-22-05 - The window that will be the gateway to a wave of intense earth events opened on January 19
Earthquakes are concentrating in South America, with 60 quakes recorded near Ecuador in the last three days. Several of these have been moderately large, or greater than 5 magnitude. Earthquakes in the U.S. are virtually nonexistent at present, including the west coast states of Washington, Oregon and California.
"Weather forecasters warn a fierce storm slamming the East Coast could turn into a blizzard [January 22]. With snow falling on his city, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said conditions could become "life threatening" and he asked residents to stay off the streets as he activated an emergency operations center." (CNN)
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A tsunami isn't likely in the northern
Gulf of Mexico,
but a hurricane's storm surge could cause damage like that
in the Indian Ocean,
shoving 15 to 30 feet of water inland, scientists say.
Hurricane Ivan spins near the U.S. Gulf Coast in September
2004.
Reuters/NOAA
"I am not convinced, to be honest, that people fully
comprehend that," said Greg Stone, a coastal scientist and wave specialist at
Louisiana State University.
Hurricane Ivan's storm surge along the Alabama coast was 10
to 12 feet in height. However, since the levees around New Orleans would trap
the water, and much of the city is below sea level, water would have been deeper
than that.
"If the storm had passed over New Orleans or west of New
Orleans, we would have flooded the city," said Ivor van Heerden, a geologist in
the LSU Hurricane Center. "We would have had water 20 feet deep. That's above
the average rooftop.
"We would have had 400,000 people trapped in the city.
There would have been thousands who would have drowned. The devastation we have
seen in the tsunami would be what we would see."
Tsunamis usually are caused by undersea earthquakes.
Earthquakes in the Caribbean are minor — nothing that would create the walls of
water that crashed ashore in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and other nations on the rim
of the Indian Ocean the day after Christmas, Stone said.
The only minor possibility of even a small tsunami might be
from shifts in the slope of undersea mud that is deposited off the mouth of the
Mississippi River, he said.
Van Heerden said small blocks do sometimes break loose
along the continental shelf, creating endersea mudslides.
But a strong category 2 or 3 hurricane could push water
more than 15 feet deep onto the shore. A category 5 hurricane could create a
30-foot storm surge, van Heerden said.
During Hurricane Ivan, one buoy about 100 miles southeast
of the Mississippi River's mouth registered a wave 52.5 feet tall before it was
torn from its mooring.
A wave that tall could not come to shore because it would
break, toppling over from the friction created by the shallow bottoms just
offshore along the Gulf of Mexico, Stone said.
Workers trapped on a semi-submersible platform about 140
miles south of Grand Isle during Ivan took pictures of waves crashing over
handrails normally 60 to 65 feet above the surface of the Gulf. One company told
Stone it found wave damage on a rig 90 feet above sea level.
"I hope we do not have to have a real disaster, like this
tsunami, in order for the federal government to come along and help bolster our
coast," Stone said. "You bolster the coast, you do something against storm
surge."
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forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child,
a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make
her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. ~ Arthur J.
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@ -- January 11, 2005 -- How the Big Quake affected Earth NASA Science NewsThe Dec. 26th Indonesian megathrust earthquake quickened Earth's rotation
and changed our planet's shape, according to calculations done by NASA
scientists.
Tsunami Death Toll EXCEEDS 400,000 in Indonesia Alone
Total may be Forever Unknown
@ -- Dec. 31 -- Red Cross predicts a MILLION Deaths Times of India Article: Is India Underestimating its Tsunami Dead? Excerpt: Red Cross is estimating the toll could shoot up to 1,000,000 dead (from the
present 80,000) in Asia once more information comes in from Andaman and Nicobar
Islands. The Andamans are situated just north of Sumatra, the epicentre of
Sunday's quake that set off the killer waves. Residents in several
affected areas are already claiming that the number of dead projected by
authorities is far way below the reality.....
@ -- Dec. 30 -- Death Toll Expected To EXCEED 400,000 Indonesia
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The death toll in Acheh,
the region worst hit by last Sunday´s tsunami, may exceed 400,000 as many
affected areas could still not be reached for search and rescue operations,
Indonesia´s Ambassador to Malaysia Drs H. Rusdihardjo said
Thursday.
He said the estimate was based on air surveillance by
Indonesian authorities who found no signs of life in places like
Meulaboh, Pulau Simeulue and Tapak Tuan while several islands off the
west coast of Sumatera had "disappeared".
He said the latest death
toll of more than 40,000 in Acheh and northern Sumatera did not take into
account the figures from the other areas, especially in the west of the
region.
"Aerial surveillance found the town of Meulaboh completely
destroyed with only one buiding standing. The building, which belonged to
the military, happens to be on a hill," he told reporters after receiving
RM1 million in aid for Indonesia´s Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund here
Thursday.
Rusdihardjo said there were about 150,000 residents in
Meulaboh, which was located 150km from the epicentre of the earthquake
while Pulau Simeuleu had a population of 76,000.
Ambassador
Rusdihardjo said a combination of earthquake and tsunami had left 80 to 100
per cent of infrastructure in Acheh province, such as hospitals, health
centres, transport and communication networks and homes,
destroyed.
"Looking at the scale of destruction, it´s difficult to say
when the search and rescue operations can be mounted in all affected
areas," he said.
He said rescue efforts were hampered by
transportation difficulties and lack of fuel.
Rusdihardjo said that at
this time international help, especially in the form of medicines, clean
water, food and clothing, were desperately needed by Indonesia to aid
survivors in Acheh.
"Now we are worried about the outbreak of diseases
such as cholera, the work of disposing corpses and the absence of clean
water following the contamination of water sources," he said.
It would
take years before the situation returned to normal, he said, adding that the
Indonesian government was not able to estimate losses caused by the tragedy
as yet.
He expressed his gratitude to Malaysia´s help although the
country itself was hit with 66 lives lost so far and property to the tune
of millions of ringgit destroyed.
"We are deeply touched," he
said.
Rusdihardjo said Indonesia was also seeking Malaysia´s
cooperation to mount search and rescue operations from its shores because of
the close proximity of the two countries.
The geographic spread of the H5N1 virus
in poultry, and evidence that it is becoming more versatile, could make its
eradication impossible, WHO officials warned. In addition to killing humans, the
virus has affected other animals, most recently tigers in a Thailand
zoo.
International health officials meeting in
Bangkok expressed grave fears Friday that the evolving avian flu virus could
result in a pandemic.
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said the
conditions are ripe for a new pandemic, and that the resiliency of the H5N1
virus makes it a likely candidate for an international outbreak.
"We are closer now to an influenza pandemic than at any time
in recent years," said Dr. Shiferu Omi, WHO's Western Pacific regional director.
A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St.
Helens on Saturday, the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.
US Geological Survey scientists said they did not believe a major eruption
was imminent, just a continuation of the minor ash and steam eruptions that have
been occurring since the mountain reawakened in the autumn.
Saturday's earthquake appeared to be a larger version of the small
earthquakes scientists have registered about once a minute for the past several
weeks, the USGS said.
Scientists hoped good weather yesterday and today would allow them to get a
better look at the volcano.
A flurry of small earthquakes beginning in late September were followed by a
burst of steam and ash on Oct. 1, the first in a series of small eruptions.
None of the early earthquakes measured over 3.2 in magnitude.
A new lava formation began building in the crater soon after, with magma
reaching the floor at the rate of 7 to 8 cubic meters, about one large dump
truck load, every second.
The new dome and the uplifted floor beneath it now cover 28.33 hectares and
stand 228.6m high.
Mount St. Helens blew apart in May 1980, killing 57 people and covering the
region with gritty ash.
@ -- Nov. 21, 2004 -- Do we appear evil? Depleted Uranium ain't fairy dust!
It appears that thousands of tons of this very dense material were used in the Gulf War of 1991. It was used in
Kosovo and again in Iraq. It is radioactive and remains dangerous virtually forever, longer than man has walked on Earth. Its most horrible effects appear not from cancer, but in human fetuses.We have been terrified by the thought of
some terrorist setting off a dirty bomb and poisoning a U.S. city. Meanwhile we have spread radioactive uranium all over Iraq.....
@ -- November 11, 2004 -- 6.5 and 7.3 mag Quakes & magnetic storms 11-11-04
Three large quakes shook the Pacific today as the magnetic storms that began this week abated, even though one additional solar eruption is yet to arrive later today.
Posted in Global Rumblings Blog Other breaking stories!
@ -- Nov. 10 -- TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND -- Father of modern-day terrorism declared dead in Paris hospital. Really?
Posted in Global Rumblings Blog Yasser Arafat dies at age 75 - Some say of AIDS.
@ -- Nov. 9 -- Anti-French (!) feeling is rampant in Ivory Coast crowd of tens of thousands.. So where is the uproar from the rest of the world over this?
Magma in the crater of Mount St. Helens glows in this United States Geological Survey photo taken at twilight Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 from the Johnston Ridge Observatory. Scientists say the lava dome in the crater of the volcano has risen more than 300 feet since the last week of October. (AP Photo/Coutesy USGS (news - web sites
@ -- Nov. 6 -- Arafat Poisoned?
Arafat's doctor, Ashraf Kurdi, told the Al Jazeera satellite TV network that, "Arafat's health condition makes poisoning a strong possibility." Some say he's dead, some say he's in a 'reversible' coma, and some say it's 'irreversible. Whatever.
@ -- November 3, 2004 - Day after Elections
Kerry and Edwards Eat Humble Pie -
And it goes down smoothly.
Just finished
watching Kerry and Edward's concession speeches on TV. They were well
written, well spoken, well rehearsed, smooth, and still saying what
they think the public wants to hear. However this time - they
seemed to finally realize that the public wants Values, Humility, Unity,
Patriotism, Support for our Troops, Strong Defense against Terrorism,
Compassion, Hugs, Children, Families, Pride in Being American.. and
Prayer. References were made to all these. (I don't remember them
mentioning Honesty, and Consistency, though). Kerry even referred to
his wife, Teresa, pronounced "t' RAY'z-zah", dressed in a shiny reptilian
green pantsuit, as 'beautiful' and said a lot of beautiful lovely words.
Lets hope he will learn deeply and grow into what he says.
And, gasp! Kerry even mentioned he'd close with a 'prayer': "God Bless
America"! Can't go wrong with that one.
Kerry also played up
to the youth, thanking those children and those teenagers that will be in line
to vote in the next election or two. And he promised he will be continuing
to fight for 'us'. Not for me he won't, unless he amends his life, lives
his professed faith, apologizes to the Vietnam Vets, supports Life, and the Ban
on the gruesome Partial Birth Abortion, renounces socialistic liberal and
Maxist values, cradle-to-grave government nannnyism, honestly speaks his own
convictions consistently even if unpopular, and opens up his discharge papers
for all to see. Then elephants will fly, rivers will run uphill and
the streets will be paved with gold. But hey, anything's
possible.
@ -- Nov. 2 -- Election Day. Osama Bin Laden Taunting the U.S. Tells us just how he's going to break us and win our elections his way to his benefit. Al-Jazeera aired portions of the videotape Friday but released the full transcript of the entire tape on its Web site Monday. ***
"We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah," bin Laden said in the transcript.
@ -- November 1 -- He's Outed! Man Comes Forth as www.electoral-vote.com web site's originator. Electoral Vote Predictor
History may never know how many working hours were lost creating it, getting 600,000 hits daily lately. Just wait till next week, though. Maybe we'll catch up. UPDATE! Well a lot of his working hours are 'lost' indeed. - He's still wrong in his 'predictions' and even in the outcome! Yep, he too, is out of touch.
@ -- October 22 -- Just in one day from Timothy Snodgrass:
(10/22) Full Lunar Eclipse To Turn Moon Blood Red 6 Days Before Elections: News
(10/22) U.S. Under Pressure To Stop Production Of New F-22 Raptor Fighter Jets: News
(10/22) Without New U.S. F-22 Fighters, China Has Now Has Air Superiority: News
(10/22) Israel Kills Top Hamas Fighter Ahead Of Crucial Gaza Vote: News
(10/22) Israel May Have Islamic Republic Of Iran In Its Sights: News
(10/22) North Korea Says South Has Nuclear Arms, Rejects Talks: News
(10/22) Bush, Kerry Differ On Approach To North Korea: News
(10/22) China Angrily Rejects Taiwan's Peace Overture: News
(10/22) China To Discuss Taiwan, North Korea With Powell: News
(10/22) Japan Death Toll Rises To 75 From Record Typhoon Tokage: News
(10/22) Tidal Waves From Tokage Bury Coastal Roads Under Sea: Photo
(10/22) Homes Along Japanese Shore Destroyed By Massive Waves: Photo
@ -- Oct. 29 -- Disabled are Fearful Who will be next? Your daughter?
@ -- Oct. 28 -- UPDATED! Michael Schiavo got Furious and Kicked Terri's bedside tray. Is he impulsive or what? Parts I & II of Father Rob's Exclusive, interview with the Schindlers on their response to the Larry King-Michael Schiavo Love Fest.
@ -- Oct. 2003 -- The Video Clips they tried to CENSOR. Why? Terri's father risked imprisonment for distributing these to the media.
@ -- February 10 -- Mt. Etna is about to blow again - and worse!
"Considering that the volcano has been intensely fractured during the last two flank eruptions, Mt. Etna eruptive activity could become more frequent, voluminous and potentially hazardous in the near future."
"Geophysical evidences (sic) ... indicate that a considerable quantity of magma is still accumulated beneath the volcano in the shallow storage zone," they wrote.
@ -- November 30 -- UFO attacked Huge Meteor Saving the Earth? So where are the mainstream news headlines? Who's afraid of the big bad truth?
@ -- November 18 -- Something is not right with this world, my friend, Choose your dreams wisely, as reality is the price.
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@ -- November 4 -- Buildings on Mars? In plain view! Denial en perpetua. -- "The problem is not the evidence, scientific or otherwise. The problem is unbelief, denial and a refusal to face truth. We have become so hardened and so skeptical that we can no longer accept that which is obvious. If we cannot accept obvious truth, we must embrace the lie. If you find the truth, you shall be set free. If you embrace the lie, you shall be enslaved forever"
@ -- October 4 -- Meteor Alert in Russia -- Due for another Tunguska-level blast?
4:50 p.m. ET
The Russian newspaper Pravda reports that witnesses..., saw a "very large luminous object" fall to Earth - accompanied by a flash and a thunderous sound.
"....locals felt a strong shock, which could be comparable to an earthquake,"
South Africa’s Independent Online, meanwhile, quotes scientists in Irkutsk as saying no injuries were reported.
The news flashes were eerie on two counts:
First, it arose just as experts were telling Congress that even relatively small-scale meteor strikes could set off nuclear alarms - and that more attention needs to be paid to the potential threat. Second - see article for whole story.
@ -- September 9 -- Is the 'Alien Face' crop circle formation A Hoax? And, "All of this early talk about Phobos being the King of Terror and that war would reign after his arrival was all wrong. It seems to my elementary knowledge on the subject that the King of Terror was/is Osama Bin Laden and/or Saddam Hussein, and he/they struck in the ninth month of the first year of the new millennium which would fulfill Nosty's predictions would it not???? If true, is there a chronology of events listed by Nosty? If so, what is next and when?"
@ -- September 5 -- New Enterprise Mission Discovery Verifies
Soviet Mars Data From 1989You have to see these photos! Cities under "Poof Dust"?
@ -- August 26 -- Is there life after September 11? You bet there is!
Ride, Debbie, Ride! Check it out. A Friend of ours is riding through 48 states in 48 days to celebrate her 48th birthday!
@ -- August 12 -- Can we move that Asteroid in time? Which Asteroid?
@ -- August 12 -- Take your pick! Sample of just ONE day's:
Earth Shaking News
@ -- July -- Comet in Inner Solar System Crumbles Spectacular photo of pieces. What a trail of debris - hope they keep going in the other direction!
@ -- June -- Truth, or Fiction? Lords of Perdition Rings TOO true! What do you think? Probably already in the consciousness of many.
@ -- May -- Timothy Snodgrass has a new format on his website: Earth Changes Will answer emails barring Power outages, Volcanic Eruptions,and Giant Lizard attacks.
@ -- February -- Series of Prophecies known as Final Warnings. Are they really Final?(Temporarily Unavailable)
@ -- Feb. 5 --
Mexico Evacuates Villagers as Volcano Spews Fiery Rocks and Lava The "Volcano of Fire" has been rumbling for the past week Scientists said it could erupt any time as pressure builds behind a dome that has formed inside its crater.
@ -- Jan. 28 -- Mt. Kilimanjaro is melting to its DEATHAn astonishing development is changing ...
@ -- Jan. 26 -- Something is Perturbing Comet Orbits in the OOrt Cloud Sitchen's Planet X? Not So! says Dr. Matese
@ -- Jan. 24 -- Antartic Lakes Warming Too Fast? -- 'ALMOST A BEACON GOING OFF'
``This is almost a beacon going off saying, 'Look, we've gone through this threshold at this point on the planet, and it's an indicator that the environment is changing rapidly,''' researcher Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge said in a telephone interview.
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@ -- 2001 -- Is the Earth in danger of Exploding? You tell me!
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@ -- Feb. 18 -- It will NEVER END for Michael Schiavo 
