American Facts: One Dollar Bill

Information can be found on Omnifarious

Take a moment, pull out a one-dollar bill and look at it. The one-dollar bill you’re looking at first came off the presses in 1957 in its present design. This so-called paper money is in fact a cotton and linen blend, with red and blue minute silk fibers running through it. It is actually material. We’ve all washed it without it falling apart. A special blend of ink is used, the contents we will never know. It is overprinted with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant and pressed to give it that nice crisp look.

If you look on the front of the bill, you will see the United States Treasury Seal. On the top you will see the scales for balance—a balanced budget. In the center you have a carpenter’s T-square, a tool used for an even cut. Underneath is the Key to the United States Treasury.

That’s all pretty easy to figure out, but what is on the back of that dollar bill is something we should all know. If you turn the bill over, you will see two circles. Both circles, together, comprise the Great Seal of the United States. The First Continental Congress requested that Benjamin Franklin and a group of men come up with a Seal. It took them four years to accomplish this task and another two years to get it approved.

If you look at the left-hand circle, you will see a Pyramid. Notice the face is lighted and the western side is dark. This country was just beginning. We had not begun to explore the West or decided what we would do for Western Civilization. The Pyramid is uncapped, again signifying that we were not even close to being finished. Inside the capstone you have the all-seeing eye of Ra, an ancient Egyptian symbol for divinity. It was Franklin’s belief that one man couldn’t do it alone, but a group of men, with the help of the Deist’s God (not the Christian God†), could do anything.

In God We Trust† is on this currency. It was added by during the anti-communist era in 1957 to distinguish the U.S. from godless communism. According to the Supreme Court, the God† is not one of any particular religion, but is representative of every religions’ gods.

Above the pyramid is the Latin ANNUIT CŒPTIS, adapted from Vergil’s Aeneid IX:625, means—God (Jupiter) has favored our undertaking. Below the pyramid the Latin NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, adapted from Vergil’s Eclogues IV:5, means—a new secular order has begun. Secular, because the United States government is religious, it endeavors to be disentangled in matters of faith and allow each citizen to follow his or her own reverent devotion. Without interference of the government. Without the exaltation of any particular religion by the government, nor the persecution of any religion by the government. The United States protects the freedom of religion, freedom from religion, and separation of church and state. At the base of the pyramid is the Roman Numeral for 1776.

If you look at the right-hand circle, and check it carefully, you will learn that it is on every National Cemetery in the United States. It is also on the Parade of Flags Walkway at the Bushnell, Florida National Cemetery and is the centerpiece of most hero monuments. Slightly modified, it is the seal of the President of the United States and it is always visible whenever he speaks, yet few know what the symbols mean.

The Bald Eagle was selected as a symbol for victory for two reasons—first, he is not afraid of a storm; he is strong and he is smart enough to soar above it. Secondly, he wears no material crown. We had just broken from the King of England. Also, notice the shield is unsupported. This country can now stand on its own. At the top of that shield you have a white bar signifying congress, a unifying factor. We were coming together as one nation. In the Eagle’s beak you will read the Latin E PLURIBUS UNUM, meaning—out of many [people], one [nation]. Above the Eagle you have thirteen shining stars representing the thirteen original colonies, and the clouds of misunderstanding rolling away. Again, we were coming together as one. Notice what the Eagle holds in his talons. He holds an olive branch and arrows. This country wants peace, but we will never be afraid to fight to preserve peace. The Eagle always wants to face the olive branch, but in time of war, his gaze turns toward the arrows

They say that the number 13 is an unlucky number. This is almost a worldwide belief. You will rarely see a room numbered 13, or any hotels or motels with a 13^th floor. But, think about this—

• 13 original colonies
• 13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, one from each of the 13 original colonies
• 13 stripes on our flag, representing the 13 original colonies, red for the blood shed, white for the peace desired
• 13 steps on the Pyramid, representing the foundation of the 13 original colonies
• 13 letters in the Latin ANNUIT CŒPTIS—the Œ is a two-letter ligature of OE—selected on purpose
• 13 letters in the Latin E PLURIBUS UNUM, selected on purpose
• 13 stars above the Eagle, representing the 13 original colonies
• 13 plumes of feathers on each span of the Eagle’s wing, representing the 13 original colonies
• 13 bars on that shield, representing the 13 original colonies united in defense
• 13 leaves on the olive branch, representing the 13 original colonies desire for peace
• 13 fruits, representing the prosperity of the 13 original colonies
• 13 arrows, if you look closely, representing the united 13 colonies prepared to fight for the common defense
• And for minorities—the 13th Amendment.

I always ask people, “Why don’t you know this?” Your children don’t know this and their history teachers don’t know this. Too may veterans have given up too much, to ever let the meaning fade. Many veterans remember coming home to an America that didn’t care. Too many veterans never came home at all. Tell everyone what is on the back of the one-dollar bill and what it stands for, because nobody else will.

In GOD† we TRUST!

Major Climatic Events World-Wide

[Compiled this when I stumbled across a website that was listing all these things happened and I never heard about them…wonder why?]

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No matter what you have read recently in magazines, newspapers, on the Internet, heard on the radio, seen on TV or on the big screen. There is absolutely no credible evidence that can be independently verified that harmful man induce-weird weather and Earth events from 1999 to 2009 climate change (global warming) is occurring. Also, the sea level in all of Earth’s oceans has not risen even 1.00″/2.54cm in the past 200 years.

The record cold of the decades of the 1940’s, 1970’s, 1980’s and most recently the bitter northern hemisphere winters of 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003 argue against the occurrence of harmful-man-induced-climate-change (global warming).

[See above the records that were broke.]

But what is the point of the above paragraph? It is to demonstrate that for every short term global record warm weather event that is heralded in the media as an example of global warming, there is a counter balancing global record cold weather event, usually ignored by the media. The Warministas point to each and every regional warm event as proof-positive that harmful-man-induced-climate-change (global warming) is occurring. At the same time, they conveniently ignore regional cold events or I should say that they used to. Their new tactic now is to conveniently blame every regional cooling event as also proof-positive that harmful-man-induced-climate-change (global warming) is occurring. So, they have a win-win situation.

[See the above] cold weather anomalies in the winters of 2007, 2006-2007, 2005-2006 and 2004-2005, that you “may” have not heard about in the U.S. media, due to the global warming media bias. As follows are old weather anomalies in 2008 that have gone under or not reported at all in the U.S. media, due to the global warming media bias.

Earth [2008—(3/18 average temperature across both contiguous U.S. and globe during Climatological winter–Dec. 2007-Feb. 2008–was coldest since 2001,  contiguous United States, average winter temperature was 33.2°-0.6°C–0.2°F-0.1°C above 20th century average, yet still ranks as  coldest since 2001, 54th coldest winter since national records began 1895), (3/2 extraordinary winter conditions in both hemispheres over past year, measurable snow in Johannesburg last June, 6″ in Baghdad in Jan., first ever observed in 100 years of records, Arctic sea ice returning with vengeance reaching record coverage after record retreat last summer, paralyzing blizzards in China, sharp drop in globe’s average temperature), (2/26 snow cover over North America/much of Siberia, Mongolia, China is greater than at any time since 1966, U.S. National Climatic Data Center–NCDC, reported many American cities/towns suffered record cold temperatures in Jan./early Feb, according to NCDC, average temperature in Jan. “was -0.3° F cooler than 1901-2000–20th century average.)], (2007—Just about every volcano woke up, either erupting or showing activity.), (2005—more wobbly, polar inversion from north to south to south to north; Earthquakes have increased exponentially in last couple of years, a phenomenon not seen in human history; latitudinal lineaments, cracks appeared in Earth’s core, India’s tsunami caused the north pole to move!)

Sun (2005—acting strangely, sunspot 720-longest solar filament ever recorded)

North America—

[2008—(5/15 reported that Apr. was coolest Apr. in 11 years for lower 48 United States/fell into lowest 25% of all Aprils based on records going back to 1895)]

Canada [2008—(3/12 snowiest countries in world, series of violent “snow rage” incidents reveal that even locals have their limits, police in French speaking province of Quebec said people were fighting over snow clearing/even parking spaces, one storm dumped 23″ on capital Ottawa/19″ on Quebec City, which already received 210″ this year, had dozen violent disputes about snow from one property ending up on someone else’s, drifts outside some houses are 12″/higher.)], (2005—20-30° warmer)

• British Columbia [2008—(12/15 temperature dipped as low as -30°)], (2007—Mount Nazko Cone, no activity for 7,200 years, small dormant volcano west of Quesnel, easternmost volcano in Anahim Volcanic Belt, 600-kilometre-long line of volcanic activity running northern tip of Vancouver Island to Quesnel area. series of micro-quakes.)
• Newfoundland/southeast (2001—worst winter on record)
• Saskatchewan [2008—(12/15 temperature dipped as low as -38°)], (2003-2004—winter,  minimum temperatures fall to -62°F)
• Manitoba [2008—(12/15 temperature dipped as low as -40°)]
• Alberta [2008—(12/15temperature dipped as low as -43°)]

United States/South—[2008—(12/10-11 many locations had earliest heaviest snowfall ever observed for date/month)]

• Arizona [2010—(9/26 quake)], (2005—3.8 Earthquake, unusual), (2000—freak snow storm)
• Arkansas [2010—(10/24 2.8), (10/15 3.8), (9/20 Faulkner County, 6 earthquakes five hours. 2.5 mg at 10:59 pm two miles east-southeast of Guy, 2.1 mg at 11:05pm one mile southeast of Guy, 2.3 mg at 12:40am two miles south of Guy, 2.4 mg at 1:52am, 1:58am, 2.2 mg one mile southeast of Guy, 2.6 mg at 3:55am two miles east-southeast of Guy. Recent rise in number of earthquakes in Faulkner County has caught the attention of many)], (2005—felt by people, scientist have no explanation)
• Alabama/east [2010—5/6 near Gadsden 3.2)], (2000—worst drought in 106 years)
• Florida/east [2008—(12/30 30° at Nobleton. http://kamala.cod.edu/fl/latest.nous42.KTBW.html), (11/20 record breaking cold temperatures, coldest 24° at Nobleton, Tampa Bay 8 new record minimum temperatures occurred, Archbold saw 31°, breaking old record of 38°), (11/19 record breaking cold temperatures, coldest spot 21° at Lake City, Tampa Bay 7 new record minimum temperatures occurred, Chiefland saw 24°, breaking old record of 32°), (12/3, record breaking cold temperatures, coldest spot 23° at Nobleton, Tampa Bay 9 new record minimum temperatures occurred, Archbold saw 29°, breaking old record of 34°), (10/28 new low maximum/minimum temperature records set for day/month, coldest spot  26° at Nobleton on west central peninsula, sub freezing line occurred across northern part of State/ extended down to central peninsula to I-4 corridor/west of U.S. 27, Brooksville north of Tampa saw 28°, north side of Lakeland between Tampa/Orlando saw 30°, Mount Plymouth NW of Orlando saw 32°, temperatures dipped as low as 28° at Chiefland), (8/9 cold front made it into central peninsula of Florida before becoming stationary, allowed dew-point/minimum temperatures to bottom out into low to mid 60’s in inland rural areas), (8/11 very unusual anomaly), (5/6 first 90° maximum temperature of summer season occurred on south side of Lakeland, 43 years of record keeping this is latest date for first 90° maximum temperature), ([4/17 minimum temperature of 31°F with ground frost at Nobleton East in Sumter County on west central peninsula on latitude of Orlando, coldest minimum temperature for month in 30 years of records, previous record was 31.9°), (4/15-16 minimum temperature of 32°), (1/3 subfreezing minimum temperatures occurred, snow showers fell)], (2001—worse brought in 100 years),
• Georgia/East [2010—(8/5 Milledgeville 2.2)]
• Guam [2010—8/31 near Hagatna 5.0)]
  
• Gulf of Mexico [2010—(9/10 Tropical Storm Richard)]
• Hawaii [2010—(10/24 Hilo, Hawai`i 2.3)], (2007—Mount Kilauea, last 1992, ongoing eruption from east rift zone, startling to see river of lava coursing between broad levee walls that tower above surrounding land surface, this is one-of-a-kind-phenomenon, perched lava channel seen before, Kilauea’s lava flow doubled since July 21. Current vent on Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone putting out twice as much lava compared to eruptive rate before July 21, mount three times Kilauea’s long-term average. Many years nearly all lava flowed southeast to sea. Since July 21 flowed inland to northeast of rift zone, formation of perched lava ponds at Kilauea’s newest fissure latest phenomenon to intrigue scientists studying long-running eruption, ponds appeared July 21 at fissure on northeast side of  Pu’u ‘O’o cone, first time lava has surfaced in area since 1999. Since fissure began, at least three perched or elevated pools of lava have developed/overflowed to feed longer flows, largest 650 feet in diameter/almost 65 feet high. Perched lava ponds somewhat uncommon because they require fairly constant flow of lava/right terrain, ponds form when slow-moving lava flows into relatively flat area/spreads outward into ponds instead of forming channel, outer edges cool, levees created, capturing newer lava. Sooner or later, ponds overflow, with each episode, levees thicken/grow taller, pools can collapse, drain or harden, creating flat formation that resembles frozen water pond, ponds extremely dangerous since edges can break anytime/inundate surrounding areas. Lava erupting east of Pu’u O’o crater on Kilauea volcano for first time in 15 years.; East Lae’apuki, Kilauea Volcano lava bench on ever-changing coastline, grown to 44 acres, creating one of largest deltas in 23-year history, bench fed by underground lava tubes, larger than 34 acres of newly formed land collapsed into sea without warning Nov. 28, 2005, new bench about 1,110 yards long/347 yards wide, size of 40 football fields, expanding out over steep underwater slope, on top of rubble from previous collapse/other volcanic debris, new bench extremely unstable, prone to submarine landslides, scientists reported large cracks running parallel to coastline, surprised to see water in most of cracks, steam explosions from bench collapses can send lava spatter/large rocks into air, collapses create waves of scalding water that wash onshore, burning onlookers, four deaths in recent years associated with active lava benches.), (2005—Mount Mauna Loa, unprecedented amount of activity)
• Kansas [2010— [2008—(12/15 minimum temperature -12°), (1/1 Arkansas City 2.7)]
• Kentucky/east [2010—(10/16 near Middlesboro 2.0)]
• Louisiana [2010—(8/2 Baton Rouge 3.0)], [2008—(12/10-11 measurable snow fell east Louisiana 6″ Hammond)], (2001—Rich-Cali soft sediment (jello-like) under the ground), (2000—worst drought in 106 years)
• Mississippi [2008—(12/10-11 measurable snow fell 9″ in Lawrence County), (6/2 Olive Branch 2.2)], (2000—worst drought in 106 years)
• Missouri [2010—(10/23 near New Madrid 2.3)]
• New Mexico/west [2010—(10/15 near Datil 2.2)]
• North Carolina/east [2010—(7/16 near Easley1.3)], (2005—heard unknown loud booms by thousands, there was no explanation)
• Northern Mariana Islands [2010—(10/11 near Agrihan 4.6)]
• Puerto Rico [2010—(10/7 near Mayaguez 2.5)]
  
• South Carolina/east [2010—(6/6 near Easley 1.9)]
• Tennessee/east [2010—(10/24 near Dyersburg 1.8)]
• Texas [2010—(10/9 near Snyder 3.1)], [2008—(12/10-11 measurable snow fell in upper Texas coast 2″ Galveston County, Texas, 4″ Beaumont)], (2005—unusual weather patterns, Bruni, unprecedented flooding)
• Virgin Islands [2010—(10/24 near Roadtown, British Virgin Islands 4.7)]
• Virginia/east [2010—(10/2 near Richmond 3.0)]
• West Virginia/east [2010—(9/13 near Charleston 2.4)]

United States/North—

[(2008—(12/13-16, period bitter cold arctic air invaded Great Plains, inter-mountain West, Upper Midwest regions), (10/27-28 record early season cold/heavy snow swept through eastern half of U.S. east of Rocky Mountains, snowfall in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont, totals of 15-20″ measured across New York State, lighter snow totals occurred in  Appalachian Mountains from Maryland to Georgia), (6/10-12 Pacific NW and Northern/Central Rockies saw unusually late subfreezing cold/measurable snow.)]

• Alaska [2010—(10/24 central 2.2 quake)], [(2008—(10/29, minimum temperature unusually cold for so early in season in central/east central regions, minimum temperatures ranged from -16° near Fairbanks to -39° at Chicken), (12/31 temperature dipped to -67° F at Sterling on Kenai Peninsula; Tok dropped to nearly -60°F), (10/14 glaciers growing, two hundred years of glacial shrinkage in Alaska, then winter/summer of 2007-2008, unusually large amounts of winter snow followed by unusually chill temperatures in June, July, Aug. “In mid-June, I was surprised to see snow still at sea level in Prince William Sound,” said U.S. Geological Survey glaciologist Bruce Molnia. “On the Juneau Icefield, there was still 20 feet of new snow on the surface of the Taku Glacier in late July. At Bering Glacier, a landslide I am studying, located at about 1,500 feet elevation, did not become snow free until early Aug. In general, the weather this summer was the worst I have seen in at least 20 years.”), (10/6 Fairbanks, had its earliest start of winter season in past 16 years), (summer Anchorage on track to be coldest recorded history http://www.adn.com/life/story/473786.html), (4/27 Anchorage heaviest snowfall after Apr. 1st since records began early 20th century.), (2/8 minimum temperature dipped to -83°F, at Chicken, new all time record low for Alaska/North America)], (2007—Alaskan Peninsula, Mount Pavlof has erupted 10 possibly 13 times in past three decades, most recently 1996.; Aleutian rim, Alaska Peninsula southwest of Anchorage, continues to be active, puffing ash/spewing lava. Earthquake activity in area, about 600 miles southwest of Anchorage, steady/above normal, activity monitored in real time at 31 volcanoes in Alaska. Ships reported seeing incandescent blocks falling down east-southeast flank of volcano.; Alaska Peninsula, King Salmon River, salmon fishing canceled, no salmon showed up this year, wild salmon along river’s upper section, which drains flank of Mount Chiginagak volcano about 350 miles southwest of Anchorage, river started to turn orange, weird reddish foam/scum starting to come down river, upstream dead plants, gulls missing from island/fish gone from lake, brown bears gone, State scientists found new 1,300-foot-wide crater lake near 7,005-foot volcano’s summit had spilled, producing foul slurry Chiginagak has no recent history of eruption, scientists left seismic recorder in area to determine whether volcano is becoming active.; Aleutian Islands, Aleutian Arc mysterious volcano stirring, trembling, lots of tiny earthquakes 6-12 miles underground, swarm beneath 5,925-foot Tanaga marks first sign of unrest since Alaskan Observatory wired rugged cone with its own network of sensors 2 years ago, volcano last 1914, most Aleutian Arc volcanoes produce batches of tiny quakes every day, Tanaga remarkably quiet, reasons remain unclear, nearest community is Adak, 63 miles to east.), (2005—land mass moved up and down every 30 seconds for several minutes during tsunami; unusual winter air conditions, energy from Sumatra 9.3 mg earthquake, felt 7,000 miles away;Mount Augustine woke up.), (2001— 6.7 earthquake, strongest in U.S.; Kodiak heightened activity, plates aren’t moving very fast)
• California/west [2010—(10/24 north 2.0), (10/21 Gulf 4.1, 4.3, 6.7, 4.7, 4.3, 4.8, ), (10/20 Gulf, 5.8, 4.9, 5.9, 5.7, 4.7), ], [2008—(12/17, snowed in coastal town of Malibu!), (10/12 temperature dropped to 31 degrees in Ukiah Valley, coldest Oct. 12 morning since record keeping began 1893, record was 34 degrees 1916, minimum temperatures as low as 27 degrees occurred)], (2006—Clearlake home to active volcano that may erupt violently within next 10,000 years. Recently named high threat location that should be monitored closely. Next eruption in Clearlake, city about 80 miles west of Sacramento, violent explosion of magma, not small lava flow. Volcano in Clearlake may be actively recharging for future eruption for several reasons—Earth’s crust around volcano giving off unusual amount of heat/emitting gases chemically similar to magma.)
• Connecticut/east [2010—3/11 Middletown 2)]
• Colorado/west [2010—7/18 Paonia 3.1)], [2008—(12/16 Denver record set minimum temperature of -8°, tying old record set 111 years ago 1897), (12/15  Denver set new record low minimum temperature of -19°, breaking old record of -6° set 1951; Denver set new record low maximum of 2°, breaking the old record of 19° set 1914, elsewhere in Colorado, temperature dipped as low as -27°), (12/14 Denver set new record low minimum temperature of -18°, breaking old record of -14° set 1901), (4/12 Crested Butte measured 422″ of snow so far this season, breaking old record of 415″ measured 1979-1980)]
• Delaware/east [2010—7/1 Wilmington 2/7)]
• Idaho/west [2010—10/18 Challis 2.0)]
• Illinois/east [2010—8/31 Chicago 2.7)]
• Indiana/east [2010—4/24 Vincennes 2.5)], (2008—(12/ Fargo 33.5″ of snow, its snowiest month ever), (10/10 Boise saw its earliest snowfall since records began 1898)]
• Iowa [2010—7/16 Shenandoah 3.3)]
• Maine/east [2010—8/29 Biddeford 2.3)], [2008—(4/6 Caribou broke its all time seasonal snowfall record with 193″ measured, normal is 110″, previous record 160″ measured 1940), (3/25 Caribou coldest minimum temperatures so late in season, going back to 1939, examples -34° at Big Black River, -30° at Clayton Lake, -28° at Nine Mile Bridge)]
• Maryland/east [2010—7/16 Rockville 3.6)], (2005—earthquake 3 times in one day, never happened before)
• Massachusetts/east [2010—10/22 Amsterdam 1.7)], (2004—Jan. Boston coldest Jan. in 111 years.)
• Michigan/east [1994—9/2 Lansing 3.5)]
• Minnesota [2010—(10/21 recording-setting wet Sept, exceptionally dry Oct., on track to have one of driest Oct. on record.), [2008—(12/16 St. Cloud set a new record low maximum of -24°, breaking old record of -21° set 1963, elsewhere temperature dipped as low as -38°)], (2003-2004—winter, Fosston -50°F), (1994—2/9 3.1)]
• Montana/west [2010—10/16 West Yellowstone 1.6)], [2008—(12/15 Gold Butte set new record low minimum temperature of -33°, breaking old record of -30° set 1924; elsewhere temperature dipped as low as -38°)
• Nebraska [2010—9/26 Lexington 3.0)], [2008—12/15 minimum temperature -19°)]
• Nevada/west [2010—10/24 near Bishop, Cal. 1.9)], (2005—unusual land mass movement)
• New Hampshire/east [2010—10/8 near Berlin 2.0)]
• New Jersey/east [2010—9/8 near Morristown 1.9)]
• New York/east [2010—(10/22 near Amsterdam 1.7), (3/1 latest storm took New York City’s total snowfall for Feb. to more than 36″, making it snowiest month on record, third heavy storm to hit region in month)], (2000—earthquake 3.7 , uncommon)
• North Dakota [2008—(12/15 minimum temperatures -30°)], (2003-2004—winter, Grand Forks set all time record low of -44°F)
• Oklahoma/ [2010—(10/19 near Norman 2.8),  (10/13 4.5 quake)]
  
• Ohio/east [2010—(6/10 near Painesville 2.6)], (2005—worst winter in 100 years)
• Oregon/west [2010—(10/16 near John Day 2.9)], [2008—10/11 cold temperatures set several new record lows, including low of 22° downtown Pendleton that broke 118 year-old record of 24°)], (2007—South Sister, recent survey of bulge covers about 100 square miles indicates area still growing, suggesting it could be another volcano in making or major shift of molten rock under center of Cascade Range, spread out across area as big as city of Portland, centered three miles southwest of South Sister, about 25 miles from Bend, likely cause of bulge is pool of magma equal in size to lake 1 mile across/65 feet deep, magma lake rising 10 feet each year under tremendous pressure, good news is eruption likely would not seriously affect population, geological history suggests it would result only in small cinder cones that spew ash/lava, such cones most common volcanic features on Earth, central Oregon has about 600, basalt flows occurred in area of bulge every 1,000 to 1,500 years for past 4,000 years, area is due for another. “The bulge is on time. The bus has arrived.”), (2005—snow with fog was a rare weather phenomenon)
• Pennsylvania/east [2010—(6/3 near Carlisle 2.9)], [2008—(5/12 May 12snow in State College, latest snowfall on record/only second snowfall in May in past 105 years)]
• Road Island [2008—(3/11 near Middletown Ci. 2.0)]
• South Dakota [2008—(12/15 minimum temperature -24°)], [2007—2/7 near wall 3.1)]
• Utah/west [2010—(10/22 near Loa 3.0)], (2005—unusual land mass movement; unusual snow fall)
• Vermont/east [2009—(9/26 near Plattsburgh 2.0)]
• Washington/west [2010—(10/23 near Everett 1.5)], [2008—(Dec., Spokane record 59.8″ snow fell in more than normally falls in a winter season), (4/11 Spokane, surrounding inland northwest region suffering through its second snowiest winter on record, 89.5″ of snow has fallen during winter of 2007-08, snowfall pushed this winter past 89″ recorded 1974-1975)], (2005—below freezing, unusual lack of precipitation)
• Wisconsin (2008—Green Bay measured 45.2″ of snow, new Dec. record; Madison measured 40.4″ of snow, snowiest month ever)
• Wyoming/west [2010—(10/24 near Jackson 4.4)], [2008—(12/15 Casper set new record low minimum temperature of -20°, breaking old record of -11° set 1951; elsewhere temperature dipped as low as -36°)], (2007—Yellowstone Caldera, 2,805 m, 86 earthquakes located in Yellowstone region, 2.1, uplift of Yellowstone Caldera slowed/may have stopped, floor of Yellowstone caldera risen at rate faster than ever been observed before, out of 148 American volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey ranks Yellowstone’s as 21st biggest threat. Last year, park experienced 1,202 earthquakes, albeit minor ones. Studies at 2.2-million acre national park show catastrophic event like caldera-forming volcanic eruption least likely to happen.)

South Africa—(2007—in space zone IOS plumes forming)

• Cameroon/west (2007—Lake Nyos study reveal that without emergency measures could release lethal cloud of carbon dioxide, capable of wiping out entire communities around shores, lake, which sits atop volcano, contained record levels of carbon dioxide, in both lakes, a 12% -14% reduction in overall gas content, good news, bad news is single pipes not sufficient to rapidly remove as much as needed to make them safe, still more gas in both lakes than released in 1980s, could have gas burst that could be bigger than either of disasters.)
• Tanzania/east (2007—Oldonyo Lengai Mountain, Ngorongoro, Arusha, experts investigate increasing volcanic eruptions sending shock-waves to whole region, volcano at mountain is live, erupting frequently almost every year, numbers of eruption/dimensions on  rise daily in recent months, eruptions are bigger than any other time, nobody or animal has been affected as a result so far, last month volcano erupted forcing over 3,000 to flee from area, eruption rocked villages of Nayobi/Magadini/Engaruka/Malambo/Ngaresero/Gelai-bomba/Kitumbeine, exodus after volcanic mountain rumbled into red-hot landslide, spewing scalding fumes/lava all over neighborhood, major explosive eruption took place January-June 1917, ash was deposited 25-30 miles away, mountain less than 370,000 years old, youngest volcano in Rift Valley.)
• Uganda [2010—3/4 unusual heavy rains)]
• Zambia (2000—highest flooding ever recorded)

North Africa—(2007—in space zone IOS plumes forming)

• Egypt [2010—(3/1 hail storm in Cairo, killed four people/injured more than 50 others; country’s second largest city, Alexandria, located on Mediterranean Sea coast waves as high as a two-story building hit shore; European luxury cruise ship crashed into pier in resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh killing three sailors/wounding four tourists; another person was killed amidst wave of car collisions nationwide)]
  
• Nigeria (2000—earthquake 5 unexpected; freak high winds)
• Sierra Leone/west (2005—most snow in 90 years)

South Asia—

• Burma (Myanmar)/east [2010—(10/19 West Coast of, Bay of Bengal’s 4th Storm, Category 1; South Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Tropical Cyclone Giri), (9/20 Rangoon Tropical Cyclone)]
• China/east (2007—Mount Huguangyan, volcanic lake, Guangdong city of Zhanjiang, record decline in water level raised concern that sleeping volcano is about to wake-up. At 2.3 square kilometers,world’s largest volcanic lake, recorded lowest water level in 10 years, during second half of 2006, level dropped 5 meters. Phenomenon ruled out the possibility of eruption.), (2001—worst blizzard in 4 decades), (2000—worst drought in 50 years, major river drys up; massive red tide 2,700 sq miles, 6 1/2 feet deep, unprecedented; worst rain in 150 years)
• India/west (2007—Kimin Village, lava/hot gas clouds erupting from side of hill, rare geological occurrence, 75 km north of state capital Itanagar, some sort of fumerolic activity could be beginning activity inside earth, molten magma oozed out owing to rise in temperature of at least 1,000 degrees centigrade, no historical remains of any volcanic mountain either extinct, dormant or active in region.; Tamil Nado lava from ground cause forest fire, six-kilometer area of Talakundha forest in Tamil Nadu gutted in fire, suspected from small volcano, fire/smoke from crater in forest continue to spread, hot black coal-like material, possibly magma seen inside it, large amount of smoke emerging from forest, authorities thought might be forest fire, saw huge fire/smoke coming from forest, due to heat trees were falling down, still cannot make out what caused this, if situation continues major fire accident may take place, seems to be very dangerous/also gas coming out from earth causing nausea to people in vicinity, forestland collapsed by five-six feet because of volcano-type situation, methane gas coming out of craters, causes dizziness/nausea, locals seeing fire in forest for past month, village elders said ancestors talked about similar fire some 100 years ago in vicinity, only active volcano in India located in Andaman/Nicobar Islands in Bay of Bengal, no official confirmation volcano or not.; Chegaon Makhan Village, lava-like substance found after minor fire broke out barren land, fire about three feet high, emerged near Indra Colony, about one-and-a-half kg of lava-like substance found accumulated at one spot, substance created holes in radius of roughly 5 m, area in Pandhana tehsil where plate tectonic incidents have taken place earlier.”), (2005—aftershocks behavior/numbers, unheard of history of seismology; Mabai worst winter 56 years; Jammu first snow fall ever recorded), (2000—worst drought 100 years)
• Indonesia [2010—(3/28 Northern Sumatra 5.0), (10/19 Sundra Strait 5.0)], (2007—Telang, Sumatra, Barren Island, Andaman, Earth scientists/vulcanologist examining series of earthquakes that rocked Sumatra for year leads to volcanic eruption in region, eight months, volcanoes like Telang/Barren Island been activated after series of earthquakes, more than dozen earthquakes preceded major earthquake of Sumatra, magnitude 9, in December, over 20 earthquakes preceded March 2005 8.7 quake in Sumatra, over 200 earthquakes over M 5.5/6.5  recorded in Sumatra region.)
• Iran/west (2001—worst flood in 200 years; freak snow storm)
• Malaysia (2005—land mass moved 1 cm per week since tsunami)
• Pakistan/west (2007—Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, volcano emitting ash/smoke ever since deadly earthquake struck?, question being asked by those who have visited, private television channel ran video film interviewed local people, pointing out ash/ smoke/stones coming down from hilltop many kilometers away since quake two weeks back, causing landslides ever since day of disaster, people saw many unfortunate people falling into fissures created by earthquake along roads/streets.)
• Philippines/South China Sea [2010—(10/21 Super-Typhoon Megi, Juan, packing winds may 200 miles per hour before it struck, not only strongest hurricane of busy 2010 season, one of strongest tropical cyclones on record, packing sustained winds as it hit Luzon 165 mph/pressure in its eye as low 914 millibars, strongest Category 5 tropical cyclone to make landfall in world since U.S. Hurricane Hunter team, in western Pacific, part of ongoing field research into tropical cyclones, flew into eye of Megi, registered pressure of just 890 mb, which would rank storm as 16th strongest in recorded history; also hit Hong Kong; Kaohsiung, Taiwan), (10/20 Catanduanes 5.1), (3/2 Luzon 5.8)]]
• South Korea/east (2005—earliest winter since 1965)
• Sri Lanka/west (2005—unusual cracking of 10 houses by offshore activity)
• Taiwan/east [2010— (3/4 5.6, 6.4)], (1999—earthquake 7.6, worst on record)
• Thailand (2005—Bangkoc, land mass moved southward by 9 cm; freak snow; Phuket Island, land mass moved southward by 32 cm)
• Vietnam (2000—worst flooding in 70 years)
• Yeman/west (2007—Yeman Island, Red Sea, last 1883, volcano destroyed all buildings of naval base, evacuated as eruption sent part of island collapsing into sea, covered rest with lava, spewing lava/ash into air, volcanic eruption catastrophic, eruption collapsed part of island of Jabal al-Tair/covered rest with lava. Six NATO ships searched for hours without success/were eventually told to stop by Yemeni coast guard.), (2000—Mount Hibshi Volcano unpredicted eruption)

North Asia—[2008—(2/6 minimum temperature dipped to -102° at Ojmjakon in Siberia, new all time record low for Russia, Asia, globally outside of Antarctica)]

• Japan/east [2010—(10/22 offshore Honshu/East 5.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.1, 5.1), (3/2 Ryukyu Islands earthquake 5.1, 5.1] ], (2006—Mount Iwojima possible volcanic eruption, recorded 12-cm elevation in land on southeastern region of island in last month, biggest increase since 1997 when measurements began, land rising faster than speed of elevation observed before eruption on island Sept. 2001, unclear whether move will immediately lead to eruption, total elevation surpassed 20 cm since land began rising  Aug.), (2005—freak wink gust)
• Mongolia (2001—freak storm), (2000—unusually harsh winter)
• Russia [2010—(10/19—Kamchatka Peninsula 5.0)], (2007—Mount Klyuchevskaya Sopka quieted, volcano emitting lava/ash since Feb, present sporadically emits gas/steam, peak of activity registered Apr.-July, major hot lava flows, 1000 degrees Celsius coming down slopes, released another plume, blasting ash 32,000 feet in air, diverted air traffic headed Far East, largest eruption to occur in North Pacific in decade, eruption, quite weak, grew by end of Mar., volcano very active, over 100 local earthquakes occurring daily on volcano, spewing columns of vapor mixed with large amount of ashes, explosions within crater heard at Klyuchi, sounds heard due to atmospheric phenomena.; Mount Kozyrevsk spewed volcanic bombs to height of 300 kilometers over summit, such phenomena now stopped.; Mount Shiveluch, 1964 last, Kamchatka Peninsula, Klyuchi village, threw out ashes Sun., loop of stretched 20km to west/to south-west, one day over 300 local earthquakes registered at volcano, ashy emissions erupted, have spread over 80 kilometers, emitting ash to height 6,000 meters, 20,000 feet, past twenty-four hours about 170 local tremors, emitted ash to height 4.5 kilometers, streams of lava with temperature of about 1,100 C, 2,012 encountering ice caps, producing powerful explosions of vapor, experts warning devastating mudflows can reach 500 meters, 1,640 feet in width/descend volcano’s eastern slopes, ocal officials said, population/companies in area could be affected by mudflows, told to take precautions, largest gas/ash emission in 5 years, clouds of volcanic ash spreading to northeast of mountain, posing threat to people’s health/air flights, tremors registered in nearby area, more than 150 volcanoes on Kamchatka, 29 active.), (2000-2001/2004-2005—Siberian coldest winters ever recorded), (2005—Kamchatka Peninsula had snow!; Moscow heaviest snow fall on record)

Australia [2010—(10/21 Murray-Darling Basin/Southeast, evidence of long-term drier climate.), (3/2 floodwaters in Charleville/Roma after record breaking rains hit a swathe of southwest Queensland still officially gripped by drought)], [2008—(8/17 Eyre in Western Australia registered low temperature of -7.2°C–19°F, setting record for all-time lowest temperature for that Australian state)], (2005—extremely unusual heat; heaviest rain  in 156 years; Teutonic plate, Andaman plate line, 700 miles long, maybe collapsing causing extreme weather.), (2000—lowest temp ever recorded), (1999—Cyclone, strongest winds ever recorded)

• McDonald Island (2007—sub-Antarctic, volcano erupting, most remote territory, volcanic activity changing shape of island, ultimately changing environmental make-up of cold/windswept surface, island 4100km southwest of Western Australia, last visited 2002, volcano dormant 75,000 years before erupting first time 1992, several eruptions since, most recently 2001, island’s size doubled in time from 1.13sq km to 2.45sq km, McDonald Island volcano also unusual , unlike most oceanic volcanoes, it sits on shallow submarine plateau, means its eruptions not wild/fiery as some, slow-moving mass of lava that seeps/spreads, volcano 44km from Australia’s only other active volcano on Heard Island, activity for some time.)
• Vanuatu (New Hebrides Islands)/northeast (2007—Mount Manaro Volcano, South Pacific Island, Ambae, vulcanologist wondering why lake atop changed color from blue to spectacular bright red, change of color may come from new activity in ground or just chemical change in lake, one of four volcanoes currently active in island showing signs of erupting for only second time 122 years, island is chain of 13 main islands 2,300 km east of north-east Australia, 3 other volcanoes, Lopevi/Yasur/two-crater volcano on Ambryn Island called Marum/Benbow spewed rocks/ash/smoke/steam over South Pacific island nation in recent weeks, activity has slowed in recent days.)

South Europe—[2008—(4/6 measurable snow fell in London, England, U.K., southern Germany)]

• Austria (1999—worst avalanches 370 years)
• Bulgaria (2005—winter cyclone, gravest on record)
• France/west (1999—worst avalanches 370 years)
• Italy (2007—Mount Edna one of most unusual, complex eruptions in 3 centuries), (2000—unseasonable heat; Sicily Volcano erupts 62 times in one year), (1999—worst avalanches 370 years)
• Spain/east [2010—3/4 freak waves, 26ft high on coast northeastern Catalonia region)]
• (2007—Mount Teide, since 2004 mountain has been fairly quiet, couple of weeks might pass, then spate of small, imperceptible trembles occurs/rest is silence, might be tiny, but tremors not being ignored, something’s going on, prompted investigators from home/abroad to take look/see what might be happening, could close down/go back to sleep for another extended period, or could become wide awake, only certainty is volcano showing signs of activity, statistics available appear to indicate there’sproblem in Teide’s magmatic system, one of most puzzling pieces information whole archipelago inching its way towards Africa.)
• Switzerland/west (2002-2004—freak storms), (1999—worst avalanches in 370 years)

North Europe—

• England/west (2000—worst flooding in 100 years)
• Iceland/west (2007—new discovered volcanoes, two rift zones on Reykjanes ridge, uncovered new type of volcano unlike any in world, may be most significant geological discovery 40 years, hot spot under Iceland/rift zone interact, rift zones moving southwards, movement will continue for next millions of years.), (2000—earthquake 6.6, worst 90 years)
• Scotland/west (2005—seasons are changing)
• Sweden (2000—worst flooding 100 years)
• United Kingdom/west [2010—(water companies still recovering from summer drought, which developed through driest first six months of year since 1929.), (10/20 First big freeze, polar winds blowing south heavy snow forecast by Friday, icy polar winds to sweep across country, temperatures plummeting to below freezing/up to 2 ins of snow forecast for parts of north by end of week, millions will wake up to frost this week, worst of weather will hit Scotland/North-east England, Wednesday coldest day of week, temperatures as low as -3C on Tuesday night in rural parts of north, mercury will struggle to rise above freezing overnight in south, arrival blamed on polar winds.)], (2009-2010—coldest for more than 30 years, temperatures in Dec,/Jan./Feb. struggled to stay above zero, with UK average 1.5C (35F), making it deepest freeze sine 1978-79.),

Central America/South—

• Costa Rica [2010—(3/3 Irazú volcano 9 tremors from volcano during 30 minute period, located north of Cartago, began acting up after 7pm, None of tremors felt were above 3 on Richter scale, Irazú located next to Turrialba volcano that has been actively spewing ash/gases for last several months, Cinchona blew last Jan. 8, 2009, located near Poás volcano, short distance from Irazú, Irazú has recorded 23 eruptions during history, first recorded eruption 1723, latest explosion by colossus was n 1965/1963, height, geographical location, climatic condition, eruptions history, Irazú poses te greatest volcanic threat to Central Valley)], (2007—Mount Turrialba, 1866, thousands of small earthquakes occurred over past couple days, mild eruption, spewing sediment/materials accumulated in crater, not lava.)

Central America/Central—

• Nicaragua (2000—Mount San Cristobal strongest eruption ever recorded)

Central America/North—

• Mexico [2010—(10/21 Coast of Baja California 6.9; Coast of Sinaloa 6.2)], (2007—9/21 Hurricane Dean, Yucatan Peninsula sustained winds of 175 mph/central pressure of 905 mb),

South America/South—

• Argentina [2010—(3/2 Neuquen 5.3)]
• Bolivia (2002-2005—worst flood/hail ever recorded)
• Chile [2010—(10/21 Offshore O’Higgins 5.8), (10-20 Offshore O’Higgins 5.8), (3/4 offshore Bio-Bio 5.0; offshore Valparaiso 6.0), (3/3 offshore Valparaiso 5.1; offshore Bio-Bio 5.1; offshore Maule 5.5; massive 2/27 earthquake may have shortened all of our days, according to NASA, mag. 8.8 quake should have shortened length of Earth day by about 1.26 microseconds, microsecond is one millionth of second, quake should have moved “figure axis”, Earth’s mass is balanced, offset about 33′ off north-south axis by 2.7 milliarcseconds, 3″, 2004 mag. 9.1 Sumatran earthquake shortened length of day by 6.8 microseconds, much more than Chile quake did, Sumatran quake shifted Earth’s axis by only 2.32 milliarcseconds, about 2.76 inches, Chile quake should have changed axis more than the much larger Sumatran one because Earth’s mid-latitudes, rather than near equator, putting its force at more effective place for shifting axis, it was on fault that dips into Earth at slightly steeper angle, making it more effective in moving Earth’s mass vertically ), (3/2 offshore O’Higgins 5.1, 5.4, 5.0; offshore Bio-Bio 5.2; offshore Maule 5.0, offshore Valparaiso 5.0), (3/1 Offshore Maule 5.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.0, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0 5.0 5.0, 6.1; Offshore Valparaiso 5.1, 5.2, 5.2, 5.1; Bio-Bio 5.2, 5.0, 5.2, 5.0, 5.3, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.3; Offshore Bio-Bio 5.1, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6, 5.2, 5.0, 5.2; Offshore Araucania 5.1, 5.1, 5.1; Libertador O’Higgins 5.0; Offshore O’Higgins 5.3, 5.0, 5.2), (2/27 8.8)]

South America/North—

• Brazil [2010—(3/1 mass death of tons of fish on shores of Rio de Janeiro’s main lagoon raised alarm for global warming disaster, 100 city clean-up crews removed 90 tonnes of dead fish so far on shores of popular beachside lagoon in Rio, experts say mass death could be result of abrupt temperature change, falling 10° centigrade in 24 hours)], [2008—9/5 southern Brazil saw its latest snowfall on record)]
• Columbia [2010—(10/18 San Jose de las Platas, Arboletes, Uraba, mud volcano erupted 8:30pm)]
• Ecuador/west [2010—(10/22 offshore 5.3)], (2007—Mount Tungurahua, 8 decades until 1999, shooting hot ash 100m into air after lava began to flow out of top last month, thrown out ash/2 km-high column of heavy smoke, volcano erupted after dormant six months, causing 87 small earthquakes in area in 24 hours, more severe eruptions could happen, two deadly eruptions last year destroyed six villages, killed six people, injured 12, Tungurahua dormant for eight decades until rumbled back into life 1999.; Reventador volcano, 3 unique photographs of recent volcanic eruption in remote part show plume unlike any documented hinting newly recognized hazard, usual volcanic plume consists of stalk capped with umbrella, resembles mushroom of atom bomb blast, umbrella on this plume wavy, like shell of scallop, never seen scalloped umbrella before, unusual conditions must have existed in volcanic plume that formed umbrella, instead of usual hot ash, eruption on Nov. 3, 2002 laden with steam/fairly cool ash from destruction of summit cone, unusually cool umbrella could not spread for long time, rapidly became heavy mixture of air/steam/ash hovering precariously over lighter air below, most umbrellas produce gradual ash falls, scalloped umbrellas behave differently/might represent previously unrecognized hazard.)
• Venezuela (1999—worst mudslide 10,000 years)

Oceans—new discovered volcanoes, thousands of new volcanoes found in oceans, true extent to ocean bed dotted with volcanoes revealed by researchers, counted 201,055 underwater cones, over 10 times more than found before, team estimates about 3 million submarine volcanoes, 39,000 rise more than 1000 meters over sea bed, distribution of underwater volcanoes tells something about what’s happening in center of Earth, satellites detect volcanoes more than 1500m high because mass of submerged mountains causes gravity to pull water in around them, creates domes on ocean’s surface several meters high/can be detected from space, multitude of small volcanoes undetected, only way of identifying them manually find their outline on sonar measurements taken from ships, researchers surprised to find density of small volcanoes dropped in area around Iceland, Iceland known to be hot spot for volcanic activity, found fewer volcanoes on seabed around Hawaii, volcanic hot spot, findings mean that researchers need to re-assess understanding of how submarine volcanoes are formed.)

Antarctica [2010—3/1 vast iceberg broke off eastern Antarctic earlier this month could disrupt marine life in region, scientists warned, iceberg, 78km by 39km wide, could have consequences for area’s colonies of emperor penguins as they may be forced to travel further afield to find food, iceberg calved from Mertz Glacier Tongue after  hit by another huge iceberg, called B9B, change in availability of open water could affect rate of food production, which would have impact on amount of wildlife it could sustain, rise in concentration of salt increases water’s density, causing it to sink to bottom of the ocean, new iceberg has shortened length of Mertz Glacier Tongue, which could result in pack ice entering area/disrupting polynia, means that bottom water production rate will decrease, bottom water spills over continental shelf, flows down continental slope into deep ocean, this process helps drive  “conveyor belt” of currents in Southern, Pacific, Atlantic Oceans, any disruption to net flow of bottom water could result in weakening in deep ocean circulation system, which plays key role in global climate system, researchers say changes to region triggered by formation of new iceberg will not shut down the circulation system/affect the world’s climate)], (2004—coldest in recorded history)

Atlantic Ocean—

• Trinidad/Caribbean Sea (2007— Mayaro, offshore mud volcano rising three months ago, residents called authorities to investigate gas bubble spotted at sea, growing ever since, emitting methane/flammable gas, grown 45 feet over past four months/now within four feet of breaking sea surface, bubbling disturbance in sea off Point Radix, mud volcano mount, poses no immediate threat to people, trying to quash rumors that disturbance could generate tsunami affecting seaside villages along east coast of Trinidad, waves generated pose threat only to sea-going vessels, ponds bubbling, part of road leading to village pocked with holes, some with bubbling mud, ten years ago in area Piparo mud volcano blew out with ferocity, roiling waters in area larger than football field off Trinidad’s east coast may be sign of growing mud volcano on ocean floor, emitting methane gas/mud/sediment, gas bubbling to surface could decrease buoyancy of water/sink any ships venturing near, center of muddy brown water waves are foaming/water appears to be bulging, mud spewing out of sea 8km off eastern coast of Trinidad could form temporary island, mud pouring out of opening or several openings in underwater hill/mountain at depth of 12-15m near Point Radix coast, probably looking more like a mud volcano, waves breaking around it, suggests it is just below water surface, only matter of time it breeches the surface, even if island is formed, will eventually submerge because it is made of loose mud, similar event occurred 2001 off Erin Bay in southern region of oil/gas producing twin-island nation, mud volcano rose 1.5m above sea level, creating island that collapsed after several days, in 1997 mud volcano erupted on land, burying 10 houses in central village of Piparo, villagers reported rumblings days before, Trinidad’s eastern coast is major area for oil/gas exploration/several companies flew over Point Radix coast to determine mud eruption would affect exploration operations.)

Pacific Ocean [2010—(10/19 Antarctic Ridge 5.0)], (2007—Pacific Sea Floor noisy popping rocks hauled up from deep seafloor off northern Mexico appear to be from very young undersea volcano, weird/scientifically valuable gas-charged, remarkably loud, volcanic rocks discovered in area 1960, no one able to find them again until now, area 200 miles south of San Diego near Guadalupe Island, don’t know how many volcanoes off coast here, rocks rare, popping rocks found outside Mid-Atlantic Ridge. How much of each gas that’s found in rocks could support or challenge theories about how interior of Earth is heated.; New type of volcano discovered may be heating up floor of western Pacific Ocean, group of small volcanoes, petit spot volcanoes, discovered far from tectonic-plate boundaries such as mid-oceanic ridges that often spawn volcanoes/earthquakes, Petit spot volcanoes yield no evidence of liquid rock source from deep within Earth, source of volcanoes melted rock from upper mantle, much closer to surface, squeezed through cracks in tectonic plate above, did not form by a plume.)

• Admiralty Islands [2010—(3/4 5.2)]
• Caribbean Island (2007—Mount Soufriere Hills, 1995 last event, Montserrat growing lava dome, 1,065 meters above sea level, containing 250 million cubic meters of volcanic material, largest ever been. Record surpasses previous record size, 2003 dome at 240 million cubic meters. Dome subsequently collapsed, converting areas from south woodlands to Salem/surrounding environment into disaster area due to abundance of ash deposited in areas.)
• Easter Island/southeast [2010—(10/19 Southeast 5.0)]
• Fiji Islands/south [2010—(10/21 South, 5.0)]
• Haiti/Caribbean [2010—(10/21 at least 10 people killed in flooding/mudslides triggered by three days of torrential rains)]
• Mariana Islands/near Japan (2007—Anatahan’s Volcano temporary lull, showing signs of activity with long-period earthquakes occurring, volcanic earthquakes indicate magmatic movement that may lead to another eruption.)
• New Zealand/south [2010—(10/21 Kermadec Islands/South 5.2)], (2007—Auckland, Mountt Taranaki, ash from Lake Pupuke affected by eruptions from/farther afield, 400-year cycle, last erupted about 300 years ago.; Dozens of newly discovered volcanoes in stretch of Pacific Ocean pose major tsunami risk due to area’s seismic instability, Australian geologist warned,  teams discovered 75 previously unknown volcanoes in 2,000km strip from New Zealand north to Tonga, 40 percent of releasing hot water/gas through vents indicated magma below, all potentially active, only 10 volcanoes  known to exist in area, tectonic plates comprise Earth’s crust known to be converging north of New Zealand faster than anywhere else on planet, moving at rate of about 25 millimeters a year, tsunami could occur at any time/threaten communities across Pacific.), (2005—Takelau cyclone, 4 in Pacific in one month; icebergs sighted off coast)
• Papua New Guinea/southwest [2010—(10/21 New Britain Region 5.4; 10/22 Easter New Guinea Region 5.1 )], (2007—Karai volcano, July 13, a series of light-moderate earthquakes accompanying first historical eruption of volcano, frequent earthquake activity continues, emissions from another volcano, Mt. Bamus, volcano has been inactive for more than 100 years, began projecting steam plume into atmosphere, continued earth tremors felt within vicinity of Kimbe, Bialla/Mamota distance of approximately of 16-20km tremors continue five minute intervals, affected population, estimated 2,078 people live around Kaiamu/Malasi/Sulu/Silali villages, communities moved out of danger areas in fear of eruption, recordings at Kaiamu July 16 indicate heightened frequency/levels of seismic activity consisting of overlapping volcanic tectonic events, few booming noises heard on 17th, no ash emissions during last two days, magma not connected to surface via fractures or conduits, if current level of seismic activity continues, eruption likely to occur.; West New Britain, Mount Garbuna, officials link eruption, which burst into life after hundreds of years of dormancy, with eruption of Mount Langila earlier this year, thousand people live in village closest to volcano, 20,000 people live in Talasea district, main threat today is ash-fall.)
• Saipan/West [2010—(9/10 N. Mariana Islands Tropical Depression)]
• Santa Cruz Islands [2010—(3/4 5.2), (3/2 5.1)]
• Tonga/South [2010—(10/19 5.1, 5.5, 5.0; 20: 5.2), (10/21 5.1]

Indian—

• Reunion Island (2007—shattering of one of two craters of giant volcano eruption of century, scene apocalyptic, 800-meter-wide plateau inside crater dropped 300 meters during  eruption, erupting mysterious fish , discovered hundreds of fish of unknown species floating belly-up in sea, following spectacular volcanic eruption over past week. “It’s crazy. We’ve never seen this with previous eruptions.” Dead fish have bulging eyes, heads sometimes protracted by beak, appear to have surfaced from depths of 500 meters. Eruption resulted in collapse of Piton de la Fournaise volcano’s summit, magma spewed 200 meters, 656 feet, in air, then lava fell to only 10 meters, 33 feet, in height, less activity within crater, though entire sections of rock continued to collapse, houses affected, residents continue to hear loud rumbling, 300 hectares of primary forest destroyed over past 10 days.)

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Circular Fields Switzerland

post by unknown author, Apr. 2009

On the morning of the 24th of April 2009 employees at MeteoSwiss (Switzerland’s Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology) got the surprise of their lives. Huge circular fields hovering over Switzerland were picked up by their radars. The question was asked as to whether a massive UFO was in the upper-atmosphere above the scenic mountainous nation or perhaps these circles were signs of an imminent hurricane or maybe some sort of electromagnetic radio frequency/microwave technology is in use to cause such an anomaly.

Felix Schacher, a senior Meteorologist at MeteoSwiss claimed the circles were not UFOs or the signs of a hurricane about to wreak havoc on his country. Mr Schacher told the Swiss news site ’20 Minutes’ that they were merely caused by the reflection of water droplets that just happened to form a circular shape.

A few minutes after being queried on the issue the radar images were hurriedly removed from the departments website. Many Swiss UFO researchers have left comments on various internet forums expressing their doubt on the ‘reflection water droplets’ story, asking why was the image so quickly removed and who ordered its removal. Many people also left some comments on forums asking if the interference patterns shown on the meteorological map, could be caused by trials in relation to the startup of the LHC—Large Hadron Collider near Geneve also, in Switzerland.

Russia’s Climat Changing?

post by unknown author, Oct. 2009

Weather forecasters have so far been unable to explain December’s unusual warm spell, the head of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring said Wednesday. “Extreme deviations in weather patterns have been observed before, but over the past decade they have been more and more frequent,” Alexander Bedritsky said, adding it will take about 30 years to understand the anomalies.

He said four all-time high temperature records have been registered in Russia since the start of December. He also said the number of weather phenomena dangerous both to humans and to the economy has been rising since the mid-1990s, at a rate of approximately 6% a year. Bedritsky said weather temperature has risen 1° Celsius (33° Fahrenheit) over the past 10 years. “Our forecast for 2005-15 predicts that temperatures will continue to rise,” he said.

Red Dust in Sydney

post by unknown author, Oct. 2009

A pall of red dust blown in from the Outback clogged the skies over Sydney today, diverting international flights, disrupting public transport and prompting a spike in emergency calls from people suffering breathing difficulties. No one was reported hurt as a result of dust storms sweeping a vast swath of eastern Australia, but officials closed ferry services on Sydney Harbor because visibility was cut to dangerous levels, and police in two states warned motorists to take extra care on the roads.

Such thick dust is a rarity over Australia’s largest city, and came along with whip-lashing winds and other uncommon weather conditions across the country in recent days. Hailstorms have pummeled parts of the country this week, while other parts have been hit with an early spring mini-heatwave, and wildfires.

“It did feel like Armageddon because when I was in the kitchen looking out the skylight, there was this red glow coming through,” Sydney resident Karen told Australian Broadcasting Corp radio. Dust storms were reported today along Australia’s heavily populated eastern coast, from Ulladulla, south of Sydney, to Brisbane, about 620 miles north. Other areas in the southeast were hit earlier this week.

The storms—visible as a huge brown smudge in satellite photographs of Australia—are the most severe since the 1940s, experts said.

International flights to Sydney were being diverted to other state capitals because of visibility problems caused by the dust. Three flights from neighboring New Zealand were turned back from Sydney, Air New Zealand spokesman Mark Street said. Qantas, Australia’s national airline and biggest international carrier, said it expected severe delays throughout today. Officials said particle pollution in Sydney’s air was the worst on record today, and the New South Wales state ambulance service said it had received more than 250 calls before midday from people suffering breathing problems. People with asthma or heart or lung diseases were urged not to go outside and to keep their medicine inhalers handy.

“Keeping yourself indoors today is the main thing to do if you have any of those conditions and particularly if you’re a known sensitive sufferer such as children, older adults or pregnant women,” said Wayne Smith, a senior state health official. Sydney residents coughed and hacked their way through their morning commute, rubbing grit from their eyes. Some wore masks, wrapped their faces in scarves or pressed cloths over their noses and mouths.

The dust descended on Sydney overnight, carried by powerful winds that snatched up tons of topsoil from country’s drought-ravaged inland and threw it high into the sky. As dawn broke, sunlight struggled to penetrate the dust cloud, casting an eerie red glow over the city and prompting scores of calls to local radio stations.

“These dust storms are some of the largest in the last 70 years,” said Nigel Tapper, an environmental scientist at Monash University, noting that one dust storm this week blew as far away as New Zealand some 1,400 miles away.

Drivers in the southeast of Queensland state, including the capital of Brisbane, switched on their headlights Wednesday and police warned them to slow down as dust darkened skies there. The winds also fanned at least one major wildfire in the area. Forecasters said winds carrying the dust were expected to weaken later today.

Copenhagen Treaty

post by k. e. leger, Nov. 2009

I was a little curious as to what exactly was going on. So, I hit a few buttons and through Fox News and a few other sites found some very interesting information. It’s all a money game! I told you this before…it’s all greed and the poor nations are tired of Americas and their wealth! The December signing of the Copenhagen Treaty has been delayed but for only a couple of months. The United Nations is in the process of a major (180 million-dollar) propaganda campaign to influence world leaders into signing this treaty.

One thing before I go one—Number 2 of Article VI of our Constitution states—

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”

Number 3 of Article VI of our Constitution states—

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

It is said that it is possible to override this, and in the ‘50s they tried to add an amendment to further protect us but it was shot down. I still don’t see how…and I don’t see how any other nation could possibly think they can overrule the United States of America but we do have the puppet as our acting President so you never know.

Back to this treaty—The United Nations as I said in an earlier blog uses models that only measure human emissions and does not take into account natural occurrences. They have a World Meteorological Organization with a weather watching agency, the Earth Institute, at Columbia University under the director, Jeffrey Sachs who, of course, is also the special adviser to none other than U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon (I’ll explain him don’t worry).

Doing a bit more googling (wasn’t hard), to further state what the scientists said in that report I blogged earlier, volcanoes release 40% of CO2 into the atmosphere (that’s 145-255 million tons each year), humans release 100 times less than that. And…if we were being overcome by CO2, it would stink everywhere! I told you that the undeveloped countries wanted to find a way to gain control of the industrialized nations. They want to create a world government. Well guess who is leading that government? You guessed it…the United Nations! Under the guidance of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. is pushing for the transfer of wealth to the poor countries by way of Climate Control and the Copenhagen Treaty. The Copenhagen Treaty is a multi-trillion dollar greenhouse gas reduction package and guess who is fitting the bill?

The rush is on because the present Kyoto Accords (have never heard of it before today) expires in, get this one, 2012! The U.N. is pushing for a non-binding Political agreement. What exactly do they mean by non-binding? Janos Pasztor, Ki-moon’s head game player, says we have to take “drastic measures to cope with climate change.” He also goes on to say that “climate change is a major issue…has become too important for anyone to stand on the sidelines while the planet’s future is at stake.” He seems to be panicking! Why now? What’s the rush? Because maybe they know that the scientists are right and that we could really be headed to an ice age (has nothing to do with humans), and that civilizations in the past have disappeared during such Earth cycles. Because maybe they are afraid their power won’t mean squat if we do go into an ice age and the face of Earth changes, so they are trying to protect their own backs. Realistically…when we go into an ice age, do you think their stupid little signed document will mean anything to the people who hold the only thaw land in the world?!

They really believe it will. In fact, so much so, that they are using the media (bribing the media unions to get down to the nitty-gritty) to send out their message. They are actually sending the news media dictated scripts to read with their message about the importance of their cause. They are mobilizing civic action groups world-wide to push their agenda, even going straight to our children. They’ve enlisted Hollywood and their people who are always so worthy of a cause because they are too ignorant to read the scientific stuff.

But the United Nations is phony. They are connected with REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) an organization which intends to transfer billions of dollars to poor countries to keep trees in their country from being cut down. Where are they going to get the money? and, Why can’t they just stop cutting the trees? How stupid!

The U.N. is associated with Tck Tck Tck (some ridiculous save-the-planet gig) an organization associated with Green Peace (this organization is made up of all the communist left-overs who had to leave Berlin when the wall fell—they had to find a cause somewhere. You didn’t think they’d just buy a house and settle down? Did you?

The U.N. is also associated with GCAP (Action against Poverty). Yea right! Spread the wealth type of agenda! The U.N. formed the United Nations Education Program (UNEP) aimed at children (Tunza Network) and United Nations International Children’s Education Forum (UNICEF) again aimed at children.

I read an article during the summer when a terrorist organization held a conference in Chicago. They were forbidden to enter several other industrialized countries but our standards have laxed, so they met here. The leader, a well-known terrorist, was interviewed and he said that he wasn’t a killer. He trained the children first and then handed them over. He said it is important to get to the children first. Interesting isn’t it? The Nobel Committee has fallen, the U.N. has fallen…will the United States of America be next?

Louisiana Earthquake?

[This happened in November 19, 2009]

At approximately 7:45 this evening I was in my study working and my daughter was in the living room watching TV (way across our 28 sq ft house). A most strange thing happened. Our house rumbled sort of. It was almost like when a very loud thunder happens and the house kind of shakes but not as loud. The sound was as if someone was walking on our roof. We both met in the kitchen (the middle of the house) asking what it was. Then it happened again but not as intense. I grabbed the phone and called my husband, who was at a boy scout meeting but all I got was his voice mail. My daughter was in such a panic.

“Call 911,” she was saying.

So, I did. We were alone in this very spacious house, and we did have a ladder going up to the roof because my husband had been replacing our roof. I told the 911 lady what we had experienced and I was pretty nervous by this time and to her up on the invitation of staying on the phone until the police guy got here. It took about 15 minutes. We live in the country. It seemed like an hour.

Just when the squad car pulls in, my husband calls. He’s about 8 minutes away. The police man climbs the ladder and looks around, then goes to the back and looks around nothing.

There’s a few odd things. We have two dogs who alert us when anyone comes near the house. They were both sleeping soundly when my daughter and I were in a panic. There was no wind outside. It was rather quite. And while we waited in the drive for my husband an owl flew right over our heads. Never saw that before. It had even crossed my mind while waiting for the police car that maybe, just maybe it was the earth because of all the information I had been reading. So I asked if anyone else had called in about a strange noise. She said, “No.”

After my husband came and he exchanged greetings with the police man and the police man left. We went inside but my husband kept looking around the house outside. The phone rings and it’s the parish police office. A local detective called in not long after I did. He lives about 3 miles from us in a subdivision. He reported the same thing. He felt the 2 shakes and so did some of his neighbors. After calling around one of my neighbors also felt it.

The police office said they were investigating but were coming up with nothing. They had called several oil companies to see if there were any explosions and there are none so far. We have experienced explosions here before and we didn’t feel anything from them, but we have seen the fire.

After talking it over with my husband, we had remember Sunday’s event. I was in the back of the house and he was on the side porch. There was this very loud popping noise. I thought he had shot something, but it was odd because it sounded too close to the house. He thought that our neighbor who fixes tires in his barn had a tire explode. I went to check on my husband and found him walking around the house looking. We still have no idea what it was.

If anyone out there has had a similar experience, I would be glad to hear it. I have been reading about the different climate changes through the world and even Arkansas have been experiencing the feel of earthquakes when they shouldn’t. I have an open mind, and believe on some things we have to educate ourselves.

Pay Attention To Earth Around You

post by k. e. leger, Nov. 2009

Please read to the end…it’s that important…give to everyone you know…this is not a joke…not a political advertisement…this is about survival of the most important kind! It is so easy to brainwash a Nation. That was the topic of a paper I wrote my senior year in college. Well, my American friends you are falling into the trap. Lies and deceptions have taken control and you may not even know it. Please keep reading…this may save your life and that of your family! Yes, it’s that important.

There’s a current power race to gain control of all industrial nations. Our government (the U.S.) has fallen into this game instead of preparing its people for a very serious earth change. This is not a joke or a lie. I have three children and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them safe. I expected my American government to keep me informed. Instead, they have lied to me, betrayed me. While other countries are stocking seed pods with every kind of seed, the Vatican building a specially built shelter, our government is more worried about gaining control of its people, and allying itself with other nations than informing us about the truth of what is really going on.

Our government is playing political games instead of preparing its people for survival for a real and natural kind! The following information was taken from a broad cast of scientists being interviewed about our climate change. Following this brief dictation in my own words, I’ve listed their names, credentials and websites. I beg you to get this to as many people as you can. This may seem far-fetched. But it’s going to happen. All the conditions are right. The American people need to come together. There’s much more we should be doing than worrying about political mess. Just fire them all and move on. We all need to start preparing and sharing information and tips on building materials, food storage ideas, kid entertainment ideas. There is so much we can do, so much hurt we can prevent. Follow the scientists…Don’t listen to the TV. This is not the first time I’ve begged for dialogue on this subject.

Here it goes:

The first trap:

Globe Warm/Climate Change and the Cap and Trade:

1. Carbon is a solid.
2. CO2 is a gas.

There is no way that CO2 could possibly be destroying our Earth. There is no way possible that humans are contributing to the destruction of the Earth. CO2 is heavier than air. So, it couldn’t possibly go into the atmosphere. There is less than 4% in the air which means 4% of the entire Earth. Plants need CO2 to survive, and right now there’s not enough CO2 for them. CO2 is not a pollutant but a benefit plants need.

How did all this come to be? Unproductive countries wanted to get rid of the industrialized nations. How could they do it? Well, these industrialized nations use fuels (i.e. carbon and CO2). So, instead of releasing the entire truth about what CO2 really is and what carbon was doing (not much harm as it turns out), whoever “they” are sent out the message that global warming is happening and that human error is destroying the Earth.

And guess what? The world believed them! It was that easy!

When climatologists disagreed in their particular States, they were fired by politicians. This scared other climatologists to keep their mouths shut because they were threatened and bullied by our new aristocratic government officials. These scientists have families, mortgages, etc, they were scared. They were being classified politically as “Right Wing” activists, “Conservatives.” They didn’t want to be involved politically, so, they kept the lid on the truth.

See how suddenly having values and morals has become the “bad” thing!

Gore won a Nobel Prize for a movie about global warming, going all over the world promoting this film which had plenty of mistakes that he didn’t bother to correct. The information about these mistakes were directly pointed out to him then put all over the Internet but he left the mistakes in to fool the people and got himself, and others, really rich, and still the Nobel Committee issued the award in spite of the mistakes and the dishonesty. The Nobel Committee failed do their homework as they failed do their homework when they issued the prize to the puppet, losing all creditability with the people.

The truth is Government Control. Right now government leaders around the world are getting ready to sign the Copenhagen Treaty to create international taxes, footprints, etc., to punish people (take control of people) for taking up too much carbon and CO2, when the facts are there’s not enough to bother with. Look at your Periodic table if you think the scientist are wrong.

The Truth: The Earth goes through natural cycles. There’s nothing human about it. There are thousands and thousands of volcanoes on Earth (combining above and underwater ones—maybe millions). When these volcanoes erupt, they shoot ash (a more common term for all the scientific ones) into the atmosphere. When there are more clouds than particles in the sky, the sun cannot penetrate and we have cooler days. This “ash” tends to cause more clouds or blockage in the sky.

Take a look at the temperature change after major volcanic eruptions and try to prove the scientist wrong—you can’t. In 2007, almost every volcano on land erupted, now it’s cooler. Hope you like cold weather. The Earth goes through cycles! This is just one cycle that tends to take thousands of years to complete and we just so happen to be at the end of it, and that’s hard to comprehend when you’re sitting behind your Xbox or watching the news or your favorite show on TV. But wake up!

These scientists are trying to give you a heads up…so, listen!

As you know, there are three layers of the Earth all moving in different directions but evening the “whole” out. Unlike 2012 the movie, the Earth will not just stop in mid air and reverse its rotation when the poles change. It’s a gradual thing. If you look back at the temperatures of the last ten years, you’d see that we are in a cooling stage. In fact, the 1900s have been cooler than the 1800s. There are some very important scientists who believe that we have been slowly moving in another ice age. How do they come to this reason? Well, the truth of course!

The study that the United Nations did which lead to all these “Global-Warming-Press-Fed” deceptions was just focused on the human point. Their models didn’t take into account the natural factors. The fact is Al Gore and those yelling “Save the Planet” are looking at doctored documents and only part of the truth—foolishly not looking at the whole but only one part.

The fact is that glaciers around the world are growing, even here in the United States, even in South America, Chili, New Zealand, Iceland, etc. Do your research and check it out. There are web sites below to help you out. The melting in the Antarctica is part of its normal cycle. The ice melts in the summer and freezes in the winter. Yes, part of it is melting but the other side of it is growing. This year, 2009, all over, including in the United States, snow records have already been topped.

The Second Trap:

The Energy Treaty—The puppet is on his way to Copenhagen to sign this communist treaty and the American politicians that we elected are allowing him to do it. What does this treaty do? Americans plus everyone in the world will be rationed energy. You will only be allowed to use your dishwasher once a week. Say goodbye to your hairdryer and clothes dryer. To buy a cow, you will have to get permission from someone is another country. To cut down a tree in your own yard, you’ll have to get permission from someone in another country. To pour a cement driveway, you’ll have to get permission from someone in another country. The world leaders are taking the wrong steps. Instead of focusing on global warming/climate change, they should be focusing on preparing for an ice age and how to survive it.

The last mini ice age happened in the 1600s. Here’s the advice from the Scientists—

• We need to prepare how to live.
• We need to learn how to grow food in different ways because the ground will be frozen. It’s possible that the northern States may evacuate to the South; the Southern States need to be prepared for this. We won’t have any more extreme weather than we have now. We won’t experience extreme cold weather (no more than we have now, maybe a few degrees lower). Boundaries of Nations and States will be a mess; leaders need to be prepared for this. Food production will be a big problem.
• Remember—We should be preparing for ice. Insulate your home for cold weather.
• Install a wood burning stove as soon as you can.
• Learn to can food and start canning food and can as much as possible.
• Stock up on thick socks and good shoes.
• Stock up on warm clothes, wood to burn, iron pots to cook on, blankets, toilet paper, medications, hand gloves, warm hats, and bath products.
• Obtain clean barrels in case there’s a shortage of water.
• Get a stock of vitamins and whatever else you think you may need.

Start doing this now. Money may not…I repeat money may not be an issue. This is serious. The sooner you prepare yourself the better you will have a chance of survival. A couple years back England experienced five weeks of extra rain. Their fields were too wet to plant, people starved. During the 1600’s mini ice age, the farmers couldn’t plant because ice covered the ground—thousands of people starved to death. This is the scenario we are looking at.

Here in the South, for hurricanes, we prepare. We board up windows; have flashlights, batteries, canned foods, bottled water, etc. We do this preparing for a two to three week period of no electricity. This is a totally different ball game. We are talking about a life-altering experience. Possibly living without electricity—maybe (the northern States know what it’s like when they have a snow storm, electric lines don’t react well to all that weight), food shortage world-wide—a yes, it’s going to happen, a money shortage, civilization failure—a strong possibility.

For Americans, a possible return to the old-west style of living. People will have to interact and help each other. It’s coming. The sooner you react and prepare the better. Below is the web site if you’d like to hear the entire broadcast. It’s a little over an hour long.

Dr. Timothy Ball is a renowned environmental consultant and retired climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg. Dr. Ball has a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, an M.A. from the University of Manitoba in 1970 in Geography, and a Ph.D. in climatology from the University of London, England.

Joseph D’Aleo, executive director of http://icecap.us/, was the first Director of Meteorology at the cable TV Weather Channel. A former college professor of meteorology. D’Aleo has served as a member and then chairman of the American Meteorological Society Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, and has co-chaired national conferences for both the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association.

Robert W. Felix, author of two internationally acclaimed science books—Not by Fire but by Ice and Magnetic Reversals and Evolutionary Leaps, is the host and creator of www.iceagenow.com and www.evolutionaryleaps.com. He has given more than 300 radio interviews in the U.S. and Canada presenting his view that the next ice age could begin any day.

Kim Greenhouse is host and creator of http://www.itsrainmakingtime.com./ Kim is a communications steward, pioneer, and rainmaker for a better world who loves to bring new knowledge and unique opportunities to those who are ready, willing, and receptive.

Drs. Willie Soon & David Legates reveal startling information about the forces that influence climate & weather, and the political obstruction of science.

Climate is Changing Fast

post by unknown author

Climate is changing much faster, stronger and sooner than anyone expected and it is changing in unexpected ways. It is supposed to be warming but the reality is actually cooling. Sami K. Solanki of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research announced that he believes the Sun is leaving its fifty to sixty year long grand maximum of the second half of the 20th century. He had said previously that the Sun was more active in the second half of the 20th century than in the previous 8,000 years. Solanki holds that a repeat of the Dalton Minimum is most likely, and that the earth is in for an unusually deep and long solar minimum.

The Dalton Minimum was a period of low solar activity, named for the English meteorologist John Dalton, lasting from about 1790 to 1830. Like the Maunder Minimum and Spörer Minimum, the Dalton Minimum coincided with a period of lower-than-average global temperatures. The Oberlach Station in Germany, for example, experienced a 2.0°C decline over 20 years. The year without a summer, in 1816, also occurred during the Dalton Minimum.

Are you Watching Yellowstone? They are!

post by unknown author —Summary of 2010 Madison Plateau, Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm (Data from the University of Utah Seismograph Stations)

There’s a map on the site I found showing Yellowstone National Park Jan-Feb, 2010 swarm earthquakes in red, Apr. 2010 earthquakes in blue, previous swarms from 1995-2009 in green, and volcanic vents with yellow stars. Caldera boundaries are shown in orange. Mallard Lake Resurgent dome, to the southwest, and Sourcreek Resurgent dome, to the northeast, are shown with yellow lines. The histogram at the top right shows the number of earthquakes per day from Jan. 15-Apr. 6, 2010.

Retrospective analysis shows that the 2010 Madison Plateau swarm began on Jan. 15, 2010 with a few small earthquakes and picked up in intensity on the 17th of Jan. By the end of Feb. 2010, earthquake activity at Yellowstone had returned to near-background levels, but activity has picked up somewhat in early Apr. 2010. The swarm is located about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the Old Faithful area on the northwestern edge of the Yellowstone Caldera. Swarms have occurred in this area several times over the past 30 years. Visual observation of landforms and geothermal features by Yellowstone National Park personnel did not show any changes that could be attributed to the earthquakes.

This swarm is now the second largest recorded swarm at Yellowstone. It was longer (in time) and included more earthquakes than last year’s swarm beneath Yellowstone Lake (Dec. ’08/Jan. ’09). Calculations, by the University of Utah Seismology Research Group, of the total seismic energy released by all the swarm earthquakes corresponds to one earthquake with an approximate magnitude of 4.4. The largest recorded swarm at Yellowstone remains the Fall 1985 swarm, which was located in a similar location, in the NW corner of the Yellowstone Caldera.

As of Apr. 6, 2010 a total of 2,347 earthquakes had been automatically located for the entire swarm, including 16 with a magnitude greater than 3.0; 141 with M2.0-2.9; 742 with M1.0-1.9; and 1,361 with M0.0-0.9. The largest events were a pair of earthquakes of magnitude 3.7 and 3.8 that occurred after 11 PM MST on Jan. 20, 2010. Both events were felt throughout the park and in surrounding communities in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. Aerial photo over the Madison Plateau looking south towards the Teton Range. Most of the earthquakes in the swarm were located beneath this area. During aerial overflights, nothing remarkable or unusual was noted by visible inspection or through use of an infrared camera.

See the University of Utah Seismograph Stations for the most recent earthquake data. Analysts continue to work through all the automatic earthquake locations, and are refining hypocenter locations, depths and magnitudes for inclusion in the earthquake catalog. As the events are refined, they are listed on the UUSS website and loaded into the ANSS catalog. Seismograph recordings are also available online by clicking on the station of interest on the Yellowstone seismograph network station map.

Swarms are common at Yellowstone—The number of earthquakes per day throughout the swarm was well above average at Yellowstone. Nevertheless, swarms are common at Yellowstone, with 100s to 1000s of events, some of which can reach magnitudes greater than 4.0. There were about 900 earthquakes during the Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009 Yellowstone Lake swarm. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 3.9. The 1985 swarm, also on the northwest rim of the caldera but several miles from the current swarm, lasted for three months. During the 1985 swarm there were over 3000 total events recorded, with magnitudes ranging up to M4.9.

Although we give earthquake counts for previous swarms, it is not strictly correct to compare small differences in the number of earthquakes from one swarm to another. The number of earthquakes located depends on how close the earthquakes are to the monitoring equipment, the type and number of the seismometers in the network, and the software for analyzing the earthquakes.

Our current monitoring capabilities allow for us to record many more earthquakes than we recorded in 1985, especially on the lower end of the magnitude scale. Even in the past year, the difference in the swarm locations and a change in software used to analyze the earthquakes makes it difficult to directly compare the earthquake count from last year’s Yellowstone Lake Swarm to the current swarm. However, the earthquake count is still a useful number, especially for comparing the number of earthquakes from a swarm to other days during that year. Helicorder for Plate Boundary Observatory borehole seismometer B207, which is about 7 miles (12 km) northeast of the 2010 swarm. Seismicity is shown for Jan. 17, 2010 through the Feb. 8, 2010. Seismic data are provided by the National Science Foundation funded Plate Boundary Observatory operated by UNAVCO.

Seismologists continue to review the earthquakes—Earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 2.5 are automatically located and then automatically plotted on the University of Utah Map of Recent Earthquakes. The smaller events must be analyzed by a seismic analyst to determine what are correct earthquakes from that area. Because the smaller events need to be individually located, they are added to the map later than those that are automatically located.

The delay in reporting the smaller earthquakes is usually not very noticeable, except when there are large numbers of very small earthquakes. The smaller earthquakes can be viewed on the University of Utah Yellowstone seismic network helicorders. Please keep in mind that all of the earthquakes will be analyzed but it will take time to get to the smaller ones.

RSAM plot for PBO borehole seismometer B207 from Jan. 17 to Feb 8, 2010. Real-time Seismic-Amplitude Measurement (RSAM) was developed by the USGS to summarize seismic activity during heightened volcanic activity. For more information on RSAM see the Alaska Volcano Observatory’s RSAM page. Seismic data are provided by the National Science Foundation funded Plate Boundary Observatory operated by UNAVCO. Click on the image for a larger version.

If you feel an earthquake, please report it—Many of the larger (> M 2.5) earthquakes have been felt in the Park and in the surrounding areas. If you feel earthquakes, please fill out a form on the USGS “Did You Feel It?” web site http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/ Information collected from the form is used for scientific research. Maps are generated by the form information for each felt earthquake.

We continue to monitor Yellowstone Volcano—YVO staff from the USGS, University of Utah, and Yellowstone National Park continue to carefully review all data streams that are recorded in real-time. At this time, there is no reason to believe that magma has risen to a shallow level within the crust or that a volcanic eruption is likely. Yellowstone National Park is in a region of active seismicity associated with regional Basin and Range extension of the Western U.S., as well as volcanism of the Yellowstone volcanic field. Pressurization due to crustal magma bodies of the Yellowstone hotspot and associated shallow geothermal reservoirs can also contribute to earthquakes. Scientists continue to research the origin of these and other Yellowstone earthquakes.

The USGS Volcano Alert Level and Aviation Color Code for Yellowstone remains at Normal and Green. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) is a partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Yellowstone National Park, and University of Utah to strengthen the long-term monitoring of volcanic and earthquake unrest in the Yellowstone National Park region. Yellowstone is the site of the largest and most diverse collection of natural thermal features in the world and the first National Park. YVO is one of the five USGS Volcano Observatories that monitor volcanoes within the United States for science and public safety.