Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Disasters

[JamaicaBaby]

we just had junk blow thru chicago-land, now it's quiet, a little lightning.... before wow, lots of bolts, hail in some areas. LOTS of rain.

it's spring!

[JamaicaBaby]

wow, i got family up there...to the south, and east, yikes!

[Burpzilla]

dbleagl took those pics in Stoughton, WI

[JamaicaBaby]

whoah where was that?

[FOOT]

EHDT

panel construction to with stand wind and quakes

[Stock]

Eartquake No Cal in news?

[SeriousMoney]

GOOGLE HURRICANE TRACKING MAP

http://hurricane.stormreportmap.com/

[Myself °¿°]

Tops 3000 http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=earthquake&btnG=Search+News
Versíon en Español

Earthquake Location

Location Maps

Did You Feel It? Tell Us

ShakeMap

Historical Seismicity

Seismic Hazard Map

EQ Density Map

[TonyMcFadden]

Big shaker hits Indonesia

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/27/indonesia.quake/index.html

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An Indonesia government agency said 2,275 people have died in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked central Java early Saturday morning, with most of the fatalities centered in a district just south of the popular and historic tourist destination of Yogyakarta.

[waterwisp]

Nagin...BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA !!!!!

[waterwisp]

It's (somewhat) OFFICIAL !!!

NAGIN WINS !!!

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&u=/ap/20060521/ap_on_el_st_lo/new_orleans_mayo....

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By (somewhat)...you never really know with Louisiana Politics !

BUT...

...it's pretty much official...Nagin is IN...AGAIN !!!

[waterwisp]

N.O Mayor runoff happening...as we speak...

Incomprehensible as it may seem...I actually think there is a 50/50 chance that Nagin might pull it out !

Freaken amazing !!!

Apparently there is...ah hem..."NO"...end to human stupidity !!!


(hard to call...as a large % of LA. voters are displaced...and living in places other than LA/NO !!!)



Stay Tuned...we'll know soon !

[~ Susan ~]

Hey Dan

Unfortunately, it seems that pretty much all the evacuees have returned to their homes again to tend to their livestock. These are probably the same people who experienced the last eruption. You would think they wouldn't want to be around for this one. But maybe they're not convinced yet that an eruption is forth coming and they're willing to take the risk of staying on at their farms. There is a pretty strong consensous that Merapi is going to erupt though.




Natural disasters rock Indonesia
5.37PM, Tue May 16 2006

Lava has begun streaming down the side of Indonesia's mystical Mount Merapi.

And meanwhile, a strong earthquake has struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island.

The US Geological Survey said there was little or no risk of a major tsunami.

Around the base of Mount Merapi, considered sacred by some Indonesians, thousands of residents went about their daily lives despite warnings that a major eruption could come at any time.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has urged officials to be persistent in their efforts to move people away from the danger zone and warned residents not to assume their villages are safe.

Vulcanologists said Merapi is in its final eruption phase and feared the possible collapse of a swelling lava dome could trigger more massive and dangerous clouds and sprays of lava.

During its last eruption in 1994, most of the 70 deaths were caused by the outpouring of hot ash and other material following the collapse of a lava dome.

When, or if, this might happen again is uncertain, said Triyani, an official at the Centre of Vulcanological Research and Technology Development in Yogyakarta near Mount Merapi.

"We cannot predict, because this mountain is unique," she said of the nearly 10,000 feet conical-shaped volcano in the centre of Java island.

Merapi, about 280 miles east of Jakarta, is one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific "Ring of Fire".

Some villagers consider the volcano sacred. Yudhoyono said while the government respected the beliefs of people in the area, it also had the responsibility of saving lives.

[omandan]

HI Susan
Doesn't it just amaze you how stupid people really are???
I just can't belive it.
Dan

[~ Susan ~]

Some residents ignore danger as volcano spits fire

Updated Sun. May. 14 2006 10:55 AM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

After emergency evacuations were carried out on Saturday, many residents of the Mount Merapi volcano returned to their homes Sunday, even as the crater belched smoke, ash, and sent streams of lava flowing down the mountain.



Officials have raised the alert to the highest level, warning that a major eruption could happen at anytime.

The volcano, which has remained relatively inactive in recent years, has rumbled back to life recently, lighting up the night sky with fiery explosions and streams of magma, and sending spectacular clouds of black ash billowing into the sky.

Thousands have already been taken to evacuation centres located outside of the danger zone, but many have ignored the danger, returning to take care of livestock and crops on their farms on the mountainside.

Though an eruption is expected any time, the site -- located about 400 kilometres east of Jakarta -- has drawn scores of curious onlookers.

On Sunday police set up roadblocks to keep vehicles from getting within seven or eight kilometres of the crater, but allowed villagers to return to their homes to care for their farms. Police warned residents to return to safety by nightfall.

About 4,500 of those who are most at risk were evacuated on Saturday, but many young men stayed put.

"I cannot force them," said Widi Sutikno, the official coordinating the emergency response. "All I can do is tell them to keep looking up at the mountain and have a motorbike ready."

Catherine Hickson, a volcanologist with Natural Resources Canada, said there is little doubt Merapi will erupt, and residents should evacuate immediately.

"Merapi is a very dangerous volcano," Hickson told CTV Newsnet on Saturday.

"It has produced these hot pyroclastic flows that have killed people. Sixty people a decade ago, and I believe it was in the 1930s another eruption killed almost 2,000 people. So it's a very dangerous volcano and the people around it do need to evacuate."

Hickson said an unstable dome of lava is accumulating around the steep rim of the volcano's crater. If it collapses, it will likely cause avalanches of hot lava that reach temperatures of 400 C and travel at more than 100 km/h.

"They are lethal to anybody who is in their path," Hickson said.

On Saturday, officials recorded 27 volcanic tremors and the mountain released clouds of hot ash at least 14 times.

Lava has already flowed 1,500 metres down the mountain.

Merapi, one of at least 129 active volcanoes in Indonesia, is part of the series of fault lines that stretch from the Western Hemisphere, through Japan and into Southeast Asia known as the "Ring of Fire."

In 1994, Merapi erupted, emitting a cloud of gas that burned 60 people to death.

Prior to that, Merapi erupted in 1930, claiming 1,300 lives.

[waterwisp]

I think this "fight" would fall...

...under the category of "some other disasters" !

But, seriously...it is a developing story that is directly linked to the ongoing story of Katrina !!!

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I wonder if Vegas is making odds on this fight...

...I'm thinking that Mitch "The Ragin Cajun" Landrieu wins in a brutal 15 round split decision !

Know this...it will be the best fight since...

      "Marvelous Marvin" Hagler

                 vs.

      Thomas "The Hitman" Hearns

[TonyMcFadden]

Sorry, but are those hurricanes, tonados, earthquakes or some other disasters?

[waterwisp]

...perhaps that should've read...

           "Sugar Ray" Nagin

                   vs.

     Mitch "The Ragin Cajun" Landrieu

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[waterwisp]

...and THEN there were 2 ! lol



LET'S GET READY TO RUM - M - M - B - L - L - L - E !!!

               Ray Nagin

                  vs.

             Mitch Landrieu

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[waterwisp]

23 candidates running ! lol

[waterwisp]

So...does Ray Nagin have a snowball's chance...

...in HELL of being re-elected Mayor of New Orleans ???

It WILL be interesting to watch !

Frankly, I think Michael Brown (former vilified FEMA boss) has a better chance of being elected the next Mayor of New Orleans !

But...who the HELL really knows ?

We ARE talking Louisiana politics here !!!

[TonyMcFadden]

re Larry

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-in-three-roofs-gone/2006/03/20/1142703252564.html

[teapeebubbles]

A powerful tropical cyclone ripped the roofs off buildings and uprooted trees, tearing across Australia's northeastern coast with powerful winds that kept emergency workers from responding to pleas from terrified residents.

With winds up to 180 mph, Tropical Cyclone Larry smashed into the coastal community of Innisfail, about 60 miles south of Cairns, a popular jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef, sending hundreds of tourists and residents fleeing for higher ground.

[SeriousMoney]

Unexpected cause of levee break found
Findings raise questions about safety of the flood barriers that didn't fail
By JOBY WARRICK, Washington Post
March 11, 2006, 2:16AM

NEW ORLEANS - The force of surging high water from Hurricane Katrina bent back a key New Orleans flood wall and splintered its foundation, an investigating panel said Friday in a report that sheds new light on the cause of the city's flooding while raising questions about the city's surviving levees.

The report contradicted earlier views about why the 17th Street Canal flood wall collapsed, but it also said that the failures were "not anticipated" by the levees' designers and that the system did not perform as intended.

A 450-foot section of the flood wall near Lake Pontchartrain collapsed Aug. 29 without ever being overtopped by Katrina's storm surge, according to the panel, which was appointed by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Army Corps officials said the findings had prompted an immediate reassessment of ongoing efforts to rebuild 169 miles of Katrina-damaged levees.

The collapse of the 17th Street flood wall left much of central New Orleans under water. The wall, a concrete structure that sits atop an earthen levee, was designed by the Corps.

Previous studies by independent analysts pointed to weak, peatlike soils beneath the flood walls as the primary reason for the collapse. Friday's report by the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, a group of 150 engineers and experts from government, academia and private industry, also implicated weak soils.

But the panel said that was only one of several factors in an unusual, top-to-bottom cleaving of the levee that occurred hours after Katrina hit.

The split itself was caused by the high volume of water in the canal, which pressed the flood walls backward by several inches and tore a gash in the soil where the wall intersects with the earthen levee on which it rests. Water rushed into the growing crack, investigators said, and the walls finally gave way. Relatively soft, poorly compacted soils on the sides of the levees could not stand up to the strain, the report said.

The findings were viewed as worrisome by some experts who noted that New Orleans still has dozens of miles of similar flood walls that were weakened but not breached by Katrina.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3716149.html

[SeriousMoney]

Can't... all my pennies are in MOBL.:)

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=10133790

[Burpzilla]

"Worst set of tornadoes in recorded history," perhaps... that's what someone just said

[Burpzilla]

All stormchasers invited to join in the NCAA pool --> #board-3638

Enter your bracket, win a prize

[Burpzilla]

Lots of tornadoes going around...

[SeriousMoney]

Eyewitness account of Katrina aftermath, from "Memoires of an All-American Truck Driver".

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=10114649

[SeriousMoney]

Well they better hurry then, before the seacoasts are flooded!

[Burpzilla]

Meteorite hunters and archaeologists love it. As the ice goes down, chunks of space junk and frozen early humans are revealed. See, there's a bright side to everything.

[SeriousMoney]

Loss of Antarctic Ice Increases
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
New York Times, March 3, 2006

Two new satellite surveys show that warming air and water are causing Antarctica to lose ice faster than it can be replenished by interior snowfall, and thus are contributing to rising global sea levels.

The studies differed significantly in estimates of how much water was being added to the oceans this way, but their authors both said that the work added credence to recent conclusions that global warming caused by humans was likely to lead to higher sea levels than previous studies had predicted.

The earlier projections presumed that snowfall over Antarctica, as well as Greenland, would increase as warming added moisture to the air, compensating for the losses of ice from crumbling or melting along coasts.

Several independent experts agreed with the new conclusions, saying they meshed both with more localized studies of trends in Antarctica and with evidence from warm spells before the last ice age.

"Snowfall will matter less and less," said Robert Bindschadler, an expert on polar ice at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration who was not involved in either study. "We know that warmer climates eventually lead to less ice."

Most of the ice is being lost in western Antarctica, where warming air and seawater have recently broken up huge floating shelves of ice, resembling the brim of a hat. That, in turn, has allowed ice in the interior to flow more readily to the coast.

One of the new surveys, led by H. Jay Zwally, a NASA scientist, used satellites and aircraft to measure changes in the height of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland over the decade ended in 2002. It found a loss of volume in Antarctica and a small overall gain in Greenland, where inland snows have outpaced ice flowing into the sea, at least temporarily. It was just published in The Journal of Glaciology.

The other study, by scientists at the University of Colorado, looked at changes from 2002 to 2005 using NASA satellites that detect subtle changes in Earth's gravitational field that can be used to estimate the weight of water in an ice sheet.

"The changes we are seeing are probably a good indicator of the changing climatic conditions there," said Isabella Velicogna, the lead author of the gravity-sensing study, which was published online yesterday by the journal Science.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/03/science/03melt.html

[Myself °¿°]

MAG 7.5 MOZAMBIQUE



MAGUTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:sLATdegLONdegDEPTHkmRegion
MAP 5.5 2006/02/23 04:04:05 -54.697 1.868 10.0 BOUVET ISLAND REGION
MAP 4.2 2006/02/23 02:40:55 -21.498 33.515 10.0 MOZAMBIQUE
MAP 5.3 2006/02/23 02:22:08 -21.282 33.231 10.0 MOZAMBIQUE
MAP 5.4 2006/02/23 01:23:42 -21.313 33.385 10.0 MOZAMBIQUE
MAP 7.5 2006/02/22 22:19:09 -21.215 33.337 10.0 MOZAMBIQUE
MAP 4.6 2006/02/21 07:30:38 39.074 24.273 20.0 AEGEAN SEA
MAP 4.7 2006/02/20 19:30:44 28.236 54.734 31.7 SOUTHERN IRAN
MAP 4.5 2006/02/20 18:55:17 -2.756 68.070 10.0 CARLSBERG RIDGE
MAP 4.8 2006/02/20 18:52:05 -2.738 68.141 10.0 CARLSBERG RIDGE
MAP 4.9 2006/02/18 14:59:05 -6.475 -11.077 10.0 ASCENSION ISLAND REGION
MAP 4.6 2006/02/18 11:03:45 30.735 55.414 115.4 CENTRAL IRAN
MAP 5.8 2006/02/17 13:24:04 -1.828 -15.123 10.0 NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
MAP 4.9 2006/02/17 12:18:27 -56.039 -27.632 129.5 SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION

[~ Susan ~]

You're welcome Dan. I just thought it was kind of a neat link.

[omandan]

~Susan~
Thanks for the link to gesource.
I'm new to Ihub & just saw this site, most interesting. Book marked your link so I can easly check it.
Dan

[~ Susan ~]

For anyone who is interested in viewing via webcam the activities of Augustine Volcano it can be found here
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php

ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY
INFORMATION RELEASE
Friday, January 13, 2006 6:05 PM AKST (305 UTC)


AUGUSTINE VOLCANO (CAVW#1103-01-)
59.3633°N 153.4333°W, Summit Elevation 4134 ft (1260 m)
Current Level of Concern Color Code: RED

Augustine volcano has entered a period of repetitive explosive eruptions. Today's eruptive events occurred at 4:44 AM, 8:47 AM, 11:22 AM, and 4:40 PM. Each of these events produced ash plumes, mudflows, and pyroclastic flows on the island. Ash clouds produced today were in excess of 30,000 ft, as reported by pilots and radar data provided by the National Weather Service. Ash was carried to the east-southeast and light ash falls were reported in communities of the southwestern Kenai Peninsula.

Based on historical records from the eruptions in 1976 and 1986, as well as all available data from this eruption, we expect the current sequence of explosions will likely continue for several days to perhaps two to three weeks. The principal hazard associated with these explosions is airborne ash that can be transported downwind for hundreds of miles. Dangerous pyroclastic flows and mudflows are expected to occur on all flanks of the volcano.

AVO will continue monitoring Augustine on a 24-hour, 7-day per week basis


ABBREVIATED COLOR CODE KEY (contact AVO for complete description):
GREEN volcano is dormant; normal seismicity and fumarolic activity occurring
YELLOW volcano is restless; eruption may occur
ORANGE volcano is in eruption or eruption may occur at any time
RED significant eruption is occurring or explosive eruption expected at any time

[teapeebubbles]

Alaska coping with unseasonable warmth

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 13, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) --
A severe snow shortage is keeping snowmobiles off the trails in Alaska.

The Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News reports that recreation areas around the
city and in nearby areas like the Kenai Peninsula are closed because the snow
pack is too thin for motorized use.

The state has been enjoying -- or coping with -- unseasonably warm weather.
While this might be a boon in many states, in Alaska wilderness traveling is
often easier in the winter when the bogs freeze and snow provides a surface
for snowshoes, cross-country skis or snowmobiles.

In other wilderness areas, officials are warning anyone who ventures into
the mountains to be careful because of avalanches, another product of high
winter temperatures.
www.upi.com
Copyright 2006 by United Press International

[Myself °¿°]

whoa! Gulf of Ca 6.7 ..
Update time = Wed Jan 4 13:00:01 UTC 2006
Here are the earthquakes in the US2/27.29.-113.-111 map area, most recent at the top.
(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)
Click on the underlined portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

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DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km

 4.7  2006/01/04 09:17:57  28.105 -112.506  10.0   88 km ( 55 mi) ESE of Santa Isabel, Mexico 
  6.7  2006/01/04 08:32:31  28.102 -112.066  10.0   89 km ( 56 mi) NNE of Santa Rosalía, Mexico 
  4.4  2006/01/04 08:30:38  27.799 -112.278  10.0   53 km ( 33 mi) N   of Santa Rosalía, Mexico 
  4.6  2006/01/04 03:45:04  27.776 -112.155  10.0   52 km ( 32 mi) NNE of Santa Rosalía, Mexico 
  4.9  2006/01/04 01:05:09  27.941 -112.147  10.0   70 km ( 44 mi) N   of Santa Rosalía, Mexico

[teapeebubbles]

Roughly every three seconds, the equivalent of a large dump truck load of lava — 10 cubic yards — oozes into the crater of Mount St. Helens, and with the molten rock comes a steady drumfire of small earthquakes.

The unremitting pace, going on for 15 months now, is uncommon, said U.S. Geological Survey geologist Dave Sherrod. Experts say it is unclear what the activity signifies or how much longer it will continue.

[teapeebubbles]

Everybody knows about the Fujita Scale which measures the power of
tornados. But nobody really knows what all those types of twisters do
to COWS. So here is the MOOJITA Scale...

MOOJITA SCALE:

M0 Tornado- Cows in an open field are spun around parallel to the wind flow and become mildly annoyed.

M1 Tornado- Cows are tipped over and can't get up.

M2 Tornado- Cows begin rolling with the wind.

M3 Tornado- Cows tumble and bounce.

M4 Tornado- Cows are AIRBORN.

M5 Tornado- S T E A K ! ! !

[Biowatch]

GlaxoSmithKline Donates $1 Million to Rebuilding Efforts in South Asia

Wednesday December 21, 11:22 am ET

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK - News) announced today that it has made a $1 million cash donation to the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund to help reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake in the mountainous regions of South Asia in early October. The earthquake claimed the lives of over 80,000 people, and about 3.5 million survivors are homeless - many of whom face extreme winter weather conditions with little shelter.

The South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund was established following an appeal by President George Bush to U.S. organizations. It is administered by the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a CEO-led forum whose mission is to lead the business community in corporate philanthropy.

"We are proud to join with other members of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy to meet the critical needs of earthquake survivors in South Asia," said Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline. "These survivors are suffering, and those of us with the ability to do so should respond to the President's call for support, and do what we can to help rebuild lives and communities destroyed by the earthquake."

GSK's $1 million donation will be designated for reconstruction and rebuilding. GSK has already contributed frontline healthcare support for the disaster, with free emergency supplies of antibiotics for over 10,000 patients delivered within 48 hours of the earthquake through GSK's business in Pakistan.

More recently, GSK agreed to donate 350,000 doses of hepatitis-A vaccine to health authorities in Pakistan for use in the relief camps housing those displaced by the earthquake.

The company will match GSK employee donations to the South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund at 100%.

An Advisory Committee of five CEOs, together with a representative from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and one from the Pakistani-American community, will ensure the funds raised are directed to where they are most needed.

For more information about the US relief effort and how to contribute, visit http://www.southasiaearthquakerelief.org.

GlaxoSmithKline - one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies - is committed to improving the quality of human life by helping people to do more, feel better and live longer. For more information about GlaxoSmithKline, visit http://www.gsk.com.

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051221/phw022.html?.v=35

[SeriousMoney]

Lucky you didn't mix up those last two items!

[waterwisp]

Man !!! Can I kill a thread...or what ?

Jeeez !!!

It was just a "theory"...or...a "Theorem"...as it were !!!

[waterwisp]

Plato would prolly call it...

...a "Theorem" !

"The Burpseriouszilla Money Theorem"

[SeriousMoney]

Keep on keepin' on, Peggy Sue!

[SeriousMoney]

But what would Plato call it?

Click & be genuinely real...

[NovoMira]

Somehow I think it's just as much of a myth as Zapruder's theory.

I've seen the video, BTW...

Then again...what if? Nah, Burp and Serious aren't that much alike.

Neither were Tony and Andy though.....

Hmmmmmmm????

[waterwisp]

my "theory" might be like...

...the "2nd shooter on the grassy knoll" theory !

We just may NEVER really know for sure !

Unless...maybe...Abraham Zapruder's grandchildren have some video showing the two of them together!

I'm talking about Burp and Serious...not Andy and Tony !

[NovoMira]

The "Eighth Wonder of the World?"

It's possible...veddy possible. But can we prove it?

[waterwisp]

imposter ? Maybe it's Tony Clifton !