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2007 Prophesy Fulfillment Archive

I Chronicles 16:22 "do my Prophets no harm"............... Matthew 23:34 "I send unto you Prophets & wise men"

ACTS 2 "17. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18. And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19. And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath;"

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Posted for HOLIDAY December 31, 2007 - January 1, 2008 ---------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

STORMS INTENSIFY... Sunday August 19, 2007 Yea saith the Lord pay attention to the wind for it is a sign of the times, the last days that you live in, for I say unto you the earth shall quake even more than it has before, the storm intensities shall increase, hail shall become larger, although the rains have come drought shall continue, it is time now to turn your backs from the wind and face the wind saith the Lord.

USA CALIFORNIA - Raging Winds, Dust Storms Knock out California Power - Thousands of Southern California residents were without power Thursday as strong winds knocked down power lines and blew blinding dust across desert roadways. More than 19,000 customers from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power were without electricity following winds that blew in the 50-60 mph range. The outrages stretched from the San Fernando Valley to southern Los Angeles, said agency spokeswoman Carol Tucker.

AUSTRALIA - residents along the Queensland coast are bracing for a fierce and volatile weather system this weekend with the bureau warning of gale-force winds, dangerous surf and abnormally high tides.

AUSTRALIA - A tropical cyclone watch has been issued for western Australia's Pilbara coast. The Bureau of Meteorology estimated category one tropical cyclone Melanie was 610km north-west of Broome and moving at 8km/h towards the coast at 4pm (WDT). A cyclone watch has been issued for coastal areas between Exmouth and Broome. "Tropical cyclone Melanie is not expected to cause gales on the coast overnight tonight or during Saturday. However, gales may develop on the coast late Sunday."

NETHERLANDS - has another record warm year in 2007 - The average temperature in the Netherlands in 2007 matched 2006, the warmest year in 300 years, and the Dutch meteorological institute said it was a sign of global warming. The average temperature in 2007 was 11.2 degrees Celsius (52.16F) which, along with 2006, is highest average since Dutch temperatures were first measured in 1706, the KNMI institute said. Dutch temperature records are among the oldest in the world.

WARNING AMERICA INTENSIFIES... Sunday April 15, 2007 Is it not because you America have hardened your hearts towards me says God, for even as the times of old in Egypt did they not harden their hearts towards me, and because of their hardness of heart did I not bring plague and judgment upon that great land at that time, and even now America though you be a great land, because you have hardened your heart you will not see the glory of God to it’s fullest...but because of the hardness of your heart these things must take place, and it will not be the end of such judgments says God, for many judgments are prescribed upon the land, because my people even have forsaken me, they have forsaken the assembling of themselves together, that they might fellowship in the light of my word says the lord, therefore I say unto my people come out from among them that you might know the glory of your God and of your King says God.

GLOBAL/USA - 2007 a Year of Weather Records in U.S. - January was the warmest first month on record worldwide — 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe's average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year.

USA NEW YORK - Weather patterns took twists and turns in 2007, beginning with flowers blooming in January and including a freak June storm that killed four people in Colchester. Golfers were hitting area courses in January's 60-degree weather. A high of 64.4 degrees was recorded Jan. 2, which broke the 1890 mark of 58 degrees for the date. January averaged 4.8 degrees above normal. The normal mean temperature for January is 21.3 degrees. But by the end of January, temperatures plunged. A record-setting blizzard pushed through the area Feb. 14. More than 25 inches of snow fell in Emmons. That broke the Oneonta-area record for Valentine's Day of 20 inches, set in 1914. The average Binghamton snowfall in February is 15.9 inches, but the 2007 February total was 29.1 inches. Temperatures varied in the area but remained below average in February. The cold weather continued into March. Oneonta set a record for the lowest high temperature for the March 6, with the thermometer only reaching 5.1 degrees. The previous record was 8 degrees. Summer began tragically in the town of Colchester where four people died June 19 after an 8-foot-high wall of water rushed through two valleys. The storm that stalled along a ridge between Holiday Brook and Cat Hollow roads in the Delaware County town washed away four homes and destroyed roads and bridges. Up to 8 inches of rain fell in two hours, washing out roads and homes and slamming trees into bridges. The month of July turned out to be cooler and wetter than normal, continuing a trend that stretched through the first seven months of the year. The area's weather during September ranged from wet and warm to near normal. From June through September, the weather was fairly stable. One of the most remarkable things about September was the lack of a frost. As the year drew to an end, back-to-back snowstorms turned the area into a winter wonderland, but rain on Dec. 23 washed snow away, making for a mostly green Christmas.

USA MISSOURI - Extreme temperatures and sporadic rainfall, usually in large amounts, seemed to be the trend for 2007, but overall, the climate wasn’t too out of the ordinary for Southeast Missouri, "but as far as the times that things happened, that was UNUSUAL.” February was really cold, 6.1 degrees below normal, with the normal being 38.5 degrees. The warmest month relative to the normal temperature was March, and that was 56.4 degrees — or 8.7 degrees above the normal temperature of 47.7. April was normal except for three or four UNUSUALLY cold days with an April freeze. “That Easter freeze injured the wheat (and the local fruit crop), and a large percentage of corn had to replanted." August had six 100-degree days, and the hottest day of year was Aug. 16 at 102 degrees. “That’s PRETTY UNUSUAL.” The wettest day of the year was on Oct. 18 when 4.4 inches of rainfall was measured. The wettest month was October which had a total of 7.70 inches rain. “Normally the average is 2.91 inches for October, which is the lowest normal month of the year, and actually this year it was the highest for the year." Meanwhile, forecasters say the region will still be in a drought cycle in 2008.

DROUGHT INTENSIFIES...Sunday August 19, 2007 Yea saith the Lord pay attention to the wind for it is a sign of the times, the last days that you live in, for I say unto you the earth shall quake even more than it has before, the storm intensities shall increase, hail shall become larger, although the rains have come drought shall continue, it is time now to turn your backs from the wind and face the wind saith the Lord.

USA IOWA - Could a year with record-breaking rainfall events in Iowa segue into a period of drought? It’s possible, based on the way weather conditions are shaping up from coast to coast. “A number of current trends are following what happened in 1987 leading into the drought of 1988, and that worries me a little bit.” Drought risk tends to follow a 19-cycle, and the risk of serious drought is doubled in the phase of the cycle which is now occurring. Many serious, widespread droughts start in the eastern United States and work their way west, although they don’t always reach western Iowa. In 2007, many areas of the southeastern United States were plagued with drought, just as the Carolinas were in 1987 before a major drought hit in 1988. While this drought did not decimate the crops of the western Corn Belt, it reduced yields by 30 percent across much of the central and eastern portions of the region. Currently, a residual moisture deficiency persists in the southeastern United States, including South Carolina - more than 90% of all major Corn Belt droughts are preceded by drought in South Carolina. Droughts can also spread from the western United States and Colorado and work their way to Iowa. “Both types of droughts can happen at once. Just think of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s.” All this comes at a time when Iowa has received the most heavy-rain days in the history of the state’s recorded weather. In 2007, there were eight days in which 4 inches or more of rain fell at multiple sites in the state, beating the previous record of six days in 1979. While it’s too early to determine why this is happening, it does highlight the volatile nature of current weather patterns. Due to the cyclical nature of the world’s climate, Iowa may also be heading into a period of colder winters. “The longest time between serious droughts is 23 years. If we don’t have a serious drought by 2011, we’ll break an 800-year-old record.”

Posted for December 28-30, 2007 ---------

AUSTRALIA - A low pressure system off Queensland's central coast is forecast to intensify overnight, whipping up large seas and gale-force winds. The system is expected to be around 500 kilometers off the coast of Yeppoon by tomorrow. The combined winds and waves will cause ABNORMALLY HIGH TIDES along the southern and central coasts.

INDONESIA - The government has renewed calls for ships and boats not to set sail in the next few days following warnings of extreme weather and high waves from the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

BRITAIN - Twelve rescued as high winds and huge waves hit annual pier swim - Brighton Swimming Club abandoned the traditional swim after 8ft waves and 30mph winds battered the pier. Hundreds of people ignored warnings of THE MOST DANGEROUS WEATHER TO HIT THE EVENT FOR DECADES.

USA CALIFORNIA - The National Weather Service placed the Central Coast under a high surf advisory until 3 pm on the 25th. Breakers from 10 to 12 feet were expected to continue throughout most of the afternoon. Another round of high swell was likely to have moved into the area late Wednesday.

INDIA - The city of Bangalore woke up shivering on the 26th, with temperature plummeting to 11.8 degrees Celsius — the THIRD COLDEST DECEMBER DAY IN 124 YEARS.

AUSTRALIA - Christmas 2007 will go down in the record books as ONE OF THE MOST UNSEASONAL IN YEARS in weather terms.

USA UTAH - avalanche experts are calling Sunday's fatal slide at The Canyons Resort "A RARITY" THAT HAS NO PARALLEL IN RECENT UTAH MEMORY.

USA COLORADO - the Denver metro area was digging out from ITS WHITEST CHRISTMAS ON RECORD.

AUSTRALIA - Perth sweltered through its HOTTEST DECEMBER DAY ON RECORD, with the mercury hitting 44.2 degrees Celsius (111.5F). It BROKE THE RECORD FOR THREE-DAY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES in Perth, with Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day being the HOTTEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

USA GEORGIA - 2007 brought RECORD COLD, RECORD HEAT and near record drought to Georgia-Carolina.

KOREA - Warm spell brings RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES to Korea - Seoul posted a RECORD HIGH WINTER TEMPERATURE of 13.8 degrees on Wednesday, higher by 11.3 degrees than the normal average of 2.5 degrees. It was the HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR LATE DECEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1904.

GLOBAL - Meteorologists have chronicled strange weather years for more than a decade, but NOTHING LIKE 2007. Get used to it, scientists say. As man-made climate change continues, the world will experience more extreme weather, bursts of heat, torrential rain and prolonged drought. "We're having an increasing trend of odd years. Pretty soon, odd years are going to become the norm." The decade of 1998-2007 has been THE WARMEST DECADE ON RECORD. With temperatures 0.85 degrees Celsius above normal, January of this year was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe's average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year. As the year progressed, American weather stations broke or tied 263 all-time high temperature records. England had the warmest April in 348 years of record-keeping, shattering the record set in 1865 by more than 0.6 C. "For the first time in recorded history, the disappearance of ice across parts of the Arctic opened the Canadian Northwest Passage for about five weeks starting 11 August." The Arctic dramatically warmed in 2007, shattering records for the amount of melting ice. Sea ice melted not just to record levels, but far beyond the previous melt record. There were "devastating floods, drought and storms in many places around the world." And there were other oddball weather events. A tornado struck New York City in August. In the Middle East, an equally rare cyclone spun up in June, hitting Oman and Iran. Major U.S. lakes shrank; Atlanta had to worry about its drinking water supply. South Africa got its first significant snowfall in 25 years. And on Reunion Island, 640 kilometers east of Africa, nearly 394 centimeters of rain fell in three days — a world record for the most rain in 72 hours.

GLOBAL - The United Nations sent a RECORD NUMBER OF DISASTER ASSESSMENT TEAMS TO EMERGENCIES IN THE AMERICAS in 2007, offering a potential glimpse at the future of climate change. Nine of the 14 teams dispatched this year by the U.N. went to Central and South America, the highest number in history, including the FIRST EVER TO MEXICO. Previously, the highest number of missions to the Americas was eight, after Hurricanes Mitch and Georges in 1998. This year, U.N. teams were sent to Mexico, Uruguay and Bolivia twice to deal with severe floods. Teams were also dispatched to the Dominican Republic following Tropical Storm Noel, Honduras after Hurricane Felix, Belize and Jamaica after Hurricane Dean, and Peru following an earthquake in August. The five other U.N. teams went to Madagascar, Pakistan, and Ghana in response to floods, the Solomon Islands following an earthquake and tsunami in April, and Laos to help the country's disaster preparedness efforts. 10 out of the 14 missions, or 70 percent of the total, were in response to hurricanes and floods.

Posted for December 27, 2007 ---------

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS

RECALL: Botulism bacteria found in green beans

A Michigan company is recalling more than 1,000 cans of green beans that may be contaminated with bacterium that causes botulism.

The canned cut green beans were manufactured by New Era Canning Company, New Era, Mich., and distributed by Gordon Food Service as "GFS Fancy Blue Lake Cut Green Beans."

New Era is voluntarily recalling 171 cases each containing six cans of the green beans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday in a release.

Botulism can result in a life-threatening illness or death. To date, no illnesses have been reported in connection with this incident, the FDA said.

Posted for December 26, 2007 ---------

ECUADOR - Increased seismic activity at the Andean volcano of Tungurahua has prompted the evacuation of 1,200 Ecuadorean villagers, who venture home only to tend crops during the day. Ten villages have been evacuated to sleep in shelters "to avoid people from being near the volcano." The Tungurahua volcano was registering near-constant seismic activity after seven hours of tremors rattled windows Saturday morning, showing an intense glow in its crater and spewing a fine coat of ash. "We can't rule out at this moment that the volcano may evolve in coming weeks from the current situation to a much more explosive level."

USA NEW YORK - Syracuse received RECORD RAINFALL Sunday, breaking a mark set in 1990. The National Weather Service measured 0.77 inches of at Hancock Airport from midnight through 10 p.m. Sunday. That broke the previous record for Dec. 23 of 0.59 inches. The rain, coupled with a rapidly melting snow pack, flooded basements, stalled cars and delayed flights. It even caused the foundation of a Syracuse home to crumble. High temperatures also contributed to the melt off. The high of 52 degrees was significantly warmer than the 34-degree average high temperature for Dec. 23.

HEAVY SNOW / EXTREME COLD -

USA - Snow storms in the central US have left at least 11 people dead and tens of thousands without electricity. The severe weather has caused hundreds of accidents, and reached as far south as Texas - where there was a 50-vehicle motorway pile-up. The storm has also felled trees and power lines and caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights. More heavy snow has been forecast as the storms move into the Great Lakes region bordering Canada. Multiple vehicle pile-ups closed major highways in the central states over the weekend. In Minnesota alone, there were more than 300 road accidents and three deaths. Three other people died in accidents in Wyoming, three in Wisconsin and one each in Texas and Kansas.

AUSTRALIA - Despite recent falls, Brisbane is on track for ONE OF ITS DRIEST YEARS ON RECORD. The region's current drought was described as THE WORST ON RECORD FOR THE CATCHMENTS on the Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams.

USA FLORIDA - [drought-shriveled Lake Okeechobee] The lake hit an all-time low in July, and water managers say it COULD PLUNGE TO LEVELS NEVER BEFORE RECORDED in the next few months. To meet the shortfall, the district is taking the UNPRECEDENTED step of limiting lawn and landscape watering to one day a week throughout almost all of its 16 counties.

Posted for HOLIDAY December 24-25, 2007 ---------

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Another medium intensity quake rattled the eastern part of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday at dawn, the fourth in five days. The tremor is the fifth registered in the island in 11 days and on which the Dominican authorities have yet to issue information.

USA ALASKA - Two significant earthquakes shook Alaska's seismically active Aleutian Islands on Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries. The magnitude-5.9 and 6.1 quakes struck about one minute apart starting at 2:23 a.m. EST on Friday. Both were centered about 100 miles west of Adak in the island chain. "There were two tonight and that was VERY UNUSUAL. We're going to study this a little more closely." On Tuesday, a magnitude-7.2 quake hit the chain about 125 miles west of Adak.

STORMS INTENSIFY...Sunday October 29, 2006 For upon the earth says God, is not my scripture being fulfilled in the eyes of men, distress of nations, as you see the nations of the earth reeling under the hand of man, the seas and the waves roaring, these things are happening even though it is not a hurricane type of storm, but yet you are seeing the winds of power that I told you - you would see, for upon the east my hand shall come says God, upon the east shall things be shaken, and though the west may feel safe it is not safe, for upon the west will come a shaking like never before, ye that have an ear to hear says God, hear what the Spirit saith unto you, for I call upon the earth to repent, I call upon the men of the earth to repent, for the day of the Lord is at hand saith God.

USA CALIFORNIA - Very high tides are predicted for the Southern California coast, but offshore winds and small waves will lessen the possibility of destructive tidal flooding, the National Weather Service said. High tides of as much as 7.6 feet above the mean tide were predicted each morning for four days. But waves are predicted to be less than three feet high, which by Pacific coast winter standards is practically flat. The full moon and relative position of the earth means the natural pull on the ocean is at its highest levels this week, and will culminate in a 7.6 foot high tide at 7:43 a.m. today.

USA MISSISSIPPI - Thursday's tornado in the Heuck's Retreat community, which appeared suddenly and destroyed or damaged several homes, was reported by the National Weather Service as an EF2 with winds of more than 110 miles per hour. The tornado touched down two and one-half miles east of the Brookhaven Municipal Airport and finally broke up two miles west of the Woolworth Community, carving out a damage path of approximately nine miles in length. The survey team reported that the 110 mph winds tossed furniture and appliances more than 100 yards through the air. The strange thing about Thursday's tornado in Lincoln County was not its size, strength or duration, but its presence in the first place. "December tornadoes are UNUSUAL in Mississippi...We have two severe weather seasons - one in April and May, and the other in November. Both severe weather seasons for us this year have been rather uneventful."

USA - A winter storm packing heavy snow walloped the central United States, causing at least 5 deaths and dozens of injuries as multi-car pileups forced authorities to close parts of several major highways. The storm Saturday blew heavy snow from Texas to Minnesota. Much of the region was still recovering from a severe ice storm early last week that knocked out electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses. At least three people in Minnesota and one person each in Texas and Kansas were killed in traffic accidents that authorities said were weather related. Strong winds could make traveling hazardous all weekend. In Texas, the one person died in a chain-reaction pileup involving more than 50 vehicles, including several tractor-trailer rigs, on Interstate 40. Eighteen people were taken to hospitals, two with life-threatening injuries. "There were cars crashing while they (firefighters) were there. They could hear them (the crashes), but they couldn't see them." Many were holiday travelers, including families with small children not dressed for the weather. Other drivers spotted them and opened Christmas presents to provide warmer clothing for the children. The tangle of twisted cars and trucks shut down the interstate for most of the day. Authorities believe the pileup was caused by blowing snow and the resulting zero visibility. In northeast Kansas, at least one person was killed in a 30-car pileup on Interstate 70, prompting authorities to close a 40-mile stretch of the highway. The pileup occurred about 30 miles west of Topeka. The fierce snowstorm caused another wreck involving 20 to 40 vehicles, including three tractor-trailer rigs, on Interstate 29 in St. Joseph in western Missouri. Police closed about 100 miles of I-29 to the Iowa state line. Wind was blowing at sustained speeds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph in Oklahoma, where U.S. 412 near Mooreland in western Oklahoma was closed after up to 20 cars slid off the road or crashed. The storm also impacted flights at airports in the Midwest, as the busy pre-Christmas weekend travel was getting underway. The delays rippled across the country, affecting flights in the New York region.

USA MASSACHUSETTS - Was there really a fall this year? It just seemed like we cruised with no transition from summer to winter. It was an autumn of polar opposites, with most of the fall seeing above average and often downright summer-like temperatures, and the tail end experiencing temps well below normal and weather usually found in the heart of winter. The weather changed so abruptly with the two recent snowstorms and Arctic chill, many homeowners didn't finish raking leaves before the wintry conditions descended. An 11-inch snowstorm Dec. 13 came earlier and heavier than expected, gridlocking students and employees heading home from school and work. A 5.5 inch snowstorm three days later that was accompanied by sleet, freezing rain and rain made for icy conditions that persist, leading to plenty of slip and falls and vehicle crashes. With almost 17.5 inches of snow falling before winter arrived, from the two major storms and two minor ones this month, the Attleboro area has already surpassed last winter's total of 14.5 inches. The 11-inch storm on Dec. 13 fell into a two-way tie for the third biggest one-day snowfall for December. Tuesday's low temperature bottomed out at a frigid 8 degrees and Wednesday's low was in the teens. The picture was a complete turnaround from most of autumn, with many days registering temperatures 20 degrees higher than normal for the time of year.

USA NORTH CAROLINA - Needles pile up as drought dries North Carolina Christmas trees. A RECORD North Carolina drought and temperatures close to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (17 Celsius) this month are creating trees that are quickly losing their needles. More consumers are skipping outdoor lots and buying artificial trees. Some who choose real ones are paying higher prices after the drought pushed up farmers' costs. Cultivating trees has been a struggle. The lack of rain, which also caused water shortages in Florida, Georgia and Alabama, killed as many as 40 percent of saplings. Money spent on fertilizer was wasted because the parched earth couldn't absorb it. Rainfall in Asheville was 35.4 inches (90 centimeters) through Dec. 17, a quarter less than normal.

CHINA is suffering its WORST DROUGHT IN A DECADE, which has left millions of people short of drinking water and has shrunk reservoirs and rivers.

INDIA - Mumbai's WARMEST CHRISTMAS IN YEARS - In an UNUSUAL fluctuation after a cool spell through the second half of November and the first couple of weeks in December, temperatures have now begun to surge.

Posted weekend for December 21-23, 2007 ---------

RUSSIA - An eruption of the most northern active volcano in Kamchatka – Shiveluch - occurred last night and appeared to be ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ERUPTIONS OF THE RECENT YEARS. Powerful flows of ash were coming from the volcano crater along with gas flows and fragments of magma substances with the temperature reaching 800 degrees Centigrade. Ash belches went up to 10-12 kilometers high. Satellite photos distinctly show a 600-kilometre ash plume going west from the volcano. At the moment specialists register powerful explosions in the volcano crater; it is said that another eruption may take place soon.

USA FLORIDA - DID OLGA MAKE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA AS A TROPICAL STORM on Sunday? - if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck (although this one was a strange bird)... The return of Olga, and its "landfall" in Florida were very interesting. Just after 5:08 am EST Sunday, an EF1 tornado produced major damage at the Pasco County Jail just north of Tampa. The pressure dropped to 1002.9 mb, consistent with that of a typical low-to-medium strength tropical storm.

DROUGHT INTENSIFIES... Sunday August 5, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, have you not heard the prophetic words that I have given unto you, have you not seen then the fulfillment follow, have you not seen the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the winds and the waves, the storms, the diseases, the pestilences, all these things I have spoken to you, I have spoken to you of the drought, and have you not seen that come, even in areas where rain has been abundant, yet the drought is there, have you not seen the islands that I told you would come out from the sea, have you not heard my voice, have you not known my voice, why do you still resist it says the Lord, do you not believe that when all these things have been fulfilled, and more will come to be fulfilled, that the fulfillment of the second coming of my Son is no less as true saith God.

AUSTRALIA - Continuing drought has seen sheep and lamb numbers in the southern states fall to 80 YEAR LOWS. South Australia's duck hunting season has been cancelled for 2008 because of the drought.

HEALTH THREATS

PAKISTAN said there was no threat of a pandemic from bird flu, as World Health Organization experts carried out tests in the country's northwest after eight people were infected by the virus.

Posted for December 20, 2007 ----------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES... Sunday June 17, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, for the face of the earth shall change soon, areas of the earth will become hotter, yes they will become much, much, more warmer, while other areas of the earth will become cooler, actually very cold, so I say to you strengthen the things that remain, lift up the hands that hang down and the voices now still, call out my name, call out my name as king of kings and Lord of Lords says God.

DROUGHT INTENSIFIES...

BRITAIN - Across the land, the most unlikely little flowers are poking their way up into the gray December light as another year of chaotic weather convinces them that spring has arrived. After seeing primroses in Sussex, daffodils in Devon, crab apples in Nottingham and wild strawberries in Cardiff, gardeners probably suspected that bluebells and snowdrops would not be waiting for February to bloom. They were right. Confused by the warmest April on record, a cold, wet summer and a mild autumn, many plants are flowering early. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, which monitors 100 plant species, said at least three quarters were appearing earlier each year. "This year we have lilacs, which are supposed to flower in May, coming into life in November. Our camellias, another spring flower, have also already bloomed." Unseasonal blooms are extremely vulnerable to the hard frosts. "Last year our horse chestnuts came into life too soon and resulting damage meant the buds didn't grow back, come spring the branches were bare." Many plants could waste their chance to pollinate by blooming out of season. "Bluebells in particular are timed to flower in synch with the arrival of trees leafing overhead and providing shelter. If they start coming in without that shelter, the plants will die without spreading their pollen." Some species could vanish over the next few decades as Britain increasingly takes on a Mediterranean climate. "Plants are becoming confused and disturbed by the warmer autumns and we are seeing it year on year."

CHINA - Drought hits over a million people in southern China: report - A drought described as the worst in 50 years in parts of southern China has left over a million people short of drinking water, state media reported Tuesday.

GLOBAL - Rising seas 'to beat predictions' - Sea level rise is fuelled by melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica. The world's sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists have previously predicted, according to a study. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proposes a maximum sea level rise of 81cm (32in) this century. But in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers say the true maximum could be about twice that: 163cm (64in).

Posted weekend for December 19, 2007 ----------

USA - Would God Bless America? Humanism is a religion, so says the U.S. Supreme Court in Torcaso v Watkins. The religion of humanism one tenet of which is evolution (Darwinism) cannot be taught in the government schools, says the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, unless ALL other religions are also taught, without exception. Yet the only religion barred from study and practice in the government schools is Christianity...by Lynn Stuter

USA North American snows tighten grip - A snowstorm that caused major disruption in eastern Canada and the north-eastern US still has Canada's Atlantic provinces in its grip. The storm, which began on Saturday, was ONE OF THE WORST IN THE REGION FOR DECADES. Some 20,000 people in the province of New Brunswick were without power as high winds tore down power lines. The driving snow and sleet were blamed for several deaths over the weekend, and caused widespread travel problems. The weather system has moved north-eastwards to Newfoundland and Labrador after hitting the Great Lakes area, eastern Canada and New England on Sunday. Residents throughout the affected regions were trapped in their homes, after the storm dumped as much as 50cm (20in) of snow. The snowstorm, which had earlier hit the Midwestern US, brought blizzards, hail, freezing rain and high winds to Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces of Canada late on Saturday and throughout Sunday. Slippery roads in the US were blamed for four deaths in Indiana, two in Michigan and one in Wisconsin and one in Pennsylvania. Around 160,000 customers were left without electricity in parts of Pennsylvania on Sunday after heavy snow damaged power lines. The snowfall comes less than a week after an ice storm claimed 38 lives in the Midwest, most of them in road accidents. Tens of thousands of people in the affected areas of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri still have no electricity. Since mid-November, nearly half of the usual snowfall for an ENTIRE winter has blanketed these parts.

GLOBAL - Rising seas 'to beat predictions' - The world's sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists have previously predicted, according to a study.

UN warns on soaring food prices - Dramatic rises in international food prices are threatening millions of people in poor countries. Food prices have risen an UNPRECEDENTED 40% in the last year and many nations may be unable to cope. 37 countries face food crises due to conflict and disaster. The increases are partly due to droughts and floods linked to climate change, as well as rising oil prices boosting demand for bio-fuels. Changing diet in fast-developing nations such as China is also considered a factor, with more land needed to raise livestock to meet increasing demand for meat. International cereal prices have already sparked food riots in several countries.

AUSTRALIA - Where there are normally hot, dry easterlies there have been spectacular rain storms, where there are normally dry paddocks there has been heavy rain and where there is normally air-conditioning there have been heaters at full blast. The usually red dirt of the eastern Goldfields was blanketed in white hail, with workers from the Cawse nickel mine near Kalgoorlie treated to a RARE sight. Workers were amazed to find a blanket of hail covering the usually dry red earth. “It was the most amazing thing, I’ve never seen hail like that before.” In the north-eastern Wheatbelt the chilly December delivered RECORD FALLS and low temperatures to more than two dozen places across WA. Bunbury recorded its LOWEST DECEMBER MAXIMUM of 16.8C while Wandering and Collie residents shivered through their LOWEST MONTHLY TOP of just 15.3C. There were RECORD ONE-DAY FALLS FOR DECEMBER at places including Moora with 76mm, Dalwallinu 48mm and Kokardine 102mm. The BIZARRE cold and wet snap came after Perth had sweltered through its HOTTEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. The deluge was a mixed blessing - it helped fill empty dams but damaged roads and stopped the harvest. Farther east into drought country, rainfall in the Dalwallinu region had ranged from 25mm to 98mm and many farmers had recorded their highest fall for the year. The Weather Bureau predicted a La Nina pattern would increase the likelihood of above-average rainfall in the South-West from January to March.

Posted weekend for December 18, 2007 ----------

GLOBAL - Sea level rise could be double - the world's sea levels could rise twice as high this century as UN climate scientists have predicted, according to researchers who looked at what happened more than 100,000 years ago, the last time Earth got this hot. Experts have suggested a maximum 21st century sea level rise of about 0.8m. But researchers said in a new study that the maximum could be twice that, or 1.6m.

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday November 18, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, though man does not see global warming as my wrath he must know that I am very disturbed with him, for man has desecrated my name and my word, man has gone ahead and pushed ahead and forced ahead of the things that I would have done upon the earth, and has attempted to change the destiny of the earth, but I say unto you he cannot change it, he will not change it, for I and I only am in charge of the destiny of the earth saith the Lord, the things that I had planned from the beginning will continue on through until the end, and I call my people out of my wrath and into my presence and my protection saith the Lord.

GLOBAL - Climate change will see the “Africanisation” of Spain - Incessant heat waves, the extinction of vegetal and animal species, and the spread of desert will cover southern Spain in its entirety. A study warns of environmental catastrophe before the end of the century. The country’s climate will become more like that of central Africa as tropical disease claims the lives of thousands and swathes of its Mediterranean beaches, which today bring millions of tourists to the country, are lost to rising sea levels. With as much as 97 per cent of the country’s indigenous reptile and amphibian life facing extinction, Spain could see the loss of some of its most emblematic species such as the Moorish gecko and Lataste’s viper. Alarmingly, the scientists who compiled the report claim 50 per cent of Spain’s vegetation could also be lost to climate change. “Terrestrial ecosystems will be subjected to A CHANGE IN CONDITIONS NOT SEEN IN MILLENNIA.” A rise in temperature will bring subtropical diseases unknown until now in Spain, the study claims. Atmospheric pollution will also claim many lives as instances of respiratory disease increase. Heat waves like that of 2003, which claimed 6,500 lives around Europe, will become a common occurrence.

ANTARCTICA - Hut Point Peninsula, near Scott Base, Antarctica, has been experiencing an UNUSUAL heat wave. Like much of the South Island in New Zealand, Scott Base has been basking in a summer heat wave. The Antarctica New Zealand crew has watched the temperature rise to a sweltering 3 degrees, which definitely felt warm compared with the norm. "There were people outside in T-shirts. I didn't think it would get this warm in Antarctica." The heat has also affected the neighboring American base, McMurdo Station. A dozen workers hosted a beach party with deck chairs overlooking the still-frozen sea ice. The beach party proved hazardous, with some succumbing to sunburn in the ozone-depleted atmosphere.

AUSTRALIA - Meteorologists are predicting a hotter and drier January and February than previously forecast, and no end to the drought in sight.

USA GEORGIA - After numerous days of RECORD HIGHS last week, Saturday brought RECORD RAINFALL to Augusta Regional Airport, where 2.58" of rain fell. With fewer than three weeks left in the year, Atlanta needed 4.55 inches of rain to avoid breaking the record low annual rainfall of 31.80 inches.

USA MASSACHUSETTS - the second storm in four days dumped more snow and a layer of ice on much of the region. Saturday's storm dumped another 6 to 10 inches in Middlesex County on top of similar accumulation Thursday. And this coming Wednesday's forecast includes a 40 percent chance of snow, followed by more expected snow Friday. For the balance of the year, the National Weather Service forecasts colder than normal temperatures and near-normal precipitation.

USA SOUTH CAROLINA - Upcoming wildfire season could stretch SC firefighters to their limit. In South Carolina the number of wildfires reported reached 3424 through November, compared to 3017 in all of 2006.

USA FLORIDA - Since January 1st this year, a total of 4630 wildfires have burned 582000 acres of state and federal land in Florida. The risk of wildfires is expected to increase over the next few months, according to a top state officials.

USA ALASKA - Climate change is increasing the severity of wildfires in Alaska, with worrying implications for black spruce-dominated boreal forests.

USA CALIFORNIA - Wildfires' scars driving hungry deer onto roads. Deer foraging for food after the recent wildfires are being killed in RECORD NUMBERS by automobiles.

Posted weekend for December 17, 2007 ----------

Sunday December 9, 2007... I am seeing a vision somewhere in either the northwestern part of the United States or the central western part of the United States… mid west? There is magma forming below the ground. A rather large amount of it, trying to rise.

***WATCHMAN... YES! I realize this is not the USA in the VISION posted above that I spoke in the name of The Lord -BUT- think - if it is happening "UNDER ICE" what MIGHT be happening "UNDER AMERICA"??? ....BroJ

Earth's Heat Adds To Climate Change To Melt Greenland Ice

Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice.

They have found at least one "hotspot" in the northeast corner of Greenland -- just below a site where an ice stream was recently discovered.

The researchers don't yet know how warm the hotspot is. But if it is warm enough to melt the ice above it even a little, it could be lubricating the base of the ice sheet and enabling the ice to slide more rapidly out to sea.

The Last Days Signs - The End Times - Are Upon The Earth!

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ICELAND - Hundreds of small earthquakes have been detected in the region Upptyppingar since Friday last week, located about 20 kilometers east of the volcano Askja and north of Vatnajökull glacier. Experts say a volcanic eruption may follow.

GREELAND - Molten Lava May Be Melting Greenland's Ice Cap - Global warming may not be the only thing melting Greenland. Scientists have found at least one natural magma hotspot under the Arctic island that could be pitching in. In recent years, Greenland's ice has been melting more and flowing faster into the sea — a record amount of ice melted from the frozen mass this summer — and Earth's rising temperatures are suspected to be the main culprit. But clues to a new natural contribution to the melt arose when scientists discovered a thin spot in the Earth's crust under the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet where heat from Earth's insides could seep through. The corner of Greenland where the hotspot was found had no known ice streams, rivers of ice that run through the main ice sheet and out to sea, until one was discovered in 1991. What exactly caused the stream to form was uncertain. "Ice streams have to have some reason for being there, and it's pretty surprising to suddenly see one in the middle of the ice sheet." The newly discovered hotspot, where Earth's crust is thinner allowing hot magma from Earth's mantle to come closer to the surface, is just below the ice sheet and could have caused it to form. What caused the hotspot to suddenly form is another mystery. "It could be that there's a volcano down there, but we think it's probably just the way the heat is being distributed by the rock topography at the base of the ice."

USA PENNSYLVANIA - After a daytime snowstorm dropped 4.5 inches of snow and sleet in East Stroudsburg on Thursday, Friday was predicted to be a rest before snow began again on Saturday evening. "Boy, is it ever UNUSUAL to have this many snows this early." Even before more snow hit the area Saturday and Sunday, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg are already SETTING RECORDS FOR EARLY SNOWFALL. The boroughs have not had this much accumulated snow, nearly 20 inches, this early in the season since 1903.

USA MASSACHUSETTS - New England dug out on Friday from a RECORD-SETTING STORM that dumped 10 inches of snow on Boston, more than the city typically sees in the entire month of December (7.8 inches). A second storm was expected to drop 6 inches of snow and sleet starting on Saturday evening. "It is a powerful Northeaster." Thursday's snowfall set a NEW ONE-DAY RECORD for December 13.

USA OHIO - The system that's dumping on the tri-state is an UNUSUAL one. Normally, storms during December move up the Eastern Seaboard, eventually becoming dreaded nor'easters. This year, however, La Niña is causing storms to form over western states such as Texas and then move northeast. "A cold air mass is trying to surround the system. We have a steady flow, rather than a huge quick blast, of cold air." La Niña, which occurs every four or five years, has a silver lining, because normally such weather patterns moderate the severity of winter.

USA VIRGINIA - RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES have been prevalent in the first weeks of December with highs reaching the low 70s. Records such as the 67-degree high from Dec. 10, 1995, were broken during the second week of the month. The area saw plenty of low temperatures in the weeks before the mid-December heat wave. The warm weather is attributed to a highly amplified pattern where the jet stream is diving deep into the southern United States, pumping warmer air from the Gulf area into the Northeast. "That's why it got so warm and humid here. We are setting VERY UNUSUAL RECORDS as far as the degree of warmth goes because the air mass that is usually around Texas this time of year is up here now." The pattern will likely not continue throughout the entire winter, but there will be a cyclic nature to the warm weather. "We're going to have changes every few days."

USA GEORGIA - Last Sunday's (12/9) 78-degree heat in the Fayette County area BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD set in 1966, and Monday's (12/10) sunshine pushed the mercury to 79 degrees, eclipsing the 77-degree record set in 1972. "It's certainly VERY UNUSUAL. We haven't had many warm spells like this in December before." Although intermittent 80-degree days aren't unheard of during the holidays, an extended warm spell like the one forecast this week is a bit RARE.

Weather records have been kept in Augusta for 118 years. And NEVER, in all that time, HAS THERE BEEN A DECEMBER 11TH AS WARM AS THIS YEAR.

USA NORTH CAROLINA - The UNUSUALLY WARM weather caused eight black bears that live on Grandfather Mountain in Avery County to come out of hibernation. They’re usually in their winter dens, sleeping away in the 20- and 30-degree December temperatures. But on Tuesday the temperature reached into the 60s. "They’re very lethargic, slow, and they looked like they were very tired.” Wildlife experts said the bears aren’t in any danger and will return to the dens when the temperatures go back down. Wednesday's high of 79 degrees at Raleigh-Durham International Airport SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD of 74 degrees set in 1996.

USA TENNESSEE - On Thursday (12/13) for the second day in a row, Knoxville SET A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE. The record high of 71 degrees breaks the old record of 70 set in 1926.

USA ALABAMA - RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE and this has been the DRIEST YEAR TO DATE, with 27.24 inches of rainfall in Huntsville, far below 1914's previous record dry of 32.35 inches.

USA NEBRASKA - While December started out with an ice storm throughout Central Nebraska, it was preceded by ONE OF THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS ON RECORD. During November, Grand Island received just a trace of precipitation, making it the third driest November in recorded history. Normal November precipitation is 1.41 inches for Grand Island. The wettest November on record in Grand Island was in 1983 with 3.77 inches of precipitation. November's dryness was a turnaround from the very wet period experienced through the first two or three weeks of October. Oct. 1 through 18, Grand Island received 3.91 inches of rain. Then the dry spell hit with 43 straight days of no measurable precipitation. For Aurora, a record-tying dry November followed a record-breaking wet October during which 7.38 inches of rain fell.

Posted weekend for December 14, 2007 ----------

Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

Sunday February 13, 2005 Says God... are you not seeing the things that are happening there where the plates of the earth are shifting, and they are causing cracks, cracks and divisions under the earth that are shaking the earth... saith God

Giant mud waves along the bottom of the Arctic Ocean are the latest mystery confronting polar researchers. The undulating piles of mud - some nearly 100 feet across - were created by currents along the ocean bottom. Such features are common along the sea floor in other parts of the world, but scientists previously believed the Arctic Ocean was too calm to create such structures. "The mud waves could be caused by tidal fluctuations. But that's really just speculation at this point." The icebreakers' sonar systems, which provided images of sediment layers as far as 1,000 feet below the sea floor, also provided evidence that huge glaciers once flowed along the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. In some places, the ice flows were heavy enough to create gouges a half-mile deep along the sea floor. Sonar images of these areas show parallel grooves where the glaciers once flowed, and boulders and debris left behind when the undersea ice retreated. Researchers are now studying sediment cores to better understand the Arctic's past and present, including the cause of the sea floor mud waves.

USA 33 DEATHS BLAMED ON U.S. STORM AS IT MOVES EAST - A winter storm marched eastward Thursday after coating the U.S. Midwest in ice, where crews toiled to get electricity back on for hundreds of thousands of customers.

USA ALASKA - Anchorage is low on snow this year. This winter is agonizingly unpredictable. One resident said this winter is an eerie reminder of one in the early '80s, when his senior-year high school ski season in Anchorage was canceled due to lack of snow. It could happen again, he cautions. Residents who enjoy skiing, running, dog mushing and winter biking are beside themselves, tired of the tedious ice and feeling out of sync with the season. For many, the waning hours of daylight are synonymous with some of the best outdoors activities of the year. To be left with the darkness but none of the enjoyment of these winter pursuits has left them feeling shortchanged.

USA OREGON - Mud, trees, and debris nearly four-feet deep in some areas covered US Highway 30 about five miles west of Clatskanie, Oregon on Tuesday, reportedly burying at least two homes and carrying another away. Oregon Department of Transportation closed the highway about 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, with the major slide activity occurring about noon. Road detours have been established from the area, to and from Astoria. Recent storms caused a build-up of trees, debris, and mud.

NORTHEASTERN USA - While millions of people in the nation's midsection tried to thaw out and get power restored, the Northeast was told to expect a double winter whammy starting today that should blanket the region in a foot or more of snow. The weather system that froze Midwest states was expected to arrive in the Northeast after the morning commute. A second storm making its way from the Pacific Northwest, through Texas and then southern Plains states on Friday, should reach the Northeast with rain by Saturday night. Along the way it could dump 12-18 inches of snow in some areas. By Saturday night, "heavy snow and blizzard conditions" are likely from central Pennsylvania, central New York and New England. Conditions Sunday were predicted to include moderate coastal flooding at high tide in New England, wind gusts up to 70 mph on the coast and heavy snow in northern New England.

Arctic summers ice-free 'by 2013' - Scientists have presented one of the most dramatic forecasts yet for the disappearance of Arctic sea ice. Their latest modelling studies indicate northern polar waters could be ice-free in summers within just 5-6 years. Previous projections had underestimated the processes now driving ice loss. Summer melting this year reduced the ice cover to 4.13 million sq km, the SMALLEST EVER EXTENT IN MODERN TIMES. Remarkably, this stunning low point was not even incorporated into the model runs of this team, which used data sets from 1979 to 2004 to constrain their future projections. "Our projection of 2013 for the removal of ice in summer is not accounting for the last two minima, in 2005 and 2007. So given that fact, you can argue that may be our projection of 2013 is already too conservative." "The implication is that this is not a cycle, not just a fluctuation. The loss this year will precondition the ice for the same thing to happen again next year, only worse. There will be even more opening up, even more absorption and even more melting. In the end, it will just melt away quite suddenly. It might not be as early as 2013 but it will be soon, much earlier than 2040."

Extra Sunshine Blamed for Part of Arctic Meltdown - While Earth’s rising temperatures fueled by global warming are certainly a factor in the Arctic melt, UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERNS THIS SUMMER also influenced how much of the sea ice melted. One result of these patterns was a decrease in cloud cover, which would have allowed more sunlight to penetrate Earth’s atmosphere and warm the Arctic ocean waters. New data from NASA satellites observing the western Arctic, where most of the ice loss occurred, showed a 16 percent decrease in cloud coverage this summer compared to 2006. "There’s been quite dramatic reductions of cloudiness this summer." The amount of sunlight from these clearer skies would have been enough to heat ocean waters by 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.4 degrees Celsius), or enough to melt 1 foot (0.3 meters) of sea ice. The result of this work highlights the importance of the influence of weather pattern variability on an already stressed-out Arctic system. "As Arctic sea ice thins, its extent is more sensitive to year-to-year variability in weather and cloud patterns."

ZAMBIA - weather conditions have grown more unpredictable in recent memory. Times and seasons have changed. Things are not what they used to be and what they ought to be, at least in recent times. The weather patterns have become so inconsistent with looming floods almost every rain season. Increasing temperatures, heating up of formally cold spots on the planet poses a challenge to the way people live now. In short, times and seasons have taken a sudden shift and this is definitely changing the way people live. Droughts, floods and the occurrences of diseases have become a major challenge in today's world. Gone are the days when winter was winter and summer was summer. It is just a different world with weird weather conditions. Like other southern African countries, Zambia has in recent times been affected by droughts and floods. Between December 2006 and March 2007, Zambia was among other southern African countries that experienced massive flooding. The flooding, which left hundreds dead in the region and around 1.25 million homeless, was said to be the worst in living memory. Forecasters said recently that flooding could be expected between January and March 2008 and predicted that almost the areas which were affected last season could experience the same problem this season. Zambia has experienced a number of disasters and the frequency of their occurrence and magnitude has been increasing over the years. For example, drought-induced crop failures between 1986 and 1996 occurred in six out of 10 farming seasons. Scarce national resources have had to be redirected from productive investments to relief and emergency operations.

Posted weekend for December 13, 2007 ----------

NOTE: DURING THIS HOLIDAY TIME OF YEAR AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS ALWAYS WEAKENS...BroJ

THE BIBLE SPEAKS... ACTS 2:19-21 "And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Remarkable new images of Earth's highest and most mysterious clouds have been captured by a Nasa spacecraft. Noctilucent, or "night-shining", clouds appear as thin bands in twilight skies, some 80km (50miles) above the surface. The phenomena appear to be increasing in frequency and extent. Scientists say their observations show how the clouds alter rapidly, hour by hour and day by day. They hope their studies will reveal the key triggers to the clouds' formation and why these triggers appear to be undergoing long-term change. "These clouds are getting brighter with time, they're seen more often and also they're being seen at lower latitudes. These are things we don't understand and they all suggest a possible connection to global change; and we need to understand that connection and what it means for the whole atmosphere." The clouds are also sometimes referred to as Polar Mesospheric Clouds. They form at high latitudes during summer months, in an extremely cold (-160C), dry (100,000 times drier than the Sahara Desert), and low-pressure (100,000 times less than at the Earth's surface) environment. The locations where the clouds form seem to rotate around the Arctic with a period of about five days. That rotation in longitude is also seen in the temperature data. Data also shows the clouds to be much brighter than was previously thought. There are UNPRECEDENTED observations, too, of the precursors to the clouds - small ice crystals just 5-8 nanometers (billionths of a meter) in size. In addition, AIM can see structures that were thought only to occur in "normal" clouds in the lowest few kilometers in the atmosphere. The team believes these features form and break up as a result of pressure waves coming up from below. "There are rings in the clouds that appear quite frequently. They're extremely variable. In just a few minutes, these holes are gone and others can appear. And some of these rings are huge - 300-400 miles across." Noctilucent clouds need cold temperatures, the presence of water vapor, and small dust particles around which the water can condense and freeze out to create ice crystals. Something must be changing in this "recipe" to alter the clouds' behavior in recent years.

Massive Ice storm leaves about a million without electricity

At least 24 deaths have been blamed on the storm system since the waves of sleet and freezing rain started during the weekend.

Officials in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma had declared states of emergency.

President Bush declared an emergency in Oklahoma on Tuesday, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts.

A shell of ice as much as an inch thick covered trees, power lines, streets and car windshields Monday in parts of Oklahoma and Missouri, with thinner layers elsewhere.

About an inch of ice was expected Tuesday over parts of Iowa, followed by up to 5 inches of sleet and snow.

"This is a big one. We've got a massive situation here and it's probably going to be a week to 10 days before we get power on to everybody," said Ed Bettinger, a spokesman for Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

"It looks like a war zone"

Posted weekend for December 12, 2007 ----------

THE BIBLE SPEAKS... ISAIAH 3:12 ""As for my people children are their oppressors and women rule over them. O my people they which lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths."

WOMEN & CHILDREN RULE!!!...

Argentina's first elected female president takes over from husband - Cristina Fernandez has been sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power. Cheering legislators in Congress, controlled by Fernandez's forces, applauded as the 54-year-old leader took her oath today. She now joins Michelle Bachelet in neighboring Chile as the second current female president in South America. Fernandez seems unlikely to alter Kirchner's alliance with Latin American leftists

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USA - YELLOWSTONE - Giant Geyser erupts back to life - When Giant Geyser erupts, it shoots a roaring, splashing column of water and steam, often higher than its more predictable and famous cousin, Old Faithful. Problem is, Giant is fickle, going months, even longer than a year, without erupting before suddenly coming back to life. This is one of those times. Over the last two years, the erratic geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin along the Firehole River has been busy, erupting with A FREQUENCY NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1950s. In recent months, Giant has been erupting roughly every five to eight days. Surprised passers-by have been treated to eruptions 200 feet or higher. It's been perhaps the most talked-about feature among Yellowstone "geyser gazers" since it began its resurgence in August 2005. The cone looks like a "giant hollow tree stump with part of the side broken away to expose the 6-foot aperture through which its waters are discharged. "There's almost an infinite number of possibilities that could be causing the change in an individual geyser."

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Mt Tavurvur in East New Britain province has begun emitting gas from a new vent that opened up during the weekend after five weeks of low level activity. The new vent was formed in the northeastern section of the crater rim as a result of a lava dome blocking the vent of the main crater floor. Lava accumulated at the main vent was about 20m high and 50m in diameter which was responsible for the continuous red glow that was visible at night.

USA - A deadly ice storm sweeping through the US Plains left more than 400,000 people without power as temperatures plunged and was blamed for at least 14 deaths. The icy blast downed tree limbs and power lines, leaving more than 311,000 people without power in Oklahoma and shutting down electricity service to more than 90,000 people in Missouri, more than 10,000 people in Illinois and more than 4000 in Kansas. Conditions were expected to only worsen this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, which predicted the potential for damaging ice accumulations as a cold air mass stalls over the region. Ice storm warnings were issued from Texas up through Oklahoma and Kansas and east across Missouri into Illinois, with up to an inch of ice accumulation possible in some areas. Iowa and Arkansas were also affected.

Virus Starts Like a Cold But Can Turn Into a Killer -Infectious disease expert David N. Gilbert alerted state health officials to realize that a new, apparently more virulent form of a virus that usually causes nothing worse than a nasty cold was circulating around the United States. The emergence of the virus is the latest example of how new, potentially dangerous pathogens can suddenly appear.

Posted weekend for December 11, 2007 ----------

USA WASHINGTON - why was Lewis County hit so hard by flooding this week? Federal experts say a FREAK OF NATURE may be to blame. They emphasize they're still investigating, but they say they're zeroing in on a small but high-intensity rain event that fueled the Chehalis River. They also can't rule out some sort of "x" factor - an unexplained event that accelerated the flood waters. The mild-mannered Chehalis River was transformed earlier this week. "It's a small river and it turns into a monster." One gauge recorded a RECORD RIVER FLOW of 385,000 gallons, the equivalent of 120 dump trucks per second. "This is an EXTRAORDINARILY RARE event. A huge event. Double the previous record." The river rose nearly 30 feet, apparently destroying the gauge near Doty and depositing logs on Highway 6. Experts say a mini super storm parked itself over the area where the Chehalis forms, with an intensity perhaps UNPRECEDENTED in lower elevations. The rain pounded the area of southwest Lewis County known as the Willapa Hills - the headwaters of the Chehalis River. Nearly 9 inches fell there in one 24-hour period. By comparison, just a third of that amount fell on Centralia. The rainfall gorged the Chehalis, with the water rising so fast many people were certain that levies broke. The Corps of Engineers says it's still investigating, but has not found evidence that any of its four river levies were breached.

U.S.A. - An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks, grounded hundreds of flights, and cut power to tens of thousands Sunday in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great Lakes as even colder weather threatened. The wintry weather was expected to continue through midweek, and ice storm warnings stretched from Texas to Pennsylvania. "Tomorrow may be even more of a dilemma than today because we're going to get even a little bit more colder." Six traffic deaths were blamed on icy roads in Oklahoma. Roads along much of the state were considered slick and hazardous by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, with two sections of Interstate 40 being closed temporarily. More than 130,000 customers lost power in Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois and Kansas. Some communities in Missouri reported ice as thick as three-quarters of an inch.

USA GEORGIA - Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico brought RECORD-BREAKING Florida-like temperatures to the Piedmont region Sunday. Another record was predicted to fall today. "We had a FREAK high [Sunday]." The mercury rose to 76 degrees, five degrees higher than the previous record high set in 1978. The weather service is projecting a high of 75 today, which would break the Dec. 10 record of 74 set in 1972.

USA TENNESSEE - A high of 73 on Sunday BROKE THE 1952 RECORD.

USA - President Bush declared a federal disaster for 11 counties in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, clearing the way for federal aid after severe storms ravaged parts of Oregon and Washington.

Posted weekend for December 7-9, 2007 ----------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...

Sunday November 18, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, though man does not see global warming as my wrath he must know that I am very disturbed with him, for man has desecrated my name and my word, man has gone ahead and pushed ahead and forced ahead of the things that I would have done upon the earth, and has attempted to change the destiny of the earth, but I say unto you he cannot change it, he will not change it, for I and I only am in charge of the destiny of the earth saith the Lord, the things that I had planned from the beginning will continue on through until the end, and I call my people out of my wrath and into my presence and my protection saith the Lord.

USA - CALIFORNIA - The biggest oceanic swell in nearly two years pummeled Southern California's shoreline Wednesday, causing minor flooding in low-lying coastal areas and creating epic conditions for surfers trying to match their skills against powerful waves with faces 12 feet and taller. The enormous swell, which peaked early Wednesday and dropped significantly by midday Thursday, was UNUSUAL in its power and focus. Its westerly direction allowed it to slip around Point Conception and in between the Channel Islands that so often protect many Southern California beaches from the Pacific's most ferocious waves. Waves were steam-rolling their way into every nook and cranny along the coast - most of which rarely see surf of any decent size. In North County, RECORD-HIGH SURF pummeled the coast on Wednesday.

USA - WASHINGTON - Residents of Aberdeen were in danger of being cut off from the rest of the state, since the rising Chehalis River could block the only way in or out. The Chehalis River reached flood stage there early Wednesday morning. Combined with the high ocean tides, it could lead to flooding in Eastern Grays Harbor County and even in downtown Aberdeen. It's being called THE WORST STORM SINCE 1962.

USA - Research Forecasts Increased Chances For Stormy Weather - The study found that by the end of this century the number of days that favor severe storms could more than double in locations such as Atlanta and New York

USA - Heavy rain storms occurring with more frequency - While many studies on global warming focus on increase in temperatures and examine the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, a new report examined the frequency of large rain and snow storms in the United States between 1948 to 2006. Its conclusion is that larger rain and snowstorms are occurring with greater frequency, including California, where heavy rainfall is now 26 percent more likely to occur than it was 60 years ago. Additionally, snow pack in the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains tend to melt more quickly due to heavy rainstorms, ushering in a host of problems during the summer months, when the snow pack melt is usually anticipated. Nationally, the report shows that storms with extreme precipitation have increased in frequency by 24 percent across the United States since 1948.

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

USA - Soma Beverage of San Francisco, California is recalling all bottles of Metromint flavors Peppermint, Spearmint, Orangemint, and Lemonmint with Best Before 2008/12/21 and produced at its California facility because they may be contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The products were distributed nationwide to grocery stores and sold on the Internet.

CHINA - Kids' body paint contains lead, chromium - HONG Kong authorities have ordered a recall of Chinese-made face and body paints because they contain high levels of toxic substances, the latest in a wave of recalls of Chinese toys. The customs department recalled the face and body paint sets, called SixColors, saying it contained excessive amounts of lead, chromium and barium. It said the lead content exceeded safety limits by as much as 25 times. The products, which were marked "non-toxic'' on their package, were "found to have a high risk of poisoning children", the department said.

TISTAN DA CUNHA - Britons living in what is described as the remotest community in the world are seeking help after the outbreak of an acute virus. Many of the 271 British citizens living on the volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha, in the south Atlantic, have developed severe breathing problems. They need to ensure that their current medical supplies do not run out. The islanders are being affected by what appears to be an outbreak of viral-inducted asthma, which causes severe breathing problems. The volcanic island has no airstrip, making getting medicines there difficult. Tristan da Cunha is situated 2,800 km west of Cape Town, South Africa, and is part of a small group of islands. It was at one time on the main trading route between Europe and the Indian Ocean, but the small community living there is now extremely isolated. The island is famous for a mass evacuation to Southampton in the 1960s after a volcano erupted.

UGANDA - The number of people in Uganda suspected of being infected with a new strain of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus has grown to 93, and 22 have died, including four healthcare workers. The outbreak was first reported on Nov 30, a new subtype of the virus was found to be sickening people in Bundibugyo district in western Uganda. Four Ebola subtypes have previously been identified: Zaire, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, and Reston. Health officials in Uganda say the new Ebola strain seems to have a low death rate when compared with other lethal Ebola strains. The new strain has a 22% death rate compared with 50% to 90% for the other deadly strains. However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said it's too early to say if the new Ebola strain is milder. A milder Ebola strain might be problematic, because it could spread unnoticed and be confused with other diseases. Patients have had some UNUSUAL initial symptoms, such as vomiting, with the new Ebola strain

Posted for December 6, 2007 ----------

YEMEN - A volcano on a small uninhabited island in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen erupted again on 3 December after previously erupting on 30 September.

USA - Flood damage in northwest US may run into billions: governor - The bill from devastating storms that pounded the northwestern US states of Washington and Oregon could run into billions of dollars, local reports said

USA - Oregon and Washington are under a state of emergency after intense rain caused widespread flooding in the two states.

USA - WASHINGTON - This week's heavy rain has set Western Washington up for another potential problem: more significant rain in the next week or so could lead to damaging landslides on the steep bluffs and hillsides overlooking Puget Sound. More than a dozen landslides have already been reported this week across Western Washington. So far, the National Weather Service is expecting colder and drier weather, with off and on showers but no heavy rain, over the next week. A decade ago, the last big period of landslides in the Seattle area started with the same kind of heavy precipitation and flooding the region has experienced this week. During the winter of 1996 and 1997, hundreds of landslides destroyed homes and roads throughout the region.

USA - CALIFORNIA getting ready for a weather roller coaster. The Santa Anas made a return Tuesday, and large ocean surf with possible 14-foot breakers is expected through today and heavy rain is forecast to arrive Thursday. "We're going to have the best of ocean swells for the year coming into Southern California and the biggest rain of the season, plus a fire weather watch because of offshore winds." A combination of big waves and high tides in the 5-foot range can cause beach erosion and flooding in low-lying areas. A rainstorm from the Northwest is expected Thursday through Saturday, bringing more than an inch of rain. The Coast Guard issued a warning for recreational boaters to stay in port. If they do go out, they need to take special precautions because of the high seas. Seas near shore will present a danger to even the largest of ships. We did check the buoys off of Oregon, and according to websites, the surf was 38-foot offshore. That's an indication that something's happening and coming our way."

USA/GLOBAL - Food prices are set to rise around the globe after years of decline, with climate change making it harder for the world's poorest to get adequate food, according to a report released Tuesday.

Posted for December 5, 2007 ----------

USA WASHINGTON - The governor declared a state of emergency Monday authorizing state agencies to assist local governments in their response to massive wind and flooding in Western Washington that left at least two dead and caused part of Interstate 5 to be closed. About 90 percent of Gray's Harbor county was without electricity, and virtually all roads leading into the coastal city of Aberdeen were cut off. The public was cautioned against unnecessary travel and driving through standing water on roads, as the full extent of the storm damage remains unknown. All lanes of Interstate 5 near Centralia, the main route between Seattle and Portland, were closed because of flooding. The closure could last until Wednesday. It was the FIRST COMPLETE FREEWAY CLOSURE IN 11 YEARS caused by flooding in the area. Mudslides halted north-south Amtrak passenger train service between Eugene, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C. Most of the Olympic Peninsula, Kitsap County and Southwest Washington were hit particularly hard by the overnight storm. This is the second of two storms to blow through. Helicopter rescues were being launched for stranded hikers in King County and flood-trapped homeowners in Mason and Thurston counties. Coast Guard helicopters went to an area 20 miles west of Chehalis to rescue more than 80 people trapped there. The National Weather Service said 3 to 6 inches of rain had fallen in Western Washington, and warned that RECORD FLOODING could occur in Southwest Washington's Chehalis River basin. High tides near Aberdeen were expected to compound the problem at the river's lower reaches. The Elwha River on the northern Olympic Peninsula also was expected to flood at RECORD LEVELS. Major flooding was predicted on the Tolt and Snoqualmie rivers near Carnation, east of Seattle. Bremerton reported 10.78 inches of rain in 24 hours. Storm conditions damaged a container ship sailing off the Washington coast Monday and weather caused several weekend fuel spills. The 720-foot container ship was sailing near Cape Flattery when it was smashed by an ocean swell. The waves shattered wheelhouse windows, damaged electronic systems and knocked out the ship's primary steering system. Floodwaters were receding Monday, but slowly in places, and more rain is forecast for today.

USA - Massive storm swamps Seattle - In neighborhoods throughout Seattle, where residents normally hunker down to watch weather disasters unfold on television from rural areas miles away, nature took a destructive spin through the city. By midday Monday, families had evacuated their homes, bewildered grandmothers were watching basement water levels rise and government officials were forced to acknowledge that their municipal systems had been pushed over the brink by NEAR-RECORD levels of rainfall. It was the second-wettest day since Seattle started keeping such records. By late afternoon Monday, nearly 6 billion gallons of rain had fallen. Four people have been reported dead and many roads remained closed by downed trees and landslides in Oregon and Washington, communications were spotty at best and power remained out for thousands of residents after the back-to-back storm fronts Sunday and Monday that were AMONG THE REGION'S WORST IN RECENT MEMORY. More stiff winds were likely today in the Northwest, but nothing like the lasts that exceeded 120 miles mph at times Sunday and Monday.

The storm is en route to the Upper Midwest, which has already been hit with heavy snow and rain from the first wave of severe weather from the Northwest. People in the Midwest began bracing for the new Northwest system even as they dug out from the storm that hampered travel over the weekend. That system moved into the Northeast on Monday and has been blamed for more than 15 deaths, mostly in traffic accidents. School was canceled or classes delayed from New York to Maine, and many areas were under ice or winter storm warnings.

USA - ARIZONA - A storm system like one that drenched them last week is on the way, prompting a HIGHLY UNUSUAL forecast for a time when La Niña was supposed to heat them up and dry them out. "This next system might be just as strong or maybe even stronger than the last one. It's not impossible that we could have very heavy rainfall." The Weather Service Climate Prediction Office is still calling for a warm, dry winter because of a cooling trend - La Niña - in surface waters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. But the office has adjusted its outlook for December to warmer than normal temperatures and above average rainfall. "It's VERY HIGHLY UNUSUAL...This is not supposed to happen in a La Niña year." The rain comes on the tail of Tucson's WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. The average temperature of 65.7 degrees was the highest ever largely because of warmer than normal highs for each of the first 21 days of the month.

USA - TEXAS - On Sunday afternoon, Austin reached a RECORD-BREAKING HIGH of 85 degrees at Austin-Bergstom International Airport.

USA - MONTANA - November saw abrupt weather shift - Rarely is the demarcation between fall and winter so clearly defined. For the first 18 days of the month, temperatures climbed 10, 15 even 20 degrees above normal on a regular basis, hitting a stunning 70 degrees on Nov. 4. A trace of rain fell here and there, but as the midpoint of the month passed, just .01 inch of moisture had been measured. Only four times previously since records have been kept had measurable snow been so late in coming to Billings. Then Nov. 19 dawned cloudy and mean. A massive moisture surge collided with frigid air from Alaska and Canada, and the temperature was all downhill from there. "The interesting thing about November was the number of days that were an extreme departure from normal. By extreme, I mean days that were 10 degrees above or 10 degrees below normal for the day. There was even one day more than 20 degrees above normal." That was the 70-degree high on Nov. 4. Normal temperature for that day is 48 degrees.

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HEALTH THREATS -

Poland has become the eighth European country to report an H5N1 outbreak this year. In October, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned that apparently healthy ducks and geese in Europe could be harboring the H5N1 virus. H5N1 avian influenza has struck two turkey farms, the country's first reported outbreak in domestic birds, and there were reports that meat contaminated with the virus was sold to consumers. Poland last found H5N1 in birds in the spring of 2006, when it was detected in wild swans and other waterfowl. Authorities were trying to track down the meat in food shops, but most of it was probably already in consumers' homes, because it had been delivered to stores at the beginning of the previous week. Health officials are monitoring the health of store employees.

Elsewhere, animal-health officials in Bangladesh reported more H5N1 outbreaks in poultry in the northwestern part of the country. The latest outbreak struck a village in Pabna district, about 100 miles from Dhaka, the capital. Workers culled 6,000 chickens and destroyed more than 2,500 eggs to stamp out the outbreak. Twenty of Bangladesh's 64 districts have now reported H5N1 outbreaks in poultry.

Posted for December 4, 2007 ----------

USA - A warning about U.S. East Coast tsunamis - The risk is low. But the consequences could be high, with deadly waves striking the coastal communities of Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey and killing thousands of people. The federal government has completed the mid-Atlantic region’s risk assessments for the killer mounds of water known as tsunamis, or tidal waves. Scientists have long considered the West Coast of North America as the side of the continent most likely to suffer earthquakes and the undersea disturbances that raise tsunamis. But in recent years, with a growing appreciation of the diverse origins of the giant waves and their potential for havoc, experts have found new reasons for vigilance along the East Coast. “Tsunamis are a real threat." The giant waves can arise hundreds of miles away, in theory giving emergency planners hours to send people to higher ground. A seaquake in a deep trench off Puerto Rico could raise a tsunami that would travel for nearly five hours on the ocean’s surface before crashing into Montauk, on the southeastern tip of Long Island. “Near the shoreline, all tsunamis are sensitive to minor variations in seafloor and land topography, increasing in height as they approach the coast. Better understanding of the relief of the coastal zone is critical to predicting how a tsunami will flood coastal communities.”

USA - OREGON - a powerful storm was forming in the western Pacific near Japan on Thursday. Cold air from East Asia moving over the warm waters of the Kuroshio Current was causing rapid storm development. This is enhanced by moisture from two decaying typhoons, Mitag and Hagibis, which have moved into the mid-latitudes. Everything is setting up for a big West Coast event. The storm will be tapping copious amounts of subtropical moisture, producing an “atmospheric river,” the type of condition that gives them their wettest rain events. Because of its original tropical location, the “river” is a very warm one, and high freezing levels are expected. A “rain on snow” event, caused by a combination of melted snow and heavy rain, might occur. They may get a big windstorm followed by a big flood. The U.S. Navy wave model was predicting 25- to 30-foot waves. According to the National Weather Service, this is a big storm, the kind of storm they get about once every five to 10 years. In fact, this storm has caused NWS officials to issue A WIND WARNING THAT THEY HAVE NEVER USED BEFORE. In 2002, NWS received a directive that gave forecast offices the authority to issue a hurricane force wind warning in the marine forecast. The purpose is to highlight the extreme nature of RARE storms that may occur only once every five to 10 years. These are not actually hurricanes, which are tropical storms. Rather, this type of storm is an “extratropical cyclone,” a storm formed and sustained by an intersection of warm and cold air. Tropical storms have just warm air. Extratropical cyclones are much larger than hurricanes and thus have much broader impact zones. “The current threat appears to be mostly to the water and the immediate coastline. This storm has the potential to damage ships or cargo and will be difficult to avoid because of the huge area it will cover.” Thus, the FIRST-EVER HURRICANE-FORCE WIND WARNING IN THE NORTHWEST was issued.

USA - WASHINGTON - The largest of three consecutive storms is poised to move through Western Washington today, promising heavy rain, strong wind, and potential for major flooding along Olympic Mountain-fed rivers. As for wind, it was already picking up along the coast last night. Astoria, Oregon reported a gust to 77 mph just before 11 o'clock while Hoquiam had gusts to 52 mph. Meanwhile, an unofficial report out of Bay Center, Wash. (near Long Beach) had a measured gust of 119 mph. This is not a typical windstorm where the low center passes through and they get 2-5 hours of wind. This is an extended event where strong winds are expected from 6-10 hours. So high winds are expected to blow through the day today and then taper off this afternoon or early evening. As much as 6-10 inches of rain are expected in the Olympic Mountains, and some Olympic-fed rivers could see RECORD FLOODING with this event. A high surf warning is in effect for the coast, where seas were expected to build to 20-25 feet on Sunday, and 30-35 feet on Monday.

U.S.A. - The first big winter storm of the northern season made its way toward the northeastern United States and Canada after lashing the Midwest, leaving 11 dead in car accidents and disrupting air travel. Heavy snow and freezing rain forced the cancellation of numerous flights in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois and some presidential campaign events in Iowa. Minnesota's Grand Marais, on Lake Superior's North Shore, got 20 inches of snow, and the port city of Duluth marked a December 1st RECORD of 10.3 inches. Before the storm hit the Plains and Midwest, it had dumped up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains of western Colorado. Winter storm warnings were in effect in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine and in parts of New York state. While the Midwest dug out and the Northeast braced itself, a separate storm raked the Oregon and Washington coasts with winds gusting higher than 100 mph in some spots. Officials warned of coastal flooding, and one sheriff reported 45-foot surf and power failures.

USA - NORTH CAROLINA - In a drought this extended, there are no records to compare it with. And it's that lack of recorded data that is causing problems because it's affecting everything from the forecasting the dryness to the actions officials take in dealing with the drought. Forecasters say they're becoming more and more frustrated because the long-term dryness is putting them in uncharted territory. Weather models fall apart in extreme situations. “The models know what normal conditions are and will make predictions based on what's normal. But, when you get extreme situations, the models don't fit what you'd like them to fit and you have to take them with a grain of salt." And it's bad models affected by the extreme conditions that have caused problems.

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Sunday November 25, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, did I not tell you long ago, and many have forgotten that old diseases would come again, some with new names but they would still be the same old disease, and have you not seen that and are you not seeing that now, for out of the depths of hell comes upon the earth a new calamity, a new disease, a disease that man will call new but it is not new, and I say unto you it will destroy many, hang on to me, for I am your refuge from this disease saith God, for those who love me, and those who honor my name will not see it come neigh their door saith the Lord.

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals... Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord. Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

Chinese man dies of H5N1 bird flu - A man in China's eastern province of Jiangsu has died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. The man died after being admitted to hospital on 27 November with severe chills and fever. He had no known contact with dead poultry, and no outbreaks of bird flu were reported nearby. A total of 17 people have died in China from the H5N1 virus and millions of birds have been culled. Since the H5N1 virus emerged in South East Asia in late 2003, it has claimed some 200 lives around the world. Indonesia has been hardest hit, with more than 90 deaths.

Annual U.S. HIV infections may be as much as 50% higher than the government has estimated since 2001, say AIDS activists who complain health officials aren't releasing new figures in a timely manner.

Posted for December 3, 2007 ----------

INDONESIA - Minister says 24 Indonesian islands swallowed up by the Sea. Indonesia has lost 24 of its more than 17,500 islands due to natural disasters and environmental damage. Scientists have even predicted that Indonesia could lose at least 2,000 islands by 2030 if the government fails to anticipate it and take preventive measures.

MEXICO - Popocatepetl volcano spewed ash and steam on Saturday in a giant plume stretching some 3,000 meters (two miles) high.

TRINIDAD - At Devil's Woodyard, a mud volcano about 10 kilometers east of Princes Town, 10 new "minor" craters and a crack that runs more than 100 feet and is several inches wide, have appeared after the massive Caribbean quake last week. By the sound coming from the mud volcano, it seemed to residents that it was close to eruption.

ECUADOR - Tungurahua volcano showered ash down on small villages and showed increased signs of activity

USA - ARIZONA - UNUSUAL winter storm - Cars became stuck in the mud in Mesa, debris washed through the roadway in north Scottsdale and flooding slowed traffic on freeways as rain pelted the Valley Friday during what experts called a RECORD-BREAKING STORM. By early morning Saturday, parts of the East Valley had received up to an inch and a half of rain and north Scottsdale residents saw as much as two inches or more. “This storm, of course, is bigger than what we’re used to here, in terms of moisture and rainfall." The storm was the WETTEST SYTEM TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AT THIS TIME OF YEAR SINCE 1995. It also was the MOST RAIN TO HIT THE VALLEY ON NOVEMBER 30 SINCE 1933. A RECORD-SETTING STORM has dumped more than 4 inches of rain in high-elevation areas north of Scottsdale, and water continues to fall.

USA - COLORADO - RECORD-BREAKING RAIN ends 40-day dry spell - Grand Junction had received 0.47 inches of rain Saturday as of 5 p.m., with more rain expected throughout the evening. Saturday’s rainfall didn’t quite double the previous Dec. 1 rainfall record of 0.29 inches set in 1978. Normal for the date is 0.02 inches. The rain came on the heels of a 40-day dry spell for Grand Junction, where hardly more than a trace of rain fell between Oct. 20 and Nov. 30.

USA - CALIFORNIA - Barstow received more than an inch of rain in one day, RECORD LEVELS considering the area had only received .54 of an inch from the first of the year until Thursday, 11/29. “We basically doubled the yearly total of rain.” The storm activity was normal for the season even though the rainfall was UNUSUAL. The storm delivered the MOST RAIN SAN DIEGO HAS SEEN IN ONE DAY IN MORE THAN A YEAR. Nearly 5 inches fell on Palomar Mountain.

USA - NORTH CAROLINA - A sunny Friday helped the Triangle set a NEW RECORD FOR THE DRIEST NOVEMBER. Raleigh-Durham International Airport has had only 81 days of measurable rain through the end of November. That's 11 days less than the record, which is 92 days.

CANADA - Environment Canada predicts that this will be the COLDEST WINTER IN MORE THAN A DECADE. Vancouver Island's UNSUALLY COLD weather (in some places 6C below normal) fit into overall predictions for the country. It could make for the coldest temperatures since 1994-95.

Posted for November 30 - Dec 2, 2007 ----------

PHILIPPINES - From Ilocos Norte to Jolo, huge waves swamped coastal areas across the country Tuesday night, leaving at least four people dead and sending into panic about 5,000 residents. Authorities are still trying to find an explanation for the big waves that struck. The Barangay Bonuan Gueset chairman said it was THE WORST INCIDENT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED. "Not even the strongest typhoons in the past did cause such strong waves."

USA FLORIDA - Climate change to cost Florida $345 bln a yr-study - If nothing is done to combat global warming, two of Florida's nuclear power plants, three of its prisons and 1,362 hotels, motels and inns will be under water by 2100, a study released on Wednesday said.

VIETNAM - flood-tides rose to 1.5 meters Tuesday night — the HIGHEST IN 48 YEARS. Vietnam has already experienced rising sea levels, record temperatures, and unstable rainfall causing unpredictable phases of flood and drought.

USA - OREGON - “An UNUSUALLY STRONG high wind and seas event is forecast to develop along the Oregon Coast Sunday and Monday. One computer model showed the system measuring 946 millibars of atmospheric pressure and another model showed it at 949 millibars. “That is EXTREMELY UNUSUAL.” High-pressure systems that bring fair weather usually measure about 1,000 millibars.

USA - ALASKA - three storms that hit the Kenai Peninsula one after another brought unwelcome flooding, disrupted air traffic and damaged roads. Gale-force winds last Sunday afternoon (11/25) slammed a 22.3-foot tide past a homemade breakwater protecting a home and other nearby structures. Across Kachemak Bay, THE WIND'S STRENGTH SURPASSED ANYTHING SELDOVIA RESIDENTS HAD EXPERIENCED.

BRITAIN is facing winds of near-hurricane strength this weekend. Gusts of up to 70mph are forecast for parts of England and Wales tonight and severe gales will continue to lash the country on Sunday. Combined with heavy rain, the windy weather will make driving conditions hazardous and will rattle chimney pots, loosen roof tiles and bring down trees. The stormy start to December follows ONE OF THE DRIEST NOVEMBERS IN A CENTURY. Conditions will be unsettled for the next few days. The windy outlook follows another YEAR OF RECORD-BREAKING WEATHER for Britain – and GROWING SIGNS THAT THE SEASONS ARE BECOMING MUDDLED.

Posted for November 29, 2007 ----------

VIETNAM - Ho Chi Minh City is facing their HIGHEST FREAK-TIDE IN 48 YEARS. Thousands of people in Ho Chi Minh City were confused at flood-tides at a level of 1.49 meters on November 26, the highest in the past 48 years. Some 40 sections of the city’s dyke system have been broken and hundreds of pupils are unable to attend school. Meanwhile, the flood-tides are still forecast to be increased.

INDONESIA - High tides have flooded parts of the capital, Jakarta, with thousands forced to flee their homes. Pumps were installed to bring down water levels, which were 6ft high in places. But experts say that they expect tides to continue to wreak havoc through the end of the month.

Volcanic eruptions cause a sea level spike - The fiercest volcanic eruptions affect global sea level in unexpected ways – at least, in the short term – according to a new study. Particles produced by major eruptions are known to block out sunlight and cool both the ground and the ocean. But computer modelers previously thought this might result in a drop in sea level, since water becomes denser as it cools. In fact, sea levels shoot up after an eruption – initially, at least.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - An increased activity on Karkar island volcano is worrying volcanologists and Madang residents because the lack of monitoring equipment means there is no way of knowing the dangers posed.

PERU - In an attempt to avoid exposing citizens to unnecessary risks in the case of an eruption, the Municipality of Alto Selva Alegre in Arequipa, Peru - the district closest to the Misti volcano - has prohibited new constructions near and around areas considered unsafe.

Posted for November 28, 2007 ----------

BRITAIN - The Essex coast was on flood alert Sunday night after a FREAK TIDE engulfed a popular waterfront, completely swamping a number of cars.

HAWAII - Using new techniques, scientists plan to more accurately map the path of lava from Kilauea in an effort to anticipate a curious eruption that isn't quite like any the experts have seen before. The lava flow emerging from a crack near the Kupaianaha vent built itself a huge channel raised above the surrounding terrain, a mile long elevated lava flume system 120 feet above ground level. Scientists say this kind of perched lava channel has never been seen before, and experts can't predict what will happen next. The stakes are high. The fissure is 11 miles from Pahoa Village, and has been pumping out an average of 500,000 cubic meters per day since the July 21 fissure eruption began.

USA - ARKANSAS - Little Rock received 2.04 inches of rain through 6 pm Sunday, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD of 1.57 inches set in 1987.

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HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Wisconsin Company Recalls E. coli contaminated Beef Products

A company voluntarily recalled nearly 96,000 pounds of ground beef products after two people were sickened, possibly by the E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Saturday.

The beef products by American Foods Group include coarse and fine ground beef chuck, sirloin and chop beef. They were distributed to retailers and distributors in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Virginia.

The problem surfaced after an investigation by the Illinois Department of Health, which was looking into two reports of illnesses.

The bacteria is E. coli O157:H7. E. coli is harbored in the intestines of cattle. Improper butchering and processing can cause the E. coli to get onto meat. Thorough cooking, to at least 160 degrees internal temperature, can destroy the bacteria.

E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. The very young, seniors and people with compromised immune systems are the most susceptible to E. coli.

The products subject to recall were produced on Oct. 10. They were distributed for further processing and repackaging and will not have the company's establishment number on the package.

Some of the recommended use-by dates have already expired. In that case, consumers can contact their retailers to see if the products in question were at stores. Consumers are also urged to look in their freezers and return or throw out the products if they find them.

The products include:

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 73/27.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``65000.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 75/25.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``65800.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF SIRLOIN, FINE GROUND 90/10.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``66000.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 80/20.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``66400.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 75/25.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``19900.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 73/27.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``20100.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF CHUCK, FINE GROUND 82/18.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``20600.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``CHOP BEEF STEAK, FINE GRIND ``86/14.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``30000.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF SIRLOIN, FINE GROUND 92/08.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``30400.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF ROUND, FINE GROUND 87/13.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``30200.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 80/20.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``30700.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF CHUCK, FINE GROUND 82/18.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``31400.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 93/07.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``31600.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF, FINE GROUND 73/27.'' Each shipping

label bears a product code of ``31700.''

-Bulk weight packages of ``BEEF MODIFIED, FINE GROUND 93/07.'' Each

shipping label bears a product code of ``31900.''

Each shipping label bears the establishment number ``Est. 18076'' inside

the USDA mark of inspection.

The Last Days Signs - The End Times - Are Upon The Earth!

Posted for November 27, 2007 ----------

SORRY for the late posts I hit black ice Monday morning Nov 26 and went into a ditch. Please pray that my 99 van will be drivable or one will be provided that is drivable...BroJ

GLOBAL - Natural disasters have quadrupled in two decades: study - More than four times the number of natural disasters are occurring now than did two decades ago, British charity Oxfam said in a study Sunday that largely blamed global warming.

BRITAIN - The Thames Barrier has been closed for the third time this month to protect London from a combined high tide and tidal surge. It was closed by the Environment Agency at 10am November 25 and it is possible that more closures may take place in the next few days. Tidal surges in the Thames Estuary of up to 1.2m are forecast due to a low pressure weather system over Norway. This causes northerly winds over the North Sea which push water down between Holland and the east coast of the United Kingdom.

NICARAGUA - The Concepcion volcano sent huge columns of ash into the sky in eruptions that prompted a ripple of small earthquakes. The volcano, one of two on an island in the region's largest lake, erupted Saturday night and related earthquakes continued to rattle the area on Sunday. No one was injured by the blast. The volcano is located 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of the capital, Managua, on an island popular with adventure tourists in Lake Nicaragua, Central America's largest lake. Ash rained down on local communities on Sunday, and strong winds carried it toward the capital.

USA - NORTH CAROLINA - The number of wildfires in North Carolina is up 30 percent this year over the average for the past decade.

CALIFORNIA - Meteorologists are predicting a La Niña winter, which typically means scant rainfall in Southern California. To the east, an eight-year drought is racking the Colorado River Basin. To the north, a judge's ruling protecting the delta smelt could curtail water deliveries from the Sacramento Delta by 30%. The snow pack last week was 3% of normal for this time of year in the Sierra Nevada. "We're bone dry right now." Last week, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District announced that it would buy large amounts of water from Central Valley farmers at higher than normal prices in hopes of staving off water shortages. The district, which imports water to serve 26 cities and water agencies, warned that rate increases might be in the offing. Long Beach has imposed mandatory restrictions on lawn sprinkling and other water uses. The Los Angeles Mayor's call for a voluntary 10% reduction in water use has fallen short so far. The city plans to wait several more months before deciding whether to impose restrictions.

USA - VIRGINIA - the high Thursday in Norfolk — 78 degrees — tied the record for the date set in 1991. The high of 74 degrees at Wallops Island BROKE THE RECORD of 68 degrees from 1983. Recent rainfall has helped relieve drought-like conditions, but the region remains about 4 inches below the seasonal norm and about 12 inches below normal for the year.

USA - GEORGIA - The grand old trees of Atlanta may become just a memory if rainfall does not quench the ongoing drought soon, experts said. "There is a public perception a lot of times that those are just untouchable, so nothing can hurt them. Physiologically, it's actually the opposite. The big old trees are much easier to stress out and damage than the young trees." Experts are also concerned that the older trees could be significantly damaged by a frigid winter and even by heavy spring rains next year.

USA - OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma City set a RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE Tuesday afternoon, reaching 82 degrees a little before 4 p.m. The temperature recorded at Will Rogers World Airport knocked out the previous record for Nov. 20 of 78 degrees set in 1989. Wichita Falls, Texas, also set a record at 85 degrees and Tulsa topped out at 80, a degree shy of a record 81 set in 1989. Temperatures this month have been running about seven degrees above average.

USA - KENTUCKY - “The year's not over yet, but it's been remarkable.” The year began with a warmer than average January. Temperatures in January were about 4.5 degrees above normal. Then February came along and temperatures were well below normal. And in March, temperatures were up again and averaged about 8 degrees above normal. Temperatures took a downward turn again in April with a late frost. This late freeze damaged or destroyed crops and plants across the region. Many Logan County farmers found themselves having to start over after the plants that were just beginning to bud were killed. “The one theme that stood out this year is that we were dry really from about the beginning of the year.” The situation began to worsen through June and July as very little rain fell. By August, many began to fear the worst and farmers began talking about how this was shaping up to be one of the worst droughts in decades. Then the heat wave hit. “We had the warmest August on record across Kentucky.” In Bowling Green, the average high daily temperature was 98 degrees which was about 11 degrees over normal. For 30 consecutive days the temperature was 92 degrees or above. Farmers, who had already been hit hard with the late freeze, watched as their ponds dried up and their crops withered. Then, after the driest summer on record, much-needed rain fell in October making it the wettest October on record with rainfalls exceeding 8 inches. “The rains in October were EXTREMELY UNUSUAL.” While this helped with the overall rainfall total, the region is still several inches below normal for the year. As we head into winter, the long-range forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is for a season that is warmer and wetter than average. This prediction is based on the persistence of a weak-to-moderate La Niña.

Posted for November 26, 2007 ----------

USA - ALASKA - a U.S. Geological Survey research geologist on Monday laid out evidence that an earthquake, as big as magnitude 7.0, is likely to happen soon on the Castle Mountain fault. The fault is of concern because of how closely it passes to people and projects. It arcs across the central Matanuska-Susitna Borough from the Talkeetna Mountains near Sutton in the east toward the Susitna River in southwest Mat-Su. Along the way, it cuts above the borough's most populated area but goes through several subdivisions as well as across the Parks Highway and the Alaska Railroad. A study showed four major earthquakes along the fault in 2,700 years, roughly one every 700 years. The last big earthquake happened between 667 and 694 years ago. "This gives us an idea that we might be entering the time when we're due for an earthquake." Timing is right for a shallow quake on the west end of the fault line. Shallow quakes often hit with more force and cause more damage than earthquakes that originate from deeper underground. Alaska's Good Friday 1964 earthquake, at magnitude 9.2, was both strong and shallow.

USA - OREGON - A series of UNUSUALLY HIGH tides, separated by some UNUSUALLY LOW tides, could leave Oregon beaches looking a little different this weekend. Waves are expected to reach farther than they have in some time, and the water could easily float even the big logs and tree trunks that appear firmly anchored to the beach. Tidal heights vary along the coast, but at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport anything above 10 feet is considered quite strong. High tide was expected to hit 10.3 feet Friday at 10:04 a.m., followed by 10.6-foot high tides at 10:48 a.m. Saturday and 11:33 a.m. today. The last time high tide hit 10.6 feet at that location was Jan. 11, 2005. In between will be some unusually low tides that will top minus 2 feet. The strong tides don’t make sneaker waves any more likely, but they can be extra dangerous at such times because the high tides leave little room for escape and the low tides create extremely strong outgoing currents. “You definitely want to watch the water. Don’t turn your back to the water.”

USA - CALIFORNIA - The holiday weekend was expected to be a busy one for weather, as cold temperatures, monster waves and fire-spreading low humidity moved into the region. A coastal flood advisory was issued on Friday and Saturday as large waves - predicted to reach over 7 feet - pummeled the coast, bringing the possibility of overflow into low-lying areas such as Del Mar and Cardiff. Coastal areas could also see strong rip currents.

USA - NEW YORK - a RECORD-SETTING Thanksgiving rainfall soaked parts of the western region. Over a 24-hour period, from about 11 p.m. to 11 a.m., Buffalo saw it's heaviest rain of the year with a total of 2.42 inches.

USA - CALIFORNIA - Hollywood stars were among 10,000 people forced to flee as wind-driven wildfires tore through the celebrity enclave of Malibu, gutting nearly 50 multi-million dollar homes and threatening hundreds more. Fires erupted at around 3.30am, spreading rapidly through tinder-dry brush as winds gusting to up to 80 km/h fanned the inferno. It was the second major blaze to hit Malibu in a month. Firestorms by late Saturday had scorched at least 4,650 acres, destroyed nearly 50 homes and damaged more than two dozen more. All told, as many as 14,000 people were forced to leave their homes. Firefighters and heavy equipment had been on call throughout Southern California for days amid "red flag" forecasts calling for the hot, dry gusts. It wasn't until late Friday that the winds finally came. Los Angeles has had record low rainfalls this year, with just 8.15 cm between January 1 and June 30 - a fifth of the average rainfall and the lowest since records began 130 years ago.

HAWAII - Lava from Kilauea volcano's 4-month-old East Rift vent suddenly changed its eruption pattern Wednesday, leaving uncertainty about what will come next.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The West New Britain disaster office has confirmed the build-up of seismic activity in the Sulu area was volcanic related. This was after a physical survey was done in the area by disaster officers last week. Frequent earthquakes were felt during Nov 11 and 15. Seismographs strongly indicate volcanic activity but it is not likely that Mt Pago will erupt soon. They are currently monitoring the situation carefully.

A FREAK jellyfish attack has wiped out Northern Ireland's only salmon farm. More than 100,000 fish worth more than $2.38 million were killed in the invasion at Glenarm Bay and Red Bay, on the County Antrim northeast coast. "We are still assessing the full extent, but it's a disaster. In 30 years, I've never seen anything like it. It was UNPRECEDENTED, absolutely amazing. The sea was red with these jellyfish and there was nothing we could do about it, absolutely nothing. I have never experienced such concentrations of jellyfish spread over such a wide area. The vastness was unbelievable." The seven-hour attack last week saw the jellyfish covering a sea area of up to 26 sq km and 11m deep. The species of jellyfish responsible, Pelagia nocticula - popularly known as the mauve stinger - is noted for its purplish night-time glow and its propensity for terrorising bathers in the warmer Mediterranean Sea. Until the past decade, the mauve stinger has rarely been spotted so far north in British or Irish waters, and scientists cite this as evidence of global warming.

DISEASES INTENSIFY...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals... Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord. Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Sweetwater Valley Farms, Inc. of Philadelphia, Tennessee, is recalling Southern Cheddar Jack Volunteer Special Cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

-RECALLED - Le Gourmet Connection of Lebanon, Tennessee, is recalling Jack Cheese because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

A mystery disease that has hit nearly 400 Angolans is associated with high levels of bromide. More than half the patients are under 15. At least four people have died. The first case of the disease was reported in October in the capital, Luanda. Symptoms include fever and extreme drowsiness. If bromide is indeed the cause of the outbreak, it is not clear how patients were exposed to it.

Posted for November 21-22, 2007 ----------

***NOTE: Due to the THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY reports will DIMINISH as my sources take TIME OFF.

I will TRY to update as much as I can find.

This page is already being affected...BroJ

THIS UPDATE FOR Nov 21+22!

Will "TRY" to do another Friday Nov 23 ...BroJ

Posted for November 20, 2007 ----------

NEW ZEALAND - the most obvious signs of climate change in New Zealand are in the South Island. Glaciers are shrinking and the volume of ice in the Southern Alps has dropped almost 11% in the last 20 years, which is a clear sign temperatures in the area have been rising. Shrinkage is creating ice cliffs that are calving into the lakes, causing lakes at the foot of the glaciers to rapidly expand. It is still not clear whether the glaciers will disappear completely.

GLOBAL - The worldwide thaw is accelerating. Thirty key international glaciers are melting about six times faster than in the 1980s. Most of the world's glaciers are receding. Climate change is melting the European Alps, the snows of Kilimanjaro in Africa and the massive snouts of snow and ice between Banff and Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. Of the 850 glaciers on the eastern slopes of the Rockies that Canadian glaciologists have been monitoring, 325 have disappeared entirely since the early 1970s. But new data show the melting of glaciers worldwide is accelerating faster than anyone previously thought. According to the Swiss-based World Glacier Monitoring Service, 30 key international glaciers lost on average 66 centimeters of thickness in 2005. Those glaciers are melting about 1.6 times faster this decade than they were in the 1990s, and about six times faster than in the 1980s. In the last 27 years, they have, on average, thinned by a total of about 10.5 meters

LONDON - “The disinterest factor in global warming is frightening. People have no idea of what we are facing as far as climate change is concerned. Even a minimum one meter rise in sea level is inevitable. The big question is when. It could happen in a matter of days or in three years. Huge parts of London are below sea level and the Thames Flood Barrier just wouldn’t be able to cope. The whole south-east of London would be under water...There’s no real shortage of clean renewable energy.” What people should do is to talk about the issue, look at the facts and bring it out in public. "It’s now or never and this is a wake-up call. To do nothing is no longer an option.”

Posted for November 19, 2007 ----------

AUSTRALIA - Oz coast at greater threat from climate change induced sea waves than thought - the changing direction and height of waves might affect coastal erosion. Storm surges have the possibility of eroding beaches on Australia’s east coast by as much as 100 metres over the next 100 years. This was in addition to land loss due to climate-change related sea level rises. Researchers found a regular change in the shape and orientation of beaches and the amount of coastal retreat that correlated with changes in the Southern Oscillation Index in the past.

INDONESIA - ANAK KARAKATAU VOLCANO - 600 volcanic quakes, tremors and eruptions at Mt Anak Karakatau were recorded on Thursday. The volcanic eruption, as well as deep and shallow shocks, tremors and hot gas blasts, increased tremendously compared to Wednesday. Until Thursday the frequency of tremors and eruptions had been fluctuating. The molten lava may reach the surrounding land if the eruptions and tremors do not subside.

CANADA - Scientists monitoring seismic activity at a dormant volcano in the British Columbia interior have detected more underground activity about 100 kilometers west of Quesnel. Volcanologists said Thursday that although the ground deep under the Nazko Cone is rumbling

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals... Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

ANGOLA - UN health experts say they remain mystified by an unidentified disease in Angola that has killed four people. About 200 other victims are in hospital suffering from symptoms which include fever and extreme drowsiness. "More and more people have fallen ill but we have not been able to identify the cause of their sickness. It might be exposure to a toxic substance, something in the environment. But the possibility of an infectious disease is not yet excluded." The outbreak in Luanda's northern Cacuaco suburb was first reported in October.

Posted for November 16, 2007 ----------

SORRY! Apparently my FRIDAY 11/16 upload did NOT register as this site's server was being changed...BroJ

SMALL ISLAND NATIONS - Dozens of the world's small island nations appealed Wednesday for rapid international action against climate change, fearing it is only a matter of time before they are submerged. Delegates from 26 low-lying nations, including Tuvalu, Micronesia, Kiribati and Palau, ended two-days of talks by closing ranks ahead of a global climate change meeting in Bali in December. A United Nations climate panel recently said world sea levels are likely to rise up to 59 centimeters (23 inches) by 2100. "We are seeing UNUSUAL rises in sea water levels, it's affecting our crops, homes, it's threatening our livelihoods," said Fiji's Environment Minister. "Time is running out." The Maldivian President also warned that a one-meter rise in sea levels would herald the "death of a nation." Scientific opinion is divided on how soon that could happen, with estimates ranging from 30 to 100 years. The tidal surges experienced on 80 of the Maldives' 200 inhabited islands earlier this year were "a grim reminder of the devastating tsunami of 2004 and a clear warning of future disasters."

GLOBAL - Globally, sea levels may rise up to a foot during the early part of this century, and up to nearly three feet by century's end.

USA NORTHEAST - Some researchers say that in the US Northeast, mid-century coastal winter storms could lead to flood levels every three or four years – floods of a severity that used to occur only once every 100 years.

LA NINA - Indications point to a much drier winter than would be expected from a typical La Nina. "The high pressure cells that typically develop over the eastern central Pacific Ocean during a La Nina phase appear to be setting up further to the north than in other such winters. This may shunt the northwesterly jet stream to the north, which would otherwise bring moisture-laden storms into the [western U.S.] region, translating into fewer storms throughout the winter." This winter outlook, if it holds up, could be devastating to regions already hard hit by drought, such as southern California and the desert Southwest. And Colorado, which is one of the few western states without current drought concerns, could lose some of the ground it has slowly regained after the severe drought of 2000-2002. "I am very concerned that Colorado, which is essentially drought-free on the national drought monitor, might see regions of drought develop by spring." This La Nina also is UNUSUAL because it came on quickly and strong so late in the year. La Nina most often develops in the spring, but this one took off in August. "It was ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC TRANSITIONS FROM NEAR NORMAL OR NEUTRAL IN THE PACIFIC to a moderately strong La Nina, based on records from the last 60 years."

INDIA - Bangalore recorded a minimum temperature of 8.4 degree Celsius on Thursday which is said to be the LOWEST EVER IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER DURING THE LAST 20 YEARS.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - a flood warning has been issued by the National Weather Service after ONE OF THE HIGHEST RAINFALLS IN A DAY was recorded in Port Moresby. The deluge began on Monday afternoon and continued till yesterday afternoon, flooding parts of the city and damaging food crops and poultry in at least one suburb. Up until 10am yesterday, Port Moresby recorded 143.2mm of rainfall — the HIGHEST RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN 30 YEARS. “This is UNPRECEDENTED.

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

A mutated version of a common cold virus has caused 10 deaths in the last 18 months, US health officials said Thursday. Adenoviruses usually cause respiratory infections that aren't considered lethal. But a new variant has caused at least 140 illnesses in New York, Oregon, Washington and Texas. CDC officials don't consider the mutation to be a cause for alarm for most people, and they're not recommending any new precautions for the public. "It's an uncommon infection." The Ad14 form of adenovirus was first identified in 1955. It's been detected rarely, but seems to be growing more common.

Posted for November 15, 2007 ----------

USA - Yellowstone: the time bomb under America - Deep beneath Yellowstone National Park lies a vast super-volcano which, if it blew up, could devastate much of the US. Recently, it's been a bit too restless for comfort

HAWAII - Kilauea volcano - the ongoing eruption from the east rift zone is a remarkable and fascinating sight. It is startling to see a river of lava coursing between broad levee walls that tower above the surrounding land surface. What the casual observer may not know, however, is that THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND PHENOMENON. A perched lava channel HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE.

USA - TEXAS - Austin basks in UNUSUAL November heat - This month has been shaping up to be one of the warmest Novembers on record with 11 out of 13 days already well above average.

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

An outbreak of bird flu in eastern England is the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease, the government said Tuesday.

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Del Rey Tortilleria is recalling its flour tortilla products. Included in the recall are flour tortillas of all sizes with the name "Del Rey" on the label. Illinois state officials believe there is a connection between the tortillas and recent illnesses in Racine, Wisconsin schools, in which students experienced vomiting, nausea and abdominal cramps. Del Rey is not certain that its products caused the reported symptoms, but is recalling the product nevertheless as a precaution while its investigation continues.

-RECALLED - NapaStyle of Napa, California is recalling their Romano Pitchers and Tumblers, because they may contain high levels of leachable lead.

AUSTRALIA - Experts say deaths from anaphylactic shock are likely to become more common because Australia was experiencing a "tsunami" of potentially-deadly food allergies. A young woman died at her work Christmas party in Brisbane this week, after suffering a severe allergic reaction to seafood. The 25-year-old woman went into shock after eating a dim sim at the Wellington Point Hotel. Scientists are unsure why people die of anaphylactic shock. Environmental triggers are involved, not just genetic factors. Anaphylaxis symptoms include breathing difficulties, mouth and throat swelling, itching and unconsciousness

Posted for November 14, 2007 ----------

USA - KANSAS - The temperature Monday afternoon, 11/12, in Wichita Falls reached 86 degrees, a degree HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD high set in 1955. Additional heating could have pushed the temperature even higher before sunset.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

BRITAIN - About 6,500 birds are being slaughtered after avian flu was confirmed in turkeys on a Suffolk farm. 10% of birds in one shed died over one night. The H5 strain was found in turkeys at Redgrave Park Farm near Diss. All birds on the farm, which include ducks and geese, are to be slaughtered. A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone have been set up. The government could not yet confirm if the birds had the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. "Obviously this is another huge blow to the farming industry, which is still dealing with the effects of bluetongue and foot-and-mouth." The risk of bird flu spreading is increased during the autumn months because of wild bird migration.

The aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph infection responsible for thousands of recent illnesses in the United States undermines the body's defenses by causing germ-fighting cells to explode. The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infection long has been associated with health-care facilities, where it attacks people with weakened immune systems. But many recent cases involve an aggressive strain, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA. It can cause severe infections and even death in otherwise healthy people outside of health care settings.

Posted for November 13, 2007 ----------

USA - The short but troubled life of Noel made headlines along the Eastern seaboard over the last two weeks. In South Florida, Noel took a huge bite out of the beaches, removing an estimated 12,000 truckloads of sand. Along the coastline of New England, Noel made history, generating waves 45 feet high along the Georgian Bank, 6 feet higher than those measured during the famous "Perfect Storm" of October 1991. Noel's waves were the HIGHEST RECORDED SINCE ONLINE RECORDS BEGAN in 1984 at the measurement buoy.

CANADA - A U.S. scientist studying the dramatic change in ice conditions in British Columbi'ss Coast Mountains has discovered freshly exposed and perfectly preserved tree stumps some 7,000 years old - an "astonishing" sign of how fast and far the glaciers of Western Canada are retreating in the age of climate change. The stumps - found at the foot of a melting glacier north of Vancouver - were "still rooted to their original soil" and in such pristine condition that some had retained their bark. The stumps are relics of an ancient forest that was growing when humans were still relatively new arrivals in the Americas.

Posted for November 12, 2007 ----------

UK to abandon villages and land to the rising sea - Whole villages and swathes of agricultural land will be surrendered to
the sea because the Government is unwilling to spend billions of pound on flood defenses. Ministers have admitted privately that they are preparing to evacuate settlements on the east coast within the next 30 years because it is not "cost effective" to save them.

NETHERLANDS - The north-west storm that raced over the Netherlands with wind speeds of more than 100 kilometers per hour caused RECORD-HIGH WATER LEVELS.

USA - The entire United States is in the middle of a nationwide drought, producing a crisis that some scientists believe will have greater consequences than rising sea levels. Southern California is the driest area in the United States and Texas is the wettest. That's according to a new list. Nearly 200 million people reside in the 100 largest metros, comprising nearly 60 percent of the U.S. population. "This drought is having a deep and lasting effect on the choices regarding where we will want to live in the future. The crisis has been growing slowly, but it is finally getting attention in the national spotlight." Topping the drought list was Los Angeles, with its recent annual rainfall only 25 percent of normal. Coming in at No. 2 was the San Diego metro area. Texas floods, which have caused deaths and property damage, are the product of abnormal climate patterns that prevented the moisture-laden clouds to be carried northward to the already-parched Deep South. Visit droughtscore.com to assess and compare the drought risk for every city, town and zip code in the United States - more than 50,000 places.

USA - KANSAS - Manhattan still is experiencing daily high temperatures that are as much as 20 degrees warmer than the average highs of the past.

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Rabbis warn Bush: Annapolis will bring destruction to US

A fringe group of prominent ultra nationalist rabbis issued a harshly-worded letter to United States President George W. Bush, warning him that the upcoming Annapolis peace conference would bring destruction upon America.

The rabbis evoke their previous prediction in 2005, when they published an open letter to Bush demanding the US rescind its support of the disengagement plan.

"We wrote to President Bush, a man who believes in the Bible, to warn him against the terrible danger to which he is exposing his country by hosting such a conference," said Rabbi Meir Druckman, one of signatories to the letter.

***WATCHMAN... What Bible do you suppose BUSH believes in? Certainly it is NOT the KING JAMES VERSION, Hmmmmmmm...

"The land of Israel belongs to the people of Israel. God punishes anyone who coerces Israel to give up its land," he said.

"There is no doubt the New Orleans flood from the Katrina hurricane was God's punishment for evicting the settlements," said Druckman, "with hundreds of thousands left homeless, hundreds killed or wounded and billions of dollars sent down the drain – can we really ignore God's hand collecting an eye for an eye?"

***WATCHMAN... I reported then that the "ISRAELI EVECTIONS" could have been God's WRATH upon America of America's involvement...

The disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank was completed August 23rd, 2005 – which was also the date Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas.

"Despite those consequences, yet again we find ourselves facing an initiative to expel Jews from Judea and Samaria and cede their cities to terror organizations.

And once again the patrons of the event are President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"This time the Almighty is warning the US in advance: if the plague of water was not enough now he shall send flames.

While hundreds of thousands of families have already fled the terrible fires in California, and we ask you, will you really forge ahead with this malevolent plan?" added Druckman.

WATCHMAN... There is PROPHECY posted on my www.neaiga.org website that "COULD" indicate that this statement by Rabbi Meir Druckman COULD BE CORRECT!!!...

The Last Days Signs - The End Times - Are Upon The Earth!

Posted for November 9-11, 2007 ----------

VOLCANOES/WARNING AMERICA INTENSIFIES... Sunday April 15, 2007 Is it not because you America have hardened your hearts towards me says God, for even as the times of old in Egypt did they not harden their hearts towards me, and because of their hardness of heart did I not bring plague and judgment upon that great land at that time, and even now America though you be a great land, because you have hardened your heart you will not see the glory of God to it’s fullest...but because of the hardness of your heart these things must take place, and it will not be the end of such judgments says God, for many judgments are prescribed upon the land, because my people even have forsaken me, they have forsaken the assembling of themselves together, that they might fellowship in the light of my word says the lord, therefore I say unto my people come out from among them that you might know the glory of your God and of your King says God.

USA - YELLOWSTONE - Scientists say Yellowstone caldera may be filling with magma - The floor of the Yellowstone caldera has risen at a rate FASTER THAN HAS EVER BEEN OBSERVED BEFORE, according to a new study that gives further proof that "ground deformation" at the park resembles the gently heaving chest of a slumbering giant. The likely cause of the uplift is a volcanic intrusion of molten rock that has moved upward 50 to 60 miles and flattened into a pancake the size of Los Angeles a few miles below the surface.

UNITED KINGDOM, NETHERLANDS, DENMARK, GERMANY - A storm in the North Sea has left Britain and the Netherlands facing the WORST FLOOD THREAT IN DECADES with tidal surges predicted early today. The Dutch transport ministry said this was THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1976 THAT THE WHOLE NORTH SEA COAST WAS UNDER ALERT. The Met Office was predicting THE HIGHEST TIDE SINCE 1983 in Felixstowe, Suffolk. UK government warned large areas of Norfolk and Kent coasts were at risk of severe flooding.

AFRICA - Around a third of Africa's existing coastline could be swallowed up by rising water levels brought on by global warming, by the end of this century, the United Nations' top environment official said on Thursday.

CUBA - Torrential rains have caused the WORST FLOODS IN 40 YEARS in Cuba leaving one person dead and $500 million in damages.

USA - Climate Change Could Diminish Drinking Water More Than Expected As sea levels rise, coastal communities could lose up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously thought, according to a new study from Ohio State University. The IPCC has concluded that within the next 100 years, sea level could rise as much as 23 inches, flooding coasts worldwide.

USA FLORIDA - Scientists and economists Tuesday warned lawmakers of consequences Florida faces from climate change, including more destructive hurricanes and a rising sea level

USA CALIFORNIA - Storm brings big waves to Southern California beaches - Wednesday waves up to 9 feet were crashing on Southland beaches, the product of a distant storm. "Basically, this is a storm that started out in the Southern Hemisphere. It's a late-season storm and pretty significant ... one of the largest of the season since April." Most beaches are getting sets of 5-7 feet, but some southwest-facing ones, such as Manhattan Beach, are getting occasional sets up to 9 feet. Anytime you have high surf, it erodes spots along the beach into channels.

GLOBAL - Millions of people have been affected by severe flooding as storms swept parts of Mexico, the Caribbean, Vietnam and Australia in the past fortnight. Tropical Storm Noel brought heavy rain that devastated parts of central America and the Carribean. The Mexican states of Tabasco and Chiapas saw the worst flooding in the area in more than 50 years, with aid agencies estimating more than a million people were affected. The storm also triggered floods in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, just weeks after the region had been hit by heavy rain, adding to the death toll. Although the individual incidents cannot be attributed directly to climate change, scientists predict that extreme weather events such as floods will become more frequent and intense as average global temperatures rise.

[[Posted Nov 8, 2007 "Rabbis assert Katrina disaster a result of America's support of 2005 disengagement, say California fires a warning and Mideast summit will bring 'wrath of the almighty'"]]

USA CALIFORNIA - The fog hadn't lifted from Monterey in two days, resulting in RECORD-BREAKING COLD days. The high temperatures recorded Monday and Tuesday were the lowest high temperatures ever recorded for Nov. 5 and Nov. 6. Tuesday's high of 52 degrees broke the old record of 56 degrees in 2001, while the high of 53 degrees Monday broke the "low-high" record of 55 degrees set in 1969. The low temperature recorded Tuesday was 49 degrees, only three degrees cooler than the high temperature.

USA - ARIZONA - Phoenix has logged five days of RECORD HEAT since Oct. 24, with temperatures threatening to break more records before the week is over.

USA - NORTH CAROLINA - The state is in the grip of the WORST DROUGHT EVER RECORDED, going back to 1895 when drought conditions were first calculated. If climate predictions come true, they will face ongoing water shortages in the spring and summer.

Posted for November 8, 2007 ----------

Mideast summit will bring 'wrath of the almighty' - Group of right-wing rabbis writes open letter to US president demanding he cancel Annapolis summit or risk provoking 'wrath of the almighty.' Rabbis assert Katrina disaster a result of America's support of 2005 disengagement, say California fires a warning

USA FLORIDA - Scientists say Florida can expect more frequent and destructive hurricanes, hotter weather and rising sea levels that could inundate coastal areas. The chairman of the University of Miami's Department of Geological Sciences predicted a 1.5 foot rise in sea level in 50 years and a three- to five-foot increase by the end of the century. At two feet, South Florida would still be livable.. "Three feet's going to get messy. Four feet becomes extremely difficult to live in South Florida and five feet probably impossible." Scientists don't yet have a clear picture of whether climate change will make Florida wetter or drier, but either way the forecast is for heavier rains that are fewer and far between, creating a potential for flood and drought.

USA ARIZONA - After the WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD since records were first recorded in 1895, they’re moving into fall with RECORD TEMPERATURES as well. Monday, they broke the old record of 92, set in 1980 at Phoenix Sky Harbor, with a high of 93. A strong area of high pressure will continue to dominate their weather for the rest of the work week, and near/ above record high temps will continue.

Posted for November 7, 2007 ----------

Sunday September 30, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, for the time of transformation has been reached, the midpoint has been reached, I say unto you now you no longer have time to decide where you want to go and what you want to do, for it is time now to decide to come unto me, turn not to the left nor turn to the right, turn and face me, face me for your enemy is upon you, destruction is upon you, sickness is upon you, disease is upon you, turn away from these things, turn away from looking to man to keep you from these things, you thought my wrath in the hurricanes caused you to tremble but you have seen nothing saith the Lord, you have seen nothing, for as in the days of old in Egypt I am about to lift my hand from the land, and the things that came then will come now only in greater proportion says God.

Sunday September 30, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, what is this disease that now borders the United States of America, top to bottom, what is it, what has caused it, I say unto you it has been formed and shaped by the hand of man, to bring control upon the peoples of the earth, to condemn and to close avenues of escape, but I say unto you now they cannot close the avenue to me saith God, it is now time for you to turn from your wicked and evil ways, turn from the ways of man and the ways of satan, turn to the ways of the Almighty God, turn to me saith the Lord, give your heart, give your soul, give your life unto me saith God.

Climate change is like WWIII - "This is World War Three - this is the biggest challenge to face the globe for many, many years. We need the sorts of concerted, fast, integrated and above all huge efforts that went into many actions in times of war. We're dealing with this as if it is peacetime, but the time for peace on climate change is gone - we need to be seeing this as a crisis and emergency." Global warming is a challenge to security, migration, politics and economics as well as the environment. As the century progresses, people will be fighting not just for ideology but for water, and increasing numbers will be refugees of environmental catastrophes. "We predict a scenario in which people and nations are threatened by massive food and water shortages, devastating natural disasters and deadly disease outbreaks."

INDONESIA - On Monday, several volcanoes in Indonesia spewed hot ash, molten rock and clouds of dark smoke amid fears that a violent eruption could happen at any time. Mount Kelud, on the densely populated Java island, looked the most threatening as a dome of magma formed under a crater lake and soaring temperatures overheated monitoring equipment

TREMORS and SHIFTING INTENSIFY...Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

INDONESIA - Rumbling Mount Kelud in East Java province spewed dangerous clouds of white smoke, containing CO2 gas and other poisoning gas on Monday. The shot of hot smoke reached up to 800 meters into the sky, while tremors, whose intensity had decreased, began to rise on Monday.

AUSTRALIA - This week's storms and heavy rains have given parts of South Australia their WETTEST START TO NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. Many areas from the far northwest of SA to Victoria's east have recorded up to three times the November average rainfall in the first five days of the month. Mount Gambier's 127mm was South Australia's highest rainfall in the past week, while Robe received 91mm and Coonawarra received 75mm. [this follows an April - November 1 with the LOWEST RAINFALL ON RECORD!

SOUTH AUSTRALIA - rainfall records from April through to November 1 show Minnipa received 91.4 millimeters of rain, the LOWEST RAINFALL ON RECORD that spans for 92 years. [yet Southern Australia now has had their WETTEST START TO NOVEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN!

U.S.A. - The upward spiral in crude oil prices, coupled with what is expected to be a colder winter than normal, could combine into a “perfect storm” of significantly higher heating bills for Americans this year. "Consumers will almost certainly spend RECORD AMOUNTS TO HEAT THEIR HOMES this winter." Fuel oil prices may increase up to 16 percent this winter for the 7% who use it. The 5% of Americans who use propane for heating will be hit hard as well as the cost of propane is expected to jump up to 12.9%. Prices for natural gas, the largest source of residential heating fuel across the nation, (58%), are expected to rise 6% to 7% over prices a year ago. Electricity prices are forecast to rise a relatively mild 2.3%, impacting approximately 30% of American households. With crude oil approaching record prices in real terms, "we may be closer to the tipping point where alternative energy investments will begin to gain more traction."

USA NORTH CAROLINA - the current drought is shaping up to match the state’s record drought set in 1925. “But in terms of demand on water and the number of people we have now, THIS IS CERTAINLY OUR WORST.” The U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook updated last Thursday shows the drought is likely to persist into January. On Friday, rainfall totals for the year at Asheville Regional Airport stood at 28.84 inches. “The normal is 39.97, so we’re 11.13 inches in the hole.”

Posted for November 6, 2007 ----------

USA FLORIDA - A portion of A1A remained closed Sunday - Disaster might be the word used by those tracking the extensive beach erosion that many South Florida beaches have experienced in the past few weeks, including from Noel, which scraped away huge amounts of sand, especially in Palm Beach County. High winds have generated battering waves that have gobbled away shoreline, shrinking beaches. Beach conditions over the past week or so have made some residents re-think how devastating the storm surge could be if the area is hit head-on by a hurricane. "It's looking like if we get another storm, there's not going to be any beach left."

UNITED KINGDOM - In a frightening scenario that could see large parts of Wales sink, the Environment Agency has outlined the devastation a major flash flood could cause to Wales and its coastline. The combined effects of increased sea-level rises and greater storm surges has the potential to increase risk of floods in 2080 by up to 30 times present levels... by 2080 flood levels that are now expected once in 100 years could be recurring every three years. People at high risk of flooding in Britain will double to nearly 3.5 million. If no work is done, coastal erosion in Britain will increase nine-fold."

WARNING AMERICA - RECORDS - GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES... Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

USA NEVADA - Dry weather has driven a growing number of bobcats into populated Las Vegas neighborhoods in search of water. The Nevada Department of Wildlife game warden even recently attempted to catch one of the parched animals at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the city's main strip. The recent influx of bobcat sightings in such populated area is a direct result of two years of dramatically warmer weather. "For the past two years, we've had extreme drought. Water and food are really hard to find for these animals." The bobcats are typically trapped alive and later released into the wild.

USA HAWAII - Drought - Last month’s rainfall total of 0.39 inches measured at Lihu‘e Airport was the DRIEST OCTOBER EVER RECORDED for Lihu‘e. The records, which date back to 1950, show the previous record was 0.98 inches set in 1998. The RECORDS FOR THE DRIEST THREE-MONTH and SIX-MONTH PERIODS WERE ALSO SET. From August through October, just 1.27 inches of rain fell at the airport; and from May through October, only 3.14 inches fell. The previous three-month record was 1.51 inches from January through March 1983. The previous six-month record was 4.36 inches from May through October 1975. The entire northwestern half of Kaua‘i, and all of Ni‘ihau show abnormally dry conditions. More than 71 percent of the state was listed abnormally dry, compared to 53 percent last year and 26 percent in 2005. Brushfires have plagued the Garden Island this summer.

Posted for November 5, 2007 ----------

FLORIDA - Floridians Ask For State Of Emergency Over Vanishing Beaches - Homeowners living on Central Florida's east coast are asking the governor to declare a state of emergency as wind and waves from Tropical Storm Noel continue to scrape away large portions of city beaches. More than 50 percent of the state's beaches are experiencing erosion with nearly 400 miles considered "critical" and threatening structures, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. In Satellite Beach, beach erosion has cut into sand dunes threatening homes. Homeowner said they lost nearly 3 feet of shoreline overnight

GEORGIA/FLORID - A Tropical Storm Noel's waves chewed up beaches from the Georgia border to Miami-Dade County. In Florida, the upper third of Broward's beaches were the worst hit. Other areas of concern were south of Port Everglades. The beaches are "chronically erosive"

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USA Tennessee Town Has Run Out of Water

As twilight falls over this Tennessee town, Mayor Tony Reames drives up a dusty dirt road to the community's towering water tank and begins his nightly ritual in front of a rusty metal valve.

With a twist of the wrist, he releases the tank's meager water supply, and suddenly this sleepy town is alive with activity. Washing machines whir, kitchen sinks fill and showers run.

About three hours later, Reames will return and reverse the process, cutting off water to the town's 145 residents.

The severe drought tightening like a vise across the Southeast has threatened the water supply of cities large and small, sending politicians scrambling for solutions.

But Orme, about 40 miles west of Chattanooga and 150 miles northwest of Atlanta, is a town where the worst-case scenario has already come to pass: The water has run out.

The mighty waterfall that fed the mountain hamlet has been reduced to a trickle, and now the creek running through the center of town is dry.

TIBET - As global warming continues, glacier recession on the Tibetan Plateau has quickened, triggering a series of environmental calamities

The Last Days Signs - The End Times - Are Upon The Earth!

ANTARCTICA - A RARE, strong earthquake jolted Antarctica - An earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked Antarctica at 2031 GMT Friday. The epicenter of the quake was 3,641 kilometers from Punta Arenas, Chile's southern most city. Earthquakes rarely hit Antarctica, and their scales are normally small.

INDONESIA - Mount Kelut - Seismologists issued a red alert on October 16 of an imminent eruption on East Java. Since Thursday scientists recorded 599 shallow tremors rocking the mountain's slopes, which indicated that magma pressure was increasing.

NEW JERSEY/New York/New Hampshire - The Jersey shore got some large waves and strong winds as the remnants of Hurricane Noel passed by on Saturday. Winds up to 40 mph and waves as big as 14 feet were also expected to pummel Maryland, New York and New Hampshire beaches.

USA CALIFORNIA - Ground creep appears to speed up before an earthquake, and thus could serve as a good precursor to a coming quake. If so, could Folsom, California be warning of a pending quake? The city has had a mysterious rash of water line breaks during recent weeks. The FREAK wave of water-line breaks in Folsom has drowned utility staff members under an unanswerable number of repair calls. An UNPRECEDENTED buildup of break repair jobs has caused the city to hire an outside contractor to provide additional help. And still breaks are taking weeks to repair.

Before a moderate-sized (M 5.5) earthquake struck the hamlet of Parkfield along the San Andreas fault on June 27 in 1966 in a remote area of central California, there had been a water pipe line that broke where it crossed the San Andreas fault, and that break occurred about nine hours before the June 27 earthquake. The break in the pipe showed the characteristic movement on the San Andreas fault - east side to the southeast. Researchers found no explanation for the break other than pre-earthquake fault movement.

MEXICO - Some 300,000 people are still trapped in their homes in Tabasco, waiting to be rescued by boat or helicopter. Overall, floods have claimed at least five lives in southern Mexico. The entire air force has been ordered to help bring supplies into the region and move people out. Villahermosa is completely overwhelmed by murky, filthy water. The Mexican government has admitted that the scale of this disaster has taken them by surprise and for those still trapped in the remote areas of Tabasco aid is still a long way off. As the massive operation continues, there are now fears that disease could spread and forecasters say more heavy rain is on the way. The flooding was described as "NOT JUST THE WORST NATURAL CATASTROPHE IN THE STATE'S HISTORY BUT, I would venture to say, ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY'S RECENT HISTORY".

CUBA - As of Wednesday morning, the province of Guantánamo had reported 516.9 millimeters of rain in October, almost 300% MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD AMOUNT FOR THE MONTH, 187.7 millimeters.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

GROUND BEF - Cargill Inc. is voluntarily recalling more than 840,000 pounds of ground beef patties distributed at Sam's Club stores nationwide after four Minnesota children who ate the food developed E. coli illness.

MEAT FROM CANADA - U.S. regulators have tightened restrictions on meat and poultry products from Canada because of concerns about testing practices at a Canadian firm that was believed to be the source of bacteria-contaminated meat that sickened 40 people in eight states.

Posted for November 2-4, 2007 ----------

MEXICO - The floods, caused by a cold front that has wreaked havoc with the oil industry along Mexico's Gulf coast, were THE WORST EVER IN TABASCO'S STATE HISTORY.

The long-running drought in Australia is linked to an UNPRECEDENTED CLIMATE PATTERN which has taken hold in the Pacific basin and Indian Ocean.

AUSTRALIA - UNUSUALLY cold sea temperatures are the cause for the devastatingly low rainfall in Australia's south-east since early August. The surface waters across the north of Australia were up to 1.5 degrees Celsius colder than normal, causing lower-than-expected rainfall. Warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the western equatorial Indian Ocean near Madagascar have caused UNUSUALLY heavy rain in eastern Africa, while dry conditions persist in many areas of Australia.

USA CALIFORNIA - Nearly 40 small aftershocks struck on the Calaveras Fault on Wednesday, following Tuesday night's moderate earthquake near San Jose that startled residents throughout the Bay Area. The 5.6-magnitude quake caused only minor damage in South Bay communities, and the aftershocks - the largest at 3:54 p.m. with a magnitude of 3.7 - occurred south of the main quake's epicenter near the Calaveras Reservoir. Damage from the quake was minor but widespread near the quake's epicenter. There were small landslides, a downed tree and damage to a trestle bridge in Alum Rock Park, and one landslide partially blocked a road in the park, which is perched in the hills east of downtown San Jose. The succession of aftershocks indicated that the fault was rupturing southward - a good sign - because most of the main quake's energy was being dissipated well away from the more dangerous Hayward Fault to the north. But there is always the possibility that the quake's abrupt release of stress inside the Calaveras Fault might have changed stresses that have long built up within the Hayward Fault. The most recent official report by earthquake experts has placed the probability that a destructive quake will strike within the next 25 years on the Hayward Fault with a magnitude of 6.7 or greater at 27 percent. It also estimated the probability of a similar quake on the Calaveras at 11 percent in the same period.

In the first real-world disaster test of local cellular networks, thousands of mobile phone users were unable to connect calls in the hour following the 5.6 earthquake that struck the Bay Area shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday. Wireless carriers said traffic spiked up to 10 times higher than normal. The flood of calls also tied up AT&T's landline phone service. Wireless officials are urging users to use text messages if they have to contact someone because it's more reliable and far less intensive on the network.

A truck driver was so sure the quake was coming - "because of the tremendous abundance of road kill lately" - that he started telling people three days before. There were other reports of unusual pet behavior before the quake struck.

USA FLORIDA - If you pulled up the NWS’ Marine Weather Forecast on Thursday, there were 11 different color-coded forecasts. The awful weather this week is impacting everyone’s lives from Trick or Treaters to garbage men to weather forecasters. Outdoors guys have dubbed it “Big Wave Week.” Winds 20 to 25 knots Thursday, seas 11 to 15 feet. Friday and Saturday winds will stay 15 to 20 knots. Seas will be 8 to 11 feet. Sad thing is, Treasure Coast outdoorsmen are becoming all too familiar with these conditions. "Maybe it’s just me, but it seems like we’ve had more of these severe events — with or without a Tropical Storm looming — since the spring of 2004 than we did in the 3-4 years prior to that."

DROUGHT INTENSIFIES...Sunday August 13, 2006 AM For the land is like a sponge saith the Lord, a sponge that is dry and waiting to soak up the water, seek me for though I have promised I would not bring the rain as in Noah’s time again, I did not promise I would not dry up the water, for wells saith God, that have been productive for many years will dry up, streams will stop running, rivers will flow slower, but if you will seek me, if you will seek me in a spiritual way says the Lord, even as Moses smote the rock and water poured out of if shall I bring the answer into your life, for the answer that you need is spiritual, seek me says God.

USA - The La Nina weather phenomenon, blamed for drought in the southern United States and flooding in Africa, will last for another five months. In recent weeks U.S. climate experts have predicted warmer-than-average temperatures this winter for states such as Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Texas fire officials said last week they fear the La Nina conditions, which usually bring warmer temperatures, low humidity and little rainfall to the state in the winter, may cause wildfires.

INDONESIA - 4 volcanoes under eruption alerts & another has a lahar flood threat - Hundreds more people were evacuated from around Indonesia's Mount Kelud volcano in East Java yesterday after more than 600 hundred tremors were recorded in 18 hours. Authorities raised the alert at Mt Kelud, one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanoes, to maximum two weeks ago amid signs of an imminent eruption. “There have been more tremors than at the time we increased the alert to the highest level last month.” Magma is 700m below the crater and could shoot out if it has enough energy.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

Frozen pizza suspected in 10-state E coli outbreak - General Mills recalled about 414,000 cases of frozen pizza after health officials said it could be linked to an Escherichia coli outbreak that has sickened 21 people in 10 states. The recalled products are Totino's and Jeno's pizzas that contain pepperoni topping, which could be contaminated with E coli. Victims have been from Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Virginia. The earliest case reported to health officials occurred on July 20 and the latest case on October 10. The company has distributed more than 120 million pizzas since July 1.

CHECK YOUR FREEZER
The recall involves the following frozen pizzas and product code numbers:
• Totino's Party Supreme, 42800-10700
• Totino's Three Meat, 42800-10800
• Totino's Pepperoni, 42800-11400
• Totino's Pepperoni, 42800-92114
• Totino's Classic Pepperoni, 42800-11402
• Totino's Pepperoni Trio, 42800-72157
• Totino's Party Combo, 42800-11600
• Totino's Combo, 42800-92116
• Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Supreme, 35300-00561
• Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Pepperoni, 35300-00572
• Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Combo, 35300-00576

Posted for November 1, 2007 ----------

AUSTRALIA - The WORST FLOODING IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS hit the Appila plains on Tuesday afternoon – devastating farmers already ravaged by five consecutive years of drought.

Posted for October 31, 2007 ----------

USA PENNSYLVANIA - Lancaster County residents have sweated their way through what will be THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD

USA NEW JERSEY - October is usually the start of cool, crisp days, but instead the hot weather stayed on, creating extremely warm and wet conditions. The average monthly temperature as of Sunday was 66.4 degrees, about 10.7 degrees higher than normal. Atlantic City HIT A RECORD 90 degrees Oct. 7 and 89 degrees Oct. 8.

CANADA - Frost is missing in action, SETTING A RECORD for its absence from the London region. "Not in my recollection have I seen a season of this length." Environment Canada data shows the London area has already experienced ONE OF THE LONGEST GROWING SEASONS ON RECORD

Posted for October 30, 2007 ----------

USA - Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snow pack is melting faster each year

USA/GLOBAL - Global Crisis Hits Home With U.S. Water Shortages - The emergence of drought in Georgia, dwindling Great Lakes levels, and the fierce competition for water in the American West are part of a complex, urgent water crisis unfolding across the globe.

Posted for October 29, 2007 ----------

California wildfires could become largest-ever US wildfire catastrophe - Fitch Ratings said insured losses from wildfires continuing to spread in Southern California could likely become the costliest catastrophe insured loss event this year and may potentially become the costliest wildfire catastrophe insured loss event ever for the property/casualty insurance industry.

USA - Much of U.S. Could See a Water Shortage - An epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough water for its expected population boom. The Great Lakes are shrinking. Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record lows. And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snow pack is melting faster each year.

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INDONESIA - THIRD VOLCANO BECOMES ACTIVE - ANAK KRAKATOA - The Indonesian volcano known as the "Child of Krakatoa" has been spewing ash and smoke, prompting warnings of a possible eruption. The mountain in the Sunda Strait, 130 kilometers west of Jakarta, formed after the giant Krakatoa eruption of 1883 that killed tens of thousands of people and was the largest explosion in recorded history.

INDONESIA - MOUNT SOPUTAN - The erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island began spewing hot lava on Friday, a day after shooting ash some 1,500m into the air, an official said, although nearby villages were still not being ordered to evacuate. Mount Soputan volcano, which lies in North Sulawesi province, likely was producing a small lava flow, but authorities were unable to spot it because the crater remained covered by clouds.

INDONESIA - MOUNT KELUT - A scientist warned on Wednesday that all indications pointed to the imminent eruption of Mount Kelut volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, despite few obvious signs of activity. Mount Kelut was put on high alert on October 16

AUSTRALIA - A FREAK tornado with winds up to 150 kmh that tore through a northern NSW village was ONE OF THE RAREST WEATHER EVENTS TO HAPPEN IN A POPULATED AREA OF AUSTRALIA. The tornado rampaged through the village of Dunoon after clipping nearby Lismore, causing millions of dollars in damage. Destructive twisters are more commonly associated with the Midwest of the United States, and RARELY seen by Australians. The tornado came out of the bottom of a thunderstorm about 4pm on Friday. Large hailstones and destructive winds were battering Dunoon, Lismore, Byron Bay and Mullumbimby.

Posted for October 26, 2007 ----------

USA KENTUCKY - Louisville had its HEAVIEST TWO-DAY OCTOBER RAINFALL ON RECORD Monday and Tuesday.

USA MINNESOTA - the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus reported that the first 16 days of October were THE CLOUDIEST STRETCH FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR IN 45 YEARS that the observatory has been measuring solar radiation, measuring less than three-quarters of average. The 18.91 inches of rain that fell in the Twin Cities during August, September and October SET A RECORD FOR THE 3 MONTH PERIOD - well before October ends. The drought has been retreating, particularly in the past week, having largely disappeared along the Canadian border and the North Shore of Lake Superior. It continues to hang on stubbornly in a pocket of central Minnesota, near Wadena County. That news is good for the state's farmers, already looking toward next year's growing season, though the recent rains came too late to have much effect on this year's crops. An exceptionally wet early fall says precisely nothing about the coming winter. "The pattern could break any day now, or it could hang around awhile."

USA CALIFORNIA - US border patrol agents discovered four charred bodies in rugged mountains near the Mexican border, bringing the probable death toll from California's wildfires to 12, even as firefighters gained the upper hand in their five-day battle.

USA TEXAS - A top climate scientist warned Wednesday that Texas faces a dual threat from floods and drought if global warming is left unchecked. Predictions made two decades ago about the effects of a warming world are now beginning to come true. "Texas is in the line of fire for double-barreled climate impacts. What we said in the 1980s, and is beginning to come true now, is that both ends of the hydrological cycle get intensified by global warming." A warmer climate increases evaporation. It both sucks moisture from the ground, intensifying drought, and increases atmospheric humidity, which causes more rain to fall during extreme events. It remains possible — and not entirely painful — for nations to tackle global warming. The most important step would be to prohibit the construction of coal-fired power plants until technology is developed to capture carbon dioxide produced during the coal-burning process. Coal remains a popular energy source with electricity providers, because it is a cheap source of power and the United States has abundant supplies. However, coal burning is also the worst producer of the greenhouse gases that, scientists say, are causing the planet to warm. A second step would be to gradually adopt a fee for carbon dioxide emissions. Although this would raise the price of energy, it would spur companies to develop alternative energy sources such as wind and solar.

USA CALIFORNIA - Earthquake Shakes Southern Calif. - A minor earthquake swayed Kern County in Southern California early Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The magnitude-4.3 quake struck at 5:22 a.m. and was centered 15 miles north of Ridgecrest, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. Ridgecrest is about 110 miles northeast of Bakersfield. "It was a jolt and then a smooth roll," said Kammy Rana, a dispatcher for the Ridgecrest Police Department. "It made the office sway slightly."

INDONESIA - Mount Soputan volcano on the northern tip of Indonesia's Sulawesi island has erupted, throwing columns of ash 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) into the air.

CANADA - Greater Victoria sunshine SHATTERED A 40-YEAR RECORD HIGH Tuesday with the mercury rising to 20 C. The average high for this late October day is about 12 degrees, but that average and a 1966 record high of 18.3 degrees were smashed with unseasonably warm weather.

CANADA - Wednesday was THE WARMEST DAY ON RECORD for October 24th in a total of 6 Saskatchewan centers.

The forecast is for increasingly volatile and unpredictable weather patterns "that are UNPRECEDENTED since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Our experiential framework doesn't encompass these cataclysmic events. We just assume the future will echo the past. The world is changing. Extremely rapidly. All the management rules have been built around the assumption of a stationary climate. For the foreseeable future, for generations to come, change is what we need to manage, not the status quo." In the U.S., by noon Wednesday, more than 666 square miles of the Southern California tinderbox - Los Angeles went 150 consecutive days this year without rain - had been charcoaled. The snow pack in the Sierra Nevada is at its LOWEST LEVEL IN 20 YEARS. And drought continues to devastate the southeast, particularly in Alabama and Georgia, where the folks at Coca-Cola are increasingly "concerned" about sustaining their bottling operation. Will we do better, before water shortages and the climate crisis swallow us whole? Because the dry subtropic zone is expanding, pushing the jet stream and western Oregon's traditional drizzle zone farther north, the Northwest may experience alternating decades of dampness and drought that wreak havoc on the landscape. And as we reach the limits of available water, available food and available space, the conflicts between the haves and have-nots will turn brutal. The 2002 fish kill in the Klamath River "is just the tip of the iceberg." "We can continue to worship before the altar of the status quo or get off our knees and begin wrestling with this runaway change. We can bridle the beast or be stampeded by it, but we can no longer pretend the horse hasn't left the barn."

Continuing destruction of the natural world is affecting the health, wealth and well-being of people around the globe, according to a major UN report. The Global Environment Outlook says most trends are going the wrong way. It lists degradation of farmland, loss of forest cover, pollution, dwindling fresh water supplies and over fishing among society's environmental ills. There is a "remarkable lack of urgency" to reverse these trends. "There continue to be persistent and intractable problems unresolved and unaddressed. This assault on the global environment risks undermining the many advances human society has made. Past issues remain and new ones are emerging, from the rapid rise of oxygen 'dead zones' in the oceans to the resurgence of new and old diseases linked in part with environmental degradation." The well-being of millions of people in the developing world is put at risk by failure to remedy problems which have been tackled in richer societies. "This assault on the global environment risks undermining the many advances human society has made in recent decades. It is undercutting our fight against poverty. It could even come to jeopardize international peace and security."

Posted for October 25, 2007 ----------

USA CALIFORNIA - More than half a million people have been ordered to evacuate parts of the US state of California being engulfed by massive wildfires. Fierce winds are fanning at least 16 fires that have razed land from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. The blazes have left two people dead and destroyed more than 1,200 homes and businesses. Around 40 people have been injured, including at least 18 firefighters. Thousands of residents sought shelter at fairgrounds, schools and community centres. "It was like Armageddon - it looked like the end of the world." Up to 300,000 acres (120,000 hectares) of land have been scorched - an area bigger than New York City. Officials have warned the heat and wind levels are not likely to abate for 24 hours.

Despairing firefighters have given up battling some of the worst blazes tearing across southern California, as 500,000 people fled the firestorm that is threatening 68,000 homes. Up to 1600 properties have already been destroyed in a disaster that sparked THE LARGEST EVACUATION IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY, and the biggest in the US since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005. There is no sign of any reprieve in the hot, blustery conditions. At least five people have died. The State Government has put economic losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars. In a sign of just how desperate the situation is, authorities said they had no hope of getting on top of the blazes due to the shrieking, unpredictable nature of the Santa Ana winds. And there were simply not enough resources to win the battle, which has been raging for three days in temperatures above 30C. Firefighters in the Mexican border city of Tecate tried to control fires that sent up black smoke and covered houses and cars with grey ash. Fires also burned on the outskirts of the Mexican city of Tijuana, 32km from San Diego.

USA NEW YORK - For the fifth time this month, a RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET at LaGuardia Airport on Tuesday, and it's the seventh record high to be set in the last six weeks. The temperature Tuesday topped out at 80-degrees, breaking the old record set back in 1995. What's more, the average temperature this month has been 9 degrees above normal. With just a week to go until November, New York City is ON PACE TO HAVE ITS WARMEST OCTOBER EVER. In Central Park, the average temperature this month has been 66.7 degrees, a full three degrees warmer than the warmest October on record, which was 60 years ago in 1947. This past week has seen high temperatures remaining steady in the 70s, with a streak of seven straight days with temperatures at least 10 degrees above normal. It hasn't been just this past week that's seen warmer than normal weather. In fact, 32 of the past 34 days have also experienced above average temperatures.

U.S.A. - “In the interior Northeast, back to the Ohio Valley, it is likely to be the warmest October on record." Most records go back to the late 19th century. The main cause of the balmy weather this month was the UNUSUALLY northern position of the northern jet stream — the river of high-speed air that circles the globe and separates warm and cold air masses. Because the jet stream is farther north than usual, the Northeast is sitting under warmer air. (Farther west, the jet stream zigs south, the World Series-bound Colorado Rockies’ baseball practice was held indoors in Denver on Sunday because of four inches of snow.)

UNITED KINGDOM - Climate change makes south too dry for lizards - What has happened to the common lizard? Alarm bells are sounding in herpetological circles because it seems to be no longer living up to its name in some parts of Britain. While habitat loss from development and intensive agriculture are likely to have had an impact, some experts suspect climate change could be the major cause, with the species possibly no longer feeling at home in increasingly warm and dry southern regions. Lately, there have been reports of it becoming less numerous in - or even disappearing altogether from - areas where formerly there was an abundance. "My own experience over the past 30 years bears out such reports. I can think of places which used to be alive with baby lizards during August and September but that no longer seems to be the case. This would be understandable if the sites had undergone major change but I am aware of such situations in locations where the habitat looks ideal." Circumstances like that have roused suspicion that climate change may have influenced the puzzling declines and disappearances noted in southern Britain. "Common lizards seem to have declined or disappeared at most of the sites where I knew them 20 or more years ago, and several other people seem to have had similar experiences."

Global warming could cut a swathe through the planet's species over the coming centuries, warns a study which shows a link between rising temperatures and mass extinctions reaching back half a billion years. Each of five major eras of declining biodiversity - including one in which 95% of the Earth's species disappeared - correspond to cycles of severe warming over the 520-million-year period for which there are fossil records. If emissions of greenhouse gas rise unchecked, the predicted increase in global temperature over the next several hundred years could fall within a similar range as these peaks.

Posted for October 24, 2007 ----------

REMEMBER California just came out with the "NO DAD/NO MOM" HOMOSEX law...BroJ

USA CALIFORNIA - Wildfires raging across California have scorched nearly 1000sq km, making the blaze ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. At least 13 separate fires are alight throughout California, covering huge swathes of tinder-dry countryside that has been parched by months of record-low rainfall across the region. The biggest fire is at Witch Creek, north of San Diego, where 58,680ha (145,000 acres) are alight. More than 500 houses, 100 commercial properties and 50 outbuildings have been destroyed. The next largest fire is the Castaic blaze, 63km north of Los Angeles where 16,592ha (41,000 acres) were alight. In nearby Agua Dulce, 14,164ha are in flames, with officials expecting the two fires to merge within 48 hours. The deadliest fire is spreading to Mexico on the southern tip of California. The Harris fire has accounted for 8093ha (19,998 acres), with 1500 structures under threat. Meanwhile, an arson fire in Orange County has spread to 6070ha while in exclusive Malibu west of Los Angeles, 1537ha (3798 acres) has gone up in flames.

TURKEY - The Marmara region of Turkey where Istanbul is located received 34% less precipitation than average this past winter; and the Aegean Region, which includes the city of Izmir, received 43% less precipitation than average since October of 2006. Precipitation this low was UNPRECEDENTED in these regions in the last three decades.

Posted for October 23, 2007 ----------

Rising Seas Threaten 21 Mega-Cities

Cities around the world are facing the danger of rising seas and other disasters related to climate change.

Of the 33 cities predicted to have at least 8 million people by 2015, at least 21 are highly vulnerable, says the Worldwatch Institute.

They include Dhaka, Bangladesh; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Shanghai and Tianjin in China; Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt; Mumbai and Kolkata in India; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe in Japan; Lagos, Nigeria; Karachi, Pakistan; Bangkok, Thailand, and New York and Los Angeles in the United States, according to studies by the United Nations and others.

More than one-tenth of the world's population, or 643 million people, live in low-lying areas at risk from climate change, say U.S. and European experts. Most imperiled, in descending order, are China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, Egypt, the U.S., Thailand and the Philippines.

NIGERIA - No fewer than 60 communities have either been submerged or ravaged by a charging flood in four states of the Niger-Delta, specifically, Delta, Edo, Bayelsa and Ondo states, in the past few weeks, with more than 120,000 persons reportedly dislodged following the overflow of the River Niger and the bordering tributaries. The kind of flooding that was experienced, this year, HAS NEVER BEEN EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST FIVE DECADES

USA MINNESOTA - Before the flood of the century on August 18-19, the part of the Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge that lies just beyond Minnesota City was a sanctuary. Now it looks like an asteroid hit it. The woods around Garvin Brook have been erased. A crushed car sits buried in chocolate-colored muck. A semitrailer container still slumps in the brook bed, all but buried. The impact of August's floods on the refuge may not be as jaw-dropping as the demolished foundations and waterlogged homes along the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. But federal officials estimate the raging waters caused nearly half-a-million dollars damage on the refuge - blowing out culverts, ripping new paths for Mississippi tributaries and leaving behind tons of sediment and debris. "That kind of rain event hasn't happened in our recorded history." Now boaters must watch out for new sandbars. Fish could have a tough time surviving the winter. Aquatic plants could starve for sunlight next spring. The refuge - a collection of islands, channels, forests and marshes - stretches about 260 miles from southern Minnesota to northern Illinois. The floodwaters were so powerful they forced the Whitewater River over its banks. Before the flood the Whitewater emptied into the Mississippi just north of Minnieska, but the volume of water was so overwhelming the river carved a new bed and now joins the Mississippi a half-mile farther north, complete with a fresh, sediment-built delta. The story was the same with the Root River near Brownsville, which pumped so much dirt into its Mississippi mouth it, too, created a new delta. Biologists aren't sure what long-term effects the flooding may have, but the refuge's backwaters were "severely affected."

USA CALIFORNIA - At least one person has been killed and thousands evacuated as at least 12 wildfires rage across the US state of California, fanned by fierce winds. The governor declared a state of emergency in seven counties, with 35,000 acres (14,000 hectares) burnt from Santa Barbara to San Diego. In Malibu, a large blaze forced stars to flee. That fire is thought to have been caused by a power cable that ignited after being blown over in heavy wind. All 36,000 residents of Ramona, north-east of San Diego, were ordered to leave their homes as another blaze razed more than 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares). "I can't ever remember [evacuating the town of Ramona]. This fire is crazy." Officials say the ground is tinder dry after a record summer heat wave. During a long heat wave in July, wildfires scorched thousands of acres across California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, South Dakota, Washington, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. With forecasters predicting hurricane-force winds to continue until later in the week, thousands more homes could be at risk in California.

USA CALIFORNIA - The fires raging across Southern California are being fueled by gale-force winds that meteorologists say will worsen in the next two days as temperatures rise and humidity levels continue to plummet. Forecasters from the National Weather Service and other meteorological organizations said they COULDN'T EVER RECALL SUCH INTENSE WINDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, even in the heart of the Santa Ana season. The conditions have been exacerbated by a La Niña weather pattern that meteorologists have warned about for months, saying it will bring a drier-than-normal winter in a region already dealing with the driest year on record. Winds are expected to pick up at least until Tuesday, when forecasters say it's possible that Los Angeles will match the all-time high of 95 degrees for that day. "Not only is it a strong event, it's ONE OF THE STRONGEST EVENTS YOU'LL GET IN ANY SANTA ANA SEASON." "The strongest winds have not occurred yet. They're going to peak [on Monday]." Firefighters in Malibu were beating back flames amid gusts that neared 50 mph. In the Newhall Pass and Port Hueneme, gusts blew up to 78 mph Sunday, qualifying as hurricane-force. In Fremont Canyon in the Santa Ana mountains, southeast of Yorba Linda, gusts reached 86 mph. Gusts hit 108 mph at Whitaker Peak near Castaic Lake and 111 mph at Laguna Peak, near Point Mugu. The powerful Santa Anas are the result of a cool high-pressure system in the Great Basin above Utah and a warmer low-pressure system along coastal Southern California. "The winds are one way one minute, and it seems OK. Then they come right back again, and you think the world is ending." As Santa Ana winds move from high to low elevations, crossing deserts and mountains, they heat up. That is bad news for firefighters, because the winds heat and dry already-parched vegetation. "The relative humidity went from 60% to 70% around dawn to single digits: 5%, 7%, 8%." The Santa Ana season peaks in December and can stretch into the spring. It could become markedly worse as winter approaches, because of La Niña. Experts say this La Niña could turn into one of the strongest the region has had in years. La Niñas do not cause Santa Ana events, but the dry conditions worsen their effects. These winds are notable not just for their power but their longevity. "This Santa Ana has got legs. This could be a 72-hour event. And when the winds get this strong, it's really dangerous."

Posted for October 22, 2007 ----------

U.S.A. - A wave of severe weather cut a brutal path across the United States overnight Thursday, killing six people. Three dozen tornadoes were reported since Wednesday, starting in Oklahoma and continuing into Florida and throughout the Mississippi Valley Thursday. Tornadoes were reported from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico as UNUSUALLY warm temperatures created instability not normally seen this late in the year. The storms that spun tornadoes and dropped pounding hail in the central United States, barreled toward the east coast Friday, bringing hope for relief to parched southern states suffering the worst drought in a century. Tornadoes and thunderstorms had been thought of as being too localized, as weather events, to tie to larger climatic shifts. But a NASA study this August suggested that a warmer climate would produce more updrafts and keep more heat energy in the atmosphere — two pre-conditions to strong storms like thunderstorms and tornadoes. The weather is UNUSUALLY severe for late October. This type of "UNUSUAL” weather event could become more and more commonplace if the atmosphere continues to warm up.

USA MARYLAND - Reagan National Airport received its first measurable rain Friday since Sept. 14 - a 34-day stretch without rain. That BROKE THE OLD RECORD of 33 days, which ended on Sept. 8, 1995. That brought the total for the month here to not quite nine-tenths of an inch. Dulles Airport tied the record of 82 degrees for the date, set in 1963. This drought remains in place and it's expected to persist at least through January. With 11 days to go, this October ranks as the 9th driest on record for Baltimore.

USA TEXAS - The grass is high and drying down, the winds are blowing, and UNUSUAL lightning storms are taking place – conditions are right and all it will take is a spark to set off a repeat of the 2006 wildfire season. "It’s setting up to be that kind of year again. We’ve had so much rain, a lot of moisture, and have grown a lot of grass." Due to drought conditions, some areas don’t have that many cows grazing, which has left a lot of dry grass or fuel standing in pastures. "If it turns off dry or with an early frost, it is setting us up to have another fire season like we had in 2006 and 2007." Already the Panhandle and South Plains area have seen a number of fires touched off by lightning this fall, which is a little UNUSUAL. A fire on Oct. 18 burned more than 20,000 acres of grassland in Deaf Smith County. This combination of conditions has led to increased fire weather concerns across Oklahoma and portions of western North Texas, as well as eastern New Mexico and across the Texas Panhandle. Wildfires are not just a problem for rural homeowners and ranchers; during the last two years, 85 percent of the wildfires in Texas have occurred within two miles of a community.

UNITED KINGDOM - Climate change drives endangered seabird into UK waters - northeast Atlantic sea surface temperatures rose by 0.6 degrees Celsius in the mid-1990s, triggering a northwards shift in the Balearic shearwater's prey fish species and with it the birds that feed on them. "Just 20 years ago Balearic shearwaters were scarce visitors to South West waters, but they are now regularly recorded from headlands throughout the UK. Since 2003 we have even started seeing birds staying throughout the winter off Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, which is a completely new phenomenon linked to elevated winter sea temperatures." Changes in fish distribution and abundance mean that many Balearic shearwaters are being forced to migrate 20% further - over 400 miles - in search of food than they did a few years ago. Experts say the effects on survival of individual birds are hard to assess, but could well be contributing to the species highly endangered status.

Posted for October 19-21, 2007 ----------

USA SOUTH DAKOTA - Yankton officially received 2.15 inches of rain for Oct. 16, SHATTERING THE OLD PRECIPITATION RECORD of 1.74 inches set in 1968.

USA MINNESOTA - Wednesday the Twin Cities BROKE A CENTURY-OLD RECORD FOR THE WETTEST AUGUST, SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER. After a near summer-long drought, now Mother Nature won't turn off the spigot. If history repeats itself, the record rain this fall might be a harbinger of lighter-than-normal snowfall this winter. After the wet fall of 1900, the winter of 1900-01 produced only 41.5 inches of snow, which is below the historic average of nearly 55 inches annually.

U.S.A. - Temperatures in September 2007 were hot enough to BREAK 1,000 DAILY HIGH RECORDS across the United States, the eighth warmest September on record. The heat extended the worsening drought to almost half of the contiguous United States - with the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Tennessee Valley experiencing the driest conditions. Thirty-eight of the 48 contiguous states were warmer than average, and no state was cooler than average for the month. The global surface temperature was the fifth warmest on record for September, and the extent of Arctic Sea ice reached its lowest amount in September since satellite measurements began in 1979, shattering the previous record low set in 2005.

U.S.A. CALIFORNIA - Four people are now confirmed dead in the traffic pileups north of Los Angeles that took place amid blinding sandstorms Tuesday. Wind advisories were extended in the area Wednesday. The winds were gusting to 55 miles an hour in the arid high desert. Forecasters say more strong winds are likely in the area into Friday. The largest of the crashes scattered vehicles across state Highway 14 just west of Edwards Air Force Base on the northern edge of Los Angeles County. Two people died in that pileup, and 25 others were taken to hospitals. In the town of Mojave , two others were killed and eight were hurt in separate accidents about 1,000 yards apart along a state highway. Like the rest of California, the area has been bone-dry this year, getting less than two inches of rain.

Posted for October 18, 2007 ----------

USA CALIFORNIA - An early Tuesday morning 4.2 quake was the latest in series of tremors to hit California. Residents of San Bernardino County were rocked early Tuesday morning by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Tremors were felt thought out the region. The quake occurred at 1:53 am about three miles north of Wrightwood, a remote community about 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Despite its only 4.2 measurement, people as far north as Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, felt the quake, while callers from Pasadena also reported shaking. On Monday afternoon a magnitude-3.1 earthquake, preceded by two smaller tremors, rattled the Hemet area.

USA - Nearly 19,000 people died in the United States in 2005 after being infected with virulent drug-resistant bacteria that have spread rampantly through hospitals and nursing homes.

USA SOUTHEAST - Drought Tightens Its Grip on Southeast - "...once-mighty Lake Lanier, the Atlanta water source that's now a relative puddle surrounded by acres of dusty red clay...But little rain is in the forecast, and without it climatologists say the water source for more than 3 million people could run dry in just 90 days."

USA - NCDC: Drought Spread Through US in Sept. Confirming what many farmers, boaters and others already knew, the government reported Tuesday that the drought parching much of the West and Southeast spread into the Mid-Atlantic area in September. At the end of the month, about 43 percent of the contiguous United States was in moderate to extreme drought, the National Climate Data Center said Tuesday.

RUSSIA - Bezymyannyi volcano, located in the Ust-Kamchatka District, erupted on October 15. Seismologists registered a sudden increase in activity of the volcano at 3:30 a.m. local time. Scientists think the giant volcano kept erupting for two hours. It threw out columns of ash to the height of 5 to 7 km. The ash shower covered dozens of kilometers around the volcano. The steam-vapour tail stretched 30 km from the crater.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

Drug-resistant bugs growing - A new study warns that potentially lethal drug-resistant staph infections are becoming more common, and not just in hospitals where growth has already been documented. Nearly 19,000 people died in the United States in 2005 after being infected with virulent drug-resistant bacteria that have spread rampantly through hospitals and nursing homes.

Posted for October 17, 2007 ----------

VOLCANOES INTENSIFY...Sunday August 5, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, have you not heard the prophetic words that I have given unto you, have you not seen then the fulfillment follow, have you not seen the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the winds and the waves, the storms, the diseases, the pestilences, all these things I have spoken to you, I have spoken to you of the drought, and have you not seen that come, even in areas where rain has been abundant, yet the drought is there, have you not seen the islands that I told you would come out from the sea, have you not heard my voice, have you not known my voice, why do you still resist it says the Lord, do you not believe that when all these things have been fulfilled, and more will come to be fulfilled, that the fulfillment of the second coming of my Son is no less as true saith God.

Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

RUSSIA - Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula may be about to stage a large eruption. The Shiveluch volcano located in the north of the peninsula has intensified its activity and threatens with a new heavy eruption. Lately the volcano activity has increased and a heavy eruption is supposed to occur; it is supposed to be as heavy as the eruption in 2005, when the burning hot lava stream, about a kilometer wide and 25 kilometers long, erupted from Shiveluch and rushed down its slopes burning everything on its way. The seismic stations have already registered more than 400 local earthquakes near the volcano. The scientists suppose that some seismic events were accompanied with emissions of gas and ash about four kilometers high. The eruption of the volcano began in December 2006. The massive gas and ash columns rise above its crater from time to time. The volcano is not dangerous for the nearby settlements of the peninsula; however the emissions of ash threaten aircraft and the melting snow sometimes causes avalanching onto the Kamchatka Territory roads.

CANADA - Possibility of volcanic activity near Quesnel excites scientists - Scientists are headed to an area 75 kilometers west of Quesnel to install seismological equipment aimed at determining whether a "swarm" of small earthquakes are evidence of a forthcoming burst of molten lava - potentially the first volcanic activity in the province of British Columbia in two centuries. "The earthquakes are continuing, even today. We should have some answers soon." Last Wednesday existing seismological equipment located at Thunder Mountain began recording earthquake activity. Since then, there have been more than 100 small earthquakes - most of them magnitude 1.0 or less on the Richter scale, but as big as 3.1 - including an average of one per hour over the past 24 hours.

PHILIPPINES - Six new vents on the slopes of Bulusan Volcano in Sorsogon province were found by volcanologists from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology after an ash explosion early this month. Three vents were found to have been created at the southeast slope and another three at the northwest slope of the volcano. The addition of the six vents brought to nine the total number of active vents around the volcano.

USA NEBRASKA - A NEW MONTHLY RECORD RAINFALL AMOUNT for the Omaha area has been set. Total precipitation at Omaha Eppley through Sunday was 5.9 inches. The old record was 5.86 inches from 1877. A RECORD FOR DAILY RAINFALL was also set at Eppley Airfield Sunday, 1.71 inches. The National Weather Service reports more than eight inches of rain fell in Cass County, Iowa since Saturday morning.

USA OKLAHOMA - A NEARLY 100-YEAR-OLD RECORD FOR RAINFALL IN ONE YEAR HAS BEEN BROKEN in Oklahoma City, with about two-and-a-half months left in the year. A line of thunderstorms moved through central Oklahoma before midnight on Sunday and dropped 1.4 inches of rain at Will Rogers World Airport. That brings the rainfall total for 2007 to 53.34 inches to break the record of 52.03 inches set in 1908.

USA MICHIGAN - Water temperatures on Lakes Erie and St. Clair have exhibited an UNUSUAL pattern this fall. They were in the 60s in the last two weeks of September, climbed back into the 70s when hot weather returned early this month and now are in the high 50s. Smallmouth bass have begun their pre-winter feeding binge, and it is some of the best bass fishing that some fishermen have ever seen.

USA TENNESSEE - The last five years, Tennessee wildfires have burned an average of about 17,000 acres a year, but this year, they've already burned more than 41,000 acres.

USA IDAHO SET A NEW RECORD for acres burned in 2007.

USA SOUTH EASTERN U.S. - For the FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS, much of the Southeast has reached the most severe category of drought, climatologists said Monday, creating an emergency so serious that some cities are just months away from running out of water. Officials in the central North Carolina town of Siler City estimate that without rain, they are 80 days from draining the Lower Rocky River Reservoir, which supplies water for the town’s 8,200 people. In the Atlanta metropolitan area, which has more than four million people, worst-case analyses show that the city’s main source of water, Lake Lanier, could be drained dry in 90 to 121 days. The hard numbers have shocked the Southeast into action, even as many people wonder why things seem to have gotten so bad so quickly. For the better part of 18 months, cloudless blue skies and high temperatures have shriveled crops and bronzed lawns from North Carolina to Alabama, quietly creating what the state climatologist of Georgia has dubbed “the Rodney Dangerfield of natural disasters,” a reference to that comedian’s repeated lament that he got “no respect.” “People pay attention to hurricanes. They pay attention to tornadoes and earthquakes. But a drought will sneak up on you.” The situation has gotten so bad that by all measures — the percentage of moisture in the soil, the flow rate of rivers, inches of rain — THIS DROUGHT HAS BROKEN EVERY RECORD IN GEORGIA'S HISTORY. Within two weeks, the director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, is expected to send the Governor recommendations on tightening water restrictions, which may include mandatory cutbacks on commercial and industrial users. If that happens, experts at the National Drought Mitigation Center said, it would be the first time a major metropolitan area in the United States had been forced to take such drastic action to save its water supply. “The situation is very dire.”

Posted for October 16, 2007 ----------

SOUTH AFRICA - Storms in South Africa are going to become more severe, an analyst at the South African Weather Service has warned. And while residents in Mamelodi, Soweto, were mopping up water and clearing up the damage to their houses this week, the weather man warned that people in low-lying areas could expect more flooding. “This year alone South Africa has seen MANY WEATHER RECORDS TUMBLING. South Africa will have to learn to cope with these extreme weather conditions.

Posted for October 15, 2007 ----------

INDONESIA - Mount Kelud volcano, which was put on the country's second-highest alert level last month, shows several alarming signs indicating it may erupt, the country's top volcano expert said. "I'm scared about Kelud. Kelud is now on the point of no return." The number of volcanic earthquakes at Mount Kelud, 90 km (55 miles) southwest of Indonesia's second-largest city Surabaya, has risen to as high as 23 in one day, compared with a maximum of 15 a day just before its last eruption in 1990. The volcano's "deformation" or expansion has increased, and gas and chemical levels have risen, while the temperature of the lake in the volcano's crater is climbing more rapidly, hitting 37.4 degrees Celsius on Saturday, compared with 32 degrees in August.

PHILIPPINES - Successive mild quakes have hit Del Gallego town, Camarines Sur in recent days, triggering fears of a possible eruption of the Mt. Labo volcano. Residents experience up to three intensity III earthquakes in a day.

COSTA RICA & PANAMA - Flooding from days of heavy rain left 14 people dead in a mudslide in Costa Rica and sowed chaos in neighboring Panama, displacing scores of people. It was the WORST WEATHER DISASTER FOR YEARS in the Central American country.

USA CALIFORNIA - With almost an inch of rain in parts of Solano County, Friday was ONE OF THE WETTEST OCTOBER 12THS SINCE PRECIPITATION RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT.

Posted for October 12, 2007 ----------

AUSTRALIA - The BIGGEST QUAKE IN 40 YEARS to hit the Great Southern has cracked the walls of one man’s home but left his neighbors’ homes unscathed.

INDIA - A geologist has visited 8 Gir villages to study mysterious rumbling sounds that have been occurring for the past several days. He said that the sounds are certainly not emanating from earthquake tremors or its aftershock, but were caused due to "block system", which might be the after-effect of the 2001 massive earthquake in Kutch.

USA FLORIDA - A half-year's rain comes down in 3 weeks - In Jacksonville, just over 23 inches of rain, almost a half-year's worth, fell at the Beaches through the last three weeks as northeasters and other turbulence soaked the region. The deluge from Sept. 17 to Oct. 5 brought the Beaches' 2007 rainfall total to 47.7 inches. The Beaches typically receive about 50 inches of rain a year.

USA TENNESSEE - due to drought, yields are projected to be well below average this year with Tennessee’s soybeans and tobacco being the hardest hit crops. Soybean yields are projected to be down 43 percent and the lowest since 1999. Burley tobacco is down 34 percent from a year ago and at the lowest production since 1922.

U.S.A. - strong worldwide demand for wheat stands to drain U.S. stockpiles to the lowest level in 33 years.

U.S.A. - the news that the 2007 honey crop has been disappointing won't surprise anyone who has picked up the newspaper in recent months. Since early spring, colony collapse disorder, a disease that causes honeybees to suddenly, mysteriously disappear from their hives, has made headlines around the world. But some experts say the more likely reason for this year's weak honey crop, which the National Honey Board says is on track to be smaller than last year's below-par 155 million pounds, is something much more obvious: the weather. In the South, drought and wildfires have prevented flowers from blooming. In the Midwest, a late freeze brought nectar flows in many areas almost to a halt. And in California, the country's No. 2 honey producer, coastal beekeepers reported that there were almost no flowering plants in July.

USA WEST VIRGINIA - dry weather the area experienced in July and August was particularly damaging to many pumpkin crops. Farmers are being forced to cut their corn for silage rather than harvest it, because the ears just aren’t growing as they would in a wetter year. Volatility of the weather this year has been a contributing factor to lower crop yields. “We’ve been getting a lot of rain or no rain, with nothing in between.”

USA TENNESSEE - due to drought, yields are projected to be well below average this year. The state’s production of cotton is projected to be down 39 percent from last year, the lowest yield in five years.

U.S.A. - Australia's drought, which has sparked record wheat prices, is hurting Americans at supermarket checkouts across the US.

WORLD FOOD SUPPLY - if we stopped harvesting corn, milking cows or slaughtering animals, there would only be food supply enough for 57 days.

Desertification is creeping up on world agriculture - Extreme weather patterns are threatening a number of regions around the world with desertification and a steep drop off in food resources. There has been an increasing trend in extreme events observed during the last 50 years, particularly heavy precipitation events, hot days, hot nights and heat waves. "The combination of these events can lead to land degradation and subsequently desertification," as has been demonstrated by a fall of between 40 and 60 percent in corn production in Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho. "Only about 11 percent of the global land surface can be considered as prime land, which must feed a world population of 6.3 billion today and the 8.2 billion expected in the year 2020."

Posted for October 11, 2007 ----------

Sunday August 19, 2007 Yea saith the Lord pay attention to the wind for it is a sign of the times, the last days that you live in, for I say unto you the earth shall quake even more than it has before, the storm intensities shall increase, hail shall become larger, although the rains have come drought shall continue, it is time now to turn your backs from the wind and face the wind saith the Lord.

Sunday July 10, 2005 AM... For the last days signs revealed in my word are now manifest upon the earth, and one of those signs will be large hail, large hail that is now coming, and has come and will come again, hail so big that it will dent houses and buildings, hail so big that it will destroy things that it hits

AUSTRALIA - The northern New South Wales town of Lismore was bombarded by large hailstones today as a severe storm swept through the area. The state's far northeast was being lashed by a series of severe storms for the second day in a row. Hailstones reported to be up to the size of tennis balls smashed windows, car windscreens, and skylights, and broke roof tiles, as well as damaging the police and ambulance stations in Lismore. Damage to a local telephone exchange was hampering attempts to call for assistance. There had been reports yesterday of larger hailstones "the size of apples", but they had fallen on remote areas. The weather bureau said the thunderstorms were likely to produce destructive winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones in the area over several hours.

INDONESIA - Indonesian officials in two districts on the slopes of a volcano on Java island have been put on standby - with all leave cancelled - because of a potential eruption, officials said Tuesday. The order, which means they should not leave the districts, was issued "so evacuation and relief efforts can proceed smoothly. "There have been no significant changes, Kelut is still at the same alert status level." Mount Kelut has been placed on the second highest of four alert levels. It had been showing signs of increasing volcanic and seismic activities in past weeks, and the state volcanology office had warned of an eruption at any time. Signs of an imminent blow-out were much stronger this time than preceding an eruption in 1990.

USA KENTUCKY is wondering whether weather patterns will be permanent - October in central Kentucky HAS NEVER BEEN HOTTER than it was Sunday and Monday when high temperatures flirted with 90 degrees. Add that to the fact AUGUST WAS THE HOTTEST MONTH EVER and one question begs to be asked: What the heck is going on here? Some climate predictions called for 2007 to be the Earth’s warmest year on record, a forecast Kentucky’s weather matches. A high-pressure ridge has blanketed the area, and when it looks as if it’s breaking down because of a passing frontal system or a shift in the jet stream, it re-forms. The National Weather Service predicts above-normal temperatures from December through February. Also, precipitation is expected to be more plentiful than in an average winter. Another player in this year’s odd weather is a La Niña system, which has developed in the Pacific Ocean. While its effects on Kentucky historically have been variable, it’s expected to bring dry weather to the South. As for central Kentucky’s drought, Bowling Green is 17 inches below normal and Louisville is down 9 inches.

USA TENNESSEE - The latest Drought Monitor puts Chattanooga right in the middle of the worst drought conditions in the country. The Climate Prediction Center says it doesn't look good for the next three months. While things could improve in other parts of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, Chattanooga's drought should hold on or even get worse. Catoosa County, Georgia, is also suffering from drought. "We're down a total of 34 inches for 3 years, and that means if it goes down more, the spring is probably gonna go down more." The county uses a spring as its water source, but continued drought conditions have taken its toll on that spring. "We may be in trouble." The county's spring produces 4 and a half million gallons of water everyday, but that's down from 6 million last year.

USA PENNSYLVANIA - In Philadelphia, Monday's official high of 89 degrees ECLIPSED THE RECORD of 84 degrees set in 1887.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

POT PIES - Health officials said Tuesday that Banquet turkey and chicken pot pies might be linked to 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states, and ConAgra Foods Inc. voluntarily stopped production at the Missouri plant that makes the pot pies. The largest numbers of salmonella cases had been reported in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Missouri.

Spike in E coli–related beef recalls alarms officials - A Wisconsin meat producer recently recalled about 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef because of possible contamination with Escherichia coli O157:H7, only a day after the Topps Meat Co., a leading producer of frozen hamburgers, announced it was going out of business because it couldn't bear the cost of a recent massive recall. The two events are the latest in a string of ground beef recalls this year related to E coli contamination. The rising number of incidents worries health and industry officials, because it could represent an erosion of safety gains the industry had achieved since 2002, when a massive E coli outbreak linked to ground beef from ConAgra sickened at least 46 people in 16 states. E coli contamination has prompted 11 ground beef recalls so far this year. Six were prompted by routine sampling by the company or the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and were not linked to any illnesses. However, the other five recalls, including ones by Topps and Cargill, were touched off by illness reports.

The Last Days SIGNS - The End Times - ARE - Upon The Earth!

Posted for October 10, 2007 ----------

VIETNAM - Fifty-one people have been killed and 14 others are missing since THE MOST SEVERE FLOODS OVER THE PAST 45 YEARS in Vietnam started hitting the country's northern and central regions on Oct. 4. The flooding triggered by torrential rain damaged some 58,000 houses, inundated 120,000 hectares of subsidiary crops, and submerged transport systems in many areas. Natural disasters, including typhoons and hails in Vietnam killed 339 people, left 274 persons missing, and injured 2,065 others in 2006.

USA SOUTH DAKOTA - A storm on Sunday dropped a DAILY RECORD of 1.5 inches of rain in Sioux Falls, the previous record was 1.35 inches in 1970.

USA MICHIGAN - Unseasonal weather has plants confused. Horse chestnut trees are flowering. "They think it's the warm season again." And who could blame them? All around the town of Royal Oak, it felt like high summer Monday as temperatures climbed to an astounding 90 degrees, BREAKING A RECORD set in 1939. Irises and day lilies are flowering in backyards. And azalea buds are "plumping up a bit." "I thought it was UNUSUAL because the lilies are usually spent by now."

USA KENTUCKY - At 4:03 p.m., the Louisville temperature hit 93 degrees. "We SET A RECORD for the day as well as the month." The old record for Oct. 7 was 89 degrees, set in 1916 and 1941. The old record for October was 92, set on Oct. 4 and 5, 1959, and on Oct. 2, 1953. "We hit the highest temperature and the latest date."

USA NEW YORK - Another RECORD WAS SMASHED Monday as the Southern Tier measured RECORD-BREAKING HEAT for the third time in five days. Monday's high of 82 degrees shattered the old record of 76 degrees for Oct. 8 recorded in 1993 at the Greater Binghamton Airport. The normal high temperature for the date is 59 degrees. The Weather Service recorded record-breaking high temperatures for the individual dates - on Thursday with 85 degrees, Friday with 85 degrees, and Saturday with 82 degrees.

USA WASHINGTON D.C. - The Washington region is in the grips of a heat wave, and they cracked some longtime records. Thermometers at Dulles International Airport reached 91 degrees, BREAKING THE RECORD set in 1982. Thurgood Marshall-Baltimore Washington International Airport topped out at 89 degrees, cracking the 88-degree record set in 1931. And Reagan National Airport flirted with the 88-degree record set in 1931, reaching 87 degrees on Monday. The normal high temperature for October 8th is 71 degrees.

Posted for October 9, 2007 ----------

WARNING of America INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

USA ILLINOIS - Sunday's RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURE hit a high of 87 degrees at the O'Hare weather station. The Chicago marathon was cut short around noon due to the high temperatures. More than 300 people were transported to various hospitals out of 35,000 runners. One man died. The marathon normally runs 26.2 miles and people were diverted at about 13.5 miles and were shuttled to the finish line area. This is the first time the course has been shut down in race history. The previous record temperature for Oct. 7 was set in 1947 when the temperature soared to 86 degrees.

USA CONNECTICUT - an enormous high pressure system over the Northeastern U.S., that extends from the ground into the stratosphere, is blocking all storms that head this way. As air sinks in the high pressure column, it is compressed, warms, and absorbs moisture, interfering with the formation of clouds. Meanwhile the clockwise-spinning high is bringing up RECORD-BREAKING HOT southern air. "This is a summertime, July or August pattern. You don't expect to find it in October." The huge high is moving west, but another high pressure system is building in its place. "It's an UNUSUAL WEATHER PATTERN." The shoreline has received about one foot of precipitation less than normal since the beginning of the year and no drenching storms are in sight.

Posted for October 8, 2007 ----------

USA MICHIGAN - Drought: Great Lakes are becoming shallower - Drought and mild temperatures have pushed Lake Superior’s water level to its lowest point on record for this time of year, continuing a downward spiral across the Great Lakes. The average water level of Superior in September dipped 1.6 inches beneath the previous low for that month reached in 1926. The lake has dipped beneath its long-term average level for a decade – the longest such period in its known history. Shippers, who haul iron ore and coal across the lakes, have been unable to fill cargo holds to capacity for fear of scraping the bottom in shallow channels.

ALASKA - Augustine volcano in the Far North has been muttering in its sleep, raising the possibility that the population center of Alaska may get ashed for the second time in less than two years.

INDONESIA is racing to fix dams as Mount Kelud eruption on high alert - Indonesia was racing to strengthen dams and drainage tunnels Saturday to control a possible hot mud flow from Mount Kelud volcano.

YEMEN - the volcano which erupted on the tiny island of Jabal al-Tair in the Red Sea on 30 September is still active.

HAWAII - Kilauea's lava flow doubled since July 21. The current vent on Kilauea volcano's east rift zone is putting out twice as much lava compared with to eruptive rate before July 21. The amount is three times Kilauea's long-term average.

WARNING AMERICA INTENSIFIES... Sunday April 15, 2007 Is it not because you America have hardened your hearts towards me says God, for even as the times of old in Egypt did they not harden their hearts towards me, and because of their hardness of heart did I not bring plague and judgment upon that great land at that time, and even now America though you be a great land, because you have hardened your heart you will not see the glory of God to it’s fullest...but because of the hardness of your heart these things must take place, and it will not be the end of such judgments says God, for many judgments are prescribed upon the land, because my people even have forsaken me, they have forsaken the assembling of themselves together, that they might fellowship in the light of my word says the lord, therefore I say unto my people come out from among them that you might know the glory of your God and of your King says God.

U.S.A. - Forecasters predicted winter-like weather in the central and western United States on Saturday, while unseasonably warm temperatures were in store for the eastern half of the country. Rain and snow, including up to a foot of snow at higher elevations, were expected in parts of the Great Basin and northern Rockies. Winter storm warnings were in effect for many high elevation counties in the region — UNUSUAL for this time of year.

U.S.A. OHIO - More than 40 wildfires have broken out since July 1 in the southern portion of Ohio. "That's an uncharacteristically high number for this time of year."

USA MINNESOTA - new HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD set in St. Cloud. The mercury hit 85 degrees around 5 p.m on Saturday. The previous record high temperature for the date was 83 degrees, reached in 1961 and 1993. The normal high for Oct. 6 is 62 degrees.

USA WEST VIRGINIA - Temperatures in Beckley and Parkersburg HIT RECORD LEVELS as unseasonably warm weather continued to grip the state.

USA MASSACHUSETTS - A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE of 85 degrees at 3 pm Friday shattered the record for the date by 4 degrees in Attleboro.

USA NEW YORK - a new RECORD HIGH temperature was set at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday.

USA SOUTH CAROLINA - Only 6.02 inches of rain fell at Columbia Metropolitan Airport during the three months of July - September. That BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW RAINFALL TOTAL of 7.34 inches for those 3 months.

RECORDS INTENSIFY... Sunday February 5, 2006 AM For yea saith the Lord, have ye not seen the changes that I have told you would take place, for are not records being broken... now I say unto you this is only the beginning, it is only the beginning of what will happen upon the earth...for I say unto you again the records being broken will continue saith the Lord.

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

ARCTIC - Canadian researchers have recorded a heat wave on Melville Island, high in the Arctic. The island is usually one of the coldest places in North America, but the mercury soared to a RECORD 22 degrees on some days in July. That's more than 15 degrees higher than average. The jump in temperature may devastate the local environment. "What we saw as a result of this was really widespread disruption and slumping and sliding of the soil and the vegetation on top of it...when it gets exceptionally warm like this, as we saw, we have tremendous destabilization of the landscape, and this affected the rivers quite dramatically. We saw a substantial increase in sediment in the water, and we're not fully sure yet what the impact of that will be."

CANADA - across Eastern Canada the weather was UNUSUALLY warm. Temperatures in some areas in Ontario were expected to reach as high as 30 degrees Celsius. "This is RECORD-BREAKING. We've NEVER SEEN IT IN 150 YEARS OF WEATHER RECORD-KEEPING, to have it so warm, so late in the year." In Toronto, the temperature registered 24 degrees C on Friday and was expected to reach a high of 29 degrees C and a low of 16 degrees C on Saturday. On this day last year, the temperature was 13 degrees C. "At this time of the year last year, parts of Niagara Peninsula were buried up to their hips in snow, and what we're seeing now is just summer living on...It's probably one of the longest summers ever...I've never seen a year with such dry and sunny, weather-free weekends." The late change of seasons in a country known for its brutally cold winters has weather watchers shaking their heads. While fall has already arrived in the West, it is nowhere to be seen in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

USA WEST VIRGINIA - Temperatures in Beckley and Parkersburg HIT RECORD LEVELS as unseasonably warm weather continued to grip the state.

USA MASSACHUSETTS - A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE of 85 degrees at 3 pm Friday shattered the record for the date by 4 degrees in Attleboro.

USA NEW YORK - a new RECORD HIGH temperature was set at LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday.

MOLDOVA - Persistent hot, dry weather across southeastern Europe during the summer left Moldova in its WORST DROUGHT IN LIVING MEMORY.

GLOBAL - Leading international fashion designers and industry experts say unpredictable and typically warmer weather worldwide is wreaking havoc on the industry. It is forcing fashion houses to ditch traditional seasonal collections for transeasonal garments that may lead to a drastic overhaul of fashion show schedules and retail delivery dates. "The whole fashion system will have to change. The fashion system must adapt to the reality that there is no strong difference between summer and winter any more...You can't have everyone showing four times a year to present the same thing. People are not prepared to invest in these clothes that, from one season to the other, use the same fabrics at the same weight." So worried are some fashion houses about the impact climate change is having on the way we dress and shop, they are calling in the climate experts. "A lot of my garments are more transeasonal and rather than dropping them into store twice a year like I used to, I tend to move things in and out of store every couple of weeks, depending on the weather." From January 2008, Target will sell swimwear year-round.

U.S.A. OHIO - More than 40 wildfires have broken out since July 1 in the southern portion of Ohio. "That's an uncharacteristically high number for this time of year."

WESTERN U.S.A. - Fueled by drought and development, wildfires in the West are getting bigger and more aggressive, creating conditions so dangerous that fire bosses are increasingly reluctant to risk lives saving houses — particularly if the owners have done nothing to protect their property. From Southern California to Montana, seven firefighters have died this year battling blazes that have destroyed more than 400 houses, a dramatic increase from last year. Wildfires have always naturally swept the landscape, but scientists say they are becoming more catastrophic. There is little dispute that the wildfires are being fueled by a hotter weather, a yearslong drought, the spread of weeds that burn like oily rags and the buildup of forest debris from decades in which fires were routinely suppressed. So far this year, wildfires have consumed 8.2 million acres nationwide, an area larger than Maryland, and most of it in the West. That figure is fast approaching last year's record of 9.9 million acres, and the fire season can last through November in many parts of the West, particularly in fire-prone Southern California.

A RECORD NUMBER of floods, droughts and storms around the world this year amount to a climate change "mega disaster", the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator has warned. "We are seeing the effects of climate change. Any year can be a freak but the pattern looks pretty clear to be honest. That's why we're trying ... to say, of course you've got to deal with mitigation of emissions, but this is here and now, this is with us already." The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has issued 13 emergency "flash" appeals so far this year. The number is three more than in 2005, which held the previous record. Two years ago only half the international disasters had anything to do with the climate; this year all but one of the 13 emergency appeals is climate-related. "And 2007 is not finished. We will certainly have more by the end of the year, I fear." The only one of this year's emergency appeals not connected to the climate was the earthquake in Peru, in August. The others arose after an UNPRECEDENTED STRING OF CATASTROPHIC FLOODS across much of Africa, south Asia and North Korea, and followed severe drought in southern Africa, Nicaragua's category-five hurricane, and extreme climate conditions in Bolivia, which brought both drought and floods. "You can't actually stop disasters happening but you can do a lot to reduce their impact and reduce people's vulnerability to them by making sure people don't live on the coast or river plains, and that roads are raised and dams are in reasonable shape." Little media attention in the west is being devoted to the 'creeping climatic catastrophe'.

Posted for WEEKEND October 6-7, 2007 ----------

ARTIC - Dragonflies, open water reveal rapid Arctic change - At the top of Hudson Bay, "we still have ice year-round, but there's been a little bit of changes. Different kinds of insects and different kind of birds that come around our area now." In the summer of 2007, both anecdotal and quantifiable evidence emerged that showed dramatic changes are taking place in the Far North at a faster pace than anyone imagined. "The summer of 2007 was stunning." The Northern Hemisphere is normally covered with 7.5 to 8.5 million square kilometers of ice on average. But on Sept. 17, 2007, scientists calculated that the amount of sea ice hit a new record low of just 4.2 million square kilometers. The fabled Northwest Passage is normally still choked with ice during the summer. At its usual low point, 14 per cent of the shipping route remains covered with ice, which prevents ships from passing unless escorted by icebreakers. This year, just 2 per cent was covered with ice, resulting in the second consecutive summer during which an unaided sailboat could pass through.

AUSTRALIA - Drought-stricken farmers could face spring rainfall that is up to 40 percent below average because of a RARE weather pattern last seen 40 years ago. Australia is experiencing an UNUSUAL combination of two events: a La Nina phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean in the east, and an Indian Ocean Dipole phenomenon in the west. "The only time in [recorded] history we had this kind of combination was in 1967." In that year, spring was extremely dry in the south and east of the country, and this could provide an indication of what is ahead in the next few months. Although La Nina usually brings more rainfall to eastern Australia, it appeared to have been overwhelmed in 1967 by the positive Indian Ocean Dipole, which reduces rainfall across Australia, including in the south-east. Separate research on an Antarctic ice core suggests this drying may represent a VERY UNUSUAL event. A team has identified a link between rainfall in the south-west and snowfall at a site called Law Dome in East Antarctica. The study of an ice core from Law Dome that covers the past 750 years suggests that the last 30 years in south-west Australia has been the driest period, and longest period of reduced rainfall, since the year 1250. "So media suggestions that the DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA IS A 1-IN-1000-YEAR EVENT is not unreasonable, at least for the south-west."

UGANDA - The United Nations is continuing to deliver aid to the hundreds of thousands of Ugandans suffering from the WORST FLOODING the Central African nation has SEEN IN DECADES.

USA WASHINGTON - The summer of 2007 was the DRIEST ON RECORD for the east slopes of the Cascades in central Washington

INDONESIA - Hundreds of Indonesians have begun evacuating the slopes of a rumbling volcano in East Java following increased levels of toxic fumes and tremors.

PHILIPPINES - Volcanologists in the Philippines have warned residents near Mt. Bulusan Volcano on Luzon Island's in Sorsogon Province, issuing urgent alerts concerning possible mud, ash, and 'lahar flows' after ash explosions

NEW ZEALAND - The Department of Conservation is still declaring the upper parts of Mt Ruapehu high risk areas following last week's eruption

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Kraft Foods has issued a recall in the U.S. for Baker's Premium White Chocolate Baking Squares (6 oz.), distributed nationwide. This product may be contaminated with Salmonella.

-RECALLED - Sam's Club hamburger

Posted for WEEKEND October 3, 2007 ----------

INDONESIA - Residents of Ngancar district are to be evacuated to Wates district following increased activity on Mount Kelud. More than 24,000 people live in the danger zone near Mt. Kelud's crater. The six villages to be evacuated are Sugihwaras, Sempu, Babadan, Ngancar, Manggis and Margourip.

YEMEN - A Canadian Navy spokesman described the volcanic eruption as "catastrophic." The eruption collapsed part of the island of Jabal al-Tair and covered the rest with lava.

RUSSIA - One of the most active volcanoes at Kamchatka - Shiveluch - threw out ashes on Sunday, the loop of which stretched 20km to the west and to the south-west. In one day over 300 local earthquakes were registered at the volcano. The most powerful of them was accompanied by emission of ashes from the crater to the height up to 4.6km over the sea level, scientists think. A thermal anomaly, the temperature of which was 38.6 degrees above zero on Celsius with ambient temperature minus 18 degrees, was registered on the volcano.

INDIA - Bihar recorded their HIGHEST RAINFALL IN 25 YEARS THIS SEASON with 1531 mm so far. Patna also saw a RECORD 74.8 mm rain in two days, 9/28 & 9/29, bringing life to a near standstill. This RARE rally saw it dump an UNPRECEDENTED 40 percent area-weighted surplus rain week-on-week with Saurashtra topping the chart with +540 percent in the west and the Gangetic West Bengal +415 percent in the east.

Southern Australia is experiencing its HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD. Figures just released from the Bureau of Meteorology show that for the Murray-Darling Basin and southern Australia, 2007 will surpass 2005 as the hottest year ever.

Canberra had its DRIEST SEPTEMBER IN 13 YEARS, with less than 15mm of rain - less than a quarter of the historical average rainfall.

The Borders had its DRIEST SEPTEMBER IN 60 YEARS and the fourth lowest monthly rainfall total on record with just 13mm of rain.

FINLAND - a light phenomenon seen over much of northern and eastern Finland on Friday night was a meteor - the BRIGHTEST SEEN IN THE COUNTRY IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS. It was a superbolide, a fireball more than 100 times brighter than a full moon. The fireball was apparently caused by a space rock striking the atmosphere over Northern Ostrobothnia and then exploding over Finland. The rock may have weighed some 200 kilograms. However it was not clear on Saturday whether any meteorites fell to the ground. The dazzling 'shooting star' spurred worried telephone calls to emergency centers in various parts of Finnish Lapland, as far apart as Kemi, Enontekiö and Ivalo.

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

Arctic ice island breaks in half - The giant Ayles Ice Island drifting off Canada's northern shores has broken in two - far earlier than expected. Ice islands in the past might have lasted in the Arctic Ocean for 50 years or more. In a season of record summer melting in the region, the two chunks have moved rapidly through the water - one of them covering 98km (61 miles) in a week. Their progress has been tracked amid fears they could edge west towards oil and gas installations off Alaska. The original Manhattan-sized berg (16km by five km; 10 miles by three miles) broke off the Ayles Ice Shelf in 2005. "It's relatively UNUSUAL for the ice island to drift so far south so quickly - many ice islands in the past have stayed within the Arctic Ocean, or within the northern parts of the Queen Elizabeth Islands." The island had traveled so far south because of the small extent of Arctic ice this summer, influenced in turn by warmer conditions. "Ultimately, the ice island should break up faster because of the warmer temperatures - I'd be surprised if it lasted more than a decade or so." The team which landed on the Ayles ice block in May found it to have an average thickness of 42-45m (138-148ft) - the equivalent of the height of a 10-story building.

U.S.A. - Drought and mild temperatures have pushed Lake Superior's water level to its LOWEST POINT ON RECORD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, continuing a downward spiral across the Great Lakes. Preliminary data show Superior's average water level in September dipped 1.6 inches beneath the previous low for that month reached in 1926. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which uses a different measuring technique, calculated the September level at 4 inches below the record. It's the FIRST TIME IN 81 YEARS that the biggest and deepest of the lakes has reached a new monthly low. The Army Corps recorded Superior as also setting a RECORD by a half-inch in August. The lake has plummeted over the past year and has dipped beneath its long-term average level for a decade — the LONGEST SUCH PERIOD IN ITS KNOWN HISTORY. Commercial shippers, who haul iron ore and coal across the lakes to manufacturing centers such as Detroit, have been unable to fill cargo holds to capacity for fear of scraping bottom in shallow channels. All the Great Lakes, which together make up about 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water, have been in decline since the late 1990s. Lakes Huron and Michigan are about 2 feet below their long-term average levels, while Lake Superior is about 20 inches off. Lake Ontario is about 7 inches below its long-term average and Lake Erie is a few inches down. Precipitation is well below normal in the Lake Superior watershed, and unusually mild winters have reduced the winter ice cap, boosting evaporation. The region got some badly needed rain in September — up to 5 inches in some places. But with Superior at its all-time low point for the beginning of fall — when the lake usually begins its annual drop-off — prospects for quick improvement wouldn't seem good. Scientists point to a number of possible causes for the low water, including historical cycles, weather patterns and global warming. "Is this going to continue? That's the big question and we don't know."

Posted for WEEKEND October 2, 2007 ----------

USA FLORIDA - Stormy weather took a bite out of local beaches Sunday, leaving residents gawking at damage to Bathtub Reef Beach in Stuart. Winds gusted to about 30 miles per hour in some areas of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, causing such serious erosion on Hutchinson Island that visitors lifted yellow police caution tape to scamper up a sand berm for a better look at waves stealing sand from Bathtub Reef Beach. Officials closed Bathtub Reef Beach last week after erosion exposed tree trunks and roots at the popular swimming spot on Hutchinson Island. They also trucked in a dozen loads of sand to build a berm along the parking lot. But the weekend's gusty northeastern winds sent a steady spray up and over the berm and nearby fences. Muddy, grayish-colored water pooled in the parking lot and ran in rivulets to the road below. A lifeguard station at one end of the beach tilted precariously toward the water; steps that weeks before led from the boardwalk down onto the beach dropped off into choppy waves Sunday. Palm Beach County's erosion was most noticeable in areas north of Juno Beach. A resident who has lived at Ocean Trail in Jupiter for almost 30 years said weekend waves were some of the worst she has seen. Lifeguards flew a red flag for extreme waves Sunday, but surfers and strong swimmers still made their way out to the water. The waves washed sea turtle eggs from their nesting site on the beach into the grass over the seawall. Bathtub Reef Beach is susceptible to erosion because of its rocky shoreline and reefs. Large waves and strong winds blowing in just the right direction can devastate the area and the recent erosion is THE WORST IN DECADES.

USA FLORIDA - while Floridians bask in their second hurricane-free year in a row, meteorologists warn that the threat from the tropics may be about to ramp up. October typically brings a shift in the tropics' steering winds, pushing hurricanes into Florida from the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean instead of the Atlantic. The western Caribbean still is loaded with the deep, abundant warm water that fueled Hurricanes Dean and Felix to Category 5 strength in August. The expected return of the La Niña global climate pattern, which encourages Atlantic hurricane formation, could keep the season humming well into November. "One or two more major hurricanes is very possible.

YEMEN - A volcanic eruption off the Red Sea coast of Yemen spewed lava hundreds of yards into the air Sunday evening and at least 9 people were missing at sea.

INDONESIA - Indonesian scientists stepped up the alert level for a volcano in East Java and told people to stay away from the crater amid fears it is building up to an eruption. The alert for Mount Kelut was raised to the third of a four-level warning system on Sunday.

NEW ZEALAND - Seismologists are warning that two earthquakes near Mount Ruapehu on Monday (local time) may be a sign of more things to come.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

HEALTH THREATS -

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Sabanero Inc. is recalling FOR FRYING and GRATING Cheese 5.5 pounds loafs made by COOPERATIVA COLANTA in their San Pedro Plant in Colombia South America. This recall was initiated because the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services revealed a potential for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus.

Posted for WEEKEND October 1, 2007 ----------

CANADA - AVIAN FLU CONFIRMED IN SASKATCHEWAN - Avian influenza has been confirmed at a large chicken farm near Regina, officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said

MEXICO - Dozens of people in a Mexican city are gravely ill with what is being treated as a possible outbreak of avian flu, according to a new report from a Spanish-language website.

USA PENNSYLVANIA - 50 Sickened by Mystery Disease at Pa. Hotel - Authorities investigating a mystery intestinal illness that has sickened up to 50 people restricted traffic in and out of a Holiday Inn briefly Thursday. Officials said they believe the flu-like illness centered on the Holiday Inn in Swatara Township is similar to the highly contagious Norwalk virus or norovirus, which causes diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, cramps and other symptoms.

Arctic Heat Wave Stuns Climate Change Researchers - Unprecedented warm temperatures in the High Arctic this past summer were so extreme that researchers with a Queen's University-led climate change project have begun revising their forecasts. "Everything has changed dramatically in the watershed we observed," reports Geography professor Scott Lamoureux, the leader of an International Polar Year project announced in Nunavut by Indian and Northern Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl. "It's something we'd envisioned for the future - but to see it happening now is quite remarkable."

Drought Threatens Ala. City's Water - Officials coping with a severe drought in eastern Alabama and western Georgia issued sweeping bans Friday on outdoor watering and scrambled to secure a dwindling supply of drinking water to more than 50,000 people. Divers went into Lake Martin looking for ways to increase the depth around intake pipes that drain water from the massive lake into the water system for Alexander City, 44 miles northeast of Montgomery on the Georgia line. Lake Martin is the only source of water for the Alexander City system. "The water is so low the pumps are shutting down on us," said Eugene Mahan, superintendent of water treatment for the system, which provides drinking water to about 50,000 to 60,000 people in east central Alabama, including to about 15,100 residents of Alexander City.

AUSTRALIA - Melbourne has recorded its DRIEST SEPTEMBER FOR 26 YEARS. The city received just 19mm of rain in September, significantly down on the long-term norm of 59mm for the month. This made it the driest September since 1981. September was dry month across Victoria, with Tatura, in the state's north, receiving just 6mm, making it the DRIEST SEPTEMBER IN 65 YEARS of records. Sale, in Victoria's southeast, recorded just 14mm, its LOWEST SEPTEMBER RAINFALL TOTAL IN 64 YEARS of records.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

HAMBURGER RECALL - The Topps Meat Company on Saturday vastly expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties that may be contaminated with E. coli, after federal inspectors discovered inadequate safety measures at its plant.

Posted for WEEKEND Sept 28 - 30, 2007 ----------

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GLOBAL - NASA Finds Greenland Snow Melting Hit Record High In High Places - A new NASA-supported study reports that 2007 marked an overall rise in the melting trend over the entire Greenland ice sheet and, remarkably, melting in high-altitude areas was greater than ever at 150 percent more than average. In fact, the amount of snow that has melted this year over Greenland could cover the surface size of the U.S. more than twice.

Posted for September 27, 2007 ------------------------

NEW ZEALAND - Mount Ruapehu, famed as a key location in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, has erupted, spewing out ash and rock

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America

CHINESE LINK TYPHOON WIPHA TO CLIMATE CHANGE - There have been 13 typhoons. Looking at the entire year, on the whole the number of typhoons is relatively low. But...these typhoons have been very active. To look at the influential typhoons, there have been four that have affected our country, either by passing through Japan or by touching down in our country. It should be said, going into September, that overall typhoon intensity has been extraordinarily strong....From June of this year until now, overall [atmospheric] circulation has in fact been ABNORMAL. For example, this year the Huai River rose to cataclysmic levels not seen since 1954. When that was over, on the upper reaches of the Yangtze, Chongqing, which last year experienced drought, saw the biggest floods in years...Overall, this year's weather has been EXTRAORDINARILY ABNORMAL.

BRITAIN - Tornadoes have caused widespread damage to homes and businesses across the UK as the country experienced a spate of freak weather.

INDIA - Barely 15 hours after a tornado struck Bagnan, Minakha, Parganas experienced a cyclone early Monday morning. The cyclone blew away the roofs of more than 25 huts in the thickly populated area of Bamanpukur and a few residents sustained minor injuries. Several trees and electric poles were uprooted. The embankment of the Bidyadhari river at Minakha was also destroyed.

AUSTRALIA - A former deputy prime minister has warned of a potential global food shock due to falling production and soaring prices. "This comes at a time of UNPRECEDENTED concerns globally of very low grain stocks. It is not beyond the realms of possibility that we will see a food shock in the next few years. We talk about oil shocks. We have gone on assuming that the supermarket shelves will always be loaded."

Posted for September 26, 2007 ------------------------

DROUGHT INTENSIFIES...Sunday August 13, 2006 AM For the land is like a sponge saith the Lord, a sponge that is dry and waiting to soak up the water, seek me for though I have promised I would not bring the rain as in Noah’s time again, I did not promise I would not dry up the water, for wells saith God, that have been productive for many years will dry up, streams will stop running, rivers will flow slower, but if you will seek me, if you will seek me in a spiritual way says the Lord, even as Moses smote the rock and water poured out of if shall I bring the answer into your life, for the answer that you need is spiritual, seek me says God.

TURKEY - Dwindling Farm Water Threatens Turkish Disaster - An environmental catastrophe is threatening central Turkey, once the country's breadbasket, where farmers are depleting the water table after the hottest summer in living memory.

GLOBAL - Endangered islands sound climate change alarm - Small islands, home to 5 percent of the world's population, could disappear under rising oceans as the Earth warms, delegates from 37 small island states warned on Monday.

GLOBAL - Climate change rapidly melting Kashmir glaciers - Himalayan glaciers are melting fast in Indian Kashmir as a result of
global warming, causing water levels of regional streams and rivers to drop by two-thirds, a report said Monday.

VOLCANOES INTENSIFY......

Sunday August 5, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, have you not heard the prophetic words that I have given unto you, have you not seen then the fulfillment follow, have you not seen the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the winds and the waves, the storms, the diseases, the pestilences, all these things I have spoken to you, I have spoken to you of the drought, and have you not seen that come, even in areas where rain has been abundant, yet the drought is there, have you not seen the islands that I told you would come out from the sea, have you not heard my voice, have you not known my voice, why do you still resist it says the Lord, do you not believe that when all these things have been fulfilled, and more will come to be fulfilled, that the fulfillment of the second coming of my Son is no less as true saith God.

Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

HAWAII - Far from the public eye, lava from Kilauea Volcano continues its creep toward civilization. The eruption that began July 21 is supplying lava to a channel now almost a mile long on the northeast flank of the volcano. Scientists are watching for the flows to turn to smoother and faster-moving pahoehoe, which could signal a more imminent hazard to communities in the Puna district. The flows, now in the Wao Kele o Puna rain forest, are heading downhill in the general direction of Kaohe Homesteads, Leilani Estates and Highway 130 but are at least seven miles away. The observatory's summary for hazards warns that although there are no immediate threats, "vent areas and lava channels are hazardous and conditions can change rapidly."

USA OHIO - Monday's high temperature BROKE ANOTHER DAILY RECORD in Cincinnati, topping out at 94 degrees and making September, so far, the third hottest September ever.

Posted for September 25, 2007 ------------------------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

SCOTLAND - More than 10,000 of the most important ancient and historical sites around Scotland's coastline are at risk of being destroyed by the storms and rising sea levels that will come with global warming.

VOLCANOES INTENSIFY......

Sunday August 5, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, have you not heard the prophetic words that I have given unto you, have you not seen then the fulfillment follow, have you not seen the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the winds and the waves, the storms, the diseases, the pestilences, all these things I have spoken to you, I have spoken to you of the drought, and have you not seen that come, even in areas where rain has been abundant, yet the drought is there, have you not seen the islands that I told you would come out from the sea, have you not heard my voice, have you not known my voice, why do you still resist it says the Lord, do you not believe that when all these things have been fulfilled, and more will come to be fulfilled, that the fulfillment of the second coming of my Son is no less as true saith God.

Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

USA ALASKA - Scientists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory report there's been increased shallow seismic activity at Augustine Volcano over the past week. The observatory has switched the aviation color code from green to yellow. Current earthquakes there are small, generally less than magnitude 1.0 and they are located at a shallow depth beneath the volcano's summit.

Posted for September 24, 2007 ------------------------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

Rising seas likely to flood U.S. history - Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting. In about a century, some of the places that make America what it is may be slowly erased. Global warming — through a combination of melting glaciers, disappearing ice sheets and warmer waters expanding — is expected to cause oceans to rise by one meter, or about 39 inches. It will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases, several leading scientists say. And it will reshape the nation. Rising waters will lap at the foundations of old money Wall Street and the new money towers of Silicon Valley. They will swamp the locations of big city airports and major interstate highways.

USA FLORIDA - Rain and gusty winds were felt throughout Tampa Bay from Wednesday through Friday as Tropical Depression 10 made its way through the state before settling into the Gulf of Mexico Thursday night. In Clearwater, more than a half inch of rain was received early Friday morning, a RECORD FOR THE MONTH. Almost all the rain was received in one hour, SETTING ANOTHER RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER. The monthly RECORD WAS SET FOR HIGH WIND GUST on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 32.2 mph.

USA CALIFORNIA - An out-of-season storm lashed Southern California with thunderous squalls Saturday and wreaked havoc across the region, trapping cars in mud, sending so much polluted water to the coast that officials warned people not to go into the ocean, and contributing, officials suspect, to traffic accidents that killed at least five people. The RARE storm, the product of a low-pressure system known as an "orphan," moved out of the area Saturday night. In perhaps the most dramatic incident, mud, ash and debris swept down hillsides near the west end of Griffith Park, overflowing a clogged drainage basin, oozing across Forest Lawn Drive and trapping 14 vehicles. Most vehicles were parked and unoccupied at the time, though several drivers got stuck while stopped at red lights. Witnesses described a frenzied scene, with lava-like goop seeping down the hills and victims racing to their cars to try to escape.

Posted for September 21-23, 2007 ------------------------

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

Sunday September 17, 2007 Yea saith the Lord a strong wind shall come out of the east, a wind so strong the world has not seen it’s strength before, what is unbendable will bend, what is unmovable will move, what is unbreakable will break, for the strength of this wind is a last days strength, and it shall move upon the earth in a strength that you will not believe, for it is so strong it will do things that has not been done before, so I say unto you now be careful, be careful of where you are, be careful of who you are, for this wind shall test the strength of the strongest man, this wind shall test the strength of the strongest nation, this wind shall test the strength of the strongest church, so I say unto you be ready, be ready for it is coming saith God

Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier sounds climate change alarm - The chaotic cavalcade of blueish ice tumbling into the sea from the world's fastest-moving glacier is sounding a daily climate change alarm, say scientists ahead of International Polar Day on Friday. The Jakobshavn Glacier, on Greenland's west coast, is melting twice as fast as 10 years ago and advancing toward the sea at 12 kilometers (seven miles) per year, compared with six kilometers (three and a half miles) before. In its 4th Assessment report issued earlier this year, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world's oceans could rise by 50 centimeters (20 inches), putting tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of people at risk by century's end. But that estimate does not factor in the latest findings about the melting of glaciers in Greenland and loss of ice in Antarctica, which many experts say could eventually increase sea levels, and the rate at which they rise, by several fold.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Quong Hop & Co. of South San Francisco, California is recalling all SOY DELI brand tofu and certain varieties of SOY DELI and QUONG HOP brand tofu because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The products are distributed in the Midwest and West coast throughout supermarkets and natural food stores.

-RECALLED - Bravo! announced a recall of select tubes of three of its frozen, raw poultry products for cats and dogs. The pet food is being recalled because two of the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, while the other product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products are distributed nationwide to distributors, retail stores, internet sales and directly to consumers.

-RECALLED -

Salad contamination SCARE again - A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states, prompting new produce fears almost exactly a year after a nationwide spinach scare. The tainted bag of Dole's Hearts Delight salad mix was sold at a store in Canada, officials said. Neither Canadian health officials nor Dole Food Co. have received reports of anyone getting sick from the product. The voluntary recall, issued Monday, affects all packages of Hearts Delight sold in the United States and Canada with a "best if used by" date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of "A24924A" or "A24924B," the company said.

Posted for September 20, 2007 ------------------------

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in these last days... though hurricanes have not come about, my hand is holding them back says God, for when they come utter destruction will follow, come to me, come to me, turn not to the hand of man but turn to me says God.

CANADA - A tornado that hit Elie, Manitoba, in the summer has been rated the STRONGEST DOCUMENTED TWISTER IN CANADIAN HISTORY.

USA CALIFORNIA - An intense, winter-like storm is headed toward San Diego County, and the National Weather Service is growing increasingly confident it will pack a punch when it arrives. Forecasters are giving the storm a wide window – sometime between Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning. They say that when it hits, intense downpours, thunderstorms, hail and even snow in the higher mountains are all possible. Temperatures around the county will be well below seasonal averages, and the snow level could drop to 6,000 feet Friday. The storm is expected to be near the Bay Area today, then move down the Central California coast Thursday. It is forecast to pick up strength before moving inland over Southern California Thursday. Cold storms in September are EXTREMELY RARE in San Diego. The storm, if it develops as forecast, would be the strongest storm from the northern Pacific in September since 1986.

GLOBAL WARMING INTENSIFIES...Sunday May 6, 2007 Thus saith the Lord, America the winds that blow upon you are changing, the winds are now coming upon the east coast from the east which is uncommon, and because they come from the east they will become stronger and more devastating says God, and upon all coasts of America you shall see the waters rise, parts of the coasts that were dry will become covered in water, as will the coasts of the whole world, for it a time now that will show my wrath upon the sin of the world saith the Lord.

Sunday September 17, 2007 Yea saith the Lord a strong wind shall come out of the east, a wind so strong the world has not seen it’s strength before, what is unbendable will bend, what is unmovable will move, what is unbreakable will break, for the strength of this wind is a last days strength, and it shall move upon the earth in a strength that you will not believe, for it is so strong it will do things that has not been done before, so I say unto you now be careful, be careful of where you are, be careful of who you are, for this wind shall test the strength of the strongest man, this wind shall test the strength of the strongest nation, this wind shall test the strength of the strongest church, so I say unto you be ready, be ready for it is coming saith God

Global warming likely will lead to an increase in infectious disease around the world, as viruses, microbes and the agents that spread them flourish, experts at a medical conference warned Tuesday. The problem is already evident and has become particularly acute in just the past decade..

GLOBAL - Shockwaves from melting icecaps are triggering earthquakes - the melting of Greenland's ice sheet has accelerated so dramatically that it is triggering earthquakes for the first time. Scientists monitoring the glaciers have revealed that movements of gigantic pieces of ice are creating shockwaves that register up to three on the Richter scale. The speed of the arctic ice melt has accelerated to such an extent that a UN report issued earlier this year is now thought to be out of date by its own authors. "Five years ago we made models predicting how much ice would melt and when. Five years later we are already at the levels predicted for 2040, in a year's time we'll be at 2050." Greenland's ice cap is immense, the second largest in the world, and its break-up would be catastrophic. The packed ice is up to two miles thick and its total collapse into the ocean would raise worldwide sea levels by seven meters. At the Ilulissat Icefjord, 250km north of the Arctic Circle, the advance of the glacier into the sea is now visible to the naked eye. "It's moving toward the sea at a rate of two meters an hour." As the reality of the UNPRECEDENTED thaw becomes apparent, the consequences are outstripping the capacity of scientific models to predict it. Earthquakes, or glacial ice quakes, in the north-west of Greenland are among the latest ominous signs that an unprecedented step change is under way. "Glacial earthquakes in north-west Greenland did not exist until three years ago." The study of these ice quakes is still in its infancy, but their occurrence is in itself disturbing. "It is becoming a lot more volatile." This dramatic warming is being felt across the Arctic region. In Alaska, earthquakes are rocking the seabed as tectonic plates – subdued for centuries by the weight of the glaciers on top of them – are now moving against each other again. In the north of Sweden, mean temperatures have risen above zero for THE FIRST TIME ON RECORD. "We are looking at a very different planet than the one we are used to."

USA FLORIDA - Raging Florida tornado damages dozens of homes - A powerful tornado tossed cars in the Belvedere Condominiums parking lot in Cape Coral, Fla., on Sunday evening. As many as 150 homes were damaged by a powerful tornado that swept off the Gulf of Mexico and plowed into this southwest Florida city, officials said Monday. One person suffered minor injuries from flying debris. Thunderstorms that spawned the tornado hit Cape Coral around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. "Water was pouring in through the windows, it soaked everything," said Jessica Gibson, whose apartment building roof was partly torn off. Daniel Noah at the National Weather Service said the tornado started as a waterspout over Fort Myers Beach and moved north into Cape Coral. He estimated the winds speeds were between 90 and 110 mph.

DISEASE INTENSIFIES...

Sunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in theses last days, for pestilences abound in the land, some are by my hand but many are by the hand of man, diseases are rampant both in men and animals...

Sunday November 5, 2006 Yea saith the Lord the old disease have come like I said they would come, but yea I say unto thee the new diseases that they are talking about are not new but they are old, they are old with man’s hand stamped upon them, now look to me, look to me, strengthen your faith, for I will deliver you from them says the Lord.

Sunday February 20, 2005 A time of change has come upon the earth... look also for the diseases and pestilences to arise and come to past once more... you are seeing these things happening for it is the last days, the last days are now upon the earth and my coming is very soon says the Lord.

HEALTH THREATS -

PERU - Scores ill in Peru 'meteor crash' - Hundreds of people in Peru have needed treatment after an object from space - said to be a meteorite - plummeted to Earth in a remote area. The object left a deep crater after crashing down over the weekend near the town of Carancas in the Andes. People who have visited the scene have been complaining of headaches, vomiting and nausea after inhaling gases.

RECALLS & ALERTS:

-RECALLED - Dole Fresh Vegetables is recalling (due to E. coli contamination) all salad bearing the label "Dole Hearts Delight" sold in the U.S. and Canada with a "best if used by" date of September 19, 2007. The salad was sold in plastic bags of 227 grams in Canada and one-half pound in the U.S. This product was sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and neighboring states in the U.S.

-RECALLED - B. Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA, announced on July 30, 2007 a nationwide recall of Normal Saline Flush syringes due to an increase in customer complaints for particulate matter in the saline. The introduction of particulate matter into the blood stream may result in phlebitis and / or damage to vital organs such as the brain, kidneys, heart and lungs. To a less likely extent, there is a potential for the development of pulmonary embolism or silicone embolism syndrome, which could cause severe injury and / or death. Symptoms would generally be expected to develop quickly. However, the risk associated with use of this product is cumulative and increases with each additional exposure.

VACCINATIONS will be created for each of the "big three" killers - HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria - within the next decade, a world health crusader says.

BIRD FLU 9/19/7

07:04 AM Bird flu vaccine protective at ultra-low dose

05:13 AM Bird flu infects ducks in southern China

04:15 AM China bird flu outbreak ‘controlled’

02:24 AM Low-dose vaccine works against avian flu

12:00 AM Guangzhou destroys 150 000 poultry after bird flu

12:00 AM China bird flu measures not working say officials

11:47 PM Parts of China not fully ready against bird flu

11:46 PM Vigilance is still everything when it comes to bird flu

11:44 PM Parts of China not fully ready against bird flu

11:33 PM China shows reluctance in response to bird-flu outbreak

11:27 PM China Rushes to Halt Bird Flu Among Ducks

11:08 PM Sanofi Pasteur's H5N1 Influenza Vaccine achieves high immune responses

08:36 PM Otago District health board raises bird flu concerns

08:00 PM 150000 Poultries Culled in Guangzhou Bird Flu Outbreak

07:40 PM China steps up prevention efforts after new bird flu outbreak

Posted for September 19, 2007 ------------------------

HURRICANESSunday July 29, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, come to me, come to me in these last days... though hurricanes have not come about, my hand is holding them back says God, for when they come utter destruction will follow, come to me, come to me, turn not to the hand of man but turn to me says God.

A Changing, Prophetic World: Humberto Grew Faster Than Any Storm On Record

Call it the instant hurricane. Humberto, which grew faster than any storm on record from tropical depression to full-scale hurricane landfall, surprised the Texas-Louisiana coast early Thursday

with 85-mph winds and heavy rain that knocked out power to more than 100,000 and left at least one person dead.

Meteorologists were at a loss to explain the rapid, 16-hour genesis of the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since 2005.

"Before Humberto developed, you looked at the satellite imagery the day before, and there was virtually nothing there. This really spun up out of thin air, very, very quickly, said National Hurricane Center specialist James Franklin in Miami. "We've never had any tropical cyclone go from where Humberto was to where Humberto got."

The Last Days SIGNS - The End Times - ARE - Upon The Earth!

VOLCANOES INTENSIFY......

Sunday August 5, 2007 Yea saith the Lord, have you not heard the prophetic words that I have given unto you, have you not seen then the fulfillment follow, have you not seen the volcanoes, the earthquakes, the winds and the waves, the storms, the diseases, the pestilences, all these things I have spoken to you, I have spoken to you of the drought, and have you not seen that come, even in areas where rain has been abundant, yet the drought is there, have you not seen the islands that I told you would come out from the sea, have you not heard my voice, have you not known my voice, why do you still resist it says the Lord, do you not believe that when all these things have been fulfilled, and more will come to be fulfilled, that the fulfillment of the second coming of my Son is no less as true saith God.

Sunday March 19, 2006 A warning has gone out to the people’s of the earth saith the Lord, a warning that has come very close to shaking the very foundation that they stand on, but they have not heeded my warning says God, and because they have not heeded my warning, my warning shall continue, for soon the warnings shall cease and the ability to hear them will be no more... the rumblings of the earth will not decrease though they have subsided, they will come back again, the shifting deep below the earth will cause the volcanoes to erupt once more,

INDONESIA - The 8.4 magnitude quake that struck off the coast of western Sumatra on Wednesday, and the series of aftershocks, spurred fresh magma movement in the volcanoes which lie close to the quake's epicenter. The massive earthquake triggered more activity in three volcanoes in the area

WARNING AMERICA INTENSIFIES... May 27, 2007 Yea saith the Lord the sin of Sodom has once again come upon the southern coasts of America, they defy me, they openly in my face sin, they forget my hand upon them in the winds and the waves, so I say unto them be careful, do not be so bold or you will reap what you sow saith the Lord.

Sunday April 15, 2007 Is it not because you America have hardened your hearts towards me says God, for even as the times of old in Egypt did they not harden their hearts towards me, and because of their hardness of heart did I not bring plague and judgment upon that great land at that time, and even now America though you be a great land, because you have hardened your heart you will not see the glory of God to it’s fullest...but because of the hardness of your heart these things must take place, and it will not be the end of such judgments says God, for many judgments are prescribed upon the land, because my people even have forsaken me, they have forsaken the assembling of themselves together, that they might fellowship in the light of my word says the lord, therefore I say unto my people come out from among them that you might know the glory of your God and of your King says God.

USA - NEW YORK - this year has been ONE OF THE WETTEST – AND MOST EXTREME – YEARS IN WEATHER HISTORY for the city of New York. Coming off both the fourth wettest spring and summer ever, New York City could actually see its second wettest year in history if this year’s strange weather trends continue. Between January and August, officials measured 46.55 inches of precipitation in Central Park. If averages count for anything, then the 23 inches averaged during each of the first two-thirds of the year would mean they could finish with upwards of 70 inches, well past the 67.03 inches measured in 1972 – the second highest total ever. The record for highest precipitation total ever in New York City is 80.56 inches measured in 1983. "We’re in a pattern of extreme cycles, weather extreme cycles that could continue for the next couple of decades. We’ve been in extremes as far as record precipitation. For example, the last couple of years we’ve seen some of the wettest springs and summers of all time. Severe storm threats have been UNUSUALLY high, with RARE occurrences happening more frequently, such as the tornado in Brooklyn and the flooding in Queens.” Those strange events, not to mention the UNUSUALLY warm winter – in which temperatures hit 70 degrees in early January – have led many to wonder how global warming has fit into the equation. “If you’re thinking about global warming keep this in mind: during the past year it's the FIRST TIME EVER that just about every single state was averaging above normal temperatures." Winter has seen its fair share of extremes too. This past February was one of the coldest ever, with an average temperature of 28.2 degrees. In February of 2006, a record snowfall measuring 26.9 inches fell in Central Park, falling within just 24 hours, and breaking the previous record set back in December of 1947. This coming winter could be even colder, with the possible return of La Niña. The extremes aren’t happening just in New York City. “We’ve been in extremes as far as the hurricane cycle with super hurricanes becoming more common. This past hurricane season we’ve already seen two category five hurricanes – some of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall ever. Dean and Felix were some of the most powerful hurricanes to strike land, not to mention happening within two weeks of each other. I’ve never seen anything like that ever."

CLIMATE CHANGE - Around the world, scientists have found that climate change is altering natural ecosystems, making profound changes in the ways that animals live, migrate, eat and grow. Some species have benefited from the shift. Others have been left disastrously out of sync with their food supply. Two are known to have simply disappeared. One study, which examined 1,598 plant and animal species, found that nearly 60 percent appeared to have changed in some way. If warming continues as predicted, scientists say, 20 percent or more of the planet's plant and animal species could be at increased risk of extinction. Some changes have already begun. "This is actually something we see from pole to pole, and from sea level to the highest mountains in the world. It is not something we're going to see [only] in the future. It's something we see right now." The mechanisms that helped animals adapt during previous warming spells - evolution or long-range migration - often aren't able to keep up with the current quick changes. Scientists say that effects are beginning to show from the Arctic to the Appalachian Mountains. Centuries-old patterns are shifting. Scientists have noticed changes in the timing of seasonal migrations, presumably caused by the earlier onset