Earthquakes
RSOE EDIS
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| 23.07.2012 09:15:35 | 5.0 | North America | United States | Alaska | Attu Station |  |
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| 23.07.2012 09:05:23 | 5.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Attu Station | |
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| 23.07.2012 08:50:32 | 2.0 | North America | United States | Alaska | Hope | |
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| 23.07.2012 08:40:21 | 2.5 | South-America | Peru | Tacna | Sobraya |  |
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| 23.07.2012 08:40:45 | 3.0 | Europe | Cyprus | Famagusta | Trikomo | |
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| 23.07.2012 07:41:13 | 2.4 | North America | United States | Nevada | Mina | |
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| 23.07.2012 08:41:11 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Mu?la | Yatagan | |
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| 23.07.2012 07:20:29 | 4.7 | North Pole | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Svalbard | Barentsburg | |
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| 23.07.2012 07:40:21 | 4.6 | North Pole | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Svalbard | Barentsburg | |
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| 23.07.2012 07:40:49 | 2.1 | Asia | Turkey | Mu?la | Bodrum | |
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| 23.07.2012 06:40:54 | 2.8 | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Rincon | Rincon | |
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| 23.07.2012 06:35:24 | 2.6 | South-America | Chile | Valparaíso | La Ligua | |
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| 23.07.2012 05:40:29 | 3.3 | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | Samaná | Santa Barbara de Samana | |
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| 23.07.2012 05:35:19 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Kütahya | Saphane | |
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| 23.07.2012 05:35:57 | 2.5 | South-America | Peru | Tacna | Sobraya | |
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| 23.07.2012 04:55:51 | 2.3 | North America | United States | California | Pearsonville | |
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| 23.07.2012 06:35:43 | 2.5 | Europe | Italy | Calabria | Bovalino Superiore | |
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| 23.07.2012 05:36:25 | 2.0 | Asia | Turkey | Mu?la | Datca | |
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| 23.07.2012 04:30:22 | 2.7 | South-America | Chile | Antofagasta | Tocopilla | |
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| 23.07.2012 05:36:51 | 3.6 | Middle-East | Iran | Hormozg?n | Minab | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:45:30 | 2.3 | North America | United States | Hawaii | Volcano | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:25:24 | 2.7 | South-America | Bolivia | Potosí | Villa Alota | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:10:38 | 4.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Nikolski | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:25:44 | 4.1 | North-America | United States | Alaska | Nikolski | |
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| 23.07.2012 04:30:46 | 2.4 | Asia | Turkey | Yozgat | Cekerek | |
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| 23.07.2012 04:31:06 | 2.2 | Asia | Turkey | Manisa | Akhisar | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:26:02 | 5.2 | Indonesian Archipelago | Indonesia | Papua | Nabire | |
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| 23.07.2012 02:45:26 | 5.2 | Indonesian archipelago | Indonesia | Papua | Nabire | |
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| 23.07.2012 03:26:21 | 2.5 | Europe | Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Calerno | |
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| 23.07.2012 02:20:27 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Kütahya | Pazarlar | |
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| 23.07.2012 02:20:47 | 2.3 | Europe | Poland | Silesian Voivodeship | Gorki Slaskie | |
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| 23.07.2012 02:21:07 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | ?zmir | Urla | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:10:32 | 2.0 | North America | United States | California | Mentone | |
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| 23.07.2012 08:41:33 | 3.0 | Asia | Turkey | Antalya | Kalkan | |
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| 23.07.2012 00:40:35 | 2.0 | North America | United States | California | Pearsonville | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:15:25 | 3.0 | Europe | Albania | Elbasan | Gramsh | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:15:45 | 2.4 | Europe | France | Pays de la Loire | Apremont | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:16:04 | 4.2 | Asia | Taiwan | Taipei | Taipei | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:16:25 | 3.0 | Europe | Greece | Central Macedonia | Kavallaris | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:16:45 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Antalya | Beykonak | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:17:07 | 3.1 | South-America | Peru | Tacna | Sobraya | |
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| 23.07.2012 01:17:26 | 2.1 | Asia | Turkey | Van | Toyga | |
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| 23.07.2012 00:15:24 | 2.8 | Europe | Italy | Emilia-Romagna | Calerno | |
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| 22.07.2012 23:10:26 | 2.3 | Asia | Turkey | Denizli | Kale | |
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| 23.07.2012 00:15:46 | 4.7 | Asia | China | Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu | Hotan | |
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| 22.07.2012 22:10:25 | 2.7 | Europe | Greece | West Greece | Sardinia | |
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| 22.07.2012 21:50:33 | 2.1 | North America | United States | Alaska | Skwentna | |
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| 22.07.2012 22:30:33 | 4.6 | Middle America | Nicaragua | Managua | Masachapa | |
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| 22.07.2012 23:10:49 | 4.6 | Middle-America | Nicaragua | Managua | Masachapa | |
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| 22.07.2012 22:10:47 | 2.6 | Asia | Turkey | Antalya | Beykonak | |
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Eureka Earthquake: Twin Quakes Shake Up Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — No damage or injuries have been reported after two earthquakes rattled the Northern California coast Friday night.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.1 quake hit about 78 miles southwest of Eureka at 6:52 p.m. Friday.
Then just after 11 p.m. a magnitude 5.2 earthquake was recorded about 62 miles southwest of Eureka.
A dispatcher at the Eureka Police Department says the quakes were felt in the community, but police had no reports of damage or injuries.
USGS seismologist John Bellini says the quakes took place in an area where there’s a lot of seismic activity.
Earthquake Watch; Planetary Positions & Spaceweather – Current Watch Peaks July 28 2012
Published on Jul 22, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
Data Set Compiled Courtesy of: USGS, SDO, SOHO, JPL, Stellarium [Google them if you don't know.]
PLANETARY GEOMETRY & EARTHQUAKES:
Bigbytes – http://dcsymbols.com/future/quepaso.htm
dcsymbols – http://www.youtube.com/user/dcsymbols
ALSO: See books shown in the opening of the video. [try using abebooks or sacred science institute to find them]
SOLAR/SEISMIC CONNECTION:
1) Solar Activity as a Trigger Mechanism For Earthquakes. Simpson, John F. University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, Revised December 16, 1967
[In my opinion, only valuable for the theorized trigger mechanism]
2) Long-Period Trends in Global Seismic and Geomagnetic Activity and their Relation to Solar Activity. S. Odintsov, K. Boyarchuk, K. Georgieva, B. Kirov, D. Atanasov. Russian Academy of Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia University, Bulgaria. Accepted March 18, 2005.
3) Does the Solar Cycle Modulate Seismic and Volcanic Activty? A. Mazzarella, A. Palumbo. University of Naples, Italy. Accepted April 10, 1989.
SOLAR/ATMOSPHERIC CONNECTION:
Physical Mechanism of the Action of Solar Activty and other Geophysical Factors on the State of the Lower Atmosphere, meteorological parameters, and Climate. M. I. Pudovkin, O. M. Raspoov. Phys.-Usp. 36 644 (http://iopscience.iop.org/1063-7869/36/7/A09). 1993.
Interesting:::: CHINA QUAKE – 5/12/2008:
Formation Mechanism of Great Positive TEC Disturbances Prior to Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008. M. V. Klimenko, V. V. Klimenko, I. E. Zakharenkova, S.A. Pulinets, B. Zhao, M. N. Tsidilina. West Dept. of N.V. Pushkov, Kaliningrad State Technical University, Fedorov Institute of Applied geophysics, IKI (Moscow), Beijing National Observatory of Space Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Accepted March 31, 2011
Two Examples of Quake Forecasters Using Coronal Holes: Astrotometry, thebarcaroller
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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather
Excessive Heat Warning
DES MOINES IA TULSA OK PADUCAH KY OMAHA/VALLEY NE TOPEKA KS KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO ST LOUIS MO
Heat Advisory
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI LINCOLN IL MEMPHIS TN INDIANAPOLIS IN GOODLAND KS HASTINGS NE SPRINGFIELD MO NORMAN OK TULSA OK NORTH PLATTE NE SIOUX FALLS SD WICHITA KS OMAHA/VALLEY NE ST LOUIS MO
Red Flag Warning
FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NORTH PLATTE NE RENO NV
Fire Weather Watch
BILLINGS MT GREAT FALLS MT MISSOULA MT NORMAN OK
| Today | Forest / Wild Fire | Spain | Catalonia , [Northeast Region] |  |
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Forest / Wild Fire in Spain on Monday, 23 July, 2012 at 03:05 (03:05 AM) UTC.
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| A series of raging wildfires in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia have killed at least three people and injured nineteen others, officials said on Sunday. The fires have burned thousands of acres (hectares) in recent days. The fires, which have been fanned by dry conditions and winds up to 55 miles (90 kilometers) per hour, have burned about 13,000 hectares (32,100 acres) as of late Sunday evening. The most serious fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and continued to burn out of control during the late evening hours. According to the Spanish Interior Minister, at least three people have been killed by the fires. A 60-year-old man and his 15-year-old daughter were killed after they attempted to evade flames by jumping off of a cliff and drowned in the sea below. A 75-year-old man was killed when he went into cardiac arrest. Spanish authorities said a further nineteen people have been injured, including an 8-year-old girl and a 65-year-old French citizen who suffered burns to 80 percent of his body. Thousands of people have also been forced to evacuate their homes, and more evacuations are expected if the fires continue to spread. Spain is regularly hit by wildfires. Eleven firefighters were killed in 2005 when a forest fire caused by a barbecue devastated a large area in Spain’s central province of Guadalajara. A wildfire also burned more than 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) on the Spanish island of Ibiza in May 2011, making it the worst wildfire in the island’s history. |
Idaho wildfires report
HORSESHOE BEND, Idaho — Authorities say U.S. Highway 95 has been reduced to one lane near Midvale as crews battle a 600-acre wildfire in western Idaho. Roadside Fire started early Friday and the cause has not yet been determined. Denise Cobb with the Payette National Forest says the fire is burning on a mix of private, state, and federal land within the forest’s protection zone. Officials reported just before 2 p.m. that the blaze had crossed Sage Creek and was heading northwest. To the south, firefighters said a brush fire that burned 100 acres near Highway 55 outside of Horseshoe Bend had been contained. The Summit Ridge Fire ignited Thursday afternoon and forced the evacuation of more than 10 homes. The blaze destroyed a barn but no houses were harmed.
Wildfires reignite in Soda, Grace areas
By Journal staff
Fires that reignited in Soda Springs and the Grace area were deemed under control Friday evening, according to officials.
Firefighters in Caribou County put out a blaze east of Soda Springs Thursday that had started the day before. Crews then reported to another fire that afternoon on the 1900 block of Turner Road in Grace. According to a previous Journal article, the resident’s trash incinerator ignited nearby grass which spread around the home and along the road. Fire crews arrived and worked to extinguish the blaze.
As of Thursday the fires had been under control, but were reignited Friday.
The fire that threatened homes near Soda Springs had burned more than 200 acres. It appeared to have caused smoke damage to some residences. Although it was reported the Soda fire had reignited, it was not known as of press time if the more acreage had burned.
The Caribou County Sheriff’s Office said a press release would likely be issued Monday.
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Storms / Tornadoes / Flooding / Landslides / Mudslides
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| Name of storm system | Location | Formed | Last update | Last category | Course | Wind Speed | Gust | Wave | Source | Details |
| Vicente (09W) | Pacific Ocean | 21.07.2012 | 23.07.2012 | Tropical Storm | 345 ° | 102 km/h | 130 km/h | 3.66 m | JTWC | |
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| Today | Tornado | Canada | Province of Saskatchewan, Smeaton |  |
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Tornado in Canada on Monday, 23 July, 2012 at 03:01 (03:01 AM) UTC.
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| Constable Lance Bouvier with the Smeaton Detachment of the RCMP said they were kept busy Saturday night after reports of a tornado touching down. “About five miles south of Smeaton a tornado had touched down and it headed north. It went through four farms and farm fields and left a path of destruction. The first farm it went through toppled a bunch of trees and leveled a chicken coop and threw trees around the yard. It continued further north and got to another farm and it leveled everything and leveled a house,” Bouvier said. Bouvier said the house had been moved 30 feet from its foundation and only had two walls left after the tornado went through the property. The man was not injured but shaken up. Lyle White the fire chief of Smeaton and District Fire and Rescue received the call to attend the scene shortly after 8 p.m. “We had a call of a tornado hitting a farm and a man missing,” White said. “When we arrived, I did meet the gentleman; the owner, when we got to the yard and we realized there wasn’t anybody missing … when we arrived on the scene the house was pretty much destroyed.” He described trees were torn down, machinery had been tossed around, and there was no roof on the garage. Lyn Brown was on her way into town when she witnessed the twister from Hwy 55. “After we saw the touchdown we were bombarded by quarter size hail as we turned into Smeaton.”
“The noise in the truck was deafening, it sounded like we were being pelted with rocks, ” Brown said. The tornado than moved further north and hit another farm yard where it leveled more structures, uprooted trees and even snapped power poles like toothpicks. “The family there was inside the house, but they were in the basement when it went through. No one was injured or hurt at that residence. Then it went across the street to another farm yard, and there it leveled a bunch of trees, it didn’t hit the house or other outbuildings. Soon after that it dissipated, the tornado lost its energy. There is a lot of damage,” Bouvier said. Bouvier said the tornado spanned about three miles and the Smeaton area had sever rain, hail and wind. There is a lot of water in the area but Bouvier said there is nothing in the way of flooding. Power lines had been destroyed in the area, but SaskPower crews were on scene quickly and restored power within four hours. That wasn’t the only report of a twister on Saturday night. The paNOW newsroom was flooded with photos of a sighting near Anglin Lake and Emma Lake. One witness said she narrowly got off the water before a bad storm hit Anglin Lake, located about 60 kilometres north of Prince Albert. She said hail and high winds knocked down trees. The same storm cell spawned a tornado in the area, however that has not been confirmed by Environment Canada. Devon and Shannon Billo watched the ominous clouds roll in from their camper at Sunnyside Beach at Emma Lake, located south of Anglin Lake. They said they saw a funnel cloud appear to touch down twice around 6:30 p.m. For the remainder of the evening thunderstorm watches were in effect for central and eastern areas of the province. |
| Today | Flash Flood | India | State of Maharastra, Yavatmal | |
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Flash Flood in India on Monday, 23 July, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.
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| Torrential rain since Saturday midnight have either marooned or cut off over 30 villages from the rest of the district. District administration has started evacuating people from these villages to safer locations and also distributing food packets and drinking water. According to district collector, Ashwin Mudgal, at least 30 villages in Arni, Darwha, Yavatmal and Ralegaon tehsils are flooded. People from eight villages have been shifted to safer places since Sunday morning, he said. “The bridge between Yavatmal and Arni at Yeola village is submerged. Same is the case with the bridge between Arni and Mahur. As a result, Arni town and surrounding villages are cut off from the rest of the district,” Mudgal said. The administration has also alerted villages along banks of major rivers and nullahs so that people can be evacuated in time. Several trees have been uprooted while many houses in low lying areas are under water. “No casualty has been reported so far and damages are yet to be ascertained,” the collector added. The flood situation in Arni and Yavatmal Tehsil remains unchanged while water is reportedly receding in Darwha, Ralegaon and other parts of the district. Heavy rains are still lashing most of the affected villages. “Till 8am on Sunday, the district recorded 70-75mm average rainfall but it picked up afterwards causing flooding of many areas,” Mudgal said adding that a final report is awaited. |
Flood Warning
TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
Heavy Rains Blamed for at Least 37 Deaths in Beijing
Residents sat amid debris and damaged vehicles after a flood caused by heavy rainfall swept through Wa Jing Village near Beijing.
By ANDREW JACOBS
BEIJING — The heaviest rainfall in six decades caused widespread havoc in this capital over the weekend, killing at least 37 people and forcing the evacuation of 50,000 others from waterlogged neighborhoods and villages, according to the state news media.
More than six inches of rain fell overnight Saturday into Sunday, collapsing roofs, downing power lines and turning highway underpasses into ponds that engulfed scores of cars and buses. About 80,000 passengers at Beijing Capital International Airport were stranded overnight after fierce thunderstorms forced the cancellation of 500 flights, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
The sewer system of Beijing, a city poised on the edge of the Gobi Desert, is ill-equipped to handle heavy precipitation; residents in low-lying areas are accustomed to dealing with minor flooding after rainstorms. Officials said the rain, which began at noon and stretched into the early morning, was the heaviest since 1951.
The city’s flood control bureau said the downpour in the city’s southwestern Fangshan district brought 18 inches of water and forced the evacuation of hundreds, including 350 students who were trapped at a military training site. Among the dead were a police officer electrocuted by a falling power line and another person struck by lightning.
Elsewhere in the country, at least 10 people drowned or perished in landslides, including four people killed in northern Shanxi Province when their truck was swept away by a swollen river, the state news media reported.
Although the rain yielded to sunny skies on Sunday, meteorologists warned of more stormy weather in the coming days.
18 die as bus plunges into gorge in India
A government official in India says 18 people are dead after a bus fell into a deep gorge after being hit by hurtling boulders during a landslide in the mountainous northeast. Another 17 people are injured.
The Associated Press
Arunachal Pradesh state Transport Minister Zoram Sangliana says the bus plunged about 45 meters (150 feet) into the gorge early Saturday near Keifang, a village 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Aizawl, the state capital. Monsoon rains triggered the landslide in the region.
The injured have been taken to a nearby hospital, Sangliana told The Associated Press.
India has the world’s deadliest roads, with more than 110,000 people killed every year. Most crashes are blamed on reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and aging vehicles.
Deadly mudslides sweep through Austria
A person has been killed in Austria after torrential rains triggered mudslides and flooding across several provinces.
360 people living in an alpine region were forced to evacuate their homes after a torrent of mud swept through.
The rain has destroyed houses, cut off villages and damaged roads.
More rain is forecast over the coming days.
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Solar Activity
2MIN News July 22, 2012: Minor Spaceweather – Noticeable Effects
Published on Jul 22, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers
TODAYS LINKS
China Rain: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-07/22/c_131730395.htm
Electric Atmosphere: http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/4900/the-electric-atmosphere
REPEAT LINKS
Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]
HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]
SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos - as seen from earth]
SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT - as seen from earth]
Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI - as seen from the side]
SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it... trust me]
SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]
iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]
NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]
JAPAN Radiation Map: http://jciv.iidj.net/map/
LISS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/operations/heliplots_gsn.php
Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can't figure out what this one is for?]
BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]
TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]
GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]
INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]
NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/
PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]
BREAKING: Sun – Unidentified Anomaly Creates Plasma Vortex
Published on Jul 22, 2012 by SunsFlare
Sun – Unidentified Anomaly Creates Plasma Vortex
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Space
Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days) |
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| Object Name | Apporach Date | Left | AU Distance | LD Distance | Estimated Diameter* | Relative Velocity | |||
| (2011 CA7) | 23rd July 2012 | 0 day(s) | 0.1492 | 58.1 | 2.3 m – 5.1 m | 5.43 km/s | 19548 km/h | ||
| (2012 BB124) | 24th July 2012 | 1 day(s) | 0.1610 | 62.7 | 170 m – 380 m | 8.78 km/s | 31608 km/h | ||
| (2009 PC) | 28th July 2012 | 5 day(s) | 0.1772 | 68.9 | 61 m – 140 m | 7.34 km/s | 26424 km/h | ||
| 217013 (2001 AA50) | 31st July 2012 | 8 day(s) | 0.1355 | 52.7 | 580 m – 1.3 km | 22.15 km/s | 79740 km/h | ||
| (2012 DS30) | 02nd August 2012 | 10 day(s) | 0.1224 | 47.6 | 18 m – 39 m | 5.39 km/s | 19404 km/h | ||
| (2000 RN77) | 03rd August 2012 | 11 day(s) | 0.1955 | 76.1 | 410 m – 920 m | 9.87 km/s | 35532 km/h | ||
| (2004 SB56) | 04th August 2012 | 12 day(s) | 0.1393 | 54.2 | 380 m – 840 m | 13.72 km/s | 49392 km/h | ||
| (2000 SD8) | 04th August 2012 | 12 day(s) | 0.1675 | 65.2 | 180 m – 400 m | 5.82 km/s | 20952 km/h | ||
| (2006 EC) | 06th August 2012 | 14 day(s) | 0.0932 | 36.3 | 13 m – 28 m | 6.13 km/s | 22068 km/h | ||
| (2006 MV1) | 07th August 2012 | 15 day(s) | 0.0612 | 23.8 | 12 m – 28 m | 4.79 km/s | 17244 km/h | ||
| (2005 RK3) | 08th August 2012 | 16 day(s) | 0.1843 | 71.7 | 52 m – 120 m | 8.27 km/s | 29772 km/h | ||
| (2009 BW2) | 09th August 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.0337 | 13.1 | 25 m – 56 m | 5.27 km/s | 18972 km/h | ||
| 277475 (2005 WK4) | 09th August 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.1283 | 49.9 | 260 m – 580 m | 6.18 km/s | 22248 km/h | ||
| (2004 SC56) | 09th August 2012 | 17 day(s) | 0.0811 | 31.6 | 74 m – 170 m | 10.57 km/s | 38052 km/h | ||
| (2008 AF4) | 10th August 2012 | 18 day(s) | 0.1936 | 75.3 | 310 m – 690 m | 16.05 km/s | 57780 km/h | ||
| 37655 Illapa | 12th August 2012 | 20 day(s) | 0.0951 | 37.0 | 770 m – 1.7 km | 28.73 km/s | 103428 km/h | ||
| (2012 HS15) | 14th August 2012 | 22 day(s) | 0.1803 | 70.2 | 220 m – 490 m | 11.54 km/s | 41544 km/h | ||
| 4581 Asclepius | 16th August 2012 | 24 day(s) | 0.1079 | 42.0 | 220 m – 490 m | 13.48 km/s | 48528 km/h | ||
| (2008 TC4) | 18th August 2012 | 26 day(s) | 0.1937 | 75.4 | 140 m – 300 m | 17.34 km/s | 62424 km/h | ||
| (2006 CV) | 20th August 2012 | 28 day(s) | 0.1744 | 67.9 | 290 m – 640 m | 13.24 km/s | 47664 km/h | ||
| (2012 EC) | 20th August 2012 | 28 day(s) | 0.0815 | 31.7 | 56 m – 130 m | 5.57 km/s | 20052 km/h | ||
| 162421 (2000 ET70) | 21st August 2012 | 29 day(s) | 0.1503 | 58.5 | 640 m – 1.4 km | 12.92 km/s | 46512 km/h | ||
| (2007 WU3) | 21st August 2012 | 29 day(s) | 0.1954 | 76.0 | 56 m – 120 m | 5.25 km/s | 18900 km/h | ||
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NASA Scopes Out Another Exoplanet That’s Two-Thirds the Size of Earth
[Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech]NASA’s range of telescopes continually manage to surprise and delight with their frequent discoveries of planets far, far away–some of which are particularly quirky. While Kepler may be the best known of these telescopes, this time the Spitzer Space Telescope made a pretty interesting discovery this week: an exoplanet two-thirds the size of Earth.
This may not seem like such a big deal, but it’s not very common for us to find exoplanets (planets outside of our own solar system) to be smaller than Earth in size, or us to fine one so relatively close. The planet, named UCF-1.01, is “just” 33 light years away. Additionally, Spitzer is normally used to study exoplanets already discovered and not to discover new exoplanets, so this is not only a first for the telescope, but a potential new role in for it.
Size-wise, UCF-1.01 is around 5,200 miles in diameter, and was discovered when scientists were using Spitzer to study Neptune-sized exoplanet GJ 436b, which orbits the red-dwarf star GJ 436. Scientists noticed “dips” in the infrared coming from the star that were not caused from GJ 436b passing by it. This in turn led to the discovery of UCT-1.01. Its year lasts only about 1.4 Earth days due to how close the planet orbits its star.
The planet’s temperatures are around 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning there’s very little in terms of atmosphere. This isn’t surprising, considering how closely it orbits its sun. Scientists believe the planet itself has melted slightly, causing a molten surface.
It’s a precious discovery, considering that of the 1,800 planetary candidates discovered by NASA, only three were smaller than Earth. Three. You can find out more about the Spitzer Space Telescope and its missions on NASA’s website.
[NASA]
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Mysterious Occurrences
Mysterious abyssal hole opens up in Magdalena, New Mexico (July 21, 2012)
Published on Jul 21, 2012 by adrinilinjunky
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Biological Hazards / Wildlife / Environmental Pollution
| Today | Biological Hazard | Canada | Province of Alberta, [Ma-Me-O Beach, Pigeon Lake] |  |
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Biological Hazard in Canada on Monday, 23 July, 2012 at 06:02 (06:02 AM) UTC.
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| Beach-front property owners on Pigeon Lake were shocked Sunday morning to see “thousands” of dead fish wash up on the sand along Ma-Me-O Beach. Seagulls were feasting on the piles of dead walleye along the beach as community members led a self-started clean-up operation on the lake 109 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. From the window of her cabin, Deborah Cresswell said she could see at least a dozen people walking the shoreline, organizing the fish into piles and shovelling them into the bucket of a backhoe for disposal. “It’s surprising because we’ve been going to the beach and swimming every day and suddenly … we go to the beach and it’s littered with thousands of dead fish,” Cresswell said. “The fish started coming in last (Saturday) night after it was really windy,” Cresswell said, speculating that “the weather gets a little too hot and when the water gets above a certain temperature, the fish all die.” The fish aren’t small either, Cresswell said. Each fish is at least a foot-and-a-half long and would’ve made any sport-fisherman happy with his catch. Even now, the dead fish are still washing ashore, she said. Cresswell has lived in a cabin on Ma-Me-O Beach with her husband for several years. She said they’ve seen this happen twice before and believe it may be affecting the property values of cabins on the lake. “I think it is affecting the sale of cabins out here,” Cresswell said. “In the last few years, with the green algae and fish dying, people don’t want to come here and swim as much.” Cresswell said swimming and camping at Pigeon Lake has seen an increase in popularity this year, but fears people will stop coming if there are no fish to cast a line for. Alberta Fish and Wildlife could not be reached for comment Sunday. Pigeon Lake is a popular recreation lake. The summer village of Ma-Me-O beach has a population of up to 200 people during the summer. Ma-Me-O Beach gets its name from the Cree words for a “place of many shore birds.” | |
| Biohazard name: | Mass Die-off (Fishes) |
| Biohazard level: | 0/4 — |
| Biohazard desc.: | This does not included biological hazard category. |
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| Today | Environment Pollution | Colombia | Province of Boyaca , [Cano Limon Covenas oil well, near to Cubara] |  |
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Environment Pollution in Colombia on Monday, 23 July, 2012 at 06:05 (06:05 AM) UTC.
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| Blast-triggered oil leakage in eastern Columbia had contaminated rivers, leaving more than 120,000 residents vulnerable to water shortage, authorities said Sunday. An unidentified group sabotaged late Saturday a 780-km long pipeline at the Cano Limon Covenas oil well near Boyaca province’s Cubara, leaving the small city Saravena most affected, said Mining and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas. Saravena is a thriving urban centre thanks to foreign investment in the regional mining and oil industries in recent years. The spill seeped into both Royota and Arauca rivers, affecting the water supply to Saravena and its surroundings. At least 120,000 inhabitants were to face water shortage, estimated local authorities. Cardenas condemned the attack and said authorities did not yet know how much il had spilled into the waterways. “First, we must categorically reject and condemn this new act of terrorism … against the population, the natural resources and a resource as fundamental and essential as water,” Cardenas told local RCN radio. He added that water supply would be restored soon, as workers were trying to stem the spill and clean up the polluted rivers. The river of Arauca lies along the border with neighbouring Venezuela. Asked whether the spill could have affected communities in Venezuela, Cardenas said “it may have happened, but we have no official information.” |
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