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Earth Watch Report – Tuesday September 18th, 2012

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September 18, 2012

Earthquakes

USGS

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.3	2012/09/17 23:28:38	23.334	100.045	15.0	YUNNAN, CHINA
MAP	5.0	2012/09/17 21:15:45	-14.902	167.409	146.9	VANUATU
MAP	2.8	2012/09/17 21:12:30	36.644	-120.949	9.6	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	5.4	2012/09/17 20:07:55	-5.717	150.119	92.7	NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP	5.0	2012/09/17 19:09:31	39.808	142.084	36.7	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	3.1	2012/09/17 16:18:04	19.076	-67.493	25.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	4.6	2012/09/17 16:08:46	72.472	2.746	10.0	NORWEGIAN SEA
MAP	2.5	2012/09/17 15:44:43	19.319	-64.711	7.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.8	2012/09/17 14:19:24	-10.786	113.812	12.2	SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP	2.5	2012/09/17 14:02:27	18.505	-64.574	49.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.7	2012/09/17 13:27:23	-10.967	113.736	10.0	SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP	3.1	2012/09/17 12:55:32	60.050	-152.166	55.1	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	2.8	2012/09/17 12:10:22	19.350	-155.027	8.4	ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP	3.2	2012/09/17 09:51:44	19.660	-64.249	12.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/17 09:31:35	50.255	-170.132	46.9	SOUTH OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
MAP	3.1	2012/09/17 09:25:40	19.304	-64.517	15.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/17 09:20:33	19.136	-64.917	50.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/17 07:05:53	38.727	46.717	10.0	NORTHWESTERN IRAN
MAP	2.8	2012/09/17 05:30:27	37.000	-104.929	4.9	COLORADO
MAP	3.1	2012/09/17 04:19:58	19.633	-64.449	13.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.6	2012/09/17 03:08:44	42.338	144.882	45.7	HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/17 02:50:44	42.464	-125.837	10.0	OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP	2.6	2012/09/17 02:28:16	18.439	-66.447	81.0	PUERTO RICO
MAP	2.9	2012/09/17 01:59:18	42.421	-125.880	10.0	OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP	4.4	2012/09/17 01:29:50	49.312	154.831	85.5	KURIL ISLANDS
MAP	3.3	2012/09/17 00:51:16	61.059	-140.138	4.2	SOUTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	Region
MAP	4.4	2012/09/16 23:22:26	12.643	-89.151	35.3	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 23:15:32	37.062	-104.834	5.0	COLORADO
MAP	4.8	2012/09/16 22:09:15	10.509	126.739	73.0	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/16 21:46:44	-7.019	129.673	134.6	KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
MAP	5.3	2012/09/16 21:46:20	10.591	126.676	49.5	PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 21:04:12	19.090	-65.780	12.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/16 20:54:40	19.746	-64.189	18.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.0	2012/09/16 20:49:12	51.404	-176.543	24.6	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	3.2	2012/09/16 20:43:08	19.721	-64.259	17.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/16 19:13:15	52.458	-174.573	224.9	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	3.2	2012/09/16 19:12:45	19.725	-64.190	19.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.5	2012/09/16 19:10:01	18.308	-67.115	15.0	PUERTO RICO
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 18:54:01	38.808	-122.810	0.7	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.4	2012/09/16 18:53:03	38.793	-122.766	3.3	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP	4.5	2012/09/16 18:33:27	12.674	-89.203	51.1	OFFSHORE EL SALVADOR
MAP	3.6	2012/09/16 17:58:07	19.622	-64.330	48.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 16:46:55	19.679	-64.303	25.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.8	2012/09/16 16:17:25	0.496	96.928	25.4	NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 16:07:08	19.633	-64.356	25.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 15:42:49	19.663	-64.323	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.9	2012/09/16 15:32:55	-10.734	113.860	15.2	SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 15:15:24	18.072	-68.522	112.0	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/16 14:52:08	19.596	-64.201	70.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.7	2012/09/16 14:30:05	58.068	-32.179	10.0	REYKJANES RIDGE
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 14:09:48	19.718	-64.299	18.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/16 14:06:05	19.614	-64.299	58.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.3	2012/09/16 13:13:30	-10.945	113.669	10.0	SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
MAP	5.0	2012/09/16 13:02:54	-18.425	-174.693	124.7	TONGA
MAP	5.0	2012/09/16 12:50:47	-2.711	138.699	52.9	PAPUA, INDONESIA
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 12:13:04	19.720	-64.246	39.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.0	2012/09/16 12:04:22	19.515	-64.194	81.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 11:49:37	18.933	-65.784	5.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 11:35:52	18.915	-65.164	63.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/16 11:25:10	51.961	178.527	2.8	RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 10:52:31	66.361	-147.499	11.1	NORTHERN ALASKA
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 10:32:58	19.113	-65.813	38.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 10:28:44	19.022	-65.788	8.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.5	2012/09/16 10:27:25	18.669	-64.629	10.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 10:24:49	19.044	-64.817	52.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 10:22:22	19.813	-64.374	34.0	NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
MAP	2.7	2012/09/16 10:17:51	19.019	-65.842	45.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/16 10:13:45	19.628	-64.370	15.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 10:12:12	19.005	-65.832	19.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.2	2012/09/16 10:09:44	18.967	-65.832	10.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/16 10:08:30	19.007	-65.814	5.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 10:06:41	19.082	-65.810	17.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 10:05:07	19.007	-65.762	8.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 10:04:06	19.092	-65.836	18.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/16 10:00:43	19.000	-65.770	65.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 09:59:25	19.087	-65.789	44.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/16 09:55:44	19.108	-65.778	35.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 09:54:22	19.061	-65.865	25.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.1	2012/09/16 09:47:56	19.071	-65.833	13.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 09:47:02	19.044	-65.826	13.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.9	2012/09/16 09:34:49	19.667	-64.299	24.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/16 09:06:13	19.326	-64.088	93.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.5	2012/09/16 08:25:43	14.337	-92.731	35.0	OFFSHORE CHIAPAS, MEXICO
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 08:05:35	51.756	-176.474	72.5	ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP	4.4	2012/09/16 07:54:16	37.351	35.609	17.0	CENTRAL TURKEY
MAP	3.1	2012/09/16 07:41:17	19.592	-66.248	16.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 07:28:43	19.035	-65.401	14.0	PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 07:13:58	19.623	-64.178	69.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.3	2012/09/16 06:57:54	18.717	-64.292	44.0	ANEGADA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 06:54:44	19.556	-64.080	63.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.7	2012/09/16 06:28:23	19.006	-65.021	31.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.9	2012/09/16 06:07:26	3.619	90.166	10.0	OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
MAP	5.2	2012/09/16 05:51:09	10.142	-85.526	24.3	COSTA RICA
MAP	3.4	2012/09/16 05:40:06	19.558	-64.260	70.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.8	2012/09/16 05:07:30	19.551	-64.199	68.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 04:56:18	19.568	-64.254	68.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 04:46:54	19.527	-64.191	72.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	3.7	2012/09/16 04:14:10	19.649	-64.369	19.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 04:12:47	18.331	-66.214	57.0	PUERTO RICO
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 04:04:30	35.978	-120.217	20.0	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 03:38:27	61.524	-147.414	7.7	SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP	3.0	2012/09/16 02:33:12	19.691	-64.375	23.0	VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP	4.6	2012/09/16 01:38:08	-10.803	165.758	102.7	SANTA CRUZ ISLANDS
MAP	4.2	2012/09/16 00:39:25	15.542	-94.780	35.0	OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP	3.2	2012/09/16 00:13:09	54.904	-157.093	34.2	SOUTH OF ALASKA
MAP	2.6	2012/09/16 00:09:01	34.715	-116.288	2.0	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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LISS – Live Internet Seismic Server

GSN Stations

These data update automatically every 30 minutes. Last update: September 18, 2012 08:18:50 UTC

Seismograms may take several moments to load. Click on a plot to see larger image.

CU/ANWB, Willy Bob, Antigua and Barbuda

CU/BBGH, Gun Hill, Barbados

CU/BCIP, Isla Barro Colorado, Panama

CU/GRGR, Grenville, Grenada

CU/GRTK, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands

CU/GTBY, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

CU/MTDJ, Mount Denham, Jamaica

CU/SDDR, Presa de Sabaneta, Dominican Republic

CU/TGUH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

IC/BJT, Baijiatuan, Beijing, China

IC/ENH, Enshi, China

IC/HIA, Hailar, Neimenggu Province, China

IC/LSA, Lhasa, China

IC/MDJ, Mudanjiang, China

IC/QIZ, Qiongzhong, Guangduong Province, China

IU/ADK, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

IU/AFI, Afiamalu, Samoa

IU/ANMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

IU/ANTO, Ankara, Turkey

IU/BBSR, Bermuda

IU/BILL, Bilibino, Russia

IU/CASY, Casey, Antarctica

IU/CCM, Cathedral Cave, Missouri, USA

IU/CHTO, Chiang Mai, Thailand

IU/COLA, College Outpost, Alaska, USA

IU/COR, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

IU/CTAO, Charters Towers, Australia

IU/DAV,Davao, Philippines

IU/DWPF,Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

IU/FUNA,Funafuti, Tuvalu

IU/FURI, Mt. Furi, Ethiopia

IU/GNI, Garni, Armenia

IU/GRFO, Grafenberg, Germany

IU/GUMO, Guam, Mariana Islands

IU/HKT, Hockley, Texas, USA

IU/HNR, Honiara, Solomon Islands

IU/HRV, Adam Dziewonski Observatory (Oak Ridge), Massachusetts, USA

IU/INCN, Inchon, Republic of Korea

IU/JOHN, Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/KBS, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Norway

IU/KEV, Kevo, Finland

IU/KIEV, Kiev, Ukraine

IU/KIP, Kipapa, Hawaii, USA

IU/KMBO, Kilima Mbogo, Kenya

IU/KNTN, Kanton Island, Kiribati

IU/KONO, Kongsberg, Norway

IU/KOWA, Kowa, Mali

IU/LCO, Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile

IU/LSZ, Lusaka, Zambia

IU/LVC, Limon Verde, Chile

IU/MA2, Magadan, Russia

IU/MAJO, Matsushiro, Japan

IU/MAKZ,Makanchi, Kazakhstan

IU/MBWA, Marble Bar, Western Australia

IU/MIDW, Midway Island, Pacific Ocean, USA

IU/MSKU, Masuku, Gabon

IU/NWAO, Narrogin, Australia

IU/OTAV, Otavalo, Equador

IU/PAB, San Pablo, Spain

IU/PAYG Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands

IU/PET, Petropavlovsk, Russia

IU/PMG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

IU/PMSA, Palmer Station, Antarctica

IU/POHA, Pohakaloa, Hawaii

IU/PTCN, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific

IU/PTGA, Pitinga, Brazil

IU/QSPA, South Pole, Antarctica

IU/RAO, Raoul, Kermandec Islands

IU/RAR, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

IU/RCBR, Riachuelo, Brazil

IU/RSSD, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

IU/SAML, Samuel, Brazil

IU/SBA, Scott Base, Antarctica

IU/SDV, Santo Domingo, Venezuela

IU/SFJD, Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland

IU/SJG, San Juan, Puerto Rico

IU/SLBS, Sierra la Laguna Baja California Sur, Mexico

IU/SNZO, South Karori, New Zealand

IU/SSPA, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania USA

IU/TARA, Tarawa Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/TATO, Taipei, Taiwan

IU/TEIG, Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico

IU/TIXI, Tiksi, Russia

IU/TRIS, Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic Ocean

IU/TRQA, Tornquist, Argentina

IU/TSUM, Tsumeb, Namibia

IU/TUC, Tucson, Arizona

IU/ULN, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

IU/WAKE, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/WCI, Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, USA

IU/WVT, Waverly, Tennessee, USA

IU/XMAS, Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/YAK, Yakutsk, Russia

IU/YSS, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia

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Documented Earthquakes on the Canary Islands for the last 10 days equal or greater to 1.5

Terremotos de los últimos 10 días en las Islas Canarias de magnitud igual o superior a 1.5 o sentidos:

Information for earthquakes of lesser intensity can be found on Catálogo y boletines sísmicos.

La información de terremotos de magnitud inferior se puede obtener en Catálogo y boletines sísmicos.

This information is subject to modifications as a consequence of the continued revision of seismic analysis

Esta información está sujeta a modificaciones como consecuencia de la continua revisión del análisis sísmico.

Translation : Desert Rose

Event Date Time Lat. Long. Depth Mag. Type Location

Evento	Fecha	Hora(GMT)*	Latitud	Longitud	Prof. (km)	Int. Máx.	Mag.	Tipo Mag. (**)	Localización	Info
1166335	18/09/2012	02:00:06	27.7172	-18.0061	22		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166334	18/09/2012	01:44:59	27.7116	-18.0057	23		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166333	18/09/2012	01:20:05	27.7154	-18.0037	21		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166313	17/09/2012	23:58:02	27.6961	-18.0187	22		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166312	17/09/2012	23:26:31	27.7065	-17.9957	22		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166311	17/09/2012	21:42:46	27.7030	-18.0078	24		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166308	17/09/2012	21:10:53	27.6954	-18.0087	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166306	17/09/2012	21:01:03	27.7032	-18.0052	20		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166301	17/09/2012	20:55:02	27.7141	-18.0022	20		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166283	17/09/2012	20:50:45	27.7009	-18.0074	22		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166282	17/09/2012	20:20:41	27.7107	-18.0105	22		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166280	17/09/2012	20:14:15	27.7036	-17.9998	21		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166279	17/09/2012	19:53:08	27.7042	-17.9886	20		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166278	17/09/2012	19:47:08	27.7155	-18.0153	23		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166273	17/09/2012	18:29:37	27.7204	-18.0029	19		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166266	17/09/2012	17:49:38	27.6889	-17.9883	22		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166265	17/09/2012	17:34:22	27.6855	-18.0191	22		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166260	17/09/2012	16:54:36	27.6945	-18.0669	27		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166247	17/09/2012	16:11:02	27.7200	-17.9911	22		2.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166243	17/09/2012	16:06:47	27.7324	-17.9921	21		2.1	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166240	17/09/2012	16:04:37	27.7184	-17.9992	20		2.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166245	17/09/2012	15:52:55	27.7772	-18.0895	10		1.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166231	17/09/2012	15:39:07	27.7118	-18.0222	22		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166226	17/09/2012	15:34:51	27.7609	-18.0918	10		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166221	17/09/2012	15:32:59	27.7876	-18.1054	11		1.7	mbLg	NW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166224	17/09/2012	15:32:23	27.7054	-18.0069	25		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166225	17/09/2012	15:26:48	27.7398	-18.0069	19		1.5	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166220	17/09/2012	15:15:08	27.7021	-18.0191	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166204	17/09/2012	14:04:42	27.6965	-18.0061	21		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166205	17/09/2012	14:02:27	27.6968	-18.0169	20		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166217	17/09/2012	13:49:28	27.6801	-18.0791	16		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166214	17/09/2012	13:40:08	27.7179	-17.9985	22		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166213	17/09/2012	13:20:35	27.7305	-18.0298	23		1.5	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166202	17/09/2012	13:05:19	27.6834	-18.0092	20		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166198	17/09/2012	12:47:52	27.6832	-18.0099	15		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166199	17/09/2012	12:43:14	27.7365	-18.0161	23		1.7	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166171	17/09/2012	11:52:38	27.6973	-18.0285	21		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166148	17/09/2012	11:16:04	27.6981	-18.0131	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166146	17/09/2012	11:06:18	27.6948	-18.0032	22		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166144	17/09/2012	11:04:19	27.7143	-17.9947	20		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166141	17/09/2012	10:54:41	27.7256	-18.0145	21		1.6	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166142	17/09/2012	10:48:49	27.7211	-18.0185	22		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166143	17/09/2012	10:47:52	27.6974	-18.0090			1.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166103	17/09/2012	10:00:35	27.7061	-17.9905	24		1.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166085	17/09/2012	09:43:12	27.7059	-18.0168	23		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166072	17/09/2012	09:20:44	27.7104	-18.0355	23		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166075	17/09/2012	09:16:06	27.6979	-17.9985			1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166069	17/09/2012	09:11:28	27.7167	-17.9934			2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166068	17/09/2012	09:04:48	27.7181	-18.0060	22		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166060	17/09/2012	08:33:14	27.6835	-18.0236	22		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166064	17/09/2012	08:21:17	27.7925	-18.0067	21		1.5	mbLg	N FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1166057	17/09/2012	08:19:27	27.7142	-18.0143	21		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166054	17/09/2012	08:04:36	27.6896	-18.0120	22		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166055	17/09/2012	07:50:51	27.7225	-17.9935	24		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166056	17/09/2012	07:45:42	27.7203	-18.0018	23		1.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166038	17/09/2012	07:33:30	27.7105	-18.0003	23		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166033	17/09/2012	06:58:53	27.7155	-18.0042	20		2.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166030	17/09/2012	06:17:59	27.7075	-17.9808			1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166027	17/09/2012	05:58:53	27.7211	-18.0139	21		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166028	17/09/2012	05:57:22	27.7019	-18.0153	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166025	17/09/2012	05:35:02	27.7107	-18.0187	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166026	17/09/2012	05:30:04	27.7022	-17.9972	21		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166023	17/09/2012	05:27:21	27.7165	-18.0316	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166024	17/09/2012	05:06:16	27.7155	-18.0297	23		2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166016	17/09/2012	04:22:17	27.7244	-17.9950	21		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166017	17/09/2012	04:16:07	27.6996	-18.0234	23		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166019	17/09/2012	04:06:08	27.6913	-18.0453	22		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166014	17/09/2012	03:53:17	27.6975	-18.0212	23		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166012	17/09/2012	03:37:23	27.7079	-17.9951	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166011	17/09/2012	03:06:03	27.6989	-18.0075	22		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166010	17/09/2012	02:38:58	27.7092	-18.0085	21		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166009	17/09/2012	02:38:07	27.6933	-18.0160	22		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166008	17/09/2012	02:21:35	27.7018	-18.0065	23		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1166007	17/09/2012	01:54:23	27.7107	-18.0084	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165994	17/09/2012	01:28:49	27.7114	-18.0118	21		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165993	17/09/2012	01:24:55	27.7166	-18.0028	20	II	3.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165992	17/09/2012	00:59:44	27.7033	-18.0202	20		1.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165990	17/09/2012	00:30:25	27.7068	-17.9991	22		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165989	16/09/2012	23:38:41	27.7208	-17.9902	21		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165985	16/09/2012	23:24:29	27.7098	-18.0130	21		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165984	16/09/2012	23:15:50	27.7091	-18.0071	22		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165983	16/09/2012	23:01:46	27.7073	-18.0146	21		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165982	16/09/2012	22:54:29	27.7135	-18.0053	21		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165978	16/09/2012	22:16:03	27.7123	-18.0037	22		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165977	16/09/2012	21:58:28	27.7117	-18.0081	22		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165976	16/09/2012	21:55:49	27.7113	-18.0059	22		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165975	16/09/2012	21:43:54	27.7201	-17.9977	21		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165973	16/09/2012	21:40:16	27.7119	-18.0073	23		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165972	16/09/2012	21:09:32	27.7190	-18.0055	22		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165971	16/09/2012	20:49:45	27.7002	-18.0041	22	II	2.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165970	16/09/2012	20:44:15	27.7168	-17.9958	20		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165969	16/09/2012	20:21:40	27.7226	-18.0082	22		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165968	16/09/2012	20:11:42	27.7342	-18.0393	25		1.8	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165966	16/09/2012	19:59:49	27.7210	-18.0070	20		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165967	16/09/2012	19:58:19	27.7263	-18.0068	21		1.7	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165962	16/09/2012	18:58:54	27.7207	-17.9970	22		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165951	16/09/2012	18:50:50	29.2069	-17.4992			3.6	mbLg	ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS	[+]
1165959	16/09/2012	18:41:15	27.7239	-18.0036	22		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165957	16/09/2012	18:32:13	27.7239	-18.0032	22		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165948	16/09/2012	18:02:57	27.7038	-17.9945	19		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165945	16/09/2012	17:55:26	27.7222	-17.9900	22		1.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165946	16/09/2012	17:37:23	27.7145	-17.9951	23		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165939	16/09/2012	17:12:35	27.7293	-17.9939	21		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165933	16/09/2012	16:52:19	27.7110	-17.9863	22		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165934	16/09/2012	16:43:23	27.7179	-17.9915	21		1.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165928	16/09/2012	16:38:35	27.7120	-18.0078	23		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165931	16/09/2012	16:26:47	27.7112	-17.9974	23		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165930	16/09/2012	16:25:45	27.7163	-18.0008	21		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165932	16/09/2012	16:03:53	27.7273	-17.9945	22		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165919	16/09/2012	15:45:20	27.7226	-18.0062	22		1.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165918	16/09/2012	15:33:52	27.7248	-17.9955	20		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165917	16/09/2012	15:20:03	27.7335	-18.0083	21		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165914	16/09/2012	15:11:41	27.7110	-17.9873	21	II	2.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165912	16/09/2012	14:53:03	27.7197	-18.0048	19		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165913	16/09/2012	14:50:05	27.7054	-17.9967	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165916	16/09/2012	14:42:41	27.7268	-17.9992	21		1.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165915	16/09/2012	14:41:05	27.7170	-18.0059	20		1.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165905	16/09/2012	14:36:51	27.7023	-17.9926	22		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165911	16/09/2012	14:24:54	27.6987	-17.9982	18		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165910	16/09/2012	14:24:40	27.7121	-18.0076	20		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165909	16/09/2012	14:24:11	27.7232	-18.0085	21		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165907	16/09/2012	14:22:28	27.7036	-18.0062	23		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165908	16/09/2012	14:11:15	27.7129	-18.0068	22		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165906	16/09/2012	14:08:19	27.7152	-17.9984	21		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165901	16/09/2012	14:01:53	27.7123	-18.0042	26		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165903	16/09/2012	14:01:26	27.7124	-18.0046	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165902	16/09/2012	14:00:51	27.7202	-18.0145	21		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165894	16/09/2012	13:57:52	27.7085	-17.9900	21		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165898	16/09/2012	13:35:33	27.7084	-18.0295	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165893	16/09/2012	13:34:55	27.7148	-18.0293	24		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165899	16/09/2012	13:33:33	27.6956	-18.0170	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165891	16/09/2012	13:28:45	27.7184	-18.0476	25		1.5	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165888	16/09/2012	13:22:00	27.7080	-17.9947	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165889	16/09/2012	13:19:09	27.6970	-18.0190	23		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165880	16/09/2012	13:14:28	27.6591	-18.0190	20		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165887	16/09/2012	12:58:54	27.6909	-18.0231	20		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165884	16/09/2012	12:58:54	27.6765	-18.0172	20		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165886	16/09/2012	12:57:39	27.7027	-18.0218	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165885	16/09/2012	12:57:39	27.6964	-18.0199	22		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165883	16/09/2012	12:54:55	27.7213	-18.0158	22		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165879	16/09/2012	12:47:02	27.7158	-17.9968	20	II	2.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165863	16/09/2012	12:33:07	27.6997	-17.9993	21		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165861	16/09/2012	12:09:56	27.7156	-18.0174	21		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165858	16/09/2012	12:01:15	27.7032	-18.0099	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165843	16/09/2012	11:19:01	27.6943	-18.0039	19		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165841	16/09/2012	11:18:00	27.7312	-18.0050	23		1.8	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165840	16/09/2012	11:17:30	27.6987	-18.0386	23		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165837	16/09/2012	11:01:54	27.7185	-18.0059	22		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165836	16/09/2012	11:01:30	27.7220	-17.9788	21		1.7	mbLg	N EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165829	16/09/2012	10:49:39	27.6934	-17.9826	21		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165824	16/09/2012	10:05:26	27.6896	-18.0013	23		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165831	16/09/2012	09:53:11	27.7285	-17.9929	19		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165828	16/09/2012	09:41:48	27.7182	-17.9880	22		1.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165827	16/09/2012	09:31:00	27.6982	-18.0200	22		1.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165820	16/09/2012	09:03:51	27.6593	-18.0059	25		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165818	16/09/2012	09:00:06	27.7306	-17.9818	22		2.3	mbLg	N EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165803	16/09/2012	08:48:36	27.7188	-18.0048	19	II	3.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165800	16/09/2012	08:36:13	27.7432	-17.9996	20		2.1	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165801	16/09/2012	08:31:57	27.7152	-17.9960	21		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165802	16/09/2012	08:29:38	27.7314	-17.9941	21		2.4	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165797	16/09/2012	08:09:30	27.6958	-18.0207	21		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165796	16/09/2012	08:07:54	27.7107	-18.0071	21		1.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165795	16/09/2012	08:01:13	27.6691	-18.0017	23		2.3	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165794	16/09/2012	07:49:05	27.7137	-18.0068	22		2.6	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165793	16/09/2012	07:48:24	27.7195	-17.9817	22		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165790	16/09/2012	07:38:48	27.7180	-17.9824	22		2.3	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165788	16/09/2012	07:35:54	27.7321	-17.9992	21		2.6	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165787	16/09/2012	07:24:53	27.7217	-17.9891	22		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165786	16/09/2012	07:24:19	27.7267	-18.0083	24		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165791	16/09/2012	07:21:11	27.6994	-18.0047	21		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165785	16/09/2012	07:02:06	27.7248	-18.0047	18		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165783	16/09/2012	07:01:40	27.7151	-17.9770	22		1.8	mbLg	N EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165789	16/09/2012	06:59:08	27.7135	-17.9987	19		2.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165784	16/09/2012	06:32:23	27.7079	-17.9968	22		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165779	16/09/2012	06:16:45	27.6914	-18.0155			1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165780	16/09/2012	06:11:15	27.7061	-17.9918	20		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165781	16/09/2012	06:07:15	27.7137	-17.9942	22		1.7	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165776	16/09/2012	05:54:22	27.6883	-18.0087	24		2.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165775	16/09/2012	05:46:04	27.7114	-18.0093	21		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165774	16/09/2012	05:33:19	27.7098	-18.0030	20		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165768	16/09/2012	05:25:33	27.6995	-17.9984	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165767	16/09/2012	05:22:40	27.7037	-17.9966	24		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165766	16/09/2012	05:18:49	27.7061	-17.9898	21		1.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165765	16/09/2012	05:17:08	27.7185	-17.9839	20		2.3	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165764	16/09/2012	05:02:46	27.7154	-17.9969	19		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165762	16/09/2012	04:42:57	27.6940	-18.0177	19		2.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165760	16/09/2012	04:33:54	27.7006	-17.9734	25		2.1	mbLg	SE EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165759	16/09/2012	04:04:22	27.7050	-17.9960	27		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165755	16/09/2012	03:51:03	27.7179	-17.9990	21		2.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165758	16/09/2012	03:46:13	27.6962	-18.0013	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165757	16/09/2012	03:43:24	27.6961	-18.0045	22		2.4	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165756	16/09/2012	03:42:44	27.7018	-18.0066	22		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165754	16/09/2012	03:36:45	27.6952	-18.0050	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165753	16/09/2012	03:34:39	27.7019	-18.0098	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165751	16/09/2012	03:34:14	27.7023	-18.0119	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165749	16/09/2012	03:31:52	27.7001	-18.0069	22		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165747	16/09/2012	03:30:52	27.7231	-18.0019	21		2.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165744	16/09/2012	03:29:02	27.7018	-17.9990	22		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165745	16/09/2012	03:29:02	27.7068	-17.9850	20		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165743	16/09/2012	03:16:11	27.7241	-17.9826	22		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165752	16/09/2012	03:09:28	27.6964	-17.9857	23		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165746	16/09/2012	03:08:31	27.7119	-17.9910	24		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165750	16/09/2012	03:03:25	27.7054	-17.9898	23		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165748	16/09/2012	02:56:55	27.7026	-18.0062	21		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165742	16/09/2012	02:37:27	27.6840	-18.0183	21		1.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165734	16/09/2012	02:08:22	27.7123	-17.9913	23		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165735	16/09/2012	02:01:08	27.7168	-18.0012	21		1.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165737	16/09/2012	01:52:56	27.7171	-17.9917	22		2.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165738	16/09/2012	01:45:56	27.6967	-17.9953	23		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165739	16/09/2012	01:43:46	27.7021	-17.9847	21		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165727	16/09/2012	01:36:10	27.6892	-18.0024	22		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165723	16/09/2012	01:30:09	27.6952	-18.0211	21		1.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165722	16/09/2012	01:29:06	27.6883	-18.0268	21		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165721	16/09/2012	01:21:50	27.7088	-17.9964	21		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165720	16/09/2012	01:21:03	27.7161	-18.0116	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165719	16/09/2012	01:09:12	27.7041	-17.9996	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165712	16/09/2012	01:08:38	27.6966	-18.0104	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165709	16/09/2012	01:06:23	27.6999	-18.0113	22		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165711	16/09/2012	01:05:03	27.7091	-17.9930	23		1.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165705	16/09/2012	00:54:21	27.6989	-18.0002	23		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165706	16/09/2012	00:49:54	27.7099	-17.9775	22		2.0	mbLg	NE EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165708	16/09/2012	00:43:53	27.6938	-17.9973	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165707	16/09/2012	00:40:45	27.7045	-17.9908	23		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165704	16/09/2012	00:39:31	27.7069	-18.0006	17		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165710	16/09/2012	00:36:34	27.6879	-17.9994	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165703	16/09/2012	00:29:50	27.6878	-18.0096	23		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165701	16/09/2012	00:17:34	27.6990	-18.0047	20		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165700	16/09/2012	00:14:38	27.6995	-18.0045	19		2.3	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165699	16/09/2012	00:10:21	27.7165	-17.9889	21		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165698	16/09/2012	00:10:14	27.7033	-17.9946	23		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165696	16/09/2012	00:00:09	27.7079	-17.9933	20		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165693	15/09/2012	23:53:08	27.6988	-18.0048	23		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165694	15/09/2012	23:42:20	27.7042	-17.9933	20		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165695	15/09/2012	23:33:28	27.7217	-17.9996	22		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165697	15/09/2012	23:30:49	27.7111	-17.9916	23		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165692	15/09/2012	23:26:17	27.7013	-18.0065	22		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165690	15/09/2012	23:18:36	27.6922	-17.9934	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165689	15/09/2012	23:07:00	27.7145	-17.9970	21		1.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165684	15/09/2012	22:53:42	27.7075	-17.9818	21		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165687	15/09/2012	22:46:47	27.7175	-17.9743	22		2.0	mbLg	NE EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165686	15/09/2012	22:45:22	27.7049	-17.9905	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165685	15/09/2012	22:43:10	27.7006	-17.9984	23		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165683	15/09/2012	22:29:53	27.6982	-18.0091	22		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165682	15/09/2012	22:29:27	27.7099	-17.9892	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165681	15/09/2012	22:21:57	27.7029	-17.9948	21		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165680	15/09/2012	22:18:56	27.6907	-18.0200	21		1.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165679	15/09/2012	22:11:51	27.6965	-17.9902	20		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165678	15/09/2012	22:07:03	27.6981	-17.9929	21		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165676	15/09/2012	21:56:18	27.7103	-17.9958	23		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165658	15/09/2012	21:55:15	27.7005	-17.9989	21		2.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165675	15/09/2012	21:44:30	27.7111	-17.9945	23		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165657	15/09/2012	21:38:31	27.6982	-18.0051	21		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165654	15/09/2012	21:28:12	27.6916	-17.9906	22		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165644	15/09/2012	20:58:40	27.7138	-17.9825	22		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165655	15/09/2012	20:47:56	27.7211	-17.9901	20		1.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165653	15/09/2012	20:45:26	27.6968	-17.9931	25		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165652	15/09/2012	20:33:48	27.7314	-17.9826	23		1.8	mbLg	N EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165650	15/09/2012	20:32:58	27.7027	-17.9944	23		1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165651	15/09/2012	20:25:27	27.6983	-17.9926	21		2.4	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165649	15/09/2012	20:20:24	27.6952	-17.9950	20		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165648	15/09/2012	20:14:18	27.6956	-17.9867	22		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165646	15/09/2012	20:04:40	27.6902	-18.0068	23		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165645	15/09/2012	20:04:18	27.6899	-18.0041	23		1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165643	15/09/2012	20:03:35	27.6920	-17.9919	22		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165642	15/09/2012	19:51:27	27.7277	-17.9917	21		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165641	15/09/2012	18:52:52	27.6851	-18.0141	22		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165640	15/09/2012	18:52:06	27.6859	-18.0110	22		2.4	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165639	15/09/2012	18:49:02	27.6929	-18.0068	23		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165638	15/09/2012	18:41:19	27.7108	-17.9947	22		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165637	15/09/2012	18:30:43	27.6991	-17.9861	22		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165636	15/09/2012	18:28:57	27.7032	-18.0026	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165635	15/09/2012	18:19:14	27.6977	-17.9976			2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165634	15/09/2012	17:49:36	27.7285	-18.0039	22		2.6	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165633	15/09/2012	17:47:44	27.7331	-17.9980	23		1.7	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165632	15/09/2012	17:17:22	27.7164	-17.9982	22	III	2.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165615	15/09/2012	17:06:38	27.7159	-18.0049	20	II	2.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165612	15/09/2012	16:50:30	27.7112	-17.9929	22		1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165611	15/09/2012	16:40:22	27.7182	-17.9840	22		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165610	15/09/2012	16:21:50	27.7174	-18.0105	22		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165607	15/09/2012	16:12:31	27.6987	-18.0125			1.7	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165609	15/09/2012	15:54:15	27.7145	-18.0103	22		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165608	15/09/2012	15:46:12	27.7106	-17.9963	23		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165606	15/09/2012	15:30:41	27.7493	-18.0030	23		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165605	15/09/2012	15:26:24	27.7026	-18.0414	22		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165600	15/09/2012	15:15:42	27.7336	-17.9956			2.3	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165599	15/09/2012	14:54:17	27.7183	-17.9839	22		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165598	15/09/2012	14:44:11	27.7113	-17.9879	22		2.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165597	15/09/2012	14:26:19	27.7327	-18.0114	22		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165595	15/09/2012	14:22:12	27.7333	-18.0040	20		2.2	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165587	15/09/2012	14:19:29	27.7227	-17.9957	20		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165581	15/09/2012	13:52:15	27.7227	-18.0020	22		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165580	15/09/2012	13:36:01	27.7339	-17.9987	20		2.6	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165579	15/09/2012	13:31:25	27.7181	-17.9928	22		2.3	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165578	15/09/2012	13:29:02	27.7116	-17.9936	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165571	15/09/2012	13:17:11	27.7333	-17.9960	22		2.4	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165570	15/09/2012	13:13:24	27.7197	-17.9803	24	III	3.2	mbLg	N EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165577	15/09/2012	12:57:32	27.7196	-18.0075	22		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165576	15/09/2012	12:50:08	27.7150	-18.0055	20		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165575	15/09/2012	12:32:14	27.6977	-18.0113	24		2.5	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165574	15/09/2012	12:26:57	27.7273	-18.0038	20		2.0	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165573	15/09/2012	12:12:37	27.7003	-18.0126	22		2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165572	15/09/2012	12:01:09	27.7102	-18.0211	22		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165568	15/09/2012	11:55:01	27.7321	-18.0138	22		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165566	15/09/2012	11:53:27	27.7282	-18.0076	22		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165564	15/09/2012	11:49:41	27.7354	-17.9986	20		2.1	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165567	15/09/2012	11:39:51	27.7079	-18.0134	23	II	2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165565	15/09/2012	11:39:30	27.7027	-17.9988	21		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165560	15/09/2012	10:52:45	27.7029	-18.0079	22	II	2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165563	15/09/2012	10:44:02	27.7093	-18.0027	23		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165562	15/09/2012	10:43:28	27.7036	-17.9930			1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165561	15/09/2012	10:42:54	27.7097	-17.9899	21		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165557	15/09/2012	10:36:03	27.7016	-18.0072	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165556	15/09/2012	10:29:50	27.6828	-18.0135			1.8	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165555	15/09/2012	10:26:33	27.7257	-18.0044	20		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165558	15/09/2012	10:23:11	27.7153	-17.9902	22		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165559	15/09/2012	09:48:19	27.7031	-18.0001	21	II	2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165554	15/09/2012	09:32:00	27.6994	-17.9992	21	II	2.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165551	15/09/2012	09:08:28	27.7062	-18.0011	21	I-II	2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165553	15/09/2012	08:48:42	27.7206	-18.0096	21		2.2	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165552	15/09/2012	08:48:20	27.7097	-18.0046	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165550	15/09/2012	08:42:18	27.7271	-18.0055	22		2.1	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165549	15/09/2012	08:38:27	27.7224	-18.0019	19		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165539	15/09/2012	08:37:24	28.0807	-16.2922	30		2.5	mbLg	ATLÁNTICO-CANARIAS	[+]
1165548	15/09/2012	08:32:28	27.7196	-18.0177	21		2.3	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165547	15/09/2012	08:31:31	27.7233	-18.0099	21	II	2.6	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165546	15/09/2012	08:19:13	27.7132	-18.0097	21		2.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165545	15/09/2012	08:15:08	27.7212	-18.0099	23		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165544	15/09/2012	08:12:23	27.7255	-18.0159	22		1.7	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165543	15/09/2012	08:09:00	27.7213	-18.0087	19		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165538	15/09/2012	07:58:45	27.7357	-17.9949			2.0	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165537	15/09/2012	07:54:03	27.7438	-17.9931			2.1	mbLg	SE FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165536	15/09/2012	07:43:20	27.7309	-18.0199	22		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165535	15/09/2012	07:27:16	27.7112	-18.0251	23		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165534	15/09/2012	07:21:59	27.7199	-18.0162	21		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165531	15/09/2012	07:15:31	27.7023	-18.0130			1.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165532	15/09/2012	07:09:22	27.7259	-18.0077	22		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165533	15/09/2012	07:04:17	27.7142	-18.0029	20		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165529	15/09/2012	06:55:24	27.7379	-18.0001	21		1.8	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165528	15/09/2012	06:47:41	27.7321	-18.0188	21		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165526	15/09/2012	06:40:28	27.7360	-18.0115	22		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165527	15/09/2012	06:26:58	27.7231	-17.9987	21		2.8	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165530	15/09/2012	06:24:47	27.7233	-18.0037	20		2.5	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165525	15/09/2012	06:14:59	27.6951	-18.0285	21		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165522	15/09/2012	06:14:41	27.7204	-18.0133	20		2.4	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165523	15/09/2012	05:55:34	27.7145	-18.0433	23		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165524	15/09/2012	05:43:09	27.7276	-18.0045	20		1.9	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165521	15/09/2012	05:36:13	27.7189	-18.0223	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165520	15/09/2012	05:25:51	27.7303	-18.0148	20		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165512	15/09/2012	05:16:46	27.7001	-18.0132			1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165513	15/09/2012	05:10:11	27.7376	-18.0294	21		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165516	15/09/2012	05:09:39	27.7106	-18.0284	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165518	15/09/2012	05:04:04	27.6899	-18.0083			1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165514	15/09/2012	04:57:42	27.7285	-18.0283	20		2.4	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165515	15/09/2012	04:56:58	27.7126	-18.0323	21		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165517	15/09/2012	04:55:55	27.7142	-18.0245	20		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165519	15/09/2012	04:43:20	27.7089	-18.0169	21		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165511	15/09/2012	04:37:00	27.7018	-18.0203	20		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165510	15/09/2012	04:25:25	27.7193	-18.0304	20		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165509	15/09/2012	04:24:38	27.7247	-18.0290	19		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165508	15/09/2012	04:20:34	27.7048	-18.0343	20		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165507	15/09/2012	04:14:56	27.6815	-18.0080			1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165506	15/09/2012	04:09:18	27.6876	-18.0128			1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165504	15/09/2012	04:05:17	27.7106	-18.0318	20		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165505	15/09/2012	04:02:55	27.7196	-18.0297	19		1.9	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165501	15/09/2012	03:50:39	27.6949	-18.0314	22		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165503	15/09/2012	03:48:41	27.7022	-18.0101	20		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165500	15/09/2012	03:38:21	27.7382	-18.0248	19		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165499	15/09/2012	03:37:17	27.7128	-18.0216	19		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165497	15/09/2012	03:28:03	27.7392	-17.9792	21		2.1	mbLg	SE FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165496	15/09/2012	03:03:32	27.7089	-18.0331	20		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165495	15/09/2012	02:52:58	27.7244	-18.0314	20		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165493	15/09/2012	02:39:28	27.7078	-18.0330	21		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165490	15/09/2012	02:34:46	27.7125	-18.0157	21		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165489	15/09/2012	02:25:50	27.7306	-18.0252	20		2.1	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165487	15/09/2012	02:16:36	27.7302	-18.0327	18		2.7	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165485	15/09/2012	02:10:13	27.7045	-18.0228	19		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165484	15/09/2012	02:05:06	27.7225	-18.0319	20		2.3	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165486	15/09/2012	01:59:36	27.7229	-18.0281	19		2.8	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165488	15/09/2012	01:59:14	27.7122	-18.0280	19		2.7	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165483	15/09/2012	01:42:49	27.7179	-18.0159	20		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165491	15/09/2012	01:33:07	27.6947	-18.0094	26		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165482	15/09/2012	01:29:37	27.7156	-18.0185	20		2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165492	15/09/2012	01:28:40	27.7041	-17.9967	24		2.6	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165494	15/09/2012	01:25:45	27.7136	-18.0008	21		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165481	15/09/2012	01:11:11	27.7057	-18.0019	21		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165480	15/09/2012	01:03:47	27.7021	-18.0110	21		2.4	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165479	15/09/2012	00:51:20	27.7201	-18.0159	22		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165478	15/09/2012	00:43:38	27.7143	-18.0184	22		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165477	15/09/2012	00:42:02	27.7070	-18.0099	22		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165476	15/09/2012	00:39:38	27.6927	-18.0299	21		2.4	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165475	15/09/2012	00:35:53	27.6861	-18.0442	21		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165473	15/09/2012	00:31:16	27.7071	-18.0174	23		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165472	15/09/2012	00:29:38	27.7209	-18.0071	20		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165470	15/09/2012	00:22:09	27.7090	-18.0152	22		1.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165466	15/09/2012	00:17:47	27.7006	-17.9878	21		1.6	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165463	15/09/2012	00:02:54	27.7214	-18.0159	21		1.9	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165464	14/09/2012	23:39:20	27.7126	-18.0031	20	II	3.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165467	14/09/2012	23:33:33	27.7066	-17.9947	22		2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165468	14/09/2012	23:33:03	27.7162	-18.0187	19		2.5	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165469	14/09/2012	23:31:49	27.7295	-18.0147	23		2.4	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165471	14/09/2012	23:26:16	27.7210	-18.0317	22		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165474	14/09/2012	23:22:47	27.7154	-18.0056	22		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165462	14/09/2012	22:38:49	27.6969	-17.9992	21		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165461	14/09/2012	22:27:57	27.7043	-17.9856	22		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165460	14/09/2012	22:20:23	27.6989	-18.0068	22		2.1	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165456	14/09/2012	22:04:47	27.6987	-17.9984	21		2.4	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165457	14/09/2012	21:58:59	27.7032	-18.0213	20		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165459	14/09/2012	21:48:03	27.7100	-18.0073	21		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165455	14/09/2012	21:43:23	27.7127	-18.0137	22		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165449	14/09/2012	21:42:48	27.7175	-18.0298	21		2.2	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165448	14/09/2012	21:36:03	27.7021	-18.0163	22		2.0	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165447	14/09/2012	21:29:45	27.7084	-18.0258	22		2.3	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165444	14/09/2012	21:14:25	27.7229	-18.0312	21		1.9	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165446	14/09/2012	21:14:01	27.6923	-18.0167	22		2.0	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165442	14/09/2012	21:11:51	27.7018	-18.0388	20		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165439	14/09/2012	21:07:46	27.7260	-18.0196	21		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165437	14/09/2012	21:01:50	27.6922	-18.0284	21		2.2	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165434	14/09/2012	20:57:44	27.6934	-18.0167	22		1.9	mbLg	SW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165445	14/09/2012	20:37:24	27.7508	-18.0142	24		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165443	14/09/2012	20:29:03	27.7553	-18.0036	23		2.0	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165441	14/09/2012	20:24:29	27.7308	-17.9943	21		1.7	mbLg	S FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165440	14/09/2012	20:22:26	27.7107	-18.0101	21		1.9	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165438	14/09/2012	20:16:37	27.7944	-17.9561	17		1.9	mbLg	SW VALVERDE.IHI	[+]
1165436	14/09/2012	20:13:52	27.7246	-18.0102	20		2.1	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165435	14/09/2012	20:10:47	27.7404	-18.0094	19		2.2	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165433	14/09/2012	20:09:02	27.7348	-18.0133	19		1.8	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165432	14/09/2012	20:01:01	27.7339	-18.0247	18		2.3	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165430	14/09/2012	20:00:26	27.7100	-18.0146	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165429	14/09/2012	19:49:44	27.7355	-18.0094	20		2.5	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165428	14/09/2012	19:46:54	27.7202	-18.0134	19		2.3	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165427	14/09/2012	19:34:42	27.7145	-18.0362	18		2.8	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165426	14/09/2012	19:32:39	27.7127	-18.0069	21		2.1	mbLg	W EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165425	14/09/2012	19:30:31	27.7348	-18.0194	19		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165424	14/09/2012	19:23:01	27.7242	-18.0050	20		2.0	mbLg	NW EL PINAR.IHI	[+]
1165423	14/09/2012	18:29:12	27.7410	-18.0209	22		2.4	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165422	14/09/2012	18:10:10	27.7447	-18.0523	19		1.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165421	14/09/2012	18:04:30	27.7565	-18.0395	18		1.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165419	14/09/2012	17:43:17	27.7540	-18.0376	19		1.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165418	14/09/2012	16:46:11	27.7391	-18.0541	19		1.9	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165417	14/09/2012	16:29:04	27.7451	-18.0261	18		1.8	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165416	14/09/2012	16:24:10	27.7495	-18.0358	18		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165415	14/09/2012	16:19:08	27.7745	-18.0849	10		2.4	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165414	14/09/2012	15:59:03	27.7642	-18.0287	18		1.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165413	14/09/2012	15:38:37	27.7423	-18.0396	18		1.8	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165411	14/09/2012	15:05:17	27.7575	-18.0292	18		1.8	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165410	14/09/2012	14:36:54	27.7585	-18.0390	17		1.9	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165409	14/09/2012	14:14:16	27.7372	-18.0452	19		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165406	14/09/2012	13:43:37	27.7520	-18.0350	19		2.2	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165403	14/09/2012	13:03:45	27.7397	-18.0385	18		1.9	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165402	14/09/2012	13:01:28	27.7417	-18.0469	18		2.0	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165401	14/09/2012	12:43:55	27.7466	-18.0383	17		2.2	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165400	14/09/2012	12:15:03	27.7557	-18.0347	17		2.1	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165364	14/09/2012	11:04:51	27.7509	-18.0232	19		2.3	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165349	14/09/2012	10:36:55	27.7235	-18.0362	18		1.6	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165346	14/09/2012	10:32:26	27.7627	-18.0832	10		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165347	14/09/2012	10:30:58	27.7429	-18.0346	19		1.6	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165344	14/09/2012	10:26:33	27.7654	-18.0815	10	II	2.6	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165345	14/09/2012	10:10:30	27.7449	-18.0299	20		2.4	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165348	14/09/2012	10:10:16	27.7510	-18.0335	20		2.2	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165335	14/09/2012	09:55:03	27.7879	-18.0844	8		1.5	mbLg	NW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165330	14/09/2012	09:05:29	27.7709	-18.0838	10		1.9	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165328	14/09/2012	08:59:52	27.7708	-18.0873	11		2.0	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165223	13/09/2012	03:05:16	27.7663	-18.0873	11		2.2	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165027	12/09/2012	03:26:01	27.7183	-18.0725	19		1.9	mbLg	SW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1165014	12/09/2012	02:53:40	27.7716	-18.0928	11		2.0	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164986	11/09/2012	14:58:39	27.7914	-18.0918	11		1.9	mbLg	NW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164985	11/09/2012	14:56:54	27.7630	-18.0891	11		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164983	11/09/2012	14:50:53	27.7347	-18.0964	20		1.8	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164978	11/09/2012	14:42:27	27.7694	-18.0891	11		1.8	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164973	11/09/2012	14:34:18	27.7661	-18.0953	11		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164906	11/09/2012	10:16:16	27.7629	-18.0885	11		2.0	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164782	10/09/2012	23:31:00	27.7863	-18.0837	9		1.6	mbLg	NW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164781	10/09/2012	23:29:35	27.7740	-18.0908	11		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164779	10/09/2012	21:48:19	28.2752	-16.4932			1.6	mbLg	NW FASNIA.ITF	[+]
1164765	10/09/2012	20:36:31	27.7943	-18.1043	10		1.6	mbLg	NW FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164731	10/09/2012	12:39:54	27.7613	-18.0849	10		2.1	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164730	10/09/2012	12:13:46	27.7662	-18.0870	10		2.1	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]
1164517	08/09/2012	23:12:07	27.7603	-18.0817	11		1.7	mbLg	W FRONTERA.IHI	[+]

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Volcanic Activity

Spain’s El Hierro Island Volcano Starts Erupting

Photo: Underwater Volcano on El Hierro Island erupts

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Volcanic activity on Spain’s El Hierro island has resumed far below the Earth’s surface in a similar manner to last July, albeit slightly stronger, the director of the National Geographic Institute, or IGN, in the Canary Islands, Maria Jose Blanco, told Efe on Sunday.

Blanco said that a peak of seismic activity is under way, a continuation of the volcanic process – a shifting of magma many kilometers (miles) under ground – that began in July 2011 which, although the main activity ended at the time with an undersea eruption, that did not mean that the overall activity had come to a definitive conclusion.

The IGN official said that at present it is not expected that the seismic movements that have been registered – which have occurred at depths of some 20 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) – exceed 3.2 on the Richter scale, a fairly low level.

Blanco could not specify how long this new round of activity would last, although she did say that seismic peaks like the current one would, in all likelihood, continue to occur.

Therefore, she said, the IGN is studying the idea of convening the scientific committee of the Civil Protection Plan for Volcanic Risk in the Canaries after this reactivation in the depths of the El Hierro volcano, where over the past three days more than 330 minor seismic movements have been registered.

Officials with the regional government of the Canaries told Efe that experts had verified “an acceleration of released seismic energy accompanied by deformations” in underground structures.

For the present, the largest movement registered so far was the one measured at 3.2 on the Richter scale, which was felt on Saturday for some 13 hours and 15 minutes by the residents of the municipality of El Pinar, according to IGN data.

Volcanic activity world-wide 16 September 2012: Popocatepetl, El Hierro, Fuego, Santiaguito, San Cristobal, Santiaguito, Little Sitkin, Manam, Batu Tara, Sakura-jima

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A slight increase of activity can be noted at Popocatépetl volcano in Mexico. The frequency of explosions has increased to more than 1 per hour, i.e. doubled when compared to last week.
The more energetic explosions produced small ash plumes rising up to 1 km. Episodes of volcanic tremor occurred as well, CENAPRED writes.

The new seismic swarm at El Hierro continues with hundreds of small quakes per day concentrated at about 20 km depth in the south-central part of the island near El Pinar. Pulses of tremor and a slight inflation are visible as well, but for now, it seems that magma is not moving much.

San Cristobal volcano had a small explosion yesterday at 8:17 am local time. Recent measurements showed an increase of SO2 emissions to 2,490 tons per day, i.e. almost double than before. Also, seismic tremor increased in the evening of 15 Sep.

Fuego volcano, Guatemala: Activity remains at normal levels with sporadic weak to moderate explosions with ash rising 400-800 meters and some rumbling sounds. The lava flow to the Taniluya canyon has apparently decreased a lot, as INSIVUMEH reported it to be only 50 m long yesterday.

Santiaguito volcano continues to have occasional explosions ejecting ash columns to 500 meters height, which spread west and northwest over the region of the villages of El Rosario and San Marcos, Palajunoj. There is constant activity in the 4 active lava flows, generating avalanches of blocks deposited within the river banks Nima Nima I and II.

Most other volcanoes in Central and Southern America have not shown any significantly unusual behavior.

Satellite observations:
Batu Tara had its daily explosion to send ash to about 7,000 ft altitude, VAAC Darwin reports.

A strong SO2 plume was visible from Manam volcano (PNG) today, suggesting that there is heightened activity or an eruption.

Sakurajima volcano seems to be having a break from its relatively strong phase over the past days. There was only one probably weak explosion reported during the past 24 hours.

Mount Gamalama spews volcanic ashes

The Jakarta Post | Archipelago

Mount Gamalama in Ternate, North Maluku, spewed out volcanic ash on Sunday, showering some parts of the provincial capital that is currently hosting an international sailing event: Sail Morotai 2012.

Guests of Corner Palace Hotel panicked when a rain of ash fell for about 15 minutes.

Matut, 48, a local resident, said ash also rained down on Saturday night at 11 p.m. until the small hours of Sunday morning, Antara news agency reported.

Volcanic ash mostly blanketed the eastern and southern parts of Ternate, the capital of North Maluku province.

On May 9, a flood of cold lava from Mount Gamalama also hit some areas in the city, claiming the lives of three residents.

Two Indonesian Volcanoes Awaken, Rattling Nerves

Ismira Lutfia |

Smoke and ash billow from North Maluku’s Gamalama on Sunday. (Antara Photo/Rosa Panggabean)

Two of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes erupted on Saturday, prompting the government to issue warnings to populations living near the affected mountains.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday that new eruption started at Lokon in North Sulawesi and Gamalama at Ternate in North Maluku.

Lokon generated a 1,500-meter high ash plume and violent strombolian (low-level) activity with some lava flow, while Gamalama produced a shower of ashes that covered the nearby city.

Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for BNPB, said on Sunday that Lokon, located in North Sulawesi’s Tomohon area, erupted at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

The explosion from the eruption shattered windows of the command post built to monitor the activities of the volcano, he said.

The agency, Sutopo said, had issued warnings to local administrations to prepare precautionary measures, and called on people to remain alert.

“The residents don’t have to be evacuated but they must not do any activities within the range of five kilometers from the volcano,” Sutopo said.

He said that the BNPB had asked the Tomohon administration to raise the awareness of residents.

Meanwhile, the Gamalama spurt sent ashes into the air for about 15 minutes at 11 p.m., before the wind carried the ashes toward the North Maluku capital of Ternate. “The ashes came down on the city, decreasing visibility to only 50 meters,” Sutopo said.

He said BNPB’s local branch went to the affected area and set up four stations to help people in the event of a larger eruption. “Here also, we don’t see any need to evacuate people. But we will stay on high alert,” the official said.

Lokon has erupted several times previously, with an explosion in July 2011 forcing more than 5,200 people to be evacuated.

The eruption created huge clouds of ash as high as 3,500 meters.

Lokon’s last deadly eruption was in 1991, when a Swiss tourist was killed.

Last December, Gamalama erupted, resulting in four villagers being killed and dozens others being hospitalized. About 1,000 residents were forced to evacuate.

The Indonesian archipelago has dozens of active volcanoes and straddles major tectonic fault lines known as the “Ring of Fire” between the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Earlier this month, there was volcanic activity at Lampung’s Anak Krakatau.

Indonesian Vulcanology Office Issues Warning for Tangkuban Perahu 9:15pm Sep 6, 2012

Taking the Water, With a Side of Eggs, at Bandung’s Tangkuban Perahu 8:03pm Jul 25, 2012

Gede and Pangrango Mountains Closed to Trekkers for August: Officials 1:15pm Jul 20, 2012

Breathing Problems Hit Sirung Evacuees 4:05pm May 23, 2012

Sumatra’s Mount Marapi Has Minor Eruption 9:16am May 18, 2012

16.09.2012

Volcano Eruption

Nicaragua

Chinandega Department, [ San Cristobal volcano]

Volcano Eruption in Nicaragua on Saturday, 08 September, 2012 at 18:12 (06:12 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Sunday, 16 September, 2012 at 03:26 UTC
Description
Nicaragua boosted its responses to volcanic activity in the northwestern region Saturday, as the San Cristobal volcano acted up for the second time in a week. Authorities installed 43 radio communication stations along the Pacific coast to monitor San Cristobal and another volcano, Telica. The radio posts aim to “ensure improved monitoring of seismic and volcanic behavior in the area,” said civil defense chief Colonel Nestor Solis, enabling authorities to issue more accurate warnings sooner. A number of towns near San Cristobal, located some 135 kilometers (83 miles) northwest of the capital, were evacuated last week after the volcano began rumbling, sending a column of smoke and ash high into the sky, before subsiding. On Saturday, the 1,745-meter (5,725-foot) tall volcano again spewed “abundant gas emissions moving toward the northeast” and increased seismic tremor and sulfur concentrations, according to the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies, or INETER. Sulfur dioxide monitoring showed levels of the compound — considered a measure of volcanic activity — were nearly double the readings from previous days, said the director of national disaster prevention and relief agency SINAPRED, Guillermo Gonzalez.

17.09.2012

Volcano Activity

Philippines

Island of Luzon, [Taal Volcano]

Volcano Activity in Philippines on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 12:02 (12:02 PM) UTC.

Description
Taal volcano’s seismic network detected one volcanic earthquake during the past 24-hour observation period. Steaming activity and crater glow could not be observed due to thick clouds covering the volcano’s summit the whole day yesterday up to this morning,

17.09.2012

Volcano Activity

Philippines

Province of Albay, [Mayon Volcano]

Volcano Activity in Philippines on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 12:00 (12:00 PM) UTC.

Description
Mayon Volcano’s seismic network detected one volcanic earthquake during the past 24-hour observation period. Steaming activity and crater glow could not be observed due to thick clouds covering the volcano’s summit the whole day yesterday up to this morning,

17.09.2012

Volcano Eruption

Indonesia

Ternate Island, [Mount Gamalama Volcano]

Volcano Eruption in Indonesia on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 05:59 (05:59 AM) UTC.

Description

A volcano has erupted in eastern Indonesia, spewing clouds of thick, gray ash. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. State volcanologist Kristianto says Mount Gamalama in the Molucca Islands sprang to life last week. It unleashed two strong eruptions over the weekend, sending volcanic ash as high as 1 kilometer (0.62 miles). Kristianto, who uses only one name, says slow-moving red lava was visible at the peak of the eruption Monday. Villages have been blanketed with thick ash but no evacuations have been ordered. Gamalama last erupted late last year, and its mudflows killed four villagers two weeks later. Indonesia is a vast archipelago with millions of people living on mountains or near fertile flood plains. Seasonal downpours here often cause landslides.

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Storms / Flooding

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Nadine (AL14)	Atlantic Ocean	11.09.2012	18.09.2012	Tropical Depression	45 °	93 km/h	111 km/h	4.27 m	NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Nadine (AL14)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 16° 18.000, W 43° 6.000
Start up:	11th September 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	1,373.91 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

Useful links:

Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
12th Sep 2012	05:01:17	N 17° 48.000, W 45° 12.000	24	65	83	Tropical Storm	300	13	1004 MB	NOAA NHC
12th Sep 2012	10:46:22	N 18° 36.000, W 46° 36.000	28	74	93	Tropical Storm	300	15	1001 MB	NOAA NHC
13th Sep 2012	05:34:52	N 20° 42.000, W 50° 6.000	26	111	139	Tropical Storm	305	17	990 MB	NOAA NHC
13th Sep 2012	11:12:43	N 21° 30.000, W 51° 18.000	26	111	139	Tropical Storm	305	17	990 MB	NOAA NHC
14th Sep 2012	05:11:31	N 25° 0.000, W 53° 42.000	24	111	139	Tropical Storm	330	17	989 MB	NOAA NHC
15th Sep 2012	06:55:17	N 30° 0.000, W 52° 48.000	22	120	148	Hurricane I.	25	17	985 MB	NOAA NHC
15th Sep 2012	10:59:20	N 30° 42.000, W 51° 24.000	24	120	148	Hurricane I.	50	13	985 MB	NOAA NHC
16th Sep 2012	05:13:53	N 30° 36.000, W 46° 36.000	28	130	157	Hurricane I.	95	15	983 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Sep 2012	05:22:55	N 31° 24.000, W 38° 6.000	30	111	139	Tropical Storm	75	16	987 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Sep 2012	10:47:47	N 32° 0.000, W 36° 24.000	28	111	139	Tropical Storm	65	15	985 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
18th Sep 2012	10:46:51	N 34° 18.000, W 33° 36.000	13	93	111	Tropical Depression	45 °	14	990 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
19th Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 36° 54.000, W 32° 54.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
19th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 35° 54.000, W 32° 54.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
20th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 37° 12.000, W 32° 36.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
21st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 36° 42.000, W 30° 30.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
22nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 35° 0.000, W 30° 30.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
23rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 32° 0.000, W 32° 0.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC

Lane (EP12)

Pacific Ocean – East

15.09.2012

18.09.2012

Hurricane I

330 °

120 km/h

148 km/h

5.49 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Lane (EP12)
Area:	Pacific Ocean – East
Start up location:	N 14° 0.000, W 123° 30.000
Start up:	15th September 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	403.34 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
16th Sep 2012	05:13:14	N 13° 18.000, W 124° 6.000	11	65	83	Tropical Storm	280	16	1003 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Sep 2012	05:21:23	N 15° 0.000, W 125° 48.000	15	111	139	Tropical Storm	320	18	995 MB	NOAA NHC
17th Sep 2012	10:50:02	N 15° 54.000, W 126° 6.000	15	120	148	Hurricane I.	335	16	993 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
18th Sep 2012	10:47:17	N 19° 18.000, W 127° 48.000	15	120	148	Hurricane I	330 °	18	989 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
19th Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 21° 18.000, W 130° 24.000	Tropical Depression	65	83	NOAA NHC
19th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 20° 36.000, W 129° 18.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
20th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 21° 24.000, W 131° 42.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC
21st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 20° 30.000, W 135° 30.000	Tropical Depression	46	65	NOAA NHC
22nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 19° 30.000, W 140° 30.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC

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Radiation /Nuclear

17.09.2012

Nuclear Event

USA

State of New Hampshire, [Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant]

Nuclear Event in USA on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 19:11 (07:11 PM) UTC.

Description

[This event happened on friday, 14.09.2012] The nuclear reactor at Seabrook Station has been powered down since Friday evening, when a water intake valve was jammed closed by a computer glitch, according to an announcement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Water sank to a “low low level” inside one of Seabrook Station’s four steam generators on Friday, Sept. 14, after the valve problem occurred, according to an NRC inspector who was called to the scene. The low water level tripped an automatic shutdown of the reactor at approximately 8:25 p.m. The NRC inspector’s report indicates a computer card controlling the feedwater regulator valve failed. All other systems performed as expected after the reactor process stopped, according to the NRC inspector’s report. “One of our resident inspectors assigned to Seabrook traveled to the site Friday night to independently verify that the shutdown was being safely and effectively carried out and did not identify any concerns,” NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan wrote in an email announcement Monday. A report created by the NRC inspector indicates “emergency feedwater” was “actuated” because of low water levels in the steam generator. Al Griffith, a spokesman for the operators of Seabrook Station, Next Era Energy, said the plant was scheduled to power down on Sunday for a “refueling outage.” The event on Friday led them to begin the refueling outage early, he said. “Because we were entering a refueling outage anyway, we’ll keep the plant down,” Griffith said.

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Epidemic Hazards / Disease

17.09.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Ghana

Volta Region, [Akatsi District]

Epidemic Hazard in Ghana on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 12:24 (12:24 PM) UTC.

Description
Six people have died from the cholera outbreak in parts of the Volta Region. Five of the deaths were recorded in Akatsi South while the sixth death was recorded in Adidome in the Central Tongu District. Four Electoral Areas in the Akatsi District are all battling with the disease.The Assemblyman for the Wute Electoral Area, Sammy Wuadi, said the cholera outbreak did not come as a surprise and that the people are being conscientised to keep their surroundings clean. According to Mr Wuadi, the situation is gradually abating following the strategies put in place by the Environmental Health Directorate to forestall the spread. A Senior Environmental Health Assistant in the Akatsi South District, Ms Akua Dzaka also stated that residents are being advised to desist from drinking from the Tordji River which is believed to have been contaminated. “We suspect that that is the source of the cholera outbreak and we are also educating them to take good care of the food that they eat,” she said.
Biohazard name:	Cholera
Biohazard level:	2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

17.09.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Province of Orientale, [Haut Uele District]

Epidemic Hazard in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, 17 August, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 03:01 UTC
Description
The Ebola virus has taken the Congo by storm, killing 31 people in the northeast part of the country. Another 38 people have the disease, sending alarm bells off in the World Health Organization. The total number dead has doubled over the past week, and workers are worried that having traditional funerals might increase the spread of the disease among those in attendance. There is no cure for Ebola and the disease kills 40 to 90 percent of those infected. It is also painful, leading to severe internal bleeding.

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Solar Activity

2MIN News Sept 17. 2012

Published on Sep 17, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

2012 Pole Shift Video: http://youtu.be/uI10tKuLtFU

TODAY’S LINKS
Pole shift video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2yl3R54r3w [MrMaverickstar]
Fading magnetic field Intensity: http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/igrf/anime/index.html
S Pole Shift: http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/poles/figs/pole_ss.gif
N Pole Shift: http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/poles/figs/pole_ns.gif
Japan/China Conflict: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/17/us-china-japan-idUSBRE88F00H20120917
Coral In trouble: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-coral-reefs-climate-drastically-limited.html

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]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

US Wind Map: http://hint.fm/wind/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html

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]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

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!]

QUAKES LIST FULL: http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

2MIN News Sept 16. 2012

Published on Sep 16, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

2012 Explanation Video: http://youtu.be/uI10tKuLtFU

TODAY’S LINKS
Sanba Waves: http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/raw-big-waves-f…
Aussie Beach Drones: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-16/aerial-drones-to-patrol-queensland-beac…
Australian Islam Protests: http://www.news.com.au/national/police-use-pepper-spray-on-anti-islamic-film-…
Ceres JL: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=CERES;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=0#orb
Planck’s Law: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/sep/14/plancks-law-violated-at-…
Visible on Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/beacon/planets/

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]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

US Wind Map: http://hint.fm/wind/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

GOES Xray: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/sxi/goes15/index.html

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]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

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!]

QUAKES LIST FULL: http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/seismologist.php

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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2012 FC71)

18th September 2012

0 day(s)

0.1074

41.8

24 m – 53 m

3.51 km/s

12636 km/h

(1998 FF14)

19th September 2012

1 day(s)

0.0928

36.1

210 m – 480 m

21.40 km/s

77040 km/h

331990 (2005 FD)

19th September 2012

1 day(s)

0.1914

74.5

320 m – 710 m

15.92 km/s

57312 km/h

(2009 SH2)

24th September 2012

6 day(s)

0.1462

56.9

28 m – 62 m

7.52 km/s

27072 km/h

333578 (2006 KM103)

25th September 2012

7 day(s)

0.0626

24.4

250 m – 560 m

8.54 km/s

30744 km/h

(2002 EZ2)

26th September 2012

8 day(s)

0.1922

74.8

270 m – 610 m

6.76 km/s

24336 km/h

(2009 SB170)

29th September 2012

11 day(s)

0.1789

69.6

200 m – 440 m

32.39 km/s

116604 km/h

(2011 OJ45)

29th September 2012

11 day(s)

0.1339

52.1

18 m – 39 m

4.24 km/s

15264 km/h

(2012 JS11)

30th September 2012

12 day(s)

0.0712

27.7

270 m – 600 m

12.60 km/s

45360 km/h

137032 (1998 UO1)

04th October 2012

16 day(s)

0.1545

60.1

1.3 km – 2.9 km

32.90 km/s

118440 km/h

(2012 GV11)

05th October 2012

17 day(s)

0.1830

71.2

100 m – 230 m

6.96 km/s

25056 km/h

(2009 XZ1)

05th October 2012

17 day(s)

0.1382

53.8

120 m – 280 m

16.87 km/s

60732 km/h

(2006 TD)

06th October 2012

18 day(s)

0.1746

68.0

88 m – 200 m

13.03 km/s

46908 km/h

(2009 TK)

06th October 2012

18 day(s)

0.0450

17.5

100 m – 230 m

11.10 km/s

39960 km/h

(2004 UB)

08th October 2012

20 day(s)

0.1995

77.6

240 m – 530 m

14.65 km/s

52740 km/h

277830 (2006 HR29)

11th October 2012

23 day(s)

0.1917

74.6

190 m – 440 m

7.88 km/s

28368 km/h

(2008 BW2)

11th October 2012

23 day(s)

0.1678

65.3

3.1 m – 6.8 m

11.10 km/s

39960 km/h

(2005 GQ21)

12th October 2012

24 day(s)

0.1980

77.0

620 m – 1.4 km

23.86 km/s

85896 km/h

(2012 GV17)

12th October 2012

24 day(s)

0.1500

58.4

160 m – 370 m

16.11 km/s

57996 km/h

256004 (2006 UP)

14th October 2012

26 day(s)

0.1374

53.5

65 m – 140 m

3.06 km/s

11016 km/h

(2005 ST1)

14th October 2012

26 day(s)

0.1319

51.3

230 m – 510 m

12.88 km/s

46368 km/h

(2011 OB57)

14th October 2012

26 day(s)

0.1553

60.4

17 m – 37 m

4.95 km/s

17820 km/h

(2012 KB4)

14th October 2012

26 day(s)

0.1271

49.4

22 m – 49 m

4.98 km/s

17928 km/h

(2004 RX10)

15th October 2012

27 day(s)

0.0819

31.9

150 m – 340 m

11.86 km/s

42696 km/h

(2006 WV1)

15th October 2012

27 day(s)

0.0910

35.4

17 m – 39 m

6.15 km/s

22140 km/h

(2012 LA)

16th October 2012

28 day(s)

0.0449

17.5

8.3 m – 19 m

1.86 km/s

6696 km/h

329275 (1999 VP6)

17th October 2012

29 day(s)

0.1766

68.7

300 m – 670 m

7.15 km/s

25740 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife/ Hazmat

17.09.2012

Biological Hazard

USA

State of Colorado, Colorado Springs [East of Powers Boulevard, El Paso County]

Biological Hazard in USA on Saturday, 15 September, 2012 at 04:43 (04:43 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 03:01 UTC
Description
El Paso County health officials announced Friday, September 14, that a wild rabbit found on the northeast side of Colorado Springs has been laboratory-confirmed positive for Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague. This comes on the heels of a Pagosa Springs girl who contracted the plague and recovered from the disease. El Paso Countyâs last reported human case occurred in 1991. An El Paso County Public Health news release Friday says the animal was found is East of Powers Boulevard near the St. Francis Medical Center/Hospital. Of utmost importance is the risk to the human population in the area. Infectious disease experts are conducting an investigation to determine potential human exposures and to assess the general area for additional plague concerns. The people exposed have been identified and have been given preventive antibiotics to prevent plague from developing.

17.09.2012

Biological Hazard

India

State of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

Biological Hazard in India on Thursday, 13 September, 2012 at 03:25 (03:25 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 03:18 UTC
Description
A rare disease suspected to be of âscrub typhusâ has claimed 30 lives, in Alwar district of Rajasthan this season. Another six have died due to a disease with similar symptoms in Dausa. Concerned over the high death count recorded since August 22 this year, the health department has sought the help of National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) based in New Delhi. A team has reached the spot to collect blood samples, according to official sources. Scrub typhus can be cured but only if it is timely diagnosed. It is caused by the bite of mites especially during the monsoon season and is reported in areas close to jungles or urban shrubs. Since fever is one of the early symptoms of this disease, wrong or delayed diagnosis is a major worry. Residents claim that the death toll is over 50 but chief medical health officer (CMHO) in Alwar, Dr K K Meena, puts the official figure at 30. In Dausa, six people died recently after showing similar symptoms as scrub typhus which includes high fever and low platelet count. âIn the initial investigation, we have found that some of them had low platelet count accompanied by fever,â said Dr O P Bairwa, CMHO, Dausa.

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17.09.2012

HAZMAT

USA

State of Texas, Halliburton

HAZMAT in USA on Friday, 14 September, 2012 at 03:03 (03:03 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 16:48 UTC
Description
Halliburton has lost a seven-inch radioactive rod somewhere in the Texas desert. The National Guard has been called in to help to find the device, which employees of the controversial US oilfield services company lost a week ago. The rod, which contains americium-241/beryllium and is stamped with a radiation warning symbol with the words “Danger Radioactive: Do not handle. Notify civil authorities if found”, was lost during a 130-mile journey between oil well sites in Pecos and Odessa last Tuesday. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) warned that the radioactive material “could cause permanent injury to a person who handled them”. The agency said americium-241/beryllium, known as Am-241, is a “category 3″ source of radiation and would normally have to be held for some hours before causing health problems.But the NRC still warned that “it could possibly â although it is unlikely â be fatal to be close to this amount of unshielded radioactive material for a period of days to weeks”. A spokeswoman for the NRC said the agency could not remember the last time a radioactive rod went missing. “[There has] never been one lost in the public domain,” she said. The spokeswoman added that there was a concern the radioactive material could fall into the hands of terrorists. The route the Halliburton truck took between Pecos and Odessa has been painstakingly searched with radioactive detection gear three times with assistance from local police and the National Guard. “When the crew went to remove the Am-241 source they discovered the source transport container lock and plug were not in place and that the source was missing,” the NRC said in its report into the incident. “The crew returned to the well site near Pecos and searched for the source, but did not find it. The radiation safety officer stated that the lock was found in the storage compartment in the back of the truck. The transport container plug was not in the container.”The three-man Halliburton crew, who had been using the rod to identify oil and gas deposits suitable for fracking, have been questioned by the FBI. The NRC said Halliburton was carrying out a forensic search of the truck. “They are literally stripping it down, removing every piece of equipment looking for the source,” the agency said. Halliburton said it would offer a reward to anyone who finds the rod but cautioned the public to stay at least 25ft away from the device.

17.09.2012

HAZMAT

Czech Republic

Multiple region, [Prerov,Osek and Becvou]

HAZMAT in Czech Republic on Tuesday, 11 September, 2012 at 14:15 (02:15 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 02:54 UTC
Description
A 63-year-old man died Sunday in the Czech Republic after drinking bootleg spirits tainted with methanol, bringing the death toll from an outbreak of alcohol poisoning to 20, hospital staff said. The man was found unconscious Friday at a railway station in the eastern town of Prerov and was hospitalised in a very serious condition. “Despite their efforts, doctors were unable to save him. The man died today a little before noon,” hospital spokeswoman Hana Szotkovska said. Eastern regions of the country have been hit hardest by what Czech experts describe as the worst wave of alcohol poisoning in three decades, but a first case has also been reported in the capital Prague. Around 40 people remained in hospital Sunday from the outbreak, which claimed its first two victims on September 6 and prompted the health minister on Friday to ban the sale of liquor with an alcohol content of over 20 percent. Poland, which borders eastern Czech Republic, on Sunday banned the sale of all alcohol manufactured by its neighbour, except for beer and wine. Czech police have to date charged 22 people in connection with the case. On Friday, they raided thousands of bars, restaurants and shops across the country for traces of bootleg alcohol. Czech police chief Martin Cervicek spoke Sunday of progress in the investigation, telling public radio station CRo1 that officers were on the trail of those who may have supplied the material used to manufacture the spirits.

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17.09.2012

Technological Disaster

China

Province of Jiangxi, Ganzhou [Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway]

Technological Disaster in China on Monday, 17 September, 2012 at 12:09 (12:09 PM) UTC.

Description

Sixteen people are trapped after a tunnel along the Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway collapsed Sunday night in east China’s Jiangxi Province, local authorities said Monday. The tunnel, which is still under construction, collapsed at around 10 p.m. in Longnan County in the city of Ganzhou, said rescuers. By Monday noon, the trapped people still had not been found. The tunnel is part of the 3,429 km-expressway that spans from northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province all the way to southern Guangdong Province.

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7-year-old bubonic plague survivor leaves hospital

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September 15, 2012

Health And Wellness Report

Health : Diseases – Medical Research

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Colorado girl visits zoo after surviving bubonic plague

by Cheryl Preheim, KUSA-TV, Denver

DENVER — A 7-year-old survivor of bubonic plague spent her first day out of the hospital at the zoo before heading home Wednesday to Pagosa Springs, Colo.

Sierra Jane Downing overcame a bacterial infection that no one else in this state has battled in six years. The last confirmed case of bubonic plague was in 2006.

“I got bubonic plague,” Sierra said. “It was from a dead squirrel. My sweater was near it.”

Her mom deduced later that fleas from the squirrel carcass must have jumped on Sierra’s sweater.

“We believe this is a miracle she survived,” said Sierra’s father, Sean Downing, as his daughter battled a 107-degree fever.

It happened fast.

“She had a seizure, and I took her to the emergency room,” Sean Downing said.

On Aug. 24, an emergency medical helicopter took his daughter from Pagosa Springs, about 300 miles southwest of Denver, to Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children here as he made the five-hour drive.

“First I was really, really cold (and) then hotter and hotter and hotter,” Sierra said.

Hospital doctors said Sierra’s fever was as high as they ever had seen.

After 2-1/2 weeks, with a teddy bear clutched in her arms and snuggled into a wheelchair, Sierra left the hospital Monday. Many of those days, the second-grader was in critical condition.

Before going home, she visited the zoo and spent some time with her parents at Ronald McDonald House. Sierra squealed with happiness as she dug into a gift box containing candy and crayons and nail polish that was delivered to the house.

“We could not have done it without this place,” said Sierra’s mom, Darcy Downing. “It really makes you feel like you have a home and support.”

Both parents talk about the doctors and their friends and neighbors in Pagosa Springs who have been so kind.

“We are so humbled that so many people care,” Sean Downing said. “I know that our faith has been exercised and increased through this.”

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Earth Watch Report – Saturday September 1st, 2012

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September 1, 2012

Earthquakes

RSOE EDIS

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
01.09.2012 07:45:20	2.9	Europe	Greece	West Greece	Neochorion		EMSC
01.09.2012 07:45:44	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Bal?kesir	Marmara		EMSC
01.09.2012 07:30:28	5.1	South America	Colombia	Santander	Cepita		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 06:20:26	2.1	North America	United States	California	Coalinga		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 06:45:19	2.2	Europe	Greece	East Macedonia and Thrace	Kamariotissa		EMSC
01.09.2012 06:45:47	2.0	Europe	Italy	Calabria	Salerni		EMSC
01.09.2012 06:46:11	2.8	Europe	Poland	Lower Silesian Voivodeship	Jerzmanowa		EMSC
01.09.2012 06:00:33	2.0	North America	United States	Alaska	Lake Minchumina		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 06:46:33	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Sarigerme		EMSC
01.09.2012 06:10:47	3.4	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Hawke’s Bay	Takapau		GEONET
01.09.2012 06:46:54	2.7	Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zenica		EMSC
01.09.2012 05:45:24	3.3	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Marathopolis		EMSC
01.09.2012 05:46:20	3.1	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Sarigerme		EMSC
01.09.2012 05:46:48	2.2	Asia	Turkey	Van	Toyga		EMSC
01.09.2012 05:47:15	2.1	Europe	Italy	Sicily	Panarea		EMSC
01.09.2012 05:11:16	5.5	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand		Mamaku		GEONET
01.09.2012 05:47:37	2.0	Europe	Greece	South Aegean	Olymbos		EMSC
01.09.2012 04:15:26	2.0	North America	United States	Alaska	Livengood		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 04:00:41	2.2	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 04:25:29	4.6	Middle America	El Salvador	Usulután	Puerto El Triunfo		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 04:45:20	4.6	Middle-America	El Salvador	Usulután	Puerto El Triunfo		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:50:26	2.4	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 03:35:51	2.4	North America	United States	California	Imperial		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 03:36:15	2.5	North America	United States	California	Seeley		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 03:40:21	5.3	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Eastern Visayas	Sulangan		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:43:20	5.3	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Eastern Visayas	Sulangan		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 03:40:45	2.6	Europe	Italy	Calabria	Salerni		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:41:03	5.4	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Eastern Visayas	Sulangan		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:43:38	5.4	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Libas		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 03:41:21	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Siirt	Uzyum		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:41:39	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Siirt	Uzyum		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:42:02	2.9	Europe	Greece	Crete	Platanos		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:42:20	2.2	Asia	Turkey	Siirt	Uzyum		EMSC
01.09.2012 03:42:39	5.2	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Libas		EMSC
01.09.2012 02:50:25	5.3	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Libas		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 02:35:18	2.6	Europe	Greece	Central Greece	Kastrakion		EMSC
01.09.2012 02:25:26	3.2	North America	United States	Alaska	Beaver		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 02:30:28	4.9	Pacific Ocean – West	New Caledonia		Tadine		USGS-RSOE
01.09.2012 02:35:41	4.9	Pacific Ocean – West	New Caledonia		Tadine		EMSC
01.09.2012 02:35:59	2.6	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Meligalas		EMSC
01.09.2012 02:36:17	5.7	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Caraga	Union		EMSC
01.09.2012 02:36:35	3.1	Asia	Turkey	Kütahya	Dumlupinar		EMSC
01.09.2012 01:30:26	2.2	Europe	Poland	Silesian Voivodeship	Gorzyczki		EMSC
01.09.2012 01:30:45	3.0	Europe	Italy	Tuscany	Santa Mama		EMSC
01.09.2012 00:30:26	2.1	Europe	Italy	The Marches	Cartoceto		EMSC
01.09.2012 00:30:52	5.1	Pacific Ocean – West	Philippines	Eastern Visayas	Sulangan		EMSC
31.08.2012 23:55:29	2.7	North America	United States	California	Arbuckle		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 23:56:15	3.5	North America	United States	California	Coalinga		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 23:45:39	2.3	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 23:35:30	2.8	North America	United States	California	Arbuckle		USGS-RSOE

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7.9 Mwp – PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	7.9 Mwp
Date-Time	31 Aug 2012 12:47:34 UTC 31 Aug 2012 20:47:34 near epicenter 31 Aug 2012 06:47:34 standard time in your timezone
Location	10.828N 126.677E
Depth	34 km
Distances	106 km (66 miles) ESE (102 degrees) of Guiuan, Samar, Philippines 175 km (109 miles) NE (48 degrees) of Surigao, Mindanao, Philippines 187 km (116 miles) ESE (104 degrees) of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines 749 km (465 miles) SE (124 degrees) of MANILA, Philippines
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 13.7 km; Vertical 5.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 486; Dmin = 432.9 km; Rmss = 1.00 seconds; Gp = 13° M-type = Mwp; Version = 9
Event ID	us c000cc5m

For updates, maps, and technical information, see:
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National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/

Summary

Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors)

General

100 km

50 mi

10.839°N, 126.704°E
Depth: 34.9km (21.7mi)

Event Time

2012-08-31 12:47:34 UTC
2012-08-31 20:47:34 UTC+08:00 at epicenter
2012-08-31 07:47:34 UTC-05:00 system time

Nearby Cities

96km (60mi) E of Sulangan, Philippines
109km (68mi) ESE of Guiuan, Philippines
162km (101mi) ESE of Borongan, Philippines
176km (109mi) NE of Surigao, Philippines
747km (464mi) ESE of Manila, Philippines

Tectonic Summary

The August 31, 2012 M 7.6 earthquake off the east coast of the Philippines occurred as a result of reverse faulting within the oceanic lithosphere of the Philippines Sea plate. The preliminary location of the earthquake indicates this is an intraplate event, 50 or more kilometers to the east of the subduction zone plate boundary between the Philippine Sea and Sunda plates. At the latitude of the earthquake, the Philippine Sea plate moves west-northwest at a velocity of approximately 100 mm/yr.

While this region of the Philippines experiences moderate-to-large earthquakes fairly frequently – there have been approximately 40 events of M6 and above over the past 40 years, within 250 km of the August 31 2012 earthquake – large events outboard of the subduction zone are unusual. While several moderate-sized events have occurred in this intraplate region, most have been the result of normal faulting within the shallower oceanic lithosphere, rather than deeper reverse faulting like August 31 2012 event. The largest nearby event regardless of mechanism was the October 1975 M 7.6 earthquake, approximately 200 km to the north of the August 31 2012 event.

For information on aftershocks within the region of this earthquake, see this map.

Seismotectonics of the Philippine Sea and Vicinity

The Philippine Sea plate is bordered by the larger Pacific and Eurasia plates and the smaller Sunda plate. The Philippine Sea plate is unusual in that its borders are nearly all zones of plate convergence. The Pacific plate is subducted into the mantle, south of Japan, beneath the Izu-Bonin and Mariana island arcs, which extend more than 3,000 km along the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea plate. This subduction zone is characterized by rapid plate convergence and high-level seismicity extending to depths of over 600 km. In spite of this extensive zone of plate convergence, the plate interface has been associated with few great (M>8.0) ‘megathrust’ earthquakes. This low seismic energy release is thought to result from weak coupling along the plate interface (Scholz and Campos, 1995). These convergent plate margins are also associated with unusual zones of back-arc extension (along with resulting seismic activity) that decouple the volcanic island arcs from the remainder of the Philippine Sea Plate (Karig et al., 1978; Klaus et al., 1992).

South of the Mariana arc, the Pacific plate is subducted beneath the Yap Islands along the Yap trench. The long zone of Pacific plate subduction at the eastern margin of the Philippine Sea Plate is responsible for the generation of the deep Izu-Bonin, Mariana, and Yap trenches as well as parallel chains of islands and volcanoes, typical of circum-pacific island arcs. Similarly, the northwestern margin of the Philippine Sea plate is subducting beneath the Eurasia plate along a convergent zone, extending from southern Honshu to the northeastern coast of Taiwan, manifested by the Ryukyu Islands and the Nansei-Shoto (Ryukyu) trench. The Ryukyu Subduction Zone is associated with a similar zone of back-arc extension, the Okinawa Trough. At Taiwan, the plate boundary is characterized by a zone of arc-continent collision, whereby the northern end of the Luzon island arc is colliding with the buoyant crust of the Eurasia continental margin offshore China.

Along its western margin, the Philippine Sea plate is associated with a zone of oblique convergence with the Sunda Plate. This highly active convergent plate boundary extends along both sides the Philippine Islands, from Luzon in the north to the Celebes Islands in the south. The tectonic setting of the Philippines is unusual in several respects: it is characterized by opposite-facing subduction systems on its east and west sides; the archipelago is cut by a major transform fault, the Philippine Fault; and the arc complex itself is marked by active volcanism, faulting, and high seismic activity. Subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate occurs at the eastern margin of the archipelago along the Philippine Trench and its northern extension, the East Luzon Trough. The East Luzon Trough is thought to be an unusual example of a subduction zone in the process of formation, as the Philippine Trench system gradually extends northward (Hamburger et al., 1983). On the west side of Luzon, the Sunda Plate subducts eastward along a series of trenches, including the Manila Trench in the north, the smaller less well-developed Negros Trench in the central Philippines, and the Sulu and Cotabato trenches in the south (Cardwell et al., 1980). At its northern and southern terminations, subduction at the Manila Trench is interrupted by arc-continent collision, between the northern Philippine arc and the Eurasian continental margin at Taiwan and between the Sulu-Borneo Block and Luzon at the island of Mindoro. The Philippine fault, which extends over 1,200 km within the Philippine arc, is seismically active. The fault has been associated with major historical earthquakes, including the destructive M7.6 Luzon earthquake of 1990 (Yoshida and Abe, 1992). A number of other active intra-arc fault systems are associated with high seismic activity, including the Cotabato Fault and the Verde Passage–Sibuyan Sea Fault (Galgana et al., 2007).

Relative plate motion vectors near the Philippines (about 80 mm/yr) is oblique to the plate boundary along the two plate margins of central Luzon, where it is partitioned into orthogonal plate convergence along the trenches and nearly pure translational motion along the Philippine Fault (Barrier et al., 1991). Profiles B and C reveal evidence of opposing inclined seismic zones at intermediate depths (roughly 70-300 km) and complex tectonics at the surface along the Philippine Fault.

Several relevant tectonic elements, plate boundaries and active volcanoes, provide a context for the seismicity presented on the main map. The plate boundaries are most accurate along the axis of the trenches and more diffuse or speculative in the South China Sea and Lesser Sunda Islands. The active volcanic arcs (Siebert and Simkin, 2002) follow the Izu, Volcano, Mariana, and Ryukyu island chains and the main Philippine islands parallel to the Manila, Negros, Cotabato, and Philippine trenches.

Seismic activity along the boundaries of the Philippine Sea Plate (Allen et al., 2009) has produced 7 great (M>8.0) earthquakes and 250 large (M>7) events. Among the most destructive events were the 1923 Kanto, the 1948 Fukui and the 1995 Kobe (Japan) earthquakes (99,000, 5,100, and 6,400 casualties, respectively), the 1935 and the 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquakes (3,300 and 2,500 casualties, respectively), and the 1976 M7.6 Moro Gulf and 1990 M7.6 Luzon (Philippines) earthquakes (7,100 and 2,400 casualties, respectively). There have also been a number of tsunami-generating events in the region, including the Moro Gulf earthquake, whose tsunami resulted in more than 5000 deaths.

More information on regional seismicity and tectonics

Additional Data Contributors

7.6 Mww – PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	7.6 Mww
Date-Time	31 Aug 2012 12:47:34 UTC 31 Aug 2012 20:47:34 near epicenter 31 Aug 2012 06:47:34 standard time in your timezone
Location	10.838N 126.704E
Depth	34 km
Distances	108 km (67 miles) E (101 degrees) of Guiuan, Samar, Philippines 178 km (110 miles) NE (49 degrees) of Surigao, Mindanao, Philippines 190 km (118 miles) ESE (104 degrees) of Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines 751 km (466 miles) ESE (123 degrees) of MANILA, Philippines
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 13.3 km; Vertical 2.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 688; Dmin = 435.1 km; Rmss = 0.98 seconds; Gp = 11° M-type = Mww; Version = A
Event ID	us c000cc5m ***This event has been revised.

For updates, maps, and technical information, see:
Event Page
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/

Summary

Location and Magnitude contributed by: USGS, NEIC, Golden, Colorado (and predecessors)

General

50 km

20 mi

10.839°N, 126.704°E
Depth: 34.9km (21.7mi)

Event Time

2012-08-31 12:47:34 UTC
2012-08-31 20:47:34 UTC+08:00 at epicenter
2012-08-31 07:47:34 UTC-05:00 system time

Nearby Cities

96km (60mi) E of Sulangan, Philippines
109km (68mi) ESE of Guiuan, Philippines
162km (101mi) ESE of Borongan, Philippines
176km (109mi) NE of Surigao, Philippines
747km (464mi) ESE of Manila, Philippines

Tectonic Summary

For information on aftershocks within the region of this earthquake, see this map.

Seismotectonics of the Philippine Sea and Vicinity

More information on regional seismicity and tectonics

Additional Data Contributors

Today

Earthquake

Philippines

Eastern Visayas, [Coastal Region]

Earthquake in Philippines on Saturday, 01 September, 2012 at 02:26 (02:26 AM) UTC.

Description

A 7.6 earthquake struck off the Philippine coast on Friday, triggering landslides that killed at least one person and a small tsunami that hit the eastern part of the archipelago, authorities said. The quake struck at a depth of 34 kilometres (21 miles) in the Pacific Ocean about 140 kilometres from the Philippines, leading to tsunami warnings across its east coast and as far away as Indonesia, Japan and Papua New Guinea. A series of small waves ranging from 16-centimetres (six-inch) to 50 centimetres hit the eastern Philippines about two hours after the quake, according to local authorities, but there were no reports of major damage. The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center shortly afterwards lifted its tsunami warnings for the Philippines and Indonesia. It had earlier cancelled similar warnings for Japan, Taiwan and several Pacific islands. The warnings led to a burst of terror for residents along the east coast of the Philippines, many of whom were without electricity because power lines had been cut during the earthquake that hit at 8:47 pm (1247 GMT). Leticia Amos, 35, a government employee, said hundreds of families on Samar island rushed to a hillside area, carrying their belongings as soon as the alert was raised.”It is very dark, there is no electricity and everyove is panicking,” she said. “Our place is on a hilly portion along the highway, and hundreds of people from low lying bayside areas rushed here.” The quake shook large areas of the east, and one person was confirmed killed when a landslide engulfed her home in Cagayan de Oro City. “There’s a 60-year-old woman who died and a five-year-old girl who was injured. There was a small landslide,” civil defence chief Benito Ramos said on DZMM radio. “The quake occurred amid strong rain, so the earth shook loose and there was a landslide.” Paula Daza, the governor of northern Samar province, one of the areas closest to where the quake struck, said there were reports of damage to infrastructure. “Some cracks appeared on concrete roads, and at the base of at least one bridge,” he said. Sol Matugas, the governor of another eastern region, Surigao del Norte, said on DZMM radio that the quake had severely shaken homes. “We were rather frightened. For the first time, we saw objects falling out of our cabinets,” he said. The USGS had initially reported the quake as having a magnitude of 7.9, but revised it to 7.6.

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8.1 Earthquake Philippines – Aug 31, 2012

Published on Aug 31, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

2MIN News Aug 31: http://youtu.be/3h_YWsuDb5k

BUOYs: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
USGS: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html
Global Quakes: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

7.9 quake hits Eastern Samar

CEBU CITY (3rd Update) — A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook some parts of the Visayas, particularly Eastern Samar,

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported in its website that the quake’s epicenter was located at 112 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.

Source: http://www.usgs.gov

The quake’s origin is tectonic and it has a depth of 10 kilometers.

It was also located at 175 kilometers northeast of Surigao, 187 kilometers east southeast of Tacloban, Leyte and 749 kilometers southeast of Manila, the US Geological Survey said in its latest bulletin.

The USGS issued a tsunami warning in the Philippines, as well as in Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan and Guam.

Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum advised residents in Surigao del Norte, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte and Bicol to be on alert for possible aftershocks.

He also advised those living in coastal villages in these areas to evacuate due to the tsunami warning.

Southern Leyte Governor Damian Mercado said in a radio interview that he told all town mayors in the province to evacuate all families living in coastal areas. Evacuation is also ongoing in Eastern Samar and Surigao.

No damage has been reported as of this posting Friday. (Sunnex)

LISS – Live Internet Seismic Server

GSN Stations

These data update automatically every 30 minutes. Last update: September 1, 2012 04:49:32 UTC

Seismograms may take several moments to load. Click on a plot to see larger image.

CU/ANWB, Willy Bob, Antigua and Barbuda

CU/BBGH, Gun Hill, Barbados

CU/BCIP, Isla Barro Colorado, Panama

CU/GRGR, Grenville, Grenada

CU/GTBY, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

CU/MTDJ, Mount Denham, Jamaica

CU/TGUH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

IC/BJT, Baijiatuan, Beijing, China

IC/ENH, Enshi, China

IC/HIA, Hailar, Neimenggu Province, China

IC/LSA, Lhasa, China

IC/MDJ, Mudanjiang, China

IC/QIZ, Qiongzhong, Guangduong Province, China

IU/ADK, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

IU/AFI, Afiamalu, Samoa

IU/ANMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

IU/ANTO, Ankara, Turkey

IU/BBSR, Bermuda

IU/CASY, Casey, Antarctica

IU/CCM, Cathedral Cave, Missouri, USA

IU/CHTO, Chiang Mai, Thailand

IU/COLA, College Outpost, Alaska, USA

IU/COR, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

IU/CTAO, Charters Towers, Australia

IU/DAV,Davao, Philippines

IU/DWPF,Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

IU/FUNA,Funafuti, Tuvalu

IU/GNI, Garni, Armenia

IU/GRFO, Grafenberg, Germany

IU/GUMO, Guam, Mariana Islands

IU/HKT, Hockley, Texas, USA

IU/HNR, Honiara, Solomon Islands

IU/HRV, Adam Dziewonski Observatory (Oak Ridge), Massachusetts, USA

IU/INCN, Inchon, Republic of Korea

IU/JOHN, Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/KBS, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Norway

IU/KEV, Kevo, Finland

IU/KIEV, Kiev, Ukraine

IU/KIP, Kipapa, Hawaii, USA

IU/KMBO, Kilima Mbogo, Kenya

IU/KNTN, Kanton Island, Kiribati

IU/KONO, Kongsberg, Norway

IU/KOWA, Kowa, Mali

IU/LCO, Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile

IU/LSZ, Lusaka, Zambia

IU/LVC, Limon Verde, Chile

IU/MA2, Magadan, Russia

IU/MAJO, Matsushiro, Japan

IU/MAKZ,Makanchi, Kazakhstan

IU/MBWA, Marble Bar, Western Australia

IU/MIDW, Midway Island, Pacific Ocean, USA

IU/NWAO, Narrogin, Australia

IU/OTAV, Otavalo, Ecuador

IU/PAB, San Pablo, Spain

IU/PAYG Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands

IU/PET, Petropavlovsk, Russia

IU/PMG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

IU/PMSA, Palmer Station, Antarctica

IU/POHA, Pohakaloa, Hawaii

IU/PTCN, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific

IU/PTGA, Pitinga, Brazil

IU/QSPA, South Pole, Antarctica

IU/RAO, Raoul, Kermadec Islands

IU/RAR, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

IU/RCBR, Riachuelo, Brazil

IU/RSSD, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

IU/SAML, Samuel, Brazil

IU/SBA, Scott Base, Antarctica

IU/SDV, Santo Domingo, Venezuela

IU/SFJD, Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland

IU/SJG, San Juan, Puerto Rico

IU/SLBS, Sierra la Laguna Baja California Sur, Mexico

IU/SNZO, South Karori, New Zealand

IU/SSPA, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania USA

IU/TARA, Tarawa Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/TEIG, Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico

IU/TIXI, Tiksi, Russia

IU/TRIS, Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic Ocean

IU/TRQA, Tornquist, Argentina

IU/TSUM, Tsumeb, Namibia

IU/TUC, Tucson, Arizona

IU/ULN, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

IU/WAKE, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/WCI, Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, USA

IU/WVT, Waverly, Tennessee, USA

IU/XMAS, Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/YSS, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia

Tsunami Information

Pacific Ocean Region
Date/Time (UTC)	Message	Location	Magnitude	Depth	Status	Details
31.08.2012 14:54 PM	Fixed Regional Tsunami Warning Cancellation	Philippine Islands Region	7.6	33 km

Fixed Regional Tsunami Warning Cancellation in Philippine Islands Region, Pacific Ocean

GuID:	pacific.TSUPAC.2012.08.31.1454
Date/Time:	2012-08-31 14:54:01
Source:	PTWC
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Location:	Philippine Islands Region
Magnitude:	M 7.6
Depth:	33 km
Tsunami observed:	Yes, tsunami wave has been observed.

Fixed Regional Tsunami Warning Cancellation in Philippine Islands Region, Pacific Ocean

000
WEPA40 PHEB 311454
TSUPAC

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1454Z 31 AUG 2012

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

ADDITIONAL SEA LEVEL READINGS INCLUDED. WARNING IS CANCELLED.

... TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

 INDONESIA / PHILIPPINES / BELAU

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  1248Z 31 AUG 2012
 COORDINATES -  10.9 NORTH  127.1 EAST
 DEPTH       -   33 KM
 LOCATION    -  PHILIPPINE ISLANDS REGION
 MAGNITUDE   -  7.6

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 MALAKAL KOROR PW      7.3N 134.5E  1447Z   0.01M /  0.0FT  10MIN
 DART 52404           20.9N 132.3E  1418Z   0.01M /  0.0FT  10MIN
 DAVAO PH              7.1N 125.6E  1350Z   0.03M /  0.1FT  32MIN
 DART 52405           12.9N 132.3E  1333Z   0.03M /  0.1FT  10MIN
 LEGASPI PH           13.1N 123.8E  1343Z   0.03M /  0.1FT  14MIN

 LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
 LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
 TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
 AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
        IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
        VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
 PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

 NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
        ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
         MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

 SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
 BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
 THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
 AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
 OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
 THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
 CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
 CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
 ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

 NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC
 ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
 THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
 THIS CENTER.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION.  IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

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Volcanic Activity & Discoveries

Reclus volcano (Patagonia, Chile): increased number of earthquakes as sign of reawakening

Volcano Discovery

BY: T

Some unrest is going on at Reclus volcano in southern Chile, located between Aguilera and Monte Burney in Patagonia, the Eruptions Blog writes:
“Over the summer, earthquakes began to be felt in towns in the region of the volcano and a potential for new activity from the Reclus has prompted geologists to visit the volcano later this spring (southern hemisphere). Interestingly, one article mentions that an overflight of the volcano in 2008 spotted cracks on the glaciers that cover the volcano along with traces of ash. However, the direct connection between the seismicity in Patagonia and Reclus is still tenuous, so further observations of the remote volcano will need to be done.”
Reclus has had at least 4 historical eruptions around, 1908, 1879, and in 1869. Although these were small, the volcano has produced larger explosive eruptions in the past and should be closely monitored.

All news about: Reclus volcano
Information about: Reclus volcano

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Links / Sources:

Three Rumbling Volcanoes: Little Sitkin, Reclus and Tangkubanparahu (Eruptions Blog)

Elevated Volcanic Activity and Information Releases

Friday, Aug 31, 2012 at 20:30:59 PDT.

The following U.S. volcanoes are known to be above normal background (elevated unrest or eruptions) or have shown activity that warranted an Information Release (for example, an earthquake swarm).
Times are local to the volcano and in military format.
Volcano Alert Levels & Aviation Color Codes defined at http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/alertsystem.

Little Sitkin Alert Level=ADVISORY. Aviation Color Code=YELLOW. As of Aug 31, 2012, 15:35 AKDT
Anomalous seismicity that began on August 29 gradually decreases since 06:00 AKDT (14:00 UTC) August 31, 2012.
(Change to current status occurred on Aug 30, 2012 04:23 AKDT from Alert Level UNASSIGNED and Aviation Color Code UNASSIGNED )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/archiveupdate.php?noticeid=7691
Iliamna Alert Level=ADVISORY. Aviation Color Code=YELLOW. As of Aug 31, 2012, 15:35 AKDT
Clouds obscured satellite and webcam view of Iliamna during the past 24 hours. Seismicity remains slightly above background.
(Change to current status occurred on Mar 9, 2012 13:07 AKDT from Alert Level NORMAL and Aviation Color Code GREEN )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/archiveupdate.php?noticeid=7690
Cleveland Alert Level=WATCH. Aviation Color Code=ORANGE. As of Aug 31, 2012, 15:35 AKDT
Satellite imagery indicates that as of August 27, 2012, the summit crater of Cleveland is a tephra-covered funnel surrounding a central vent containing no dome.
(Change to current status occurred on Jun 19, 2012 15:06 AKDT from Alert Level ADVISORY and Aviation Color Code YELLOW )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/archiveupdate.php?noticeid=7689
Pagan Alert Level=ADVISORY. Aviation Color Code=YELLOW. As of Aug 31, 2012, 10:09 ChST
Low-level unrest. YELLOW/ADVISORY. Persistent steam/gas plume.
(Change to current status occurred on Oct 6, 2011 14:21 ChST from Alert Level UNASSIGNED and Aviation Color Code UNASSIGNED )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/archiveupdate.php?noticeid=7686
Kilauea Alert Level=WATCH. Aviation Color Code=ORANGE. As of Aug 31, 2012, 08:16 HST
DI deflation and lava lake dropping slowed; new pit craters in Pu`u `O`o Crater and barely active lava flows to the SE; no ocean entry; gas emissions elevated.
(Change to current status occurred on Mar 9, 2011 19:45 HST from Alert Level WARNING and Aviation Color Code RED )
For more information see http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/archiveupdate.php?noticeid=7688

Hong Kong Discovers 140 Million Year-Old Supervolcano

WSJ

: Reuters; People stand on large hexagonal columns of volcanic rock, southeast of Hong Kong in this handout photo released August 30, 2012.

Some 140 million years after it erupted and then toppled into the sea, an ancient supervolcano in Hong Kong is making headlines.

The government announced Thursday that it had located the supervolcano—the first discovery of its kind in southeastern China—while surveying in the area in southeastern Hong Kong. The volcano is now extinct and poses no threat to Hong Kong.

What makes the volcano super? When it last exploded 140 million years ago, it would have darkened the sky with 312 cubic miles of ash, enough to blanket all of Hong Kong, said Denise Tang of the government’s civil engineering & development department, which discovered the volcano. About 50 other such supervolcanos are known to exist around the world, she said.

The original base of Hong Kong’s supervolcano would have measured about 11 miles in diameter, and the vista of vaulting, hexagonal rock columns and small islands it left behind remain gorgeous reminders of its dramatic geologic past. They can be toured by boat, but Ms. Tang was quick to warn any would-be tourists to use caution before making any expeditions.

“Although it’s very beautiful,” she said, “there’s no facilities, no pier facilities, so we actually do not recommend people try to land on the island.”

Click here for more images.

– Te-Ping Chen. Follow her on Twitter @tepingchen

Ancient volcano discovered in Hong Kong

01.07.2012 Китай Гонконг город Азия вода река

Hong Kong. Photo: EPA

Remnants of an ancient super volcano have been discovered near Hong Kong.

According to experts, the last eruption of the volcano occurred in the Mesozoic Era at the turn of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods about 140 million years ago.

The diameter of the gigantic crater spans 18 kilometers.

Scientists have confirmed the earlier hypothesis that the volcano settled down many years ago and assured Hong Kong residents that it won’t erupt again.

TASS

31.08.2012

Volcano Activity

USA

State of Alaska, [Little Sitkin Volcano]

Volcano Activity in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 02:27 (02:27 AM) UTC.

Description

Seismologists say a cluster of earthquakes has been detected at a remote volcano in Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the quakes began Wednesday evening at Little Sitkin Volcano and are continuing as of Thursday morning. No eruption has been detected. Scientist in charge John Power says there is no direct link to the swarm of earthquakes at Little Sitkin and a cluster of quakes that shook California’s Imperial County earlier this week. Powers says Little Sitkin is located on an uninhabited island and is far from any populated areas. He says the seismic activity is unusual for Little Sitkin, whose last eruption possibly in the early 1900s is questionable. Powers says the concern about an eruption would be the possible threat posed to aircraft.

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather

01.09.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

Spain

Andalusia, [Marbella Region]

Forest / Wild Fire in Spain on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 10:16 (10:16 AM) UTC.

Description

A huge wildfire is approaching the wealthy resort of Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol, where the authorities have evacuated thousands of people. Flames reached the Elviria area on the edge of Marbella early on Friday. About 1,000 people have been evacuated from the edge of Marbella, about 3,300 from Ojen and others from a camp site at Alpujata, Spanish media report. They include at least 300 British expats sent to evacuation centres, the UK embassy said. Marbella is famous for its up-market hotels and villas – it is a favourite haunt of wealthy foreigners. Overnight the fire spread rapidly through a 12km (eight-mile) coastal strip, not far from holiday resorts. Two people have suffered serious burns and some homes have been engulfed by the fire. The Costa del Sol is one of Spain’s most popular holiday destinations and home to a large British expatriate community. The British embassy says it is working closely with the Spanish authorities and consular staff have been deployed to assist those affected.

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Storms/ Flooding / Landslide

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Ileana (EP09)	Pacific Ocean – East	28.08.2012	01.09.2012	Hurricane I	300 °	102 km/h	120 km/h	5.18 m	NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Ileana (EP09)
Area:	Pacific Ocean – East
Start up location:	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000
Start up:	28th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	764.48 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
28th Aug 2012	04:45:33	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	290	15	1000 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	04:37:35	N 17° 0.000, W 111° 6.000	17	93	111	Tropical Storm	305	11	997 MB	NOAA NHC
30th Aug 2012	05:06:37	N 19° 6.000, W 113° 6.000	15	120	148	Hurricane I.	320	17	987 MB	NOAA NHC
31st Aug 2012	04:54:30	N 21° 12.000, W 114° 12.000	9	139	167	Hurricane I.	335	10	976 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
01st Sep 2012	05:06:50	N 22° 36.000, W 116° 42.000	13	102	120	Hurricane I	300 °	17	991 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
02nd Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 23° 30.000, W 121° 24.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 18.000, W 119° 36.000	Tropical Depression	65	83	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 36.000, W 123° 0.000	Tropical Depression	46	65	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 42.000, W 126° 0.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC
05th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 30.000, W 129° 0.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC
06th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 0.000, W 133° 30.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC

Kirk (AL02)

Atlantic Ocean

29.08.2012

01.09.2012

Hurricane II

15 °

130 km/h

157 km/h

4.27 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Kirk (AL02)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000
Start up:	29th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	741.98 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
29th Aug 2012	04:44:17	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	280	15	1007 MB	NOAA NHC
30th Aug 2012	05:13:04	N 25° 54.000, W 48° 18.000	15	93	111	Tropical Storm	300	18	1002 MB	NOAA NHC
31st Aug 2012	04:48:39	N 29° 0.000, W 50° 42.000	19	157	194	Hurricane II.	335	18	980 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
01st Sep 2012	05:01:53	N 33° 54.000, W 49° 30.000	26	130	157	Hurricane II	15 °	14	988 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
02nd Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 43° 42.000, W 39° 36.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 39° 24.000, W 44° 24.000	Hurricane I	120	148	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 48° 6.000, W 33° 42.000	Hurricane I	102	120	NOAA NHC

Leslie (AL12)

Atlantic Ocean

30.08.2012

01.09.2012

Hurricane I

295 °

102 km/h

120 km/h

5.79 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Leslie (AL12)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 14° 6.000, W 43° 24.000
Start up:	30th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	664.99 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
31st Aug 2012	04:48:01	N 14° 42.000, W 46° 48.000	30	83	102	Tropical Storm	280	12	1002 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
01st Sep 2012	05:02:48	N 17° 24.000, W 52° 48.000	33	102	120	Hurricane I	295 °	19	999 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
02nd Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 21° 6.000, W 59° 24.000	Hurricane I	120	148	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 19° 42.000, W 57° 24.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 22° 36.000, W 60° 54.000	Hurricane II	130	157	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 25° 0.000, W 62° 0.000	Hurricane II	130	157	NOAA NHC
05th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 26° 30.000, W 62° 30.000	Hurricane II	130	157	NOAA NHC
06th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 28° 0.000, W 62° 30.000	Hurricane II	139	167	NOAA NHC

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31.08.2012

Technological Disaster

USA

State of Louisiana, [Lake Tangipahoa region]

Technological Disaster in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 04:46 (04:46 AM) UTC.

Description

Lake Tangipahoa, a 450 to 500-acre lake at Percy Quinn State Park just north of the Mississippi state line, was swollen from Isaac’s rain, undermining a dam that, if it failed, would release the body of water into the Tangipahoa River that meanders down the parish’s length to Lake Pontchartrain. “That’s going to inundate an already flooded river,” said National Guard Col. Rodney Painting, the incoming commander of the Guard’s 225th Engineer Brigade who started his day helping oversee the evacuation of flooded areas in LaPlace and would end it in his native Tangipahoa helping oversee what appears to be the largest such effort in the state since Isaac made landfall Tuesday. Authorities in Mississippi tried to ease the pressure by releasing some of the water, an effort said to be working. Louisiana officials are taking no chances.State and parish officials called a mandatory evacuation for communities from Kentwood to Robert. If the dam breaks, the National Guard will go into the affected communities with high-water vehicles and small boats, “that we can get through the flooded woods or streets if we have to,” said Painter, who during the Isaac state of emergency has helped coordinate evacuation sites at Zephyr Field in Metairie and in Slidell before moving to Laplace and Amite. In the “controlled release” using spillways, the water from the lake flooded out into a sparsely inhabited area of Mississippi on Thursday afternoon, relieving pressure on a dam scoured by Hurricane Isaac that threatened to push water levels in the Tangipahoa River up to 17 feet in Louisiana. Officials believe the controlled release of waters through emergency spillways will allow the water level to stabilize and lessen pressure on the dam until crews can breach the edge of Tangipahoa Lake near McComb and drain another 8 feet of water.While the release is expected to protect communities on the north shore, officials in Mississippi said about 20 homes on their side of the state line will be flooded out and emergency crews conducted a door-to-door effort to warn residents to leave their homes. Meanwhile, a more massive effort was occurring miles downriver, as National Guard units and other state assets attempted to get 40,000 to 60,000 people out of their homes. Though the water level in the lake was dropping and Mississippi officials downplayed the seriousness of the dam’s condition, Gov. Bobby Jindal continued to urge residents to leave potential flood zones in Tangipahoa Parish Thursday night. “The worse thing that could happen is that people get a false sense of confidence and then if there be a breach overnight it would be a lot harder for people to evacuate,” Jindal said. From the Florida Parishes Arena, troops drove school buses to collection points, where they’re driving evacuees to evacuation shelters set up at schools. School buses have been brought in from as far as Avoylles Parish and Terrebonne Parish, each driven by soldiers. “I’ve already got buses on the road full of people,” said Lt. Col. Vincent Tallo.

About 200 coaches and school buses are being rushed to Tangipahoa, said First Sgt. Rufus Jones of 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, a Guard combat unit whose soldiers, all armed with M4 rifles, waited in the arena for missions that would likely would include security details. By Thursday night, Tallo said he expected 300 National Guard troops in the parish, assisting the evacuation. The National Guard received the mission at 10 a.m., Thursday, said Maj. Scott Slaven, who commands the 205th Engineer Battalion in Bogalusa. Troops and equipment are staged on both sides of the Tangipahoa River, Slaven said. At Pontchatoula High School, Darryl Holliday of Kajun Kettle Foods Inc., which has a state contract to feed evacuees, was told to brace for 2,000 people. At 6:30 p.m., none of the evacuees had reached the school on Louisiana 22. Holliday said he was told that 40 people were en route. Painter said the plan calls for keeping evacuees in Tangipahoa Parish. At the Florida Parishes Arena, employees of the state Department of Children and Family Services prepared to account for the evacuees with forms, in part designed to identify families.

The damage to dam prompted Parish President Gordon Burgess to order mandatory evacuations along the Tangipahoa River, which were carried out with the assistance of the state and National Guard units. The first reports of problems with the dam came into emergency operations officials at 8 a.m., when crews noticed two “sloughs” where dirt was sliding down the sides of the earthen structure, said Greg Flynn, spokesman for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Those sloughs are the first sign of a problem with the integrity of a dam, Flynn said. The damage was caused by rain from Hurricane Isaac, which raised the water level of the recreational fishing lake by several feet, said Richard Coghlan, Emergency Coordinator for Pike County. “The dam appears very stable at this time,” Coghlan said. Mississippi officials stressed that reports Thursday that the waters had breached or overtopped the dam were incorrect. Opening the spillways will bring the water level back to normal but could cause flooding in a wide, sparsely populated stretch of Mississippi. Coghlan said residents had been warned and were planning on leaving for at least a night.

Those homes would also have been flooded in the event that the dam failed, he said. Once the water level drops back to normal, a process that could take days, crews will dig a trench out of the lake with the intention of causing a more serious drop in the water levels, Coghlan said. That will allow maintenance crews to go in and repair the dam, he said. Louisiana state officials estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 homes would take on some water should the river flood. Many of those were outside the mandatory evacuation zone, which extended one mile on either side of the Tangipahoa River from Kentwood to Robert. It was unclear on Thursday exactly how many people lived in that area or how many were evacuated by the end of the day.

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US Flooded: Video of Isaac aftermath, houses in water up to roofs

Published on Aug 31, 2012 by RussiaToday

The area south of New Orleans has been plagued by flooding since Isaac sloshed ashore as a hurricane on Tuesday evening and pushed water over the 18-mile levee.
Aerial video footage shows dozens of homes surrounded by water up their rafters. The flood also unearthed caskets and uprooted trees at a local cemetery. The storm Isaac has been downgraded to a tropical depression, and the extent of the damage is becoming clearer. Crews set out in air boats in LaPlace and saw heavy mud and dirty water caking homes, street signs and trailers. They worked to save cows and other livestock from the debris. Evacuees from that town continue to be ferried by buses to various shelters. Many of them lost everything they owned except what they were able to carrying with them in the minutes before evacuating.

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Landslide

Philippines

Davao Oriental , Mati City

Landslide in Philippines on Saturday, 01 September, 2012 at 02:37 (02:37 AM) UTC.

Description

At least seven people are believed to have been killed after a landslide struck a gold-rush mountain community in the southern Philippines, the mayor of a nearby city said yesterday. Three days of heavy rains spawned the landslide on Thursday, which covered makeshift mining tunnels in a mountain area in Mindanao island, said Mati City Mayor Michelle Rabat. She said that a village chief in the isolated area told her by telephone that seven bodies had been recovered from the tunnels and the miners were digging to find more people believed buried. Other miners who descended from the mountains gave similar accounts, Rabat said. “Before the landslide, (a survivor) shouted to the people inside the tunnels to vacate the area. He saw three people running for their lives but it was too late. They were buried by the mudflow,” the mayor said. The gold-rich area has attracted thousands of small miners who tunnel into the side of the mountain despite the constant danger posed by landslides, quakes and collapsing tunnels, said Rabat. The area is so remote that it can only be reached through a lengthy motorcycle ride followed by an hour of hiking, making it difficult to determine the extent of the damage, she added. Military officials said soldiers had been dispatched to the affected area but they could not yet confirm any fatalities.

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Landslide

China

Province of Sichuan, [Liangshan prefecture]

Landslide in China on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 15:35 (03:35 PM) UTC.

Description

Ten people are dead and 14 others missing after a landslide hit a hydropower station in southwest China. Rescue work was under way at the site in Sichuan province’s Liangshan prefecture. Mud and stones began crashing down onto the station late Wednesday night and continued to fall into Thursday morning. The report did not say if anyone had survived the landslide and provincial officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Liangshan prefecture lies about 1,750 kilometers (1,100 miles) southwest of China’s capital Beijing.

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Radiation / Nuclear

Fukushima reactors briefly did not get enough coolant water: TEPCO

TOKYO , Kyodo

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said Thursday that the amount of water injected into the crippled Nos. 1 to 3 reactors temporarily dropped below the level regarded as necessary to keep the fuel inside cool.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the drop in the volume of the water did not affect the temperature of the reactor pressure vessels, while adding that the company is investigating the cause of the incident.

The utility known as TEPCO noticed that the three reactors were not getting enough water injection at 3 p.m. Thursday. Workers took measures to increase the water volume and they confirmed at about 4:30 p.m. that it recovered to the necessary level.

#Radioactive Japan: Head of The Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan Says “People in Fukushima, Part of Kanto Including Tokyo, Should Not Marry” Because of Radiation Exposure

At a gathering of politicians from prefectural and municipal governments in Japan, the veterinarian head of a non-profit organization called “Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan” told the audience, quite off-handedly,

People in Fukushima, Tochigi, Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa where the radioactive plume went by, should not marry because the deformity rate of their offspring will skyrocket.

To the outraged delegation from Fukushima City, he says,

Tough. They misquoted me on purpose, I was just talking generalities.

Generalities. So these days in Japan, citing specific locales and predicting specific events like deformity of babies is talking generalities.

So far, only the delegation from Fukushima City is outraged. The reactions from the rest of Japan are two types:

Oh someone finally spoke the truth, and he is the head of some non-profit organization (that must mean his intentions are good), so we should take it seriously; or
(Silence)

From Asahi Shinbun (8/29/2012; part):

福島市議会の佐藤一好議員らは２９日、記者会見し、公益財団法人・日本生態系協会の池谷奉文会長が東京電力福島第一原発事故の影響について話した７月の講演で「不適切な差別発言をし、容認できない」として、訂正を要求することを明らかにした。

Fukushima City Assemblymen including Mr. Kazuyoshi Sato held a press conference on August 29, and announced that they would demand the correction of the remark by Mr. Hobun Ikeya, head of a public interest incorporated foundation called “Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan” during the lecture in July on the effect of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident as “inappropriate and discriminatory, and cannot be tolerated”.

佐藤市議らによると、池谷会長は講演で「福島の人とは結婚しない方がいい」「福島では発がん率が上がり、奇形児が生まれる懸念がある」と述べたという。

According to Assemblyman Sato and others, Mr. Ikeha said in the lecture, “You’d better not marry anyone from Fukushima”, and “Cancer rate may rise in Fukushima, and deformed babies may be born”.

協会側の説明や記者が確認した録音によると、池谷会長は、福島のほか原発事故で一定の放射能汚染を受けた関東地方の県名をあげ、地域の地図を示しながら「放射能雲の通った地域にいた方々は極力結婚しない方がいいだろう」と発言。「結婚して子どもを産むと、奇形発生率がドーンと上がる」などと話した。

According to the explanation by the Society and the recording that our reporter listened to, Mr. Ikeya also mentioned several prefectures in Kanto region that have had certain levels of radiation contamination because of the nuclear accident. He pointed out to the map of the region, and said, “People who live in the areas where the radioactive plume went by should avoid marrying at all costs.” He further said “If they marry and have children, the rate of deformity in babies will skyrocket.”

池谷会長は朝日新聞の取材に、「被曝（ひばく）で遺伝子損傷と奇形児出産のリスクが高まることを訴えた」と説明。「一般論として私の見解を話した。差別する意図はなかった」と話した。

Mr. Ikeya responded to Asahi Shinbun and explained, “I wanted to emphasize the heightened risk of DNA damage and deformed babies due to radiation exposure. I discussed generalities, and had no intention of discrimination.”

講演は同協会が主催し、７月９日に東京で開催。全国の自治体議員らが参加し、福島市議会からは佐藤氏ら４市議が参加した。

The lecture was sponsored by the Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan and held in Tokyo on July 9. Assemblypersons from municipalities throughout Japan participated, and four assemblymen including Mr. Sato from the Fukushima City Assembly participated.

More from Fukushima Minpo (8/30/2012; part):

日本生態系協会の池谷奉文会長（７０）が東京で開かれた講演会で、東京電力福島第一原発事故を受け「福島の人とは結婚しない方がいい」などと不適切な発言をしたとされる問題で、池谷会長は２９日、報道機関に対して講演記録の一部を公表した。

Regarding the remarks that have been condemned as inappropriate by Mr. Hobun Ikeya (age 70) of the Ecosystem Conservation Society of Japan in a lecture in Tokyo, Mr. Ikeya released part of the transcript of the lecture to the press on August 29.

文書には「福島ばかりじゃございませんで栃木だとか、埼玉、東京、神奈川あたり、あそこにいた方々はこれから極力、結婚をしない方がいいだろう」「結婚をして子どもを産むとですね、奇形発生率がどーんと上がることになる」とある。

According to the transcript, he said, “It’s not just Fukushima, you know, people in Tochigi, Saitama, Tokyo, Kanagawa, people who were there should not marry at all costs”, and “If they get married and have children, the rate of deformity in babies will skyrocket.”

協会によると、録音を書き起こした内容で、県内の各報道機関に送った。

According to the Society, the document is a transcript from the recording, and it has been sent to news organizations in Fukushima Prefecture.

福島民報社の取材に対し、池谷会長は発言内容を認めた上で「福島の人を差別するようなことは思っていない」と反論。これまでの取材に一貫して「発言していない」としていたことについては「差別発言ではないという意味だ」と答えた。

To Fukushima Minpo, Mr. Ikeya admitted that he had made these remarks, and argued, “I don’t think it’s discriminatory against people in Fukushima.” As to his insistence in the past that he hadn’t said anything like that, he answered, “I meant I hadn’t said anything discriminatory.”

池谷会長は現職の獣医師。「政策塾」は平成１５年から年一回ほどのペースで開き、今回が１２回目。毎回８０人から１００人程度の地方議員や議員を目指す市民らが参加しているという。昨年は東日本大震災の影響で中止となり、今回が震災後初の講演だった。

Mr. Ikeya is a practicing veterinarian. The “Policy” lecture has been given once a year or so since 2003, and it was the 12th this year. 80 to 100 politicians from municipalities and citizens who aspire to become politicians participate. Last year’s lecture was canceled due to the March 11 disaster, and this year’s lecture was the first since the disaster.

Accusation that Mr. Ikeya is discriminating against Fukushima is not really true, as Mr. Ikeya is saying the same for four other prefectures in Kanto.

Well at least Mr. Ikeya is a veterinarian, remotely qualified (I suppose) to comment on something medical. The only (human) medical experts who expressed outrage are so-called “government experts” (including Professor Noboru Takamura of Nagasaki University and Fukushima Prefecture Radiation Health Risk Management Advisor who spoke soothing words to Iitate-mura villagers right after the accident, and Professor Masahiro Fukushi of Tokyo Metropolitan University who measured radiation levels in meals with faulty germanium semiconductor detector for NHK program), which is taken by many net citizens on Twitter to mean Mr. Ikeya must be telling the truth.

Never mind that Mr. Ikeya’s expertise is with sick animals.

The Japanese government and government institutions and its experts have only themselves to blame for the deep distrust of anything that has to do with the government for an off-hand remark by a veterinarian to be taken seriously as the truth.

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Epidemic Hazards/ Diseases

New ‘Heartland’ Virus Discovered in Sick Missouri Farmers

Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Writer

CREDIT: Tickvia Shutterstock

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Two men in Missouri who became severely ill after sustaining tick bites were found to be infected with a new type of virus, according to a study from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Both men were admitted to hospitals after experiencing high fevers, fatigue, diarrhea and loss of appetite. They were originally thought to be suffering from a bacterial infection, but doubts arose when they didn’t improve after being treated with antibiotics.

Further tests revealed their blood contained a new virus, which the researchers dubbed the Heartland virus. It belongs to a group called phleboviruses, which are carried by flies, mosquitoes or ticks, and can cause disease in humans.

CDC says 10,000 at risk of hantavirus in Yosemite outbreak

A visitor takes in the view of Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, California May 17, 2009. REUTERS-Robert Galbraith

In this undated handout from the Centers for Disease Control image library, this transmission electron micrograph (TEM) reveals the ultrastructural appearance of a number of virus particles, or “virions”, of a hantavirus known as the Sin Nombre virus (SNV). REUTERS-Cynthia Goldsmith-CDC-Handout

By Dan Whitcomb and Ronnie Cohen

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO

(Reuters) – Some 10,000 people who stayed in tent cabins at Yosemite National Park this summer may be at risk for the deadly rodent-borne hantavirus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.

The CDC urged lab testing of patients who exhibit symptoms consistent with the lung disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, after a stay at the California park between June and August and recommended that doctors notify state health departments when it is found.

Two men have died from hantavirus linked to the Yosemite outbreak and four others were sickened but survived, while the CDC said additional suspected cases were being investigated from “multiple health jurisdictions.”

Most of the victims were believed to have been infected while staying in one of 91 “Signature” tent-style cabins in Yosemite’s popular Curry Village camping area.

“An estimated 10,000 persons stayed in the ‘Signature Tent Cabins’ from June 10 through August 24, 2012,” the CDC said. “People who stayed in the tents between June 10 and August 24 may be at risk of developing HPS in the next six weeks.”

Yosemite officials earlier this week shut down all 91 of the insulated tent cabins after finding deer mice, which carry the disease and can burrow through holes the size of pencil erasers, nesting between the double walls.

Park authorities said on Friday that they had contacted approximately 3,000 parties of visitors who stayed in the tent cabins since mid-June, advising them to seek immediate medical attention if they have symptoms of hantavirus.

Nearly 4 million people visit Yosemite, one of the nation’s most popular national parks, each year, attracted to the its dramatic scenery and hiking trails. Roughly 70 percent of those visitors congregate in Yosemite Valley, where Curry Village is located.

YOSEMITE LOGS 1,500 CALLS

The virus starts out causing flu-like symptoms, including headache, fever, muscle ache, shortness of breath and cough, and can lead to severe breathing difficulties and death.

The incubation period for the virus is typically two to four weeks after exposure, the CDC said, with a range between a few days and six weeks. Just over a third of cases are fatal.

“Providers are reminded to consider the diagnosis of HPS in all persons presenting with clinically compatible illness and to ask about potential rodent exposure or if they had recently visited Yosemite National Park,” the CDC said.

Although there is no cure for hantavirus, which has never been known to be transmitted between humans, treatment after early detection through blood tests can save lives.

“Early medical attention and diagnosis of hantavirus are critical,” Yosemite superintendent Don Neubacher said in a statement. “We urge anyone who may have been exposed to the infection to see their doctor at the first sign of symptoms and to advise them of the potential of hantavirus.”

Yosemite spokeswoman Kari Cobb said rangers have answered some 1,500 phone calls from park visitors and others concerned about the disease. But she said the outbreak had not triggered a wave of cancellations

“Right now it’s normal numbers for Friday,” she said. “There have been cancellations, but it would be grossly overstated to say they’re cancelling en masse. There’s quite a bit of people out there still. It’s still summer and a holiday weekend. It’s still the summer crowds.”

A national park service officials has said that public health officials warned the park twice before about hantavirus after it struck visitors. But it was not until this week that the hiding place for the deer mice carrying the virus was found.

Hantavirus is carried in rodent feces, urine and saliva, which dries out and mixes with dust that can be inhaled by humans, especially in small, confined spaces with poor ventilation.

People can also be infected by eating contaminated food, touching contaminated surfaces or being bitten by infected rodents.

(Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Todd Eastham and Lisa Shumaker)

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 15:48 (03:48 PM) UTC.

Description
In the first confirmed case of bubonic plague in Colorado since 2006, an Archuleta County resident has tested positive for the disease. The last human case in Archuleta County, which borders on New Mexico, was in 1998. It is believed that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground northwest of Pagosa Springs, but the investigation is ongoing, according to a news release from the San Juan Basin Health Department. The gender and age of the victim were not released, the paper reported. In 2006, Colorado had four cases of plague, all in La Plata County, Joe Fowler, a disease-control nurse with the San Juan Basin Health Department said. Most human cases of plague tend to occur in rural areas in two regions — northern Arizona and New Mexico and southern Colorado or in California, southern Oregon and western Nevada. One human case has been reported in New Mexico so far this year – in a 78-year-old Torrance County man who contracted the disease in May, in what state health officials called the nation’s first human plague case of the yea
Biohazard name:	Plague
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Today

Epidemic Hazard

USA

State of California, San Francisco [SF State]

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Saturday, 01 September, 2012 at 02:34 (02:34 AM) UTC.

Description
A case of adult chicken pox has emerged at SF State. A school-wide email was sent out by Alastair K. Smith, MD to SF State students Aug. 31, saying that there is a student with a case of the chickenpox. Though the student infected does not live on campus, they were on campus August 27 and 29, visiting the Creative Arts building, Humanities building, Science building, Business building, Burk Hall and Bookstore during their infected stage. Varicella, commonly known as chickenpox, is a virus which symptoms include fever, tiredness, headaches and a rash that turns into itchy, fluid-filled blisters that scab after several days. Chickenpox is a condition that is spread by airborne particles, sweat and skin-to-skin contact. Scott Hongsweet, junior at SF State, had chickenpox when he was 4 years old, but is not concerned about the recent developments. “I’ve had chickenpox and it was like having bug bites all over your body,” said Hongsweet. “Though it was super itchy, I wouldn’t be weary of going to school if there was a person with chickenpox there, because the chances of me getting it are very slim.”The incubation period for chickenpox is 14 to 16 days and is infectious until five or six days after the onset of the rash, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Protection. Varicella carries the most complications for people over 15 years of age and under one year of age. Overall, it is estimated that adults account for 5 percent for reported cases of varicella but may carry the most risk, according to the CDC. SF State isn’t the only university in the bay area that has experienced a health scare among the student body. The University of California at Berkeley had a mumps scare during October where seven students were infected. Pregnant and immune-compromised people are at a high risk for infection, and persons who are not immune are suggested to get a dose of the varicella vaccine within three to five days of exposure. Smith addressed in the email to the school: “We are monitoring the situation carefully, and given that most persons have immunity through childhood exposure or vaccination, we do not expect a major outbreak on campus.” Beth Cross, junior at SF State, isn’t the least bit worried about chickenpox at her school. “I am not worried about the disease on campus…I am sure there are way worse diseases on campus,” said Cross.
Biohazard name:	Chickenpox
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

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Climate Change

Shading Earth: Delivering Solar Geoengineering Materials to Combat Global Warming May Be Feasible and Affordable

ScienceDaily (Aug. 29, 2012) — A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and therefore reduce the effects of global climate change has shown that they are both feasible and affordable.

A cost analysis of the technologies needed to transport materials into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and therefore reduce the effects of global climate change has shown that they are both feasible and affordable. (Credit: © mozZz / Fotolia)

Published August 31, 2012, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, the study has shown that the basic technology currently exists and could be assembled and implemented in a number of different forms for less than USD $5 billion a year.

Put into context, the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions is currently estimated to be between 0.2 and 2.5 per cent of GDP in the year 2030, which is equivalent to roughly USD $200 to $2000 billion.

Solar radiation management (SRM) looks to induce the effects similar to those observed after volcanic eruptions; however, the authors state that it is not a preferred strategy and that such a claim could only be made after the thorough investigation of the implications, risks and costs associated with these issues.

The authors caution that reducing incident sunlight does nothing at all to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, nor the resulting increase in the acid content of the oceans. They note that other research has shown that the effects of solar radiation management are not uniform, and would cause different temperature and precipitation changes in different countries.

Co-author of the study, Professor Jay Apt, said: “As economists are beginning to explore the role of several types of geoengineering, it is important that a cost analysis of SRM is carried out. The basic feasibility of SRM with current technology is still being disputed and some political scientists and policy makers are concerned about unilateral action.”

In the study, the researchers, from Aurora Flight Sciences, Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University, performed an engineering cost analysis on six systems capable of delivering 1-5 million metric tonnes of material to altitudes of 18-30 km: existing aircraft, a new airplane designed to perform at altitudes up to 30 km, a new hybrid airship, rockets, guns and suspended pipes carrying gas or slurry to inject the particles into the atmosphere.

Based on existing research into solar radiation management, the researchers performed their cost analyses for systems that could deliver around one million tonnes of aerosols each year at an altitude between 18 and 25 km and between a latitude range of 30°N and 30°S.

The study concluded that using aircraft is easily within the current capabilities of aerospace engineering, manufacturing and operations. The development of new, specialized aircraft appeared to be the cheapest option, with costs of around $1 to $2 billion a year; existing aircraft would be more expensive as they are not optimized for high altitudes and would need considerable and expensive modifications to do so.

Guns and rockets appeared to be capable of delivering materials at high altitudes but the costs associated with these are much higher than those of airplanes and airships due to their lack of reusability.

Although completely theoretical at this point in time, a large gas pipe, rising to 20 km in the sky and suspended by helium-filled floating platforms, would offer the lowest recurring cost-per-kilogram of particles delivered but the costs of research into the materials required, the development of the pipe and the testing to ensure safety, would be high; the whole system carries a large uncertainty.

Professor Apt continued: “We hope our study will help other scientists looking at more novel methods for dispersing particles and help them to explore methods with increased efficiency and reduced environmental risk.”

The researchers make it clear that they have not sought to address the science of aerosols in the stratosphere, nor issues of risk, effectiveness or governance that will add to the costs of solar radiation management geoengineering.

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Solar Activity

2MIN News August 31. 2012: Quakes North and South. Sunspots

Published on Aug 31, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

TODAY’S LINKS
China Supervolcano: http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2012-08/30/content_26383998.htm
Mississippi Flows Backwards: http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3387#.UD-M2HP1uH8
England Rain: http://news.sky.com/story/978880/washout-wettest-summer-in-100-years
Isaac Threatens Dam: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-storm-isaac-idINBRE87L0PH20120830
Moonwater: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/shackleton-ice.html

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]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

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]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

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!]

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Space

Blue Moon Alert: See August’s 2nd Full Moon

OurAmazingPlanet Staff

Nearly full moon photographed by space station astronauts

Inspired by the nearly-full moon, space station astronauts used an 800 mm lens to study the craters and mare in this picture taken on Oct. 5, 2001.
CREDIT: NASA

View full size image

The night skies this week have been very bright thanks to the moon, and they’ll get brighter still on Friday as a blue moon rises above the horizon.

The moon won’t literally be blue-colored, of course; the name refers to the second full moon to occur in a single month.

Blue moons happen because our calendar months don’t line up exactly with the moon’s orbit. It takes the moon 29.5 days to wax and wane from full to new to full again. With the exception of February, months are longer than that, meaning that every so often the timing works out so there are two full moons in one month.

The first full moon of August 2012 graced night skies on Aug. 1; for most of the world, the second just squeezes in at the end of the month, with the moon becoming full at exactly 9:58 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (6:58 a.m. Pacific Standard Time).

Though a blue moon looks the same as any other full moon, the moon can actually appear to be colored under particular atmospheric conditions: Forest fires and volcanic eruptions can pump smoke and ash into the atmosphere, which can make the moon appear a bluish hue to those standing on the Earth’s surface.

This week’s blue moon will be the last until 2015, so take a look while you can!

For more skywatching information, check out sister site SPACE.com‘s Night Sky page.

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2012 LU7)

02nd September 2012

1 day(s)

0.1200

46.7

440 m – 990 m

8.16 km/s

29376 km/h

(2012 FS35)

02nd September 2012

1 day(s)

0.1545

60.1

2.3 m – 5.2 m

2.87 km/s

10332 km/h

(2012 HG31)

03rd September 2012

2 day(s)

0.0716

27.9

440 m – 990 m

10.33 km/s

37188 km/h

(2012 PX)

04th September 2012

3 day(s)

0.0452

17.6

61 m – 140 m

9.94 km/s

35784 km/h

(2012 EH5)

05th September 2012

4 day(s)

0.1613

62.8

38 m – 84 m

9.75 km/s

35100 km/h

(2011 EO11)

05th September 2012

4 day(s)

0.1034

40.2

9.0 m – 20 m

8.81 km/s

31716 km/h

(2007 PS25)

06th September 2012

5 day(s)

0.0497

19.3

23 m – 52 m

8.50 km/s

30600 km/h

329520 (2002 SV)

08th September 2012

7 day(s)

0.1076

41.9

300 m – 670 m

9.17 km/s

33012 km/h

(2011 ES4)

10th September 2012

9 day(s)

0.1792

69.8

20 m – 44 m

12.96 km/s

46656 km/h

(2008 CO)

11th September 2012

10 day(s)

0.1847

71.9

74 m – 160 m

4.10 km/s

14760 km/h

(2007 PB8)

14th September 2012

13 day(s)

0.1682

65.5

150 m – 340 m

14.51 km/s

52236 km/h

226514 (2003 UX34)

14th September 2012

13 day(s)

0.1882

73.2

260 m – 590 m

25.74 km/s

92664 km/h

(1998 QC1)

14th September 2012

13 day(s)

0.1642

63.9

310 m – 700 m

17.11 km/s

61596 km/h

(2002 EM6)

15th September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1833

71.3

270 m – 590 m

18.56 km/s

66816 km/h

(2002 RP137)

16th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1624

63.2

67 m – 150 m

7.31 km/s

26316 km/h

(2009 RX4)

16th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1701

66.2

15 m – 35 m

8.35 km/s

30060 km/h

(2005 UC)

17th September 2012

16 day(s)

0.1992

77.5

280 m – 640 m

7.55 km/s

27180 km/h

(2012 FC71)

18th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1074

41.8

24 m – 53 m

3.51 km/s

12636 km/h

(1998 FF14)

19th September 2012

18 day(s)

0.0928

36.1

210 m – 480 m

21.40 km/s

77040 km/h

331990 (2005 FD)

19th September 2012

18 day(s)

0.1914

74.5

320 m – 710 m

15.92 km/s

57312 km/h

(2009 SH2)

24th September 2012

23 day(s)

0.1462

56.9

28 m – 62 m

7.52 km/s

27072 km/h

333578 (2006 KM103)

25th September 2012

24 day(s)

0.0626

24.4

250 m – 560 m

8.54 km/s

30744 km/h

(2002 EZ2)

26th September 2012

25 day(s)

0.1922

74.8

270 m – 610 m

6.76 km/s

24336 km/h

(2009 SB170)

29th September 2012

28 day(s)

0.1789

69.6

200 m – 440 m

32.39 km/s

116604 km/h

(2011 OJ45)

29th September 2012

28 day(s)

0.1339

52.1

18 m – 39 m

4.24 km/s

15264 km/h

(2012 JS11)

30th September 2012

29 day(s)

0.0712

27.7

270 m – 600 m

12.60 km/s

45360 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Effects of Einstein’s Elusive Gravity Waves Observed

Universe Today

by Jason Major

Two white dwarfs similar to those in the system SDSS J065133.338+284423.37 spiral together in this illustration from NASA. Credit: D. Berry/NASA GSFC

Locked in a spiraling orbital embrace, the super-dense remains of two dead stars are giving astronomers the evidence needed to confirm one of Einstein’s predictions about the Universe.

A binary system located about 3,000 light-years away, SDSS J065133.338+284423.37 (J0651 for short) contains two white dwarfs orbiting each other rapidly — once every 12.75 minutes. The system was discovered in April 2011, and since then astronomers have had their eyes — and four separate telescopes in locations around the world — on it to see if gravitational effects first predicted by Einstein could be seen.

According to Einstein, space-time is a structure in itself, in which all cosmic objects — planets, stars, galaxies — reside. Every object with mass puts a “dent” in this structure in all dimensions; the more massive an object, the “deeper” the dent. Light energy travels in a straight line, but when it encounters these dents it can dip in and veer off-course, an effect we see from Earth as gravitational lensing.

Einstein also predicted that exceptionally massive, rapidly rotating objects — such as a white dwarf binary pair — would create outwardly-expanding ripples in space-time that would ultimately “steal” kinetic energy from the objects themselves. These gravitational waves would be very subtle, yet in theory, observable.

Read: Astronomy Without a Telescope: Gravitational Waves

What researchers led by a team at The University of Texas at Austin have found is optical evidence of gravitational waves slowing down the stars in J0651. Originally observed in 2011 eclipsing each other (as seen from Earth) once every six minutes, the stars now eclipse six seconds sooner. This equates to a predicted orbital period reduction of about 0.25 milliseconds each year.*

“These compact stars are orbiting each other so closely that we have been able to observe the usually negligible influence of gravitational waves using a relatively simple camera on a 75-year-old telescope in just 13 months,” said study lead author J.J. Hermes, a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin.

Based on these measurements, by April 2013 the stars will be eclipsing each other 20 seconds sooner than first observed. Eventually they will merge together entirely.

Although this isn’t “direct” observation of gravitational waves, it is evidence inferred by their predicted effects… akin to watching a floating lantern in a dark pond at night moving up and down and deducing that there are waves present.

“It’s exciting to confirm predictions Einstein made nearly a century ago by watching two stars bobbing in the wake caused by their sheer mass,” said Hermes.

As of early last year NASA and ESA had a proposed mission called LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) that would have put a series of 3 detectors into space 5 million km apart, connected by lasers. This arrangement of precision-positioned spacecraft could have detected any passing gravitational waves in the local space-time neighborhood, making direct observation possible. Sadly this mission was canceled due to FY2012 budget cuts for NASA, but ESA is moving ahead with developments for its own gravitational wave mission, called eLISA/NGO — the first “pathfinder” portion of which is slated to launch in 2014.

The study was submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters on August 24. Read more on the McDonald Observatory news release here.

Inset image: simulation of binary black holes causing gravitational waves – C. Reisswig, L. Rezzolla (AEI); Scientific visualization – M. Koppitz (AEI & Zuse Institute Berlin)

*The difference in the eclipse time is noted as six seconds even though the orbital period decay of the two stars is only .25 milliseconds/year because of a pile-up effect of all the eclipses observed since April 2011. The measurements made by the research team takes into consideration the phase change in the J0651 system, which experiences a piling effect — similar to an out-of-sync watch — that increases relative to time^2 and is therefore a larger and easier number to detect and work with. Once that was measured, the actual orbital period decay could be figured out.

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Mysterious Booms / Rumblings

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife

Deer disease outbreak suspected in C. Ind. county

GREENCASTLE, Ind. (AP) — Residents of a central Indiana county have reported nearly 100 dead deer in what wildlife officials believe might be a disease outbreak.

An Indiana Department of Natural Resources biologist says most of those dead deer have been found in southern Putnam County.

Biologist Dean Zimmerman tells the Banner Graphic ( ) that 17 counties around the state have had suspected cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease among deer, although Putnam County seems to have a large outbreak.

The illness is a viral disease transmitted by small flies that typically occurs during late summer and early fall. It doesn’t affect humans.

Zimmerman says the flies that carry the disease reproduce more successfully in dry weather and that it will take a killing frost to end the outbreak.

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Information from: (Greencastle) Banner Graphic,

31.08.2012

Biological Hazard

Kyrgyzstan

[The area was not defined.]

Biological Hazard in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 15:37 (03:37 PM) UTC.

Description
The Kyrgyz Health Ministry said Friday five people had tested positive for anthrax. The five were among nine people who had been hospitalized in the central Asian country for anthrax-like symptoms in the past month, a health ministry spokesman said. Quarantine authorities had adopted counter-epidemic measures in the infectious disease-hit areas, where people as well as livestock had been given a vaccination against the bacteria, the spokesman said.
Biohazard name:	Anthrax
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

31.08.2012

Biological Hazard

Portugal

Municipality of Almada, [Costa da Caparica beaces]

Biological Hazard in Portugal on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 08:51 (08:51 AM) UTC.

Description
Three beaches in Costa da Caparica just south of Lisbon were closed to bathers over the weekend due to an abundance of Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish like looking creatures in the sea after a child was stung, the Maritime Police (MP) said. Red flags were raised to warn beach-goers not to enter the water and any people who do not obey the prohibition may be fined by the authorities. According to Wikipedia, despite its outward appearance the Man of War is not a jellyfish, but a siphonophore, which differs from jellyfish in that it is not actually a single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many minute individuals called zooids. Its long tentacles are poisonous enough nevertheless and well kept away from. This follows the release of a video on sites such as Youtube and Sapo showing a large shark off the coast near Lisbon. According to the Coast Guard, there is no reason to be alarmed, as it was just a Basking Shark that eats plankton and krill. Basking sharks, as their name suggests, like to bask in the sun on the surface of the water and are quite inoffensive to humans. Élio Vicente from Zoomarine in the Algarve said Basking Sharks and Whale Sharks are common round the coast of Portugal, but offer no risk to swimmers. “The hot weather heats the deep water creating more algae drawing in more ‘vegetarian sharks’” he said. These creatures have been here for thousands of years without harming anyone, he added, they just get a bad reputation from the term ‘shark’.
Biohazard name:	Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish invasion
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

31.08.2012

Biological Hazard

Ukraine

Mykolaiv Oblast, Voznesensk [Zaporizhia region]

Biological Hazard in Ukraine on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 08:17 (08:17 AM) UTC.

Description
Out of the 36 patients, who underwent prophylactic treatment after identification of the anthrax hot bed in Zaporizhia region, currently two of them are remaining under supervision of physicians. “Today we can say that everything is fine with the people: out of 36 people, who received preventive treatment, only two are under the supervision of doctors now. They are a man and a woman from Voznesenka village, who had contacted the infected animal and were hospitalized immediately after the accident. Currently, they have no manifestations of disease, but to make sure that the health condition of these people is good, we should get the results of laboratory tests and withstand a certain period,” chief medical officer of Zaporizhia region Anatoly Sevalnev said. According to the deputy head of the Main Department for Veterinary Medicine in Zaporizhia region Serhit Dehtiarenko, the quarantine measures will continue until September 5.
Biohazard name:	Anthrax
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

31.08.2012

Biological Hazard

USA

State of New York, [Noyack Bay]

Biological Hazard in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 05:38 (05:38 AM) UTC.

Description
Streaks of red tide – a toxic algal bloom that threatens both marine life – were clearly visible in Noyac Bay during a flyover on Thursday. Aerial photographer Jeff Cully captured images of red tide lining the shore at Long Beach. Red tide has appeared in Long Island waters every summer since 2004, Chris Gobler, Ph.D., told Patch earlier this month, when the algal bloom made its first showing of the year. Gobler, a Stony Brook Southampton School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences professor, said red tide typically appears in late August, but this summer it was detected in late July. The early arrival could be attributed to high temperatures this summer, he said. “This red tide is caused by the dinoflagellate, cochlodinium,” Gobler explained. “Cochlodinium is not a human health threat but is highly toxic to marine life. Fish exposed to dense cochlodinium blooms cannot survive more than one to six hours, depending on their size. We have had fish die at the Southampton marine lab when our intake system brought in red tide water.” After patches of red tide have passed through, pound net fisherman have found that catches have died off, he added. The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, thanks to $3 million in grants, announced Monday a plan to restore the health of another local bay, Shinnecock, by seeding eelgrass and shellfish beds in strategic areas where they are most likely to thrive. Shellfish filter algae from water, but their populations in Long Island waters have declined in recent decades, a trend marine sciences hope to turn around. If the effort proves successful, it could be implemented in other distressed bodies of water, both locally and around the world. Research demonstrates that algal blooms are made worse by an increased flow of nitrogen into the bays, from sources such as cesspools and fertilizers, Gobler said.
Biohazard name:	Red Tide
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

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August 31, 2012

Earthquakes

RSOE EDIS

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
31.08.2012 10:12:52	2.0	North America	United States	California	Cobb		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 10:12:52	2.0	North America	United States	California	Cobb		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 09:50:23	4.5	South-America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Machali		EMSC
31.08.2012 09:40:33	4.6	South America	Chile	Libertador General Bernardo O?Higgins	Machali		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 09:50:50	2.4	Asia	Turkey	??rnak	Balveren		EMSC
31.08.2012 08:50:21	2.8	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Sperkhoyia		EMSC
31.08.2012 08:50:45	2.6	Asia	Turkey	Amasya	Dedekoy		EMSC
31.08.2012 08:51:13	2.3	Europe	Italy	Basilicate	Metaponto		EMSC
31.08.2012 08:10:37	2.4	North America	United States	California	Soledad		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 09:10:27	4.4	Asia	China	Guangdong Sheng	Shilong		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 09:51:10	4.4	Asia	China	Guangdong Sheng	Shilong		EMSC
31.08.2012 07:45:34	3.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Dry Creek		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:45:34	3.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Dry Creek		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:50:25	2.7	Asia	Turkey	??rnak	Koyunoba		EMSC
31.08.2012 07:17:19	2.4	North America	United States	California	Soledad		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:17:16	2.4	North America	United States	California	Soledad		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:18:22	4.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Stevens Village		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:18:22	4.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Stevens Village		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 07:50:52	4.1	North-America	United States	Alaska	Beaver		EMSC
31.08.2012 07:21:34	3.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Dry Creek		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 06:40:21	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Hatay	Gozene		EMSC
31.08.2012 08:51:35	4.1	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia	Aceh	Sabang		EMSC
31.08.2012 05:41:01	3.7	North America	United States	Alaska	Larsen Bay		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 05:03:45	2.0	North America	United States	California	Mettler		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 05:40:28	2.3	Asia	Turkey	Bursa	Kucukkumla		EMSC
31.08.2012 04:40:20	4.1	South-America	Argentina	Salta	San Antonio de los Cobres		EMSC
31.08.2012 04:41:36	4.1	Atlantic Ocean	Argentina	Salta	San Antonio de los Cobres		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 08:51:57	2.3	Europe	Greece	Crete	Pombia		EMSC
31.08.2012 04:05:54	2.1	North America	United States	Alaska	Petersville		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 03:41:07	4.4	South America	Bolivia	Potosí	Villa Alota		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 03:40:20	4.4	South-America	Bolivia	Potosí	Villa Alota		EMSC
31.08.2012 03:41:30	3.5	North America	United States	Alaska	Attu Station		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 04:41:15	2.4	Asia	Turkey	?zmir	Alacati		EMSC
31.08.2012 02:55:27	2.2	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 02:50:30	3.0	North America	United States	Alaska	Ninilchik		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 03:40:43	4.9	South-America	Brazil	Estado de Pernambuco	Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual)		EMSC
31.08.2012 03:00:27	4.9	South America	Brazil	Estado de Pernambuco	Fernando de Noronha (Distrito Estadual)		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 03:35:28	3.2	North America	United States	Alaska	Attu Station		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 02:40:20	2.4	Asia	Turkey	Burdur	Golhisar		EMSC
31.08.2012 02:40:42	2.1	Asia	Turkey	Elaz??	Kovancilar		EMSC
31.08.2012 01:42:38	4.0	Asia	Russia	Sakhalin	Vostok		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 01:40:20	4.0	Europe	Russia	Sakhalin	Vostok		EMSC
31.08.2012 01:35:29	4.6	South America	Ecuador	Guayas	Naranjal		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 01:40:57	4.6	South-America	Ecuador	Guayas	Naranjal		EMSC
31.08.2012 01:26:19	4.0	Middle America	Mexico	Sonora	Puerto Penasco		USGS-RSOE
31.08.2012 01:41:51	4.0	Middle-America	Mexico	Sonora	Puerto Penasco		EMSC
31.08.2012 01:42:12	3.0	Europe	Greece	Ionian Islands	Limni Keriou		EMSC
31.08.2012 00:40:20	2.2	Asia	Turkey	Van	Toyga		EMSC
31.08.2012 00:40:52	2.6	Europe	Greece	Ionian Islands	Limni Keriou		EMSC
31.08.2012 00:41:13	2.7	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Methoni		EMSC

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6.6 Mwb – JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	6.6 Mwb
Date-Time	30 Aug 2012 13:43:24 UTC 30 Aug 2012 12:43:24 near epicenter 30 Aug 2012 07:43:24 standard time in your timezone
Location	71.462N 10.723W
Depth	8 km
Distances	422 km (262 miles) ENE (70 degrees) of Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), Greenld 937 km (582 miles) NNE (25 degrees) of REYKJAVIK, Iceland
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 13.9 km; Vertical 2.8 km
Parameters	Nph = 591; Dmin = 424.0 km; Rmss = 1.08 seconds; Gp = 40° M-type = Mwb; Version = 7
Event ID	us c000cb69

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30.08.2012

Earthquake

USA

State of California, [Imperial County]

Earthquake in USA on Monday, 27 August, 2012 at 03:20 (03:20 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 02:56 UTC
Description
The southern California town of Brawley has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency after a swarm of earthquakes rattled nearly 20 mobile homes off their blocks and forced a slaughterhouse to close, the mayor said on Wednesday. It is uncommon for quake-hardy California cities to declare emergencies due to tremors, but Brawley mayor George Nava said the earthquake swarm is a unique case because it has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage. The cluster of relatively small quakes, which are caused by water and other fluids moving around in the Earth’s crust, began on Saturday evening and climaxed the next day with a 5.5 temblor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremors were continuing on Wednesday and geologists say there have been hundreds in total.Nava said leaders in Brawley, a city of 25,000 residents south of the state’s inland Salton Sea and 170 miles (275 km) southeast of Los Angeles, declared a local emergency late on Tuesday. Officials with surrounding Imperial County made a similar declaration on Wednesday. Nineteen mobile homes were knocked off their blocks and their residents forced out, Nava said. The auditorium at Brawley Union High School has been damaged and closed off, and the National Beef slaughter plant in Brawley has been temporarily shut down due to damage, he said. Local businesses have suffered millions of dollars in losses from closures and from customers staying away, Nava said. But he could not give an exact account of quake-related losses. The Red Cross and local government agencies will offer services to residents on Friday and Saturday at a local center. The emergency declaration allows Brawley to receive more assistance from Imperial County, Nava said. At one point, about 10,000 residents in the city were without power, and the quakes have also caused water line disruptions, Nava said. “When you don’t have an AC or running water, it’s just not a good thing in this weather,” he said. Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, said earlier this week that the cluster of quakes is not a sign that a larger temblor is imminent.

LISS – Live Internet Seismic Server

GSN Stations

These data update automatically every 30 minutes. Last update: August 31, 2012 08:19:06 UTC

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CU/ANWB, Willy Bob, Antigua and Barbuda

CU/BBGH, Gun Hill, Barbados

CU/BCIP, Isla Barro Colorado, Panama

CU/GRGR, Grenville, Grenada

CU/GTBY, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

CU/MTDJ, Mount Denham, Jamaica

CU/TGUH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

IC/BJT, Baijiatuan, Beijing, China

IC/ENH, Enshi, China

IC/HIA, Hailar, Neimenggu Province, China

IC/LSA, Lhasa, China

IC/MDJ, Mudanjiang, China

IC/QIZ, Qiongzhong, Guangduong Province, China

IU/AFI, Afiamalu, Samoa

IU/ANMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

IU/ANTO, Ankara, Turkey

IU/BBSR, Bermuda

IU/CASY, Casey, Antarctica

IU/CCM, Cathedral Cave, Missouri, USA

IU/CHTO, Chiang Mai, Thailand

IU/COLA, College Outpost, Alaska, USA

IU/COR, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

IU/CTAO, Charters Towers, Australia

IU/DAV,Davao, Philippines

IU/DWPF,Disney Wilderness Preserve, Florida, USA

IU/FUNA,Funafuti, Tuvalu

IU/GNI, Garni, Armenia

IU/GRFO, Grafenberg, Germany

IU/GUMO, Guam, Mariana Islands

IU/HKT, Hockley, Texas, USA

IU/HNR, Honiara, Solomon Islands

IU/HRV, Adam Dziewonski Observatory (Oak Ridge), Massachusetts, USA

IU/INCN, Inchon, Republic of Korea

IU/JOHN, Johnston Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/KBS, Ny-Alesund, Spitzbergen, Norway

IU/KEV, Kevo, Finland

IU/KIEV, Kiev, Ukraine

IU/KIP, Kipapa, Hawaii, USA

IU/KMBO, Kilima Mbogo, Kenya

IU/KNTN, Kanton Island, Kiribati

IU/KONO, Kongsberg, Norway

IU/KOWA, Kowa, Mali

IU/LCO, Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile

IU/LSZ, Lusaka, Zambia

IU/LVC, Limon Verde, Chile

IU/MA2, Magadan, Russia

IU/MAJO, Matsushiro, Japan

IU/MAKZ,Makanchi, Kazakhstan

IU/MBWA, Marble Bar, Western Australia

IU/MIDW, Midway Island, Pacific Ocean, USA

IU/NWAO, Narrogin, Australia

IU/OTAV, Otavalo, Ecuador

IU/PAB, San Pablo, Spain

IU/PAYG Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands

IU/PET, Petropavlovsk, Russia

IU/PMG, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

IU/PMSA, Palmer Station, Antarctica

IU/POHA, Pohakaloa, Hawaii

IU/PTCN, Pitcairn Island, South Pacific

IU/PTGA, Pitinga, Brazil

IU/QSPA, South Pole, Antarctica

IU/RAO, Raoul, Kermandec Islands

IU/RAR, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

IU/RCBR, Riachuelo, Brazil

IU/RSSD, Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

IU/SAML, Samuel, Brazil

IU/SBA, Scott Base, Antarctica

IU/SDV, Santo Domingo, Venezuela

IU/SFJD, Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland

IU/SJG, San Juan, Puerto Rico

IU/SLBS, Sierra la Laguna Baja California Sur, Mexico

IU/SNZO, South Karori, New Zealand

IU/SSPA, Standing Stone, Pennsylvania USA

IU/TARA, Tarawa Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/TATO, Taipei, Taiwan

IU/TEIG, Tepich, Yucatan, Mexico

IU/TIXI, Tiksi, Russia

IU/TRIS, Tristan da Cunha, Atlantic Ocean

IU/TRQA, Tornquist, Argentina

IU/TSUM, Tsumeb, Namibia

IU/TUC, Tucson, Arizona

IU/ULN, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

IU/WAKE, Wake Island, Pacific Ocean

IU/WCI, Wyandotte Cave, Indiana, USA

IU/WVT, Waverly, Tennessee, USA

IU/XMAS, Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kiribati

IU/YSS, Yuzhno Sakhalinsk, Russia

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Volcanic Activity

Earthquakes raise alert level at Alaska volcano

Alaska Dispatch

A series of small earthquakes which began Wednesday night and continued into Thursday near a long-dormant volcanic peak in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands has prompted researchers to raise the alert level for the Little Sitkin volcano.

The nearly 4,000-foot-high Little Sitkin volcano is named for the island where it resides, located in the Rat Islands in the Aleutian chain. The volcano has shown little activity since scientists have started observing it, with only three questionable eruptive events at the volcano since that time. The most recent eruption may have come in 1900, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Still, the AVO page for Little Sitkin mentions there may have been a “cataclysmic eruption” on the island sometime after the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years ago.

Seismic equipment located near the volcano began detecting a “swarm of high-frequency earthquakes” at about 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, the AVO reports. The earthquakes continued through the night into Thursday, prompting the alert level at the volcano being raised. The alert level is currently at yellow, which means that the “volcano is exhibiting signs of elevated unrest above known background level.” Additionally, aircraft traveling in the area are advised to exercise caution.

The volcano is located in a remote part of the Aleutians, about 35 miles northwest of the World War II outpost of Amchitka and 200 miles west of Adak.

Little Sitkin joins two other Alaska volcanoes, Iliamna and Cleveland, currently sitting at elevated alert levels.

Photos: Alaska volcanoes

Apr 02, 2012

Pavlof volcano and eruption plume on evening of Aug. 30, 2007. View is to the south. Plume height approximately 17-18,000 ft.

Chris Waythomas/Alaska Volcano Observatory photo

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Iliamna, 130 miles from Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, was first elevated in March of this year following a continued increase in seismic activity.

“The current level of activity at Iliamna does not indicate an imminent or certain eruption,” a status update from the AVO said Thursday. “Seismic activity, along with gas emissions, appear to be declining gradually.”

Meanwhile, the oft-erupting Cleveland volcano which, like Sitkin, is located in the Aleutians, remains elevated as well. Cleveland has been upgraded a half-dozen times in since 2010 alone, and most recently erupted in June, when a pilot reported an ash cloud reaching up to 35,000 feet. Cleveland sits at a higher alert level than Iliamna or Little Sitkin, meaning the volcano still has a higher potential for eruption at any time.

For updates on these and other volcanoes across Alaska, visit the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Contact Ben Anderson at ben(at)alaskadispatch.com

Today

Volcano Activity

USA

State of Alaska, [Little Sitkin Volcano]

Volcano Activity in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 02:27 (02:27 AM) UTC.

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Storms / Flooding

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Ileana (EP09)	Pacific Ocean – East	28.08.2012	31.08.2012	Hurricane II	335 °	139 km/h	167 km/h	3.05 m	NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Ileana (EP09)
Area:	Pacific Ocean – East
Start up location:	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000
Start up:	28th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	579.81 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
28th Aug 2012	04:45:33	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	290	15	1000 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	04:37:35	N 17° 0.000, W 111° 6.000	17	93	111	Tropical Storm	305	11	997 MB	NOAA NHC
30th Aug 2012	05:06:37	N 19° 6.000, W 113° 6.000	15	120	148	Hurricane I.	320	17	987 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
31st Aug 2012	04:54:30	N 21° 12.000, W 114° 12.000	9	139	167	Hurricane II	335 °	10	976 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
01st Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 23° 6.000, W 117° 6.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 22° 36.000, W 115° 48.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 36.000, W 118° 18.000	Tropical Depression	74	93	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 24° 18.000, W 121° 0.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 24° 30.000, W 124° 0.000	Tropical Depression	46	65	NOAA NHC
05th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 24° 30.000, W 126° 0.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC

Kirk (AL02)

Atlantic Ocean

29.08.2012

31.08.2012

Hurricane III

335 °

157 km/h

194 km/h

5.49 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Kirk (AL02)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000
Start up:	29th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	498.10 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
29th Aug 2012	04:44:17	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	280	15	1007 MB	NOAA NHC
30th Aug 2012	05:13:04	N 25° 54.000, W 48° 18.000	15	93	111	Tropical Storm	300	18	1002 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
31st Aug 2012	04:48:39	N 29° 0.000, W 50° 42.000	19	157	194	Hurricane III	335 °	18	980 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
01st Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 35° 48.000, W 47° 54.000	Hurricane IV	176	213	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 33° 0.000, W 50° 0.000	Hurricane IV	176	213	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 38° 42.000, W 44° 30.000	Hurricane III	157	194	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 46° 12.000, W 34° 18.000	Hurricane I	120	148	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 52° 0.000, W 20° 0.000	Tropical Depression	83	102	NOAA NHC

Leslie (AL12)

Atlantic Ocean

30.08.2012

31.08.2012

Tropical Depression

280 °

83 km/h

102 km/h

3.66 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Leslie (AL12)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 14° 6.000, W 43° 24.000
Start up:	30th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	231.24 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
31st Aug 2012	04:48:01	N 14° 42.000, W 46° 48.000	30	83	102	Tropical Depression	280 °	12	1002 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
01st Sep 2012	12:00:00	N 17° 54.000, W 54° 24.000	Hurricane II	139	167	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 16° 42.000, W 51° 42.000	Hurricane I	120	148	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 19° 18.000, W 56° 48.000	Hurricane III	148	185	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 22° 30.000, W 60° 30.000	Hurricane III	157	194	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 26° 30.000, W 61° 30.000	Hurricane III	157	194	NOAA NHC
05th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 29° 0.000, W 61° 30.000	Hurricane III	157	194	NOAA NHC

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Death toll from S. Korea typhoon rises to 18

by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP)

South Korean rescuers Wednesday recovered two more bodies near two wrecked Chinese fishing boats, bringing the confirmed death toll from a powerful typhoon to 18.

Typhoon Bolaven — the strongest to hit the South for almost a decade — left a trail of death and damage in southwestern and south-central regions of the country.

It drove two Chinese fishing ships aground early Tuesday off the southern island of Jeju, sparking a dramatic rescue operation.

Coastguards wearing wetsuits struggled through high waves and pulled a total of 12 people to safety, and six swam ashore. Eight bodies had been recovered as of Wednesday and seven were still missing, the coastguard in Jeju said.

Dozens of divers are involved in the ongoing search. The coastguard said in a statement it would make “utmost efforts” to account for all the missing.

Most of the other deaths, confirmed by the public administration ministry, were caused by wind gusts that toppled walls or roofs or blew victims off their feet.

Typhoon alerts covering most of the country were lifted as ferries and flights returned to normal and schools reopened. But South Korea is now on watch for another typhoon, Tembin.

Bolaven moved on to North Korea, damaging crops and toppling some 3,700 roadside trees, the North’s official news agency said. Human casualties were not reported.

In North Hwanghae Province, the typhoon deactivated television relay facilities and destroyed or damaged some 20 houses and public buildings, the agency said, adding that “a lot of houses and roads” were submerged in other provinces.

Bolaven crossed the Yalu border river into China early Wednesday.

In South Korea, the typhoon was the strongest since 2003 in terms of wind speed. A maximum speed of 214 kilometres per hour (134 miles per hour) was recorded at Mount Mudeung in the southwestern city of Gwangju.

Power cuts of five minutes or longer hit nearly two million homes, a record in the country, the public administration ministry said.

The storm toppled nearly 8,000 trees and damaged 42 ships or boats and 35 houses. A total of 6,418 hectares (15,852 acres) of farmland was damaged.

Typhoon Tembin, located about 350 kilometres northeast of the Taiwanese capital Taipei early Wednesday, is approaching South Korea at a speed of 20 kilometres an hour.

Situation in Braithwaite grim; flooding is massive

WDSU.com

The situation was bleak in some Eastbank Plaquemines Parish neighborhoods that were inundated by water as Hurricane Isaac pushed across the region.

Officials said an 18-mile stretch of levees was overtopped by water from the Mississippi River early Wednesday. The resulting flood brought as much as 10 feet of water to residential areas, early reports indicated.

The area includes a stretch from Braithwaite to White Ditch. Those communities were under a mandatory evacuation order because of safety concerns.

Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser told WDSU that the problem was limited to overtopping, and not a breach. He described the situation as “serious.”

The National Weather Service noted: “This will result in significant deep flooding in this area.”

The levee is not part of the federal Corps of Engineers protection system.

WDSU reporter Travers Mackel said flood gates were closed to contain the water. He said there was concern that some people were trapped in dangerous conditions.

In nearby St. Bernard Parish, trees blocked roadways, making driving nearly impossible.

More than 400,000 Entergy customers on the south shore were without power.

WDSU reporter Gina Swanson said water was encroaching on an evacuation shelter in Raceland, in Lafourche Parish.

Jefferson Parish reported flooding in Lower Lafitte and water levels in the bayou that were up two feet from Tuesday.

The Harvey and Belle Chasse tunnels were closed — a move that followed the shut-down of the Lake Pontchartrain Causevay Tuesday evening.

Several fires, including major ones in Gretna and Arabi, were also reported.

Armstrong International Airport was closed, with all flights cancelled.

Viewers Send in Video of Massive Waves and Wind

(MOBILE, Ala.) – While Louisiana appears to be taking the heaviest blow from Hurricane Isaac, there’s no doubt the storm is impact our stretch of the Gulf.

One viewer send in video of waves churning in Mobile Bay ripping up a dock, and a man in Pensacola uploaded video of driving wind and rain from his pool.

Thousands have been without power in Mobile County but crews have been out trying to make those repairs today.

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Technological Disaster

USA

State of Louisiana, [Lake Tangipahoa region]

Technological Disaster in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 04:46 (04:46 AM) UTC.

Description

30.08.2012

Flash Flood

USA

State of Louisiana, [Plaquemines Parish region]

Flash Flood in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 12:33 (12:33 PM) UTC.

Description

Officials rushed to evacuate more than 100 nursing home residents from Plaquemines Parish, an area with a reputation for weathering storms and perhaps the hardest hit by Isaac. In this hardscrabble, mostly rural parish, even the sick and elderly are hardened storm veterans. Other residents in the Riverbend Nursing and Rehabilitation Center were loaded into ambulances and taken to a nearby naval station. By midafternoon Wednesday, Isaac had been downgraded to a tropical storm. The Louisiana National Guard ceased rescue operations in Plaquemines Parish, saying it felt confident it had gotten everyone out. There were no serious injuries. National Guard spokesman Capt. Lance Cagnolatti said guardsmen would stay in the area over the coming days to help. By early Thursday, Isaac’s maximum sustained winds had decreased to 45 mph and the National Hurricane Center said it was expected to become a tropical depression by Thursday night, meaning its top sustained winds would drop below 39 mph. The storm’s center was on track to cross Arkansas on Friday and southern Missouri on Friday night, spreading rain as it goes.

30.08.2012

Flash Flood

United Kingdom

England, Milton [Staffordshire]

Flash Flood in United Kingdom on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 10:08 (10:08 AM) UTC.

Description

Torrential rain left motorists battling flooded roads and residents using sandbags to stem the flow of flash floods. And yesterday’s downpour means the county is on track to record one of the wettest Augusts in recent years as families rue the summer that never was. The rain – which hit Staffordshire during yesterday morning and afternoon – forced local authorities and members of the emergency services to attempt to combat a number of deep floods. Weather experts said yesterday’s adverse conditions mean the region is on course to have endured a worse summer than the previous year. Figures from the Met Office have revealed the first two weeks of August saw 36mm of rain fall in the county. In July the region was hit with 139mm. Yesterday’s downpour caused problems across the city, along with Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands. Staff from Staffordshire Moorlands District Council’s street cleaning team handed out sandbags to residents in Endon, Blythe Bridge, Stockton Brook and Brown Edge in a bid to tackle flooding. Firefighters were sent out to close off Endon’s Brook Lane after a flooded ford resulted in the area being deluged in 3ft high water. Crews from Leek and Endon also helped residents safely turn off their electricity and gas as water swept through the area. Last night motorists were being advised to avoid Brown Edge’s Breach Lane. A spokesman for Staffordshire Fire and Rescue said: “We’d urge people to monitor warnings given by the Environment Agency and to avoid driving in areas where there is localised flooding.”

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

‘Virtually Untreatable’ Tuberculosis Threat Rising, Study Finds

Makiko Kitamura and Adi Narayan

Aug. 30 (Bloomberg) — Almost half of tuberculosis patients who received prior treatment were resistant to a second-line drug, suggesting the deadly disease may become “virtually untreatable,” according to a new study.

Among 1,278 patients who were resistant to two or more first-line tuberculosis drugs in Estonia, Latvia, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand, 43.7 percent showed resistance to at least one second-line drug, according to a study led by Tracy Dalton at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The findings were published in the Lancet medical journal today.

About 1.4 million people died from TB, the second-deadliest infectious disease globally after AIDS, and 650,000 cases were multi-drug resistant in 2010, according to the World Health Organization. Rising infection rates prompted the U.K. to announce in May it will require pre-entry tuberculosis screening for migrants from 67 countries seeking to enter the country for more than 6 months.

“The global emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis heralds the advent of widespread, virtually untreatable tuberculosis,” the study authors said in the published paper.

Previous treatment with second-line drugs was the strongest risk factor for resistance to these drugs, the authors said.

Alcohol Abuse

The prevalence of drug resistance, which ranged from 33 percent in Thailand to 62 percent in Latvia, also correlates with how long second-line drugs have been available in each country.

South Korea and Russia had the longest histories of availability — more than 20 years — and the highest rates of resistance. In contrast, Thailand, Philippines and Peru, where second-line drugs were introduced 10 years ago or less, had the lowest resistance rates.

Unemployment, alcohol abuse and smoking were also associated with resistance to second-line injectable treatment across countries.

This is one of the few studies that have followed patients with the multi-drug-resistant form of TB for several years, Justin Denholm, an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, said in a phone interview.

Patients not taking their medicines properly is a major driver for resistance, said Denholm, who is studying TB transmission patterns in Australia’s Victoria state.

Individualized Treatment

The WHO’s current strategy for tackling TB is called Dots, short for “directly observed treatment, short course.” Under Dots, patients are required to show up at a clinic three times a week to be supervised when taking their medicine to be sure they complete the treatment.

“The reality is that this one-size-fits-all approach is a major part of what’s led to this drug resistance issue,” Denholm said. “I think individualized treatment is what we should be aiming for.”

Scientists are also researching new treatments. In a study published last month in the Lancet, researchers from Stellenbosch University in Cape Town said an experimental three- drug combination killed 99 percent of the bacteria within two weeks. As the combination doesn’t contain isoniazid or rifampicin, the two main medicines used against TB, it may also provide a much-needed weapon against drug-resistant strains, the researchers wrote.

China Survey

India and China, which have the world’s highest numbers of tuberculosis cases, weren’t included in Dalton’s study as they hadn’t begun pilot programs for increasing access to second-line drugs until after the study began.

In a 2007 national survey in China, 27 percent of multi- drug-resistant tuberculosis cases showed resistance to the antibiotic fluoroquinolone, according to the Lancet report. In India, a 2006 population-based survey in the western state of Gujarat reported fluoroquinolone resistance in 24 percent of cases.

The U.K. Border Agency this month began requiring TB screening for Indians applying for a settlement visa and will extend the rule to those obtaining a work visa from Sept. 10. The new requirement replaces screening at airports.

TB is at the highest level in 30 years in the U.K. In London, 84 percent of the 3,302 people infected in 2010 were foreign-born, according to the Health Protection Agency.

30.08.2012

Epidemic Hazard

USA

State of Colorado, [Cimarrona Campground, Archuleta County]

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 15:48 (03:48 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:20 UTC
Description
A camper near Pagosa Springs has contracted bubonic plague. The Durango Herald reports that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground. The San Juan Basin Health Department did not give the victim’s age or gender. Warning signs are being posted in the campground, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an average of seven cases of plague each year across the country. Most human cases tend to occur in rural areas in the Southwest. Symptoms of plague begin two to six days after a person is bitten by an infected flea, rodent or cat. The plague can be successfully treated if diagnosed promptly.

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Climate Change

Thawing permafrost frees millions of tons of carbon: study

by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP)

A vast outcrop of the Arctic Siberian coast that had been frozen for tens of thousands of years is releasing huge carbon deposits as rising temperatures thaw parts of its coastline, a study warned Wednesday.

The carbon, a potential source of Earth-warming CO2, has lain frozen along the 7,000-kilometre (4,400-mile) northeast Siberian coastline since the last Ice Age.

But atmospheric warming and coastal erosion are gnawing at the icy seal, releasing about 40 million tonnes of carbon a year — 10 times more than previously thought, said a study in the journal Nature.

About two-thirds of the carbon escapes into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2) and the rest becomes trapped in higher layers of ocean sediment.

About half the carbon pool in soil globally is held in permafrost in the Arctic, a region that is experiencing twice the global average of climate warming, said the study led by researchers at Stockholm University.

Earlier this week, US scientists said the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean had melted to its smallest point ever.

The region covered by the Nature study, called Yedoma, is twice the size of Sweden but has been poorly researched because it is so remote.

The finding touches on a vicious circle, or positive feedback in climate parlance.

Under this, man-made warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels releases naturally-occurring stocks of CO2 that have been stored in permafrost since the last Ice Age, called the Pleistocene.

The released gases in turn add to global warming, which frees even more locked-up carbon, and so on.

“Thermal collapse and erosion of these carbon-rich Pleistocene coastline and seafloor deposits may accelerate the Arctic amplification of climate warming,” the paper warned.

The atmospheric leakage from Yedoma is equivalent to the annual emissions of around five million passenger cars, on the basis of average carbon output (five tonnes per year) of vehicles in the United States.

In a separate study also in Nature, researchers in Britain, the Netherlands and the United States used computer models to estimate there could be as much as four billion tonnes of methane under Antarctica’s icesheet.

Methane is 25 times more efficient at trapping solar heat than carbon dioxide.

Before it froze over, the region teemed with life whose organic remains became trapped in sediment later covered by ice sheets.

“Our modelling shows that over millions of years, microbes may have turned this old organic carbon into methane,” which could boost climate warming if released by icesheet collapse, the researchers said in a statement.

The collapse of the Antarctic icesheet is considered an extremely remote scenario by most climatologists, and some studies have suggested that parts of it could be thickening, due to localised increases in snowfall.

Related Links
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Solar Activity

2MIN News August 30. 2012: Arctic Follow-Up, Buoy Events, Sun Awakening

Published on Aug 30, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

TODAY’S LINKS
Arctic Ice Melt Follow-up: http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/article/2012/arctic-sea-ice-breaks-2007-reco…
Yosemite: http://www.kcra.com/news/Yosemite-officials-1-700-visitors-risk-disease/-/117…
What’s Visible on Stereo: http://stereo-ssc.nascom.nasa.gov/beacon/planets/
Isaac Images: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/slideshow

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]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

NOAA Bouys: http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/Default.php

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]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

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!]

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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2012 LU7)

02nd September 2012

2 day(s)

0.1200

46.7

440 m – 990 m

8.16 km/s

29376 km/h

(2012 FS35)

02nd September 2012

2 day(s)

0.1545

60.1

2.3 m – 5.2 m

2.87 km/s

10332 km/h

(2012 HG31)

03rd September 2012

3 day(s)

0.0716

27.9

440 m – 990 m

10.33 km/s

37188 km/h

(2012 PX)

04th September 2012

4 day(s)

0.0452

17.6

61 m – 140 m

9.94 km/s

35784 km/h

(2012 EH5)

05th September 2012

5 day(s)

0.1613

62.8

38 m – 84 m

9.75 km/s

35100 km/h

(2011 EO11)

05th September 2012

5 day(s)

0.1034

40.2

9.0 m – 20 m

8.81 km/s

31716 km/h

(2007 PS25)

06th September 2012

6 day(s)

0.0497

19.3

23 m – 52 m

8.50 km/s

30600 km/h

329520 (2002 SV)

08th September 2012

8 day(s)

0.1076

41.9

300 m – 670 m

9.17 km/s

33012 km/h

(2011 ES4)

10th September 2012

10 day(s)

0.1792

69.8

20 m – 44 m

12.96 km/s

46656 km/h

(2008 CO)

11th September 2012

11 day(s)

0.1847

71.9

74 m – 160 m

4.10 km/s

14760 km/h

(2007 PB8)

14th September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1682

65.5

150 m – 340 m

14.51 km/s

52236 km/h

226514 (2003 UX34)

14th September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1882

73.2

260 m – 590 m

25.74 km/s

92664 km/h

(1998 QC1)

14th September 2012

14 day(s)

0.1642

63.9

310 m – 700 m

17.11 km/s

61596 km/h

(2002 EM6)

15th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1833

71.3

270 m – 590 m

18.56 km/s

66816 km/h

(2002 RP137)

16th September 2012

16 day(s)

0.1624

63.2

67 m – 150 m

7.31 km/s

26316 km/h

(2009 RX4)

16th September 2012

16 day(s)

0.1701

66.2

15 m – 35 m

8.35 km/s

30060 km/h

(2005 UC)

17th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1992

77.5

280 m – 640 m

7.55 km/s

27180 km/h

(2012 FC71)

18th September 2012

18 day(s)

0.1074

41.8

24 m – 53 m

3.51 km/s

12636 km/h

(1998 FF14)

19th September 2012

19 day(s)

0.0928

36.1

210 m – 480 m

21.40 km/s

77040 km/h

331990 (2005 FD)

19th September 2012

19 day(s)

0.1914

74.5

320 m – 710 m

15.92 km/s

57312 km/h

(2009 SH2)

24th September 2012

24 day(s)

0.1462

56.9

28 m – 62 m

7.52 km/s

27072 km/h

333578 (2006 KM103)

25th September 2012

25 day(s)

0.0626

24.4

250 m – 560 m

8.54 km/s

30744 km/h

(2002 EZ2)

26th September 2012

26 day(s)

0.1922

74.8

270 m – 610 m

6.76 km/s

24336 km/h

(2009 SB170)

29th September 2012

29 day(s)

0.1789

69.6

200 m – 440 m

32.39 km/s

116604 km/h

(2011 OJ45)

29th September 2012

29 day(s)

0.1339

52.1

18 m – 39 m

4.24 km/s

15264 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife /Environmental Pollution

Today

Biological Hazard

Ukraine

Mykolaiv Oblast, Voznesensk [Zaporizhia region]

Biological Hazard in Ukraine on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 08:17 (08:17 AM) UTC.

Description
Out of the 36 patients, who underwent prophylactic treatment after identification of the anthrax hot bed in Zaporizhia region, currently two of them are remaining under supervision of physicians. “Today we can say that everything is fine with the people: out of 36 people, who received preventive treatment, only two are under the supervision of doctors now. They are a man and a woman from Voznesenka village, who had contacted the infected animal and were hospitalized immediately after the accident. Currently, they have no manifestations of disease, but to make sure that the health condition of these people is good, we should get the results of laboratory tests and withstand a certain period,” chief medical officer of Zaporizhia region Anatoly Sevalnev said. According to the deputy head of the Main Department for Veterinary Medicine in Zaporizhia region Serhit Dehtiarenko, the quarantine measures will continue until September 5.
Biohazard name:	Anthrax
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Today

Biological Hazard

USA

State of New York, [Noyack Bay]

Biological Hazard in USA on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 05:38 (05:38 AM) UTC.

Description
Streaks of red tide – a toxic algal bloom that threatens both marine life – were clearly visible in Noyac Bay during a flyover on Thursday. Aerial photographer Jeff Cully captured images of red tide lining the shore at Long Beach. Red tide has appeared in Long Island waters every summer since 2004, Chris Gobler, Ph.D., told Patch earlier this month, when the algal bloom made its first showing of the year. Gobler, a Stony Brook Southampton School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences professor, said red tide typically appears in late August, but this summer it was detected in late July. The early arrival could be attributed to high temperatures this summer, he said. “This red tide is caused by the dinoflagellate, cochlodinium,” Gobler explained. “Cochlodinium is not a human health threat but is highly toxic to marine life. Fish exposed to dense cochlodinium blooms cannot survive more than one to six hours, depending on their size. We have had fish die at the Southampton marine lab when our intake system brought in red tide water.” After patches of red tide have passed through, pound net fisherman have found that catches have died off, he added. The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, thanks to $3 million in grants, announced Monday a plan to restore the health of another local bay, Shinnecock, by seeding eelgrass and shellfish beds in strategic areas where they are most likely to thrive. Shellfish filter algae from water, but their populations in Long Island waters have declined in recent decades, a trend marine sciences hope to turn around. If the effort proves successful, it could be implemented in other distressed bodies of water, both locally and around the world. Research demonstrates that algal blooms are made worse by an increased flow of nitrogen into the bays, from sources such as cesspools and fertilizers, Gobler said.
Biohazard name:	Red Tide
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

Today

Biological Hazard

Ireland

Multiple areas, [Beaches in Waterford and Cork, and Kerry]

Biological Hazard in Ireland on Friday, 31 August, 2012 at 02:59 (02:59 AM) UTC.

Description
Portuguese men-of-war, which look like jellyfish and whose sting can cause severe pain and, in rare cases, death in humans, has been seen on beaches in Waterford and Cork, and may yet reach Kerry coasts. The Irish Water Safety organisation yesterday warned swimmers, surfers and other beach users that Portuguese men-of- war have been seen in Tramore, Ardmore, Inchydoney and Schull, and that there is a risk they may drift farther north. The invertebrate and carnivore creature is a siphonophore, which means it is made up of a colony of organisms working together. Its float is about 30cm long and 13cm wide and it has tentacles that can reach 50m in length. The stinging venom-filled nematocysts in the tentacles cause severe pain to humans, leaving whip-like red welts on the skin. A sting may lead to an allergic reaction. There can also be serious effects, including fever, shock, and interference with heart and lung function. Stings may also cause death, although this is extremely rare.
Biohazard name:	Portuguese man O War Jellyfish invasion
Biohazard level:	0/4 —
Biohazard desc.:	This does not included biological hazard category.
Symptoms:
Status:

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Japanese River Otter Declared Extinct

Tom Schueneman

Once a resident of rivers throughout Japan, the Japanese river otter hasn’t been seen for more than 30 years. Today, the otter was officially deemed extinct by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment. The unique species of otter was designated as natural monument in Japan as the first Japanese mammal to have survived into the Showa Era (1926-1989) before succumbing to extinction. Two species of Japanese bat and two species of wolves became extinct in the Meija Era (1868-1912).

Over-hunting for its fur combined with habitat destruction from human development drove the river otter to near extinction by the 1930s. By the late ’70s the river otter was added to the “Red List of Threatened Mammals of Japan” as critically endangered. The last official sighting of a Japanese river otter was in 1979 along the banks of the Shinjo River in Susaki, Kochi Prefecture.

An adult river otter grew to about 110 centimeters (43 inches) in length, including a tail of up to 50 centimeters (20 inches), sporting a thick, lush coat of fur and short webbed feet. The typical diet for a Japanese river otter consisted mainly of fish, crab and shrimp, but they also dined on eels, sweet potatoes, watermelons and beetles.

Hope after extinction?

Official survey records from the Ministry of the Environment indicate the river otter disappeared from the northern island of Hokkaido in the 1950s and on the main island of Honshu in the 1960s. In the early 1990s research teams assembled in Kochi Prefecture, located in the southwestern part of the island of Shikoku, to see if they could find evidence of surviving otters. In March 1992 the researchers found hair and excrement that was determined to have come from an otter — perhaps the last official evidence of a surviving Japanese river otter.

But Yoshihiko Machida, professor emeritus at Kochi University, isn’t quite ready to sound the death knell for the Japanese river otter, citing reports of confirmed otter droppings found as late as 1999:

“I think it is possible that they still exist, and I want to continue my investigations,” he said in response to the declaration of the otter’s extinction.

Hope springs eternal.

30.08.2012

Environment Pollution

United Kingdom

Scotland, North Sea, [Between Tartan Alpha platform and Galley field]

Environment Pollution in United Kingdom on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 11:44 (11:44 AM) UTC.

Description

An oil spill response spill vessel has been deployed to a North Sea field after oil started leaking from crack in a subsea pipeline. An estimated 13 barrels of oil have leaked from the pipeline which connects the Galley field to Talisman’s Tartan Alpha platform, 117 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The leak was first spotted last Friday. A spokesman for Talisman Energy said: “Talisman Energy (UK) Limited can confirm that following the identification of a crack in the production pipeline which connects the Galley field to the Tartan Alpha platform, flushing operations are being carried out using seawater to remove the production fluids from the pipeline. “This is being carried out in accordance with a plan developed by a specialist team and agreed with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, bringing the situation to a safe and timely resolution. All relevant authorities have been informed and are being kept updated.” He added: “Based on the investigatory and monitoring activity undertaken since we identified the issue on 24 August, we estimate the maximum total release to date is 88 barrels of fluids, of which approximately 13 would be oil and the rest water. “We take our responsibility to safeguard the environment very seriously and, as a precaution we deployed a spill recovery and containment vessel with oil spill response equipment on board, while monitoring the leak area by ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) on a round-the-clock basis. The oil spill response vessel will remain on station during subsequent remedial works. “In addition, we have established a regular programme of spotter plane flights to monitor the sea surface and placed a trained wildlife observer on a vessel at the site to monitor seabirds and marine life.”

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Earth Watch Report – Thursday August 30th,2012

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August 30, 2012

Earthquakes

RSOE EDIS

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk	Source	Details
30.08.2012 10:46:02	4.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Atka		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 10:25:41	4.9	South America	Chile	Bío-Bío	Arauco		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:35:39	2.4	North America	United States	California	Weott		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:36:08	2.5	North America	United States	California	Yorba Linda		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:25:32	2.4	North America	United States	Alaska	Petersville		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:36:32	4.4	Indonesian archipelago	Indonesia		Mas		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:55:29	4.4	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia		Mas		EMSC
30.08.2012 09:20:28	5.2	Indonesian archipelago	Indonesia		Mas		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 09:56:02	5.3	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia		Mas		EMSC
30.08.2012 08:55:24	2.0	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Ula		EMSC
30.08.2012 08:15:26	2.0	North America	United States	California	Cobb		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 08:50:28	3.6	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:35:36	2.2	North America	United States	California	Ponderosa		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:50:26	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Datca		EMSC
30.08.2012 09:36:56	2.8	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:20:34	2.3	North America	United States	California	Yorba Linda		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:15:57	2.3	North America	United States	Alaska	Pedro Bay		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:10:53	2.5	North America	United States	Alaska	Tyonek		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 06:50:26	2.2	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 06:45:19	2.5	Europe	France	Rhône-Alpes	Saint-Bonnet-le-Chateau		EMSC
30.08.2012 08:55:49	2.3	Europe	Albania	Dibër	Duricaj		EMSC
30.08.2012 07:50:48	2.5	Europe	Greece	North Aegean	Agios Dimitrios		EMSC
30.08.2012 07:52:00	3.4	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:05:35	3.4	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 05:25:47	4.9	South America	Peru	Ucayali	Campoverde		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 05:45:20	5.0	South-America	Peru	Ucayali	Campoverde		EMSC
30.08.2012 05:45:43	3.3	Europe	Greece	Peloponnese	Koroni		EMSC
30.08.2012 04:46:13	2.0	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 04:35:46	2.3	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:11:17	3.7	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 05:15:28	3.8	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 07:51:07	2.5	Asia	Turkey	Antalya	Kalkan		EMSC
30.08.2012 03:50:31	2.1	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 04:25:43	3.8	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 03:35:29	2.5	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 03:05:32	2.0	North America	United States	California	Westmorland		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 03:45:21	3.1	South-America	Chile	Atacama	Vallenar		EMSC
30.08.2012 03:45:43	3.9	South-America	Bolivia	Potosí	Villa Alota		EMSC
30.08.2012 04:45:20	4.4	Middle-America	Nicaragua	Chinandega	Jiquilillo		EMSC
30.08.2012 04:30:26	4.4	Middle America	Nicaragua	Chinandega	Jiquilillo		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 02:40:21	2.1	Europe	Italy	Emilia-Romagna	San Prospero		EMSC
30.08.2012 04:45:46	4.3	Middle-America	El Salvador	Usulután	Puerto El Triunfo		EMSC
30.08.2012 04:46:37	4.3	Middle America	El Salvador	Usulután	Puerto El Triunfo		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 08:56:11	3.3	Europe	Greece	South Aegean	Karpathos		EMSC
30.08.2012 02:40:47	2.3	Europe	Italy	Sicily	Saponara Villafranca		EMSC
30.08.2012 01:35:25	3.1	Asia	Turkey	Mu?la	Sarigerme		EMSC
30.08.2012 01:05:31	2.0	North America	United States	California	Brawley		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 01:00:29	2.5	North America	United States	California	King City		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 00:50:37	2.1	North America	United States	California	Pearsonville		USGS-RSOE
30.08.2012 00:35:40	4.2	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Road Town		USGS-RSOE

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Yorba Linda earthquake a likely aftershock from earlier cluster

The 4.1 earthquake that jolted Yorba Linda on Wednesday afternoon appears to be an aftershock of the cluster of quakes that hit the region earlier this month, seismologists said.

The jolted area included southeastern Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Inland Empire. The quake occurred in about the same location of an earthquake doublet, two 4.5 quakes that occurred on Aug. 7 at 11:23 p.m. and Aug. 8 at 9:33 a.m. The area was also hit by a 4.0 quake on June 14.

Wednesday’s quake, which hit at 1:31 p.m., was located near the center point of the magnitude-5.5 Chino Hills earthquake that reverberated through the Los Angeles Basin in the summer of 2008, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones told The Times.

Wednesday’s quake appeared to be located in the “Yorba Linda trend,” a seismic area identified by Caltech geophysicist Egill Hauksson in 1990, that might be a buried fault.

Many who felt the quake said it was relatively mild.

At Vinjon’s Kennel in Yorba Linda, the quake hit just as Carisa Feeney, 22, was giving a bath to a year-and-a-half-old boxer mix. When the quake delivered its single strong jolt, the dog leaped up in the tub –- and both quickly ran outside.

“I’m pretty much covered in water,” Feeney said.

Nancy Ferguson, who owns SGO Designer Glass in Old Town Yorba Linda, said, “We had a big jolt, just for a few seconds, then everything just kind of swayed.”

Ferguson, who has hundreds of pieces of glass on display in her store, said she holds her breath every time there’s an earthquake. “But nothing fell over today, so we’re feeling pretty lucky,” she said.

It is unlikely that the earthquake swarm that has hit Imperial County with hundreds of quakes since the weekend is related to Wednesday’s quake in Yorba Linda, Jones said.

Southern California town declares emergency over quake swarm

LOS ANGELES

Aug 29 (Reuters) – The southern California town of Brawley has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency after a swarm of earthquakes rattled nearly 20 mobile homes off their blocks and forced a slaughterhouse to close, the mayor said on Wednesday.

It is uncommon for quake-hardy California cities to declare emergencies due to tremors, but Brawley mayor George Nava said the earthquake swarm is a unique case because it has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage.

The cluster of relatively small quakes, which are caused by water and other fluids moving around in the Earth’s crust, began on Saturday evening and climaxed the next day with a 5.5 temblor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The tremors were continuing on Wednesday and geologists say there have been hundreds in total.

Nava said leaders in Brawley, a city of 25,000 residents south of the state’s inland Salton Sea and 170 miles (275 km) southeast of Los Angeles, declared a local emergency late on Tuesday. Officials with surrounding Imperial County made a similar declaration on Wednesday.

Nineteen mobile homes were knocked off their blocks and their residents forced out, Nava said. The auditorium at Brawley Union High School has been damaged and closed off, and the National Beef slaughter plant in Brawley has been temporarily shut down due to damage, he said.

Local businesses have suffered millions of dollars in losses from closures and from customers staying away, Nava said. But he could not give an exact account of quake-related losses.

The Red Cross and local government agencies will offer services to residents on Friday and Saturday at a local center. The emergency declaration allows Brawley to receive more assistance from Imperial County, Nava said.

At one point, about 10,000 residents in the city were without power, and the quakes have also caused water line disruptions, Nava said.

“When you don’t have an AC or running water, it’s just not a good thing in this weather,” he said.

Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, said earlier this week that the cluster of quakes is not a sign that a larger temblor is imminent. (Reporting By Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Tim Gaynor and Sandra Maler)

30.08.2012

Earthquake

USA

State of California, [Imperial County]

Earthquake in USA on Monday, 27 August, 2012 at 03:20 (03:20 AM) UTC.

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Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 03:10 UTC

Description

An unusual swarm of hundreds of mostly small earthquakes has struck Southern California over the last three days and shaken the nerves of quake-hardy residents, but scientists say the cluster is not a sign a larger temblor is imminent. The earthquakes, the largest of which measured magnitude 5.5, began on Saturday evening and have been centered near the town of Brawley close to the state’s inland Salton Sea, said Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists were monitoring the earthquake cluster, which continued on Tuesday, to see if it approaches the Imperial Fault, about three miles away. A destructive and deadly earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck on that fault in 1940, she said. “We don’t have any reason to believe that the (earthquake) storm is going to trigger on the Imperial Fault, but there’s a minute possibility that it could,” Hardebeck said, adding that the swarm of quakes was not moving closer to that fault.The Brawley quake cluster, which is caused by hot fluid moving around in the Earth’s crust, is different than a typical earthquake, in which two blocks of earth slip past each other along a tectonic fault line. After that kind of an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 or above, there is a 5 percent chance a larger quake will follow, Hardebeck said. But she added the same kinds of probability estimates were not possible with earthquake clusters caused by the movement of hot fluid. “We understand them even less than we understand normal earthquakes,” Hardebeck said, adding that scientists do not know why a cluster of earthquakes will occur at one time rather than another. The swarm led to jangled nerves in Brawley, a town of about 25,000 residents 170 miles southeast of Los Angeles near the border with Mexico. “It’s pretty bad. We had to evacuate the hotel just for safety,” Rowena Rapoza, office manager of a local Best Western Hotel, said on Sunday. There were two earthquakes on Sunday afternoon, one with a 5.5 magnitude and one measuring 5.3, Hardebeck said. Those were the largest quakes in the cluster amid hundreds of others, she said.

In the past, earthquake clusters have gone on for as long as two weeks, Hardebeck said. Before this recent cluster in Brawley, the last swarm of this size to hit the area was in 1981, she said. Earlier this month, a pair of moderate-sized earthquakes both registering a magnitude 4.5 struck the California town of Yorba Linda within 10 hours of each other, but no damage was reported. Yorba Linda, the birthplace of the late President Richard Nixon, is 145 miles northwest of Brawley.

Earthquake in USA on Monday, 27 August, 2012 at 03:20 (03:20 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 19:21 UTC
Description
Earthquake swarms continued Wednesday in Imperial County as the city of Brawley declared an emergency to deal with the damage. The swarm that began Sunday morning showed signs of slowing down Wednesday, with fewer quakes reported by the U.S. Geological Survey than on recent days. The magnitude of the quakes is also declining. There was scattered damage around Brawley, but officials have not yet compiled a full estimate of the costs. The Brawley City Council on Tuesday declared a local emergency, according to the Imperial Valley Press. More than 400 earthquakes greater than magnitude 1.0 have been recorded in Imperial County since Saturday evening, said U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Elizabeth Cochran. The largest were a 5.3 and a 5.5 about midday Sunday. Scientists say the reason is not fully understood, but there is a clue: Earthquake faults work much differently south of the Salton Sea than they do closer to Los Angeles. Take, for instance, the San Andreas fault as it runs through Los Angeles County. Itâs a fault where, generally speaking, two plates of the Earthâs crust are grinding past each other. The Pacific plate is moving to the northwest, while the North American plate is pushing to the southeast.South of the Salton Sea, the fault dynamic changes. The Pacific and North American plates start to pull away from each other, Cochran told The Times from her Pasadena office. (That movement is what created the Gulf of California, which separates Baja California from the rest of Mexico.) So Imperial County is caught between these two types of faults in what is called the âBrawley Seismic Zone,â which can lead to an earthquake swarm, Cochran said. The last major swarm was in 2005, Cochran said, when the largest magnitude was a 5.1. The largest swarm before last weekend’s occurred in 1981, when the biggest quake topped out at 5.8. Before that, there were swarms in the 1960s and 1970s. Brawley school officials told the Imperial Valley Press that Palmer Auditorium, a performance facility it manages with a local arts group, has been shut down after an inspection. âWe were told by engineers it needs to be shut down because there were huge structural damages,â school Supt. Hasmik Danielian told the paper. Crews would have a better idea of the total damage caused by the quakes in the coming days, said Maria Peinado, a spokeswoman for the Imperial County Public Health Department, but so far the list of affected structures includes about 20 mobile homes shifted from their foundations. The earthquakes also caused “cosmetic” damage to at least three buildings dating to the 1930s in downtown Brawley, said Capt. Jesse Zendejas of the Brawley Fire Department. A few displaced residents spent Sunday night at an American Red Cross shelter at the Imperial Valley College gymnasium, Peinado said.

Earthquake in USA on Monday, 27 August, 2012 at 03:20 (03:20 AM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 02:56 UTC
Description
The southern California town of Brawley has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency after a swarm of earthquakes rattled nearly 20 mobile homes off their blocks and forced a slaughterhouse to close, the mayor said on Wednesday. It is uncommon for quake-hardy California cities to declare emergencies due to tremors, but Brawley mayor George Nava said the earthquake swarm is a unique case because it has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage. The cluster of relatively small quakes, which are caused by water and other fluids moving around in the Earth’s crust, began on Saturday evening and climaxed the next day with a 5.5 temblor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremors were continuing on Wednesday and geologists say there have been hundreds in total.Nava said leaders in Brawley, a city of 25,000 residents south of the state’s inland Salton Sea and 170 miles (275 km) southeast of Los Angeles, declared a local emergency late on Tuesday. Officials with surrounding Imperial County made a similar declaration on Wednesday. Nineteen mobile homes were knocked off their blocks and their residents forced out, Nava said. The auditorium at Brawley Union High School has been damaged and closed off, and the National Beef slaughter plant in Brawley has been temporarily shut down due to damage, he said. Local businesses have suffered millions of dollars in losses from closures and from customers staying away, Nava said. But he could not give an exact account of quake-related losses. The Red Cross and local government agencies will offer services to residents on Friday and Saturday at a local center. The emergency declaration allows Brawley to receive more assistance from Imperial County, Nava said. At one point, about 10,000 residents in the city were without power, and the quakes have also caused water line disruptions, Nava said. “When you don’t have an AC or running water, it’s just not a good thing in this weather,” he said. Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, said earlier this week that the cluster of quakes is not a sign that a larger temblor is imminent.

29.08.2012

Earthquake

British Virgin Islands

Atlantic Ocean, [Between 94 to 108 kilometers of the Road Town]

Earthquake in British Virgin Islands on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 07:42 (07:42 AM) UTC.

Description
A total of 104 earthquakes were observed in the last four days, British Virgin Islands area. The smallest was M2.0 and the strongest quake was M4.8 on the Richter scale. The center of the earthquake at a distance of 94 to 108 kilometers and the depth were between 5 and 90 kilometers.

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather

Today

Heat Wave

USA

State of South Dakota, [SD-wide]

Heat Wave in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:25 (03:25 AM) UTC.

Description

South Dakota students are used to extreme cold and having classes called off because of winter blizzards, but the weather that caused their school day to be cut short Wednesday was intense for a different reason: the triple-digit temperatures. More than two dozen school districts across the state shut down early Wednesday as temperatures rose above 100 degrees, turning classrooms into saunas. “The major factor in the decision is the safety and welfare of students and staff members. It’s tough to learn in an environment when a room is 100 degrees,” said Eureka Superintendent Bo Beck, whose north-central South Dakota district joined others in dismissing students a few hours early because their classrooms lack air conditioning. Eureka and other districts have called off classes due to late-summer heat in past years, but school closures are more common in winter months when snow, frigid temperatures and howling winds make travel unsafe, Beck said. Scott Doering, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, said high temperatures Wednesday were expected to range from the low 90s in northeastern South Dakota to as high as 107 in the center of the state as a ridge of high pressure made the northern and central Plains area the nation’s hotspot.Some places in central South Dakota could break or come close to breaking records before temperatures start to drop to the 80s and lower 90s Thursday, Doering said. He said temperatures topping 100 sometimes persist in South Dakota, even into September. “It’s unusual, but not highly unusual,” he added, referring to Wednesday’s heat. Don Hotalling, superintendent for the Stanley County School District, said all students in Fort Pierre were being sent home at 1 p.m. because some classrooms are not air-conditioned. That problem will be solved after a new building is completed next year, he said. “With 106 degrees forecast for today, we knew it really was going to be miserable for some of the students,” Hotalling said. “With the humidity and the heat, it’s very uncomfortable. Not much learning is going to be going on later in the afternoon, when it gets hotter.” Stanley County eighth-grader Madison Bogue was happy her Fort Pierre school ended the day early. “It’s really awesome. It’s better than sitting in there all day,” the 13-year-old said. The district used fans to try to cool buildings Tuesday, when a lot of parents picked up their kids and took them home to beat the heat, Hotalling said. Staff encouraged students to drink plenty of water, but some students complained Tuesday of headaches, he said. Deputy state Education Secretary Mary Stadick Smith said she didn’t know how many schools were closing because of the heat, but at least two dozen schools from northeastern South Dakota to Rapid City in the west let radio and television stations know of early closures.

“Typically in South Dakota, schools are closed because of cold weather and blizzards that kind of thing, so it is a little unusual,” Stadick Smith said. Schools will not have to make up the missed time as long as they meet annual requirements for hours spent in classrooms, she said. The Rapid City Journal reported that schools in that city also were closing early because 15 of the 25 public schools do not have air conditioning. “When we start reaching temperatures above 90 degrees in classrooms, we have concerns as to trying to do something to relieve that stress on the teachers and the students that have been trying to work in those rooms,” Rapid City Area Schools Superintendent Tim Mitchell told the newspaper. Principal Robin Gillespie said teachers at Rapid City’s Wilson Elementary have been beating the heat with fans, low lights, water breaks and Popsicles. Many South Dakota residents seemed to take the heat in stride.

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Mustang Complex Fires in Idaho

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Sparked by lightning in July, the Mustang Complex fire had burned 149,828 acres (60,633 hectares) of rugged terrain near Salmon, Idaho, by August 29, 2012. The fire burned in steep, inaccessible terrain.

This natural-color satellite image shows thick smoke from the fires streaming northeast toward Montana. It was collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite on August 28, 2012. Actively burning areas, detected by MODIS’s thermal bands, are outlined in red.

By August 23, more than 1,106,545 acres (447,803 hectares) had burned in Idaho—more than any other state except for Oregon. By August 29, more than 7,277,838 acres (2,945,236 hectares) had burned throughout the United States in what has proven to be one of the most severe wildfire seasons in the last decade.

Reference
Inciweb. (2012, August 29). Mustang Complex Fire. Accessed August 29, 2012.
National Interagency Fire Center. (2012, August 29). Year-to-Date Statistics. Accessed August 29, 2012.
National Interagency Fire Center. (2012, August 29). National Year-to-Date Statistics on Fires and Acres Burned by State. Accessed August 29, 2012.

Further Reading
Idaho Press-Tribune. (2012, August 29). Black Bear Cub Treated for Burn Injuries. Accessed August 29, 2012.

NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Instrument: Aqua – MODIS

Today

Forest / Wild Fire

USA

State of Montana, [Near to Butte and Roscoe]

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:16 (03:16 AM) UTC.

Description

Crews dug in Wednesday against another round of Montana wildfires as evacuations were ordered ahead of blazes near Butte and Roscoe that authorities said threatened at least 130 houses. Searing heat set in across much of the drought-parched state, and gusting winds pushed flames through tinder-dry stands of timber and grasslands. The dangerous conditions prompted Gov. Brian Schweitzer to declare a statewide fire emergency. Eight large fires were burning on more than 73 square miles Wednesday, and more than 1,300 square miles already have burned in Montana this summer. Most of that destruction has been in the rain-starved eastern half of the state. Compounding residents’ woes are plumes of smoke pouring into mountain valleys from local fires and blazes in neighboring Idaho. The air quality has deteriorated most significantly in Hamilton, where it was listed as unhealthy by state officials. In Butte, Helena, Great Falls and Bozeman, officials downgraded the air quality to unhealthy for sensitive groups. About 10 miles south of Butte, the 19 Mile fire torched at least two homes and two outbuildings after growing to several square miles. Officials said the exact size was hard to determine because of all the smoke. Residents of the Whiskey Gulch and Friends Road area were told to evacuate Wednesday, after people living on Upper and Lower Radar Creek and Toll Mountain roads were advised to leave Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the fire, Mariah Leuschen with the U.S. Forest Service, said the evacuations covered roughly 150 people living in about 80 homes. But the Federal Emergency Management Agency put the figure higher – 275 people living in 103 homes, with another 100 to 110 houses put on pre-evacuation notice. The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear. State officials sought and received federal help to pay for the effort against the fire. That authorizes FEMA to pay 75 percent of the state’s firefighting costs on the blaze, but does not provide assistance to individual homes or business owners.

29.08.2012

Forest / Wild Fire

USA

State of Oregon, [Malheur National Forest]

Forest / Wild Fire in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 09:41 (09:41 AM) UTC.

Description

A wildfire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the Malheur National Forest spread to at least 2,500 acres before sundown, officials said. The fire ignited at about 2:30 p.m. near Parish Cabin Campground, about 10 miles east of Seneca. No injuries have been reported — as of late evening, the fire remained in the center of the forest and mainly was a threat to campgrounds and historic buildings in the immediate area, said Mike Stearly, information officer for Malheur National Forest. “It’s in some prime timber growth areas…the conditions are right,” Stearly said. He said the fire grew to between 2,500 acres and 3,000 acres through the afternoon and evening. Crews will be working through the night to fight the blaze, and spike camps have been set up. A Type 2 incident management team is coming in Wednesday morning, Stearly said. The goal is to hold the fire south of the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness. Firefighters and the Grant’s County Sheriff’s Department evacuated Parish Cabin Campground. Evacuees included a number of bow hunters in the area for archery season, Stearly said. The cause of the fire remains unknown.

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Storms / Flooding / Tornadoes

Active tropical storm system(s)

Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Tembin (15W)	Pacific Ocean	19.08.2012	29.08.2012	Tropical Depression	15 °	83 km/h	102 km/h	6.71 m	JTWC

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Storm name:	Tembin (15W)
Area:	Pacific Ocean
Start up location:	N 17° 42.000, E 124° 36.000
Start up:	19th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	1,166.36 km
Top category.:
Report by:	JTWC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
19th Aug 2012	05:28:29	N 17° 42.000, E 124° 36.000	9	56	74	Tropical Depression	190	11		JTWC
19th Aug 2012	10:11:34	N 17° 30.000, E 124° 48.000	6	83	102	Tropical Storm	135	9		JTWC
20th Aug 2012	05:16:05	N 18° 0.000, E 124° 48.000	6	139	167	Typhoon I.	360	9		JTWC
20th Aug 2012	10:35:24	N 18° 24.000, E 124° 54.000	7	176	213	Typhoon II.	15	9		JTWC
21st Aug 2012	04:48:23	N 20° 12.000, E 125° 18.000	13	213	259	Typhoon IV.	360	15		JTWC
21st Aug 2012	10:41:18	N 21° 0.000, E 125° 24.000	15	204	250	Typhoon III.	5	16		JTWC
22nd Aug 2012	10:16:00	N 22° 30.000, E 124° 12.000	9	167	204	Typhoon II.	310	15		JTWC
23rd Aug 2012	04:49:56	N 22° 30.000, E 123° 36.000	4	204	232	Typhoon III.	270	9		JTWC
23rd Aug 2012	10:42:38	N 22° 42.000, E 123° 6.000	9	194	241	Typhoon III.	295	15		JTWC
24th Aug 2012	05:23:44	N 22° 6.000, E 120° 30.000	19	185	232	Typhoon III.	245	19		JTWC
24th Aug 2012	10:05:02	N 22° 18.000, E 119° 48.000	13	111	139	Tropical Storm	285	17		JTWC
25th Aug 2012	05:19:01	N 22° 24.000, E 118° 6.000	13	139	167	Typhoon I.	260	17		JTWC
26th Aug 2012	05:24:20	N 21° 0.000, E 116° 54.000	7	157	194	Typhoon II.	155	14		JTWC
27th Aug 2012	04:54:48	N 20° 18.000, E 117° 36.000	11	157	194	Typhoon II.	125	19		JTWC
27th Aug 2012	10:50:55	N 20° 30.000, E 118° 6.000	9	148	185	Typhoon I.	90	15		JTWC
28th Aug 2012	04:53:36	N 23° 0.000, E 121° 54.000	28	102	130	Tropical Storm	35	19		JTWC
28th Aug 2012	10:29:05	N 24° 6.000, E 122° 42.000	26	102	130	Tropical Storm	30	19		JTWC
29th Aug 2012	04:47:41	N 27° 48.000, E 124° 0.000	22	83	102	Tropical Storm	10	19		JTWC
29th Aug 2012	10:39:33	N 29° 6.000, E 124° 6.000	24	93	120	Tropical Storm	5	21		JTWC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
30th Aug 2012	10:50:31	N 34° 30.000, E 126° 30.000	43	65	83	Tropical Depression	25 °	0		JTWC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
31st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 41° 42.000, E 131° 24.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	JTWC

Isaac (AL09)

Atlantic Ocean

21.08.2012

30.08.2012

Tropical Depression

325 °

74 km/h

93 km/h

0.00 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Isaac (AL09)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 15° 12.000, W 51° 12.000
Start up:	21st August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	2,761.47 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
21st Aug 2012	10:45:53	N 15° 12.000, W 51° 12.000	31	56	74	Tropical Depression	270	12	1007 MB	NOAA NHC
22nd Aug 2012	04:54:04	N 15° 36.000, W 55° 36.000	30	65	83	Tropical Storm	275	16	1006 MB	NOAA NHC
23rd Aug 2012	05:06:43	N 15° 48.000, W 63° 0.000	31	74	93	Tropical Storm	270	22	1003 MB	NOAA NHC
24th Aug 2012	05:17:31	N 16° 42.000, W 68° 42.000	28	74	93	Tropical Storm	290	19	1001 MB	NOAA NHC
25th Aug 2012	05:21:33	N 17° 42.000, W 72° 30.000	22	111	139	Tropical Storm	310	15	990 MB	NOAA NHC
26th Aug 2012	06:01:20	N 22° 6.000, W 77° 12.000	28	93	111	Tropical Storm	305	19	997 MB	NOAA NHC
27th Aug 2012	04:49:08	N 24° 12.000, W 82° 54.000	22	102	120	Tropical Storm	285	19	993 MB	NOAA NHC
28th Aug 2012	05:00:18	N 27° 6.000, W 87° 0.000	17	111	139	Tropical Storm	310	19	310 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	04:56:03	N 29° 0.000, W 89° 42.000	13	130	157	Hurricane I.	310	17	968 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
30th Aug 2012	10:48:30	N 30° 54.000, W 91° 36.000	13	74	93	Tropical Depression	325 °	0	983 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
31st Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 34° 54.000, W 93° 36.000	Tropical Depression	46	65	NOAA NHC
31st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 32° 48.000, W 92° 54.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 37° 18.000, W 93° 24.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 39° 30.000, W 91° 18.000	Tropical Depression	28	37	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 40° 0.000, W 87° 0.000	Tropical Depression	28	37	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 40° 30.000, W 83° 0.000	Tropical Depression	28	37	NOAA NHC

Ileana (EP09)

Pacific Ocean – East

28.08.2012

30.08.2012

Hurricane I

325 °

120 km/h

148 km/h

4.27 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Ileana (EP09)
Area:	Pacific Ocean – East
Start up location:	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000
Start up:	28th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	434.23 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
28th Aug 2012	04:45:33	N 15° 30.000, W 107° 42.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	290	15	1000 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	04:37:35	N 17° 0.000, W 111° 6.000	17	93	111	Tropical Storm	305	11	997 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	10:41:45	N 17° 36.000, W 111° 48.000	15	102	120	Tropical Storm	315	18	995 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
30th Aug 2012	10:47:41	N 19° 42.000, W 113° 30.000	13	120	148	Hurricane I	325 °	14	987 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
31st Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 21° 30.000, W 115° 30.000	Tropical Depression	93	111	NOAA NHC
31st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 20° 48.000, W 114° 42.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 22° 30.000, W 116° 30.000	Tropical Depression	74	93	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 23° 30.000, W 119° 0.000	Tropical Depression	56	74	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 24° 30.000, W 122° 0.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC
04th Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 25° 0.000, W 125° 30.000	Tropical Depression	37	56	NOAA NHC

Kirk (AL02)

Atlantic Ocean

29.08.2012

30.08.2012

Hurricane I

310 °

102 km/h

120 km/h

5.79 m

NOAA NHC

Tropical Storm data

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Storm name:	Kirk (AL02)
Area:	Atlantic Ocean
Start up location:	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000
Start up:	29th August 2012
Status:	Active
Track long:	248.65 km
Top category.:
Report by:	NOAA NHC

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Past track
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave	Pressure	Source
29th Aug 2012	04:44:17	N 23° 54.000, W 45° 0.000	19	74	93	Tropical Storm	280	15	1007 MB	NOAA NHC
29th Aug 2012	10:42:14	N 24° 18.000, W 45° 18.000	15	74	93	Tropical Storm	290	16	1007 MB	NOAA NHC

Current position
Date	Time	Position	Speed km/h	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Category	Course	Wave feet	Pressure	Source
30th Aug 2012	10:48:04	N 26° 30.000, W 49° 0.000	17	102	120	Hurricane I	310 °	19	997 MB	NOAA NHC

Forecast track
Date	Time	Position	Category	Wind km/h	Gust km/h	Source
31st Aug 2012	12:00:00	N 30° 36.000, W 50° 48.000	Hurricane I	120	148	NOAA NHC
31st Aug 2012	00:00:00	N 28° 36.000, W 50° 30.000	Hurricane I	111	139	NOAA NHC
01st Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 33° 18.000, W 49° 42.000	Hurricane II	130	157	NOAA NHC
02nd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 39° 24.000, W 43° 42.000	Hurricane III	148	185	NOAA NHC
03rd Sep 2012	00:00:00	N 47° 6.000, W 34° 54.000	Hurricane II	130	157	NOAA NHC

30.08.2012

Tropical Storm

USA

State of Louisiana, [Southern Region]

Tropical Storm in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 07:29 (07:29 AM) UTC.

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Nearly 100,000 homes and businesses lost power after Hurricane Isaac landed in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana later Tuesday, local media reported. And among the homes and businesses being left without power, near half are in Orleans Parish, the reports said. Utility companies in the southwestern U.S. state on Tuesday morning started bringing in extra crews to help restore power in case strong winds bring down power lines. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu warned residents about the dangers of approaching downed power lines. “These are serious threats, as I have said many times, which can cause fatalities,” Landrieu said. State authorities have mobilized more than 4,100 troops, with 680 of them in Orleans Parish. A further 35,000 troops and almost 100 aircraft are available for mobilization, according to reports on the website of NOLA.com. The troops are assisting with the setting up of evacuation shelters, including a “mega-shelter” with about 2,500 cots in the inland city of Alexandria. Some 300 soldiers will work as bus drivers in Metairie, supporting the state departments of transportation and education. At a press conference on Tuesday, Luisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said the State National Guard posted 23 liaison teams with local governments, adding that 13 communications teams will deployed in the region, along with 921 security vehicles, 531 high-water vehicles, 40 aircraft and 74 boats.

29.08.2012

Tropical Storm

USA

State of Louisiana, New Orleans

Tropical Storm in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 19:36 (07:36 PM) UTC.

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In New Orleans, streets were flooding and up to 85% of residents were without power, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said. “One of the great challenges with this storm … is that it’s going so slowly … which means that it’s going to hover over us,” he told the Weather Channel on Wednesday morning. “The longer the rain and the greater the wind … (that) continues to concern us. That wind is really, really heavy, which is why it’s important you stay inside.” “We’re asking people to be patient,” he said. New Orleans, devastated by Katrina seven years ago to the day, was reporting 60-mph winds and drenching rains. Landrieu said about 1,000 National Guard troops are positioned in the city, working with police, firefighters and standing by for rescue operations. The historic French Quarter that forms the heart of New Orleans’ tourism industry appeared to have dodged the worst of Isaac. Downed tree limbs, minor flooding at intersections and a brief electrical outage overnight were the main problems confronting the residents who stayed , and stayed mostly indoors. “Honestly, man, it’s just been rain,” said Huggington “Huggy” Behr, manager of Flanagan’s Pub on St. Phillips, which stayed open through the night and served “about a dozen” patrons. “To us, we’ve seen the worst, so it’s business as usual.”

29.08.2012

Tropical Storm

USA

State of Mississippi, [Southern region]

Tropical Storm in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 19:35 (07:35 PM) UTC.

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Southern Mississippi was still feeling the effects of the storm but emergency management officials along the coast said they got through the night relatively unharmed. No injuries or deaths were reported overnight in the coastal counties of Hancock or Harrison, which were two of the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago. The biggest worry overnight from Hurricane Isaac? “We’re in the process of picking two people up who got stranded by the water and they’re scared,” Hancock County Emergency Management Director Brian Adam said Wednesday morning. With sustained winds throughout the region topping out at about 40 mph, the main concern remains flooding from a constantly driving storm surge and what is expected to be prolonged rainfall for several days. In Harrison County, the rising waters knocked a boat off its moorings. County Emergency Management Director Rupert Lacy said the boat slammed into Popps Ferry Bridge, forcing officials to shut it down until crews can inspect the integrity of the bridge. The bridge is one of two connecting Biloxi from the mainland, but Lacy said it could be a long time before an inspection can be done. “We cautioned our public safety employees … that you don’t need to be out there if the winds are too high,” Lacy said.

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Twelve dead. 10 missing as typhoon pounds S. Korea

by Staff Writers
Seoul (AFP)

Twelve people were killed and 10 were missing after a strong typhoon pounded South Korea Tuesday, uprooting trees, sinking ships and cutting power to almost 200,000 homes.

By early evening Typhoon Bolaven — the strongest to hit the South for almost a decade — had moved to North Korea, which is still struggling to recover from deadly floods earlier this summer.

Hundreds of flights in the South were grounded, ferry services were suspended and schools in Seoul and several other areas were closed.

Bolaven left a trail of death and damage in southwestern and south-central regions of the country, although it was little felt in central parts of Seoul.

Off the southern island of Jeju, the storm drove two Chinese fishing ships aground early Tuesday, sparking a dramatic rescue operation.

Coastguards wearing wetsuits struggled through high waves and then used a line-launcher to fire ropes to one ship, a coastguard spokesman said. The other boat broke apart.

Rescuers saved 12 people while six swam ashore, but 10 crew members are still missing, the spokesman said. Five bodies were recovered.

In the southern county of Wanju, a 48-year-old man was killed by a shipping container flipped over by gale-force winds, the public administration ministry said.

An elderly woman was crushed to death when a church spire collapsed onto her house in the southwestern city of Gwangju, while another elderly woman was blown off the roof of her home in the western county of Seocheon.

A workman fell from the roof of a hospital in the southwestern port of Mokpo. At Imsil county in North Jeolla province, a 51-year-old man died while clearing toppled trees.

In Yeongkwang county west of Gwangju, a 72-year-old man suffered fatal head injuries when his house wall collapsed. At Buyeo city in South Chungcheong province, a woman aged 75 died after falling due to strong winds.

A 77,000-tonne bulk carrier broke in two off the southeastern port of Sacheon but no casualties were reported, the public administration ministry said.

The transport ministry said all 87 sea ferry services had been halted. A total of 247 flights — 183 domestic and 64 international — have been cancelled since Monday.

The typhoon — packing winds of 144 kilometres (90 miles) per hour at one time — brought heavy rain and strong winds to southern and western areas. It toppled street lights and signs, shattered windows, uprooted trees and tore off shop signs.

The National Emergency Management Agency said 197,751 homes in Jeju and the southwest and south-central regions lost power.

A total of 83 people, mostly in the southwest, were evacuated from their homes and taken to shelters. Some 21 homes were damaged.

The US and South Korean armed forces called a temporary halt to a large-scale joint military exercise that began last week.

After sweeping up the Yellow Sea to the west of South Korea, Bolaven made landfall in North Korea in the early evening.

The impoverished nation is already struggling to recover from a devastating summer drought, followed by floods which killed 169 people, left about 400 missing and made 212,000 people homeless, according to official figures.

Weather officials said Typhoon Tembin was also threatening the Korean peninsula, and was forecast to be some 200 kilometres west of Jeju early Friday.

Hurricane Isaac pounds Louisiana, water pours over levee

By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY

NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Isaac pounded Louisiana with heavy rains and damaging winds Wednesday as forecasters said the storm surge and serious flooding will likely continue through the night.

USA TODAYHurricane Issac landed at 3:15 a.m. EST just west of Port Fourchon, about 60 miles south-southwest of New Orleans.

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Hurricane Issac landed at 3:15 a.m. EST just west of Port Fourchon, about 60 miles south-southwest of New Orleans.

Isaac was still maintaining Category 1 hurricane strength, but just barely, with sustained winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported. It was located directly over Houma, La., which is about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans.

The storm was crawling to the northwest at just 6 mph. It is expected to weaken to a tropical storm later Wednesday.

Widespread flooding was reported in New Orleans and other coastal cities.

One of the worst hit areas was Plaquemines Parish, about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans, where water spilled over a levee. Isaac passed directly over the region of marshland, fishing towns and marinas, peeling off roofs and flooding some areas.

The northern part of the parish is ringed in by the area’s hurricane protection system of fortified levees and floodwalls. But stretches of it on the east bank of the Mississippi River and further south lie outside the protection system, making it vulnerable to storm surge and flooding, Parish Councilman Kirk Lepine said.

Isaac came up the western edge of the parish, lashing at the area with powerful winds and storm surge, Lepine said.

“It came in at the worse scenario we can imagine,” he said. “There’s nowhere for that water to go than here.”

Rescue efforts were focused Wednesday in the small enclave of Braithwaite, on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. Sheriff Deputies there were conducting rescue missions of residents trapped in homes, as flooding from Isaac overtook the area, said Trooper Melissa Matey, a Louisiana State Police spokeswoman.

Braithwaite was under a mandatory evacuation order prior to Isaac but some residents chose to stay, she said.

Early Wednesday, state police troopers were escorting National Guard troops with high-water vehicles down to that area to help in rescue efforts, state police spokesman Capt. Doug Cain said. Many of the roads in the area had become impassable.

Flanked by marshes and water, low-lying Plaquemines Parish has been repeatedly hit by disasters – from Katrina to Gustav to the 2010 BP oil spill, Cain said. Isaac late Tuesday passed directly over the area, pummeling the parish with powerful winds and a strong storm surge.

“The geography of it makes it vulnerable,” Cain said. “But talk about a resilient people. They’ve been through this before, and they’re going to make it through this one.”

Isaac also forced the closures of major roadways throughout the area, including US 90 at the Jefferson Parish/St. Charles Parish line, the causeway over Lake Pontchartrain and LA-73 south of Plaquemines, he said.

Besides dealing with downed trees across roadways from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, state police also encountered residents who may have underestimated the storm, he said. Troopers kept busy throughout the night with highway accidents, broken down cars and several DWI arrests.

“People aren’t adhering to the warnings,” Cain said. “Today, we’re really encouraging people to shelter in place.”

The Federal Amergency Management Agency has staged supplies throughout the south in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas and South Carolina. At Mississippi’s Camp Shelby, FEMA has 54 generators and 256,000 ready-to-eat meals. At Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, FEMA has 1.2 million meals, 2,134 cots and 3,800 tarps.

Volunteer organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army can provide 65,000 hot meals a day in Louisiana, FEMA said in its daily briefing report.

So far the 350 miles of levees and floodwalls surrounding and meandering through New Orleans were holding back storm surge water as designed early Wednesday, city spokesman Hayne Rainey said. The city had not received any reports of levee breaches or calls for rescues, he said.

Early reports from Isaac’s effects were far different from the events that unfolded around Hurricane Katrina— which slammed the region seven years to the day and led to levee breaches and mass flooding of the city. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rebuilt the levee and floodwall system in the New Orleans area to be much stronger at a cost of $14.45 billion.

“All reports are indicating the federal levees protecting the city of New Orleans are holding,” he said.

The storm landed at 3:15 a.m. ET just west of Port Fourchon, about 60 miles south-southwest of New Orleans, said the National Hurricane Center.

Isaac, upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane midday Tuesday, first touched land in Plaquemines Parish, about 90 miles southeast of New Orleans on Tuesday evening before heading back over the Gulf of Mexico.

Because it is moving so slowly, the storm system could dump up to 20 inches of rain in some areas. The hurricane center said Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana could see peak surges of 12 feet.

In New Orleans, streets were flooding and up to 75% of residents were without power, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.

“One of the great challenges with this storm … is that it’s going so slowly … which means that it’s going to hover over us,” he told the Weather Channel on Wednesday morning. “The longer the rain and the greater the wind … (that) continues to concern us. That wind is really, really heavy, which is why it’s important you stay inside.”

“We’re asking people to be patient,” he said.

New Orleans, devastated by Katrina seven years ago to the day, was reporting 60-mph winds and drenching rains. Landrieu said about 1,000 National Guard troops are positioned in the city, working with police, firefighters and standing by for rescue operations.

More than 470,000 homes and businesses have lost power, including 156,000 in New Orleans and 162,000 in the New Orleans suburbs, Entergy reported.

The company, which serves most of southern Louisiana, said its crews would begin restoring power as soon as sustained wind speeds fall below 30 mph.

“We expect outages to last several days,” the company said on its storm center website. “Severe weather conditions are expected across Louisiana and Mississippi through early Thursday morning.”

Officials in coastal Alabama were heading out Wednesday morning to assess damage from the storm.

“Right now, we are compiling our assessment teams,” said Paula Tillman, spokeswoman for the Baldwin County Emergency Management Agency. “As soon as it gets good and daylight, we’ll be sending them out.”

Some roads along the coast were closed because of flooding. “Those are down in those lower areas near Fort Morgan, right in the beach area,” Tillman said. “Those roads are pretty typical for flooding.”

At 6:30 a.m. central time, there had been no reports of injuries or deaths from the storm in Alabama. In Baldwin County, which includes the resort communities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, 243 people were in two county evacuation shelters.

In Mobile, there was virtually no evidence of storm impact.

Officials were warning residents that flooding from storm surges and heavy rainfall expected with the storm could still pose a threat.

Southern Mississippi still has a long way to go before Hurricane Isaac moves past, but emergency management officials along the coast say they got through the night relatively unharmed.

No injuries or deaths were reported overnight in the coastal counties of Hancock or Harrison, which were two of the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina seven years ago.

The biggest worry overnight from Hurricane Isaac?

“We’re in the process of picking two people up who got stranded by the water and they’re scared,” Hancock County Emergency Management Director Brian Adam said Wednesday morning.

With sustained winds throughout the region topping out at about 40 mph, the main concern remains flooding from a constantly-driving storm surge and what is expected to be prolonged rainfall for several days.

In Harrison County, the rising waters knocked a boat off its moorings. County Emergency Management Director Rupert Lacy said the boat slammed into Popps Ferry Bridge, forcing officials to shut it down until crews can inspect the integrity of the bridge. The bridge is one of two connecting Biloxi from the mainland, but Lacy said it could be a long time before an inspection can be done.

“We cautioned our public safety employees…that you don’t need to be out there if the winds are too high,” Lacy said.

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Isaac’s eye wall to pass ‘right over’ sinkhole

Hurricane Isaac
By: Deborah Dupre

Isaac 50 miles south of Sinkhole

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Although Hurricane Isaac‘s path has shifted a small degree, officials state Monday morning that all advisories released by the Assumption Parish Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Service remain, to expect the eye wall of Isaac to pass “right over” the parish, home of Louisiana’s giant sinkhole. Hard rains are causing concerning flooding of low-lying areas and power outages.

“Please note that as predicted, this update still shows 75 mph winds in Assumption parish at 1:00 p.m. today,” officials reported at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday.

“The track has shifted a bit; however, all advisories released by the Assumption Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness remain.”

Tuesday evening, Assumption Parish officials state that the latest update put the track of Hurricane Isaac‘s eye wall “right over Assumption Parish.”

A hurricane’s eye wall is located just outside of the eye. The eye wall is where the most damaging winds and intense rainfall is found.

The eye is typically the most calm location. It passes a vulnerable area in the hurricane path before the worst damage hits, thus the cliche, “The calm before the storm.”

“By 6:00 a.m., we should be experiencing tropical storm force winds,” officials advised.

“At noon, the forecast shows we will experience the strongest winds as the forecast predicts the eye wall to be right over us at that time,” the parish alert stated.

Up to 20 inches of rain could pound the already vulnerable giant sinkhole in Louisiana.

Rains were anticipated to make “flooding of low lying areas a concern,” WAFB reports Wednesday.

Isaac’s core is expected to pass over the sinkhole area west of New Orleans with winds close to 80 mph.

Winds could gust up to 100 mph at times.

“The hurricane is expected to gradually weaken, but only after dumping 7 to 14 inches of rain across the state, with some places receiving up to 20 inches,” reports Associated Press Wednesday morning.

Jeff Morrow with the WAFB Storm Team says that high winds will also cause widespread power outages, and “if that happens find the battery operated radio and tune to Tiger Country 100.7 FM as we will be simulcasting our advisories there.”

Katrina haunts thousands of residents

In New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said evacuations would not be ordered and told residents to prepare carefully and ride it out. Nevertheless, Monday and Tuesday, traffic was bumper to bumper heading out of New Orleans.

In those vehicles were people too hurt and fearful to risk unpredictability of high waters and no power at home, with only hours away from the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

By midafternoon Tuesday, 400 residents of Plaquemines Parish, where Isaac made landfall southeast of New Orleans, were calling a hurricane shelter in Belle Chasse home.

Arriving on the eve of Hurricane Katrina’s seventh anniversary, Isaac is the first hurricane to hit Louisiana since Ike in 2008.

Everything reminds you of Katrina. When the wind howls, I think of Katrina. I don’t think of Isaac,” explained CNN iReporter Eileen Romero, a student in New Orleans who survived Katrina in 2005 but lost everything during it.

Romero still lives in New Orleans, in a different neighborhood and in a house built in 1908.

After going out Tuesday to take photographs, she said, “I am not seeing people real concerned to be honest. I think there is a false sense of security.

“Everybody talks about how we party all the time. When hurricanes are coming, people have hurricane parties.”

Many residents of public housing apartments never returned after 2005.

“Where are the people who lived here prior to Katrina?” she asked. “I don’t think they have a place to come back to.”

Assumption Parish officials ordered a mandatory evacuation. Monday morning, officials there ask that people who remained in the area to “please abide by the curfew and remain sheltered in place.”

Sources: CNN, Assumption Parish Police Jury, Associated Press, ABC News

Storm Surge in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 14:25 (02:25 PM) UTC.

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Isaac inundated low-lying areas along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday as hurricane-driven water rose several feet in some spots while thousands waited out the storm in shelters. Officials in Hancock and Harrison counties extended curfews until 9 a.m. to keep off roads until after the high tide passes at around 8 a.m. Harrison County emergency management director Rupert Lacy said the storm surge coupled with the high tide could lead to more extensive flooding. Lacy said coastal rivers also were beginning to rise from the rainfall. More than 15,000 people remained without power in coastal areas.

29.08.2012

Flash Flood

United Kingdom

Scotland, Edinburgh

Flash Flood in United Kingdom on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 19:42 (07:42 PM) UTC.

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A flood warning has been issued for the Capital after torrential rain battered the city this afternoon. Thunder and lightning storms were accompanied by the heavy rains at around 2.30pm. Environmental Agency SEPA issued a flood alert and warned that standing water was likely to pose a hazard to drivers and urged travellers to check the Traffic Scotland website before setting out. A spokesman for SEPA said: “ Due to the showery nature of the rainfall, it is difficult to predict which areas are most at risk, however, the overall risk is expected to decline during the early hours of Thursday morning.”

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Flash Flood

USA

State of Mississippi, Pearlington

Flash Flood in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 02:54 (02:54 AM) UTC.

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Mississippi wildlife officers and National Guard soldiers rescued at least 75 people from Isaac’s flooding Wednesday in Hancock County, including an 88-year-old man who had a stroke as the storm dumped heavy rains on his isolated neighborhood in Pearlington, near the Louisiana state line. The stroke victim was the last person brought out of the neighborhood, about 7:30 p.m. CDT, and Mississippi National Guard 1st Sgt. William Maddox said the man’s house is about six miles off the main thoroughfare, U.S. Highway 90. Rescuers spent hours trying to reach him, attempting with several vehicles. A paramedic waded through chest-deep water to get to the house, and then guided a large military truck to the man. Maddox said the man appeared to be in stable condition and was taken care of by paramedics at the scene. It was not immediately clear whether the man would be taken to a hospital. With a steady rain falling, wildlife officers used small motorboats to rescue at least two dozen people in Pearlington, including several members of an extended family. More than a dozen National Guard soldiers also helped with the rescues, as did ambulance crews and other emergency responders.One of those plucked from a rural neighborhood that had become a lake was 63-year-old Dianne Burton. She told The Associated Press that she and members of her extended family didn’t leave before Isaac because they didn’t expect so much water. She has lived there 46 years and said the only other time the area flooded was during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. “Everything is under water. We picked up the furniture and stuff, as much as we could. I can’t believe it. The road and everything was dry yesterday,” Burton said after officers deposited her, her 82-year-old mother, her 46-year-old disabled daughter and two grandchildren, ages 10 and 12, safely on dry land. Those rescued were put onto school buses and were taken to shelters on higher ground. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday afternoon that officers from the state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks had rescued at least 58 people in Hancock County, which borders Louisiana. The rescue of Burton, her relatives and at least 20 other people was happening at the same time Bryant was doing a press briefing in Gulfport, and his initial figures didn’t include them.

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Flash Flood

United Kingdom

England, Egremont [Cumbria]

Flash Flood in United Kingdom on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 07:19 (07:19 AM) UTC.

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Parts of Cumbria have been hit by flash flooding after a night of heavy rain. The west of the county appears to have been worst affected, with police and fire crews reporting cars partially submerged in the Egremont area. About 20 elderly residents were moved to an emergency shelter at Egremont Market Hall, after a power cut. Cumbria Fire Service said it received more than 100 calls for help, mainly involving requests for sandbags. Forecasters say the rain is now easing. Northern Rail services between Whitehaven and Barrow have been cancelled after a landslip near St Bees and some roads are only passable with care because of debris left by floodwaters. A spokesman for Cumbria Police said drains were unable to cope with the amount of water after the River Ehen and several becks in the Egremont area burst their banks. The Environment Agency said one flood alert remained in force for the River Ehen in Copeland. The police spokesman said: “We started getting calls from about 1am, mainly from people concerned that water was coming into their homes and asking for sandbags.”We also had calls from the fire and ambulance services asking for our assistance in reaching some areas and had to close some roads for a time. “The Egremont and Middletown areas appear to have had the worst of it.” Emma Jane Taylor said floodwater began entering her St Bees home shortly before midnight. She said: “We’ve had heavy rain here before, but it’s never been this bad before. “I alerted some neighbours, but within 30 minutes it was through my front door and coming up through my floorboards. “It’s lifted the block paving from my grandmother’s house nearby and was also coming through her French windows. “We just hope the rain doesn’t come back because the drains are full to the top and wouldn’t be able to take any more.” Wasdale Mountain Rescue volunteers also assisted the fire service to pump out several properties in the Egremont area. Earlier this week the rear of a four-storey house house in Egremont collapsed into the River Ehen after heavy rain.

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Tornado

USA

State of Mississippi, Ocean Springs

Tornado in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:32 (03:32 AM) UTC.

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A tornado touched down in an Ocean Springs neighborhood about 7:30 p.m. tonight, the Jackson County Emergency Management Agency said. While EMA officials said that initial reports indicated that the tornado knocked down trees and power lines, at least one witness told the Mississippi Press that at least one house was reported damaged. Two houses on East Simmons Bayou in Gulf Park Estates have sustained damage, according to Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd who is en route to the scene. Byrd said there were no injuries reported. “There’s extensive damage at two houses,” Byrd said. “There’s a roof off one house and a shed was taken away from another one. We have deputies on the scene assessing the situation. In addition to the tornado, Jackson County emergency officials announced waterspouts have been spotted at Miss. 57 and I-10, headed northeast.

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Radiation

Sinkhole radiation 15 times over limit. Residents urged to record health signs

New York Guard training for dirty bomb attack

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Epidemic Hazards / Diseases

Thief targets Ebola patient, gets infected

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A thief in Uganda has contracted Ebola after stealing the mobile phone of a hospital patient suffering from the potentially fatal infection.

Security and medical officials in Kibaale District, mid-west Uganda, told the Daily Monitor website that the man went into the isolation ward at Kagadi Hospital and stole a cellular phone from one of the Ebola patients.

The patient, who later died from the hemorrhagic fever, reported the theft.

Police began tracking the thief when he started using the phone, the Daily Monitor reported.

But by the time they found him he had gone to hospital with symptoms similar to those of Ebola.

He reportedly confessed to stealing the phone.

Kibaale District Health Officer Dr Dan Kyamanywa, told the Daily Monitor: “The suspect is admitted at Kagadi Hospital with clinical signs of Ebola.” “He is receiving medication. We have obtained samples from him,” Mr Kyamanywa added.

The Uganda Virus Research Institute is yet to release the results of the tests.

West Nile Cases Still Rising, 66 Dead: CDC

Texas bears the brunt of the outbreak, which has yet to peak, experts say

By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) — One of the worst outbreaks of West Nile virus to ever hit the United States continues to expand, with 66 deaths and 1,590 illnesses reported as of Tuesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cases have jumped 40 percent nationwide since just last week, the agency added.

Cases have now reached their highest level since the mosquito-borne virus was first found in the United States in 1999, agency officials said in a Wednesday press briefing.

While almost all states have reported at least one case of West Nile illness, over 70 percent of cases have come from six states — Texas, South Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Michigan.

The outbreak has hit hardest in Texas, where nearly half (45 percent) of the total U.S. cases have been reported.

“The number of people reported with West Nile virus continues to rise,” said Dr. Lyle Petersen, director of the CDC’s Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases. “We have seen this trend in previous West Nile epidemics, so the increase is not unexpected,” he added. “In fact, we think the reported numbers will get higher through October.”

According to Peterson, of the cases reported so far, 56 percent are what is called neuroinvasive disease, when the virus enters the nervous system causing conditions such as meningitis or encephalitis. The remaining reported cases (44 percent) are non-neuroinvasive.

“These numbers represent a 40 percent increase of last week’s report of 1,118 total cases and 41 deaths,” Petersen said.

These numbers can be somewhat misleading since most cases of West Nile are non-neuroinvasive and are mostly unreported, the CDC said. That means that the number of unreported cases probably far exceeds reported ones.

Neuroinvasive disease is the most serious for of West Nile infection and these patients usually are hospitalized, Petersen said. The size of the outbreak is based on these cases since they are the ones easily identifiable, he added.

The only states that have not reported cases are Alaska and Hawaii, he said.

“Based on current reports, we think the number of cases may come close to, or even exceed, the total number reported in the epidemic years of 2002 and 2003, when more than 3,000 cases of neuroinvasive disease and more than 260 deaths were reported each year,” Petersen said.

The reasons for a major outbreak this year aren’t clear, Petersen said. The drought in Texas may have played a role, but there were probably other factors as well, he added.

The best way to avoid the virus is to wear insect repellant and support local programs to eradicate misquotes, Petersen said.

There is currently no treatment for West Nile virus and no vaccine to prevent it, he added.

Speaking at the press conference, Dr. David L. Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services said that, “As I look at the data, I am not convinced that we have peaked.”

Since last week, there have been 197 new cases and 10 more deaths in Texas, Lakey said. “Those numbers will continue to go up,” he added.

Generally speaking, 80 percent of people who are infected with West Nile virus develop no or few symptoms, while 20 percent develop mild symptoms such as headache, joint pain, fever, skin rash and swollen lymph glands.

Less than 1 percent will develop neurological illnesses, such as encephalitis or meningitis, and develop paralysis or cognitive difficulties that can last for years, if not for life.

People older than 50 and those with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease and organ transplants, are at greater risk for serious illness, according to the CDC.

There are no specific treatments for West Nile virus; the greatest risk for infection with West Nile virus typically occurs from June through September, with cases peaking in mid-August.

And because reporting lags behind actual infections, “we expect many more cases to occur and the risk of West Nile infection will probably continue through the end of September,” said Petersen.

Although most people with mild cases of West Nile virus will recover on their own, the CDC recommends that anyone who develops symptoms should see their doctor right away. The best way to protect yourself from West Nile virus is to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes, which can pick up the disease from infected birds.

30.08.2012

Epidemic Hazard

USA

State of Colorado, [Cimarrona Campground, Archuleta County]

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 15:48 (03:48 PM) UTC.

Description
In the first confirmed case of bubonic plague in Colorado since 2006, an Archuleta County resident has tested positive for the disease. The last human case in Archuleta County, which borders on New Mexico, was in 1998. It is believed that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground northwest of Pagosa Springs, but the investigation is ongoing, according to a news release from the San Juan Basin Health Department. The gender and age of the victim were not released, the paper reported. In 2006, Colorado had four cases of plague, all in La Plata County, Joe Fowler, a disease-control nurse with the San Juan Basin Health Department said. Most human cases of plague tend to occur in rural areas in two regions — northern Arizona and New Mexico and southern Colorado or in California, southern Oregon and western Nevada. One human case has been reported in New Mexico so far this year – in a 78-year-old Torrance County man who contracted the disease in May, in what state health officials called the nation’s first human plague case of the yea
Biohazard name:	Plague
Biohazard level:	4/4 Hazardous
Biohazard desc.:	Viruses and bacteria that cause severe to fatal disease in humans, and for which vaccines or other treatments are not available, such as Bolivian and Argentine hemorrhagic fevers, H5N1(bird flu), Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus, Ebola virus, hantaviruses, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and other hemorrhagic or unidentified diseases. When dealing with biological hazards at this level the use of a Hazmat suit and a self-contained oxygen supply is mandatory. The entrance and exit of a Level Four biolab will contain multiple showers, a vacuum room, an ultraviolet light room, autonomous detection system, and other safety precautions designed to destroy all traces of the biohazard. Multiple airlocks are employed and are electronically secured to prevent both doors opening at the same time. All air and water service going to and coming from a Biosafety Level 4 (P4) lab will undergo similar decontamination procedures to eliminate the possibility of an accidental release.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Epidemic Hazard in USA on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 15:48 (03:48 PM) UTC.

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Updated:	Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:20 UTC
Description
A camper near Pagosa Springs has contracted bubonic plague. The Durango Herald reports that the person contracted the plague during a family outing in the Cimarrona Campground. The San Juan Basin Health Department did not give the victim’s age or gender. Warning signs are being posted in the campground, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports an average of seven cases of plague each year across the country. Most human cases tend to occur in rural areas in the Southwest. Symptoms of plague begin two to six days after a person is bitten by an infected flea, rodent or cat. The plague can be successfully treated if diagnosed promptly.

Today

Epidemic Hazard

Haiti

[Statewide]

Epidemic Hazard in Haiti on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 07:23 (07:23 AM) UTC.

Description
Ouest Haiti Department reported new cases of cholera as aftermath of the tropical storm Isaac, but Public Health Ministry General Director Guirlene Raymond sustains that so far the numbers do not match outbreak ratings. Dr. Donald Francis, Ministry official on the matter, said the percentage of cases remain stable. Early July official statistics from the initial 2010 outbreak says the death rate climbed to 7,418, while the WHO talks of more than 42,000 new cases this year, blaming low budget and the rain season which undermines anti-epidemic efforts. The specialists think that enforcement and continuity of health promotional programs, access to drinkable water, sanitation and hygiene will stall propagation. US investigators suggested in June as source of the outbreak two distinctive cholera breads, not just one as they originally announced. Earlier studies indicated as source a microorganism -already reported in Asia- introduced by Nepalese soldiers working for the Minustah (UN Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti). However, a group of geneticists from Maryland University have found a new breed, seemingly of local origin and thought unable to stimulate epidemics. V. cholerae 01/0139 is part of the common populace in streams and lakes in the Western Hemisphere. It may cause diarrheas but only in very few cases. Just two percent of Haiti 10 million population has access to clean water and the majority defecates outdoors and in water sources like rivers and next to their homes.
Biohazard name:	Cholera
Biohazard level:	2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

29.08.2012

Epidemic Hazard

Pakistan

North Waziristan, [Danada Derpakhel area]

Epidemic Hazard in Pakistan on Wednesday, 29 August, 2012 at 14:24 (02:24 PM) UTC.

Description
The epidemic of measles in North Waziristan Agency claimed the lives of two minor girls in Danada Derpakhel area on Wednesday while dozens of infected children are being brought to the Miranshah Headquarters Hospital for treatment. Talking to INP, Agency Surgeon Dr Mohammad Sadiq said that dozens of measles infected children have been admitted to the Miranshah Headquarters Hospital for treatment, adding that measles vaccine is not available in the tribal region to control the infection. “Around 40 children are infected by measles in three weeks that are brought to the hospital for treatment and two minor girls fell prey to the infection in Danda Derpakhel area of the tribal region,” Dr Mohammad Sadiq said. He said that health department should initiate measures on war footing in the area to control the spread of measles in the tribal region where vaccines of measles are short. The agency surgeon said that not only from North Waziristan but children infected by measles are being brought from across the border to Miranshah for treatment, adding that scarcity of vaccines was creating problem in controlling the spread of epidemic.
Biohazard name:	Measles (fatal)
Biohazard level:	2/4 Medium
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

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Solar Activity

2MIN News August 29. 2012: NASA Sees Another NLC-Space Connection

Published on Aug 29, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

TODAY’S LINKS
Jupiter’s Energy Toroid: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/now_broadcasting_radio_jupiter-93369 Similar older story: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/new_radiation_belt_discovered_around_s…
Shuttle Exhaust Makes Clouds: http://phys.org/news/2012-08-bright-arctic-clouds-exhaust-space.html
Financial Issues: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-spain-economy-idUSBRE87R08D20120828
Tropic Watch: http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/tropics-watch-hurricane-season…

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]

NASA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov:8080/IswaSystemWebApp/iSWACygnetStreamer?timestamp=…
NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/

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]

RAIN RECORDS: http://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/ListIntensePrecipReports.aspx

EL DORADO WORLD WEATHER MAP: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/satellite/ssec/world/world-composite-ir-…

PRESSURE MAP: http://www.woweather.com/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=us&MENU=0000000000&…

HURRICANE TRACKER: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

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!]

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Space

Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days)

Object Name

Apporach Date

Left

AU Distance

LD Distance

Estimated Diameter*

Relative Velocity

(2012 LU7)

02nd September 2012

3 day(s)

0.1200

46.7

440 m – 990 m

8.16 km/s

29376 km/h

(2012 FS35)

02nd September 2012

3 day(s)

0.1545

60.1

2.3 m – 5.2 m

2.87 km/s

10332 km/h

(2012 HG31)

03rd September 2012

4 day(s)

0.0716

27.9

440 m – 990 m

10.33 km/s

37188 km/h

(2012 PX)

04th September 2012

5 day(s)

0.0452

17.6

61 m – 140 m

9.94 km/s

35784 km/h

(2012 EH5)

05th September 2012

6 day(s)

0.1613

62.8

38 m – 84 m

9.75 km/s

35100 km/h

(2011 EO11)

05th September 2012

6 day(s)

0.1034

40.2

9.0 m – 20 m

8.81 km/s

31716 km/h

(2007 PS25)

06th September 2012

7 day(s)

0.0497

19.3

23 m – 52 m

8.50 km/s

30600 km/h

329520 (2002 SV)

08th September 2012

9 day(s)

0.1076

41.9

300 m – 670 m

9.17 km/s

33012 km/h

(2011 ES4)

10th September 2012

11 day(s)

0.1792

69.8

20 m – 44 m

12.96 km/s

46656 km/h

(2008 CO)

11th September 2012

12 day(s)

0.1847

71.9

74 m – 160 m

4.10 km/s

14760 km/h

(2007 PB8)

14th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1682

65.5

150 m – 340 m

14.51 km/s

52236 km/h

226514 (2003 UX34)

14th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1882

73.2

260 m – 590 m

25.74 km/s

92664 km/h

(1998 QC1)

14th September 2012

15 day(s)

0.1642

63.9

310 m – 700 m

17.11 km/s

61596 km/h

(2002 EM6)

15th September 2012

16 day(s)

0.1833

71.3

270 m – 590 m

18.56 km/s

66816 km/h

(2002 RP137)

16th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1624

63.2

67 m – 150 m

7.31 km/s

26316 km/h

(2009 RX4)

16th September 2012

17 day(s)

0.1701

66.2

15 m – 35 m

8.35 km/s

30060 km/h

(2005 UC)

17th September 2012

18 day(s)

0.1992

77.5

280 m – 640 m

7.55 km/s

27180 km/h

(2012 FC71)

18th September 2012

19 day(s)

0.1074

41.8

24 m – 53 m

3.51 km/s

12636 km/h

(1998 FF14)

19th September 2012

20 day(s)

0.0928

36.1

210 m – 480 m

21.40 km/s

77040 km/h

331990 (2005 FD)

19th September 2012

20 day(s)

0.1914

74.5

320 m – 710 m

15.92 km/s

57312 km/h

(2009 SH2)

24th September 2012

25 day(s)

0.1462

56.9

28 m – 62 m

7.52 km/s

27072 km/h

333578 (2006 KM103)

25th September 2012

26 day(s)

0.0626

24.4

250 m – 560 m

8.54 km/s

30744 km/h

(2002 EZ2)

26th September 2012

27 day(s)

0.1922

74.8

270 m – 610 m

6.76 km/s

24336 km/h

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers,1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Source: NASA-NEO

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Biological Hazards / Wildlife

Today

Biological Hazard

USA

State of West Virginia, [Calhoun County]

Biological Hazard in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 04:52 (04:52 AM) UTC.

Description
State wildlife officials believe hemorrhagic disease killed several deer in Calhoun County and the cases are being treated as an outbreak. There also have been reports of the disease in Roane County, said Jeff McCrady, a wildlife biologist with the Division of Natural Resources. “I think it is probably positive, based on the outward appearance of the deer,” McCradysaid. “…We are proceeding as if it is.” Samples of lung and spleen tissue from the Calhoun County deer were sent to the University of Georgia for testing. The testing requires fresh samples. “Seeing a deer two days ago in this heat is too late. … It is not easy to confirm,” McCrady said. The disease, which is transmitted by gnats, causes deer to hemorrhage internally and dehydrate. Infected deer head to water and more than one carcass found near water indicates the disease’s presence. “Usually multiple deer is an automatic trigger in our minds that it is hemorrhagic disease,” McCrady said. Hemorrhagic disease cannot be transmitted to humans but “it can kill a fair number of deer,” he said. “We probably have it every year somewhere in the state, it’s not like it is a real rare thing,” There is no treatment for hemorrhagic disease. Most cases appear in late summer or early fall, several months after deer are bitten. The disease’s spread stops when freezing temperatures arrive.
Biohazard name:	Undefined Hemorrhagic disease (deer)
Biohazard level:	3/4 Hight
Biohazard desc.:	Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level.
Symptoms:
Status:	confirmed

Today

Biological Hazard

USA

State of Missouri, [St. Joseph region]

Biological Hazard in USA on Thursday, 30 August, 2012 at 03:22 (03:22 AM) UTC.

Description
A new virus, dubbed “Heartland virus,” is being spread to people by ticks common in the Southeast, the CDC reports. The only known cases are two northwestern Missouri men who fell ill in 2009. Ticks had bitten both men, but they did not get b