Strange elite exodus: Planet X cometh, see how they run

Why so many simultaneous resignations? Is there something big about to go down or rather “come down"?

Now that Planet X can be seen as a Second Sun in the sky with the naked eye, the abrupt exodus of the so-called elite is making news. Is the cover-up cracking now that major earth changes and second sun sightings are undeniably upon us all?

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As earth changes continue to assault countries of the world, creating drought and deluge, intense storms, booming, shifting, and cracking land, the cover-up attempts continue. But the news of Planet X in the universe can no longer be suppressed, even though there is no main stream media coverage of the second sun sightings around the world.

What will the wealthy and powerful do as the last weeks before the pole shift arrive and earth changes wreak havoc on their comfortable lifestyles and the ability to control?

Strange Elite Exodus: Planet X cometh, see how the run

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Margulies 

When wooden ships were in common use, there were always rats on board. If the rats knew that the ship was in trouble and sinking, they would jump off and swim away to safety. Unlike the captain and sailors trying to save the ship, the rats would just run away. And, so the phrase “like rats deserting a sinking ship” was born, referring to those who ditch what they see as a lost cause to save themselves.

Do the so-called elite believe that end times are near? Are they quietly leaving the scene on their Lear jets and literally and figuratively heading for the hills. Like rats deserting a sinking ship, are they slipping away in the dead of night to their secret and hopefully safe enclaves.

In recent days, a conspicuous number of high-level officials have tendered resignations, many within the past three days alone.

• (Sat, Nov 11) – George Entwistle resigns as BBC Director General, after holding the job for only 53 days (will receive a £450,000, equivalent to one year’s salary)
• (Fri, Nov 10) – Canada – Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt resigns under a cloud of suspicion
• (Fri, Nov 10) – Canada – Mayor Michael Applebaum resigns from Montréal’s executive committee
• (Fri, Nov 10) – Canada – Robert Dutton, President of Canada's largest network of home-improvement retailers, steps down
• (Thurs, Nov 9) – Christopher Kubasik, former Lockheed Martin President/COO and “incoming” CEO, ousted
• (Thurs, Nov 9) – Canada – PetroShale announces resignation of Director Daniel Jarvie
• (Fri, Nov 9) – Roger Ortiz' resignation official, Cameron County, Texas, elections commission administrator, resigns
• (Thurs, Nov 8) – Billionaire Frank Stronach (est. net worth of more than $1.7 billion) steps down from Magna International board chairmanship
• (Tues, Nov 6) –CEO of South Africa’s Stortec, Tim Knowles, renounced his position saying it is time for a change(Mon, Nov 5) – Canada – Mayor of Montreal Gérald Tremblay resigns, announcing he is leaving politics.
• (Tues, Oct 30) – Ashok Mittal, Head of India Investment Banking for Swiss Bank UBS resigns. He had been head of India Investment Banking since June of last year .
• (Tues, Oct 16) – Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit abruptly resigns, receiving a bonus of $6.7 million for work he did this year.
• (Mon, Oct 15) – Canada – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty unexpectedly resigns

The word about Planet X spread among the wealthy and powerful long ago, giving them a head start to prepare for the pole shift. So, where were they going?

Well, they are leaving Florida, New York City, and coastline areas like Houston and other seaside locations to “head for the hills,” literally and figuratively – into the hills of Alberta, Canada or the Ozarks, into rock cavities built especially for them, and well stocked with supplies. They are avoiding places expected to be crowded, from overpopulated areas such as the East Coast of the US, Europe, and the Pacific Rim, as well as countries dominated by Islam to avoid culture clash and perhaps resultant hostility.

"Bunkering" into mountains has been a favorite theme since the days of Mt. Weather. The so-called elite, once arrogantly assumed that bunkering into mountainsides would provide fail-safe protection. However, given the projected size of pole shift earthquakes (in the 9.0 magnitude range worldwide), mountain building and continental rifts tearing apart, underground facilities will hardly be a safe haven.

As major earth changes steadily increase, with a steady uptick in earthquakes and volcanic activity, a discernible earth wobble, and wild weather extremes and punishing storms, maintaining the cover-up is impossible. Planet X and earth changes are being openly discussed worldwide.

But, what about the rest of us who are not counted among the so-called "elite"? What of us? What are we to do? Should we just go on with our lives, residing in known danger zones? Should we remain living on coastlines or in cities to drown or die as cities flood and skyscrapers come crashing down?

Yes. This is what the so-called elite would have us do, at least until they are safely tucked away from masses and the coming chaos.

Such is the nature of the cover-up.

Original post @ http://www.examiner.com/article/strange-elite-exodus-planet-x-cometh-see-how-they-run

When the Hard Times Come – You Are On Your Own!

by Earl Griffin

There has been a lot of attention paid recently to the activities of those individuals and families who believe in taking responsibility for themselves. Often they are called “Preppers.” Sometimes they are called “hoarders”, or “crazies.”

Funny; when things go south it’s not often you see those people on television crying, screaming, and pulling their hair because the government isn’t there to help them. That is because they helped themselves before it hit the fan.

I remember when Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. I recall the anger that I personally felt because of the seemingly unmitigated suffering of the people in the aftermath of that storm. Each day the smoldering rage I felt because of the government’s apparent inaction burned hotter and brighter.

It’s been several years since Katrina – things still haven’t gotten back to normal in New Orleans. “Those dang Republicans,” I thought, “callous, indifferent to the plight of those with whom they have lost touch.” Now we’ve had another storm: Sandy.

The weather forecasters were united for a week. “It’s going to be a huge, terrible storm,” they said.

I remember the innumerable jackasses calling the radio station and complaining about the “hype.”

Before long reporters, weather forecasters, and government officials were making public service announcements to assure the public that this storm was not being “hyped.”

Everyone had a week’s warning!

The “crazies,” aka people who believe that it is their responsibility to take care of themselves and their own family no matter what, started getting ready as you can see: here, here, and here.

When I asked people, “What are you doing to get ready for Sandy?” A few people listed their preparations. However the majority of people just laughed at me and joked about, “Milk, bread, and toilet paper.”

Maryland was spared much of the terrible wind damage. However New Jersey and New York were not. Funny – at first there wasn’t a lot of coverage about the looting and panic people were experiencing. However, Barking Window did cover these things and more in Sandy’s aftermath.

We learned some startling truths. For instance FEMA simply isn’t ready for large disasters and it is Europe and not the U.S. that leads in weather forecasting.

The Republicans are not in charge this time around – instead it is a Democrat who sits in the White House. What difference did it make? It made no difference at all. People in those areas hardest hit by Sandy are all crying and begging for help – when they aren’t dumpster diving for food!

So the Republicans failed after Katrina and the Democrats have failed after Sandy.

There is an important lesson to learn from this: Reliance upon government is not a good idea during an emergency. People – all people – should prepare for hard times and emergencies within their means to do so! Even the poor can do something to prepare.

Prepare for the storm but also be mindful of your preparations for after the storm. You will have to look after yourself, your family, and even your neighbors. You will also have to be prepared for those who are up to no good.

There are a lot of people who will go on after this storm without having learned anything – don’t be one of them.

If you have not already done so, begin to develop a philosophy of self-reliance. Be careful though; don’t fall into the “me against the world,” snare that many others get caught in. Prepare for yourself and your family but don’t forget your neighbors. I don’t mean to suggest you should do their work for them, but I think it is important that we remember that we are not islands. We are members of a community. Reach out to those in need and be a leader in your community.

More @ http://thesurvivalplaceblog.com/2012/11/06/when-the-hard-times-come-you-are-on-your-own/

The crimson tide: Tourists in Australia flee as Bondi Beach turns into the 'Red Sea' because of rare algae bloom

~~~Beaches closed over health fears but some swimmers are braving the water
~~~Phenomenon caused when tiny plants flourish due to unusual conditions
~~~They can appear in various colours often with spectacular results 
~~~Algae is high in ammonia which can cause skin rashes and eye irritation 
~~~Large numbers of fish are believed to have perished 

By DANIEL MILLER and RICHARD SHEARS

Tourists heading for world-famous Bondi Beach were left high and dry today after a rare natural phenomenon turned the water blood red.

Bondi was among several popular beaches in and around Sydney, Australia, which had to be closed after a huge algae bloom transformed the sea into something resembling a scene from a Jaws movie. 

But despite the warnings a number of intrepid beachgoers were seen venturing into the water and swimming through the red surface, Ten News Sydney reported.

Bloodbath: An intrepid swimmer heads towards a patch of red algae bloom off the coast of Sydney, Australia, where the rare natural phenomenon has turned the water the colour of blood

Closed: A red wave breaks off Sydney's Bondi Beach, one of several around Sydney which had to be closed due to the rare algae bloom

The natural phenomenon is caused when algae, a plant-like organism flourishes and large groups of the miniscule plants, which can appear in various colours, gather together often with spectacular results.

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Known as Nocturnal Scintillans or sea sparkle it has no toxic effects but people are still advised to avoid swimming in areas with discoloured water because the algae, which can be high in ammonia, can cause skin irritation.

British tourists were among large groups of visitors who were told by lifeguards not to enter the water until the all-clear was given because the algae can irritate the skin and cause other health problems.

Ken Roberts, 23, from Birmingham, England said: ‘Perhaps I’m just in the wrong country – I thought the Red Sea was somewhere in Asia.’

A mother and her child look out over the 'Red Sea' of Sydney's Clovelly beach. Despite health warnings a number of defiant swimmers were seen venturing into the water

High and dry: Several popular beaches around Sydney including Bondi and Clovelly (pictured) had to be shut after the algae, known as Nocturnal Scintillans or sea sparkle, flourished

Tomato soup: While the red algae has no toxic effects people are still advised to avoid swimming in areas with because it can be high in ammonia which can cause skin irritation

Tourists and locals are hoping that the algae will have dissipated by the weekend, when temperatures are expected to reach 40c.

Local lifeguard Bruce Hopkins said: 'It has quite a fishy smell to it.

'It makes the water look like it has a coating of tomato-sauce coloured oil.’

The algae has already disappointing thousands who had headed to the coast to cool off as the summer Down Under finally gets under way of a prolonged cold period.

The New South Wales (NSW) Office of Water has been carrying out a series of tests to discover what caused the bloom.

One theory is that it was caused by an upwelling of colder nutrient-rich water.

A gull stands in the discoloured water of Clovelly Beach. Large numbers of fish are believed to have perished from the effects of the algae

A swimmer sticks to the safety of a pool after the algae transformed the surrounding sea. Tests are underway to find out what caused the phenomenon.

A spokesman said that the blooms, sometime referred to as 'red tides', are more common around spring and autumn when the water temperature is higher and there are greater movements in ocean currents.

Large numbers of fish are believed to have perished from the effects of the algae.

A spokesman for the local council said red algae could be dangerous to some humans exposed to it.

‘There are some possible risks to human health including skin rashes and eye irritation and for this reason the beach will remain closed until the algae dissipates,’ he said.

Tourists and locals are hoping that the algae will have dissipated by the weekend, when temperatures are expected to reach 40c.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2239040/Crimson-tides-Tourists-flee-Bondi-Beach-Red-Sea-rare-algae-bloom-turns-water-colour-blood.html#ixzz2DUF37Azk 

Scientists: Earth’s Protective Shield Failing

Gigantic leaks in the Earth’s protective shield are permitting radioactive solar particles to penetrate down to the surface of the planet causing electromagnetic pulses, brilliant auroras, even ultra-violet radioactive showers that could mutate DNA, cause virilent cancers, and change the dynamics of future life. “We hadn’t known about [this] before,” admitted Melvyn Goldstein, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, about the potentially deadly phenomenon. Causing alarm among some scientists is the fact that as the plasma waves—known as the Kelvin-Helmholtz effect—slip past the Earth’s first line of defense they propigate gigantic and deadly vortices allowing raw radiation from the sun to pour in and bathe large regions of the planet.

 Earth is constantly bombarded by solar particles

A ‘sieve-like’ property

The sun gives life, mutates life, sometimes ends life. Astronomers have found stars similar to Earth’s sun that experienced violent coronal mass ejections frying away the atmospheres of all thier nearby planets. Can such a thing happen here? Nervous astronomers admit they don’t know.

Earth is trapped in orbit around the sun. If the sun partially explodes—or even ejects a massive X-flare in Earth’s direction—all life on the planet could cease to exist.

The only thing that protects the Earth from the violence of an angry sun is the magnetic bubble that surrounds the planet. Now, unfortunately, geophysicists and astrophysicists concur on one alarming fact: the Earth’s protective magnetosphere leaks like a sieve and periodically deadly rays was regions of the planet killing some life and mutating other life into a different path of evolution.

“The solar wind can enter the magnetosphere at different locations and under different magnetic field conditions that we hadn’t known about before,” the co-author of the shocking study, Dr. Melvyn Goldstein, told concerned reporters at Science Daily.

“That suggests there is a ‘sieve-like’ property of the magnetopause in allowing the solar wind to continuously flow into the magnetosphere,” he explained.

New study confirms worst fears

A new study revealing the fragility of the magnetosphere was published August 29th in the prestigious and peer-reviewed Journal of Geophysical Research. The grim study confirms that the Earth’s first line of defense can not only be breached, but is breached much more often that anyone ever suspected.

When highly charged solar particles slam through the shield the danger level is determined by the current activity of the sun. If the sun is in a highly excited state—as it is during its peak solar activity that will last through most of 2013—then the risk on the surface of the Earth increases exponentially.

At best radiowaves and satellites might be affected. NASA and the ESA worry about a blast that could knock out North America and send it reeling back to the 18th Century. The recent collapse of the infrastructure of the northeastern region of the United States from hurricane Sandy would be multiplied in severity and encompass the entire U.S., parts of southern Canada, and northern Mexico.

Yet, even that is not the worst case scenario.

The collapse of the magnetic shield and deadly UV rays

A warning comes from Dr. Kyoung-Joo Hwang at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Hwang, the lead author of the magnetosphere study, is quoted by the Oregon Herald as saying, “We found that when the solar wind magnetic field is westward or eastward, magnetopause boundary layers at higher latitude become most subject to Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, regions quite distant from previous observations of these waves.”

The research led the team to conclude that the breaches of the Earth’s fragile shield are worse than imagined: “…it’s very hard to imagine a situation where solar wind plasma could not leak into the magnetosphere, since it is not a perfect magnetic bubble,” Hwang emphasized.

Dr. Matt Taylor, ESA’s Cluster satellite project is one of the scientists that first discovered that, as the Oregon Heraldreports, “that huge swirls of plasma along the magnetopause could help the solar wind penetrate the magnetosphere when the terrestrial and solar wind magnetic fields were aligned.”

Solar radiation mutates DNA

The rending of the magnetic field is much greater than once assumed. “In this case,” Taylor said, “the relatively small separation of the four Cluster satellites as they passed through the high-latitude dayside magnetopause provided a microscopic look at the processes ripping open the magnetopause and allowing particles from the Sun direct entry into the atmosphere.”

Illustration of DNA damage from the sun

What this means during a period when the sun is ejecting intense coronal masses is the increased likelihood of partial or total technological foundational collapse—or worse, radiation exposure, poisoning and significant DNA mutation. This latest finding just underscores the fact that the universe is a very dangerous, unforgiving environment.

Unfortunately, at least for now, this universe is the only one we have.

For more information, read Mysteries Of The Multiverse: 25 True Stories From Time And Space by Terrence Aym and Kirsten Lambertsen (Dec 7, 2011) 

Scientists study how Earth’s oceans plunged the planet into a catastrophic big freeze

November 7, 2012 – CLIMATE - A giant flood of Arctic meltwater may have triggered an ancient 1,200-year-long chill nicknamed the “Big Freeze,” the last major cold age on Earth, a new study finds. These findings suggest that changes in the flow of water in the Arctic could suddenly alter the modern climate, study investigators added. Starting about 12,900 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere was abruptly gripped by centuries of cold, an era technically known as the Younger Dryas. 

Scientists have suggested this chill helped wipe out most of the large mammals in North America as well as the so-called Clovis people. The Big Freeze was not a glacial period, which is colloquially often called ice ages — it was a cold time in the relatively warm spans between glacial periods. Although researchers have suggested a cosmic impact might have set off this Big Freeze, the prevailing theory for the cause of the Younger Dryas was a vast pulse of freshwater— a greater volume than all of North America’s Great Lakes combined — that poured into the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

 The source of this flood was apparently the glacial Lake Agassiz, located along the southern margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which at its maximum 21,000 years ago was 6,500 to 9,800 feet thick and covered much of North America, from the Arctic Ocean south to Seattle and New York. 

“The flood was likely caused by the sudden breaking of an ice dam,” said researcher Alan Condron, a physical oceanographer at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 

“Prior to the flood, meltwater is thought to have drained into the Gulf of Mexico, down the Mississippi River. After the dam broke, the water rapidly flowed into the ocean via a different river drainage system.” 

This deluge would have diluted the circulation of saltwater in the North Atlantic, disrupting the ocean “conveyer belt” that cycles warm water up to the Arctic, where it cools and sinks and travels back south along the ocean floor. With less warm seawater moving poleward, temperatures across the Northern Hemisphere apparently plunged. –Daily Mail

Earth Bound Disaster Imminent? Less Than 4 Weeks Away?

A bit from The Sun’s story: 

A GIANT explosion of energy from the Sun could paralyse Earth in just three years’ time, scientists warned yesterday.

They fear a huge solar flare is due to erupt in 2013 — causing blackouts and global chaos.

The once-in-a-century disaster could see power grids crash, communication systems collapse, planes grounded, food supplies hit and the internet shut down.

Everything from home freezers to car sat navs would be affected.

The disaster could mirror the Great Solar Flare of 1859.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3145874/Solar-flare-to-paralyse-Earth-in-2013.html#ixzz2BbTRCr4D

Electro Magnetic Pulse Effects & Preparedness

Although the US can improve prevention, protection, and recovery in the face of an EMP attack to levels below those that would have catastrophic consequences for the Nation, an EMP attack would still cause substantial disruption, even under the best of circumstances. Many citizens would be without power, communications and other services for days—or perhaps substantially longer—before full recovery could occur. During that interval, it will be crucial to provide a reliable channel of information to those citizens to let them know what has happened, the current situation, when help of what types for them might be available, what their governments are doing, and the host of questions which, if not answered, are certain to create more instability and suffering for the affected individuals, communities, and the Nation as a whole.

EMP and its effects were observed during the US and Soviet atmospheric test programs in 1962. Figure 1 depicts the Starfish nuclear detonation—not designed or intended as a generator of EMP—at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. Some electronic and electrical systems in the Hawaiian Islands, 1400 kilometers distant, were affected, causing the failure of street-lighting systems, tripping of circuit breakers, triggering of burglar alarms, and damage to a telecommunications relay facility. In their testing that year, the Soviets executed a series of nuclear detonations in which they exploded 300 kiloton weapons at approximately 300, 150, and 60 kilometers above their test site in South Central Asia. They report that on each shot they observed damage to overhead and underground buried cables at distances of 600 kilometers. They also observed surge arrestor burnout, spark-gap breakdown, blown fuses, and power supply breakdowns.

What is significant about an EMP attack is that one or a few high-altitude nuclear detonations can produce EMP effects that can potentially disrupt or damage electronic and electrical systems over much of the United States, virtually simultaneously, at a time determined by an adversary.

Starfish Nuclear Detonation

 

Gamma rays from a high-altitude nuclear detonation interact with the atmosphere to produce a radio-frequency wave of unique, spatially varying intensity that covers everything within line-of-sight of the explosion’s center point.

The first component (E1) is a free-field energy pulse with a rise-time measured in the range of a fraction of a billionth to a few billionths of a second. It is the “electromagnetic shock” that disrupts or damages electronics-based control systems, sensors, communication systems, protective systems, computers, and similar devices. Its damage or functional disruption occurs essentially simultaneously over a very large area, as illustrated in the figure below.

Illustrative EMP Effects – Fast Pulse (Figure 2)

The middle-time component covers roughly the same geographic area as the first component and is similar to lightning in its time-dependence, but is far more geographically widespread in its character and somewhat lower in amplitude. In general, it would not be an issue for critical infrastructure systems since they have existing protective measures for defense against occasional lightning strikes. The most significant risk is synergistic, because the E2 component follows a small fraction of a second after the first component’s insult, which has the ability to impair or destroy many protective and control features. The energy associated with the second component thus may be allowed to pass into and damage systems.

The final major component of EMP is a subsequent, slower-rising, longer-duration pulse that creates disruptive currents in long electricity transmission lines, resulting in damage to electrical supply and distribution systems connected to such lines (Figure 3). The sequence of E1, E2, and then E3 components of EMP is important because each can cause damage, and the later damage can be increased as a result of the earlier damage. In the example depicted in Figures 2 and 3, about 70% of the total electrical power load of the United States is within the region exposed to the EMP event.

Illustrative EMP Effects – Slow Pulse Protection and Recovery of Civilian Infrastructures (Figure 3)

History professor William R. Forstchen discussed the potential damage rendered by an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) event, and what we can to do prepare for the possibility. There are actually two kinds of potentials for generating an EMP, military or solar, he explained. A nuclear fission weapon, such as Iran or North Korea are currently developing, that is detonated about 250 miles above the Earth’s atmosphere would trigger electrostatic discharge, striking the Earth’s surface and overloading the power grid and knocking it out, he detailed. The Soviets conducted an EMP test in 1962, and a power plant 500 miles away from the center of the detonation burst into flames, because of the EMP overload that fed into the transmission lines, he cited.

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Just a few days ago, we were hit by the largest solar storm in five years, and NASA & NOAA have predicted a significantly increased solar storm cycle over the next 18 months, Forstchen noted. A large enough coronal mass ejection (CME) from the sun could generate a global-wide EMP event, particularly in the northern and southern latitudes. The “Carrington Event” of 1859 blew out telegraph lines, and the “energy output was so intense that railroad ties were bursting into flames,” he said. Forstchen advocates congressional action to protect America’s grid, such as put forth by Cong. Roscoe Bartlett.  
William R. Forstchen is a Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina. He received his doctorate from Purdue University with specializations in Military History, the American Civil War and the History of Technology. His current book, One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress and before the House Armed Services Committee by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R.-MD), chair of the House Committee tasked to evaluate EMP weapons, as a realistic portrayal of the potential damage rendered by an EMP attack on the continental United States. 

William R. Forstchen

An electromagnetic pulse (commonly abbreviated EMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation. The abrupt pulse of electromagnetic radiation usually results from certain types of high energy explosions, especially a nuclear explosion, or from a suddenly fluctuating magnetic field. The resulting rapidly-changing electric fields and magnetic fields may couple with electrical/electronic systems to produce damaging current and voltage surges.
The mechanism for a 400 km high altitude burst EMP: gamma rays hit the atmosphere between 20–40 km altitude, ejecting electrons which are then deflected sideways by the Earth’s magnetic field. This makes the electrons radiate EMP over a massive area. Because of the curvature and downward tilt of Earth’s magnetic field over the USA, the maximum EMP occurs south of the detonation and the minimum occurs to the north.



In military terminology, a nuclear warhead detonated hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface is known as a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) device. Effects of a HEMP device depend on a very large number of factors, including the altitude of the detonation, energy yield, gamma ray output, interactions with the Earth’s magnetic field, and electromagnetic shielding of targets.

Preparedness refers to the state of being prepared for specific or unpredictable events or situations. Preparedness is an important quality in achieving goals and in avoiding and mitigating negative outcomes. It is a major phase of emergency management, and is particularly valued in areas of competition such as sport and military science.
Methods of preparation include research, estimation, planning, resourcing, education, practicing and rehearsing.

Survivalism is a movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists or preppers) who are actively preparing for emergencies as well as possible disruptions in social or political order, on scales ranging from local to international. Survivalists often have emergency medical and self-defence training, stockpile food and water, prepare for self-sufficiency, and build structures that will help them survive or “disappear” (e.g. a survival retreat or underground shelter).

Anticipated disruptions include the following: Clusters of natural disasters, patterns of apocalyptic planetary crises, or Earth Changes (tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, solar storms, severe thunderstorms). A disaster caused by the activities of humankind (chemical spills, release of radioactive materials, nuclear or conventional war, oppressive governments). The general collapse of society caused by the shortage or unavailability of resources such as electricity, fuel, food, or water. Financial disruption or economic collapse (caused by monetary manipulation, hyperinflation, deflation, or depression). A global pandemic. Widespread chaos or some other unexplained apocalyptic event.

Britain Under Water – Towns and Fields Submerged After Days of Rain as Deluge and 50mph Gales Are Set to Continue Over the Weekend, Storms Claim First Victim!

November 23, 2012 - BRITAIN - Storms will batter Britain again this weekend after a brief respite from the rain, and floods are set to worsen in the next 24 hours.  The Environment Agency have today reduced the number of flood warnings for England and Wales issued to 49 but this is expected to rise amid fears that heavy rain will trigger further flooding.  It will compound misery for those in areas already suffering from severe floods following the downpours earlier this week, which has forced hundreds to evacuate their homes and killed a motorist in Chew Stoke, near Bristol.  

Surface water flooding and river flooding has affected the south west, central and north west of England and Wales.  The Environment Agency (EA) has 52 flood warnings and 159 less serious flood alerts in place as England, Wales and Scotland braces itself for one inch of rain and gusts of up to 60mph.  The EA was able to reduce the number of flood warnings from more than 90 yesterday, but this is expected to increase as more downpours threaten to add to already swollen rivers.  The rains could also trigger further landslips on waterlogged hillsides. Residents of a Georgian terrace in Bath had a lucky escape when boulders, including one more than 7ft in diameter, crashed onto a road behind their homes.  Nearly 300 properties have already flooded across the UK since Tuesday, the EA said, and on Thursday night a man died when he became trapped in his 4x4 after it became wedged under a bridge in Chew Stoke, Somerset.  The elderly man was rescued from the water but died from a suspected cardiac arrest on his way to hospital.  Duncan Massey, of Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue, said: ‘The water was like a raging torrent.  ‘It was nearly impossible to get in the water, it was very, very deep, very swift-flowing and dark.’  Locals said the conditions were the worst seen for 30 years and that water levels near the ford had risen dramatically in only 20 minutes. A 26-year-old man died earlier on Thursday in a crash in stormy conditions on the A3079 at Beaworthy, Devon. And police were searching for a 91-year-old man feared to have fallen into the Thames in Sonning, Berkshire.  Franciscus Van De Gender went missing on Thursday morning and his car was later found on the riverbank. High winds brought down power lines in the South West and Wales, many roads were left impassable and train services were delayed or cancelled, including services between London and the West Country.   

Parts of Britain were hit by five inches of rain on Thursday and high winds of 86mph were recorded in Wales.  The AA said the last few days had been some of its busiest for flood-related call-outs.  Those injured in weather-related incidents included an elderly pedestrian whose head was cut after being struck by a tree, two teenage girls taken to hospital with head and shoulder injuries, and a female driver in her 50s who escaped with minor injuries after her car was crushed by a falling tree trunk.  Darron Burness, the AA's head of special operations, said yesterday: 'With more heavy rain forecast across the Midlands, Wales and the South West, road conditions in the affected areas are likely to only get worse as the ground is so saturated.  'Even if you think you know your local roads, don't be complacent, as flash-flooding continues to be a real risk and is catching people out.'  Meanwhile, Network Rail said trains were likely to be suspended between Exeter and Bristol until Monday.  A spokesman for the MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: 'There will be substantial rainfall over the next 24 hours into Sunday morning for most of the UK.  'More than one inch of rain will fall in some areas which will not be welcome given the recent flooding. It will be quite disruptive.  'Winds will be strong throughout the day but particularly overnight reaching peaks of up to 60mph on the south coast.'  He added that the rain and winds will begin in the south of England and Wales before pushing north throughout the day and overnight.  Bright skies will follow on Sunday afternoon, but they will soon be eclipsed by more showers and cold temperatures in the early part of next week.  MeteoGroup forecaster Chris Burton also said gusts on the south coast early on Sunday could reach 70mph.’  In Cornwall, a primate from the Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary near Looe in Cornwall had to be taken to the vet after it became seriously ill during the atrocious weather.  Pepper, a one-year-old monkey, had to be resuscitated after suffering from a mystery illness yesterday. It was the latest setback at the tourist attraction, which also suffered serious flood damage on Thursday.  Tree surgeons were also called in to fell three trees which had been badly damaged during gusting winds on the south Cornish coastline.   

At one point, staff had to move some barbary macaques from one enclosure to another over concerns one of the trees would fall directly on top of it.  Staff at the registered charity are still assessing the total cost of the destruction, but say it has ended a financially difficult year.  Hayley Dann, fundraising manager, said: 'What with the bad summer we and most of the Cornish attractions have had, we reckon we are about £60,000 down on last year.'  The charity is holding an open day on December 9, providing it can complete the clear-up operation which saw floodwater wreck their education zone and primate library on Thursday.  The stormy conditions have also put paid to some small-boat fishermen earning a living this weekend. High winds in and around Mevagissey harbour in Cornwall have resulted in very few fishermen venturing out to sea from the port during recent days.  A landslip yesterday morning also left the harbour car park partially closed, affecting operations at the port. However, work to clear the 25 cubic metres of soil has been completed and the harbour is ready to operate as normal.  Harbour master Hugh Bowles said: 'It has been fairly rough at sea this morning due to the on-shore winds, and it was the same on Thursday, too.  'It is stopping people from going out to see. Nobody will be out there from Mevagissey today, and the forecast is gales to severe gales, so I don't expect that to change.  'Obviously fishing is completely weather dependent, so it really does have an impact on fishermen wanting to get out on the water, particularly those with smaller, under-10m boats.'  Other rescue operations include an RAF Sea King helicopter, which freed a driver trapped in her car after it was swept into a river at St Clears, South West Wales, the evacuation of a hospice in Ulverston, Cumbria, after bedrooms were flooded when a stream burst its banks, and 10 pensioners were evacuated from their homes in Exeter after a 30ft wall collapsed.  Meanwhile, a canoeist who sparked a £10,000 rescue operation after paddling out to sea in gale force winds was criticised by rescuers.  Forecasters say winds this weekend will reach up to 100mph with as much as 40mm of rain, bringing further risks of flooding.  Gales are expected to continue for a time early Sunday, with bright spells developing and winds easing off later in the day.  Further rain is anticipated for Monday, while the Met Office says snow could hit the North on Tuesday as a new cold front moves in.  Met Office forecaster Helen Chivers said: 'We urge everyone to keep up to date with forecasts and warnings this weekend and to be prepared for what the weather brings. - Daily Mail.   

WATCH: Britain's storms claimed their first victim last night as a man died after being trapped in his car by flood water and heavy rain   The victim, was caught in Chew Stoke in Somerset as flood waters wedged his car under a bridge near a ford.  

WATCH: Heavy flooding on roads in Somerset (Rockwell Green, 50 miles from Chew Stoke)

 

Original post @ http://thecelestialconvergence.blogspot.hk/2012/11/the-great-deluge-britain-under-water.html

Geologists find East Coast earthquakes travel farther

Data from the 2011 earthquake centered in Virginia shows East Coast tremors can travel much farther and cause damage over larger areas than previously thought, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. 

The agency estimated about one-third of the U.S. population could have felt the magnitude 5.8 tremor centered about 50 miles northwest of Richmond, which would mean more people were affected than any earthquake in U.S. history. Scientists also found the quake that caused more than $200 million in damage triggered landslides at distances four times farther and over an area 20 times larger than research from previous quakes has shown. 

“Scientists are confirming with empirical data what more than 50 million people in the eastern U.S. experienced firsthand: this was one powerful earthquake,” USGS Director Marcia McNutt said in a news release about the findings presented at the Geological Society of America conference in Charlotte, N.C. Researchers used landslides to see how far-reaching the shaking from East coast earthquakes could be. 

The unexpected jolt cracked the Washington Monument in spots and toppled delicate masonry high atop the National Cathedral. The shaking was felt from Georgia to New England. According to the findings, the farthest landslide from the quake was 150 miles from the epicenter, a greater distance than any other similar-sized earthquake. Previous similar quakes have resulted in landslides no farther than 36 miles from the epicenter. Additionally, the landslides from the 2011 tremor occurred in an area of about 12,895 square-miles — about the size of the state of Maryland. 

Previous studies indicated an area of about 580 square-miles — about the size of Houston — from an earthquake of similar magnitude. 

“It’s just much more dangerous to have an earthquake at that level back on the East Coast than it would be on the West Coast,” said Edwin Harp, a USGS scientist and co-author of the study. 

“If something big happened, although it’s much less frequent, it would tend to damage a lot more buildings because they’re probably not quite up to the codes that they are in California.” Geologic structure and rock properties on the East Coast allow seismic waves to travel farther without weakening compared with the West Coast, Harp said. He said equations used to predict ground shaking might need to be revised now that scientists know more about the power of East Coast earthquakes. The information also will help with building codes as well as emergency preparedness, the USGS said. 

While West Coast earthquake veterans scoffed at what they viewed as only a moderate temblor, the August 2011 quake changed the way officials along the East Coast viewed emergency preparedness. Emergency response plans that once focused on hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding and snow are being revised to include quakes. -WSJ