Mexico reeling from climate extremes- millions imperiled by drought and cold

by The Extinction Protocol
February 2, 2012MEXICO CITYA drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the country. Reports that the Tarahumara were killing themselves in despair over starvation, later proven false, spurred residents of Mexico City to collect food and clothing donations. The government in the past week has authorized $2.63 billion in aid, including potable water, food and temporary jobs for the most affected areas, rural communities in 19 of Mexico’s 31 states. But officials warned that no serious relief was expected for at least another five months, when the rainy season typically begins in earnest. While the authorities say they expect the situation to worsen, one of the five worst-affected states, Zacatecas, got a reprieve on Sunday. Heriberto Félix Guerra, head of the Ministry of Social Development,  saw the rain, the first in 17 months, as a guardedly reassuring sign. Among the more seriously affected communities are tribal areas of the Tarahumara indigenous community in the Sierra Madre, in the north. Known for endurance running and self-reliance, the Tarahumara are among Mexico’s poorest citizens.
When false reports of a mass suicide brought on by hunger surfaced recently, journalists and aid organizations poured in to shed light on the situation. “I think it has really become extreme poverty,” says Isaac Oxenhaut, national aid coordinator for the Mexican Red Cross. Mr. Oxenhaut recently visited the Indian communities where, he said, the land was too dry to grow any crops the Tarahumara usually depend on for their livelihood. “They don’t have anywhere to harvest absolutely anything,” he added. Nearly 7 percent of the country’s agricultural land, mostly in the north and center, has suffered total loss, according to Victor Celaya del Toro, director of development studies at the Agriculture Ministry. The drought, which has been compounded by freezing temperatures, has already pushed up the cost of some produce, including corn and beans. The governor of the Central Bank, Agustín Carstens, speaking last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, cautioned that it might cause inflation to rise later this year. But government officials have said they do not expect the price of exports to be affected.  Some of the most devastated areas are hard to reach, slowing the flow of aid to a trickle. The Red Cross is sending 70-pound sacks of rice, beans and sugar, as well as winter clothing. “A cargo bus will not fit,” Mr. Oxenhaut said. “You have to do it with four-wheel drives or donkeys, or the people who take it on their backs.” –NY Times

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  • Honestly speaking, we truly don't know what is causing all this climate change, I personally would put my money on the sun but that's just me.  The influence of lining up with the galactic center, can not be proven as the cause, nor can we discount it.  Magma welling up in the earth, who knows.  Planetx...hardest of the bunch to prove on any level.  Human carbon emissions.....global warming...... Seriously people we have no clue, it could be any one of the things I listed or a conjunction of them, I personally don't know.
     
    What we do know is that change is rampant and will not be slowing any time soon, be ready to live in a world where you can't buy your food and start eating in under 3 minutes.....
  • Stee quayle has noted a crustal shift is taking place. what is worrying is what the elite are not letting is know we will know only when it takes place.

  • Nic, I would keep my eye on the magnetic North Pole.  When it moves the crust tries to follow.   And it is moving. We just have to watch for a fast sudden learch.  Then you can expect the shift will be close behind.

  • And Niigata Japan gets a build up of snow of 13.4 feet (see pic at this link http://apparitionsourlady.blogspot.com/ )

  • I would rather put it down to the behavior of the jet stream plus disturbances in the earths axis,,also we must factor in temperature gradients from underwater volcanism. the sun is quite  now, but there may be increased energy from the galactic core now affecting us. also there is a coronal j hole showing which seems to be facing the earth.

  • I agree, John Dinardo studies these weather  events closely. I believe it is all linked. the whole system of the earth is upset, bit more than a headache though.

  • Yep it seems that way.

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