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2 hurt, thousands lose power due to windstorm
by KING 5 News and Associated Press
Posted on November 2, 2013 at 9:45 AM
Updated today at 1:59 PM
SEATTLE -
A 48-year-old Granite Falls man was seriously injured when a tree fell on his car on SR 203 and a 2-year-old was hurt when a branch fell from a tree at Roosevelt Way NE and NE 42nd street in Seattle.
Credit: Martin Tuip
The only road in and out of Ernie's Grove near Snoqualmie was blocked by a tree hanging over live power lines.
The WSDOT closed the SR 520 floating bridge for two hours because of high winds and waves.
Brad Husick lives down the street from the bridge. He said he could hear the bridge creaking.
Credit: WSP
"I've lived here 12 years, and these are some of the highest waves I've seen,” he said.
Troopers said as many as 50 cars were abandoned on the westbound lanes. Troopers on foot escorted the people back to their cars.
The Department of Transportation said criteria for closing the bridge to traffic and opening the draw span is 50 mph gusts sustained for 15 minutes. When a 40 mph gust is sustained for one minute, a warning alarm calls crews to the bridge for inspection and monitoring.
DOT says they make every attempt to reduce disruption to drivers but in an emergency they have to close the bridge quickly.
The last time the 520 bridge was closed for wind and waves was Dec. 14, 2006.
I-90 remained open on Saturday. Although it had waves crashing over it, it is a much bigger structure. The last time it was closed was the Inauguration Day storm of 1993.
Thousands without power
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| 17.11.2012 | Extreme Weather | Portugal | Distrito Faro, [Silves e Lagoa area] |  |
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Extreme Weather in Portugal on Friday, 16 November, 2012 at 17:37 (05:37 PM) UTC.
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| The National Authority for Civil Protection (ANPC) confirm the occurrence of two phenomena very strong winds, but can not yet characterize these phenomena, which have caused dozens of wounded, some of them severe. The ANPC explained to CM Journal that between 13h00 and 13h30 on Friday strong winds ravaged Silves and Lagoa causing dozens of wounded, some in critical condition. The damages are huge in dozens of vehicles, registering falling trees, shingles flew, fallen walls and damages inside homes. The wind afected a campers field in Silves, near the municipal swimming pools. Some of the caravans had affected people inside who were injured. The coverage of countertops Football Stadium of Silves flew with the wind strength. In Lagoa in several buildings housing the wind broke the windows and destroyed the interior of the houses. Through the streets sees overturned cars, fallen trees, roofs raised, in a scene of destruction. Authorities are still on the ground, to take stock of possible destruction, and therefore not yet possible to come up with a concrete number of injured and the severity of these injuries. |
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Extreme Weather in Portugal on Friday, 16 November, 2012 at 17:37 (05:37 PM) UTC.
| Updated: | Saturday, 17 November, 2012 at 04:49 UTC |
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| Trees were uprooted, balconies, roof tiles and framework ripped off, windows shattered and vehicles tossed for metres. Many local residents were affected by the freak incident in which the entire neighbourhood was reduced to tatters and people were seriously injured. Panicking parents rushed to a nearby-by school to collect their children who were in class when the tornado hit, and billboards on a nearby roundabout were mangled. The exact extent of the damage and seriousness of the injuries is still being calculated but initial assessments suggest thirteen people were injured, three of whom seriously. The State Secretary for Welfare and Social Security has confirmed that four families, a total of eleven people, six of whom minors, need to be rehomed. Abel Silva, born and raised in Lagoa, saw his ground-floor apartment destroyed in the terrifying incident which last merely minutes. "It was overwhelming. All of a sudden my windows started shaking, the ground was trembling. I tried to hold the windows but I saw they were going to blow I so I threw myself to the side. The entire house has been destroyed. I've never seen anything like this before." People in a nearby cafe said: "The sky turned pitch black, the wind became so dense you could see it, and it seemed like everything was shaking. The windows were rattling. A metal sheet from a nearby building site was ripped up. We were told to get back and stand away from the windows. The power went out. It was like something from a movie." GNR police confirmed that there were serious injuries and many families have been left temporarily homeless. Emergency services were drafted in from neighbouring districts to try to bring the pandemonium under control. The National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC) dispatched emergency services to Lagoa and Silves from as far away as Beja, Setatildebal and Avora. Bad weather including strong winds, thunder and lightening tormented the Algarve today on Friday. There was a power shortage in Lagos caused by persistent stormy weather, the village of Ferragudo and city of Albufeira flooded, and damage was caused to several locations across the region. Residents in Silves told The Portugal News "it looks like a bomb has hit it." Eyewitness reports said a glass dome that once sat on top of the Town Hall shattered. In Alvor a roof was ripped off a school and a cafe-kiosk in the heart of the village was completely removed from its spot. Around 226 men and women and 68 vehicles were sent to the cities. Information from the ANPC website confirms 13 people were injured as a result of the tornado and no deaths were caused. An emergency rescue helicopter was also dispatched at 2.55pm but later retracted. The Weather Institute (IM) placed the Algarve under orange alert - a warning of moderate to high risk meteorological situation. Heavy downpours accompanied by strong winds and thunder were predicted, but thankfully proved unfounded. |
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Earth Watch Report – Sunday August 26th, 2012
August 26, 2012 by desertrose
Extreme Temperatures/ Weather
Bosnia on red alert during hottest summer on record
by Staff Writers
Sarajevo (AFP)
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Bosnian authorities put the entire country on red alert Thursday against a heatwave that has seen the Balkan nation bake in its hottest summer on record, the national weather institute said.
Meteorologist Dzenan Zulum said the months of June, July and August had been the hottest since measurements were first recorded 120 years ago.
In some places, the mercury has soared to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit) and temperatures in the capital Sarajevo have in recent days been about seven degrees Celsius warmer than normal.
“We predict a similar temperature for the next two or three days followed by a slight cooling from Sunday,” Zulum said.
Farmers say between 50-80 percent of their crops have been damaged in the heatwave, and water distribution to several towns has been disrupted.
Bosnia is also battling dozens of forest fires in the south and east of the country, with many hundreds of hectares (acres) of land burned.
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| 25.08.2012 | Forest / Wild Fire | Greece | Region of Attica, [Near to Afidnes] |  |
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Forest / Wild Fire in Greece on Saturday, 25 August, 2012 at 13:08 (01:08 PM) UTC.
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| Firefighters on Saturday managed to partially control a large forest fire that broke out on the northeastern outskirts of Athens, officials said. “I believe we are going well,” Pavlos Papageorgiou, a senior fire department officer, told state television NET. “The only front is in a ravine near the town of Afidnes, we are moving forces from other areas where the fire is under control,” he said. The fire broke out before dawn near Afidnes, clouding the skies over the capital’s northern suburbs with smoke and ash. It had earlier threatened an army camp and an industrial park in the vicinity. NET said a number of homes and vehicles had been burnt in the community of Drosopigi and that local residents had heard explosions before the fire broke out, suggesting that arson was involved. Traffic police briefly diverted traffic on the national highway leading north of Athens as a precaution. The same area had also been ravaged by fires in 2009. Greece suffers from a large number of summer fires usually aided by high temperatures and strong winds and are often attributed to arson. The Athens national observatory this week said the months of June and July were among the hottest on record. The worst disaster this season occurred on the Aegean island of Chios where scores of mastic orchards were destroyed by a fire burning for a week. |
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| Tembin (15W) | Pacific Ocean | 19.08.2012 | 26.08.2012 | Typhoon III | 155 ° | 157 km/h | 194 km/h | 4.27 m | JTWC | |
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| Bolaven (16W) | Pacific Ocean | 20.08.2012 | 26.08.2012 | SuperTyphoon | 315 ° | 213 km/h | 259 km/h | 5.79 m | JTWC | |
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| Isaac (AL09) | Atlantic Ocean | 21.08.2012 | 26.08.2012 | Tropical Depression | 305 ° | 93 km/h | 111 km/h | 5.79 m | NOAA NHC | |
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Heavy rain, floods kill 26 in Pakistan: officials
by Staff Writers
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan (AFP)
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Flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 26 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in northern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday.
Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, the prime minister of Pakistan-administered Kashmir said at least 17 people have been killed and nine others injured in six districts since Monday.
“Some 685 houses and 125 shops have been damaged and roads washed away,” Majeed said, adding that a request has been made to the federal government for financial help.
Irshad Bhatti, a spokesman for the country’s National Disaster Management Authority, said the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
The majority of the deaths in Kashmir came when buildings collapsed due to the rains, and a further nine people died in flooding in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials said.
Adnan Khan, an official from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said he feared the death toll there could rise.
“Dozens of families have suffered and their houses were destroyed, several people are still missing” Khan told AFP.
Weather officials are predicting heavy rain in the next three days and rescue teams are closely monitoring the situation, Bhatti said.
Floods in Pakistan in the summer of 2011 affected 5.8 million people, with floodwaters killing livestock, destroying crops, homes and infrastructure as the nation struggled to recover from record inundations the previous year.
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Tropical Storm Isaac hugs Cuba coast, expected to be Cat 2 hurricane in Gulf
Florida’s governor declares a state of emergency as residents and tourists flee Key West. Storm preparations are under way all along the Gulf Coast. NBC’s Thanh Truong reports.
By NBC News and wire services
Updated at 6 p.m. ET: Tropical Storm Isaac was hugging the northern coastline of eastern Cuba on Saturday after claiming at least four lives in Haiti. Isaac should become a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday just as it nears the Florida Keys, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, and then grow into an even stronger Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds.
Isaac “could be significantly stronger than currently forecast” once it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the center said in an advisory.
It will first sweep past southwest Florida and the Florida Keys, where “hurricane conditions are expected … Sunday,” it said in a separate update.
Isaac is a massive storm, with tropical storm-force winds extending 230 miles from the center. Key West International Airport was halting all flights at 7 p.m. Saturday until the storm had passed.
Tropical Storm Isaac is picking up steam as it barrels through the Caribbean. The Weather Channel’s Mike Seidel reports on the storm’s effects.
In Haiti, a woman and a child in the town of Souvenance were killed in the storm, a local official reported. A woman in the southern coastal city of Jacmel was crushed to death when a tree fell on her house, government officials said.
In the capital Port-au-Prince – where some 350,000 people are still living in tents or shelters after the 2010 Haiti earthquake – a girl, 10, was killed when a wall fell on her.
Power outages and flooding were reported as Isaac moved across the hilly and severely deforested Caribbean country.
“There’s a lot of rain, a lot of wind,” said Magdala Jean-Baptiste, who huddled with her frightened children in their home in the southern coastal city of Jacmel. “We haven’t had any power since the storm started yesterday. We passed the night with no sleep.”
Tropical Storm Isaac lashes the island of Hispaniola, killing at least three people in Haiti, where thousands still live in tents after an earthquake over two years ago. NBC’s Mark Potter reports.
In neighboring Dominican Republic, Isaac felled power and phone lines and left at least a dozen towns cut off by flood waters. The most severe damage was reported along the south coast, including the capital Santo Domingo, where more than half the city was without power.
Cuba prepared by closing beaches and evacuating tourists in vulnerable areas, NBC’s Mary Murray and The Weather Channel’s Mike Seidel reported from Havana. Flights across Cuba were also suspended.
In Baracoa, a city on Cuba’s eastern side, high seas began topping the seawall Friday night, Radio Baracoa reported.
Now with 60-mph winds, Isaac should exit Cuba on Sunday and then move south of the Florida Keys and into the Gulf.
Dieu Nalio Chery / AP
Residents wade through a flooded street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Saturday declared a state of emergency to make sure local and state agencies would be ready. Republicans effectively canceled the first day of their national convention in Tampa, on Florida’s central Gulf Coast, deciding to gavel it open on Monday, then immediately recess to some time on Tuesday.
Gulf of Mexico operators began shutting down offshore oil and gas rigs on Friday ahead of the storm.
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Tampa’s weather forecast includes rain and high winds Sunday night and into Monday, The Weather Channel reported. The winds could gust up to 60 mph.
The Weather Channel’s Bryan Norcross tracks Tropical Storm Isaac’s movement and predictions about where it is headed.
Monday and Tuesday include a risk of tornadoes across south Florida.
Officials were handing out sandbags to residents in the Tampa area, which often floods when heavy rainstorms hit. Sandbags also were being handed out in Homestead, 20 years after Hurricane Andrew devastated the community there. Otherwise, however, convention preparations were moving ahead as usual.
Isaac’s exact path is still unclear, but the hurricane center said models suggest it will make landfall somewhere between the Florida Panhandle and New Orleans on Tuesday night.
The storm’s anticipated path did shift closer to the Keys than previously forecast and emergency managers urged tourists to leave the islands if they could do so safely. A single road links the chain of islands to the Florida Peninsula.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Walter Michot / AP
Tropical Storm Isaac rakes the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba as it makes its way toward Florida, where Tampa will be hosting the Republican National Convention.
Have Swedish Forests Recovered from the Storm Gudrun?
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In January 2005, the storm Gudrun hit Sweden. It has been estimated to have caused an overall economic damage of 2.4 billion euros in Swedish forestry alone. But has there been more damage to the forest than was clearly visible? A recently published study by Seidl and Blennow shows that Gudrun caused not only immediate damage corresponding to 110% of the average annual harvest in Sweden from only 16% of the country’s forest area but also pervasive effects in terms of growth reduction.
In recent decades, the frequency and severity of natural disturbances by e.g., strong winds and insect outbreaks has increased considerably in many forest ecosystems around the world. Future climate change is expected to further intensify disturbance regimes, which makes addressing disturbances in ecosystem management a top priority. As a prerequisite a broader understanding of disturbance impacts and ecosystem responses is needed. With regard to the effects of strong winds — the most detrimental disturbance agent in central and northern Europe — monitoring and management has focused on structural damage, i.e., tree mortality from uprooting and stem breakage. Effects on the functioning of trees surviving the storm (e.g., their productivity and allocation) have been rarely accounted for to date.
Seidl and Blennow show that growth reduction following the storm was significant and pervasive in a 6.79 million hectare forest landscape. Wind-related growth reduction in Norway spruce forests surviving the storm exceeded 10% in the worst hit regions. At the landscape scale, wind-related growth reduction amounted to 3.0 million m3 in the three years following Gudrun. It thus exceeds the annual long-term average storm damage from uprooting and stem breakage in Sweden and is in the same order of magnitude as the volume damaged by spruce bark beetles after Gudrun.
Seidl and Blennow conclude that the impact of strong winds on forest ecosystems is not limited to the immediately visible area of structural damage, and call for a broader consideration of disturbance effects on ecosystem structure and functioning in the context of forest management and climate change mitigation.
| Today | Tropical Storm | Japan | Island of Okinawa, [Okinawa-wide] |  |
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Tropical Storm in Japan on Sunday, 26 August, 2012 at 04:38 (04:38 AM) UTC.
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| An unusually powerful typhoon packing 250-kilometre per hour gusts is approaching the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Okinawa weather officials projected that Typhoon Bolaven would be the strongest typhoon to hit the island in several years. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the typhoon was centered about 200 kilometres southeast of Okinawa and was expected to pass directly over the island by this evening, dumping as much as 500 millimetres of rain over a 24-hour period. Public broadcaster NHK warned that the storm’s strong winds could produce heavy damage and told residents to stay indoors and away from windows. |
| Today | Flash Flood | China | Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, [Helan Mountain] | |
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Flash Flood in China on Sunday, 26 August, 2012 at 03:47 (03:47 AM) UTC.
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| Six tourists died and more than 30 were evacuated after a flash flood that soaked a mountain ravine in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region Saturday, local authorities said. The flash flood, triggered by torrential rains in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, hit the Leek Ravine in the Helan Mountain that borders Inner Mongolia’s Alxa League and Shizuishan city of Ningxia at 12 pm, Ningxia’s regional drought relief and flood control headquarters said in a statement. Nine tourists were washed away while playing near a waterfall in the ravine. Six of them were found dead by rescuers and the other three were hospitalized with injuries, it said. At least 30 other tourists were evacuated to the city proper for safety considerations, said Xu Dongtao, an officer with Ningxia’s fire prevention headquarters who led the rescue operation. More than 100 officers and fire fighters joined the search and rescue. The city government of Shizuishan warned citizens Saturday of more mountain torrents and landslides in the Helan Mountain this flood season |
| 25.08.2012 | Flash Flood | USA | State of North Carolina, Roanoke Rapids | |
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Flash Flood in USA on Saturday, 25 August, 2012 at 14:34 (02:34 PM) UTC.
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| At least 15 roads in the Roanoke Rapids area became impassable Saturday morning after flash floods swept through the city following at least one hour of heavy rainfall, according to a Halifax County official. Authorities are asking all residents to stay in their homes and, if they have to drive, to never attempt to pass through any high water. A flash flood warning remains in effect for Halifax County until noon. One shelter is open in the city, at the T.J. Davis Recreation Center, 600 E. 6th St., authorities said. No injuries have been reported, said Roanoke Rapids Police Chief Jeff Hinton. He estimated that some streets are covered with up to 4 feet of water. Flooded roads were also reported in Northampton County. Rain, along with warn temperatures and partly cloudy skies, are on tap throughout central North Carolina for the weekend. The rainfall started Friday night in many areas, including Wake County. Temperatures will climb to the upper 70s on Saturday and the mid-80s on Sunday. Monday’s high temperature could reach the low 90s. Tropical Storm Isaac could end up having an impact on North Carolina later this week. As of 8 p.m. Friday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and was expected to make landfall on Haiti late Friday and could lose some of its intensity over the weekend, as it moves over mountainous terrain. “It may get ripped apart so much that by the time it makes its way into the Gulf of Mexico, it may have a difficult time to reorganize,” WRAL meteorologist Mike Maze said. The storm, however, is expected to strengthen again in the Gulf to a Category 1 hurricane, and if it does, that could mean rain for the Triangle. |
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-09/severe-storm-sweeps-victoria/3655706
Severe storms sweep across Victoria
Updated
A series of wild storms sweeping across Victoria has damaged homes, brought down trees and caused flash flooding.
Storms buffeted the state for several hours, with big downpours near Port Fairy, Wodonga and Ballarat.
Central Melbourne was largely spared, though flash flooding and damage to homes was reported in eastern and south-east suburbs.
The State Emergency Service has received more than 500 calls for help. It says the rain will continue overnight, but will not be as severe.
Residents of the state's north-east say the storm formed a "mini cyclone" when it passed through.
The intensity of the downpour over Werribee led to the storm being classified as "dangerous".
Lachlan Quick of the SES says it is the first time a storm has been given that rating in two years.
"Similar to what we saw in March 2009 where we had hundreds of millions, perhaps even a billion dollars of damage to property and vehicles over that period," he said.
"It looks as if these storms are actually dissipating and weakening as they get across the bay somewhat, but we're probably in for a series of these over the next couple of hours."
The SES has responded to about 500 calls for help across the state. It says a mini-cyclone hit Bellbridge, near Wodonga, this afternoon.
Several houses were damaged at Bellbridge, Bethanga, and Tallangatta in the state's north. Flash flooding was reported on the Mornington Peninsular.
Boronia resident, Alice Ahrens, says her property was right in the storm's path.
"It got dark in about 15 minutes, from bright skies to pitch black and we had about an inch of water flood through our garage," she said.
Bethanga resident Lorraine Craig arrived home to find extensive damage, and a number of trees down.
"When I pulled into the driveway I was just overwhelmed, at least 10 trees down, it's crashed onto the carport," she said.
"We were worried about our caravan because it's under the carport, buts it's ok thank heavens."
Trish Chapman of Bellbridge says the storm badly damaged her home.
"I don't know if it can be rectified," she said. "Our couch from upstairs is out on the grass, there's bits of roof everywhere, inside is an absolute shambles."
In the north-east, Warrick Armstrong, deputy controller with the Wodonga SES, says the storm damaged several houses and a church at Bellbridge.
He says one home also had its roof completely ripped off.
"A second residence has had a third of its roof removed," Mr Armstrong said.
"We have two crews in Bellbridge at the moment trying to tarp as many properties as we can between now and when the next storm front comes through."
He says trees were uprooted at the Lake Hume weir.
"A storm front has come through, basically a small tornado-type wind," he said.
"[It] flattened a large number of trees on the north-east side of the weir and then [it] came across the weir itself and impacted into Bellbridge."
Meanwhile, storms have damaged roofs, toppled trees and cut power lines in South Australia's Riverland.
The Weather Bureau says winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour were experienced across parts of the area, and emergency services say they have received more than 100 calls for help.
Roofs were ripped off homes and buildings, and trees and power lines brought down in places like Waikerie, Loxton, Barmera and Morgan.
About 13,000 homes are without power across the state.
The owner of the Terminus Hotel at Morgan on the River Murray, Josephine O'Donnell, says big trees have been uprooted on the riverfront.
"A lot of the locals coming in saying they've never seen it before and they've been here 50 years," she said.
"This is the strongest they've ever seen it, we've just got a couple of sheets off our roof, but there's a few houses around the town that have got trees on them."
Anne, who lives just north of Waikerie in the Riverland, saw the storm approaching.
"It was like a [category] 1 cyclone. Trees cracking, vertical rain, and everything was flying around in a circle on my patio. It hit fast and furious," she said via story comment.
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Over the past week or so we have been hearing a lot about this date and I was curious as to the factors at play. So, I went hunting for all the information I could find and try to figure out it's impact on our lives. If there is anything anyone can add, please do as this is a culmination of others works and I know I missed a lot!
September 27, 2011 is marked on our calendar because it corresponds to the seventh new moon on the Hebrew calendar. This is the biblical start of the Hebrew holy day known as the Feast of Trumpets, or Rosh HaShanah. (The holy day celebration actually begins on the 28th.)
This holy day is important because the apostle Paul made direct reference to it when he prophesied of our future salvation, speaking of “the last trumpet.”
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. (1 Cor. 15:51-53)
This trumpet sounds on the Feast of Trumpets.Thus, we know the time of the year of our salvation: it will be on this holy day, but we do not know the actual year. HAVEN'T WE BEEN GETTING REPORTS OF THE SOUNDS OF TRUMPETS WORLDWIDE?
Peter and John prophesied about the celestial and earthly signs that will mark our future salvation.
Peter:
The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Acts 2:20, 21)
John:
I watched as he opened the sixth seal.
There was a great earthquake.
The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair,
the whole moon turned blood red,
and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
(Rev. 6:12-14)
There is another reason why this date is important.
A stunning celestial event will take place: The comet Elenin will cross directly between the earth and the sun. Elenin is expected to eclipse the sun, and cause the moon to turn red (due to the sun’s light bending around Elenin, filtered by our atmosphere).
Many believe Elenin is not a comet at all, but in reality is a brown dwarf star 2.5x the size of Jupiter. A brown dwarf star is a failed star. It is cold in comparison to the sun, and it is black.
Elenin is worth our attention because during 2010 and 2011 Elenin has been in alignment with the earth and sun, and on the very days of these alignments, we witnessed massive earthquakes.
*February 27, 2010
Chile: 8.8 quake
*September 4, 2010
Christchurch, New Zealand: 7.2 quake
*March 11, 2011
Japan: 9.0 quake
Add to this the massive fish die-offs recently and I believe we are in for a roughride.
Scientist have also predicted that the solar cycle this year (an even number) will be very active.
So, with the solar storms, Elenin, and our own governments we should prepare now. With Obama being in Denver, where there is an alleged bunker under the airport, I must admit I am worried that this is the time we have been waiting for. And we all know the PTB will not tell us a thing so we must fend for ourselves. I just wonder if they will do the alien invasion tactic now? :)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/21/3144629.htm
Severe storms sweep southern Queensland
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Spectacular electrical storms have swept across large parts of southern Queensland, causing flash flooding and leaving almost 30,000 properties without power.
The Bureau of Meteorology had been warning of a severe storm all day, so flood-weary residents were not caught off guard when dark clouds descended mid-afternoon.
The bureau's latest advice is available online.
It says centres affected include Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast, Somerset, Redlands, Toowoomba, Dalby and parts of the Gympie, Ipswich, Sunshine Coast, Scenic Rim and South Burnett council areas.
The Brisbane CBD resembled night time at 3.30pm, when lightning and thunder sent workers scuttling indoors.
Thousands of lightning strikes have been detected and the weather bureau recorded heavy rain at Wacol, south-west of Brisbane, where 98mm fell in an hour and 70mm in 30 minutes.
In the city's north, 70mm of rain was recorded in an hour at Mitchelton.
The weather bureau says the immediate threat of severe storms has passed, but the situation will be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary.
It says the first line of storms rolled in this afternoon with ominous clouds, hail and spectacular lightning shows.
A second line of storms followed, hitting Brisbane's CBD from about 6.20pm.
They caused commuter chaos, with train services disrupted, particularly on the Ipswich line, and one of Brisbane's major highways, the Gateway Motorway, congested after several small crashes.
State Emergency Service (SES) crews were called over 100 homes to help with leaky roofs and fallen trees.
Most were in Brisbane, where 94 calls were received, and 28 were from Ipswich, west of the city.
An SES spokeswoman said the deluge had authorities concerned about flash flooding and motorists were warned against driving on flooded roads.
The bureau's radar showed the storms moving from the west toward the Gold Coast.
They were forecast to effect Beaudesert, Laidley, Gatton, Rosewood, Ipswich, Lake Manchester, Lowood and Fernvale.
Energex reported more than 30,000 properties without power at 7.45pm, about half of them in Redcliffe and Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
Its system recorded 27,000 lightning strikes between 12.00pm and 7.00pm, as well as winds gusting to around 80 kilometres per hour.
The storm came after three days of above-average heat in the south-east.
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sand_snow_thunderstorms_wreak_Mideast_havoc_999.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/11/22/illinois.wisconsin.storms/?hpt=T2
