Blogs

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/24feb_thundersnow/

"Walt Petersen and Kevin Knupp have traveled far and wide to study winter storms. They never dreamed that the most extraordinary one they'd see – featuring freakish thundersnow, a 50-mile long lightning bolt, and almost a dozen gravity waves -- would erupt in their own back yards. The storm hit Huntsville, Alabama, on the evening of January 9th."

At 11pm Wednesday night a 4.6 just north of Vientiane (where I am) at 16.2 km depth has people here talking about the end of the world. Although just a small rattling shake enough to make tall cupboards swaying, there were no dammage or injuries the resident surely have felt it. Me and my brother have felt it too. He thought someone has stormed our house. But the following day which was yesterday surely there it was, a real tremor registered on the USGS site.

Althought it is small one and hardly any news, it was non-theless significant to the locals and I think it is significant in the scheme of things that is the sign that The End is Nigh. Earthchanges in terms of EQ is really proliferating to every existing little cracks around the globe that "where there are no earthquakes there will be", Nostradameus (or some phrophet) once said.   

Update Oh there is news on it afterall.  http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/173850.html

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/more-than-100-whales-die-in-new-zealand-mass-stranding-ncxdc-022111

The article doesn't make mention of the earthquakes but it would make sense the changes in the earth are implicated in this.

This is old news but makes a good point about the expenditures...

http://www.beaufortobserver.net/1FeedbackAllbody.lasso?-token.specificitem=21535.112112

"But here's what we do know. This kind of spending by a minor government agency in this economy just doesn't make sense ... unless there are extraordinary circumstances behind it, circumstances we aren't privy to. Because Congress has failed to pass a budget, the government is now operating under what's called a continuing resolution. The practical effect of this continuing resolution is that the government stays in business, but all extras are curtailed. Agencies spend far less on travel and training expenses, for instance. And they certainly don't start stockpiling supplies.

In this economic climate, you would expect FEMA also to be minimizing expenses. But clearly, they're not. If you do the math, the approximate tab for 420 million meals comes to about a billion dollars.

What is so urgent that FEMA is spending a billion dollars on survival food?

Could officials be worried about extensive power grid damage from solar flares? (A big one hit last week and took out communications in China.) Are they worried about riots and demonstrations causing gridlock in communities? (The demonstrations in Wisconsin and Ohio have been peaceful so far ... but look what happened in Egypt.) Are they worried about terrorist attacks? (Some reports say that there's been more "chatter" lately on terrorist communication networks.)

[And don't forget the New Madrid.]

Well worth the effort to research them in my opinion.....http://earthship.com/ ..... without a doubt the man who first thought these up is a hero in my eyes.....

Here is the basic concept and a look at an epic one:

here is an example but design can vary immensely.....

Its all about self sustenance and living off the grid.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110223/sc_afp/nzealandquakeenvironmentglacier

Remember the articles about something similar (not ice, but a flank of a volcano) happening in the Canary Islands?  It would create a tsunami that would hit the US East Coast and other places.  Read the article, lots of interesting details. The "Atlantic Tsunami" could be caused by more than the sea floor ripping and, in fact, it is rather curious why that has never been mentioned in the various scenarios.

http://www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm

http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/article_b09c5564-4c90-57c2-8566-145b28b368dc.html

I think "end of the century" is a way to not panic people, yet get the idea out there.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/142433

A 5.9, at the mouth of the Suez Canal, 48 hours before the warships are supposed to arrive.  Can we spell H-A-A-R-P?

Infant Dolphin Deaths Spiking In Gulf After Oil Spill

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/21/109128/infant-dolphin-deaths-spiking.html

Young Dolphins Washing Up Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAZNKNwhVl8&feature=email

LSU Coastal Scientist Dies Suddenly At Age 54

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/latest/LSU-coastal-scientist-dies-at-54.html

The shocking images that prove the bottom of the Gulf is STILL dead and coated in oil - despite BP claims all will be well
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358861/BP-Gulf-oil-spill-Shocking-images-prove-seabed-STILL-coated.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110218/us_yblog_thelookout/temperature-swings-100-degrees-in-one-week-in-okla-town

From -31*F to 72*F