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Caribbean Again Put on Tsunami Watch


Jamaica Observer
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:20 UTC
Tsunami
© Everything in One Plaze Blogspot
Paris, France (CMC) - A leading expert at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is urging the Caribbean's 40 million people to be prepared for a tsunami, two years ahead of a planned early warning system for the region.

Wendy Watson-Wright, assistant director-general and executive secretary of the UNESCO-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, has agreed with other leading tsunami experts that it is a case of "when, not if" the region would be struck by the giant waves triggered by earthquakes and volcanic activity, Watson-Wright noted.

"Lurking beneath the azure waters that wash up on countless coastal and island beaches and vacation spots is the potential for a devastating tsunami," she said.

In addition to the 40 million people living in the region, she said 22 million people visit the Caribbean annually, making the region "extremely vulnerable to the impacts of tsunamis".

Since 1498 there have been at least 94 tsunamis with run-ups reported in the Caribbean region, causing 4,652 deaths, Watson-Wright said.

She said most of these tsunamis were associated with underwater, or what are called submarine earthquakes, although the Caribbean Sea region has all of the potential tsunami-generating sources, such as submarine earthquakes, sub-aerial or submarine landslides and volcano activity.
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Mass Bird Deaths: Peru examines deaths of more than 500 pelicans


BBC
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:19 UTC
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The government of Peru is investigating the deaths of more than 500 pelicans along a 70km (40-mile) stretch of the country's northern coast. Officials say most appeared to have died on shore over the past few days.

Scientists have also found the carcasses of 54 boobies, several sea lions and a turtle. They were found in the same region where some 800 dolphins washed ashore earlier this year. The cause of their death is still being investigated.

The Peruvian government said it was "deeply worried". A preliminary report said that there was no evidence to show the pelicans had died at sea, but rather on the beach where they were found.
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Cloud Lightning

Not just in Kansas: Tornado touches down near Toulouse

Deborah Byrd
Earth Sky
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:09 UTC
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Tornado 20km southwest of Toulouse, France on April 29, 2012.
Several French websites - including Meteorologic.net - are reporting a tornado that formed near the city of Toulouse in southwestern France earlier today (April 29, 2012). A number of people apparently witnessed the tornado, and several caught photographs, some of which were uploaded to Twitter.

The tornado was first sighted 15-20 kilometers (9 to 13 miles) south of Toulouse around 7:10 p.m. local time. The tornado then moved towards in a northeasterly direction toward the southern part of the city of Toulouse, France. Only minor damage was reported including collapsed walls, uprooted trees and cars moved out of place in Toulouse. Meteorologic reported:
This tornado apparently caused little damage. It could therefore be classified as F1 on the Fujita scale.
An F1 tornado is defined as having winds in the range of 73 to 112 miles per hour (117 to 180 kilometers per hour).
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Cloud Lightning

Ferocious storm closes wettest April ever in UK


Daily Mail, UK
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:42 UTC
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The return of the floods: The River Severn turns Tewkesbury Abbey into a virtual island after days of heavy rain in an unwelcome reminder of the devastating floods of 2007
It is the wettest April on record, the Met Office says - and the rain is set to continue.

Despite the drought and the hosepipe ban, much of England and Wales was braced for flooding today as further heavy rain continued to wreak havoc across the country.

And, as if Britons needed confirmation of just how wet it has been, newly-released figures show the month so far has seen 'well above' average rainfall across the UK, with 97mm recorded - 140 per cent of the long-term monthly average.

Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, which was devastated by flooding in July 2007, was on alert with the Environment Agency setting up an incident room there along with two others in the Midlands and another in the Wessex area.

Stretches of the Severn were at risk of bursting their banks following weather which will be an unwelcome reminder of Tewkesbury's flash floods in 2007, which claimed the lives of three people and left 350,000 people in the county without a supply of clean drinking water.
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Bizarro Earth

Nicaragua Monitors Microseismic Activity Increase in Volcano


Prensa Latina
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:41 UTC
Masaya Volcano
© Prensa Latina
Nicaraguan Experts reported Sunday more seismic activity at Masaya volcano, about 20 kilometers south of Managua, with an increase in expulsions of sulfur gases, which keeps the disaster warning system in high alert.

According to the report, a crack in the main crater causes higher emissions and a sound similar to a jet engine.

Specialists of the National System for Prevention, Mitigation and Attention to Disasters (SINAPRED) and the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), told the press that they detected this unusual behavior several days ago, but for now there is no reason for alarm.

The INETER geophysics director, Angelica Munoz, told the site El 19 Digital they monitor Masaya's situation closely because of rising emissions and temperature above the normal range.

Technical teams assess the seismic tremor, but there is no emergency declared and the gates of Masaya Volcano National Park remain open to the public, said the director of INETER, Jorge Castro, and the executive secretary of SINAPRED, Guillermo Gonzalez.
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Bizarro Earth

East and West coast of Canada hit with inexplicable earthquake swarms "Sounds like dynamite exploding."


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:37 UTC
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck about 200 kilometres west of Vancouver Island on Friday morning but there were no reports of it being felt by island residents. This was the largest quake in a small swarm of earthquakes off the coast of Vancouver. The quake struck around 1:36 a.m. PT, according to the Natural Resources Canada. Earthquakes of that size are common in the area and experts say they do not indicate a large earthquake is more likely. The U.S. Geological Service reported three quakes of similar magnitude in the area over the past five days, and there have been several more reported in recent months.

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Bizarro Earth

4.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Southern California


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:44 UTC
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© USGS
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rattled Southern California on Saturday morning, but there were no reports of damage or injuries. The temblor struck at 8:07 a.m. near Devore, about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The quake was felt across the region, in San Bernardino County, the San Gabriel Valley and the city of Los Angeles. Residents around Devore reported a sharp jolt, though there were no reports of problems.
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Bizarro Earth

Deep 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Tonga trench in the Pacific


The Extinction Protocol
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:42 UTC
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© USGS
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Tonga Trench at a depth of 129.4 km (80.4 miles). The earthquake was too deep to generate a tsunami. The epicenter of the undersea quake was 2266 km (1408 miles) NNE of Auckland, New Zealand. The Tonga Trench is a convergent plate boundary in the South Pacific. The trench lies at the northern end of the Kermadec-Tonga Subduction Zone, an active subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being subducted below the Tonga Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate.
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Cloud Lightning

Colorado Tornadoes Cause Widespread Damage


9 News
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:11 UTC
Colorado lightning
© Josh Myers
Finger Lightning near the Aurora Reservoir
People in southeast Colorado are cleaning up damage after up to five tornadoes struck early Friday morning.

All of the tornadoes were southeast of Lamar. The National Weather Service says preliminary findings indicate five tornadoes touched down. Two were in Prowers County, two in Kiowa County and one in Bent County.
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Nuke

Jellyfish-Like Organisms Shut Down California Power Plant

Alexandra Ludka
ABC News
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:36 UTC
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© Getty Images
The workers of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant received a very slimy surprise this week when they discovered hoards of jellyfish-like creatures clinging to the structure, leading to the shutdown of the plant.

The organisms, called salp, are small sea creatures with a consistency similar to jellyfish.

The influx of salp was discovered as part of the plant's routine monitoring system, according to Tom Cuddy, the senior manager of external and nuclear communications for the plant's operator, Pacific Gas & Electric.

"We then made the conservative decision to ramp down the affected unit to 20 percent and continued to monitor the situation," Cuddy said. "When the problem continued, we made another conservative decision that it would be safest to curtail the power of the unit."

The salp were clogging the traveling screens in the intake structure, which are meant to keep marine life out and to keep the unit cool.

Comment: It's not the first or second time something like this has happened. And we, at SOTT, wonder what exactly is going on.
Jellyfish Invasions Force Shutdowns at 3 Separate Nuclear Plants
Attack of the jellyfish: Sea creatures shut down ANOTHER power station amid claims population surge is due to climate change
Jellyfish threaten Israeli power plant
Jellyfish shut down British nuclear reactor

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