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Hurricane Isaac makes landfall in Louisiana as category 1 storm

Rory Carroll and Tom Dart
The Guardian
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:04 UTC
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© AP
Hurricane Isaac can be seen in this satellite image as it moves towards New Orleans over the Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu warns residents 'we're in the hunker-down phase' as city waits for storm surge and flooding

Hurricane Isaac made landfall as a category 1 storm with top wind speeds of 80mph Tuesday in extreme south-eastern Louisiana, where authorities warned that the slow-moving storm could hit inland areas as well as coastlines hard.

The National Hurricane Center reported "strong winds and a dangerous storm surge" along the Gulf coast after the storm came ashore at 7:45pm ET. A second landfall was expected overnight.

As wind and rain intensified in New Orleans as the hurricane made landfall at the extreme southern part of the Plaquemines Parish region, mayor Mitch Landrieu held a press conference at 8pm ET. "The message of this press conference is to let you know that your city is secure," he said.
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Phoenix

Infographic Displays Increase in Major US Wildfires Since 2001

John Nelson
IDV User Experience
Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:40 UTC
There is a sweet sweet machine orbiting the earth soaking up it's emitted photons at various wavelengths. One of the benefits of this is it's ability to, with reasonable confidence, pinpoint the location and intensity of a "thermal anomaly," or fire. So, armed with over a decade of these events, you can make a map of literal hot spots.

As it happens, the same satellite that scans for fires also provided the basemap image. I heart NASA.
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© John Nelson

Comment: It's probably related to Earth Changes:

Reign of Fire: Meteorites, Wildfires, Planetary Chaos and the Sixth Extinction

Fire and Ice, the Day After Tomorrow

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Cloud Lightning

Update: 15 Dead, 10 Missing in South Korea Typhoon


Press TV
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 01:58 UTC
A strong typhoon has hit South Korea, killing at least 15 people and leaving 10 others missing at sea.
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A Chinese fishing boat fights high waves after taking shelter in a port on the southern island of Jeju, August 27, 2012.
Typhoon Bolaven, which is considered the strongest to hit the Asian country in about a decade, left damage in the country's southwestern and south-central regions.

The storm smashed two Chinese vessels off the southern island of Jeju on Tuesday. South Korean coast guard rescuers saved 12 fishermen, and they recovered five bodies from the sea. Search was also underway for 10 missing crewmen.
According to South Korea's public administration ministry, the typhoon snapped 235 traffic lights, caused 7,857 trees to collapse and damaged 42 ships or boats, 35 houses and 1,195 greenhouses.
The strong pacific storm also damaged 6,418 hectares (15,852 acres) of farmland.
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Bizarro Earth

Peru's El Misti Volcano is Active, Says IGP

Manuel Vigo
Peru This Week
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:48 UTC
El Misti Volcano
© El Comercio/Archive
El Misti.
Peruvian geologists have revealed that recent activity at El Misti signal that the volcano is active.

Last Thursday researchers at the Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) found that El Misti - located 17km outside the city of Arequipa - had recently recorded the highest amount of seismic activity than in the past five years.

Engineer Orlando Macedo told El Comercio that 224 earthquakes were registered at El Misti - an event known as an earthquake swarm - and which signaled that the volcano was no longer dormant.

El Misti, he said, experienced 143 volcano tectonic earthquakes, which were caused by the fracture of rock inside the volcano, due to sudden changes in pressure and temperature.

Despite the recent increase in activity, the IGP said there were still no conditions for an eruption to occur at El Misti, which last erupted sometime between 1450 and 1470.

For an eruption to happen, Macedo said, El Misti would have to experience continued earthquakes, which "would have to occur after long-term movements of magma, and causing these earthquakes known as tremors, with lava."
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Question

Mysterious illness killing bats in U.S. - could it add to the West Nile Virus threat?

Mark Holmberg
WTVR
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:47 UTC
In a season of growing concern about the West Nile Virus, a mysterious illness that has killed millions of mosquito-eating bats has added to the worry about that infection, and about bats in general.


It's called white nose syndrome, a fungal growth on the noses and wings of many species of bats, some of them already endangered. It was first observed in a cave in New York in 2006 and has spread throughout much of the northeastern United States.
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Cloud Lightning

Hurricane Isaac gaining strength as it nears New Orleans


BBC News
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:00 UTC
Obama

Obama: "Now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. You need to take this seriously."
A powerful storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans is now a hurricane, US forecasters say.

Hurricane Isaac, boasting winds of at least 75mph (120km/h), is likely to make landfall by Tuesday night.

The storm is expected to hit New Orleans seven years after the much stronger Hurricane Katrina.

US President Barack Obama has warned residents in the path of the storm they should not "tempt fate" and should heed evacuation warnings.
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Attention

Family food bills to soar as British shoppers face paying more for bread, pasta and meat

Becky Barrow and Jason Groves
Daily Mail, UK
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:20 UTC
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© Daily Mail
Families face punishing food price rises triggered by a catastrophic U.S. drought, experts warned yesterday.

They said the American crisis is forcing up the global price of crops used to make staples such as bread and pasta.

Meat is also tipped to cost much more because animal feed costs have soared, again because of the drought.

The miserable summer in the UK has made the situation worse because even common vegetables such as potatoes and peas are having to be imported from as far away as South Africa, Guatemala and Israel.

British farmers say heavy rain and lack of sunshine has decimated or delayed harvests.

In the U.S., more than 35 states have declared disaster areas due to drought. Arable land covering an area larger than Belgium and Luxembourg combined has been abandoned.

Comment: It's not just the severe drought in the US this summer that is responsible for the coming leaps in food prices. The warning signs have been there for years, with climate change brought on by cosmic events, crop failures, crop diseases and atrocious agricultural conditions in the food industry all contributing to a food crisis of unimaginable proportions.

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Cloud Lightning

Chinese fishermen killed as typhoon hits South Korea


BBC
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:17 UTC
Typhoon south corea fishermen from china

Strong winds and forceful waves hit two Chinese boats near Jeju island
At least five Chinese fishermen have been killed and 10 others are missing after their boats capsized as Typhoon Bolaven hit South Korea, officials say.

The two boats were just off Jeju island when they capsized. The South Korean coast guard rescued 12 crew members, while six others swam to shore.

Three other people have also died in separate incidents in the country.

The typhoon has cut power to tens of thousands of homes. Trees have been felled and many flights cancelled.

A total of 33 people were on board the two ships when they were hit by high waves and winds, the coast guard said.

Several crew members were hauled to safety by rescue personnel using ropes. A search is continuing for those still missing, emergency personnel said.
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Cloud Lightning

Tornado in Guatemala Causes Some Damage

Sheilaaliens
YouTube
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:03 UTC
Best view of damage @03:44. A mini tornado tears through the Municipal Cemetery in Guatemala City, with strong winds lifting roofs and pulling trees. No major injuries or deaths were reported.

Source: Reuters

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Cloud Lightning

Tornado hits southern Maryland, more possible along with flooding

Justin Berk
Examiner.com
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:35 UTC
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© Mark Dignen
It looks like a funnel dropping form the base of a super cell. This was near Cordova, between Talbot and Caroline Counties in Maryland. This was part of a cluster of storms that led to flooding.
It has been a turbulent day that started with a band of heavy rain lined up on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay through Annapolis before dawn. There was a short break, but storms began spinning up rapidly around lunchtime. Literally. Please note that a storm does not have to have a warning to be deadly. Lightning kills!

A storm spinning over Virginia has a tropical depression type of feel to it. This is what led to the incredible storms on the Delmarva Saturday. We had evening views from Ocean City, which got their flooding at night. Consider that 4-8 inches of rain fell on the Delmarva Saturday, and that could repeat for us today.

While the original system is well inland, a new wave of Low Pressure has formed near the coast. Combine that with High Pressure in New England, and the funneling of very humid winds off of the Atlantic Ocean is helping to generate widespread storms. Enough circulation in the atmosphere is helping a few of these storms to spin up rapidly.
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