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Indonesia: Anak Krakatau Raised To Highest Alert Status- Quakes Are Now Continuous, Warn Officials


Viva News
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:27 UTC
Anak Krakatau
© volcano.si.eduGunung Anak Krakatau
Indonesian officials have raised the status of one of its most dangerous volcanoes, Anak Krakatau, to a "standby" or level IV- the highest level.

The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG), Surono said this is a rise in status that was set on Friday, September 30, 2011 evening at 24.00. The reason for the elevated status is because of the high-intensity level of earthquakes.

Today, for example. "On October 2, 2011, at 00.00 until 12.00, there are 2745 recorded seismic events," said Surono, when he was contacted by VIVAnews.com, Sunday, October 2, 2011. Earthquakes under Mount Anak Krakatau, Surono added, were even felt all along the island of Anak Krakatau.

"The swarm of tremors are continuous and although small, 2 on the Richter scale, they are cause for concern because they are felt constantly," he added. He explained, almost since 2007, Krakatau has been stirred by unrest. "In a moment, it stopped, and erupted in 2009. I think this mountain is always in danger of erupting," he added. - Viva News (translated)
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CNN: A Massive Brown Dwarf Star Hurtling Through Our System

Shepard Ambellas
Cable News Network
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:19 UTC
CNN has now openly admitted a massive brown dwarf star 4 times the size of Jupiter is in our solar system.
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© Unknown
CNN says;
"There is a huge hidden heavenly body right here in our solar system."
This information does co-inside with our sources except for the distance - according to our sources which is much closer in the direction of Aquarius.

The following is CNN footage;

Comment: SOTT finds this report to be a little iffy, but we are carrying it for research purposes. If any readers find scientific articles relating to this topic, please forward them to us.

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Bizarro Earth

US: Millions of Bees Mysteriously Die in Florida


CBS Tampa
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:43 UTC
Honey bees
© Getty ImagesHoney bees.

Micco - Florida officials are abuzz as to how millions of honey bees were killed in Brevard County.

Several beekeepers in the county have reported lost colonies this week. Charles Smith of Smith Family Honey Company told Stuart News Thursday he lost 400 beehives. He says the bees appeared to have been poisoned.

"I'll never get completely compensated for this unless someone handed me 400 beehives," Smith told Stuart News. "I lost the bees, the ability to make honey and the ability to sell the bees."

Smith told Florida Today that he lost $150,000 from the incident. State officials are testing the bees to determine what type of chemicals contributed to their deaths.

Experts say pesticides might be behind the lost beehives.
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Bizarro Earth

US: Electrifying blue waves luring awe-struck crowds to San Diego beaches

Pete Thomas
GrindTV.com
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:54 UTC
By day, a red tide is unsightly and uninviting, with water the color of coffee. But at night, during this unusual phenomenon caused by a plankton bloom, the waves are a brilliant, almost neon blue. This wonderfully surreal scene has played out almost nightly along San Diego beaches for several weeks, luring spectators with cameras and video recorders.

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Typhoons leave dozens dead in Philippines


Associated Press
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 05:12 UTC
Back-to-back typhoons left at least 55 people dead and rescuers scrambling on Sunday to deliver food and water to hundreds of villagers stuck on rooftops for four days because of flooding in the northern Philippines.

Typhoon Nalgae slammed ashore in northeastern Isabela province Saturday then barreled across the main Luzon Island's mountainous north and agricultural plains that were still sodden from fierce rain and wind unleashed by a howler just days earlier. Nalgae left at least three people dead Saturday while Typhoon Nesat killed 52 others in the same region before blowing out Friday.


Nalgae was whirling 124 miles over the South China Sea from the country's northeast toward southern China early Sunday with sustained winds of 81 miles per hour and gusts of 99 mph, according to the government weather agency.

Its ferocious wind set off a rockslide in northern Bontoc province Saturday, causing boulders to roll down a mountainside and smash on a passing van, where a passenger was pinned to death and another was injured, police said.
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Tennessee, US: Ground-shaking booms puzzle Louisville neighborhood

Jim Matheny
WBIR
Sun, 02 Oct 2011 04:39 UTC
Louisville residents searching for the source of an unexplained ground-shaking boom can scratch another theory off the list.

A Loudon County resident speculated on Thursday that the noise could have come from maintenance on an underground pipeline (see previous story below). The Plantation Pipe Line Company operates a large liquid refined petroleum pipeline that runs from Knoxville to Macon, Georgia. The pipeline is co-owned and operated by Kinder Morgan.

Emily Mir with Kinder Morgan's media relations department contacted 10News on Friday morning and indicated there were no recent operations that would have created the noise. Furthermore, the pipeline in question is located around 10 miles from the Lashbrooke subdivision.


Original Story, Thursday, Sep. 29: Ground-shaking booms puzzle Louisville neighborhood

The Lashbrooke subdivision in Louisville enjoyed a quiet and sun-bathed afternoon on Thursday. The peaceful surroundings of the affluent neighborhood along the Tennessee River lend no hint that its residents suffer from shell-shock.
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Propaganda? 'Comet-shaped' firecloud frightens residents in Arges, Romania


Daniel Irimia
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:59 UTC
Frightening phenomenon in the sky of Leresti, a village from Argeş county, Romania. A cloud of fire shaped as a comet, appeared in the evening and terrified the locals.
comet,cloud,romania
Comet-like fire cloud appeared in the sky of Arges county, Romania. NASA: reddish cloud related to Elenin

Comment: "NASA suspected"? No link to anything which could verify that NASA even paid any attention to this cloud in the evening sky is provided by the author, so we are left wondering if his intention was to needlessly alarm people with more hysteria about comet Elenin.

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Bizarro Earth

Ohio, US: What's Underlying Cause of Recent Valley Quakes?

Karl Henkel
Vindy.com
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:11 UTC
Valley Quakes
© USGS
Thursday night's earthquake sent shock waves through most of Mahoning County.

The quake wasn't strong enough to create any damage, but it likely felt a lot stronger than a regular magnitude-2.5 rumble, said Michael Hansen, senior geologist at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

That's because rocks underneath the ground of river valley areas are mostly made up of unconsolidated sediments that amplify ground movement.

"That makes it feel higher intensity," Hansen said. That could explain the booming and crashing noises heard by some throughout the Valley. And although the initial magnitude registered a 2.5, Hansen said follow-up data could revise that number slightly higher.

"It may be 2.6 or a little bigger than 2.6, but not by much," he said.

Geologists have recorded earthquakes with epicenters in Mahoning County just six times - and all happened in the past 61/2 months.

All have occurred west of the Mahoning River, in close proximity to Salt Springs Road. The six earthquakes registered magnitudes ranging from 2.2 to 2.6. According to the Mercalli Intensity Scale, earthquakes between magnitudes 2.0 and 3.0 are felt by a few people, especially those on upper floors.

But why, after a lifetime with no earthquakes centered in Mahoning County, is the area averaging a quake per month?

Experts say there are a few reasons.
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US: Texas Drought Could Last 15 Years

Liz Goodwin
Yahoo! The Lookout
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:00 UTC
desert
© AP PhotoLake E.V. Spence in Robert Lee, Texas
A Texas climatologist says the state may face another 5 to 10 years of the current agriculture-crushing drought.

Texas state climatologist John Nielson-Gammon tells The Lookout that he fears the drought--which has already cost more than $5 billion in damage--may be similar to the one that struck the state in the 1950s. The weather patterns at the source of this drought are likely to continue, Nielson-Gammon said--namely the "La Niña" weather pattern in the Pacific. The drought cycle began in earnest in 2005--though 2007 and 2010 were wet years--and may stick around until 2020. Ninety-five percent of the state is experiencing severe or exceptional drought.

"Many residents remember the drought of the 1950s, and tree ring records show that drought conditions occasionally last for a decade or even longer. I'm concerned because the same ocean conditions that seem to have contributed to the 1950s drought have been back for several years now and may last another five to 15 years," he said in a statement.
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Hurricane Ophelia to Batter Bermuda with Heavy Winds, Rain


USA Today
Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:57 UTC
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© Weather UndergroundThis satellite image taken at 1:45 p.m. EDT Friday shows Hurricane Ophelia about 580 miles south of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds up to 115 mph.
Bermuda is bracing for tropical storm winds and heavy surf as Hurricane Ophelia barrels northward as a Category 3 storm.

The Bermuda Weather Service said in a statement that the storm will pass more than 100 miles east of the island on Saturday night.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, said Ophelia has winds of 120 mph and was 225 miles south-southeast of Bermuda late Saturday morning.

The storm is moving north at 21 mph and is expected to start weakening Sunday.

A tropical storm watch has been issued for Bermuda.
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