As per Nancy and zetas, we are in progress of the sequence of 7 / 10.
The Zeta sequence for 7 / 10 is as follows:
(1) a tipping Indo-Australia Plate with (2) Indonesia sinking,
(3) a folding Pacific allowing (4) S America to roll,
(5) a tearing of the south Atlantic Rift allowing (6) Africa to roll and (7) the floor of the Mediterranean to drop,
(8) great quakes in Japan followed by (9) the New Madrid adjustment,
(10) which is followed almost instantly by the tearing of the north Atlantic Rift with consequent European tsunami.
However, none of the steps have been 100% completed.
The indo-australian plate has been rising and tilting indicated by for example, the brisbane flood in January 2011 and Earthquake of 7.1 in Christchurch on 4th of September 2010 plus another quake of 6.3 on 22nd of February 2011 .
Indonesia has been sinking with lots of earthquakes, sinkholes, earth cracking, volcano eruptions, landsliding and off course flooding all around the coast line of Indonesia.
A folding pacific has created a lot of pressure tectonically in the pacific ocean and consequently a big earthquake magnitude of 9.0 happened on March the 11th 2011 in the ocean near the northern Japan with a 10 meter Tsunami and finally nuclear disasters. Please note that this is not the great quakes mentioned in the 7 / 10 sequence. Not yet!
Severe earth wobble has caused wild weather around the world. Drought, rain, bush fires, hailstorms, sandstorms, thunderstorms, cyclones, tornadoes, etc, have hit various part of the world. In US alone, we have seen close to 300 tornadoes in April 2011 alone and around 400 died in total.
South America is now showing signs of rolling west as per Nancy's blog in "7 of 10 Status as of April 28, 2011".
These are all precursors for the bigger events such as new madrid adjustment and off course the european tsunami in the 7 / 10 sequence. It took almost four months to get to step 4. It is time to prepare and please take it seriously!
The intention of this blog is to take a closer look at the new madrid adjustment in details and see if we can connect all the dots together. I thought that this could be beneficial especially for all new members who have only joined this ning recently but also a good reminder to all existing members.
Information has been compiled from Zetatalk, blogs from various members plus all other new madrid related information and articles on the world wide web .
Written June 19, 2010
We have described the plate movements to be anticipated during the hour of the pole shift as a scripted drama, and stated that the plate movement ahead of the pole shift can be anticipated to fall along those lines. Thus, our statements that the New Madrid zone will adjust at the hour of the pole shift was well as before that hour are consistent. The Atlantic is tearing now, thus the Iceland volcanoes, and will tear further well before the pole shift to cause the European tsunami, as we have described. But this in no way compares to the major tearing of the Atlantic that occurs during the hour of the pole shift. The Seaway is pulling apart now, thus the humongous sinkhole just NE of Montreal, but this is no way compares to the pulling apart that will occur during the hour of the pole shift. When we speak of a New Madrid adjustment as potentially part of a 7 of 10 or an 8 of 10 stage, we are not speaking of the pole shift adjustments. Those are regularly referred to as the hour of the pole shift, to differentiate any Earth changes that come before. Prior to the pole shift, the New Madrid will adjust. Canada remains firmly attached at her border with the Eurasian Plate, and thus the Seaway will participate in this pre-shift New Madrid adjustment. But the primary reaction will be along the Mississippi, with bridges failing and land just to the west of the Mississippi dropping slightly. Certainly this adjustment, which may be a series of large quakes, will shatter cities throughout the region and affect cities all the way to the Great Lakes and down into Mexico.
The New Madrid adjustment
Where the N American continent is under great stress, it has not slipped because it is held in place on both sides. The Pacific side holds due to subduction friction along the San Andreas, and the Atlantic side holds due to the Atlantic Rift's reluctance to rip open. What changes this dynamic? When S America rolls, almost in step with the folding Pacific, it tears the Atlantic Rift on the southern side. This allows Africa freedom to move and it rolls too, dropping the Mediterranean floor above Algeria. What is holding the N American continent together has thus eased, so that when the Japan adjustments are made, there is less holding the N American continent in place than before, and the New Madrid gives way
The New Madrid adjustment will affect so much area, in a domino manner, that it will not be a single large quake, but a series, separated by weeks and months. The primary adjustment will be within days, after shocks for weeks, but months later still, adjustments. The New Madrid is associated with fault lines that run up toward the Great Lakes, Chicago will adjust and rupture, Ohio will be pulled in places, and as we have explained, the land to the West of the Mississippi will sink in places. There is a known fault line that runs from the center of the Gulf up along the East Coast, thus the effect in 1811-12 in the Carolinas and DC on up to Boston. Then, as we have explained, there will be a bow from San Diego out to Arizona, which will rupture the great dam on the Colorado. When this bow, which forces Mexico too far to the West for the comfort of the West Coast, adjustes, it will be a slip-slide adjustment of the San Andreas and related fault lines up the coast.
In September, FEMA's associate administrator for Response and Recovery, William Carwile, told a Senate panel that FEMA has five regional groups planning for possible earthquake responses, but a major quake along the New Madrid fault line could displace 7.2 million people and knock out 15 bridges. The response would require 42,000 first responders from local firefighters to the Pentagon."
"Although Memphis is likely to be the focus of major damage in the region, St. Louis, Mo., Little Rock, Ark., and many small and medium sized cities would also sustain damage, " the U.S.. Geological Survey found.
South Carolina is home to an active fault line, which could also produce a catastrophic earthquake.
A quake in Charleston in 1886 was a magnitude 7.6. That city in 2008 had a population in excess of 348,000. Much of that state's coastal area is at risk."
This year marks the bi-centennial of the New Madrid Quake. Mr. Nations is not the only one concerned many communities are making preparations and there aregeologists warning of the dangers. A new report out recently also stresses Americans are not prepared. FEMA is also asking that groups take part in the Great Earthquake ShakeOut Drill. A Map that shows the locations of the nuclear plants along the New Madrid Fault zone can be viewed here.
The Zeta mention that the Phoenix, AZ area will not be safe due in part to the breaching of dams along the Colorado River. I found 5 dams but there may be more.
The Zetas stressed in February that the Phoenix Lights redux UFOs were a warning about future changes in the southwest, a bowing in the
land from Mexico to northern California which would ultimately cause the Hoover Dam to break.
ZetaTalk Explanation 2/10/2007: And why the anniversary blitz of Phoenix lights? Is not the flat
dry desert of Arizona expected to remain relatively undisturbed, during the coming pole shift?
When the New Madrid Fault adjusts, Mexico will be too far to the West for the current comfort
of the West Coast, which will bow in the Southern California and Arizona region. The fault line
that runs along Mexico's west coast runs just under the Arizona border, then on up along the
west coast of California. Before the west coast of the US starts adjusting to the new position of
Mexico, with slip-slide adjustments, there will be a bending of the Arizona desert area that will
fracture the dry soil, create a breach in the great Colorado River dam, and allow magma to rise
in the calderas in the US - Mammoth Lake in California and Yellowstone. If the Hoover Dam
breaks, whither the city of Phoenix, which lies on flat land and near farm land irrigated by the
waters of the Colorado?
Davis Dam is a dam on the Colorado River about 45 miles (72 km)) downstream from Hoover Dam. It stretches across the border between Arizona and Nevada. Originally called Bullhead Dam, Davis dam was renamed after Arthur Powell Davis, who was the director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1914 to 1932. The United States Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates the dam, which was completed in 1951.
The Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam in the Flaming Gorge of the Green River, a major tributary of theColorado River, in the U.S. state of Utah. One of the largest dams in the American West. Situated in Flaming Gorge, a canyon of the Green River named by John Wesley Powell, the dam was built and is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Groundbreaking for the structure began in 1958 and was completed in 1964.
The Glen Canyon Dam is the second largest dam on the Colorado River [1] at Page, Arizona, USA. Construction of the dam began in 1956 by the industrial conglomerate, Merritt-Chapman & Scott. Although the dam was not dedicated until 1966, it was able to begin blocking the flow of the river in 1963.
Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936, and was dedicated on September 30, 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a massive effort involving thousands of workers, and cost over a hundred lives.
Parker Dam spans the Colorado River between Arizona and California, 155 miles downstream from HooverDam
. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation.
The Morelos Dam (the last dam on the Colorado River) will not be able to hold back the upcoming deluge of the Colorado River as the dams above breach.
The Morelos Diversion Dam, located on the Mexico–Arizona border, is the southernmost dam on the Colorado River. It sends nearly all of the remaining water to irrigation canals in the Mexicali Valley and to the Mexican towns of Mexicali and Tijuana. As a result, the river rarely reaches the Gulf of California, normally the river's mouth. Consequently, the vast wetlands at the mouth of the Colorado River have been reduced to just a fraction of their former size, affecting vegetation and wildlife. Before the construction of a number of dams along its reach, the Colorado flowed 129 kilometers (80 miles) through Mexico to the Gulf of California.
http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Ce-Cr/Colorado-River-Basin.html
The bowing stress on N. America is the result of the daily Torque Effect caused by Planet X gripping the highly magnetized Atlantic Rift. This causes the N American continent to be pulled into a bow, the Aleutian Islands pulled toward the tip of Mexico, with the center of the bow at San Diego.
ZetaTalk: N American Rip written Feb 10, 2006
We have discussed what we call the stretch zone, where a land mass is pulled apart so that the rock flakes pull across each other, silently, creating sinkholes and rifts and manifesting as broken gas and water mains and derailing trains. These stretch zones have dramatically expressed themselves in the African Rift area and in the SE United States and in the UK during the past couple years. When Planet X arrived in the inner solar system in 2003 and began seriously tugging at the highly magnetized Atlantic Rift, it accentuated this stretch on either side of the Atlantic. What went unstated during these discussions is why a stretch zone occurs. Look at S America, on the large S American plate. As the Atlantic is pulled apart, the Pacific compressed, it is required to have the upper part migrate to the West more than the tip, which is anchored at Antarctica. It moves as a whole, in the main, crunching the small plates in the Caribbean and Central America as it does so and popping the plate holding the Galapagos Islands which lies just to the west of S America. It can move, in short. But what of the African and N American plates?
The African Rift is caused because Africa is not free to move. It is bulbous at the north end, and comes to a tip at the south end. It is anchored at the south end, at South Africa, so when the Atlantic pulls apart, the bulbous northern part of the African plate moves directly eastward, yawing open the African Rift, along with the Red Sea, which is also widening. This inability of plates to move during the ripping apart of the Atlantic and compression of the Pacific is what will create a new rift up through Pakistan and above the Himalayas into Russia during the pole shift, equivalent to the St. Lawrence Seaway in N America. The Indio-Australia plate moves in the direction of the Himalayas, diving under them. Hawaii rises up during compression of the Pacific, so can move, if only up. Japan likewise is forced up, violently so, during Pacific compression. The Antarctica plate, as we have mentioned, is pressed down in the Pacific so will pop up on the Atlantic side, creating new land there ultimately during the pole shift.
The giant plates of N America and Eurasia are locked against each other, unable to rotate against each other due to their shape. Slip-slide along the West Coast, measured as a creep by geologists, is due only to slight adjustments along that edge of the plate, primarily due to adjustments within the small plates to the west of the N American plate, which move to accommodate pressure. The N American plate does not move, pre se, but other dramas occur. We explained, months before it expressed enough to show up on IRIS charts, the Earth torque caused as the N Pole continuing to rotate to the East while the S Pole was held back by Planet X, tending to open the globe like a jar of pickles. This creates a diagonal stress on the N American continent where New England is pulled to the east while Mexico is pulled to the West, so the New Madrid is put under slip-slide stress where one half, east of the Mississippi, will move toward the NE while the other, west of the Mississippi, moves toward the SW. The virtual hook of land in the N American continent near the Kamchatka peninsula is solid rock and will not snap off to become a separate land plate, nor would this ease the deadlock along the N American and Eurasian plates even it if did. These massive plates cannot move.
The stress on the N American plate will resolve by ripping. Ripping the St. Lawrence Seaway open. Pulling the SE down into the crumbling Caribbean and into the widening Atlantic, as neither of these sinking fronts will be able to support the edge of the weighty N American plate. There is pressure along the West Coast, of course, and as the N American plate confronts the compressing Pacific, this will only result in the predictable volcanic increases and West Coast earthquakes. But the primary drama preceding the pole shift will be the ripping action that a plate unable to move must endure. The notable area of catastrophe during this is the eastern half of the continental US. From Houston to Chicago to New England, the diagonal pull will tear the underpinning of cities and create a catastrophe for the US that will make the New Orleans disaster appear trivial. A widening Seaway also does not affect just those land masses bordering the Seaway, as buckling occurs inland and afar. What does man assume caused the Black Hills to be so rumpled, with the appearance of a recent bucking and heaving? This is the center of a land plate! The tearing of the Seaway does not end at Duluth, MN, it travels underground to S Dakota!
Indeed, tearing of the St. Lawrence Seaway will occur during the New Madrid adjustment. We have warned that quakes on the West Coast, or the Seaway, or in the New Madrid region will occur before the major quake in the New Madrid region we have referred to as the adjustment on a 7 of 10 level. There will be quakes in these areas, magnitude 4-7, which should not be considered the New Madrid adjustment of which we speak. Please do not ask, at every quake, what this "means". It means the New Madrid adjustment is still pending. When the tension in the N American continent starts to force major tearing of rock strata, so that the changes we have described can take place, this will not be all at once, simultaneously. We have described a series of large quakes, with one major one stemming from the New Madrid area that will be called a magnitude 9 but in truth will be larger. It is this quake that will set in motion adjustments elsewhere.
Mexico will lurch to the west as this major quake occurs, with a settling of land to the west of the Mississippi almost instantly afterwards. The Mississippi will seem to have widened, and those to the west will see a new view as they look east, as their land will have shifted to the southwest as well as dropped. Because the lurch of Mexico to the west actually intensifies the bowing of the N American continent, the Seaway tears open. This is actually various adjustments at weak points along the Seaway rather than the tearing apart into a larger inland bay that occurs during the pole shift itself. Niagara Falls will remain, but some of the inland locks will break. When the upper Mississippi region finds the land to its west slipping down and to the southwest, those parts north which were formerly firmly attached find they can spring northward, as the pressure from the bow had been inclining them to do. This allows the edge of the rip, at Duluth, MN, to tear further inland, with consequent rumpling in S Dakota and minor shifting of ground in all parts in between.
Due to the rise in sea level to 675 feet within two years after the pole shift, the N American continent will appear to be two separate land masses in the future. The 7 of 10 will not effect this change, but will tear most bridges on the Mississippi River when the New Madrid adjusts. This will of course affect travel and distribution of goods, but in that the Mississippi employs barges, a workaround will be arranged quickly enough. But after the pole shift the eastern half of the continent will certainly be more isolated. Travel across the widened seaway by boat, across the flooded Mississippi Valley by barge, and by foot through the swampy land of what is now northern Illinois will certainly be possible. After the New Madrid adjusts, those living in the US should be considering their proximity to loved ones, in this light, the travel restrictions being considered a wake-up call re what is coming if nothing else.
In describing the 7 of 10 scenarios, we do not detail every minor quake or every point where a minor tsunami might be generated. The 7 of 10 scenarios did not even include the major quakes in Japan, which are predicted to be in the range of magnitude 9's. Nor did they include the tsunami that large quakes in Japan always involve, which we have recently stated could be considered to be as high as 150 feet for the South Island quakes. After the New Madrid adjusts the West Coast adjusts, as we have stated. We have not detailed this, as compared to the New Madrid this is minor. All the fault lines closely watched on the West Coast will adjust, the volcanoes nervously watched will erupt, and certainly the waters off the coast will be choppy if not generating some minor tsunami during the plate adjustments. The West Coast of the US is alert and guarded in this regard, as is Japan. They anticipate this type of activity, and will be alert to signs that a quake or eruption or tsunami is pending. Thus, we focus on the larger changes, and in warning those areas that will not receive such services from their governments.
There is general confusion about our predicted Earth changes. This is most often envisioned as happening all at once, suddenly, without warning. Where earthquakes and stretch zone accidents do seem to happen almost without warning, their approach is never that silent. The N American continent has been getting these warnings for some time, with increasing intensity. Quake swams in the New Madrid region and west of this spot have been occurring, and are on the increase. Sinkholes and shifting roadways are occurring from Pennsylvania through Tennessee and elsewhere. The center of the bow being formed by the N American continent, the San Diego area, has an epidemic of water main breaks, and the snapping rock inland from this point has affected a mine in Utah. None of this is officially ascribed to the New Madrid adjustment that is pending, though FEMA gives evidence of their nervous preparations for the disaster they know is pending.
Will the New Madrid just suddenly rip with our predicted magnitude 9 quake? Hardly. There will be a progression of quakes in the magnitude 4-5 range all along the New Madrid fault line, which runs up to the Great Lakes and thence along the seaway. The bow will become more stressed, cracking rock inland from San Diego all the way to the Mississippi, and forcing adjustments north and south of this point too, from the Aleutian Islands to the tip of Mexico. Sinkholes and crevasses will proliferate throughout the US in her stretch zones, in a swath that ranges from the New England states south to the tip of Florida and all points west. This is a large bow. Then quakes will increase to the point of being considered magnitude 6-7 along the long New Madrid fault line and its attendant splinters. The New Madrid adjustment will thus NOT sneak up on you, but will be well announced.
Source: ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for March 12, 2011
Potential Nuclear disaster risk in the new madrid zone
Bob Nations, Jr., the Director of Shelby County Office of Preparedness, says that since the lack of preparation exposed by Hurricane Katrina, he is "preparing for the catastrophic event" in his six-county jurisdiction.
Nations admitted that after a major quake, Tennessee's infrastructure and response capabilities "would get overwhelmed fairly quickly."
There are 15 nuclear power plants in the New Madrid fault zone -- three reactors in Alabama -- that are of the same or similar design as the site in Japan experiencing problems.
The USGS report predicts that a major quake would create horrific scenes like something out of a science fiction movie, potentially cutting the Eastern part of the country off from the West in terms of vehicular traffic and road commerce.
"The older highways and railroad bridges that cross the Mississippi River, as well as older overpasses, would likely be damaged or collapse in the event of a major New Madrid earthquake," according to USGS.
In September, FEMA's associate administrator for Response and Recovery, William Carwile, told a Senate panel that FEMA has five regional groups planning for possible earthquake responses, but a major quake along the New Madrid fault line could displace 7.2 million people and knock out 15 bridges. The response would require 42,000 first responders from local firefighters to the Pentagon.
Another study by the Mid-America Earthquake Center last year estimates that nearly 750,000 buildings would be damaged, 3,000 bridges would potentially collapse, 400,000 breaks and leaks to local pipelines and $300 billion in direct damage and $600 billion in indirect losses would occur. Source
Other potential nuclear risk: Three Mile Island
The Three Mile Island accident was a core meltdown in Unit 2 (a pressurized water reactor manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox) of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania near Harrisburg,United States in 1979.
Viewed from the west, Three Mile Island currently uses only one nuclear generating station, TMI-1, which is on the left. TMI-2, to the right, has not been used since the accident. Note that this is a pre-accident photo taken when TMI-2 was in operation.
Unit 1 had its license temporarily suspended following the incident at Unit 2. Although the citizens of the three counties surrounding the site voted by a margin of 3:1 to permanently retire Unit 1, it was permitted to resume operations in 1985. General Public Utilities Corporation, the plant's owner, formed General Public Utilities Nuclear Corporation (GPUN) as a new subsidiary to own and operate the company's nuclear facilities, including Three Mile Island. The plant had previously been operated by Metropolitan Edison Company (Met-Ed), one of GPU's regional utility operating companies. In 1996, General Public Utilities shortened its name to GPU Inc. Three Mile Island Unit 1 was sold to AmerGenEnergy Corporation, a joint venture between Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO), and British Energy, in 1998. In 2000, PECO merged with Unicom Corporation to form Exelon Corporation, which acquired British Energy's share of AmerGen in 2003. Today, AmerGen LLC is a fully owned subsidiary of Exelon Generation and owns TMI Unit 1, Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Clinton Power Station. These three units, in addition to Exelon's other nuclear units, are operated by Exelon Nuclear Inc., an Exelon subsidiary.
General Public Utilities was legally obliged to continue to maintain and monitor the site, and therefore retained ownership of Unit 2 when Unit 1 was sold to AmerGen in 1998. GPU Inc. was acquired by FirstEnergy Corporation in 2001, and subsequently dissolved. FirstEnergy then contracted out the maintenance and administration of Unit 2 to AmerGen. Unit 2 has been administered by Exelon Nuclear since 2003, when Exelon Nuclear's parent company, Exelon, bought out the remaining shares of AmerGen, inheriting FirstEnergy's maintenance contract. Unit 2 continues to be licensed and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a condition known as Post Defueling Monitored Storage (PDMS).[83]
Today, the TMI-2 reactor is permanently shut down with the reactor coolant system drained, the radioactive water decontaminated and evaporated, radioactive waste shipped off-site, reactor fuel and core debris shipped off-site to a Department of Energy facility, and the remainder of the site being monitored. The owner says it will keep the facility in long-term, monitored storage until the operating license for the TMI-1 plant expires at which time both plants will be decommissioned.[10] In 2009, the NRC granted a license extension which means the TMI-1 reactor may operate until April 19, 2034.[84][85]
NEW MADRID FAULT, WHEN WILL IT SNAP?
New Madrid Fault
What is the New Madrid fault line, and why is it so much on the tips of tongues these days?
The New Madrid fault line essentially follows the Mississippi River from Illinois to Arkansas.
Seems like a local affair, but this is deceptive.
Where quakes along the West Coast of the US cause a jolt in the underlying rock, the area surrounding the New Madrid is essentially mud, soil, wet from the mighty Mississippi and Missouri and Tennessee and Ohio rivers which join near the New Madrid fault line, and liquifaction thus affects a huge area.
The last great quakes on the New Madrid fault line occurred in the Winter of 1811-1812.
Just how far ranging was the effect, compared to a quake of similar Richter on the West Coast?
A map on the USGS website shows the relative extent of influence, which is far more dramatic than might be imagined.
In 1994 the 6.7 Richter Northridge quake was felt throughout southern California, barely reaching over the border into Nevada and Arizona and Mexico.
The comparable 1895 Charleston, MO quake covered the eastern half of the US, primarily affected, of course, were the states central to the New Madrid fault line - Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
But the effect covered at least half of the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa, and crossed the border into the states of New York and Florida.
But the seriousness of the situation is not described by the effects of quakes in 1811 and 1895, as going into the pole shift, during the quakes preceding the pole shift, there is another aspect to the fault line adjustments.
There is an Earth torque, cause by the twisting of the globe that Planet X causes when it tugs on the S Pole of Earth and the highly magnetized Atlantic Rift, daily.
Complicating the torque is the fact that the N American continent is held rigid at the top, where the plate boundary crosses through the Arctic from the Kamchaka Peninsula just above Japan in almost a straight line to Iceland in the Altantic, East of Greenland.
The N American plate, thus, CANNOT roll round to adjust to the stress of having the Atlantic widen and the Pacific shorten during the tugging Planet X does upon the Earth.
Mexico wants to move westward faster than Alaska, but cannot without pulling the N American continent in a diagonal, a stress the Zetas call the N American Rip.
This ZetaTalk was written during a time when S Dakota, at the Black Hills, was showing an odd stress wobble once daily, a clear sign this was a wobble induced by the tugging of Planet X.
2003-2004
The first evidence of this torque on the N American continent occurred in August of 2003, when a massive power outage struck New York City, causing a complete blackout with a million commuters walking home to suburbia silently across the bridges.
The cause? A substation at Niagara, on the stretching seaway.
This was followed by trail derailments and bursting gas and water mains and sinkholes and yawing crevasses that were suddenly and dramatically in the news.
Sinking, or lack of support in stretch zone, results in sinkholes.
The incidence of sinkholes, in the US alone, during the 6 months period from April to October 2004, was certainly astonishing.
These hit Florida hard, not surprising as it is at a point, literally, where the pull down is the most extreme.
Detroit and Milwaukee, at the end of the St. Lawrence Seaway yawing.
up the East Cost through Virginia and into Pennsylvania, a point where sinking and rising land create a break, a snapping of the Earth, as land south of Pennsylvania is pulled down while land North tends to bounce up as the Seaway yaws.
And into land at the edge of the stretch zone, such as Missouri and central Canada.
If trains were derailing due to twisting track, and sinkholes appearing suddenly under highways, this was not the only horror aflicting transportation.
Road heaved, bridges dropped, and land slid on top of traffic.
Particularly in July, 2004, oddly, in 3 different US states.
This shows a relationship to a diagonal pull across the US, happening at that time.
This twisting of the North American continent involves New England pulled to the East along with the rotation of the Earth, Mexico and the southwest pulled to the West, as the South Pole was being tugged in that direction.
This opened crevasses in the southwest.
This was not due to compression, subduction of plates, but due to the stretch, the land in these areas being pulled apart.
These sudden crevasses were not associated with any particular earthquake, but they WERE associated with road pops from Kansas to Illinois to Pennsyvania!
Again, in July 2004.
Sinking land in the stretch zone very much affects gas and water mains running under streets, and a rash of reports emerged as Planet X tightened its grip on the Earth.
During the 6 months reporting period from April to October 2004, pipes were snapping all across the stretch zone like never before.
2005
By June, 2005 scientists were openly admitting they were concerned about the New Madrid fault.
A few months later, in September of 2005, a mysterious smell like rotting cabbage or the cat's litter box wafted across the US.
Central Texas: Strange Odor Prompts School Evacuation
Sep 22, 2005
Washington Post: Mysterious Stench Nauseates Northeast
Sep 30, 2005
The cause, per the Zetas, was methane gas released when rock fingers were pulled apart, releasing gasses from rotting material trapped between rock layers.
In early 2006 there was additional evidence that the N American continent was being put under stress, pulled in a diagonal.
Within a 4 week period, mining accidents from Canada to Mexico occurred, in a line parallel to one that could be drawn from Maine to Mexico, the stress line that the Zetas have described.
The first was in the Sago mines in West Virginia, then another in Ontario, Canada, followed by a rare disaster in Mexico.
Methane gas was suspected.
Although a constant source of worry, why the sudden rash of explosions across the continent, and along a diagonal line parallel to what the Zetas have described?
Coincidence?
If so, coincidentally, Maine was reporting odd methane bubbles off their coast.
University of Maine geologists reported in December, in the Portland Press Herald, 12-26-05, that dozens of methane fields off the coast of Maine were releasing large amounts of gas, disrupting the ocean floor and creating massive bubbles.
2006
By July, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio was reports quake swarms.
Accompanying this was another blackout caused by problems in what is called the Lake Erie Loop.
The stretching Seaway, at it again!
Then on Sep 10, 2006, a rare quake in the Gulf of Mexico, on a fault line the USGS was unaware existed.
The Zetas related this to the stress on the N American continent, and the pending New Madrid diagonal rip.
This was followed by more adjustments in New England, which is scheduled to rise some 450 feet above sea level during the coming pole shift.
The tiny New England states are grouped at the end of what will become increasingly a peninsula of land, due to the widening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and the melting poles. The land is rocky, and will rise some 450 feet by our estimate above the current level due to the land being freed from its current connections during this continental rip.
Quake swarms continued in Maine, and a dramatic drop in the water level in wells at the USGS site.
Per the Zetas, all these are clues that the New Madrid does not have long to go before it gives way, allowing the diagonal slip along the Mississippi that the Zetas have predicted.
The Zetas have stated the devastation will make the New Orleans disaster appear trivial.
New Orleans, after all, was another disaster waiting to happen, not a surprise.
It was only a matter of time.
For the New Madrid disaster, affecting cities from Houston to St. Louis to Kansas City to Memphis to Cincinnati to Chicago and parts in between, the number of people left suddenly homeless will be immense, compared to New Orleans.
These cities are not quake proofed, as is the norm on the West Coast.
Lets look at the New Orleans disaster for a preview of what to expect, insofar as rescue attempts.
So if the slipping of the New Madrid will be WORSE than the disaster of New Orleans, affecting more cities and a wider area, and dropping land West of the Mississippi so flooding occurs, are these cities more prepared?
Those in the wake of the pending New Madrid quake, beware, and get prepared!
bill
Four injured in partial building collapse on the South Side
Four people were injured in the partial collapse of a three-story building on the South Side Tuesday.
Five ambulances were called to the building collapse in the 7900 block of South Halsted at 12:30 p.m., Chicago Fire Department officials said. A portion of the roof of the building collapsed onto the street.
Three people were taken to hospitals in fair to serious condition, fire officials said. Another person was also hospitalized in good condition.
The area was secured about 1:30 p.m.
Several CTA buses were being rerouted in the area, including the No.8 Halsted and No.79 79th buses. Commuters are advised to allow for extra travel time, according to a CTA customer alert.
Feb 1, 2012
bill
Elberon Ave. to remain closed the rest of the week due to landslide
PRICE HILL, OH (FOX19)- Elberon Avenue in Price Hill between Mt. Hope and Purcell avenues, will remain closed in both directions the rest of this week due to a landslide.
The landslide is on the upslope side of Elberon, about 500 feet from the intersection of Mt. Hope Avenue. Due to recent wet conditions, trees slid down a wooded hillside owned by the City and toppled onto the roadway. Crews began clearing these trees today; once the vegetation is removed, City engineers can begin their assessment.
Over the weekend, crews began removing the debris from the roadway, and engineers will monitor the slide to see how it reacts.
Work will proceed only when engineers feel the slide is stable enough to do so. The City's first priority is the safety of workers and motorists.
Commuters should seek alternate routes.
Drivers can follow Purcell Avenue or Mt. Hope Avenue to West Eighth Street to detour around the affected area.
This area of Elberon has a history of active slides, and the unusual amount of heavy rain has accelerated the hillside's movement.
There are no private houses or developments affected by this landslide.
Feb 1, 2012
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'Very minor' quake hits near McHenry
A minor earthquake hit near northwest suburban McHenry last night, sending tiny tremors across the northern suburbs of Chicago, officials said.
It registered a relatively small 2.4-magnitude just before 10 p.m. To be more precise, at 9:54:43 p.m.
Seismologists originally located the quake in the area of Lake Shangrila, about 11 miles west-southwest of Kenosha, but the U.S. Geological Survey this morning shifted the epicenter to 42.340 latitude and -88.243 longitude, putting it on Chapel Hill Road, two miles east of McHenry.
"It was very minor," said USGS geophysicist Jessica Turner. USGS received some reports of "very light shaking" in Chicago, 44 miles away, she said.
"I was asleep, but my wife was up and heard it," said Richard Huemann, who lives on the 3500 block of Chapel Hill. "She said there was definitely a large bang, like an (auto) accident. She looked out, though, and saw nothing."
John Laskowski of McHenry said he heard an explosion, followed by a rumble and thought it could have been an earthquake.
"It reminded me of a distant artillery shell when it strikes the ground and explodes," he said. "It shook the house and it was very loud."
But other area residents didn't have an inkling that something unusual had happened. "I felt nothing," said Arnold Lorenz, who lives on the 1200 block of Chapel Hill.
There were no reports of injuries.
Small quakes and aftershocks in Illinois are common, including a small one just two weeks ago in southern Illinois.
The USGS estimates 1.3 million quakes with magnitudes between 2.0 and 2.9 occur each year
Feb 1, 2012
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Another Earthquake Near Mineral, Va
A 3.2-magnitude earthquake Monday evening was centered near the epicenter of the August earthquake felt up and down the East Coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Monday's quake at 6:39 p.m. was just outside of Mineral, Va., not far from the nuclear power plant that shut down automatically during the 5.8-magnitude East Coast Quake.
People in the Mineral area may have felt weak shaking at 6:39 p.m., Storm4 meteorologist Doug Kammerer said.
Dozens of aftershocks have been reported since the Aug. 23 earthquake that damaged hundreds of homes in Louisa County, Va., as well as the Washington Monument and National Cathedral in D.C. This week, high school and middle school students in Louisa County are attending classes on a regular five-days-per-week schedule in mobile classrooms. High school and middle school students had been attending class at a middle school on alternating days
Feb 1, 2012
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Lynchburg building collapse
A quiet day was quickly disrupted, when the back of this building on Dunbar drive in Lynchburg collapsed. Richard Jordan lives behind it. (more) A quiet day was quickly disrupted, when the back of this building on Dunbar drive in Lynchburg collapsed.
Feb 3, 2012
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Business owners hope to survive state Highway 14 landslide
DUCK CREEK VILLAGE — Normally, this Kane County winter destination would be full of people renting snowmobiles and eating at the restaurants on the weekend.
But a landslide has shut down not just the main road leading here, but the economic engine to this village and the surrounding towns.
"My parking lot is empty. Everything is empty down the streets,” says Rick Hanna, who rents cabins as the owner of Mountain Man Realty. “There's nobody walking. There should be snowmobiles. There's just nothing going on."
The massive landslide came smashing down on top of state Route 14 this past October. the highway goes through Duck Creek and is the main connector between Cedar City in Iron County and U.S. 89 in Kane County.
Triggered in the early morning hours, the slide buried the highway with enough dirt, rocks, and trees to fill a football stadium.
And with no highway, there is little traffic.
"If we have to go around to Highway 20 and back up (U.S.) 89, it's a 150-mile detour," says Iron County commissioner Dan Webster, describing the alternate route to Duck Creek. “Drivers are bypassing Cedar City and it’s having a huge economic effect on our community.”
And the impact may last longer than winter, which has businesses here concerned if they can survive the lengthy repair schedule for the Utah Department of Transportation crews to remove some of the 1.1 million cubic yards of earth that slid.
“We’re down to about 700,000 cubic yards that still have to be moved,” says UDOT district engineer Jim McConnell.
Recently, UDOT received $10 million in emergency federal funds toward the project, but federal dollars means a slower process.
"It's just a few more things you have to get the approvals on,” says McConnell. “Maybe they're a little bit harder on some things, but we're still working through that process and we're pretty well on schedule."
UDOT hopes to have a contractor in place to remove the rest of the debris beginning in March. A gravel road is to be open in June, and a fully paved highway finished by July 4.
However, by then the tourist season is half over.
“I don't know if we're going to be able to make it through. We might be out of business," says Rod Ence, owner of Loose Wheels in Duck Creek.
Ence’s shop consists of a gas station, convenience store and a snowmobile repair shop.
He also sells snowmobiles, but not many of them have been going out the door this season.
“We don’t have any customers,” he said. “Our sales on recreational vehicles have dropped to almost nothing. It’s almost to where you can’t survive.”
Feb 3, 2012
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Earthquake drill to be conducted in 8 states on anniversary of New ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Homeland Security wants Hoosiers to take part in an earthquake drill that will be conducted throughout the central United States on the 200th anniversary of the 1812 New Madrid earthquakes.
The state is encouraging residents to register online and participate in the 2012 Great Central United States ShakeOut on Feb. 7. They say it takes five minutes.
Those who register at http://www.ShakeOut.org/centralus will receive information on how to plan a drill and how to tell others about earthquake preparedness. Organizers ask that participants register and at the minimum practice "drop, cover and hold on" at 11:15 a.m. EST.
More than 600,000 Hoosiers and 3 million overall registered for the 2011 Great Central US ShakeOut.
The event includes Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee.
Feb 3, 2012
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Earthquake rattles region in western manitoba
SOME Manitobans may have been shaking in their sleep the other night -- but not because of any nightmare.
In fact, a small earthquake rippled through Saskatchewan and western Manitoba just before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, with the temblor reportedly being felt in some parts of the province. "It's significant, mostly because it's in an unusual place," said University of Manitoba seismologist Andrew Frederiksen. "It's very unlikely to have done any damage."
The quake originated in a spot five kilometres beneath the ground near Esterhazy, Sask. -- or about 138 kilometres southwest of Dauphin -- and hit 3.3 magnitude, according to data from the United States Geological Survey.
Feb 3, 2012
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Earthquake: 4.3 quake strikes near Wells, Nev
A shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning 14 miles from Wells, Nev., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:40 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of zero miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 15 miles from Deeth, Nev., 22 miles from Spruce, Nev., 38 miles from Elko, Nev., and 166 miles from Salt Lake City.
In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.
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Illinois to participate in earthquake drill Tuesday
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois will participate in a multistate earthquake drill next week as part of earthquake preparedness month.
State officials say more than 400,000 Illinois residents have registered to take part in the drill at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday.
More than 2 million people are registered in nine states.
The "Great Central U.S. ShakeOut" drill is aimed at helping people practice the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" procedures to be followed during an earthquake.
Residents are encouraged to drop to the floor, take cover under a piece of furniture and hold onto it.
Disaster officials say residents should also have an emergency kit outfitted with water, non-perishable food, flashlights and a first-aid kit, among other supplies.
Gov. Pat Quinn has proclaimed February Earthquake Preparedness Month in Illinois
Feb 7, 2012
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US Geological Survey reports earthquake in south Texas
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.0 earthquake occurred at 6:48 a.m. Saturday about 20 miles southeast of Pleasanton in Karnes County, about 38 miles northwest of Beeville.
The earthquake had a depth of 3.1 miles from the surface, according to the agency's website.
Local law enforcement officials from the Pleasanton Police Station and the Karnes County Sheriff's Office said they received no reports of an earthquake.
Feb 7, 2012
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Earthquake strikes near coast of Vancouver Island
A noon shaker off Ucluelet Saturday went largely unnoticed by most of the town’s residents.
The 5.6 magnitude earthquake was logged by Natural Resources Canada at 12.05 p.m.
The epicentre was about 180 kilometres west of Ucluelet and 337 kilometres west of Victoria, at a depth of 12.8 kilometres.
The relatively mild strength and distance meant there was no risk of a tsunami and no damage reported, said Taimi Mulder, federal earthquake seismologist.
Feb 7, 2012
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Utah Earthquake Today Strikes South of Salt Lake City
CORAL GABLES (LALATE) – A Utah earthquake today struck south of Salt Lake City. Today’s Utah quake is the third to strike the Salt Lake City region since November of last year. The quake struck in the predawn morning hours Saturday.
USGS reports to news that a moderate 3.7 magnitude quake was felt today in Utah, eight miles east of Woodland Hills. No reports of injuries have yet to be indicated by local news. The quake registered a nominal depth. USGS reports that the quake struck only three miles below the earth’s surface.
Local news indicates that the quake was east of Elk Ridge, roughly eight miles outside of the city. The quake was also nine miles east of Salem, fifteen miles east of Santaquin. USGS reports to news that the quake was eighteen miles from Provo and fifty-five miles south of Salt Lake City.
On November 9, a strong 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck shortly before 9:30 pm local time in the same region. The earthquake was roughly thirty miles from Price, seventy miles from Provo and one hundred miles from Salt Lake City.
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near California-Mexico border
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Sunday morning seven miles from Ocotillo, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:27 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 3.1 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 12 miles from Jacumba Hot Springs, 24 miles from Seeley, 32 miles from El Centro and 56 miles from Tijuana, Mexico.
In the past ten days, there have been two earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.
Feb 12, 2012
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Ohio transportation officials keep closer eye on 133 bridges lackin...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Transportation is devoting extra attention to 133 highway and interstate bridges that are missing redundant support elements common in most other bridges.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/wLPfOA ) reports the spans classified as "fracture-critical" could collapse if their main supports buckled because they don't have the extra support features. Most of those bridges are older, but a few were built in the past 15 years.
ODOT structural engineering office administrator Tim Keller says the bridges require more rigorous inspections and maintenance but aren't inherently dangerous. He said such bridges get detailed visual inspections every two years that cost up to 10 times as much as inspections for other bridges.
The structures make up less than 1 percent of the more than 14,000 bridges along Ohio highways and interstates
Feb 12, 2012
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Lava dome in Alaska's Cleveland volcano continues to grow
Alaska's Cleveland volcano keeps grumbling away, with a lava dome continuing to grow, and the alert level remaining at "watch," according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
A status update on Saturday said that the volcano continued to show activity, but that no elevated temperatures or ash emissions were evident from satellite imagery. Cleveland, about 45 miles from the nearest community of Nikolski, was raised to "watch" status on Jan. 31. At that time, the lava dome was observed at a diameter of about 130 feet.
"The current lava dome is estimated to be 50 meters across and occupies only a small portion of the approximately 200 meter (650 foot) diameter summit crater," the update from the AVO said. "There have been no observations of ash emissions or explosive activity during this current lava eruption. The previous lava dome that formed throughout the fall-winter of 2011 was largely removed by the explosive activity on the 25th and 29th of December, 2011."
That eruption spewed an ash cloud about 15,000 feet into the air. The mountain has no real-time monitoring, allowing for updates only when satellite imagery is available
Feb 12, 2012
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Crane collapse slows Port Mann Bridge construction
A crane collapsed on the Port Mann Bridge on Friday morning. Feb. 10, 2012. (CTV)
How a gantry crane collapsed, dropping a 90-tonne concrete slab into the Fraser River on Friday morning, is still unclear as Port Mann Bridge construction stopped for the day.
According to initial reports from WorkSafe BC, the 720-tonne yellow crane was moving a concrete bridge segment when something caused it to collapse over the bridge's new deck just after 8 a.m. Damage to the deck has not been assessed but traffic was unaffected.
There were people working near the crane when it collapsed but no one was injured.
"It was a very loud and unnatural sort of sound and I looked over at the river and there was water splashing up and I realized something very large must have gone down," said witness Edward Jordan.
Ariel Malubag was also nearby and said there was a large boom that shook his desk.
Max Logan, with the Port Mann/Highway 1 Project, said the gantry has been secured and there's no risk of further malfunction, although he does not know what caused it to collapse.
"It's too early to say what the cause of that malfunction is. There will be a full investigation to determine the cause," said Logan.
The 90-tonne slab will be pulled from the river but Logan said he is not sure when this will happen or how.
Eight lanes of ten on the new bridge are scheduled to be open by December 2012 and project managers have been pushing construction to finish, including an overnight project that saw an entire exit lane swap sides.
"At this point, it's really too early to say there would be a delay or any impact at all," Logan said. "If there is a delay, in this case, it would be the responsibility of the contractor
Feb 13, 2012
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Ceiling collapse forces closure of part of Passaic library
The children's room of the city's main public library has been closed indefinitely following the collapse of a plaster ceiling in the 82-year-old building.
Although the popular room for young readers was not damaged, it shares the second floor with a large meeting room, which is where the ceiling fell on Jan. 31. The entire floor has been closed to the public and staff as a precaution, authorities said Thursday.
As a result, patrons of the Julius Forstmann Library on Gregory Avenue have been forced to do without storytelling and other children's programs. The library's extensive collection of children's items is also off limits.
Patrons can borrow from the Reid Memorial Branch Library on Third Street in the interim. But library Director Mario Gonzalez said the closure could slow circulation gains among young readers. Gonzalez said he began to promote the children's room since he started as director three years ago, citing the quality of the collection.
"We're very concerned because we've been working very hard to build up our circulation," he said.
Children's items represented 45 percent of the library's circulation in 2011, about average for a public library, he said. About 230,000 items were circulated citywide last year, more than the public library system in Paterson, which is larger, he said.
No one was inside the library when plaster and insulation came crashing down in the Great Room about 5:30 a.m. that Tuesday morning.
What caused the collapse is unclear. But city officials will likely know more next week. A structural architect is expected to assess the damage Monday, city spokesman Keith Furlong said. Results from a test conducted Thursday to detect the presence of asbestos are also expected Monday, he said.
The city owns the building and is taking responsibility for the repairs. The City Council Thursday night was expected to consider transferring $128,000 in unused funds from another project to help pay for the work. It was not clear if that amount would cover the entire cost.
City historian and a former library board trustee, Mark Auerbach, said the collapse raises questions about the structural integrity of the entire building. Officials should perform a thorough assessment and consider whether an overhaul is needed, he said
Feb 13, 2012
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Rescuers respond to report of crane, wall collapse at Kent County J...
GRAND RAPIDS – One person was injured this morning when a crane collapsed on one building and damaged another at the Kent County Jail complex on Ball Avenue NE.
In what initially was reported as a major collapse with up to 30 people possibly trapped inside, rescuers at the scene quickly went through the damaged buildings looking for anyone who may have been injured, according to dispatch reports.
The collapse occurred just after 9 a.m. A crane fell onto a building under construction, with the crane breaking in half. It landed on another building.
Roads to the complex near the Gerald R. Ford Freeway were shut down to outside traffic as a slew of ambulances, fire trucks and rescue vehicles sped to the scene.
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The name of the person injured has not been released.
There was water leaking inside one of the damaged buildings, and utility crews were shutting off power to the damaged parts of the complex.
The Sheriff's Department is currently renovating a portion of the jail facility at 703 Ball Ave. NE.
The $27 million renovation was due to be completed in December 2012. It's unclear if that timeline has changed with today's collapse.
The money for the improvements came from a millage. OAK is the general contractor on the job
Feb 13, 2012
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Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes off Catalina Island
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon, six miles from Avalon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:30 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 26 miles from Bolsa Chica Beach, 26 miles from Newport Beach, 27 miles from Huntington Beach and 49 miles from Los Angeles Civic Center.
In the past 10 days, there have been no earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby.
Feb 13, 2012
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Earthquake Rumbles Just Moments After Okla. 'Shake Out'
The quake was centered 6 miles south of Paden, 7 miles southwest of Boley, 7 miles northwest of Cromwell and 55 miles east of Oklahoma City.
There have been no reports of damage.
The Great Central U.S. Shake Out had just happened at 10:15 a.m. across the central United States. According to its website, the "ShakeOut is an opportunity to practice how to protect yourself during earthquakes, and to get prepared, along with your family, community, co-workers, state and region."
Feb 13, 2012
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Bicentennial of the New Madrid earthquake sequence: Can it happen a...
New Madrid seismic zone
This winter is the bicentennial (200th) anniversary of the New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes, a series of the most powerful earthquakes to strike the eastern U.S. in recorded history. Three of the quakes in the series are estimated to have reached a magnitude between 7.0 and 8.0. The first earthquake occurred on December 16, 1811, the second on January 23, 1812, and the third on February 7, 1812 - exactly 200 years ago to date.
New Madrid was the closest settlement to the epicenters of the immense tremors. According to eyewitness accounts it was totally destroyed. At the time, most of the region, including many of the larger cities such as St. Louis were only sparsely populated with few permanent structures. Consequently, deaths and damages were limited.
Should a comparable sequence of earthquakes occur now, it would have consequences above and beyond any natural disaster the U.S. has ever experienced (and not in a sci-fi movie!).
Anyone in mid-Atlantic region on August 23 last summer no doubt remembers the largest Virginia earthquake in more than a century to shake the region, including Washington, D.C. Fortunately, the earthquake caused little in the way of serious injuries and overall did little damage (relative to 2011’s billion-dollar weather disasters) - not withstanding damage to the Washington Monument and Washington’s National Cathedral.
As a vast majority of the population had likely never having experienced a quake, it’s probably safe to say it threw a heart pounding scare into most. Not to mention, it came as a total surprise in a region generally believed to be earthquake free. (This most assuredly applies to me having been very close to the epicenter, as described here.)
By comparison, the three New Madrid 8.0 earthquakes were 158.5 times bigger than the 5.8 quake in August and almost 2000 times stronger in terms of total energy released. Indeed, each was comparable in strength to the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.
Importantly, unlike the San Francisco earthquake and most large magnitude devastating events since (e.g., Alaska, 1906; 2011 Tohoku, Japan), the New Madrid (and Virginia) earthquakes did not occur along the Pacific Ring of Fire where Earth’s tect
Feb 13, 2012
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Illinois nuclear reactor expels radioactive steam
A nuclear reactor in Byron, Illinois, about 95 miles northwest of Chicago, released radioactive steam into the environment after an unexpected shutdown Monday morning. The steam was deliberately released by plant operators in an effort to prevent equipment at the reactor from overheating. Additionally, smoke was spotted rising from a station transformer at the plant itself. However, a fire crew called to the scene was unable to determine its source and whether or not it was caused by a fire. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission declared the incident an “unusual event,” the first of four stages of nuclear emergency.
The Exelon Corporation, which runs the Byron Nuclear Generating Station, claims the reactor lost power after a line insulator failed at an electrical switchyard dozens of miles away from the plant itself. The reactor’s equipment continued to run on diesel power for four days, at which point workers were able to replace the malfunctioning insulator.
The steam released from the plant contained tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Although tritium is too weak to penetrate the skin, it can be dangerous if touched, inhaled, or ingested via food or water.
While officials claim that the amount of radioactive material expelled was “minimal” and poses no immediate health risks, they have been unable to determine exactly how much tritium was released in the steam. Tritium molecules are small enough that they are able to pass from tubing in the reactor itself into the water, which is used to cool equipment outside the reactor. It was from this area of the plant, where the turbines normally operate, that the steam was released, in order to reduce pressure and cool the inactive equipment.
Exelon, based in Chicago, is the largest utility holding company and operates the second largest number of nuclear reactors in the US. This is by no means the first time operators at an Exelon plant have deliberately released radioactive steam in order to cool a reactor. Another of Exelon’s reactors in Braidwood, Illinois, 50 miles southwest of Chicago, expelled tritium steam in 2010. Moreover, in 2006, it was revealed that both the company and state officials had waited years before publicly revealing that this plant had spilled millions of gallons of water, also containing tritium.
The “unusual event” at Byron was not the only radioactive leak at an American plant this week: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) also reported a “minor” release of radioactive material at a reactor in San Onofre, California. The origin of this leak remains undetermined.
An investigation by the Associated Press last year revealed that there have been tritium leaks at least at 48 of 65 nuclear energy production sites in the United States. Many of these leaks have found their way into the groundwater via damaged and neglected piping. In fact, two of these previous leaks were documented as contaminating the drinking wells of homes in Illinois, though not at levels exceeding the NRC’s limits for safe drinking water. It is important to note, however, that the American standard for “safe” amounts of tritium in drinking water is nearly eight times that of the European Union.
Even though the frequency and severity of leaks and equipment failures have been increasing over recent decades, as pipes and other equipment fall into ever-greater disrepair, the federal agency charged with regulating the industry has significantly increased the number of licenses, which they have extended for plants. As of 2011, at least 60 percent of nuclear plants have received 20-year extensions on their 40-year operating licenses.
The Obama administration, despite its professions of concern for environmental safety, maintains an incestuous relationship with Exelon.
Feb 13, 2012
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Earthquake: Magnitude 3.3 quake rattles near Fort Bragg
A shallow magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon eight miles from Cape Vizcaino, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:32 p.m. Pacific Standard Time at a depth of 0 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was nine miles from Rockport, 18 miles from Fort Bragg and 155 miles from Sacramento.
In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby
Feb 13, 2012
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Feb 16, 2012
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near Borrego Springs
A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning six miles from Borrego Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:05 a.m. PST at a depth of 3.7 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 11 miles from Ocotillo Wells, 17 miles from Desert Shores, 42 miles from Palm Springs and 60 miles from San Diego.
In the last 10 days, there have been four earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby
Feb 16, 2012
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California Earthquake: 5.6 Magnitude Quake Prompts Aftershock Warni...
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Earthquake: 4.4 quake strikes near Santa Rosa
A shallow magnitude 4.4 earthquake was reported Sunday evening three miles from the Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 8:47 p.m. Pacific time, with a depth reported at zero miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was three miles from Cobb, three miles from Anderson Springs, 24 miles from Santa Rosa and 71 miles from Sacramento.
In the past ten days, there has been one earthquake magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby
Feb 16, 2012
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Earthquake near Vallejo is second in 2 days
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit southwest of Vallejo on Thursday, near where a quake of identical strength struck the night before.
The quake that hit at 9:13 a.m. Thursday was 5.7 miles deep and was centered near the interchange of Interstate 80 and Highway 29 in Vallejo. The epicenter was less than half a mile from where Wednesday's quake hit at 6:09 p.m.
Both temblors probably originated on a spur of the nearby Franklin Fault, said David Oppenheimer, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park.
"There are several faults out there, but they probably aren't very active," he said. "As we all know, the whole Bay Area is riddled with faults."
Police dispatchers in Vallejo said there were no reports of damage.
Linda Wilson, a barista at the Panama Red Coffee House in the Vallejo ferry terminal, said she hadn't felt much.
"Just a little jolt, really," she said. "Half the people (in the terminal) didn't even know anything happened."
Wilson said Wednesday's quake, even though it was the same magnitude, felt much stronger.
"It's weird," she said.
Quakes such as the two this week often come in bunches, Oppenheimer said.
The Earth's crust "is like the windshield in your car," he said. "It is put there under stress and when there are cracks, sometimes they grow over time. They keep cracking."
Oppenheimer said Thursday's quake could be considered an aftershock of the first quake.
"Sometimes these sequences can go on for weeks," he said. "Sometimes they can be nothing
Feb 18, 2012
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Earthquake: 3.7 quake strikes in Bay Area
A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening, two miles from Crockett, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 6:09 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 5.6 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was three miles from Vallejo, three miles from Rodeo and 23 miles from San Francisco City Hall.
In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 and greater centered nearby
Feb 18, 2012
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Mystery Boxes on Fault Lines - the Zetas Explain!
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These sealed metal boxes are indeed alien, placed along significant coastlines to abort sudden and jolting plate movements. The number of boxes discovered by mankind, uncloaked and visible, are a miniscule number compared to the total in use, which range in the thousands. Most are under water. They are supposed to be cloaked, so that humans can look right at them and not SEE them, but mistakes are made in the rush to place the boxes, on occasion, so some are left visible. Have governments removed them and tried to crack them open? Yes, but the boxes disappear from storage, without a trace.
Why is the impact of plate movements being restrained, at present, when the Council of Worlds has ruled that the Pole Shift is a natural event not to be averted? Is has scarcely passed notice that our original statements about the 7 of 10 scenarios, whereby we anticipated a rapid start at the end of 2010, did not unfold. The 7 of 10 pace has been slow, not rapid. The Council of Worlds wants the public to be aware of what is happening, what is pending, so that spiritual decisions can be made, the population having opportunity to evaluate the situation properly. The cover-up has prevented that school house lesson from occurring.
Thus, temporarily, the pace of change here on Earth will be slowed, but not averted. Nor is the ultimate result or timeframe being changed. The battleground is on the cover-up, as the recent decision to allow more visibility of the Planet X complex has shown. For those who wonder who the boxes work, why the hum or aurora type glow they occasionally emit, we have no comment. You would not understand the mechanics, nor be able to replicate the boxes, and in any case if the secrets were understood those in the Service-to-Self in your establishment would use this information to control and harm the common man. The boxes will remain a mystery, in this regard.
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Feb 18, 2012
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The seismogram of one of the station in Oregon: -Forks-
From:
http://hoist.hrtc.net/~arabento/earthquake.htm
Feb 18, 2012
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Mississippi River........ Another article with pictures of the grain elevator that collapsed and now lies across the Mississippi levee.
http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2012/02/ama_bisected_after_co...
Ama bisected after collapse of grain elevator crossing
The collapse of a conveyor system at an Ama grain elevator could result in an "extended closure" of River Road in the area, while company officials determine the extent of the damage.
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ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for February 11, 2012
This is indeed a work in process, with the initial proposals and concerns moving to action plans. Latvia has now been included, at the insistence of her neighbors. The focus is on commandeering enough boats to move refugees fast enough to avoid what would be termed a "humanitarian crisis". The European tsunami as described by ourselves would primarily devastate the UK and Denmark. The solution for this swath is advance warning from buoys and ships at sea, a network that has also been the focus.
Any serious New Madrid activity in the US will put this network on high alert, and any sign of tsunami waves will bring a screaming alert to the UK and Denmark. Moving the populace inland in the UK, and to Sweden or onto boats in Denmark would be initiated immediately. These exercises may be repeated, if called too early in the 7 of 10 process, but will be considered good preparation for the real thing. Those counties that will suffer less during the European tsunami are expected to likewise move their coastal populations inland to safety.
Frankly, the issue of rising seas in the Aftertime is not being discussed, as preparations for the tsunami is more than the participants can handle. The current plan is to return refugees from the UK and Denmark to their homelands, when the tsunami waters drain. Of course this is not an ultimate solution, but all are avoiding any talk of further crisis. Scientists employed by the governments have confirmed our analysis of how the North Atlantic would react to a release of the bow tension in N America, which is evident for all with eyes open. They know the tsunami is coming
Feb 18, 2012
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Volcano Activity in USA on Wednesday, 01 February, 2012 at 04:12 (0...
The lava dome covering Mt. Cleveland volcano in Alaska has grown by 25 percent since last week. The dome was reported to be 40 meters across on Monday Feb. 6., and has now increased to 50 meters in size, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO). "We got indications from satellite data that the dome had grown slightly," Alaska Volcano Observatory Research Geologist Matt Haney said. "The recent expansion shows that growth has not ceased." The current lava dome is much smaller than the previous dome. "The previous lava dome that was removed by explosive activity on Dec. 25 and Dec. 29 covered most of the 200-meter-diameter summit crater. So, indeed it was larger than the current dome," said Haney. Given that the current lava dome is still significantly smaller than the dome in December, does that mean the explosion would be smaller if it happened from this smaller lava dome? "No, a larger dome doesn't necessarily mean a larger yield from the explosion," said Haney. "We're still expecting the same type of altitude for the ash cloud. It should interrupt Trans-Pacific flights." The new lava dome is still expanding, but when it is finished, it could stay inactive for years. "This recent expansion shows that the growth has not ceased," said Haney. "Eventually, there will be a final dome. When the dome in the crater finishes growing, it can stay inactive for quite a while, but this dome is definitely still slowly growing." When asked if the dome could still potentially explode, Haney said, "It doesn't rule anything out. There's certainly the possibility (with dome growth) that we could see explosions in the future." If the volcano erupts, the dome could actually collapse beforehand. The lava dome could become too massive and cave in on itself before an explosion happens. "Think of it almost like pressing down too hard on a balloon," said Haney. "The moment before a balloon pops, the outside of it collapses and then the air inside expands outward." The volcano is still at an "orange watch" level, which means the volcano is "exhibiting heightened or escalating unrest with increased potential of eruption," and the timeframe is uncertain, according to the AVO
Feb 18, 2012
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SOURCE: http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=art...
USGS California Volcano Observatory opens; Clear Lake Volcanic Fiel...
Establishing CalVO will increase awareness of and resiliency to the volcano threats in California, many of which pose significant threats to the economy and well being of the state and its inhabitants.
“By uniting the research, monitoring, and hazard assessment for all of the volcanoes that pose a threat to the residents of California, CalVO will provide improved hazard information products to the public and decision makers alike,” explained USGS director Marcia McNutt. “This realignment is part of the USGS's efforts to build the National Volcano Early Warning System, a prioritized modernization of USGS volcano monitoring enabled through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.”
The list of potentially threatening volcanoes on CalVO's watch list includes the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, which is located in Lake and Napa counties.
Features within the volcanic field are The Geysers geothermal steamfield and the 300,000-year-old Mount Konocti. The area's most recent eruptions occurred around 11,000 years ago around Mount Konocti, according to CalVO.
The volcanic features are Quaternary and include rhyolitic lava dome complexes, cinder cones and maars of basaltic composition, the agency reported.
“Although Clear Lake Volcanic Field has not erupted for several millennia, sporadic volcanic-type earthquakes do occur, and the numerous hot springs and volcanic gas seeps in the area point to its potential to erupt again,” CalVO reported.
Other areas on the watch list include Mount Shasta, Medicine Lake Volcano and Lassen Volcanic Center in Northern California; Long Valley Caldera and Mono-Inyo Craters in east-central California; Salton Buttes, Coso Volcanic Field, and Ubehebe Craters in southern California; and Soda Lakes in central Nevada.
CalVO's watch list is subject to change as new data on past eruptive activity becomes known, as volcanic unrest develops, as monitoring networks are upgraded, and/or as exposure factors change.
CalVO takes on responsibility for research, monitoring, and assessing hazards for all of the potentially active volcanoes in California and coordinating with local and state emergency managers to prepare for responding to renewed volcanic activity.
Previously, the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory in V
Feb 18, 2012
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http://poleshift.ning.com/profiles/blogs/earthquake-drills-in-the-n...
New Madrid Earthquake Drills: Cover-up Showing Their Hand?
An increasing number of earthquake drills are being conducted in the U.S., many in areas that rarely experience violent quakes.
What originated as an earthquake drill for Southern California has mushroomed into an international organization for earthquake preparedness. Since 2008, similarly branded "Great ShakeOuts" have sprouted up in 17 states, as well as Guam, British Columbia and New Zealand.
Guised as a public safety collaborative and endorsed by governmental agencies including USGS and FEMA, participation in regional "Great ShakeOuts" has conspicuously increased in U.S. regions with scant histories of destructive seismic activity. Participation in these organized "ShakeOuts" has surged from 5.3 million people in 2008 to nearly 12.4 million in 2011.
Although states such as California and Oregon seem appropriate participants based on their seismic histories, the entire central U.S. has only experienced a few moderate quakes over 5.0 in the past 200 years. While the pending catastrophic New Madrid adjustment has been well-known to the Establishment for many years via ZetaTalk, the sudden urgency for conducting such large scale earthquake drills didn't emerge in this region until 2011.
In 2011, the first "Great Central US ShakeOut" was orchestrated across all states in the New Madrid region: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and in 2012 included the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina. Although a study conducted by FEMA in 2008 examined the impact of a 7.7 magnitude quake on states within the New Madrid Seismic Zone, from a historical perspective, the only impetus for this study was the great New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812. When compared to the violent seismicity of the western U.S., such prolific earthquake drills in regions that are not seismically active begs the question: why?
For readers of ZetaTalk, the answer clear. Fo
Feb 19, 2012
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Alert level raised for remote Alaska volcano
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (WTW) — The Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised the alert level for a volcano in the remote Aleutian Islands.
Scientists on Saturday said possible explosive activity and a likely ash cloud indicate new unrest at Kanaga Volcano, leading it to raise the volcano alert level from normal to advisory.
The observatory says volcanic tremor was detected at about 6:23 a.m. Saturday. The unrest indicates a possibility for sudden explosions of ash to occur at any time, and ash clouds exceeding 20,000 feet above sea level may develop.
Ash clouds above 20,000 feet from Alaska volcanoes are a threat to trans-Pacific air carriers.
Kanaga Volcano is located about 1,215 miles southwest of Anchorage in the western Aleutian Islands
Feb 19, 2012
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Earthquake experts warn next 'big one' could be worse than first th...
Scientists say when the next big one hits, it could be something straight out of your nightmares.
"Right now, technology is telling us we should be prepared, we should prepare for something like we saw in Japan," said Dr. Eddie Bernard, a Tsunami Expert and former NOAA Director.
Like Bernard, University of Washington seismologist Bill Steele said hidden under the Pacific Ocean is a ticking time bomb just waiting to go off.
"There will be a lot of destruction," Steele said.
Because Washington, Oregon and California are sitting against a huge subduction zone, the area could see see an earthquake and tsunami similar to the one that hit Japan last year.
And now new data just collected from Japan's damaged coastline warns seismologist that the next mega quake to hit the Pacific Northwest could be ever bigger than first thought.
"It means we'll probably get a little more shaking the next time there is a great earthquake here," said John Vidale, a UW professor and the state's seismologist.
Vidale said researchers were surprised to learn this week that the strongest shaking in Japan's quake came from the deepest part of the subduction zone and not the shallow region as scientists expected.
"That's more of a problem for us than Japan because the deeper part of our fault is under the land, under the cities, in Japan the action was mostly off-shore," he said.
Vidale said it's too soon to say how much of an affect that extra shaking will have, but he insists regardless of the strength, our preparation doesn't change.
The "Cascadia Subduction Zone" is about the size of Maine. It's a geological copycat of the zone that ruptured in Japan. Experts believe 90 percent of the damage and 99 percent of the deaths in Japan were caused by the Tsunami.
"The consequences of Cascadia will be more than a city, they will be across a region that could potentially affect 10 million people," said DNR geologist Tim Walsh.
If power isn't lost in the quake, blaring tsunami sirens might offer a roughly ten-minute warning that a monster wall of water is coming.
A tsunami could carve thru the Strait of Juan De Fuca, flooding everything from the Pacific to Bellingham, including rivers that connect to the ocean.
The Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound "choke points" protect cities like Seattle from the worst of tsunamis generated offshore. But Dr. Bernard said the energy could bring enormous waves into the sound, destroying Seattle's waterfront, flooding terminal island and bringing down the viaduct
If the quake doesn't get the viaduct, Walsh said something called "liquefaction" might. That happens when water pressure builds up in soft soil because of violent ground shaking.
Walsh says a big quake will trigger landslides across the region, sheering homes right off their hillside perches.
Even the initial quake itself will feel like an eternity, nothing like the 2001 Nisqually quake that rocked Seattle. And that's most dangerous for tall buildings, long bridges and the above-ground pipelines that won't be able to survive the prolonged tremors.
"We will see shaking well in excess of the force of gravity in horizontal shaking, you won't be able to stand," Steele said.
Feb 21, 2012
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Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes in Imperial County
A shallow magnitude-3.0 earthquake was reported Monday morning three miles from Niland, Calif., in Imperial County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 11:37 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 0.6 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 30 miles from El Centro and 97 miles from San Diego.
In the last ten days, there have been eight earthquakes magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby
Feb 21, 2012
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Mudslide hits BNSF railroad tracks in Everett; 2nd slide hits equip...
EVERETT, Wash. — Amtrak and Sound Transit trains won't travel to Everett until Friday morning as a safety precaution, following two mudslides that hit the railroad tracks early Wednesday in the city.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas (mel-OWN'-us) says a slide about 1:30 a.m. covered 30 feet of track about 5 feet deep in mud, rocks and trees.
An excavator clearing that slide was hit by a second slide about 5:30 a.m. No one was injured.
The track was cleared by 11 a.m., and freight trains are rolling. There's a 48-hour safety moratorium for passenger trains.
Melonas says inspectors are monitoring BNSF tracks for mudslides because of recent heavy rains
Feb 22, 2012
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Slide closes SR 112 in Clallam County
CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. – A mudslide blocked SR 112 in both directions near Rasmussen Creek in Clallam County on Wednesday afternoon.
The Department of Transportation said about 3,000 cubic yards of material slid across the roadway, and as of 6:15 p.m. the slide was still moving.
DOT was working with Washington State Patrol and local law enforcement. The road was to remain closed overnight.
Crews will reassess the slide in the morning and determine whether operations to reopen the roadway can safely begin
Feb 23, 2012
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Heavy rain triggers mudslides, swells rivers in North Sound
STANWOOD, Wash. -- Heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding damaged homes and halted passenger train service on Wednesday.
A 100-foot mudslide at Warm Beach left one home destroyed and another home damaged
The slide occurred in the 14600 block of Evergreen Way in the McKees Beach development at approximately 12:34 p.m., said North County Regional Fire Authority Christian Davis. The homes, which were located at beach level, were hit by the sliding debris.
A woman was inside the destroyed home at the time, but she was not injured. There were no other reports of injuries.
Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution, but residents have since been allowed to return. Engineers were called to check the stability of the hillside.
Near Lake Stevens, fast-moving floodwaters tore through a house along the Pilchuck River. The raging waves swallowed up a majority of the Bess families' home.
"I guess it went at 4 o'clock this morning, the neighbors told my husband," said homeowner Catherine Bess.
The house, which was red-tagged last year, was finally washed away after 24 hours of heavy rain swelled the river.
Earlier Wednesday, two mudslides hit railroad tracks in Everett, halting Amtrak and Sound Transit train runs.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas says a slide about 1:30 a.m. covered 30 feet of track about 5 feet deep in mud, rocks and trees.
An excavator clearing that slide was hit by a second slide about 5:30 a.m. No one was injured.
The track was cleared by 11 a.m., and freight trains were rolling. A 48-hour safety moratorium for passenger trains prevented those runs from resuming until Friday morning
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Feb 23, 2012
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Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): strong seismic swarm on Ka`oiki faults
An unusual seismic swarm is occurring near the summit of Kīlauea volcano, Hawai`i, and continues to increase as of today.
The Ka`oiki seismic swarm began about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Halema`uma`u Crater on 21 February and has produced more than 1000 quakes so far.
Increased activity overnight included 4 magnitude 4+ earthquakes amongst more than 70 additional earthquakes in the past 24 hours. 78 earthquakes were strong enough to be located beneath Kilauea in the past day: 74 quakes were related to the earthquake swarm, 2 were within the upper east rift zone, and 2 were on south flank faults.
Some of the quakes were felt at the Hawai`i Volcano Observatory where the shaking caused books fall off shelves, and minor damage was reported at the Volcano Golf Course, which is the closest inhabited area located about 3 km from the earthquakes' epicentre. Many of these earthquakes were widely felt on-island, including at our Hawai`i office near Kīlauea's summit.
Swarms in this area typically indicate movement between Mauna Loa and Kīlauea volcanoes unrelated to magma migration, but continued long-term pressurization of Kīlauea's summit complicates the local stress field and may have some bearing on the current seismic activity. Similar swarms have occurred in 1990, 1993, 1997, and 2006, some of which lasted up to several weeks
Feb 26, 2012
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http://poleshift.ning.com/forum/topics/zetatalk-chat-for-february-2...
Permalink Reply by Nancy Lieder 21 hours ago
My question is regarding the YouTube strange sounds video posted by Gerard yesterday:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUdZGm476yA On the Strange Sounds blog I posted a response as follows: Not trying to discredit anyone on the Montana video/audio. I believe what is recorded. But I'd really be interested in Zeta feedback on it because it reminds me of what happened in Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the musical sounds that the spacecraft emitted. The sound produced in Missoula is what is called in music a major seventh chord. In the key of C it would be C-E-G-B; in this case with an extra underlying G as the first note. I have a hard time believing that anything in nature could create this without help - possibly ET help. The notes are played separately up the scale/chord and then down the scale/chord. Could the Zetas please comment on what the source might be?

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http://1075zoofm.com/strange-sounds-in-missoula-my-ear-witness-acco...
It was yesterday, Saturday, Feb 18th around 12:40pm in the Hellgate Elementary School playground.
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http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/eecs20/week8/scale.html
The frequencies 440Hz and 880Hz both correspond to the musical note A, but one octave apart. The next higher A in the musical scale would have the frequency 1760Hz, twice 880Hz. In the western musical scale, there are 12 notes in every octave. These notes are evenly distributed (geometrically), so the next note above A, which is B flat, has frequency 440 × β where β is the twelfth root of two, or approximately 1.0595. The next note above B flat, which is B, has frequency 440 × β 2.
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http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/u11l2a.cfm
Certain sound waves when played (and heard) simultaneously will produce a particularly pleasant sensation when heard, are said to be consonant. Such sound waves form the basis of intervals in music. For example, any two sounds whose frequencies make a 2:1 ratio are said to be separated by an octave and result in a particularly pleasing sensation when heard. That is, two sound waves sound good when played together if one sound has twice the frequency of the other. Similarly two sounds with a frequency ratio of 5:4 are said to be separated by an interval of a third; such sound waves also sound good when played together.
AUDIO: http://www.zetatalk.com/ning/montana.mp3
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Missoula lies in a valley between mountain ranges t
Feb 26, 2012