A fire at Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company in northwest Houston prompted officials to shut down Highway 249 Sunday night. Firefighters contained the blaze to inside the building.
Explosions on the rise
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An oil field exploded in Basra Iraq [Iraq Oil Report ; Published September 20, 2011]; Comment by Starr DiGiacomo
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List of comment about gas explosion, in order of posted time; as of 2011-09-01
1) SOMERVILLE, Ohio, US; "Investigation continues in house collapse"
2) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. US; "Bakersfield resident hurt in natural gas explosion"
3) Pompton Lakes, NJ, US; "Update: Suspected gas explosion levels home in Pompton Lakes [raw video]"
4) Brantford, Ontario, Canada; "Natural gas explosion levelled Brantford house: fire marshal"
5) Warren, MI, US; "City of Warren Home Explosion Underscores Need for Natural Gas Safety"
6) Castleford, West Yorkshire, UK; "Dramatic footage shows huge gas explosion at Yorkshire home"
7) Warren Park, Harare, Zimbabwe; "2 seriously injured in Warren Park gas explosion"
8) Logan City, south of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia; "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house"
9) Herscher, IL, US; Douglasville, GA, US; "This Week In Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions – Aug. 22, 2011"
10) "Seven children killed in gas explosion at house" [See 8)]
11) Lakeview, MI, US; "Explosion inside Lakeview house causes fire, couple escapes with minor injuries"
12) Newborough, Victoria, Australia; "Gas blast destroys Newborough garage"
13) Cato, Montcalm, MI, US; "Couple escapes house explosion"
14) Glenrock, Converse, WY, US; "Oilfield explosion claims three"
15) St. Augustine, Fla, US; "Gas Station Explosion Site in St. Augustine now 'Stable'"
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* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo
We'll be seeing an uptick in unusual home and business gas explosions and I'm trying to locate specific ZT on the matter. Below is a refresher for the many gas related news articles.
http://zetatalk5.com/index/blog0214.htm
SOZT
Fault lines, when adjusting, do not just rip apart one day during a dramatic earthquake. They most often creep. Laying gas lines along or across a fault line is asking for an accident of this sort. Fault lines are also seldom so clearly delineated that one can go a mile in this or that direction and avoid their action. Where a slip-slide fault such as the San Andreas will often leave a clear line on the surface, this is only the surface action, not what occurs in the rock layers on either side which can fracture for a long way to either side during any movement. The gas company, or the age of the pipes, will be faulted but in truth the finger should be pointed in many directions. The public, who insist on living at such a scenic spot, is to blame. Officials, who zoned for housing are to blame. The public utility company, for allowing gas lines in the area, is to blame. But this will change nothing, while man continues to live on the San Andreas, even as it awakens. EOZT
http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/18sp2010.htm
SOZT
The danger from radon gas will not be increased as a result of the pole shift. Radon gas is emitted by rock containing uranium, which is degrading. In normal circumstances, where air can circulate, it is disbursed rapidly as is any methane created by decay of organic material. The danger from these gasses comes from confinement - being trapped in a mine, a basement, or beneath the permafrost. The dangers are well known. For methane, it is explosions. An accumulation of methane gas can be identified by the smell of rotten eggs, or as some have described it, dirty socks or cabbage soup. For radon gas the danger is lung cancer, from the continual exposure to the radioactive air. Radon gas is odorless, and cannot be detected except by specialized equipment not in the hands of the average person.
In that the pole shift, or the Earth changes preceding the pole shift, can fracture rock and release pockets of either gas, survivors should be cautious about huddling in bunkers. You are safer out in the open air, or in a trench you have dug that will allow the pole shift winds to pass over you, but nothing to fall on and crush you. The fact that both methane gas and radon gas can accumulate in the bunkers of the elite is one of the reasons we have stated that they have dug their own graves. EOZT
http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/12mr2011.htm
* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo
SOZT
Anyone watching the news, for instance the news on the San Bruno explosion in a distribution line close to the San Andreas Fault line, knows that gas in any form is a danger. Oil and gas refineries explode when rigid piping cracks. Oil or gas wells explode when the ground around them moves. And the gas distribution lines running under cities are no exception. They likewise will explode. Gas lines, whether along the street or within a home, are rigid. In some cases automatic shutoff valves can limit the amount of gas available for an explosion by sensing a drop in pressure, but this is always after the fact. The explosion has already occurred. Utilizing gas on a planet prone to earthquakes was a mistake to begin with, but man never thinks of the consequences when striving for modern conveniences. We have advised turning off the gas at the street, though when the street explodes and your neighbor's homes are on fire you are not likely to escape the holocaust. A better alternative is to live in an area where gas is not available, as in your rural safe location where you will be doing a form of camping while gardening. A campfire at night, for cooking and washing and a bit of friendly light before bed. Nothing explosive. EOZT
http://www.zetatalk5.com/ning/02oc2010.htm
* Comment by Starr DiGiacomo
SOZT Answer: It is no accident that the New Madrid fault lies under the Mississippi River near Memphis, as rivers form in lowlands created when land pulls apart, separating the rock fingers and weakening support for the land. Thus, the Ohio River bed also is an indication of where rock fingers will pull apart. Two adjustments in Kentucky, a day apart, are not an accident, but an indication of the speed at which the stretch zone is starting to adjust. Rail lines are frequently an early harbinger of such adjustments, as they run long distances, whereas structures within cities, such as tall buildings, take up relatively little space and have a small footprint. Our warning that imploding cities will be experienced, before the hour of the shift, are in this regard. Be warmed, it will not just be your rail lines and gas and water mains that will shatter and be pulled apart during the stretch. The foundations of your tall buildings will likewise be vulnerable.EOZT
http://www.zetatalk5.com/newsletr/issue008.htm
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[Original post on January 20, 2011]
Original title: Gas explosion kills 1, injures 5 in Philadelphia
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/01/19/pennsylvania.gas.explosion/index.h...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The explosion occurred in Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood
- The blast killed one utilities worker and injured five other people
- Some of the injuries are serious
(CNN) -- A gas main explosion in Philadelphia Tuesday evening killed one utilities worker and injured five other people, a fire department official said.
Philadelphia Gas Works employees were responding to a gas main break in the city's Tacony neighborhood when the explosion occurred, fire department spokesman Jim Smith said.
"They were trying to control it and found a source of ignition," according to Smith, who said four PGW employees and a firefighter were among the injured. He said some of the gas workers' injuries were serious.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/natural-gas-explosion-philadelphia-...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/caught-on-tape-gas-main-explodes-126...
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http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Elderly-couple-taken-hospital-gas...
Elderly couple taken to hospital after gas explosion
AN ELDERLY couple were taken to hospital after an explosion ripped through their home in Bilborough.
Nearby homes were evacuated following the blast, which happened at around 11am and was caused by a gas leak.
Emergency services at the scene of the gas explosion on Hoylake Crescent.
The couple, named locally as Bob and Carol Heseltine, are thought to be in their 60s and were taken to the Queen's Medical Centre by ambulance.
It is thought Mrs Heseltine had burns to her arm and her head, while Mr Heseltine was being treated for shock.
Upstairs windows at the front of their semi-detached home, in Hoylake Crescent, were blown out.
Martin Bills, station master for Stockhill Fire Station, said the property was "severely damaged."
He said the explosion happened in the kitchen and it was believed it was caused by a gas leak, although investigations are still ongoing.
He added: "There has been a lot of explosion damage to the kitchen and fire damage to the upstairs of the property."
The home next door was also damaged by smoke and the blast. Helen Jones lives there with her partner and four-month-old baby Abigail.
She said: "I was just about to bath the baby when I heard a big crash.
"I thought something had fallen down but when I went into the front room, there was a big crack down the wall and all the picture frames had fallen down. I went outside and saw lots of smoke and the windows were gone next door.
"I grabbed the baby and her bottle and ran out. I was really scared and shocked. I didn't know what to do."
Miss Jones said she believed Mr and Mrs Heseltine had been rescued by a passerby.
"Somebody broke the back door down and got them out," she said, adding that the couple were discovered in a pile of rubble. Around eight neighbouring homes were evacuated and the area was cordoned off while firefighters and power company workers isolated the gas supply to the property.
Sarah Dixon, 24, and Anthony Beris, 26, live close to the Heseltine's home, in Hoylake Crescent.
Mr Beris said: "I heard a bang, and the house shook. At first I thought it was a car crash. I went outside and people were coming out of the house. I could smell really bad, strong gas."
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Methane fumes create major headache for West Deer family
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_77...
The Raynovich family chose room temperature over a carefully manicured front lawn.
Peoples Natural Gas terminated the family's service for the better part of a week because methane gas building up in a nearby mine started seeping through ground, reaching a hazardous level around the family's Juniper Lane house.
A People's spokesman said the company had no choice because the highly flammable gas could've caused an explosion if it worked its way into the home and hit a pilot light.
To alleviate the problem, the family installed plastic pipes standing about 10 feet tall in the yard and in front of an adjacent garage to vent the gas. The family also discovered old vents on their property that were capped or filled with debris and cleaned them out.
The solution worked well enough to compel the gas company to restore service. The Raynoviches were without heat or hot water from Dec. 13 through 17.
"If this is the way it has to be until a permanent solution is found, then this is the way it has to be," Ashley Raynovich said Thursday as she surveyed her front yard, much of which has been dug up for the vents.
She said the unsightly pipes don't bother her as much as living in a cold house. "I woke up one morning last week, looked at the thermostat, and it was 50 degrees in the house," she said.
Peoples spokesman Barry Kukovich said the company continues to monitor the property and provided the family with a methane detector.
The methane gas is coming from the old Curtisville No. 2 mine, according to Raynovich and one of her neighbors. The mine runs under Juniper Lane. Although it's now sealed with concrete, the mine opening is in a hillside less than 100 yards from the front of the Raynovich house. A fenced-off mine shaft also sits in a field near the property.
About a half-dozen houses sit along Jupiter Lane, although the Raynovich family is the only one affected by the seeping methane.
John Poister, spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, said the mine was owned by LTV Steel, which went bankrupt. As part of its bankruptcy, LTV left money for cleanup at its mines.
Poister said some of that money might be used on the Curtisville No. 2 mine, depending on what officials decide to do to solve the methane problem.
Poister said it appears one of the viable options for removing the methane is to have a private company drill a well into the mine to collect the gas, which it would sell. This is happening more and more in abandoned mines, he said.
The DEP would collect a portion of any earnings for mine reclamation, Poister said.
He said there is no firm timeline for a permanent fix. DEP officials still are investigating the issue, he said.
Raynovich, meantime, said she and her husband, Luke, bought the house in 2007 and weren't told about the methane.
"If we had known, this wouldn't be our house," she said. "We'd be living somewhere else.
"My house has no value now. I'll never be able to move."
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Gas leak found in main gas line near house that exploded, fire officials said.
A Kansas Gas Service crew has found a leak in a main gas line near the house on North Minnesota that exploded and burned early Tuesday morning, critically injuring three people, a fire official said today.But it’s still not clear if that leak is responsible for the blast and blaze that occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday, fire Capt. Stuart Bevis said.“All we can say is we had some kind of an explosion,” Bevis said. “We had some kind of gas getting into the house.”Willbert Reed Jr., 28, is in serious condition at the burn unit of Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis. Mikayla Frierson, 21, and Kymani Reed, 2, are in critical condition.The house at 728 N. Minnesota had no utilities hooked up to it, Bevis said. The house is a former duplex owned by Reed’s parents, who live next door.The family ran an extension cord from his parents’ house to their house “with a big extension cord, which we don’t recommend and it’s not safe,” Bevis said. “At this point we don’t know if that contributed to anything” related to the explosion and fire.The family relied heavily on space heaters to keep warm, relatives have told investigators.Now that Reed’s condition has improved, Bevis said, investigators hope to talk to him about the fire.“We haven’t been able to interview anybody yet from the house,” he said.The leak was found south of the house in a main gas line that runs parallel to the street, Bevis said. Kansas Gas Service crews have joined investigators from the fire department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the investigation, and representatives from the Kansas Corporation Commission have been overseeing work done at the scene of the fire as well.The investigation has been slowed by the fact the roof and multiple walls collapsed as a result of the blast and fire, Bevis said.About 200 calls about gas odors in the city were called in to 911 in the five days leading up to the explosion and fire, he said, but there’s nothing to indicate they were related to the source of the blast.“A lot of those are due to atmospheric conditions,” he said, and others were caused by manufacturing processes.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2011/12/23/2150892/leak-found-in-main-gas-lin...
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Fire at welding supply shop closes Hwy 249
Sunday, December 25, 2011
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A fire at a welding supply shop in northwest Houston shut down Highway 249 for about an hour Sunday night.
The highway reopened around 9pm.
Officials said the fire was at Technical Alloy and Industrial Gas Company on Highway 249 at Beltway 8.
We are told that employees at a nearby gas station heard a loud explosion and saw smoke, so they called 9-1-1.
Firefighters contained the blaze to inside the building. We have heard no reports of injuries.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8479352
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http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2105317_gas_leaks_cause_debenhams...
Gas leaks cause Debenhams and Tesco evacuations
By Chris Caulfield
December 19, 2011THE fear of a deadly gas explosion forced two of Staines' largest retail stores to shut on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
On Sunday (December 18), both Tesco in Town Lane and Debenhams in High Street had to turn would-be customers away after gas was detected leaking into the buildings.
Emergency teams from the National Grid and a crew from Staines fire station were called to make both sites safe and repair the pipes, while police cordoned off Town Lane and large parts of the High Street as a safety precaution.
The first leak was detected at around 11am and forced the Tesco superstore to close to the public for 30 minutes, while its petrol forecourt was shut for two hours.
A leak in an 8in diameter pipe in Town Lane was discovered to be the cause.
The second incident at Debenhams happened later in the afternoon, with a smell of gas reported from the cellar area of the building.
Surrey Police said officers attended the scene shortly after 4.40pm "following reports of a serious gas leak in the vicinity".
A spokesman added: "A 200-metre exclusion zone including Thames Street, Church Street, Richmond Road, Clarence Street, Bridge Street, High Street and South Street was put in place.
"National Grid engineers isolated the source of the leak shortly after 6pm and the road closures were lifted at 6.25pm."
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Apple supplier reports 61 injured in explosion at metal casing factory
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/12/19/apple_supplier_report...
Explosion kills 2 at iPad manufacturing plant... (another incident of explosion)
Apple supplier and manufacturing partner Pegatron said 61 workers had been injured as a result of an explosion at a subsidiary's metal casing factory in Shanghai, China.
Pegatron Chief Financial Officer Charles Lin reported the incident, noting that the facility in question was still under construction, according to Reuters. 23 workers were hospitalized after the gas explosion, which occurred on Saturday at a metal casing factory belonging to Ri-Teng Computer Accessory Co.
"The factory has not started operations yet. Part of the facility is still under pre-operation inspection and part is running trial production," he said.
Apple responded that it was looking into the matter.
"Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt in Songjiang. We are working closely with Pegatron to understand the cause of this accident," said spokeswoman Carolyn Wu.
Taiwan-based DigiTimes reported that Ri-Teng was expanding the facility in order to compete with rivals Catcher Technology and Foxconn over metal notebook casing orders. Industry sources told the publication that Pegatron will spend $300-400 million procuring computer numerical control (CNC) machines next year in hopes of becoming one of the top-three suppliers.
Notebook makers are said to have been frustrated by the limited supply of CNC machines, as Apple has commandeered most of the available capacity for its unibody Macbook chassis. Vendors have especially been interested in utilizing metal chassis for Intel's new ultrabook standard, but reports suggest that many have been unsuccessful in acquiring the necessary capacity.
Catcher has experienced its own recent setbacks to its China-based metal chassis production operations. In October, local officials ordered a factory in Suzhou to temporarily close because of odorous gas emissions. The supplier's Suzhou factory reportedly supplies 60 percent of the unibody enclosures bound for Apple's MacBook Pro and MacBook Air portables.
Apple's supply chain in China has come under scrutiny as a result of several recent high-profile incidents. In May, three employees were killed and 16 injured at a Foxconn factory producing iPad 2 units in Chengdu, China when a dust explosion occurred at the facility's "polishing plant." Foxconn has also been criticized because of the growing number of employee suicides that have occurred on its property.
Chinese environmental protection groups have been meeting with Apple to discuss concerns that its suppliers are taking advantage of loopholes to get away with excessive pollution. The Cupertino, Calif., company subsequently agreed to ask each of its suppliers that have been identified as gross polluters to reform. Pegatron, in particular, has been called out by environmental groups as being a flagrant polluter.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Maybe truth, maybe the blame game. Posted anyway to be on the record.
Egyptian official: Attackers bomb gas pipeline for 10th time this year
Al-Masry Al-Youm
"Masked attackers blew up the Egyptian pipeline which supplies Israel and Jordan with natural gas early on Sunday, state-run company GASCO has announced. The tenth attack on the pipeline since the beginning of the year targeted the Sabeel region, south of the Egyptian city of Arish in the North Sinai Governorate.
Two IEDs were planted with 50 meters apart.
The last attack on the pipeline occurred on 28 November. Egyptian authorities have not released details of their investigations into the earlier nine attacks, only commenting that they were carried out by masked assailants using the same technique each time.
The pipeline has been under maintenance and inoperative since the November explosion, Magdy Tawfik, GASCO's director, said in a statement quoted by state-run news agency MENA.
Tawfik said the explosion occurred 15 km from Arish and did not leave any casualties.
Egyptian news reports have said attackers tend to use a four-wheel drive vehicle, enter a gas station, force out workers and plant explosives under the pipes before detonating them with remote control devices.
Egypt's 20-year gas deal with Israel, signed during the Mubarak era, is unpopular with many Egyptians.
Egyptian natural gas supplies to both Israel and Jordan have dropped sharply due to recurrent interruption caused by the explosions. Since the November attack, neither Jordan nor Israel had declared the resumption of supplies through the pipeline."
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Reply by Nancy Lieder
I am looking for a clarification on what (on the surface) appears to be conflicting information about Michigan as one of the safer locations. The Zetas have repeatedly told us to avoid explosive materials, protect against the potential for explosions, to turn off natural gas lines, to not store gasoline, to not have propane tanks nearby, etc etc. They have also said, in the Safe Locations document, that Michigan is one of the safer areas to be. Yet the fact is that the Lower Peninsula of Michigan is one big natural gas deposit area. The first map on the list shows a "midcontinent rift system" (?) that runs north-south through the whole of the Lower Peninsula. The second shows all of the existing oil and gas wells in the state (mostly all are in the Lower Peninsula), and the third map shows all sources of energy production in Michigan. He notes that Michigan has more natural gas reserves than any other State in the Great Lakes region; the Antrim natural gas fields, in the northern Lower Peninsula, are among the largest in the Nation; Michigan has the most underground natural gas storage capacity of any State in the Nation. There is this ZT entry, saying that underground gas deposits are not exploding at present because they are not in contact with oxygen. How is it then that Michigan could be considered "safe" while sitting on top of such vast reserves of explosive materials? Will it be only where the actual wells are that could explode, while the rest of the underground reserves will stay safely in the ground (despite the magnitude of the earthquakes)? Are there some areas of the state generally safer than others as regards to the gas deposits? The Upper Peninsula has no gas deposits, but it also has no soil (being part of the Canadian Shield) which makes it less favorable for the Aftertime. Any comments and clarifications on what to expect in regards to large underground natural gas deposits will be greatly appreciated.
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Natural gas field maps: http://www.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/Oil&gas.html
Oil and gas well maps: http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary/PDF_Maps/Oil_and_Gas/...
Map of all energy production in Michigan: http://www.eia.gov/state/state-energy-profiles.cfm?sid=MI
SOZT
There is a difference between gas in pipelines and gas in the ground. Gas in the ground is not explosive as it lacks oxygen. Unless the ground is shattered so that the gas escapes AND is subject to a spark to set it off, it is NOT EXPLOSIVE. The same is true of methane gas, which escapes accompanied by the smell of rotten eggs now and then due to the rock layers shifting. Methane does not explode unless a spark sets it off, such as a lightning spark, otherwise it merely disburses into the atmosphere, diluting as it does so.
The oil fields in Iraq will not be a danger except for the fact that the ground will rupture, split open, and the oil being pumped will spill out on the ground. Michigan need only fear the pipelines coming across from the upper peninsula, which WILL rupture
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/giant-plumes-methane-bubbling-...
Giant plumes of methane bubbling to surface of Arctic Ocean
Methane bubbles trapped in the arctic ice
Russian scientists have discovered hundreds of plumes of methane gas, some 1,000 meters in diameter, b.... Scientists are concerned that as the Arctic Shelfrecedes, the unprecedented levels of gas released could greatly accelerate global climate change.
Igor Semiletov of the Russian Academy of Sciences tells the UK's Independent that the plumes of methane, a gas 20 times as harmful as carbon dioxide, have shocked scientists who have been studying the region for decades. "Earlier we found torch-like structures like this but they were only tens of meters in diameter," he said. "This is the first time that we've found continuous, powerful and impressive seeping structures, more than 1,000 metres in diameter. It's amazing."
Semiletov said that while his research team has discovered more than 100 plumes, they estimate there to be "thousands" over the wider area, extending from the Russian mainland to the East Siberian Arctic Shelf.
"In a very small area, less than 10,000 square miles, we have counted more than 100 fountains, or torch-like structures, bubbling through the water column and injected directly into the atmosphere from the seabed," Semiletov said. "We carried out checks at about 115 stationary points and discovered methane fields of a fantastic scale — I think on a scale not seen before. Some plumes were a kilometer or more wide and the emissions went directly into the atmosphere — the concentration was a hundred times higher than normal."
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ZetaTalk: Iraq Oilfields
Written May 29, 2010
Zetas said: "Hold the globe with the left hand on the N Pole, the right hand on the S Pole, and turn in opposite directions first this way, then back. The S Pole pulled back by a grab on the Atlantic Rift in the southern hemisphere with the N Pole held rigid has the Indio-Australian Plate plunging under the Himalayas and Africa likewise plunging into the void, East turning to SE. This does more than pull apart the African Rift, it pulls the entire oil rich Middle East into a skew. How is it that all that oil dropped into the cracks in the rock in that region, eons ago, during prior pole shifts? The rock was shattered, during just such torque maneuvers. Thus, where we stated that something would occur to pull victory from the jaws of the Bush/Blair coalition before the pole shift, something that would take the breath out of the body it would be so dramatic and unexpected, this region is ripe to present many surprises to those who would be kings in the Aftertime." Does that mean Iraq's oil fields will catch on fire soon?
Certainly at the time of the pole shift, and likely to be in evidence to some degree during any major rolling of the African continent. We hinted that major plate movement would be part of an 8 of 10 stage, and this is when this type of holocaust would likely to start emerging in Iraq.
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