t 50 miles south of Baton Rouge. The sinkhole sits in the middle of a heavily wooded space where it has consumed all of
the soaring cypress trees that had been there. Flyover photos show some of the
still visible through the mud. Read more and view photo galley.
The Perseid shower has it all. It offers a consistently high rate of meteors, it produces more bright,
visible meteors than any other shower, it happens in August when many people are on vacation, and it
happens at a time when nighttime temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are reasonable and the weather is good.
What more could you ask for?
This year, the shower peaks on the night of August 11/12. You can expect to see somewhere around 80 “shooting stars” per hour between midnight and dawn. Add in the fact that just before dawn, Jupiter and Venus will join in and this promises to be one of the best Perseid showers in memory. Read More.
Will there be a Food Shortage?
Crop prices are shooting upwards in anticipation of scarcity over the winter period with corn already rising 50% since June. These extreme weather patterns being experienced on both sides of the Atlantic are of concern on a number of levels with the spike in the price of grain likely to impact on all parts of the food supply chain. Read more.
Will Earthquakes be Triggered by recent Solar Flares?
Targeting an unnumbered Coronal Hole on the solar corona. After analysis i have isolated (43-49°N latitude), this feature may produce a possible 7.4 Magnitude earthquake in one of these listed locations during this watch period:
Off The Coast Of Oregon, Puget Sound Region Washington, Vancouver Islands Canada Region, Italy , Romania , Southwestern Siberia Russia or East Kazakhstan.
Time Frame suggests July 24-27. More Alerts.
Dam Failure Anniversary
An aging dam high in the mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park, at 11,000 feet at Lawn Lake, failed in the early morning hours of July 15, 1982.
One camper at a backcountry site just below the dam died as the earthen structure gave way and the water behind it roared down the Roaring River drainage into Fall River and through Horseshoe Park before hitting Estes Park. Two more campers died at Aspenglen Campground, just inside the park's Fall River entrance, but early warnings ensured most of the people in harm's way were able to make their way to higher ground before the waters tore through downtown Estes Park and into Lake Estes. Read more.
2012 Drought Impact
The US is facing one of the worst droughts in years leading to a spike in prices of corn, wheat, soybean. Dry and hot weather conditions in the US and Russian Federation has fueled global wheat prices by 21 per cent to $347 per tonne in July, the United Nation’s body Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said. Read More.
With the addition of 29 counties in eight states today, there are now 1,297 counties across the nation so stricken by drought and heat that they've been declared natural disaster areas, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack just announced. That's about one-third of all U.S. counties, he said. Read More.
It was just one year ago when the Mississippi River rose to historically high levels, after excessive rainfall and flooding across the Ohio River Valley and the Mid-South.Now, the river is near historic lows from the reverse effect of a widespread significant drought. Read More.
MAJOR X-1.4 SOLAR FLARE AND EARTH DIRECTED CME!
Major X1.4 Solar Flare and Earth Directed CME - Active Region 11520 unleashed a Major X1.4 at 16:47 UTC July 12th. Associated with this blast was a Strong R3 Radio Blackout/Fade out over central America.
As this active region was earth-facing a very strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) is now Earth-Bound with impact projected late July 14-Earth July 15th where strong Geomagnetic storms will be possible.
35 Million Euros for Disaster Preparedness
Millions of people from the most vulnerable and poorest communities in Central America, Central Asia
and the Caucasus region, South-East Asia and Southern Africa will benefit from the European
Commission's Disaster-Preparedne