Friday, March 16, 2012

Feb. 15, 2013 Asteroid Strike?

Asteroid strike in 2013 is overhyped, NASA says

Clip from Article: "...The asteroid, which astronomers estimate to be about 150 feet (45 meters) across, will give Earth an uncomfortably close shave on Feb. 15, 2013, coming nearer to our planet than the satellites we've lofted to geostationary orbit...."

Reference Source: www.mnn.com

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Could a black hole consume Earth?

Scientist Watching as Black Hole to Destroy Gas Cloud

Clip from Article: "...He told Science that scientists can already see the black hole start to destroy the cloud. "The material will rain down into the black hole and release a tremendous amount of energy," he said...."

Reference Source: www.myfoxdc.com

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hurricane Irene

From Coastline to Mountains, Water Fast and Lethal

Clip from Article: "...“We have major flash floods. We have bridges that have been blown out. We have people stranded, people who have gone up to the second floor of their homes.” ..."

Reference Source: www.nytimes.com

Monday, August 8, 2011

Dow dives 633 points

U.S. markets fall; Dow closes down 633 points

Clip from Article: "...The U.S. stock market joined a sell-off around the world Monday in the first trading since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt. ..."

Reference Source: www.ocregister.com

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Feds may be muzzling scientist over Arctic research

Feds may be muzzling scientist over Arctic research

Clip from Article: "...“Ever since this paper was published, Dr. Monnett has been subjected to escalating official harassment, culminating in his recent virtual house arrest,” Ruch said in a press release. He thinks the huge economic stakes for oil companies seeking to open Arctic waters is resulting in the suppression of scientific research...."

Reference Source: summitcountyvoice.com

"protected areas" are insufficient to stem global biodiversity

Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone: Study

Clip from Article: "...Expected scenarios of human population growth and consumption levels indicate that cumulative human demands will impose an unsustainable toll on the Earth..."

Reference Source: esciencenews.com

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Statement by ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Regarding Crude Oil Release into Yellowstone River in Montana

Statement by ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Regarding Crude Oil Release into Yellowstone River in Montana

Clip from Article: "...At this early stage, we have no information on the cause of the incident, and we are working to determine the amount of oil released. ExxonMobil has activated its North American Regional Response Team to assist in the clean up efforts. A claims number 1-888-382-0043 has also been established to assist individuals who might have been impacted by this event. ..."

Reference Source: www.businesswire.com

Exxon Mobil pipeline ruptures and spills crude oil into Yellowstone River

Ruptured Pipeline Spills Oil Into Yellowstone River

Clip from Article: "...The pipeline is 12 inches wide and runs from Silver Tip, Mont., to Billings, an area with three refineries, ExxonMobil said. All three were shut down after the spill. ExxonMobil said it had summoned its North American Regional Response Team..."

Reference Source: www.nytimes.com

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

IAEA: Update on Fukushima Nuclear Event

Overall, the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious.

Fukushima Nuclear Accident Update Log

Clip from Article: "...Full-scale spraying of anti-scattering agent is continuing at the site with the use of both conventional and remote controlled equipment...."

Reference Source: www.iaea.org

Concern over wildfire converging upon outdoor drums of plutonium-contaminated waste

Wildfire sparks nuclear fears in Los Alamos, N.M.

Clip from Article: "...“The concern is that these drums will get so hot that they’ll burst. That would put this toxic material into the plume. It’s a concern for everybody,” said Joni Arends..."

Reference Source: www.washingtonpost.com


More Reading: Los Alamos National Laboratory 2011 Las Conchas Fire updates

Sunday, May 22, 2011

The world did not end May 21, 2011

End-time comes ... and goes



Rapture prediction fizzles and followers feel a bit sheepish


Clip from Article: "...Oakland headquarters of Family Radio International, whose founder, Harold Camping, has been predicting the apocalypse for years. ..."

Reference Source: www.freep.com

Zombie Apocalypse

CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'

Clip from Article: "...Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse." And while it's no joke, CDC officials say it's all about emergency preparation...."

Reference Source: www.foxnews.com

Friday, April 15, 2011

Antibiotic-resistant staph is highly prevalent in the American food supply

Multi-Drug Resistant Staph in 1 in 4 Meat Samples

Clip from Article: "...Shelley Hearne, managing director of the Pew Health Group, told me: “The bottom line is, the more we use antibiotics in injudicious ways, the more we are compromising our ability to save human lives in the future.”..."

Reference Source: www.wired.com

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

IAEA International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale Level 7

IAEA International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale Level 7 (PDF Document)

Clip from Article: "...Major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects requiring implementation of planned and extended countermeasures...."

Reference Source: www.iaea.org/Publications/Factsheets/English/ines.pdf


[Tags] Define Level 7 Event, Definition of a Level 7 Radiological Event, What is a level 7 Radiation Event?, Define: Level 7 Nuclear Event,

Nuclear disaster in Japan raised to highest possible level (Level 7)

Japan Is Level 7

Clip from Article: "...Japan has officially raised the nuclear crisis level at the Fukushima reactor to 7, the highest level on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s scale...."

Reference Source: www.humanevents.com

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Nuclear Meltdown

Japan launches new efforts to avert nuclear meltdown

Clip from Article: "...desperate new measures to try to avert full reactor meltdowns at a stricken nuclear complex. At the same time, survivors of last week's earthquake and tsunami said shortages of food, water, medicine and other essentials were becoming extreme ..."

Reference Source: www.latimes.com

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Are you prepared? (doomsday shelters)

The secret world of doomsday shelters

Clip from Article: "...that his business generates $30 million to $45 million annually through the sale of 50 to 100 shelters a year. Radius sells to businesses, homeowners, churches and government. Most of the shelters hold 20 people or more and can sustain life for one to five years. Half are sold in the Washington, D.C., area...."

Reference Source: realestate.msn.com

9,500 missing people in Minamisanriku, Japan after Tsunami

9,500 missing in Minamisanriku, Japan, after Earthquake

Clip from Article: "... That figure is about half the population of the town, which is located on the Pacific, the news agency said. Minamisanriku is located on the northeast coast of Japan, near the epicenter of yesterday's earthquake..."

Reference Source: www.boston.com

Mass Fish Kill at King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach

Mysterious Mass Fish Deaths

Clip from Article: "...Recently an estimated one million fish bobbed to the surface at King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, Calif. The sardines, which are not a specific fish but instead a generic term for several types of small, oily fish, were found belly-up a few days ago, sparking concern and fear...."

Reference Source: discovery.com

Japanese Nuclear Plant Explosion

Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Power Plant in Quake's Aftermath

Clip from Article: "...The explosion rocked a building that houses a nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, 150 miles north of Tokyo. The cause of the blast remains unclear...."

Reference Source: www.pbs.org

Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

Japan devastated by 8.9-magnitude quake, tsunami

Clip from Article: "...HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - A bulldozing tsunami triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake devastated the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, turning cars into driftwood, washing away neighborhoods and leaving this industrialized country bracing for an epic humanitarian disaster. ..."

Reference Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Friday, February 18, 2011

One Hundred Percent Chance of WMD Attack

FBI: 100 Percent Chance of WMD Attack

Clip from Article: "...The probability that the U.S. will be hit with a weapons of mass destruction attack at some point is 100 percent, Dr. Vahid Majidi, the FBI’s assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, tells Newsmax...."

Reference Source: www.newsmax.com

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Egypt's Revolution

Egypt's Revolution

Clip from Article: "...hundreds of thousands took to the streets in Cairo, Suez and other cities after Friday prayers to demand an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule. ..."

Reference Source: wsj.com

Monday, January 24, 2011

Government acknowledges a hand in mass bird death

Bye Bye Blackbird- USDA acknowledges a hand in one mass bird death

Clip from Article: "...the government acknowledged Thursday that it had a hand in one of a string of mysterious mass bird deaths that have spooked residents in Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, South Dakota, and Kentucky in the last month...."

Reference Source: www.csmonitor.com

Monday, January 3, 2011

Why Did Thousands of Birds Drop Dead in the Arkansas Sky?

Why Did Thousands of Birds Drop Dead in the Arkansas Sky?

Clip from Article: "...In scenes befitting an apocalyptic thriller, residents woke to find the corpses of at least 1,000 red-winged blackbirds strewn across their lawns, streets and rooftops. An aerial survey revealed..."

Reference Source: time.com

Sunday, January 2, 2011

World's time is up in 2012 as 'Armageddon will destroy Earth', campaigners believe

World's time is up in 2012 as 'Armageddon will destroy Earth', campaigners believe

Clip from Article: "...The Nostradamus Code, details a series of natural disasters caused by a comet… which will allow “the third anti-Christ to disperse..."

Reference Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Friday, December 31, 2010

Quake largest recorded at epicenter site

Quake largest recorded at epicenter site

Clip from Article: "...Thursday morning’s magnitude 3.8 earthquake was the largest ever recorded within a 62-mile radius of the quake’s epicenter, located 5 miles southeast of Greentown in Howard County, said Julie Dutton, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center...."

Reference Source: www.news-sentinel.com

Friday, October 15, 2010

Massive solar flare 'could paralyse Earth in 2013'

Massive solar flare 'could paralyse Earth in 2013'

Clip from Article: "...The resulting solar storm could cause a geomagnetic storm on Earth, knocking out electricity grids around the world for hours, days, or even months, bringing much of normal life grinding to a halt...."

Reference Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Military halts enforcement of gay ban after legal challenge

Military halts enforcement of gay ban after legal challenge

Clip from Article: "...Thursday's government action raised the stakes in the "don't ask, don't tell" debate, which has languished since President Barack Obama called last year for Congress to repeal the 1993 law..."

Reference Source: www.miamiherald.com

Thursday, July 1, 2010

What do you do with criminals that have broken the law?

Obama: Immigration reform...

Clip from Article: "...urged Congress to approve "a pathway to legal status" for the 11 million or so illegal immigrants who are already here...."

Reference Source: usatoday.com

Friday, June 25, 2010

Raining oil in Louisiana? Video suggests Gulf oil spill causing crude rain

Raining oil in Louisiana? Video suggests Gulf oil spill causing crude rain

Clip from Article: "...Crude oil normally doesn't evaporate, but some are speculating that oil mixed with Corexit 9500, the dispersant..."

Reference Source: www.csmonitor.com

Sunday, June 13, 2010

BP Official Admits to Damage Beneath the Sea Floor

BP Official Admits to Damage Beneath the Sea Floor

Clip from Article: "...The real doomsday scenario here… is if that casing gives up, and it does come through the other strings of pipe. Remember, it is concentric pipe that holds this well together. If it comes into the formation, basically, you‘ve got uncontrolled [oil] flow to the sea floor. And that is the doomsday scenario...."

Reference Source: www.infowars.com

Friday, June 11, 2010

BP buys Google, Yahoo search words:Is it to keep people from real news on Gulf oil spill disaster?

BP buys Google, Yahoo search words:Is it to keep people from real news on Gulf oil spill disaster?

Clip from Article: "...The words ‘oil spill’, 'BP oil spill', 'Deepwater Horizon' and 'oil spill response' are among several other related search terms that all lead to the top listed sponsored links purchased by BP...."

Reference Source: www.examiner.com

Tags: oil spill, BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, oil spill response,

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Efforts in Gulf to Limit Flow of Spill News

Efforts in Gulf to Limit Flow of Spill News

Clip from Article: "...“I think they’ve been trying to limit access,” said Representative Edward J. Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts who fought BP to release more video from the underwater rovers that have been filming the oil-spewing pipe...."

Reference Source: www.nytimes.com

Sunday, May 30, 2010

BP Oil Spill Live Video Stream

BP Oil Spill Live Video Stream

Clip from Article: "...Live feeds from remotely operated vehicles (ROV)..."

Reference Source: www.bp.com

Read More: Visit the BP Gulf of Mexico Response Homepage: http://www.bp.com/extendedsectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=40&contentId=7061813

Monday, May 10, 2010

Containment Dome Failure for Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Containment Dome Failure for Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Clip from Article: "...The latest idea to prevent more oil from seeping into the Gulf of Mexico is to clog the leak with ground up debris..."

Reference Source: www.ksro.com

Photographs document early damage done by Gulf oil spill

Photographs document early damage done by Gulf oil spill

Clip from Article: "...Weather is pushing the oil westward at the moment, toward the beautiful salt marshes and habitat of Atchafalaya Bay. But unless the well is capped, the entire Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida is likely to be affected...."

Reference Source: blogs.ajc.com

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Mississippi Canyon Block 252: Macondo prospect

Mississippi Canyon Block 252

Clip from Article: "...Gulf of Mexico in a water depth of 4,993 feet (1,522 meters). BP serves as the operator, holding a 65% interest in the prospect; Anadarko holds 25%; and MOEX 2007 holds the remaining 10%. Transocean's Deepwater Horizon semisub, which caught fire on April 20, 2010, was drilling an exploratory well on the Macondo prospect. According to Dow Jones, the well had reached a depth of 18,000 feet (5,486 meters) and was then cased and cemented when the fire erupted from a blowout..."

Reference Source: www.subseaiq.com

Barack Obama: oil spill 'potentially unprecedented'

Barack Obama: oil spill 'potentially unprecedented'

Clip from Article: "...a massive and potentially unprecedented environmental disaster,” said Mr Obama. “The oil leaking from the well could seriously damage the economy and the environment of our Gulf states.”He said BP was “responsible” for the spill and as a result “will be paying the bill”. ..."

Reference Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Oil spill reaches Louisiana shore

Oil spill reaches Louisiana shore

Clip from Article: "..."There's nothing we can do to stop the spill and maybe there's a sense of frustration that it's not going faster," Levine said...."

Reference Source: www.usatoday.com