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February 2010
Storm could be the biggest for the nation's capital in modern history: "'Snowmageddon,' President Barack Obama called it. And even the president's motorcade — which featured SUVs instead of limousines — fell victim as a tree limb snapped and crashed onto a motorcade vehicle carrying press. No one was injured. From Pennsylvania to New Jersey, south to Virginia, the region was under at least 2 feet of snow. Parts of northern Maryland had 3 feet." See The Creator of all
December 2009
Mystery solved? Norway's spiral light display 'was down to a failed Russian Bulava missile test': "The mystery began when a blue light seemed to soar up from behind a mountain in the north of the country. It stopped mid-air, then began to move in circles. Within seconds a giant spiral had covered the entire sky. Then a green-blue beam of light shot out from its centre - lasting for ten to 12 minutes before disappearing completely."This was not simply a "force of nature," but the physical laws within God's creation were clearly part of this display:
October 2009
South Pacific tsunami kills nearly 100 people: "A powerful earthquake [magnitude 8.0 and 8.3]... hurled a massive tsunami at the shores of Samoa and American Samoa, flattening villages and sweeping cars and people out to sea.... Signs of devastation were everywhere, with a giant boat washed ashore lying on the edge of a highway and floodwaters swallowing up cars and homes."
August 2009
Will Krakatoa rock the world again? "Last time, [this volcano] killed thousands and changed the weather for five years.... Bright orange lava spews up into the air, dark smoke mingles with the clouds and the gloomy night takes on an ominous red glow. Towering 1,200ft above the tropical stillness of the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, one of the most terrifying volcanoes the world has ever known has begun to stir once more. Almost 126 years to the day since Krakatoa first showed signs of an imminent eruption, stunning pictures released this week prove that the remnant of this once-enormous volcano is bubbling, boiling and brimming over. With an explosive force 13,000 times the power of the atomic bomb that annihilated Hiroshima, the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa killed more than 36,000 people and radically altered global weather and temperatures for years afterwards."
Major volcanic eruptions cause cooling, not warming. Spewing ash and gasses into the stratosphere, they block the sun's rays. Since the earth is already cooling, Al Gore might be pleased to have a new explanation for his false predictions.
April 2009
Red River flooding: "Volunteers and national guardsmen are out in force, building levees, rescuing and evacuating those that need to get to higher ground." [See pictures of love in action]
November 2008
Fires ravage Southern California: "Chaotic, gusting winds fanned wildfires all over Southern California on Saturday, reducing 500 mobile homes to cinders and forcing thousands of homeowners and even firefighters to flee as flames as high as 50 feet licked at their heels. ...
"The Sayre Fire, the worst of the blazes, raced through Sylmar...in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, forcing the evacuation of 10,000 people and shutting down major freeways....
"[The Montecito] fire, which erupted Thursday night amid superheated winds - known locally as 'sundowner' winds because they blow down from the mountains at sundown - destroyed 210 homes and forced the evacuation of 5,400 people.... 'The flames just burst open, and the hillside looked like a volcano had just erupted... It looked like a river of fire.'" See Suffering and Seeing God through the darkness
August 2008
Quake kills 32, injures over 400 [map included]: "Thirty-two people have died, more than 400 injured and over 100,000 homes destroyed or damaged after an earthquake hit Sichuan and Yunnan provinces around 4:30 pm on Saturday.... 656 schools have been damaged, and heavy rain, difficult terrain and disruptions in mobile telephone communications are hampering rescue efforts." See
PrayerWhen Good Lizards Go Bad: Komodo Dragons Take Violent Turn: "At least once a week, an unwelcome intruder crawls under a clapboard wall and, forked tongue darting, lumbers its way into Syarif Maulana's classroom. 'Then, everyone screams, there is no more school, and we all run away very fast,' says the 10-year-old boy. 'We are very afraid.'...
"Reaching 10 feet in length, the dragons feed on buffaloes, deer and an occasional human. Just a year ago, a boy about Syarif's age died in a dragon's jaws, his bones smashed against rocks to facilitate reptilian digestion....
"...locals have long viewed the dragons as a reincarnation of fellow kinsfolk, to be treated with reverence. But now, villagers say, the once-friendly dragons have turned into vicious man-eaters. And they blame policies drafted by American-funded environmentalists for this frightening turn of events." The UN Plan for Food and Land
Kamchatka Volcano Blows Its Top: "...a strato-volcano located in the north central region of the Kamchatka Peninsula is blasting ash up to 32,000 feet in the air, and has diverted air traffic headed toward the Far East. ... Klyuchevskoy's been erupting since January, but the largest explosions in the eruption began June 28, 2007. These explosions created a 1,360-mile-long band of ash... clogging well-used air routes with volcanic ash that prove deadly for aircraft." See The Creator of all
June 2008
Sri Lanka Floods Leave 400,000 Homeless: "Some 83,000 families have been left homeless in seven districts. Gosple for Asia rushed emergency funds to the island to begin relief operations, but... the suffering of the people is so great that much more will be quickly needed....
"...fighting in Sri Lanka's ongoing ethnic conflict is again on the rise, with some 7,000 people forced into refugee camps in the eastern part of the country. For those who survive the dual assault of nature and human conflict, staying alive is almost as difficult a task as burying their loved ones. Not only have fields been flooded and are now useless, there is an ever-present danger of stray bullets, mines and suicide bombings in the heightening conflict between Sri Lanka's government and the ethnic Tamil rebels. Yohannan encouraged Christians around the world to pray..." See Hope in Christ >
May 2008
After Quake, Attention Grows On Early-Warning Systems: "Early in May, NASA earth scientists monitoring infrared images of the earth noticed unusual patterns in southwestern China.... For Friedemann Freund, a chemist-turned-NASA geophysics researcher, it was more support for his simple, though hotly contested theory: Earthquakes are the culmination of drawn-out physical processes that can be tracked sometimes more than a week ahead of the main event. ... The main idea: Rocks put under enough pressure -- for example, when tectonic plates shift -- turn into batteries. The resulting electrical currents can travel miles into the earth, Dr. Freund says. The infrared images observed by NASA, for example, were concentrated several hundred miles from the epicenter of the roughly 8.0 magnitude earthquake that struck on May 12, killing at least 34,000 people."
Video: Earthquake Lights? "A video recorded on a cell phone captured luminous colorful clouds, reportedly 30 minutes before the earthquake in China struck on May 12, 2008."
September 2007
Global Warming Insanity? "Now that NASA has corrected its U.S. temperature records, the hottest year on record is no longer 1998, but 1934. Five of the ten hottest years since 1880 were between 1920 and 1940 - and the 15 hottest years since 1880 are spread across seven decades. This suggests natural variation, not a warming trend....
"More scientists are pointing to solar energy levels, cosmic rays and clouds as determinants of climate - and saying CO2 plays only a minor role.... More scientists are pointing to solar energy levels, cosmic rays and clouds as determinants of climate - and saying CO2 plays only a minor role.... There is obviously no consensus on climate change. Latvia and seven other eastern European countries are threatening legal action against EU decisions to restrict their emissions, as they work to grow their economies after decades of impoverishment under Communism....
"The response of climate alarmists is fodder for psychological textbooks. Greenpeace says cataclysm skeptics are 'climate criminals.' NASA scientist James Hansen calls us 'court jesters.' Grist magazine wants 'Nuremberg-style war crimes trials.' Robert Kennedy, Jr. says we should be treated like 'traitors.'...
"A 1993 blockbuster movie used a similar what-if...scheme.... But when the lights came up, people knew it was just a movie. When it comes to climate change, however, many seem unable to separate science from... pseudo-documentaries like 'An Inconvenient Truth.'"
Can We Control the Weather? "Weather Modification may adversely impact agricultural crops and water supplies. If the weather is changed in one state or region of our country it may have severe consequences for other regions of our country. And who is going to decide the type of weather modification experimentation and who it will benefit or adversely affect? There are many ethical questions to be raised with regard to weather modification programs....
"Other U.S. hurricane cloud seeding projects have also been classified, until years later, due to the devastating results of these experiments in the United States and other countries. And what are the foreign policy implications, legal issues, liability for crop losses, local political ramifications, liability for inducing droughts, floods, and other disasters, or increasing the intensity of normal weather patterns with regard to inducing man-made climate change in certain areas?"
Meteorite Likely Caused Crater in Peru: "Peruvian astronomers said Thursday that evidence shows a meteorite crashed near Lake Titicaca over the weekend, leaving an elliptical crater and magnetic rock fragments in an impact powerful enough to register on seismic charts. As other astronomers learned more details, they too said it appears likely that a legitimate meteorite hit Earth on Saturday — an rare occurence.... Peasants living near the crater said they had smelled a sulfurous odor for at least an hour after the meteorite struck and that it had provoked upset stomachs and headaches."
August 2007
China -- New Risks Emerge At Giant Three Gorges Dam: "Geologists say the massive weight of water behind the Three Gorges Dam has begun to erode the Yangtze's steep shores at several spots.... Local officials worry that a whole mountainside here could collapse into the water, killing residents and threatening a vital shipping lane....
"Across the country, millions of tons of raw sewage, industrial waste and fertilizer runoff have turned lakes into algae-covered cesspools. According to official statistics, more than half of China's major waterways are so polluted that fish are dying or water is unsafe for drinking or irrigation. More than 300 million people -- almost one-quarter of the population -- lack access to clean drinking water....
"...more than one-third of the country's 85,000 or so reservoirs have 'serious' structural problems. ...a deputy minister of water resources called China's reservoirs 'time bombs' that could threaten the lives and property of those downstream. In 1975, a dam collapse in Henan province killed tens of thousands or more."
This polluted land is now the source of much of our food. See China and pray for its millions of faithful Christians.
May 2007
Elephant robs motorists in India: "An elephant in eastern India has sparked complaints from motorists who accuse it of blocking traffic and refusing to allow vehicles to pass unless drivers give it food.... The Hindustan Times said Monday the elephant was scouting for food on a highway in the eastern state of Orissa, forcing motorists to roll down their windows and get out of the car. 'The tusker then inserts its trunk inside the vehicle and sniffs for food.'... 'If you are carrying vegetables and banana inside your vehicle, then it will gulp them and allow you to go.' If a commuter does not wind down his window or resists opening the vehicle door, the elephant stands in front of the car until the driver allows him to carry out his routine inspection."At Least 9 Dead After Supercell Tornado Demolishes Kansas Town: "Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens — a common feature of towns in 'Tornado Alley' in the central U.S. — about 20 minutes before the storm hit." See Prayer
April 2007