Recent Natural Disasters 2013: M 7.7 massive earthquake hits Southeastern Alaska. Tsunami warning is issued. Below are live updates on Alaska earthquake/Tsunami 2013.Want to submit a News tip or story idea? Click hereKeep this page open or visit later to get update report.Check Worldwide Natural Disasters List + Detail ReportOriginal Post:Natural Disasters List January 5, 2013Did you feel this earthquake? – Click to share your experiencesAlso follow our Twitter and Facebok page for the latest information on the Alaskan earthquake / tsunami.Update 11:10 UTCAll Tsunami warnings and advisories are now cancelled :)OBSERVATIONS OF TSUNAMI ACTIVITY – UPDATED—————————————— TIME OBSERVED MAX SITE OF MEASUREMENT TSUNAMI HEIGHT —————————- ————— ————– PORT ALEXANDER AK 1026 UTC 01-05 00.5FT SITKA AK 1041 UTC 01-05 00.3FTUpdate 11:00 UTCThis is what Marianne…
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8 reasons why Shell can’t be trusted in the Arctic
All rights reserved. Credit: US Coast Guard Shell’s Arctic oil rig hits the rocks. Should we trust them with the Arctic? Image caption: Shell's Arctic oil rig hits the rocks. Should we trust them with the Arctic? Shell’s most recent ‘mishap’ a few days ago was not the first setback the oil giant has suffered in its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. In fact, it’s the eighth in a growing list of reasons why Shell should not be trusted in the Arctic. 1. Shell has no idea how much an oil spill clean-up would cost In March 2012, in response to questions from the UK’s Parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee, Peter Velez, Shell’s head of emergency response in the…
Shell’s Arctic oil rig hits the rocks
All rights reserved. Credit: US Coast Guard More evidence that we cannot let Shell drill in the Arctic Image caption: More evidence that we cannot let Shell drill in the Arctic In yet another example of just why drilling for oil in the Arctic is such a monumentally bad idea, Shell’s drilling rig, the Kulluk, has run aground off the island of Sitkalidak, near Kodiak in Alaska. The ancient rig was being towed back to harbour after a spectacularly unsuccessful summer drilling season when it ran into serious trouble and hit the shore.Last Thursday the Kulluk was being towed back from the Arctic by Shell’s brand new $200m tug the Aiviq when it hit heavy weather in the…
Australian Islamist: We Will Establish The Caliphate, Instate Sharia Law, Make Arabic The Official Language
And the religion of peace will do all of this by any and all means necessary (except peaceful means, of course) … Ismail Al-Wahwah, Spokesman of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Australia: “That is the duty of the caliphate – to implement Islam internally and carry the light of Islam to the rest of the world. How?
Sudan: Islamist Government Still Bombing Christians, ‘The International Community Is So Silent About The Killing’
MorningStarNews – “Non-Arab Christians in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains said they feel forgotten after Sudanese air forces killed at least 11 of the faithful in bombings before and after Christmas, according to area sources. Following bombings of non-Arab civilians in Christian villages in Sudan’s South Kordofan state from Dec. 18 to Dec. 26, the ethnic Nuba
2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning? (2008) non-fiction book
Marie D. Jones’ 2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning?: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012 is a hodge-podge of the ridiculous and the sublime as far as the apocalyptic goes. If a doomsday scenario was ever in the public consciousness over the past one to two thousand years, you can expect to read about it here, from the prophecies of Nostradamus to Edgar Cayce, from West Nile Virus to honeybee die-off.
The 2012 Story (2009) non-fiction book
The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History (2009) book by John Major Jenkins, an independent Mayanist, who’s credited with discovering the galactic alignment that coincides with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar on December 21, 2012. Jenkins does not subscribe to the doomsday view of 2012 and champions the transformation and renewal philosophy. You can find more information about his viewpoints at Update2012.com and The Center for 2012 Studies.
NY AG: Charities raise $400m for Sandy relief – WSJ.com
NY AG: Charities raise $400m for Sandy relief – WSJ.com: NEW YORK — Charities in New York state have collectively raised more than $400 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, the state’s attorney general said Thursday. A survey of 88 nonprofit groups by Eric Schneiderman’s office found that as of mid-December, the fundraising for storm victims had been dominated by five charities, led by
America’s Biggest Killers: The Chart Anti-Gunners Don’t Want You To See
What we are hearing from bloviating gun control advocates in America is nothing short of emotionally driven irrationality.According to statistics assembled from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Center for Disease Control and the Federal Government, firearms related homicides are minuscule in comparison to other the other “big killers” in the United States.If we look at homicide statistics in the United States it’s clear that more murders are committed with knives, bats, hammers and poisons than with firearms. As Kurt Nimmo recently noted, “ the number of murders committed annually with hammers and clubs far outpaces the number of murders committed
7 Resolutions for a Better Planet
2013 is here, and everyone is busy making (or already breaking) their New Year's resolutions. Mother Nature took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to share a few thoughts on how to improve the situation here on our planet with some New Year's resolutions that should be taken up by mankind. Here are the top seven resolutions for the Earth in the New Year. Take it away, Mother Nature:
Re: Food After The Apocalypse
This one is pretty obvious. Tanks need to be able to withstand a ton of damage, even more so when playing through dungeons because the enemies are generally stronger and you’ll need to protect your team players toGuild Wars 2 Gold really gain the advantage when facing large or tough mobs. We assigned 30 points here for the +300 healing and +300 toughness. For the trait skills in this tree we chose Turtle’s Defense (adds 200 points to your toughness whenever you’re affected by cripples, stuns, immobiles or chills), Shield Master (adds 90 points to toughness while you’re carrying a shield and makes Shield skills charge up 20% faster) and Spike Armor (adds 5 seconds …
Re: Use Fire to Clean Yourself
To avenge Cain’s death, the PC tracks Maghda to the city of Caldeum, which is controlled by her master, Belial. The PC kills Maghda, and rescues Leah’s mother, Adria. Adria tells Tyrael and the PCwow gold that the key to stopping the demons is the Black Soulstone, which can trap the souls of the seven Lords of Hell and destroy them forever. In order to obtain the Black Soulstone, the PC resurrects the mad Horadrim, Zoltun Kulle. Kulle reveals its hiding place and completes the unfinished Soulstone, but is killed by the PC after he attempts to steal it forwow po himself. the PC kills Belial and traps his soul within the…
IRS Gives Additional Time to Small, Automatically Revoked Tax-Exempt Organizations Affected by Hurricane Sandy | Planned Giving Design Center
IRS Gives Additional Time to Small, Automatically Revoked Tax-Exempt Organizations Affected by Hurricane Sandy | Planned Giving Design Center: As part of the administration’s efforts to bring all available resources to bear to support state and local partners impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the IRS is postponing the filing date until Feb. 1, 2013, for some small tax-exempt organizations affected by
Charity: Water Founder Focuses on NYC :: Articles :: Gotham Magazine
Charity: Water Founder Focuses on NYC :: Articles :: Gotham Magazine: When Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, the apocalyptic images of thousands of New Yorkers without shelter and clean drinking water stuck a chord for Charity: Water founder Scott Harrison. “People see pictures of kids filling our ubiquitous jerricans yellow jugs pictured from hydrants and are absolutely shocked,” says
Haiti – Fund Created by Clinton and Bush to Close – NYTimes.com
Haiti – Fund Created by Clinton and Bush to Close – NYTimes.com: A pro-business fund that was created by former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake nearly three years ago will cease operations at the end of this month, an executive for the organization said Friday.
Postscript: Doomsday May 21, 2011
May 21, 2011 has come and gone nearly everywhere in the world and the world has not been ravaged by earthquakes nor have any Christians been gathered up by the Rapture, at least not that any of the mainstream media have reported. That’s one less prophet to worry about now. I do feel sorry for those who have been duped by their faith in this man. To err is human, after all.
NY AG: Charities raise $400m for Sandy relief – WSJ.com
NY AG: Charities raise $400m for Sandy relief – WSJ.com: NEW YORK — Charities in New York state have collectively raised more than $400 million for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, the state’s attorney general said Thursday. A survey of 88 nonprofit groups by Eric Schneiderman’s office found that as of mid-December, the fundraising for storm victims had been dominated by five charities, led by
Hearts Broken – How to Help Newtown
Hearts Broken – How to Help Newtown: Update: The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported on Tuesday that donations are pouring in to several memorial funds set up for the families of the Sandy Hook victims. More Than $1-Million Raised for Newtown’s Survivors. It’s been a very hard week for everyone. The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Friday took away our breath and our joy.
How to Respond to a National Tragedy | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention
How to Respond to a National Tragedy | Nonprofit Marketing | Getting Attention: How to Respond to a National Tragedy Like you, my heart and head are heavy in the wake of Friday’s tragedy in Newtown, CT. Especially since I feel so helpless. My gut is that’s how many of your supporters and prospects are feeling as well, and what will be top of mind for at least a few more days. So be responsive,
Opinion: Losing Charitable Tax Break A Societal Deduction – TheNonProfitTimes
Opinion: Losing Charitable Tax Break A Societal Deduction – TheNonProfitTimes: he Center on Philanthropy (CoP) in Indianapolis, Ind., estimated that after three weeks, fundraising for Sandy, which rampaged up the East Coast impacting 65 million people in 11 states, stood at $219 million. Fundraising for the 2005 tsunami was $610 million after the same time period. Haiti received $752 million.
Strengthening coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance
Strengthening coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance: Strengthening coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance 13-12-2012 Statement United Nations, General Assembly, 67th session, Plenary, Item70(a) of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 13 December 2012. Full title: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief
Taiwan donates helicopters to Guatemala disaster-relief work – The China Post
Taiwan donates helicopters to Guatemala disaster-relief work – The China Post: AIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan donated two helicopters to Guatemala on Monday and has revamped two of the Central American ally’s existing choppers to bolster its humanitarian and disaster-relief operations, the Ministry of Nation Defense (MND) said yesterday.
FEMA Says That Nonprofits Should Notify the State of Damage in Case a Public Assistance Grant Is Needed | LoanSafe
FEMA Says That Nonprofits Should Notify the State of Damage in Case a Public Assistance Grant Is Needed | LoanSafe: The program reimburses government entities, tribal nations and nonprofits for debris removal, emergency protective measures and permanent restoration of disaster-damaged infrastructure to pre-disaster condition.
Robopocalypse (2011) novel
Here we go again: robots (intelligent machines) revolt and begin the extermination of humanity. Haven’t we had one too many doomsday movies on this theme already? I guess if its a meme, a formula and it works, why not. Daniel H. Wilson gives his novel Robopocalypse an authentic touch since he has a PhD in robotics from the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute and had previously publish a non-fiction guide called How to Survive a Robot Uprising, possibly modeled on Max Brooks’ 2003 handbook The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. According to this report from The National Post, The story is set no more than a decade in the future, and at the centre of it all is Archos, a…
2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning? (2008) non-fiction book
Marie D. Jones’ 2013: The End of Days or a New Beginning?: Envisioning the World After the Events of 2012 is a hodge-podge of the ridiculous and the sublime as far as the apocalyptic goes. If a doomsday scenario was ever in the public consciousness over the past one to two thousand years, you can expect to read about it here, from the prophecies of Nostradamus to Edgar Cayce, from West Nile Virus to honeybee die-off.
The 2012 Story (2009) non-fiction book
The 2012 Story: The Myths, Fallacies, and Truth Behind the Most Intriguing Date in History (2009) book by John Major Jenkins, an independent Mayanist, who’s credited with discovering the galactic alignment that coincides with the end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar on December 21, 2012. Jenkins does not subscribe to the doomsday view of 2012 and champions the transformation and renewal philosophy. You can find more information about his viewpoints at Update2012.com and The Center for 2012 Studies.
2012 Ice Age (2011) TV movie
2012 Ice Age from 2011 has to be one of the worst disaster TV movies ever made. A massive series of volcanic eruptions in Greenland causes an ice shelf to detach and head to North America “really really fast.” Those pesky glaciers seem to have a mind of their own. Canada gets hit first by this icewall turned glacier that seems to disobey the laws of physics every minute. The scientist father of the family, played by Patrick Labyorteaux, can’t seem to figure things out. His stock answers to questions from his wife and son about what’s happening around them are phrases like “I don’t know”, “maybe”, “it’s possible”. This TV movie is so bad it’s actually worth watching, from the …
Annihilation Earth (2009) TV movie
Beware the supercollider network, for it will destroy the world or at least a good chunk of it. Annihilation Earth, a 2009 TV movie filmed in Bulgaria for the Syfy network, stars Marina Sirtis (you may remember her as Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series and movies) and Luke Goss. The basic plot is that the terrorist attack on a global network of supercolliders creates a black hole inside the Earth. Of course there’s no known science that can stop a black hole from consuming all mass and energy around it, so you can probably guess how this ends.
The Mist (1980) novella
Stephen King’s 1980 novella The Mist, originally published as a short story of the same title and later a 2007 movie, contains a far bleaker ending than what was depicted in the movie, though that too was pretty horrific. The movie pretty well follows the novella up until the point at which the group of characters including the “hero”, David Drayton, leave the supermarket to try and escape. The impression you are left with in the novella is that The Mist has enveloped all of Massachusetts and possibly even more of the New England states so that the end of the world may very well be at hand. The Mist is in many ways a precursor to Stephen King’s epic novel Under the…
Seattle Superstorm (2012) TV movie
A Soviet Union Cold War experiment gone bad may spell not only the end of Seattle, Washington, but also the world in the 2012 apocalyptic thriller Seattle Superstorm. First broadcast in Canada on April 7, 2012, this TV movie gives new meaning to the phrase, The family that fights the apocalypse together, stays together. Not only were the effects about as believable as those in many 1950s and 1960s mutant monster movies from Hollywood and Japan, but the plot was atrocious and the acting just passable. Not to give away too much, but how was it that the key Soviet scientist involved in the experiment just happened to turn up in Seattle the day the orbiting craft carrying a…