NM holds emergency response exercise
Updated: Thursday, 16 Aug 2012, 10:13 AM MDT
Published : Thursday, 16 Aug 2012, 10:13 AM MDT
By David Romero David Romero
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans sent tens of thousands of refugees to several states including Texas. Now, Albuquerque is now preparing to accept disaster patients in case a new disaster strikes.
The Albuquerque Office of Emergency Management is holding a full scale disaster exercise and hundreds of people are taking part.
It will take place at 17 different locations throughout the city including the Albuquerque International Sunport, the Emergency Operations cCenter and all major hospitals throughout the city.
The exercise starts Thursday morning at the Sunport where 25 "fake" patients will be coming in on AC130 as part of the emergency drill.
Food Price Shocks— Is Asia Bracing for an ‘Acute’ Jolt?
Published: Wednesday, 15 Aug 2012 | 12:59 AM ET
By: Jean Chua
Writer for CNBC.com
Food inflation will start hurting Asian economies by the end of the year if the current high prices are sustained over the next few months, with Vietnam, China and Hong Kong the most vulnerable, economists tell CNBC.
Since mid-June, grains, namely corn, soybeans and wheat have rallied 38 percent, 24 percent and 45 percent, respectively, after the worst U.S. drought in a half a century wiped out crops in the world’s biggest agricultural exporter. This prompted warnings from United Nations that the world could see a repeat of the food scare seen in 2008 as prices rose too rapidly, and officials from the Group of 20 countries to plan a meeting to discuss ways to cope with the price spikes.
Volcanic Mount Sakurajima estimated to spew most ash in two decades
By Radhika Seth / August 17, 2012
Sakurajima Volcano has been steadily erupting for some time now. So much so that residents were asked to cover up and wear masks as a health and safety measure. According to researchers, this active volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture could release its largest amount of ash in two decades this year alone.
Going by the current stats available, the mountain has already spewed enough ash from January to July, amounting to twice the amount emitted in all of last year. Masato Iguchi, a professor at the Sakurajima Volcano Research Center said that last year saw a record number of eruptions as well. The ground around Sakurajima indicates the buildup of magma and appears swollen.
BREAKING: Startling Evidence That Central Banks And Wall Street Insiders Are Rapidly Preparing For Something BIG
August 17, 2012
Source: Michael Snyder, BLN Contributing Writer
Why Is George Soros Selling So Much Stock And Buying So Much Gold?
In a harbinger of what may be coming our way in the Fall of 2012, billionaire financier George Soros has sold all of his equity positions in major financial stocks according to a 13-F report filedwith the SEC for the quarter ending June 30, 2012.
Soros, who manages funds through various accounts in the US and the Cayman Islands, has reportedly unloaded over one million shares of stock in financial companies and banks that include Citigroup (420,000 shares), JP Morgan (701,400 shares) and Goldman Sachs (120,000 shares). The total value of the stock sales amounts to nearly $50 million.
What’s equally as interesting as his sale of major financials is where Soros has shifted his money. At the same time he was selling bank stocks, he was acquiring some 884,000 shares (approx. $130 million) of Gold via the SPDR Gold Trust.
Gold Continues To Be Money: CME Europe Now Accepts Gold As Clearing Collateral
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CME Clearing Europe, the London-based clearing house wholly-owned by CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it has extended the range of eligible collateral types to include gold bullion.
The extension offers additional flexibility at a time when high quality collateral is at a premium and the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives is increasing. CME Clearing Europe has followed the lead of CME Clearing, which has accepted gold to cover margin requirements since October 2009.
Launched in May 2011, CME Clearing Europe currently clears OTC commodity derivatives and plans, subject to regulatory approval, to introduce OTC Interest Rate Swap clearing later this year.
Strange Unexplained Sounds Detected in Pacific Ocean
Published by mitchey179
July 28, 2012, Category: Earth Sciences
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) have detected various unexplained sounds from deep in the Pacific Ocean. This article lists the most baffling ones that scientists can’t figure out.
For the past 20+ years, scientists have been listening to different noises coming out of the deep oceans and have recorded seismic activity sounds, ice noise and various marine population and migration sounds. But along with these discoveries, there have also been a few sounds that are unexplainable and have not been identified yet. Various theories have been proposed to account for these sounds such as an unknown marine animal, ice sheet splitting or becoming unstable and even aliens and UFO’S have been discussed. Below is a list of the most powerful unexplained sounds along with a sample of the actual recording for each.
Israeli minister warns of 30-day war with Iran
6:25PM BST 15 Aug 2012
A strike on Iran’s nuclear sites would spark a 30-day war with missile attacks on Israel's cities and as many as 500 dead, according to the Israeli minister responsible for preparing home defences.
Israeli school children wear gas masks during a drill organized by the Israeli Home Front Command simulating a chemical missile attack Photo: AP
Matan Vilnai, who is stepping down as home front defence minister to become ambassador to China, said the country was “ready as never before”.
“The assessments are for a war that will last 30 days on a number of fronts,” he told the Maariv newspaper.
“It could be that there will be less fatalities, but it could be there will be more, that is the scenario that we are preparing for according to the best experts.”
Speculation is growing that Israel is planning a unilateral attack on Iran’s nuclear programme - or that it is using the question to increase pressure on Barack Obama to launch an American strike.
Nuclear Event in Belgium on Friday
17 August, 2012 at 08:30 (08:30 AM) UTC
Belgium’s nuclear regulator has questioned the safety of the Electrabel-operated Doel 3 reactor due to cracks in the pressure vessels that have already forced the shutdown of a similar unit at the Tihange nuclear plant. Belgium has halted the 1,006-megawatt Doel 3 reactor until at least the end of August after the discovery of suspected cracks in the pressure vessel. But it is possible that the reactor could be shut down for good. Willy De Roovere, who heads the FANC regulator agency, said it was always hard for a company to meet a requirement to prove a nuclear plant is safe. He told a news conference that Electrabel, the Belgian unit of France’s GDF Suez, would have to show that "in a period of the remaining lifetime there is no single risk, there is no risk at all that cracks can go [on to produce leaks]." A spokeswoman for Electrabel said, as quoted by Reuters: "Is it safe or not to continue the production of Doel 3? That's what we will have to prove to the FANC."
BREAKING: South African police shoot dead striking miners
By John Mkhize
MARIKANA, South Africa | Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:09pm EDT
Police surround the bodies of striking miners after opening fire on a crowd at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg
A protester licks his spear outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, August 16, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
(Reuters) - South African police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, killing at least a dozen men in scenes that evoked comparisons with apartheid-era brutality.
In the incident, filmed by Reuters television, officers opened up with automatic weapons on a group of men who emerged from behind a vehicle and started loping towards police lines.
The volley of bullets threw up clouds of dust, which cleared to reveal bodies lying on the ground.
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Rash of Sinkholes Appear in China’s Harbin
By Fang Xiao & Ariel Tian
Epoch Times Staff Created: August 20, 2012 Last Updated: August 22, 2012
A Harbin resident uploaded this image via his cellular phone, showing a purported sinkhole that appeared in the northeastern Chinese city. A rash of sinkholes hit Harbin recently, prompting questions from citizens as to why. (Weibo.com)
At 4 a.m. on June 7, the ground collapsed in Guilin City, Guangxi Province, creating a hole large enough to swallow a van. (Weibo.com)
The ground just outside a middle school in Tantuo Village of Nanning, Guangxi, collapsed. Later, four nearby villages successively developed sinkholes of various sizes. (Weibo.com)
Another view of the sinkhole in Maohe village. (Weibo.com)
China’s northeastern city of Harbin has suffered a sudden appearance of sinkholes this month, triggering a feverish discussion on Chinese social media sites about their cause and what they mean.
Around seven sinkholes appeared in the city between Aug. 8 and 17, killing two and injuring two more, Chinese Internet news portal Sina reported. Two cars also fell into sinkholes that opened up in the middle of two roads.
A six-foot deep sinkhole suddenly opened up in the middle of a road and swallowed a van whole on the morning of June 7 in Guangxi Province, China. The driver, who was said to be the only person in the van at the time, was taken to a hospital for injuries.
The sinkhole appeared at the intersection of two busy thoroughfares in Guilin City.
The mysterious occurrence of sinkholes in China has escalated since May.
Water shortages hit US power supply
Updated 10:54 20 August 2012 by Sara Reardon
Running at lower capacity (Image: Fotosearch/Getty Images)
As the United States' extended heat wave and drought threaten to raise global food prices, energy production is also feeling the pressure. Across the nation, power plants are becoming overheated and shutting down or running at lower capacity; drilling operations struggle to get the water they need, and crops that would become biofuel are withering.
While analysts say the US should survive this year without major blackouts, more frequent droughts and increased population size will continue to strain power generation in the future.
Power plants are a hidden casualty of droughts, says Barbara Carney of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Morgantown, West Virginia, because they are completely dependent on water for cooling and make up about half the water usage in the US. That makes them vulnerable in a heat wave. If water levels in the rivers that cool them drop too low, the power plant – already overworked from the heat – won't be able to draw in enough water. In addition, if the cooling water discharged from a plant raises already-hot river temperatures above certain thresholds, environmental regulations require the plant to shut down.
Survivalist congressman is ready for doomsday
By Ben Pershing, The Washington Post
Posted Aug. 20, 2012, at 6:02 a.m.
Melina Mara | The Washington Post
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) is one of the the country premiere proponents of preparedness against doom.
Deep in the West Virginia woods, in a small cabin powered by the sun and the wind, a bespectacled, white-haired man is giving a video tour of his basement, describing techniques for the long-term preservation of food in case of “an emergency.”
“We don’t really think of those today, because it’s so convenient to go to the supermarket,” he cautions. “But you know, you’re planning because the supermarket may not always be there.”
The electrical grid could fail tomorrow, he frequently warns. Food would disappear from the shelves. Water would no longer flow from the pipes. Money might become worthless. People could turn on each other, and millions would die.
Michael Snyder: The worst drought in more than 50 years is having a devastating impact on the Mississippi River. The Mississippi has become very thin and very narrow, and if it keeps on dropping there is a very real possibility that all river traffic could get shut down. And considering the fact that approximately 60 percent of our grain (NYSEARCA:JJG), 22 percent of our oil (NYSEARCA:USO) and natural gas (NYSEARCA:UNG), and and one-fifth of our coal travel down the Mississippi River, that would be absolutely crippling for our economy. It has been estimated that if all Mississippi River traffic was stopped that it would cost the U.S. economy 300 million dollars a day. So far most of the media coverage of this historic drought has focused on the impact that it is having on farmers and ranchers, but the health of the Mississippi River is also absolutely crucial to the economic success of this nation, and right now the Mississippi is in incredibly bad shape. In some areas the river is already 20 feet below normal and the water is expected to continue to drop. If we have another 12 months of weather ahead of us similar to what we have seen over the last 12 months then the mighty Mississippi is going to be a complete and total disaster zone by this time next year.
Most Americans simply do not understand how vitally important the Mississippi River is to all of us. If the Mississippi River continues drying up to the point where commercial travel is no longer possible, it would be an absolutely devastating blow to the U.S. economy.
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