Record Heatwave Kills Dozens in U.S.
Posted by feww on July 8, 2012
Deadly heat persists in eastern U.S.
At least 46 people have died amid extreme heat that has paralyzed more than two dozen states from the Midwest to the East Coast.
Heat-related fatalities occurred in Virgina (at least 12 deaths reported), Maryland (11), Chicago (10), Wisconsin (4), Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (3) Tennessee (2), and Indiana (1), where an infant died after being left in a vehicle in triple-digit temperatures outside her home in Greenfield, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis.
Hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland and Indiana are still without power 9 days after deadly storms swept through the region causing widespread destruction and ‘catastrophic damage’ to power grids.
Map of Temperature Departure from Normal
Other Global Disasters/ Significant Events
- Krasnodar Region, Russia. The worst flooding in living memory in southern Russia’s Krasnodar Region, near the Black Sea, has left at least 153 people dead and and more than 5,000 homes destroyed or damaged, reports said.
- “The flash flood inundated the cities of Gelendzhik, Krymsk and Novorossiysk as well as the four villages of Divnomorskoe, Nizhnebakanskaya, Neberdzhaevskaya and Kabardinka.”
- “The streets of Krymsk are now mostly deserted. The town looks like the set of a post-apocalyptic movie,” RT reported .
- About 3,000 people have been evacuated from flood-hit areas in Krasnoda, as of posting, while 30,000 people are without power in the region, and more than 80 percent of the population of Krymsk have lost their gas supply cut off.
Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Up-to-date weekly average CO2 at Mauna Loa
- Week of June 24, 2012: 395.33 ppm
- Weekly value from 1 year ago: 393.50 ppm
- Weekly value from 10 years ago: 375.08 ppm
Recent Mauna Loa CO2
- June 2012: 395.77 ppm
- June 2011: 393.68 ppm
Recent Global CO2
- May 2012: 393.77 ppm
- May 2011: 391.90 ppm
Links to Recent Related Entries
- Drought Disaster Declared in Montana Posted on July 5, 2012
- Colorado Declared Agri Disaster Area Posted on July 4, 2012
- Disaster Declared in 94 Counties across 4 States Posted on July 3, 2012
- Deadly Heat Blankets Eastern U.S. Posted on July 2, 2012
- States of Emergency Declared in 4 States and DC as Storm Death Toll Rises Posted on July 1, 2012
- Deadly Heat Wave Affects Third of U.S. Population Posted on June 30, 2012
- The record-setting heat wave continues to expand Posted on June 30, 2012
- Explosive Wildfires Continue Erupting Across the U.S. Posted on June 29, 2012
- Destructive Wildfire Activity Intensifies in Colorado Posted on June 28, 2012
- Drought 2012 Posted on January 8, 2012
Global Disasters: Links, Forecasts and Background
- The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
- Back to the Primordial Future
- The Fate of Energy Dinosaurs
- Mass Die-offs
- 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
- Mega Disasters
- 2011 Disaster Calendar
- 2012 Disaster Calendar
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Jean C. said
Are you aware (agree that you may not care) that the blog conveys a sense of paranoia…is there any way you would consider adopting a tone that is is less so? I value the events, tracking of data element however an inability to explore your hypothesis and rationale for the Days to Collapse..coupled with this tone raises skepticism in the reader.
feww said
Tending our goats at the edge of Collapse?
We’ve posted a mission statement at https://feww.wordpress.com/about/
Those of our readers who understand the fundamental building blocks of nature are in no doubt as to the extent of her injuries.
As for exploring our hypothesis, you’ll find Blog’s earlier forecasts highly accurate.
For additional insight, see also: http://edro.wordpress.com/
For our target audience, see https://feww.wordpress.com/2010-disasters/