DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,257 Days Left
[October 6, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.
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SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,257 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History
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Symbolic countdown to the ‘worst day’ in human history began on May 15, 2011 ...
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Global Disasters/ Significant Events
A deadly landslide that claimed at least 19 lives in southwest China’s Yunnan Province was caused by a combination of continuous rain, geological conditions and earthquakes, Chinese geologists have said.
- “… the area where the landslide occurred received about 297 mm of precipitation from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4, three times the amount received during the same period in previous years… Rock and soil that was loosened by multiple earthquakes that occurred in early September formed a landslid,” said a report.
Other Disasters/ Significant Events
United States
Nine states have reported cases of meningitis linked to epidural steroid injections, CDC reported. An estimated 17,000 people may have received the injections. As of October 6, 201 2:00pm ET2:
Total count: 64 cases, 7 dead
- Florida: 4 cases
- Indiana: 5 cases
- Maryland: 3 cases, including 1 death
- Michigan: 8 cases, including 2 deaths
- Minnesota: 1 case
- North Carolina: 2 cases
- Ohio: 1 case
- Tennessee: 29 cases, including 3 deaths
- Virginia: 11 cases, including 1 death
California
- San Bernardino. The city of San Bernardino has become the third California city in two weeks to file bankruptcy protection in the face of a $45-million budget shortfall, reports said.
- Atwater. The small Central California city of Atwater (Pop: ~28,000) has declared A fiscal emergency, which could translate to the state’s fourth municipal bankruptcy this year, said a report.
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