Six U.S. Fisheries to Receive Disaster Relief

Fishery Disasters caused by tsunami,  river flood, drought … and Hurricane Sandy

Six fisheries across the U.S. that were declared fishery disasters in 2012 and 2013 will receive $75 million in disaster relief funds, announced NOAA.

The allocations from the disaster relief fund will go to

• Commercial fisheries in American Samoa (damaged by the tsunami of 2009)
• Commercial fisheries in Mississippi (affected by the Mississippi River flood of 2011)
• The New England multispecies groundfish fishery for the 2013 season
• Alaska’s Chinook salmon fishery for 2011 and 2012 (near collapses)
• The Florida oyster fishery in the Gulf of Mexico (damaged by  drought in 2012)
• Fisheries in New York and New Jersey (destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012)

Drought Destroys Fifth of Argentine Corn Crop

Grain fields across Argentina’s Pampas region destroyed by drought

An estimated 20 percent of Argentina’s corn crop has been roasted by drought and parching southern hemisphere summer sun.

Disaster Calendar 2012 – January 6

[January 6, 2012]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,531 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Argentina.  Drought and blazing summer sun have destroyed about a fifth of Argentina’s corn crop.
  • Farmers have stopped late-season corn planting.
  • The lingering drought also threatens the country’s soy harvest.
  • Argentina’s corn harvest forecast is down by 5 million to 7 million metric tons and soybean harvest by 3 million tons, reports said.
  • December rainfall was down to an overall average of about 25mm, down sharply from 85-mm average in December 2010.
  • Argentina is world’s 2nd-largest corn exporter and 3rd largest soybean seller.
  • The country supplies about 20 percent of the world’s traded corn, and half the soymeal.
• Chile. About 60 wildfires have killed, injured or left up to a dozen firefighters missing.
  • Blazes fanned by high winds, have consumed hundreds of homes and destroyed at least 50,000 hectares of woodland and brush since December 26, 2011.
  • Some of the fires were reportedly started by arsonists, one by an Israeli tourist.
  • Chilean President Pinera has invoked anti-terror legislation, which allows for steeper punishments.
  • A blaze in Biobio region has destroyed about 190 hectares of apple trees, cherry orchards and vineyards, a report said.
  • “Up to 300 farmers have lost or suffered damage to their crops, apiaries, warehouses and equipment. It’s estimated the blazes have claimed 67 greenhouses, 640 head of livestock and 650 beehives.”
  • The Agriculture Minister has declared a state of emergency in Quillón, Ránquil, San Rosendo and Florida provinces.
  • An unusually hot and dry weather has prevailed in Chile in the past few months.
• Netherlands. About 1,000 villagers from four villages in the province of Groningen, the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands, are being evacuated after an inland dyke began leaking, and threatened to break amid torrential rains.
  • Local authorities are also moving thousands of cattle from farms in the flood-risk areas.
  • “Hundreds of acres of land would flood in a matter of hours, while the water level in the area would rise to at least 1.50 meters. This is why we started the evacuation,” a local official said at a news conference.

Global Disaster Links

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs

• 2010 Disasters [Links to 2010 Disaster Calendar]
• Mega Disasters: 2011 SIX TIMES MORE DISASTROUS THAN 2010
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

Dozens of Counties in 15 States Declared Agri Disaster Areas

Drought and deluge, hurricanes and severe storms, extreme rain and excessive heat …  cause multiple disasters across the U.S.

141 counties in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Vermont declared Agricultural Disaster Areas

Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 16

[November 16, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,582 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Pennsylvania, USA. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Erie County in Pennsylvania as a Primary Natural Disaster Area because of excessive rain that occurred May 1 – June 28, 2011.
• The following counties in Pennsylvania were also  added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous: Crawford and Warren.
• The following 2 counties in New York and Ohio were also added to  natural disaster declaration  because they are contiguous:
•  New York: Chautauqua County.
• Ohio: Ashtabula County.
• Oklahoma.  USDA has designates a total of 15 counties in Oklahoma as Natural Disaster Areas because of losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began May 1, 2011, and continues.
• Oklahoma’s Primary Disaster Areas: Craig, Mayes, Ottawa, Tulsa, Delaware, Nowata, Rogers and Washington counties.
• Oklahoma’s Contiguous Disaster Areas: Adair, Creek, Osage, Wagoner, Cherokee, Okmulgee and Pawnee counties.
• Also declared as Natural Disaster Areas were the following 7 bordering counties in Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri.
• Arkansas: Benton County.
• Kansas: Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery counties.
• Missouri: McDonald and Newton counties.

• Pennsylvania. USDA has declared 14 Counties in Pennsylvania as Natural Disaster Areas due to excessive rain, flooding and flash flooding associated with Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that occurred Aug. 26 – Sept. 12, 2011.
• Pennsylvania’s Primary Disaster Areas: Bradford, Lebanon and York counties.
• Pennsylvania’s Contiguous Disaster Areas: Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Berks, Dauphin, Lycoming, Sullivan, Wyoming, Tioga and Susquehanna counties.
• The following 5 counties in Maryland and New York were also designated as disaster areas because they are  contiguous.
• Maryland: Baltimore, Carroll and Harford counties.
• New York: Chemung and Tioga counties.

• Nebraska. USDA has designates 15 Counties in Nebraska as Agricultural Disaster Areas due to crop losses caused by severe storms with excessive rain, flash flooding, hail and high winds that occurred May 23-Aug. 11, 2011.
• The following 3 counties in Colorado and Kansas were also added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous.
• Colorado: Phillips and Sedgwick counties.
• Kansas: Rawlins County.
• Pennsylvania. USDA has declared 47 Counties in Pennsylvania as Agricultural Disaster Areas due to drought and excessive heat that occurred between June 1 and August 30, 2011.

List of 13 Pennsylvania counties declared as Primary Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

List of 34 Pennsylvania counties declared as Contiguous Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

• The following 10 counties in Maryland and New Jersey were also added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous.
• Maryland: Allegany, Carroll, Harford, Baltimore, Frederick, and Washington counties.
• New Jersey: Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer and Warren counties.
• New Hampshire. USDA has designated 10 Counties in New Hampshire as Agricultural Disaster Areas due to losses caused by the combined effects of excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding, high winds, hail, Tropical Storm Irene, Tropical Storm Lee that began May 1, 2011, and continues.
• The counties declared as Primary Disaster Areas are:  Belknap, Coos, Hillsborough, Strafford, Carroll, Grafton,  Rockingham and Sullivan.
• NH counties declared as Contiguous Disaster Areas are: Cheshire and Merrimack
• The following 10 counties in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont were also added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous.
• Maine: Oxford and York counties.
• Massachusetts: Essex, Middlesex and Worcester counties.
• Vermont: Caledonia, Essex, Orange, Windham and Windsor counties.

At least 4,104 counties were declared agricultural disaster areas between January 1 and November 16, 2011.
(Note: The total includes multiple counts for some of the counties because different disasters occurred during the period).

Related Links

• Iowa counties declared disaster areas

• The First Wave of World’s Collapsing Cities  (EDRO Forecast)
• 2011 Much More Disastrous: FIRE-EARTH Forecast
• Global Disasters in 2011 Could Impact 1/3 to 1/2 of the Human Population  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)
• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

• 2011 Disaster Calendar – November
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – October
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – September
• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar