Four Disaster Declarations Issued for New York

New York counties designated multiple Agricultural Disaster Areas

USDA has issued four separate disaster declarations for the state of New York because of the crop damage caused by drought and excessive heat, excessive heat and rain, excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding, hail, high winds, below normal temperatures and tornadoes, hurricanes (Irene) and severe storms (TS Lee).

Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 22

[November 22, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,576 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• New York, USA. Disaster Declaration No 1: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 35 counties in New York as agricultural disaster areas due to the damage caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee that occurred Aug. 27 – Sept. 15, 2011.

List of 20 NY counties designated as Primary Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

List of 15 NY counties designated as Contiguous Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

The following counties in the bordering states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Vermont were also added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous.

• Connecticut: Fairfield and Litchfield counties.
• Massachusetts: Berkshire County.
• Pennsylvania: Pike, Susquehanna and Wayne counties.
• Vermont: Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, Grand Isle and Rutland counties.

• New York, USA. Disaster Declaration No 2: USDA has designated 34 counties in New York as agricultural disaster areas due to the combined effects of excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding, hail, high winds, below normal temperatures and tornadoes that occurred April 1 – Aug. 30, 2011.

List of 10 NY counties designated as Primary Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

List of 24 NY counties designated as Contiguous Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

The following counties in the bordering states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania were also declared disaster areas because they’re contiguous.

• New Jersey: Bergen, Passaic and Sussex counties.
• Pennsylvania: Pike County.

• New York, USA. Disaster Declaration No 3:  Six New York counties have been designated as a Agricultural Natural Disaster Areas by USDA due to excessive heat and rain that occurred July 10 – Aug. 25, 2011.
• PDA Disaster areas: Orange County.
• Contiguous Disaster areas:  Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster counties.

The following counties in the bordering states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania were also declared as disaster areas because they are contiguous.

• New Jersey: Passaic and Sussex counties.
• Pennsylvania: Pike County.

• New York, USA. Disaster Declaration No 4: USDA has declared 12  counties in New York as agricultural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat that occurred July 1 – Aug. 31, 2011.
• Six counties designated as primary disaster areas are Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben,Wayne and Yates.
• The other six counties declared as contiguous disaster areas are Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Livingston, Monroe and Tompkins.

The following counties in the bordering state of Pennsylvania were also added to the disaster declaration because they are contiguous.

• Pennsylvania: Potter and Tioga counties.

Other Disasters

• Minnesota, USA. USDA has designated 15 counties in Minnesota as Agricultural Natural Disaster Areas due to losses caused by the combined effects of excessive rain, excessive heat, high winds, tornadoes and an early fall frost that occurred April 1 – Sept. 15, 2011.
• The counties designated as Primary Disaster areas are Kandiyohi, Lincoln and McLeod.
• Minnesota counties designated as Contiguous Disaster areas are Carver, Chippewa, Lyon, Meeker, Pipestone, Pope, Renville, Sibley, Stearns, Swift, Wright, Yellow and Medi.

The following counties in South Dakota were also declared natural disaster areas because they are contiguous.

• South Dakota: Brookings, Deuel and Moody counties.

Monster Storm Emergency Declared

• Alaska, USA. The city of Nome in Northwest Alaska has declared a disaster following a Bering Sea storm considered the worst in at least four decades.
• The extent of damage caused by strong winds and flooding is said to be  “beyond the capability” of municipal resources that are allocated to storm response and recovery, a report said.

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New Hampshire Declared Disaster Area

WARNING: Many parts of the United States could be devastated by extreme climatic, geophysical and geological episodes over the next 18 months: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

The Disaster President Declares New Hampshire a Disaster Area

The “first stage” federal disaster declaration for the State of New Hampshire is in response to the emergency conditions resulting from a massive snowstorm that buffeted New England October 29-30, 2011.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 3

[November 3, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,595 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• New Hampshire, USA. The White House has declared an emergency exists in the State of New Hampshire following the emergency conditions resulting from a severe pre-Halloween snowstorm that barreled through New England October 29-30, 2011.
• The declaration covers all 10 counties in New Hampshire.
• “As of Wednesday evening, there have been eight storm-related deaths in the state, including that of a West Hartford woman who died in a fire at her home on Tuesday night.” Said a report.
• The storm caused power outages to at least 300,000 New Hampshire households.
• “This was a historic storm that resulted in record levels of snowfall in some areas of the state, resulting widespread power outages and a tremendous amount of debris,” Gov. Lynch said. “The utilities are reporting power outages could last a week in some areas and an emergency disaster declaration will help ensure we have sufficient sheltering supplies and can recover from this storm as soon as possible.”
• “As of this morning, more than 100 local roads remain closed due to downed power lines and debris.  Some 162 elementary and secondary schools are closed statewide.  Over 220,000 utility customers remain without power.  Utilities have been unable to provide definitive restoration estimates, only complicating the work of public safety and emergency management officials.  The state’s largest utility reports it may take a week to restore power to customers, which will likely increase the need for sheltering services as the week progresses.  Seven regional shelters were established that served over 270 persons last night.” Gov Lynch wrote in a letter to the Disaster President.
• Storm caused third largest power outage in state history. 

Other Disasters

• Illinois, USA. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared 77 countes in the state of Illinois as agricultural disaster areas because of losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began on July 1st and continued until September. The Agricultural Disaster Declaration includes 44 counties that have been designated as primary disaster areas and 33 others as contiguous disaster areas.
• “After an extremely wet spring, Illinois recorded significantly below-average rainfall totals across the middle third of the state from July to September – key months for crop development. The drought was most severe in west-central Illinois, which received just 4.46 inches of rain, or nearly seven inches less than normal. Rainfall deficits of two to four inches were common in other parts of central Illinois, according to the Illinois State Water Survey.”
• The 44 counties that are designated as primary disaster areas are Adams, Brown, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Iroquois, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Macon, Marion, Massac, McDonough, McLean, Morgan, Piatt, Pope, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Shelby, Vermilion, Wabash, Wayne and Williamson counties.
• The 33 counties that are designated as contiguous disaster areas are Bond, Bureau, Cass, Coles, DeWitt, Greene, Henderson, Jackson, Kankakee, Livingston, Logan, Macoupin, Madison, Mason, Mercer, Montgomery, Moultrie, Peoria, Perry, Pike, Pulaski, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, St. Clair, Stark, Tazewell, Union, Warren, Washington, White, Whiteside and Woodford.
• Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. The fllowing counties in the neighboring states of Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri have also been included in the disaster declaration because the are contiguous.
• Indiana disaster areas:

List of Indiana counties that were declared as contiguous disaster areas. Source: USDA

• Iowa disaster areas: Clinton, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and Scott counties.
• Kentucky disaster areas: Crittenden, Livingston,  McCracken and Union counties.
• Missouri disaster areas: Clark, Lewis and Marionn counties.

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Massachusetts Declared Disaster Area

WARNING: Many parts of the United States could be devastated by extreme climatic, geophysical and geological episodes over the next 18 months: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

The Disaster President Declares Massachusetts a Disaster Area

The “first stage” federal disaster declaration for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is in response to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe storm that buffeted New England October 29-30, 2011.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 2

[November 2, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,596 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Massachusetts, USA. The White House has declared an emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts following the emergency conditions resulting from a severe pre-Halloween snowstorm that barreled  through New England October 29-30, 2011.
• The worst hit counties in Massachusetts are Berkshire, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Worcester.
• “The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe …” according to the Emergency Declaration released by the White House.
• The Disaster President has already declared the state of Connecticut a disaster area [the “first stage” federal emergency declaration.]
• The storm claimed at least 21 lives (20 in five states and one in Canada) , and blanketed communities and towns across New England, reports said.
• The western Massachusetts town of Peru received 32 inches of snow, a record for October,  NWS said.
• About 350,000 homes and businesses in the commonwealth were still without power, as of posting.
• Some 2 million customers in the storm-hit areas are still without power.

Other Disasters

Drought, excessive heat and high winds

• Kansas, USA. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated 25 counties in Kansas as  Natural Disaster Areas because of losses caused by drought, excessive heat and high winds that began April 1, 2011, and continue.

The above 9 counties in Kansas were declared as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

The above 16 counties in Kansas were declared as Contiguous Natural Disaster Areas. Source: USDA

• Missouri, USA. The following  3 counties in the state of Missouri were also declared natural disaster areas because they are contiguous: Bates, Cass and Jackson.

Excessive rain, high winds and lightening

• Kansas, USA. USDA has designated nine other counties in Kansas as natural disaster areas because of losses caused by excessive rain, high winds and lightening that occurred Aug. 8-10, 2011.
• The 2 counties declared as natural disaster areas are Cheyenne and Rice.
• The 7 counties declared as contiguous disaster areas are Barton, McPherson, Reno, Stafford,
  Ellsworth, Rawlins and Sherman, USDA reported.

• Colorado and Nebraska. The following bordering counties in Colorado and Nebraska are included in the above disaster designation because they are contiguous:
• Colorado: Kit, Carson and Yuma counties.
• Nebraska: Dundy County.

• Northeastern United States. A deadly disease known as white-nose syndrome has decimated the population of hibernating bats in NE United States.  The counts have declined by about 80 percent.
• Insect-eating bats provide valuable ecological services worth billions of dollars to the agricultural industry.
• “U.S. bat populations have been declining at an alarming rate since the 2006 discovery of white-nose syndrome in New York State. The disease has been found in 16 states and 4 Canadian provinces. The Northeast, where declines have exceeded 80 percent, is the most severely affected region in the United States.”

Little brown bats in a hibernation cave in New York show fungal growth on their muzzles. Bats have been dissappearing at alarming rates due to white-nose syndrome, which scientists now know is caused by a specific fungus. (Photo Credit: Nancy Heaslip, New York Department of Environmental Conservation)

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Connecticut Declared Disaster Area

The Disaster President Declares Connecticut a Disaster Area

The “first stage” federal emergency declaration is said to be in response to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe storm that buffeted New England October 29-30, 2011.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – November 1

[November 1, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,597 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• Connecticut, USA. The early nor’easter which dumped heavy snow from the mid-Atlantic to New England most of the weekend, dropped up to 22 inches of snow in parts of Connecticut, knocking down trees,  snapping power lines, and leaving about 825,000 homes and businesses without power as of Sunday evening.
• The state of Connecticut was the worst hit area with about 300 roads fully or partially closed, Governor Malloy said.
• The snowstorm claimed at least 18 lives, as of posting.
• Up to 2 million customers in the region were still without power Monday morning.
• More disasters have hit the United States during Obama’s thousand plus days in office than at any other comparable period in history.

Other Global Disasters

•  Van, Turkey. The death toll in Turkish earthquake has climbed to at least 601, with more than 4,100 injured, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Admin said.
• Turkey’s Kandilli Observatory estimates the final death toll could exceed 1,000.
• The 7.2Mw quake that struck eastern Turkey on October 23, also destroyed/severely damaged about 4,000 buildings in cities of Van, Ercis and the surrounding areas, leaving thousands of people homeless.

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• Back to the Primordial Future
• Mass Die-offs  (FIRE-EARTH Forecast)

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• 2011 Disaster Calendar – August
• 2010 Disaster Calendar 
• 2011 Disaster Calendar

• Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 27
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• Obama Presidency: Thousand Days of Disaster

East Coast States of Emergency Declared in Pre-Halloween Snowstorm

US: Massive changes loom

WARNING: Many parts of the United States could become ‘unrecognizable’ due to extreme climatic, geophysical and geological episodes over the next 18 months: FIRE-EARTH Forecast

Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York declare states of emergency because of severe weather conditions

“Freak” pre-Halloween snowstorm wreaks havoc along the heavily populated East Coast, killing at least three people and cutting power to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses.

Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 30

[October 30, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,599 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

Source: SSEC/Wisc-Uni.

• East Coast, USA. An early nor’easter has dumped heavy snow from the mid-Atlantic to New England, killing at least three people, felling trees and power lines, and cutting electricity to more than 2.5 million homes and businesses.
• The storm system has dumped record amounts of snow in parts of New England. More than 2 feet (60cm) of snow have been reported in parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
• Meanwhile, as temperatures fell below freezing, NYC fire department, citing safety hazards, confiscated generators used by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, denying them power to keep warm, use computers or cook food.

Other Disasters

• Louisiana, USA. The White House has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana following the damage caused by Tropical Storm Lee during the period of September 1-5, 2011.
• The worst affected areas were the parishes of East Feliciana, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, Terrebonne, and West Feliciana.

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Obama Presidency: Thousand Days of Disaster

THE WALL STREET PRESIDENT SPELLS DISASTER

More disasters have hit the United States during Obama’s thousand days in office than at any other comparable period in history

The federal government has issued 228 major disaster declarations since President Obama took office a thousand days ago. USDA has declared agricultural disasters in more than 3,500 counties this year alone.

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – October 16

[October 16, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,613 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

• The United States of Disasters.  The federal government has issued 228 major disaster declarations since Obama took office a thousand days ago. The numbers have been rising progressively  from 59  in 2009 to 81 last year and a record 88 major disasters this year so far. The average number of major disaster declarations between 1953 and 2010 was 34 per year. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has declared agricultural disasters in more than 3,500 counties this year alone.

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Worsening Texas Drought May Stay Many Years

Texas has experienced the driest one-year period on record 

99.16 percent of Texas now plagued by severe to exceptional drought levels

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Disaster Calendar 2011 – September 29

[September 29, 2011]  Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016.  SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,630 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History

Texas Drought Map. Drought progression comparison maps for Sept 20 and Sept 27, 2011. Source US Drought Monitor. 

• Texas, USA. The Lone Star State has now experienced its driest one-year period on record in the past 12 months.
• Entire Texas is now plagued by drought, with 99.16 percent of the state listed as being in severe, extreme or exceptional drought levels (D2 – D4).
• “It is possible that we could be looking at another of these multiyear droughts like we saw in the 1950s, and like the tree rings have shown that the state has experienced over the last several centuries,” State Climatologist John Nielson-Gammon told Reuters.
• Gammon said the current drought began in  in 2005, but was mitigated in 2007 and 2010. However, it could linger on for another 9 years, if the pattern holds.
• “We’ve had five of the last seven years in drought, and it looks like it is going to be six out of eight,” he said.
• “We’re very lucky that we had 2007 and 2010, which were years of plentiful rain,” he said. “2010 was the wettest year in record. Were it not for last year, we would be in much worse shape even than we are today.”
• Texas is currently up to 20 inches of rainfall behind the month’s average, September usually being one of the state’s wettest months, Gammon said.
• Wildfires. Wildfires in Texas have consumed 3,764,123 acres and 6,919 homes and other structures.
• YTD Data provided by Texas Forest Service, (TFS) on September 29, 2011
• Wildfires: 21,546
• Acres Burned: 3,764,123

• Texas drought-related losses YTD: At least $10 billion

YTD Texas wildfire stats by TFS as of September 29, 2011.  Friday September 30, 2011 is forecast to be another extremely hazardous day for wildfires in Texas, TFS said.

• East Texas Weather Forecast: “Hotter, Drier and More Unstable Today……Winds increasing from the North Tonight with poor humidity recovery…A critical fire weather situation will be developing later today and persist into Friday.” TFS said.

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U.S. Climate June: Extremes of Temp and Precipitation

Oppressive heat wave and worsening  drought conditions smashed temperature records in the South and Southwest: NOAA

The average U.S. temperature in June climbed by1.4ºF above the long-term (1901-2000) average to 70.7ºF, while the average precipitation fell to 2.48 inches, 0.41 inch below the long-term average—the average was subject to wide variations across the country.

June 2011 temperature “divisional rank” maps. Source: NOAA. Click image to enlarge.

Summary of U.S. Climate Highlights – June

• All-time high temperature records:
• Amarillo, Texas, 111ºF,  June 26 (previous record: 109ºF set two days earlier!)
• Tallahassee, Fla., 105ºF, June 15.
• 42 U.S. locations tied or broke all-time maximum high temperatures.
• Texas recorded average temperature of 85.2ºF, 5.6ºF above normal (1953 was previously the warmest June in 117-year recorded history).  Texas experienced the fourth consecutive June with temperatures at least 2ºF above the long-term average.
• Both Louisiana and Oklahoma (tied) had their second warmest June.

Drought

• Parts of the Southwest through much of the Southern Plains and Gulf Coast experienced ongoing intense drought.
• New Mexico had its driest June on record.
• According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 63 percent of the Southeast was in moderate-to-exceptional drought at the end of June, compared to 51 percent at the end of May.
• The worst category of drought, exceptional drought, rose from 28 percent to 47 percent area in the South.

Wildfires

• Above average wildfire activity continued across the Southern tier of the United States broke all time records in June.
• Arizona and Mexico experienced their largest wildfire in recorded history.

For an accurate record of wildfires Jan – Jun 2011 see: US Wildfires Consume 7.7 Million Acres in 6 Months

US Precipitation Map – June 2011

June 2011 precipitation “divisional rank” map. Source: NOAA. Click image to enlarge.

FIRE-EARTH Forecast for 2011 – 2012: FEWW Models show  the extremes of temperature and precipitation/drought intensifying over the next 12 to 18 months.

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