DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,291 Days Left
[September 2, 2012] Mass die-offs resulting from human impact and the planetary response to the anthropogenic assault could occur by early 2016. SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,291 Days Left to the ‘Worst Day’ in Human History…
Global
- Royal Dutch Shell to drill in the Arctic: The US government has granted permission to Royal Dutch Shell to begin tentative drilling in the Chukchi Sea off the Alaskan coast.
Nigeria
- Oil spill stretches for miles by Exxon Nigeria field: ‘An oil spill near an ExxonMobil oilfield off the southeast coast of Nigeria has spread along the shore for about 15 miles, and locals said it was killing fish they depend on to live.’
United States
- Red Flag Warnings: Strong winds and low humidity creating critical fire weather conditions across the northern Rockies as well as the northern and central Great Plains, said NOAA.
- Southern California town declares emergency over quake swarm: The earthquake swarm in Brawley [pop: 25,000] has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage, the mayor said.
- Louisiana Requests Federal Aid for an Additional 18 Parishes: Each of the sixty-four (64) parishes in the State has already declared a state of emergency.
Europe
- Unemployment across the 17-nation eurozoneclimbed to a record 18 million in July, according to the EU statistics agency.
- The 18,002,000 jobless total was the highest since records began in 1995.
- Highest increases occurred in Greece (16.8% to 23.1%), Spain (21.7% to 25.1%) and Cyprus (7.7% to 10.9%).
- The eurozone countries are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.
Symbolic countdown to the ‘worst day’ in human history began on May 15, 2011...
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
Fire Earth 