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New Hampshire Declared Disaster Area

Posted by feww on November 3, 2011

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

Posted by feww on November 2, 2011

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

Posted by feww on November 1, 2011

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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East Coast States of Emergency Declared in Pre-Halloween Snowstorm

Posted by feww on October 30, 2011

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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Blizzard Dumps 2 Feet of Snow in NYC

Posted by feww on December 27, 2010

Whiteout Sweeps US East Coast

Thousands of Flights canceled at JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty Airports

Blizzard dumped 20 inches of snow in Central Park as of 7 a.m. and 22 inches in Bedford Park in the Bronx, NWS said.

“Passengers have been stuck for several hours on two New York City subway trains stalled in snow drifts near Kennedy Airport.” AP reported.

A significant Winter Storm Causes Whiteout from the Mid-Atlantic through New England


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 GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of the powerful low pressure system that brought snows from Georgia to Maine along the US east coast. Some of the snowfall can be seen over South and North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southeastern New York. The clouds of the low obscure New England in the image. Monday, Dec. 27 at 17:31 UTC


GOES-13 satellite image taken on Monday, Dec. 27 at 23:45 UTC

State of Emergency in N.J.; snowfall is record at airport

A record-breaking winter storm barreling its way up the East Coast dumped more than a foot of of snow on parts of southern New Jersey on Sunday – paralyzing local roads, grounding flights and forcing the Philadelphia Eagles to postpone their National Football Leauge game for possibly the first time in their history.

The storm, which most forecasters had predicted was going to turn out to sea and mostly spare New Jersey, brought 18 inches of snow to Cape May and15.7 inches of snow to the Atlantic City Airport in Egg Harbor Township as of 8 p.m. – breaking the December record of 11.4 inches set just last year – and was expected to bring up to two feet of snow by this morning.

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STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 9 FOR EASTERN U.S. WINTER STORM NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD 400 AM EST MON DEC 27 2010

…INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY INTENSIFY NEAR CAPE COD  MASSACHUSETTS AS A FULL-BLOWN BLIZZARD AFFECTS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND THE NEW YORK CITY AREA…

BLIZZARD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC  STATES… MUCH OF COASTAL NEW ENGLAND…INCLUDING THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA…NORTHWARD THROUGH MOST OF MAINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT NEAR THE WESTERN SLOPESOF THE APPALACHIANS…MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA…AS WELL AS BLOCKISLAND AND THE CAPE COD AREA.

HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKETISLAND IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND.

FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATESTWATCHES…WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES…PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 AM EST…AN INTENSE 970 MB…28.64 INCH…SURFACE LOW WAS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS. NATIONAL WEATHER  SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AFFECTING THE COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES INTO NEW ENGLAND. LIGHTER SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS. PRECIPITATION HAD CHANGED OVER TO RAIN AROUND THE CAPE COD AREA.

SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL (INCHES) FROM 6:00 AM EST THU DEC 23 THROUGH 3:00 AM EST MON DEC 27

  • CONNECTICUT: COS COB  (6.5)
  • DELAWARE: SELBYVILLE (11.3)
  • MASSACHUSETTS: SAUGUS (12.3)
  • MARYLAND: PORTNEYS OVERLOOK ( 5.0)
  • NEW JERSEY: LYNDHURST (29.0)
  • NEW YORK: TUXEDO (26.0)
  • PENNSYLVANIA: PHILADELPHIA (4.8)
  • RHODE ISLAND: WEST GREENWICH (6.8)

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