DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,230 Days Left
[October 29, 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: 1,230 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
SANDY’s storm surge could be “life-threatening”: NHC
National Hurricane Center (NHC) has described the storm surge threat from Hurricane SANDY as “life-threatening,” ranking the surge and wave “destruction potential” for the hurricane alone, not including the combined force of the hybrid storm, which it could eventually become, at 5.8 on a scale of 0 to 6.
- SANDY could be the largest storm ever to hit the United States, said NHC.
- The massive storm could affect tens of millions of people hundreds of miles along the Atlantic Coast.
- Some coastal parts of New York and New Jersey could experience surge and waves of up to 11 feet, judging by Hurricane SANDY’s size, said NHC.
- New York Mayor has ordered the evacuation of more than 375,000 people in low-lying areas.
- Some 50,000 people in Delaware and 30,000 in Atlantic City, N.J. have also been evacuated.
- At least 5,000 flights have been cancelled.
- Flooding caused by the storm surge is expected to be particularly severe because the storm’s arrival coincides with a full moon, which causes higher tides.
- Up to 284,000 residential properties valued at $88 billion could sustain damage from storm-surge flooding, according to risk analysts CoreLogic, Reuters reported.
- The massive storm has already claimed at least 66 lives in the Caribbean.
- The Disaster President has declared States of Emergency for New York and Massachusetts.
- States of emergency have also been declared by the governors in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Hurricane SANDY – IR Sat Image (NHC Enhancement). SANDY was centered about 420 miles south of New York City, at 00:01UTC on Monday moving NE, parallel to the Atlantic coast, at about 15 mph. Image source: CIMSS.
Global Disasters/ Significant Events
Myanmar
- “The UN has reported that over 22,000 people were displaced in a week of renewed sectarian fighting between Buddhists and Muslims living on Myanmar’s west coast. The total number of displaced since violence erupted in June is now around 100,000 [with at least 200 dead or injured, and more than 3,000 homes destroyed,]” said a report.
NW Pacific: TYPHOON SON-TINH
- “More than 80,000 people in south China’s Hainan Province have been relocated following the arrival of Typhoon Son-Tinh, which has brought gales and downpours to the region since Saturday,” said a report.
SW Pacific
- Good bye SOWPI.
Related Links
- Hurricane SANDY Could Become a Super Storm Posted October 27, 2012
- Hurricane SANDY Causes Much Destruction in Cuba Posted October 26, 2012
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
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