DISASTER CALENDAR SYMBOLIC COUNTDOWN: 1,271 Days Left
[September 22, 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: 1,271 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
Washington, USA. Several wildfires burning in Central Washington are threatening to merge into a ‘monster blaze,’ authorities said.
- About 1,150 homes are threatened by two of the fires, the Table Mountain Fire and Wenatchee River Complex, which have forced at least 2,000 people to evacuate.
- The largest fire, the Wenatchee Complex, has grown to about 70 square miles, threatening about 500 homes and other structures.
- “The Wenatchee Complex is the result of an extensive, severe lightning storm which occurred the evening of Saturday, September 9, 2012. Lightning strikes were reported to have started [hundreds of] individual fires.” Inciweb reported.
- Table Mountain Fire is threatening about 650 homes.
- Fueled by warm temperatures, very low humidity and winds, the fires have so far consumed about 140 square miles on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range.
- Smoke from the fires is causing hazardous air quality in Ellensburg, Wenatchee, Spokane, Pullman, Clarkston and elsewhere across the state.
- A total of about 5,000 fire and emergency personnel are deployed.
Current Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Analysis – NOAA/NESDIS
Map of Analyzed Fires from Satellite Data – NESDIS
Utah, USA. Gov. Herbert has declared a state of emergency in Santa Clara after flooding caused extensive damage to homes and businesses.
- Santa Clara is located about 270 miles south of Salt Lake City.
Florida. Federal government has denied a request by the Florida Gov. to declare the state a presidential major disaster area following the damage caused by Hurricane ISAAC late August.
- The storm reportedly caused about $40million damage across 7 counties in Florida, especially Palm Beach.
Alaska. Alaska’s governor has declared a state disaster for communities worst-hit by recent storms, forcing residents in Talkeetna area to evacuate, a report said.
- “Flooding is causing problems over a wide swath of Alaska, from Talkeetna, near the base of Mount McKinley in the Mat-Su Borough, to the port town of Seward, 175 miles to the south on the Kenai Peninsula.”
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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