All data points to the sun as the primary source of short-term and long term climate change on Earth. While volcanic eruptions such as the current one in Iceland can affect short-term weather conditions over a region, planetary climate is governed by solar activity-or lack of it.
Snow In NW Indiana Traps More Than 70 Motorists
Photo Credit MSNBC Authorities worked Monday to reach more than 70 motorists in snow-covered northwest Indiana who were trapped in their cars in biting temperatures.
NASA Begins Hurricane Study with High Hopes
Starting August 15, NASA will begin a six-week study to better understand how hurricanes form and intensify, information that should allow for better hurricane prediction. Weather experts are pretty good at tracking a storm and determining where it will go. But predicting whether it will whip itself into a tempest, or peter out into a [...]
Widespread oyster deaths found on Louisiana reefs
Surveys of coastal oyster grounds have discovered extensive deaths of the shellfish, further threatening an industry already in free-fall because of BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oysters use salt water to make their shells and need it to keep their vital membranes working properly. Here, boat captain Sal Gagliano holds up open [...]
Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a ‘world-killing’ event
Ominous reports are leaking past the BP Gulf salvage operation news blackout that the disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico may be about to reach biblical proportions. 251 million years ago a mammoth undersea methane bubble caused massive explosions, poisoned the atmosphere and destroyed more than 96 percent of all life on Earth. [1] [...]
FEMA Prepares For Landfall Of Hurricane Alex
WASHINGTON — With Hurricane Alex expected to make landfall early Thursday morning, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is continuing to coordinate the federal response and support of the state of Texas in preparing for the storm. Alex is the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.
Brazil floods: 1,000 missing, 39 dead
Floods after days of driving rain have killed at least 39 people in northeastern Brazil, and left 1,000 unaccounted for and another 100,000 people homeless.
Nasa warns solar flares from ‘huge space storm’ will cause devastation
Britain could face widespread power blackouts and be left without critical communication signals for long periods of time, after the earth is hit by a once-in-a-generation “space storm”, Nasa has warned.
Gov. declares winter preparedness day
The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM), Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the National Weather Service (NWS), along with other state and local agencies have teamed together to share information designed to assist the public in taking action now to ensure they are better prepared for the season. With winter weather comes the need [...]
Pic of The wildfires in Southern California
Angeles National Forest, in the hills outside of Los Angeles currently has several wildfires tearing through it, the largest of which – named the Station Fire – has so far burned over 140,000 acres, destroyed nearly 100 structures, and claimed the lives of two firefighters whose vehicle fell from a road into a steep canyon. [...]
2030: A Perfect Storm of Food, Water & Energy Shortages
(click on the image below for larger view) [via US Infrastructure]
2009 Alternative Energy bear bear attack bees Books California CB radio comment Communications Cooking emergency plan end of the world eotw Fire first aid Flu food Food Storage ftrd gear guns iphone jeep Last Days life extension navigation News Nuclear Off The Grid Peter Kummerfeldt pic prepare Preparedness snow solar Survival survivalist survival kit technology Transportation vid Video water purification winter
Loading ...
© 2011 Survival Blog | Survival Spot. ™