natural disasters

7.2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Haiti: "High casualties are probable" This quake is stronger than the one that struck in 2010 and killed as many as 300,000 people, but it struck in a less-populated area so casualties may be fewer.

So, we are at the height of summer in Europe, which of course, also means summer storms. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have seen some particularly severe flooding as a result. GUARDIAN Of course, the third world has always suffered from natural disasters but now that it hits Europe...

This does not sound good. https://ph.news.yahoo.com/imminent-reservoir-wall-collapse-threatens-160713976.html I wonder how many abandoned tailings ponds there are around the world just waiting to flood the landscape? And the cost of "fixing" the problem?

So we have had three massive Earthquakes off of the East Cape and near the Kermadec Islands in the past 7 hours. The first was a 7.1 at 2.27 am local time, followed by a 7.4 at 6:41 am and an 8.0 a little under an hour ago at 8.28 am. We now have Tsunami Warnings in place for eastern parts of...

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/24/17897216/chickens-died-hurricane-florence-factory-farms 3.4 million chickens and 5,500 pigs.

It is looking like Hurricane Florence is not going to swing north and might run right into the Carolinas while at category 4 strength. Reminds me eerily of Hurricane Hugo which is a pretty vivid memory from my youth. Any forumers live in the possible path?

And no end in sight to the damage in what is being called The Wine Country fires. Here in Sacramento, a good 200 miles from the Sonoma area, the skies are clouded over with Smoke. Also some fires in Socal:they had to close Disneyland for a while yesterday....

Hurricane Maria has left Puerto Rico in a complete mess. According to an article I read, Puerto Rico has four power plants. Two of them are functional, but the transmission lines that take the power out of the plant are down. Two others suffered water damage and are non functional. They have...

Jeez, we just got another big one. 7.1 according to US gov't. This one hit Puebla area. Massive damage being shown on TV right now. Injuries, road collapses. Puebla is only about 1 1-2, 2 hrs south of Mexico City. My area is ok. Nothing like the one a few weeks ago, but Puebla area just got...

Looks like an 8+ struck somewhere in Mexico.

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/12/oroville-dam-live-update-spillway-is-in-danger-of-failing/ 188,000 people evacuate downstream of the dam on Sunday. There is damage to the main spillway and so water is over flowing the emergency spillway for the first time in the dams history. The worry is...

My deepest sympathies to Italy and Iran the families of the victims, and thanks to the rescuers I remember how the Iranian people reacted after 9/11/2001 and how Italy has stood with the USA as an friend in the past, sad to see so much hardship and suffering in the world.

The usual suspects are questioning "the media" and their role in feeding us information on the hurricane. Media Matters Link Media Matters is not my favorite and maybe this was written early yesterday, but the death toll in Haiti alone is over 300. The always reasonable Alex Jones reminds...

Well, I don't know if this belongs in USA Presidential Election or 'Current Events'-- it's both. Apparently the mods felt it belonged in 'Humor'--but despite my failed attempt at a humorous title--this is most definitely deadly serious. Hundreds of miles of coastline from Vero Beach to South...

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/asia/new-zealand-earthquake/index.html

It strikes me as a rather under reported story, but the Red Cross has declared the Louisiana flooding to be the worst US natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy four years ago. Obama is finally being criticized for seeming rather aloof and unconcerned about the disaster. Will he be criticized...

What's Causing Louisiana's Historic Flooding? Louisiana flooding: West Nile, not Zika, poses bigger threat I don't remember any think like this, except, perhaps for Hurricane Katrina. Do you all remember anything like this? I hope that everyone remains healthy.

If you're gonna get drunk and naked, probably the wrong country and place to do it in. Pretty funny! *********** hippies ;) Edited for rule 10 breaches within quote...

Let me be the first. FACTS: A direct hit by a hurricane was at the top of the list of things for Brown to take care of. Brown did NOT take care of it. People died even though Browne knew it was likely they would. That is criminal negligence. There is no argument here. He was the head of an...

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I'm a day early with this but I may busy travelling tomorrow. The 8th of October 1871 saw an outbreak of fires on a huge scale in the mid-western United States, probably the best known being the Great Chicago Fire, though hat was one of the smaller outbreaks that night. It still devastated that...

First, I am very glad that the response to the wildfires in California has been swift and well executed. However, I've heard unflattering comparisons between the emergency response to these fires and the emergency response to hurricane Katrina. Obviously, there are huge differences in what can...

Well from what I have been hearing (from others, I haven't taken the time to watch it yet) Spike Lee's new documentary puts forth a CT I hadn't heard until now. That they stuck bombs in the levees and didn't send any aid for a while because the evil white gubmint wanted to wash out all the...

Bush senses 'renewal' during tour of Gulf region August 28, 2006 BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) -- President Bush returned Monday to the first scene he saw a year ago of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, and declared "a sense of renewal" in the region still struggling to come back from the storm's...

Just a note of sympathy. ... and to say wow, what a year for disasters, the tsunami, hurricane Katrina and now this. (apologies if I left any out) 18,000 dead 40,000 injured estimated and the numbers are climbing, some as high as 30,000 dead. 7.6 (IIRC Japan seismologists say 7.8) Quake...

During his speech at Jackson Square detailing recovery initiatives proposed to recover those areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush also made clear his desire to initiate changes to the Insurrection Act: To understand the very limited role that federal troops can play in domestic...

http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/slideshow/083005_dmnkatrina/1.html please post any links to images here..

I'm surprised there's been no comment on the Sumatra earthquake. Or have I missed it?

20,000 feared dead. How helpless one feels :( And sad. And angry.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98344,00.html Citizens headed for higher ground...