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U.S. Disaster: West Virginia Militia deploys to Kentucky!

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West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

Residents of Kentucky reporting that this year’s flooding is the worst they’ve seen, with the Governor saying the death toll will hit double digits.  State officials declared it to be catastrophic, and admitting they don’t have the labor to adequately respond to calls for rescues.  Next door neighbor West Virginia is sending help.

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

The West Virginia National Guard is sending two UH-60M Blackhawks and two UH-72 Lakota rotary wing aircraft, and their crew.  They are rom Company C, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC) and Company B, 1-224th Security and Support Aviation Battalion, based out of Williamstown.

West Virginia Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Zoe Morris.

The flooding is ironic as earlier this month the Kentucky Army National Guard was deployed to one city that was facing sever water shortage.

U.S. Disaster: ARIZONA MILITIA SANDBAGS LATEST FLOODING

U.S. Disaster/Food Crisis: OKLAHOMA MILITIA FIGHTS 702-FIRE, NO MORE BEEF CATTLE?

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U.S. Disaster 2022: Arizona Militia Sandbags latest Flooding

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Arizona Army National Guard image by Major Kyle Key.

On 16JUL2022, more than 30 personnel from the 850th Military Police Battalion deployed to help fill more than 5-thousand sandbags.  Then, the next day (17JUL2022), approximately 60 additional personnel of the Arizona National Guard deployed to the Coconino County Public Works Department, to help fill as many as 600-thousand sandbags before the end of the week.

This is due to monsoon flooding, which caused ‘shelter-in-place’ orders to be issued to some of the residents of areas that had been devastated by wildfires in recent years, the burn areas now become zones of large flash flooding during the monsoon season.

Arizona Army National Guard image by Major Kyle Key.

On 15JUL2022, administrators of Coconino County asked for help from the National Guard.  It turns out that many of the militia personnel were already taking part in their ‘summer camp’ training, just 25 miles away, and some of them actually live in Coconino County:  “We just pivoted those soldiers over there and re-directed them to the Coconino Public Works building… …There are some who are from this area. That is what’s beautiful about it. We are part of the community in which we serve.”-Major Kyle Key, Arizona Army National Guard

Arizona Army National Guard shows you how to ‘sandbag’ on the job, video by Major Kyle Key:

 

U.S. Disaster 2022: MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

IDAHO AIR GUARD DEPLOYS TO CHEROKEE NATION!

U.S. Food Crisis 2022: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYED FOR WATER SHORTAGE, “BAD WENT TO WORSE!”

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U.S. Disaster 2022: Montana Militia deploys after major flooding!

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Lowered to a flooded home as SaR ops continue, 16JUN2022. Montana Army National Guard photo.

Since 13JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk  helicopters have rescued more than 87 people trapped by record flooding, following a weekend downpour that dumped more rain than expected.

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

Interestingly, and you could call it perfect timing, back in February 2022, the Montana Army National Guard revealed plans to lease helicopter hanger space in the Eastern part of the state, due to the fact there was no National Guard search and rescue (SaR) presence in that part of the state: “If you look at a map of the U.S., that area Montana, southern Montana, northern Wyoming, that area is the largest area in the U.S. that does not have military aviation coverage.”-Colonel Rob Oleson, Director of Aviation and Safety, Montana Army National Guard

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

On 15Jun2022, additional militia personnel were sent to Caribou County, to assist local law enforcers by operating seven checkpoints in the Red Lodge area.

Red Lodge, Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

The flooding in the Red Lodge area is considered historic, ripping homes away and even flooding towns with large river rocks.

Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

The road checkpoints are expected to be operating at least until 22JUN2022.  Montana National Guard video by First Lieutenant Bayard Lewis, 15JUN2022, personnel deploy for checkpoint duty:

Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

Fort Harrison command center. Montana National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Michael Touchette, 15JUN2022.

Beartooth Slingshot Rentals drone video of flooding, 13JUN2022:

16JUN2022, Montana Army National Guard photo.

KTVQ report, 13JUN2022:

Red Lodge, Montana Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Edward Warner, 16JUN2022.

U.S. Disaster 2022: IDAHO AIR GUARD DEPLOYS TO CHEROKEE NATION!

HURRICANE HUNTERS ISSUE WARNING

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Cascadia Rising: Operation Black Wind, Bremerton hit by massive quake & contamination?

“To our knowledge, this is the first time, at least at Navy Medicine commands, to have a fire engine pump hundreds of gallons of water to a DECON team to use in helping decontaminate patients.”-Terry Lerma, Naval Hospital Bremerton emergency manager

Preparations for the overdue Cascadia Event continues, this time striking the U.S. Navy’s hospital on Bremerton, Washington.

During the second week of July 2021, Naval Hospital Bremerton conducted Operation Black Wind (in conjunction with Citadel Rumble) to assess how to respond to a catastrophic natural disaster.

U.S. Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, 15JUL2021.

Operation Black Wind’s scenario is set immediately after ‘a sudden and significant seismic event’ that lasted for at least one minute.  It also involved military personnel becoming sick due to a haz-mat truck overturning as a result of the quake.  The scenario of massive amounts of hazardous materials being released and affecting the local population has only recently been added to the U.S. Department of Defense/FEMA’s disaster response training.

Citadel Rumble is a yearly large scale U.S. Navy ‘all hazard exercise’ held across the West Coast of the United States: “This exercise readies our personnel for response and recovery before, during and after a natural disaster or other all-hazard events. Installations in our West Coast regions face risk of damaging earthquakes and wildfire encroachment, so this training is vital to expedite recovery and maintain mission readiness should such events occur.”– Mark Sinder, Director of Operations for Commander, Navy Installations Command

Cascadia Rising:

PREP FOR 2022, “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

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Cascadia Rising: Prep for 2022, “…extraordinary levels of mass casualties…”!

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“….plan, organize, equip, train, exercise for responding to and recovering from a catastrophic incident resulting in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, morale and/or government functions.”-Major General Bret D. Daugherty, Washington National Guard

Since a massive tsunami would render all the sea ports useless, on 05JUN 2016 they practiced using a Heavy Ground Mobility System (HGMS) truck to deploy a temporary modular roadway. This is known as a Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) operation. Washington Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Michael Tietjen.

Video of Modular Roadway deployment:

Video of JLOTS operation:

Video report explaining why JLOTS would be needed after a Cascadia Event, Washington Army National Guard’s 331st Transportation Company boasts that it is the only U.S. unit with this specific Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) configuration:

 

Navy Region North West (NRNW) Operations Center, in Washington state, will serve as a command & control after a CSZ event. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist First Class Jeffry Willadsen, 08JUN2016.

Cascadia Rising 2016 was directed from Naval Base Kitsap, Washington, in coordination with FEMA. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Third Class Jessica Maue.

In 2016, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as Oregon and Washington National Guards, conducted a training event called Cascadia Rising.  They are preparing for a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, resulting from an overdue jolt along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) off the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States.

07JUN2016, U.S. Coast Guard tested their Deployable Contingency Communications System near Ellensburg, Washington. U.S. Coast Guard District 13 photo.

07JUN2016, Oregon Air National Guard practiced emergency supply operations using TACPs and C-130s. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Emily Thompson.

Mass casualty training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 08JUN2016. Washington Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Michael Tietjen.

The Idaho, Oregon and Washington National Guards are prepping for another Cascadia Rising training event, to be held in June 2022, called Cascadia Rising 2022 (aka CR22).  FEMA is calling the CR22 training National Level Exercise 2022 (NLE 2022).   Supposedly, the CR22/NLE 2022 is a scenario that is placed four days after the CSZ event, an event that is expected to affect at least three U.S. states, with an expected 70-thousand plus casualties.  Idaho could become a ‘refugee’ center for survivors from Washington and Oregon.    (Canada’s British Columbia is also going to be affected)

Washington Air National Guard joined with Pierce County Corrections to prevent any breakouts at the Pierce County Jail, 08JUN2016. Washington Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Paul Rider.

While Washington’s Air National Guard tried to prevent a jail break, Washington’s Army National Guard help prisoners ‘escape’ the Hoquiam Jail due to approaching tsunami, 09JUN2016. Washington National Guard photo by Captain Colette Muller.

The first Cascadia Rising event was in 2016, and was considered to be the largest ever disaster response training in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Cascadia Rising 2016 revealed to authorities that everybody, and every local government operation, needed to be self-supplied for a minimum of two weeks to survive such a catastrophe: “The Cascadia Rising 2016 exercise highlighted a number of critical areas that we, the emergency management community, should improve before this fault ruptures, which will impact large portions of our residents and infrastructure. …..The exercise highlighted a number of infrastructure interdependencies our residents have come to rely on, such as electricity, communications, fuel, water and our roads.  Most of these sectors would be heavily disrupted after a CSZ event and plans are being developed and exercised that focus on the efficient recovery of these essential services.”-Sharon Loper, FEMA Region 10

Kentucky and Oregon National Guard conducted mass casualty training at Camp Rilea. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Hughel.

It is also expected that the CSZ event will create toxic environments. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Hughel.

To show you how seriously the DoD and FEMA are taking the overdue CSZ jolt, Cascadia Rising 2016 involved almost 20-thousand personnel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Kentucky National Guard, Oregon and Washington National Guards, Tribes, and civilian emergency response agencies.

Wearing contamination protective gear, Kentucky National Guard conducted rescues of people ‘swept’ into the forest. Kentucky National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Michael Reinersman.

Video interviews, by Staff Sergeant Amy Elker, concerning the nine Tribes in Oregon, in relation to the coming CSZ event:

Wearing contamination protective gear, Kentucky National Guard approach a collapsed building on Camp Rilea, Oregon, 08JUN2016. Kentucky National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Michael Reinersman.

Searching trough collapsed buildings, 09JUN2016. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Hughel.

U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Medical Ship during Cascadia Rising exercise at Naval Magazine Station Indian Island, Washington, 09JUN2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Andrea Anderson.

Cascadia Rising preparations also include crowd control. Oregon Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Hughel, 10JUN2016.

On 15JUN2016, personnel from the Japan Self Defense Forces toured Port Tacoma, Washington, and gave advice on how to respond to a tsunami. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Eliverto V Larios.

Washington Emergency Management Division: Cascadia Rising 2022

Pacific Ring of Fire, May 2021: WARNINGS FOR ALASKA, HAWAII & WASHINGTON

Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2020: “THAT CASCADIAN EVENT’S GOING TO HAPPEN!”

January 2018: GET READY FOR CASCADIA!

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“hostile weather conditions”: Pacific Ring of Fire, 23-29 February 2020

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Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 23 to 29 of Gregorian February 2020.

CANADA:  Taxpayers spending CAD$1.9-million for new flood mitigation

Canada looks for geothermal energy from Mount Meager, which is part of the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

CHINA: 5.0 quake hits Taiwan

4.7 quake hits Taiwan

4.5 quake hits Taiwan

4.2 quake hits Taiwan

INDONESIA: Magnitude 6 has struck the Tanimbar region

JAPAN:  14 eruptions, 9 explosions, 73 volcanic earthquakes and 63 tremors detected from Sakurajima 

USN SeaBees build ‘environmental enclosures’ at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, the enclosures are meant to provide people with a place to shelter from sudden “hostile weather conditions”.  The project began in October 2019 and is still ongoing.

MEXICO: Popo erupts again

NEW ZEALAND: Wairarapa fault line ‘loaded with pressure’ and could cause ‘giant’ quakes

PERU:  5.2 jolt west of Santiago de Cao

PHILIPPINES: Taal Volcano emits moderate steam

RUSSIA: 4.9-earthquake near the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula

THAILAND: Thai health inspectors check arriving U.S. military personnel for signs of CoViD-19 (CoronaVirus Disease 2019), 24FEB2020.

UNITED STATES:  Alaska; Small quake rattles Anchorage

Study of earthquake data reveals deep details of the volcano known as Cleveland

Shishaldin volcano surface temps warming up

California; Earthquake risk prompts order to drain dam

4.3 quake

3.7 quake

Montana; Quake northwest of Manhattan

 

Pacific Ring of Fire, 16-22 February 2020: FIRST DEATHS CAUSED BY FRACKING QUAKE!

Climate Change, 23-29 February 2020: SAL, MISO & CORONA-VIRUS BEER?

Going Viral, 26-29 February 2020: THE WORLD PANICS OVER COVID-19, YET INFLUENZA IS STILL KING KILLER!

Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., 23-29 February 2020: “I’M HERE TO SOUND THE ALARM…..”

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“global systemic collapse”: Climate Change, 01-08 February 2020

Incomplete list of links to news articles concerning climate change events during the days of 01 to 08 of the Gregorian month of February 2020.

Some scientists blame extreme temperature changes for the decline of the wooly bumblebee

Ocean currents getting faster, due to faster winds

Thawing permafrost will speed warming

Multiple Overlapping catastrophes“have the potential to impact and amplify one another in ways that might cascade to create global systemic collapse”
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ARGENTINA: Hottest day ever?

AUSTRALIA:  Charcoal and beef usually means BBQ, but something from 3-hundred BC might reduce methane produced by feeding cattle; Biochar

Despite regulations supposedly limiting industry pollution, it’s revealed the government actually approved increased industrial emissions!

BRAZIL: Discovered; the lumber industry is so aggressive it’s now cutting down trees during the rainy season!

CANADA: Quake strikes Atlantic coast

FRANCE: Cities are filling with trash

GREECE: 4.7 quake

INDIA:  5.1 quake

ISRAEL:  Earthquake near Haifa

ITALY:  Old solar panels meant to be recycled were instead shipped to parts of the Middle East and Africa

KOSOVO: European Union spends U.S.$83-million for filters to fight air pollution coming from electricity factory

SERBIA:  Considered Europe’s most polluted country

SOUTH AFRICA: Shrubs can stop climate change?

UNITED KINGDOM: British taxpayers funding African fossil fuel projects worth U.S.$750-million

UNITED STATES:

 So much for environment saving wind turbines, it’s estimated that this year alone at least 8-thousand wind turbine blades will be thrown into municipal trash dumps!   What’s more, the blades are supposed to last 20 years but most are thrown away after only ten!  They can’t be recycled!

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Kentucky; 
The final ‘shell’ emplacement had been delayed by unusually high water levels, but now that water levels have dropped the U.S.$1.22-billion Kentucky Lock Addition Project can continue.  Ten ‘shells’ were needed to build the new lock addition in dry conditions.  Reports say that since December 2019 the level of the Tennessee River was over-topping the nine shells already in place, each shell is 31-feet/9-meters high.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spending at least U.S.$16-million to repair a breach in the Buffalo North Breakwater, which was caused by the Halloween Night Storm last year.
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Altus Air Force Base is experimenting with a new cheaper way to clean-up its ground water, called a ‘bio-wall’ (‘bioreactors’ filled with locally sourced micro-organisms): “The purpose of the bio wall is to degrade the manmade contaminates currently found in the groundwater and break them down into naturally found elements. The bio walls act like a big water filter that is 30 feet underground. As the water flows through the wall, we are purifying it from the potentially harmful chemicals that were put in the ground a long time ago.”-Mary Bitney, Altus AFB Remedial Project Manager
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Puerto Rico; 5.0 earthquake 
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Tennessee;  2.7 quake
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Virginia;  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a U.S.$23.7-million contract to Florida based contractor to rebuild the eroded beach at NASA’s Wallops Island Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, including construction of breakwaters using 1.3-million cubic yards of sand.
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Climate Change, 26-31 January 2020: OCEANS SINK AS THE LANDS FLOOD

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“that Cascadian event’s going to happen!”: Pacific Ring of Fire, 26-31 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 26 to 31 of Gregorian January 2020.
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Mountains influence the impact of earthquakes

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AUSTRALIA: Ancient volcano now home to giant fluorescent slugs

COSTA RICA: Rincón de la Vieja erupts

JAPAN: Nishino-shima has been erupting since December

5.2 quake near east coast of Honshu

5.4 quake near Okinawa

5.4 quake hits Hokkaido

MEXICO: 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggers evacuations in Acapulco

El Popo erupts, again

NEW ZEALAND:  Upper-plate earthquakes caused uplift 

PERU: scientists created a ‘cloud curtain’ in tropical forests to mimic the future

4.7 quake, 31JAN2020

PHILIPPINES: Magnitude 4.9 quake rocks Davao del Sur

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RUSSIA:  Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Kuril Islands

4.7 earthquake – off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; 3.1 quake, 31JAN2020

California;  Tropical ‘Pineapple Express’ getting boost from Arctic ice 

3.3 quake, 31JAN2020

Warm Water ‘Blob’ Led to Fatal Whale Entanglements

Hawaii;  3.7 quake, 29JAN2020

Utah National Guard joined Hawaii National Guard in a disaster drill that included a contamination event, and the ‘transfer of authority’ to a much larger responding unit:

Montana;  Quake near Helena

Oregon;  State government Cascadia Playbook revealed, Bend-Redmond area to be emergency response HQ: “Our operating assumption is most of the infrastructure we rely on today will not be accessible to us if you’re in the Valley or on the Coast following a Cascadia earthquake.”-Andrew Phelps, Oregon Office of Emergency Management

“….. that Cascadian event’s going to happen!”–Fred LeLacheur,  Redmond Airport Engineer

Oregon governor demands U.S.$13-million for disaster prep programs

Oregon Coast Community College gives free Cascadia Event classes!

Washington;  4.5 quake, 31JAN2020 

Army Corps of Engineers scrambles to prep for major flooding, again

Wyoming; Earthquakes In And Around Yellowstone: How Often Do They Occur?

Yellowstone eruption to create Super Weather?

For past decade Yellowstone area averaged 4.7 quakes per day!

VIETNAM:  Volatile temp changes destroying crops

(from 2013: GLOBAL WARMING or ICE AGE? TROPICAL VIETNAM DROPS TO 25 FAHRENHEIT!!!)

World Bank Issues Its First ‘Green Loan’ to Vietnam

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PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, 19-25 JANUARY 2020

Climate Change, 26-31 January 2020: OCEANS SINK AS THE LANDS FLOOD

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Oceans sink as the Lands flood: Climate Change, 26-31 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to news articles concerning climate change events during the days of 26 to 31 of the Gregorian month of January 2020.

Melting glaciers could unleash ancient viruses
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Having fewer children touted as the answer

Some insects and some animals are breeding like mad, some are good some are bad

Good crop insects are dying at rapid pace

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The Ocean Floor is Sinking

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Powerful Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Jamaica and Cuba; Buildings Shake in Miami

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5.4 magnitude quake strikes Mediterranean Sea

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Fossilized Footprints Show Neanderthals Climbing An Active Volcano

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NATO members Canada, France, Italy, Lithuania and the United States are testing energy saving tech at this year’s Smart Energy Training and Assessment Camp.  It includes LED lighting, energy metering, atmospheric water generation, and various sizes of portable solar arrays.

ALBANIA: 4.3 quake, 31JAN2020

AUSTRALIA: Canberra declares state of emergency

BRAZIL:  Exploding canals, imploding malls

More than 30-thousand homeless due to flooding

indigenous group takes on “invader” mining company
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ICELAND: Alert level raised for expanding volcano

INDONESIA: More flooding, more deaths

ITALY: Vehicle ban goes into effect on Sunday

ROMANIA: 5.2-magnitude earthquake

SENEGAL: Has already lost one town to ocean rise

SWITZERLAND:  Warming rivers means less fish to eat?

TURKEY:  4.0 quake, 31JAN2020

UNITED KINGDOM:  Flood victims say new flood plan will make things worse

UNITED STATES: Wine making will end if a new climate adaptable grape cannot be found 

Trees Aren’t the Simple Climate Solution They Seem to Be

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‘Stop using the worst-case scenario … as the most likely outcome,’ experts say
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Illinois;  FEMA grants city additional U.S.$2.3-million to buyout flood prone residential properties (for some reason this news article refers to the grants as an ‘award’, as if the city won a contest)
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North Carolina; 2.3 quake
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Oregon; Utility company pays for climate change education in Portland grade schools (it should be noted that the same utility company announced in November 2019 that it will shutdown its remaining five customer service centers in Spring)
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Puerto Rico; 

Puerto Rico Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Caycee Watson, 30JAN2020.

Puerto Rico Air National Guard personnel with the 156th Medical Group, inspect toilets and hand washing facilities at  an earthquake response ‘base camp’ in Guayanilla, 30JAN2020.
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West Virginia; FEMA grants one county U.S.$131-million to rebuild flooded schools (for some reason this news article refers to the grant as an ‘award’, as if the county won a contest)
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CLIMATE CHANGE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: OPERATION SUDDEN RESPONSE

Going Viral, 30-31 January 2020: “I’M THE ONLY ONE LEFT”

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Operation Sudden Response: Climate Change, 19-25 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to news articles concerning climate change events during the days of 19 to 25 of the Gregorian month of January 2020.

“People are tired of hearing about climate problems. We need solutions, especially farmers whose families, livestock and livelihoods depend on them.”-Oluyede Ajayi, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation

Africa Climate Change Fund approves seven projects worth U.S.$4.7-million
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The plot to profit from a bee-killing pesticide

 

France And Germany Miss EU Climate Plan Deadline

climate change fears are reviving Europe’s sleeper trains
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Locusts, the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
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 HFC emissions are ‘rapidly’ rising and China and India could be to blame
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Be wary before donating to fire, earthquake funds

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AUSTRALIA: Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks of apocalypse

BRAZIL:   Brazil Listed Among Climate Change Culprits

CANADA:  Taxpayers funding CAD$20-million climate change think tank

CHINA:  China Suspends Tours Abroad as Xi Jinping Warns of ‘Grave Situation’ from new virus

  the world’s largest greenhouse gas emission emitter

economic woes threaten to derail China’s climate actions

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ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt are moving towards resolving disputes in order to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

FRANCE: New killer virus from China arrives

GERMANY:  Youth lawsuit challenges newest climate law

 15 personnel heading to operations with U.S. Africa Command (USAfriCom) went through humanitarian aid training at Kelley Barracks/Helenen-Kaserne: “We provide training to units like AfriCom to prepare them for when they might be called to provide humanitarian assistance to help the allies and partners that are within their area of operations as opposed to other military operations which are their main mission.”-Jenny Caruso, Humanitarian Assistance Response Training manager

GREENLAND:  For more proof climate change is a constant, scientists now say the demise of Viking colonies, in the Gregorian 15th Century, was the result of depleted resources and volatile prices, exacerbated by climate change.

Climate change resulting in skyrocketing cod fish:  “The Cod is coming back to Greenland strong.”-Bo Lings, fishing boat owner

HAITI: Scientists warn the next quake will be worse than the 2010 quake

ISRAEL:  UBQ Materials is an Israeli company which has developed a process to convert unsorted household waste into a plastic substitute, Germany’s Diamler agrees to test the household waste plastic in new cars. 

IVORY COAST:  How climate change has altered cocoa farming

SPAIN: Storm Gloria claims 12 lives in Spain, four missing

 Sea foam floods streets during deadly storm

TAJIKASTAN: 5.5 quake, 23JAN2020

TURKEY:  NEW earthquake hits already quake-devastated E. Turkish province

At Least 4 Killed, Buildings Collapse in Strong Earthquake

UGANDA:  Reforestation project considered a success, as forest employees live off revenues from Carbon Credits

UNITED KINGDOM:  Tremor shakes homes on Teesside

Taunton’s £6m flood defense plan approved

‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
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UNITED STATES:  Is climate change making it easier to get syrup from the rare Pacific Northwest Big Leaf Maple?  Production is on the rise.

As Climate Risks Worsen, U.S. Government Flood Buyouts Fail 

Residents of Minnesota urged to get flood insurance after warning of massive flood from National Weather Service

Pennsylvania lumber mill shutdown due to three years in a row of flood damage

  It was revealed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a training session on how to deal with a “hypothetical scenario” with Youghiogheny River Lake, in Pennsylvania.

More flooding predicted for Iowa 

Puerto Rico’s Air National Guard’s (PRANG) 156th Mission Support Group are the ‘gateway’ for all U.S. military support entering the territory for quake relief.  The above pic shows PRANG  personnel explaining the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration process at Muñiz Air National Guard Base.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted ‘door-to-door’ wellness checks in Yauco, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

More than 1-thousand-3-hundred military personnel supporting quake relief in Puerto Rico

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

Volunteer veterinarians from the Clinica Veterenaria tend to earthquake survivors’ pets, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

 Rescued pets from earthquake-ravaged Puerto Rico end up at East Coast shelters

Puerto Rico Is Welcoming Tourists As Island Recovers From Earthquake Damage

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3.8 magnitude earthquake felt in southern Kentucky

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In Mississippi, loud booms hear, authorities say it’s not an earthquake

Mississippi Fights With Army Corps of Engineers Over Flood Control
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Third earthquake hits near same area of Tennessee this week

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2.7 quake in Pecos County, Texas, 24JAN2020

3.0 earthquake shakes west Texas, 23JAN2020 
Exercise ‘Sudden Response’, involving military units located at Killeen, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas.  The exercise preps military responders for equipment deployment, life-saving operations and web-based command and control.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “ON SCALE WE’VE NOT SEEN BEFORE”