Earth's Biggest Volcano Might Be Waking Up
• newser.comReady to rumble? The world's largest volcano—Hawaii's Mauna Loa—appears to be stirring back to life after a relatively quiet 30 years, geologists say.
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More Than Half Of The Town Is Gone': Deadly Dual Tornadoes Level Neb. Town
• stlouis.cbslocal.comA storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing a motorist and a 5-year-old girl, leaving grain bins crumpled like discarded soda cans and flattening dozens of homes.
Huge increase in California earthquakes has scientists baffled
• naturalnews.comFor Los Angeles, California, May 2014 was a month of heightened seismic activity, boasting five earthquakes that measured greater than 4.0 on the Richter scale.
A $335M Project to Save NYC From Climate Catastrophe
• Wired.comAfter Hurricane Sandy wrecked the coastlines of New York City and New Jersey, and knocked the power out of lower Manhattan for a week in October 2012, the Department of Housing and Urban Development scrambled to make sure the catastrophe didn't happe
Alaska volcano erupts with new intensity, prompting 'red' alert
• http://www.reuters.com, By Steve QuinnAn Alaska volcano that has been spewing ash and lava for years began erupting with new intensity this week, pushing a plume of smoke and ash as high as 24,000 feet (7,315 meters) and prompting scientists to issue their highest volcanic alert in five
Massive Indonesian volcano eruption grounds flights
• independent.co.ukA huge volcanic eruption in Indonesia has covered the region in a vast cloud of ash, grounding flights in Australia and south east Asia.
Total Loss Disaster and Lessons Learned
• http://survivalblog.com, by R2We experienced a total loss fire in January of 2014. All life, minus a few fish, made it out okay.
Yellowstone Volcano Eruption: Report Claims That US Has Contingency Deal...
• http://www.theepochtimes.com, By Zachary StieberIf the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts then millions of U.S. citizens could end up in Brazil, Australia, or Argentina.
Magma rising in Washington state's Mount St. Helens volcano: USGS
• news.yahoo.comMagma levels are slowly rebuilding inside Mount St. Helens, a volcano in Washington state that erupted in 1980 and killed 57 people, although there was no sign of an impending eruption, U.S. scientists said.
Stackable container homes tested in NYC
• myfoxny.comCrews have set up the nation's first urban post disaster housing prototype. The three container units are at the corner of Cadman Plaza East and Red Cross Place in downtown Brooklyn, near Dumbo adjacent to the New York City Office of Emergency Manage
Tajima Motor Company to produce floating tsunami shelter
• http://www.gizmag.com, By Stephen ClemengerThe events of March 11, 2011 are still very much in the minds of the Japanese people and it's no surprise that we've seen a number of tsunami safety pod designs emerge in the years since.
Wildfires Burning Western US Are More Frequent And Bigger
• redorbit.comWildfires across the western United States have been getting bigger and more frequent over the last 30 years – a trend that could continue as climate change causes temperatures to rise and drought to become more severe in the coming decades, accordin
Everest Guide: 'Climbers Are Packing Up And Calling It Quits, They Want Nothing To Do With This*
• businessinsider.comRescuers recovered the body of one mountain guide on Saturday after an ice avalanche swept the lower slopes of Mount Everest, bringing the death toll to at least 13 in the deadliest accident on the world's highest mountain.
Wildfires in the Face of Climate Change: Increasing and Intensifying
• http://www.commondreams.org, Jacob ChamberlainPast three decades have seen steady increase in fires, drought in Western US due to climate change
On the deadliest day of Mount Everest's history
• https://plus.google.com, National GeographicOn the deadliest day of Mount Everest's history, learn about the Sherpas and their crucial role in mountaineering.
Peru orders 4,000 evacuated as Ubinas volcano spews ash clouds up 2 miles high
• http://www.foxnews.com,Peruvian authorities have ordered the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up to 2 miles (nearly 4 kilometers) high.
At Least Nine Nepali Guides Killed in Everest Avalanche
• http://www.voanews.com, ReutersAn avalanche swept down a slope of Mount Everest on Friday, killing nine Nepali mountaineering guides at the beginning of the main climbing season, a Tourism Ministry official said.
This Simple Trailer Has Everything You Need to Deal With Disaster
• http://www.wired.com, By Alexander GeorgeWhen the flood waters recede and the firefighters have put out the flames, infrastructure is often a casualty of the disaster.
Terrifying Animation Shows How Chile’s Tsunami Took Over the Entire Pacific Ocean
• http://www.wired.com, By Betsy MasonThis time-lapse animation simulates how waves caused by the magnitude 8.2 earthquake in Chile on April 1 spread across the Pacific Ocean over 30 hours.
20 Things You Need in Your Get Home Bag
• http://survivalcache.com, By Dan C.It may seem like Monday morning quarterbacking, but we want everyone to think about what happened recently in the SE United States to prepare.
‘Situation Is Very Grim’: At Least 14 Dead In Mudslide
• http://seattle.cbslocal.com,The search for survivors of a deadly Washington state mudslide grew Monday to include scores of people who were still unaccounted for as the death toll from the wall of trees, rocks and debris that swept through a rural community rose to at least 14.
What Will Happen When The ‘Big One’ Hits California?
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/On Monday, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake threw the city of Los Angeles into a bit of a tizzy. The ground shook, people screamed and news anchors ducked under their desks. But it was just a 4.4 magnitude earthquake. So what would happen if the “Big On
Obama And Putin Are Trapped In A Macho Game Of “Chicken” And The Whole World Could Pay The Price
• By Michael SnyderThe U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down.
California Gets Rain…and Possibly Flash Floods
• thedailysheeple.comt’s raining in California, and much more is forecast before the week is out. Although it is more than welcome it doesn’t mean the drought is over, it would take much more precipitation to fill the reservoirs. The rain that is due to fall will bring
A Foreshadowing of Future Mass Panic in America: This Is Why We Prepare…
• shtfplan.comEvery year somewhere in our country tens of thousands of Americans experience an emergency resulting from any number of scenarios that may include natural disasters, economic hardship or other unexpected circumstances.
Guest Article: Why Prepping Leads to Peace of Mind, by S.L.
• Survivalblog.comI got a clue about prepping on Feb 9, 1971, when I was rolled out of bed at 6am by the Northridge-Sylmar earthquake. Shortly following that unique event, the National Guard came through the neighborhood announcing immediate, mandatory evacuation ....
FEMA Enlists Designers to Rethink Disaster Relief
• Wired.comIn late October of 2012, as Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the eastern seaboard, some important members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were toying with an idea that was a little bit unusual, at least for members of a government agenc
Large Explosive Eruption at Ecuador’s Tungurahua
• Wired.comFebruary is off to a roaring start … another brief post to direct you to the significant explosive eruption (see above) going on right now at Ecuador’s Tungurahua.
Extraordinary Video of Pyroclastic Flows From the Eruption of Sinabung
• Wired.comIn terms of the destruction they wreak upon the landscape, few volcanic hazards can top pyroclastic flows (or more precisely calling pyroclastic density currents).
Life-size earthquake simulator
• popsci.comSeismic tests usually involve either a scale simulation of an earthquake or a computer-generated one, neither of which can fully replicate the kind of shaking a real tremor dishes out.
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