Earth Watch Report – Monday May 28th, 2012

Earthquakes

 

RSOE EDIS

 

Date/Time (UTC)	Magnitude	Area	Country	State/Prov./Gov.	Location	Risk			Source	Details
28.05.2012 09:05:35	2.2	Europe	Switzerland		Sennwald				EMSC
28.05.2012 09:41:12	3.4	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Woodville County	New Brighton				GEONET
28.05.2012 09:05:55	2.7	Europe	Italy		Barchessone				EMSC
28.05.2012 09:06:16	2.6	Europe	Greece		Neokhorion				EMSC
28.05.2012 07:50:30	2.4	North America	United States	California	Paicines				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 08:05:27	3.4	Europe	France		Vix				EMSC
28.05.2012 08:05:54	2.3	Europe	Italy		Morano Calabro				EMSC
28.05.2012 07:25:38	6.4	Atlantic Ocean	Argentina	Provincia de Santiago del Estero	Matara				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 08:06:17	6.0	South-America	Argentina		Llajta Mauca				EMSC
28.05.2012 08:06:38	2.2	Europe	Italy		Casa Castellana				EMSC
28.05.2012 08:06:59	2.6	Asia	Turkey		Taktip				EMSC
28.05.2012 07:05:29	2.4	Europe	Italy		Quarantoli				EMSC
28.05.2012 07:05:50	3.7	Europe	Portugal		Ilha do Farol				EMSC
28.05.2012 05:30:35	2.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Port William				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 06:05:27	2.3	Europe	Italy		Galliera				EMSC
28.05.2012 06:05:46	2.3	Europe	Italy		La Massara				EMSC
28.05.2012 05:07:31	2.0	North America	United States	California	Collinsville				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 05:07:50	2.4	North America	United States	Alaska	Karluk				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 05:06:27	2.2	Europe	Italy		Case Oratorio				EMSC
28.05.2012 05:06:49	4.6	Asia	China		Xinji				EMSC
28.05.2012 04:40:26	4.7	Asia	China	Hebei Sheng	Xinglongzhuang				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 05:07:10	2.7	Asia	Turkey		Kizilbulak				EMSC
28.05.2012 04:05:21	2.3	Europe	Italy		Pieve di Cento				EMSC
28.05.2012 04:05:39	3.1	Europe	Italy		Orsomarso				EMSC
28.05.2012 04:05:58	2.1	Europe	Italy		Casa Castellana				EMSC
28.05.2012 03:35:25	2.4	North America	United States	California	San Pablo				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 03:35:46	2.0	North America	United States	California	Capetown				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 04:06:21	2.6	Europe	Italy		La Massara				EMSC
28.05.2012 03:20:26	4.5	Europe	Italy		Sorgenti di Frido				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 04:06:47	4.3	Europe	Italy		Morano Calabro				EMSC
28.05.2012 03:10:35	2.7	North America	United States	Alaska	Tyonek				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 04:07:08	2.2	Europe	Italy		Il Motto				EMSC
28.05.2012 03:00:30	2.1	Europe	Italy		San Biagio				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:15:27	2.6	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Baja California	Cucapa				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 02:00:29	2.1	Europe	Italy		Correzzo				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:00:50	2.1	Europe	Italy		Ponte di San Pellegrino				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:01:10	2.8	Asia	Turkey		Alacak				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:01:31	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Karacay				EMSC
28.05.2012 01:45:31	3.2	North America	United States	Alaska	Sagwon				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 02:01:32	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Karacay				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:01:53	3.0	Europe	Greece		Kamaria				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:02:15	2.0	Europe	Italy		Ponte Trevisani				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:02:35	2.9	Europe	Italy		Renazzo				EMSC
28.05.2012 02:02:54	2.1	Europe	Italy		Ghisellina				EMSC
28.05.2012 00:30:42	4.5	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Chiapas	El Encanto				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 00:55:34	4.5	Middle-America	Mexico		El Encanto				EMSC
28.05.2012 00:55:55	2.6	Europe	Albania		Ferras				EMSC
28.05.2012 00:57:00	3.2	Caribbean	British Virgin Islands		Belle Vue				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 00:05:34	4.4	Middle America	El Salvador	Departamento de La Paz	Los Blancos				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 00:56:18	4.5	Middle-America	El Salvador		Los Blancos				EMSC
28.05.2012 00:35:36	3.4	Caribbean	Dominican Republic	Provincia de La Altagracia	El Coco				USGS-RSOE
28.05.2012 00:56:36	2.2	Asia	Turkey		Akcapinar				EMSC
28.05.2012 00:10:42	2.5	North America	Canada	British Columbia	Princeton				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 23:55:31	3.7	Europe	Greece		Lakhania				EMSC
27.05.2012 23:55:51	2.2	Europe	Italy		Galliera				EMSC
27.05.2012 23:56:12	2.2	Europe	Italy		Sant’Agostino				EMSC
27.05.2012 23:10:34	4.7	Asia	China	Tibet Autonomous Region	Ribxi				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 23:56:34	4.9	Asia	China		Ribxi				EMSC
27.05.2012 23:56:55	2.1	Europe	Italy		San Carlo				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:50:34	2.1	Europe	Italy		Il Motto				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:50:53	2.4	Europe	Italy		La Massara				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:51:14	4.1	Europe	Italy		La Massara				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:15:41	4.4	South America	Chile	Region de Antofagasta	Condoroma				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 22:51:36	4.4	South-America	Chile		Condoroma				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:51:55	2.5	Europe	Greece		Kontaiika				EMSC
27.05.2012 21:45:32	2.4	Europe	Italy		Galliera				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:52:17	2.5	Europe	Bulgaria		Tsruklevtsi				EMSC
27.05.2012 21:45:53	2.2	Asia	Turkey		Yarusagi				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:35:49	2.6	North America	United States	Alaska	Sanak				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 22:52:38	2.1	Europe	Italy		Poggio Rusco				EMSC
27.05.2012 21:05:39	4.4	Pacific Ocean	Fiji		Matokana				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 21:46:16	4.4	Pacific Ocean – East	Fiji		Matokana				EMSC
27.05.2012 21:41:05	3.9	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Woodville County	New Brighton				GEONET
27.05.2012 21:46:35	2.2	Europe	Italy		Redena				EMSC
27.05.2012 20:45:27	2.0	Asia	Turkey		Narli				EMSC
27.05.2012 22:52:59	4.5	Asia	China		Kokterak				EMSC
27.05.2012 20:45:51	4.1	Europe	Italy		La Massara				EMSC
27.05.2012 20:25:44	4.6	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Oaxaca	Potrero Adentro				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 20:46:12	4.7	Middle-America	Mexico		Potrero Adentro				EMSC
27.05.2012 20:46:33	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Uzungeri				EMSC
27.05.2012 19:35:41	2.2	North America	United States	California	Toomey				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 19:40:34	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Mezraasadan				EMSC
27.05.2012 19:30:49	4.7	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Woodville County	Horoera				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 19:40:56	4.7	Australia & New-Zealand	New Zealand		Horoera				EMSC
27.05.2012 19:40:57	3.0	Asia	Turkey		Mezraasadan				EMSC
27.05.2012 19:41:17	2.4	Europe	Italy		La Fruttarola				EMSC
27.05.2012 19:21:53	4.4	Pacific Ocean	New Zealand	Woodville County	New Brighton				GEONET
27.05.2012 21:46:56	4.5	Asia	Tajikistan		Shugnou				EMSC
27.05.2012 18:45:25	2.9	North America	United States	Alaska	Willow				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 21:47:16	4.3	Asia	Afghanistan		Khushnak				EMSC
27.05.2012 21:47:37	4.2	Europe	Russia		Shubertovskiy Kombinat Nomer Pervyy				EMSC
27.05.2012 17:40:35	2.7	Europe	Greece		Kattavia				EMSC
27.05.2012 17:40:56	2.3	Asia	Turkey		Alakilise				EMSC
27.05.2012 16:55:35	2.1	North America	United States	Hawaii	Volcano				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 17:41:17	2.9	Europe	Italy		Medolla				EMSC
27.05.2012 16:35:34	2.3	Europe	France		Maison du Roi				EMSC
27.05.2012 16:01:02	4.9	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Chiapas	El Encanto				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 16:35:54	4.9	Middle-America	Mexico		El Encanto				EMSC
27.05.2012 16:36:14	2.9	Asia	Turkey		Karabogurtlen				EMSC
27.05.2012 15:30:39	3.5	Europe	Greece		Kaleryiana				EMSC
27.05.2012 15:10:41	3.8	North America	United States	California	Toomey				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 15:30:59	2.3	Europe	Italy		Galeazza Pepoli				EMSC
27.05.2012 15:05:35	4.6	Asia	Russia	Sakhalinskaya Oblast'	Khiva				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 15:31:18	4.6	Europe	Russia		Aleutka				EMSC
27.05.2012 15:31:37	2.4	Asia	Turkey		Kizilyaka				EMSC
27.05.2012 15:31:56	3.1	Asia	Turkey		Karabogurtlen				EMSC
27.05.2012 14:31:40	2.2	North America	United States	California	Caldwell Pines				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 14:05:34	3.0	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Villas de Playa II				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 14:30:29	4.8	Asia	Japan		Yonakuni				EMSC
27.05.2012 13:45:35	4.8	Asia	Japan	Okinawa-ken	Yonakuni				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 14:30:50	3.4	Europe	Cyprus		Neokhorio				EMSC
27.05.2012 14:31:17	2.6	Europe	Italy		San Martino in Spino				EMSC
27.05.2012 13:25:33	2.2	Europe	Greece		Agios Fokas				EMSC
27.05.2012 13:27:30	4.8	Indonesian archipelago	Indonesia		Malakopa				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 13:25:52	4.7	Indonesian Archipelago	Indonesia		Betumonga				EMSC
27.05.2012 13:26:14	3.0	Europe	Greece		Alexandreia				EMSC
27.05.2012 12:40:37	4.6	South America	Peru	Departamento de Pasco	Palmira				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 13:26:36	4.6	South-America	Peru		Palmira				EMSC
27.05.2012 12:15:27	2.5	Middle America	Mexico	Estado de Baja California	Canon de Guadalupe				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 12:00:43	2.2	North America	United States	Alaska	Knik Heights				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 12:01:15	4.7	Australia	Australia	State of New South Wales	Nelsons Plains				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 12:25:35	4.7	Australia & New-Zealand	Australia		Nelsons Plains				EMSC
27.05.2012 11:40:39	2.9	Caribbean	Puerto Rico		Soroco				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 12:05:36	3.1	Caribbean	Dominican Republic	Provincia de La Altagracia	El Cabo				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 10:25:28	4.9	Asia	Japan		Erimo				EMSC
27.05.2012 10:50:41	4.8	Asia	Japan	Hokkaido	Erimo				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 10:25:49	2.2	Europe	Italy		Crevalcore				EMSC
27.05.2012 10:00:25	4.3	Caribbean	U.S. Virgin Islands		Bovoni				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 10:26:09	4.3	Caribbean Sea	U.S. Virgin Islands		Bovoni				EMSC
27.05.2012 10:40:39	4.3	Caribbean	U.S. Virgin Islands		Bovoni				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 09:50:36	4.4	Caribbean	U.S. Virgin Islands		Nazareth				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 15:45:35	3.5	North America	United States	Alaska	Amchitka				USGS-RSOE
27.05.2012 11:25:29	4.4	North-America	United States		Amchitka				EMSC
27.05.2012 11:30:42	4.4	North America	United States	Alaska	Amchitka				USGS-RSOE

 

 

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Fourth earthquake rocks East Texas

By Glenn Evans gevans@news-journal.com

The fourth earthquake in 16 days hit East Texas early Saturday.

No injuries or significant damage were reported from the preliminary magnitude 2.5 temblor that hit about 1:30 a.m., said Larry Burns, emergency management coordinator in Timpson.

The quake was centered about seven miles southeast of town, near FM 1645 and Texas 87, according to information from the U.S. Geological Survey.

“One of the guys I work with, he told me it shook but it wasn’t like any of the others we’ve had,” said Burns, who was not in town when the latest quake occurred. “We’re up to four of them so far.”

There perhaps have been more than that, according to accounts collected by the Timpson and Teneha News, Mayor Debra Smith said Saturday.

“I think they’ve determined we are up to seven in the last 12 months,” the mayor said, dating the first reports to July. “But some of them were smaller than the (Geological Survey) keeps up.”

Smith reported the most recent shakeup was less dramatic than a May 17 quake that recently was upgraded to magnitude 4.8, woke residents and was blamed for one injury in the northern Shelby County town of 1,166.

“I think some people felt it,” she said, adding she slept through the latest quake. “We don’t know if it was an aftershock or how they classify those.”

The first quake, on May 10, measured magnitude 3.7. The May 17 earthquake was followed three days later by a 2.7 tremor that struck at 1:28 p.m. one week ago today about a mile south of Timpson.

The May 17 quake, which was felt in Longview and Shreveport, was centered three miles east of town, while the May 10 shakeup emanated from a site four miles to Timpson’s northeast.

Since the quakes began, Smith said, teams from the U.S. Geological Survey and Stephen F. Austin State University have placed seismic monitors in two or three locations to continuously record underground activity.

Several residents expressed suspicions that mineral extraction could be a factor in the unusual seismic activity.

“It’s kind of unnerving,” Smith said. “Everybody I talked to said it’s too early to determine if there is any connection to the oil and gas industry and anything significant causing it.”

 

 

Magnitude 6.0 – BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	6.0
Date-Time	Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 21:48:09 UTC Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 07:48:09 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	26.876°N, 140.214°E
Depth	472.6 km (293.7 miles)
Region	BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances	201 km (124 miles) W of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan 255 km (158 miles) NNW of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan 694 km (431 miles) S of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan 979 km (608 miles) S of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.4 km (8.3 miles); depth +/- 4.3 km (2.7 miles)
Parameters	NST=415, Nph=455, Dmin=197 km, Rmss=0.92 sec, Gp= 14°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=G
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb000a07p

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Extreme Temperatures/ Weather

Wildfires continue to rage in six states across the U.S that have already ravaged more than 200 square miles of land

A firefighter from the Bernardino County Fire Department carries a hose as his crew tries to fight fire in California

By Daily Mail Reporter

Crews battled to contain a massive New Mexico wildfire on Friday that has torched a dozen homes, the largest of several blazes that have consumed more than 200 square miles (520 square km) of rugged land in half-a-dozen U.S. states in recent days.

Wildfires in sparsely-populated stretches of Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and California have forced the evacuation of several small towns and torched miles of forest, brush and grass since mid-month.

The fires have taken hold in tinder-dry late-spring conditions in mostly remote tracts of the United States, and have been fanned by gusting winds of up to 50 mph.

The fire in New Mexico burned early Saturday through remote and rugged terrain around the Gila Wilderness and has grown to 85,000 acres (34,400 hectares) or more than 130 square miles (338 square kilometers).

The heavy smoke apparently disoriented six hikers Friday, prompting the New Mexico National Guard to carry out a rescue.

Col. Michael Montoya said one of the hikers had an injured knee and had to be taken to safety by ambulance. The others were able to walk to a secure area.

More than 500 firefighters are battling the blaze that resulted from the merger earlier this week of two lightning-sparked fires.

Fire officials say nearly all of the growth has come in recent days due to relentless winds.

The blaze has destroyed 12 cabins and seven small outbuildings, and the privately owned ghost town of Mogollon was placed under a voluntary evacuation order.

The strong winds pushed ash from the blaze 35 to 40 miles (56 to 64 kilometers) away, while smoke from the giant fire spread across the state and into Arizona.

And in Arizona, nearly 1,000 firefighters using aircraft and hand tools made strides toward containing the Grand Canyon state’s largest and most dangerous blaze, the so-called Gladiator Fire.

That fire, which has torched more than 25 square miles (65 square km) of ponderosa pine and brush about 40 miles north of Phoenix, reached 35-percent containment on Friday.

The progress allowed the local sheriff’s office to start letting some residents return to three small communities for the first time in 13 days.

Across the country in Michigan, two wildfires sparked by lightning strikes burned in forests and marshes of the sparsely populated Northern Peninsula, which is stuck in an extended dry spell, authorities said.

The larger of the two, the Duck Lake Fire has burned about 21,000 acres to the Lake Superior coastline.

There was no containment, as gusty winds had shifted to westerly breezes, threatening the Pike Lake area where there is a resort.

Health officials as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe issued alerts for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, advising people to limit outdoor activities and keep windows closed.

They said the effects on most people would be minor, but noted that mild throat and eye irritation or allergy-like symptoms could be expected.

Officials warned people with heart and lung conditions to be especially diligent in minimising their exposure to the smoky air.

In Southern California, firefighters worked to corral a wildfire that has chewed through 3,100 acres (1,255 hectares) of tinder-dry grass and light brush since it broke out Thursday afternoon east of Julian.

The fire was 20 percent contained, said Nick Schuler, battalion chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. No injuries or damage to structures were reported.

In Arizona, residents of the historic mining town of Crown King were allowed to return home after being evacuated because of a wildfire about 85 miles (137 kilometers) north of Phoenix.

The fire started May 13 and has burned more than 16,000 acres (6,475 hectares). It is 35 percent contained, fire officials said.

Watch an extreme windstorm lift up a parked Boeing 747

This plane had a little wind beneath its wings, so to speak, on Wednesday when 70+ mile per hour gusts stormed a boneyard in Mojave, Calif., lifting the gigantic Boeing 747 off the ground and offering it one last dance in the air before metal scrappers send it to its final resting place. In the video you can see the former passenger aircraft, which is tail-heavy because its engines were removed, bobbing around in the wind, its front wheels rising at a sharp angle as the nose sways back and forth. Mojave occasionally receives extreme windstorms due to its low pressure zone, but we’re betting they haven’t seen this before.

Gale Warning

 

ANCHORAGE AK

Freeze Warning

 

PUEBLO CO
GRAND JUNCTION CO
ALBUQUERQUE NM

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Storms, Flooding

 

 

Active tropical storm system(s)
Name of storm system	Location	Formed	Last update	Last category	Course	Wind Speed	Gust	Wave	Source	Details
Beryl	Atlantic Ocean	26.05.2012	28.05.2012	Tropical Storm	270 °	111 km/h	139 km/h	3.66 m	NHC

 

Tropical Storm data

Storm name: Beryl Area: Atlantic Ocean Start up location: N 32° 30.000, W 74° 48.000 Start up: 26th May 2012 Status: Active Track long: 355.67 km Top category.: Report by: NHC Useful links: Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale FEMA – How To Prepare for a Hurricane Effects of a Hurricane USA – National Hurricane Center
Past track Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave Pressure Source 27th May 2012 05:05:24 N 30° 48.000, W 77° 12.000 11 83 102 Tropical Storm 230 12 998 MB NHC Current position Date Time Position Speed km/h Wind km/h Gust km/h Category Course Wave feet Pressure Source 28th May 2012 07:05:36 N 30° 12.000, W 81° 6.000 11 111 139 Tropical Storm 270 ° 12 993 MB NHC

Beryl, now a tropical storm, nears US southeastern coast

Tropical Storm Beryl has residents in Georgia and Florida bracing for drenching rains and driving winds. The Weather Channel Mike Seidel reports.

By msnbc.com staff and news services

Updated at 4:49 p.m. ET: Tropical Storm Beryl already was wrecking some Memorial Day weekend plans on Sunday, sending shoreline campers packing to head inland and canceling some events in the southeastern United States.

The storm is due to make landfall later tonight, from Jacksonville, Fla. to Georgia.

Beryl was still well offshore, but officials in Georgia and Florida were already bracing for drenching rains and driving winds. Campers at Cumberland Island, which is reachable only by boat, were told to leave by 4:45 p.m. The island has a number of undeveloped beaches and forests popular with campers.

Many people, however, seemed determined to make the best of the soggy forecast.

At Greyfield Inn, a 19th-century mansion and the only private inn on Cumberland Island, the rooms were nearly full Sunday; all guests were planning to stay put through the wet weather, said Dawn Drake, who answered the phone at the inn’s office on the Florida coast.

In Jacksonville, Fla., Mayor Alvin Brown ordered a state of emergency, ending the Jazz Festival early and urging people to stay out of the water and off the streets, News4JAX.com reported. Workers are also out clearing tree limbs and debris that could be tossed about by the storm’s winds.

“We are encouraging all residents to stay indoors,” Brown said at a Sunday morning news conference at the Emergency Operations Center.

But business was booming at Red Dog Surf Shop in New Smyrna Beach where customers flocked to buy boards and wax in anticipation of the storm’s high waves. Officials all along the coast warned of rip currents, waves and high tides — all of which can be dangerous but also tend to attract adventurous surfers.

Joe Murphy, a spokesman for the Ritz Carlton in Amelia Island, said he was not seeing a flood of checkouts or people trying to get off the island. The hotel expected about 140 checkouts out of 466 rooms, he said.

Outdoor dining had been moved inside and the hotel set up movies and family game activities, but the hotel had no plans to board up or move patio furniture inside.

“So far it’s kind of business as usual, but with that sort of anticipation of what does the storm mean,” Murphy said.

Beryl was upgraded from a subtropical storm on Sunday afternoon. It was centered about 85 miles (140 kilometers) east-southeast of Jacksonville, Fla., and about 110 miles (175 km) southeast of Brunswick, Ga. Forecasters said the system had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was moving west at 10 mph (17 kph).

Beryl was projected to make landfall late Sunday or early Monday, though tropical storm conditions — meaning maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) — were expected to reach the U.S. coast hours before that. Once it makes landfall, Beryl will continue dumping rain over parts of Florida and Georgia before slowly moving back out to sea.

Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the entire Georgia coastline, as well as parts of Florida and South Carolina, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Beryl was expected to weaken to a depression Monday once it came ashore, the center said.

On Tybee Island, a barrier island not far from Savannah, water off the beaches was closed for swimming Sunday morning. Tybee Island fire Chief C.L. Sasser said winds of up to 42 mph were creating “horrendous water currents.” Only people with flotation devices strapped or tethered to their bodies were being allowed into the water, and they were being cautioned to not venture in farther than knee deep.

“Even if you’re standing in waist-deep water, the current can sweep you out quickly,” he said.

His ocean rescue team pulled a total of 48 people from the water on Saturday, he said, including about 27 that were considered to be in life-threatening conditions. One man who was sucked under the water was rescued by friends and onlookers and was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

A band of showers soaked the beaches late Sunday morning, causing crowds to thin, Sasser said. With alternating rainy and sunny weather forecast throughout the day, he said he expected the crowds on the sands to ebb and flow.

In South Carolina, Janice Keith with the Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau said the office hadn’t fielded any calls from concerned tourists.

In Beaufort County, emergency management deputy director David Zeoli said officials were continuing to monitor the storm and encourage people to have a plan in case conditions get worse.

Zeoli said winds had kicked up in the area that includes Hilton Head Island, a popular golf and beach destination. “It’s just a wet day here,” he said.

Msnbc.com’s James Eng contributed to this report from The Associated Press.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

Tropical Storm Beryl/Sunday Update!!! 100 People Already Pulled from the Rip Currents!

 

 

Tropical Storm Warning

 

FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
CHARLESTON SC
JACKSONVILLE FL
TALLAHASSEE FL
CAPE FEAR TO 31N OUT TO 32N 73W TO 31N 74W
ATLANTIC FROM 27N TO 31N W OF 77W-

Hurricane Statement

 

CHARLESTON SC
JACKSONVILLE FL
TALLAHASSEE FL

Flash Flood Warning

 

SIOUX FALLS SD
TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
DULUTH MN

Flash Flood Watch

 

TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
SIOUX FALLS SD
CHARLESTON SC
DULUTH MN

Flood Warning

 

TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
DULUTH MN
GREAT FALLS MT
SIOUX FALLS SD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Storm Warning

 

GREAT FALLS MT

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Radiation

Actual Fukushima worker “In case of the major aftershock, all the reactors will be in crisis”

Posted by Mochizuki

Fukushima Diary

Actual Fukushima worker Happy11311 admits if another major aftershock hits Fukushima, they can’t even get close to the reactors and the risk is not only SFP4, it would be all the reactors.

I tweeted this before but in case of another major aftershock or Tsunami, it won’t be only reactor4. I think all the reactors will be in crisis. Tepco says they have prepared multiple coolant means, but if the radiation level goes too high, we can not even get close. Also even if the reactor buildings remain safe, roads won’t be safe to approach the reactors.

Actually 311 caused a lot of cracks on the ground, there were a lot of places where you can not drive by car. Even pumper trucks or fire trucks can not drive maybe. Above all, now we don’t have enough human resource nor engineers to settle down reactor4 in addition to other reactors.

If you drive from Iwaki, it would take 6 hours if the situation is as bad as 311. Also, there as a heliport on the ground in 311, but it will be removed soon though we are supposed to build a heliport somewhere in the plant area..

They all plan to build tanks for contaminated water, but there is no plan to build a heliport. There used to be one, but not anymore.

In case of another major aftershock or Tsunami, it’s not self defense force, fire brigades or riot police, it’s us, normal plant workers to try to settle it down.

Iori Mochizuki

Weakened Fukushima nuclear pool is not unstable, Japan insists

Toshiaki Shimizu / AFP – Getty Images

Goshi Hosono, Japan’s environment minister, shows reporters the fuel rod pool at Fukushima’s No. 4 reactor on Saturday.

By msnbc.com staff and news services

FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Amid concerns of a new disaster should a quake destroy the pool cooling off radioactive nuclear fuel rods at Fukushima’s Reactor No. 4, Japan on Saturday arranged a tour for journalists and declared the situation manageable — but also very long term.

“I don’t think the situation is unstable,” said Goshi Hosono, Japan’s environment minister and the man in charge of the cleanup. He was speaking to reporters after his first tour of the twisted and partly destroyed building that houses the reactor.

Hosono said he expected workers to begin removing fuel from the reactor’s storage pool next year.

Work began last month to raise what amounts to a giant tent over the building to keep radioactive dust from scattering during the transport of the fuel rods, which now are under just a tarp at the top of the building.

Senator Ron Wyden was the first U.S. Senator to get a look inside Japan’s Fukushima nuclear energy plant. Wyden discusses what he saw inside the plant and whether or not imported food from Japan is safe to eat.

Hosono said his biggest concern was ensuring Japan could secure the labor and talent to finish the decommissioning of the Fukushima reactors over the coming decades.

“This may take 30 or even 40 years to complete and extremely difficult work is still ahead of us,” he said.

Tokyo Electric Power, the utility that operates the Fukushima Daiichi plant, says its analysis shows the No. 4 reactor building would hold up in a strong earthquake even after being badly damaged by a hydrogen explosion when three nearby reactors suffered meltdowns in March 2011.

Japanese safety regulators on Friday ordered Tepco to recheck its findings after measurements showed the west wall of the reactor building was buckling out by about 1.2 inches.

Some experts believe the fuel in the pool is now too weak to generate much radioactivity, but others are still worried.

“The No. 4 reactor is visibly damaged and in a fragile state, down to the floor that holds the spent fuel pool,” Hiroaki Koide, an assistant professor at Kyoto University’s Research Reactor Institute, told the New York Times. “Any radioactive release could be huge and go directly into the environment.”

Hosono said the government accepted Tepco’s estimate that the No. 4 reactor could withstand an earthquake measuring a “strong 6” on the Japanese scale.

The magnitude 9 quake last March that triggered a tsunami and overran Fukushima’s backup power systems was measured at 7 on the Japanese scale.

Some environmental critics charge the No. 4 reactor presents a particular risk of a knock-on disaster if a subsequent earthquake were to topple it or puncture its fuel storage pool and allow the 65 feet of water now covering and cooling 1,535 uranium fuel assemblies to drain away.

Such an accident, they say, could release far more radiation than the leaks of radioactive water Tepco has battled since improvising a system for cooling reactor cores last year.

Hosono climbed a narrow and dark staircase built with scaffolding to take reporters to the top of the No. 4 building where the fuel pool has been covered with a tarp.

Tepco has taken steps to shore up support for the pool, which measures  30 feet by 60 feet across, by adding a cement column underneath.

Officials from the utility demonstrated how they were using water in the pool as a kind of level to confirm the building was not tipping. They also showed a grid of floats holding up the tarp they said could support a person if a worker fell in.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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Solar Activity

2MIN News May27: Earth Sun Planetary Update

Published on May 27, 2012 by Suspicious0bservers

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-scientist-evolution-debate-history.html

http://www.weather.com/news/tropical-oddities-20120522

http://www.weather.com/news/jack-hayes-retiring-20120525

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-05/27/c_131613019_2.htm

http://www.arabnews.com/global-outrage-over-syria-child-massacre-92-killed

http://phys.org/news/2012-05-thousands-shellfish-dead-peru.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/26/us-bankia-stake-sales-idUSBRE84P04D…

Spaceweather: http://spaceweather.com/ [Look on the left at the X-ray Flux and Solar Wind Speed/Density]

HAARP: http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html [Click online data, and have a little fun]

SDO: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/ [Place to find Solar Images and Videos – as seen from earth]

SOHO: http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/soho_movie_theater [SOHO; Lasco and EIT – as seen from earth]

Stereo: http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images [Stereo; Cor, EUVI, HI – as seen from the side]

SunAEON:http://www.sunaeon.com/#/solarsystem/ [Just click it… trust me]

SOLARIMG: http://solarimg.org/artis/ [All purpose data viewing site]

iSWA: http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/iswa/iSWA.html [Free Application; for advanced sun watchers]

NOAA ENLIL SPIRAL: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/wsa-enlil/cme-based/ [CME Evolution]

RSOE: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php [That cool alert map I use]

Gamma Ray Bursts: http://grb.sonoma.edu/ [Really? You can’t figure out what this one is for?]

BARTOL Cosmic Rays: http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu//spaceweather/welcome.html [Top left box, look for BIG blue circles]

TORCON: http://www.weather.com/news/tornado-torcon-index [Tornado Forecast for the day]

GOES Weather: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/ [Clouds over America]

INTELLICAST: http://www.intellicast.com/ [Weather site used by many youtubers]

NASA News: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/

PHYSORG: http://phys.org/ [GREAT News Site!]

Solar Update/ Double Flares

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Space

 

 

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2012 KP24)  2012-May-28 0.0004 0.1 15 m – 33 m 26.3 13.27 (2001 CQ36)  2012-May-30 0.0258 10.0 77 m – 170 m 22.7 5.62 (2002 OA22)  2012-May-31 0.1197 46.6 370 m – 820 m 19.3 7.01 (2012 KZ41)  2012-May-31 0.0208 8.1 27 m – 61 m 24.9 12.38 (2007 LE)  2012-Jun-02 0.0478 18.6 390 m – 870 m 19.2 19.77 (2012 KX41)  2012-Jun-02 0.0371 14.4 27 m – 61 m 24.9 13.40 (2012 KO18)  2012-Jun-02 0.0826 32.1 100 m – 220 m 22.1 15.28 (2012 JW11)  2012-Jun-02 0.1309 51.0 110 m – 250 m 21.9 5.14 (2012 HK31)  2012-Jun-04 0.0336 13.1 22 m – 49 m 25.4 3.03 (2012 KN18)  2012-Jun-05 0.0426 16.6 32 m – 71 m 24.6 10.17 (2008 MG1)  2012-Jun-05 0.1268 49.3 290 m – 640 m 19.8 22.32 (2009 LE)  2012-Jun-06 0.1150 44.8 50 m – 110 m 23.6 13.61 (2006 SG7)  2012-Jun-06 0.0857 33.4 71 m – 160 m 22.9 16.47 (2001 LB)  2012-Jun-07 0.0729 28.4 200 m – 450 m 20.6 11.56 (2012 JU11)  2012-Jun-09 0.0736 28.6 27 m – 60 m 25.0 3.80 (2012 GX11)  2012-Jun-10 0.1556 60.5 170 m – 380 m 21.0 6.38 (2012 KM11)  2012-Jun-14 0.0933 36.3 30 m – 66 m 24.8 5.91 (2012 HN40)  2012-Jun-15 0.1182 46.0 230 m – 510 m 20.3 13.79 (2002 AC)  2012-Jun-16 0.1598 62.2 740 m – 1.7 km 17.8 26.71 137120 (1999 BJ8)  2012-Jun-16 0.1769 68.8 670 m – 1.5 km 18.0 14.88 (2011 KR12)  2012-Jun-19 0.1318 51.3 140 m – 310 m 21.4 10.10 (2004 HB39)  2012-Jun-20 0.1605 62.5 77 m – 170 m 22.7 8.88 (2008 CE119)  2012-Jun-21 0.1811 70.5 21 m – 46 m 25.5 3.22 308242 (2005 GO21)  2012-Jun-21 0.0440 17.1 1.4 km – 3.1 km 16.4 13.27 (2011 AH5)  2012-Jun-25 0.1670 65.0 17 m – 39 m 25.9 5.84 (2012 FA14)  2012-Jun-25 0.0322 12.5 75 m – 170 m 22.8 5.28 (2004 YG1)  2012-Jun-25 0.0890 34.7 140 m – 310 m 21.4 11.34 (2010 AF3)  2012-Jun-25 0.1190 46.3 16 m – 36 m 26.1 6.54 (2008 YT30)  2012-Jun-26 0.0715 27.8 370 m – 820 m 19.3 10.70 (2010 NY65)  2012-Jun-27 0.1023 39.8 120 m – 270 m 21.7 15.09 (2008 WM64)  2012-Jun-28 0.1449 56.4 200 m – 440 m 20.6 17.31 (2010 CD55)  2012-Jun-28 0.1975 76.8 64 m – 140 m 23.1 6.33 (2004 CL)  2012-Jun-30 0.1113 43.3 220 m – 480 m 20.5 20.75 (2008 YQ2)  2012-Jul-03 0.1057 41.1 29 m – 65 m 24.8 15.60 (2005 QQ30)  2012-Jul-06 0.1765 68.7 280 m – 620 m 19.9 13.13 (2011 YJ28)  2012-Jul-06 0.1383 53.8 150 m – 330 m 21.3 14.19 276392 (2002 XH4)  2012-Jul-07 0.1851 72.0 370 m – 840 m 19.3 7.76 (2003 MK4)  2012-Jul-08 0.1673 65.1 180 m – 410 m 20.8 14.35 (1999 NW2)  2012-Jul-08 0.0853 33.2 62 m – 140 m 23.1 6.66 189P/NEAT  2012-Jul-09 0.1720 66.9 n/a 0.0 12.47 (2000 JB6)  2012-Jul-10 0.1780 69.3 490 m – 1.1 km 18.7 6.42 (2010 MJ1)  2012-Jul-10 0.1533 59.7 52 m – 120 m 23.6 10.35 (2008 NP3)  2012-Jul-12 0.1572 61.2 57 m – 130 m 23.3 6.08 (2006 BV39)  2012-Jul-12 0.1132 44.1 4.2 m – 9.5 m 29.0 11.11 (2005 NE21)  2012-Jul-15 0.1555 60.5 140 m – 320 m 21.3 10.77 (2003 KU2)  2012-Jul-15 0.1034 40.2 770 m – 1.7 km 17.7 17.12 (2007 TN74)  2012-Jul-16 0.1718 66.9 20 m – 45 m 25.6 7.36 (2007 DD)  2012-Jul-16 0.1101 42.8 19 m – 42 m 25.8 6.47 (2006 BC8)  2012-Jul-16 0.1584 61.6 25 m – 56 m 25.1 17.71 144411 (2004 EW9)  2012-Jul-16 0.1202 46.8 1.3 km – 2.9 km 16.5 10.90 (2012 BV26)  2012-Jul-18 0.1759 68.4 94 m – 210 m 22.2 10.88 (2010 OB101)  2012-Jul-19 0.1196 46.6 200 m – 450 m 20.6 13.34 (2008 OX1)  2012-Jul-20 0.1873 72.9 130 m – 300 m 21.5 15.35 (2010 GK65)  2012-Jul-21 0.1696 66.0 34 m – 75 m 24.5 17.80 (2011 OJ45)  2012-Jul-21 0.1367 53.2 18 m – 39 m 25.9 3.79 153958 (2002 AM31)  2012-Jul-22 0.0351 13.7 630 m – 1.4 km 18.1 9.55 (2011 CA7)  2012-Jul-23 0.1492 58.1 2.3 m – 5.1 m 30.3 5.43 (2012 BB124)  2012-Jul-24 0.1610 62.7 170 m – 380 m 21.0 8.78 (2009 PC)  2012-Jul-28 0.1772 68.9 61 m – 140 m 23.2 7.34 217013 (2001 AA50)  2012-Jul-31 0.1355 52.7 580 m – 1.3 km 18.3 22.15 (2012 DS30)  2012-Aug-02 0.1224 47.6 18 m – 39 m 25.9 5.39 (2000 RN77)  2012-Aug-03 0.1955 76.1 410 m – 920 m 19.0 9.87 (2004 SB56)  2012-Aug-04 0.1393 54.2 380 m – 840 m 19.2 13.72 (2000 SD8)  2012-Aug-04 0.1675 65.2 180 m – 400 m 20.9 5.82 (2006 EC)  2012-Aug-06 0.0932 36.3 13 m – 28 m 26.6 6.13 (2006 MV1)  2012-Aug-07 0.0612 23.8 12 m – 28 m 26.7 4.79 (2005 RK3)  2012-Aug-08 0.1843 71.7 52 m – 120 m 23.6 8.27 (2009 BW2)  2012-Aug-09 0.0337 13.1 25 m – 56 m 25.1 5.27 277475 (2005 WK4)  2012-Aug-09 0.1283 49.9 260 m – 580 m 20.1 6.18 (2004 SC56)  2012-Aug-09 0.0811 31.6 74 m – 170 m 22.8 10.57 (2008 AF4)  2012-Aug-10 0.1936 75.3 310 m – 690 m 19.7 16.05 37655 Illapa  2012-Aug-12 0.0951 37.0 770 m – 1.7 km 17.7 28.73 (2012 HS15)  2012-Aug-14 0.1803 70.2 220 m – 490 m 20.4 11.54 4581 Asclepius  2012-Aug-16 0.1079 42.0 220 m – 490 m 20.4 13.48 (2008 TC4)  2012-Aug-18 0.1937 75.4 140 m – 300 m 21.5 17.34 (2006 CV)  2012-Aug-20 0.1744 67.9 290 m – 640 m 19.8 13.24 (2012 EC)  2012-Aug-20 0.0815 31.7 56 m – 130 m 23.4 5.57 162421 (2000 ET70)  2012-Aug-21 0.1503 58.5 640 m – 1.4 km 18.1 12.92 (2007 WU3)  2012-Aug-21 0.1954 76.0 56 m – 120 m 23.4 5.25 (2012 BB14)  2012-Aug-24 0.1234 48.0 27 m – 60 m 25.0 2.58 * Diameter estimates based on the object’s absolute magnitude.

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Sinkholes

 

Massive Sinkhole Forms Near Central City, Colorado

CBS4

© CBS
The sinkhole near Central City.

Central City, Colorado – A massive crater alongside the road in between the cities of Black Hawk and Central City has traffic moving along a bit slower than usual after crews had to close a lane.

The sinkhole happened at the end of Gregory Street just east of Central City. The asphalt on the side of the road gave way to a small cavern early Saturday morning. By midday the cavern had turned into a crater.

Officials said an old mine shaft caved in. There’s some speculation that recent, heavy rains and heavy Memorial Day weekend traffic may have been a contributing factor.

The shaft is about 30 feet wide by 50 feet deep. Crews will fill it in with large rocks and then add filler to the rock for stabilization.

Experts say such collapses aren’t uncommon in Gilpin County.

© CBS

“It’s known for being one of the richest square miles on Earth, maybe in the United States. I mean this place was hopping back in the early 1900s,” Deb Zack with the Division of Reclamation, Mining, & Safety said.

Crews don’t believe that the shaft continues under the road but they’ll be keeping a close eye on the spot.

Traffic will be down to one lane in the small section in between the two towns until crews can get the hole filled in and stabilized.

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Articles of Interest

 

 

27.05.2012

Explosion

USA

State of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

 

 

Explosion in USA on Sunday, 27 May, 2012 at 11:06 (11:06 AM) UTC.

Description

A house explosion in a northern suburb of Milwaukee on Saturday injured six people, including a firefighter and a police officer, fire officials said.The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but is under investigation, said Kerry Wenzel, a spokeswoman with the North Shore Fire Department.Video from CNN affiliate WISN showed a gaping hole where a house once stood, as firefighters doused the debris with water.Fire Chief Robert Whitaker said three structures were involved in the incident — the house that was destroyed and those on either side of it.Among the injured were two residents, a neighbor and a passerby, both of whom tried to assist those inside, he said.The injured police officer was treated for smoke inhalation, while the firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion, the chief said.

 

 

 

27.05.2012

Technological Disaster

South Africa

Kleinzee

 

 

Technological Disaster in South Africa on Sunday, 27 May, 2012 at 11:00 (11:00 AM) UTC.

Description

The bodies of 10 illegal miners were recovered from a disused diamond mine near Kleinzee, in the Northern Cape on Saturday, De Beers said.”Ten deceased diggers had been recovered from the collapsed tunnels [by Saturday evening]. One digger has been rescued and eleven diggers reportedly escaped,” the diamond company said in a statement.”The co-ordinated rescue and recovery operation is continuing. The operation will progress until all illegally excavated tunnels are found and searched for survivors or deceased diggers.”De Beers said the collapsed tunnel that was discovered by the rescue team was cleared on Saturday.”Mining could then proceed towards what is reported, by diggers, to be another tunnel in the network. This work will continue until the tunnel is intersected.”The tunnels were not part of a previously worked underground mine but were excavated illegally at the site.On Friday, rescuers recovered the bodies of five miner at the site, police spokesperson Captain Cherelle Ehlers said. She said rescue teams reached the collapsed tunnel by digging a trench alongside the entrance of a disused mine to try and get to the trapped miners.Earlier this week, police recovered two bodies and rescuers could see another, but the unstable conditions prevented them from retrieving it.One injured illegal digger was later rescued.Tunnels at the mine collapsed at 15:00 on Tuesday. The mine had closed the tunnels in April.Eleven illegal diggers reportedly escaped and alerted the police. The collapsed hole was about six metres deep and led to several tunnels and an underground waiting area.

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