Scaaaaaaaary!!!!!!

Waiting for the big one, and I mean BIG.

Is a massive earthquake in the Pacific Northwest overdue?



I'll never complain about a prairie blizzard again.

Quite Possibly The Best...

...comments in an article on the AGW scam ever written:

The Climatistas Are Quaking


To wit:

• This “journalism” is criminal level exaggeration; Glowbull warming causes earthquakes? Seriously?
• Newsweek was overpriced when it was sold for $1. This article proves it.
• People are paid to write this guff? McGuire is a fruitcake and should be locked up, yet he is quoted and supported by this ridiculous article. This is unbelievably bad, even for Newsweek.
• Breaking News! Climate change is to blame for the Baltimore Riots, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and Justin Bieber. Don’t worry though, the process can be reversed if you buy carbon credits.
• hahahahha….I just KNEW that volcanoes and earthquakes were caused by “Climate Change”….that’s the funniest thing that I’ve seen all month Thank you for giving me my morning laugh…..I work in Geophysics, by the way….

• Not so long ago the IPCC was telling us CO2 was causing the Himalayan glaciers to disappear. Now CO2 is causing plate tectonics. CO2 is the Swiss Army knife of global warming conspiracists.

That last one is my favourite.

The Power Of Mom Nature

Mount Everest Shrank As Nepal Quake Lifted Kathmandu

Mount Everest Shrank As Nepal Quake Lifted Kathmandu

(Those are two different reports with the same title.)

Another Tsunami On The Way?

Strong quake jolts northern Japan, no tsunami warning

"Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater."

It must suck to be Japanese.

Kinda Scary, If You Ask Me

Hunting for Germs in an Ancient Graveyard

Researchers scour Italian cemetery for DNA of ancient strains of cholera

"An Italian church graveyard could preserve more than bodies: Researchers are searching the cemetery for the DNA of ancient strains of cholera.

Cholera is a deadly diarrheal disease caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. In the 1850s, an epidemic swept the world. In 1854, during this epidemic, London doctor John Snow famously traced one outbreak to a contaminated water pump in the Soho district of the city. The case is still cited today as a triumph of epidemiology.

Cholera still kills today. According to the World Health Organization, there were more than 100,000 cases in 2013, and periodic epidemics send that number soaring. In 2011, for example, there were nearly 600,000 cholera cases worldwide, driven largely by an outbreak that occurred after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti."

And in other "science" news:

Evolution theory confirmed: Big is better, Stanford researchers say

Someday...

...before too long, in geological time, there will be no more Chile:

Chile 8.2 earthquake: Tsunami spurs evacuation along coast, at least two deaths reported

I expect there will still be Chili though.

Still???

Is the Pacific Ocean radioactive? You can help find out

"As a marine chemist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who has been studying the effects of Japan’s Fukushima reactor leak since right after it happened, Ken Buesseler had long grown frustrated with the repeated scare stories he was seeing online. So he decided to do something about it.

Buesseler is enlisting the public in his cause, giving them an opportunity to share in the research he is doing. Through the Center for Marine and Environmental Radioactivity, Buesseler is crowd-funding an effort to take regular measurements of ocean radiation up and down the West Coast.

The way it works is this: When you sign up, he will send you a sampling kit that will record all of the vital information; you send it back to him for analysis and compilation. It’s not cheap -- each sample costs $550 to $600, including materials, shipping and analysis -- but groups can go in together to help defray the costs.

[---]

"Buesseler was among the first scientists to visit the ocean off Fukushima after the failure of the Daiichi nuclear reactor after the devastating earthquake and tsunami March 11, 2011. His FAQ is generally acknowledged to be among the most reliable sources of scientific information on the spill.

He insists that while the situation continues to be serious in the immediate vicinity of the reactor, fears of ocean-borne radiation on the West Coast of the United States are severely overblown."

I hope this resolves the hysteria once and for all, but of course it won't. Read the comments.

Bad News For Our Left Coast

New Study Finds Vancouver Not Ready For Powerful Earthquake

Large Earthquake to Jolt Vancouver much Stronger than Previously Thought: Study

Georgia Basin Could Amplify Ground Shaking In Next Vancouver Earthquake

Holy Moly

Gaia is mad at us. Hurricane to the east. Tsunami to the west.

And All Along...

...you thought it was your superior performance in bed, didn't you fellas?

Fracking for oil triggers manmade earthquakes

Don't Ya Just Love...

...the Federal system of government? Passing the buck is a time honoured tradition.

Conservatives to consolidate, speed environmental reviews

"The Conservative government's overhaul of environmental assessments will consolidate federal reviews into three departments, focus resources on major projects and hand significant ecological oversight to the provinces.

The Harper government's legislative plan for "responsible resource development," announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, will — as mentioned in the federal budget — also impose fixed timelines of up to 24 months for environmental reviews of major oil and gas and mining projects."

That howling sound you hear is David Suzuki and fellow leftards. It's a beautiful sound, wouldn't you say?

Meanwhile, Harper is in South America shaking things up. Or maybe it was Shillary or Dr. Fruitfly shaking in rage at the bullies. Or fracking.

Well, Our Left Coast...

...is still there.

Miracle Babies

Turkey - 2011 earthquake

"A 14-day-old new born has miraculously survived after being trapped for 46 hours in debris after the 7.2 earthquake hit Turkey Sunday, reported the Reuters."

Japan - 2011 earthquake

"From the devastation in Japan, a few miracles: Most notably, a 4-month-old baby pulled from the rubble in the coastal town of Ishinomaki, where she had been wrenched from her parents’ arms when the tsunami hit three days before. Soldiers, whose mission had turned from rescue to recovery after finding at least 2,000 bodies, at first thought they were hearing things. But when they heard the baby cry again, they pulled back wood, slate, and mud to find the little girl. Somehow, she had been spared not only from drowning, but from injury; she was simply cold and wet, and was quickly reunited with her family."

Haiti - baby Elizabeth, baby Redjeson and baby Jenni.

And, if anybody else besides me remembers, the miracle babies of Mexico City. These little ones were newborns in the nursery of a hospital. They had survived a week or more without anything to eat or drink.

Gee, It's Getting To Be....

...a full-time job!

Protesters gather outside Surrey hotel where George Bush is scheduled to speak

"More than 100 protesters, including many from the Occupy Vancouver protest, were gathered this morning outside a Surrey hotel calling for the arrest of George W. Bush who was inside speaking to a business group."

Including, of course, 9/11 troofers.

Shall we do our usual % of population analysis? The City of Vancouver is home to over 500,000 people. The lower mainland, which is a sprawling extension of Vancouver, is north of 2.5 million. Sooooo, the number of protestors on the street is, basically, so small, it's not worth calculating the percentage. Hope you had fun, folks. Hope they paid you well. Hope it didn't rain.

Meanwhile, not far south of there:

Occupy Seattle protester busted for exposing himself to children and a little bit further down the left coast, #OccupyOakland Out Of Control: Rats, Graffiti, Vandalism, Sexual Harassment, Public Sex, Urination… You're in good company. Just stay away from here.

Stubble Jumping Redneck mutters under her breath: "Why couldn't they have had the big one, right about that time?"

One Way Or Another...

...Quebec is gonna separate. Last year they tried the earthquake route, this year, maybe a hurricane will do the trick.

Contrast and Compare..

...this to that.

The Global Warming Theory...

has some competition:

Did tonight's super moon cause Japan's tsunami?

I thought the earthquake did it. Truth be told, this one has some logic to it.

Took a Little Longer Than Expected....

...but you just knew it was coming, didn't you?

Could global warming be causing recent earthquakes?

Why?

Why does a country that sits atop the Ring of Fire even have nuclear power in the first place?

It's coming our way, btw.

Amazing Survival Story

Japan tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa found 10 miles out at sea

"A 60-year-old man has been found on the roof of his floating house nearly 10 miles out at sea, two days after the tsunami that devastated the north-east coast of Japan.

Hiromitsu Shinkawa must have resigned himself to his fate when he was swept away by the retreating tsunami that roared ashore in his home town of Minami Soma in Fukushima prefecture.

As the wave approached, Shinkawa took the fateful decision to return home to collect belongings. Minutes later he was out at sea clinging to a piece of the roof from his own home.

Incredibly, he was spotted by a maritime self-defence force destroyer taking part in the rescue effort as he clung to the wreckage with one hand and waved a self-made red flag with the other. He had been at sea for two days."

Listening to the Roy Green Show right now. Apparently, according to Green, the quake has been upgraded to a 9 on the Richter Scale and another (at the very least) big one is predicted. God help them.