Extreme Nature: Are We going to Die? (An Extreme Nature Photo Blog)

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Are we going to die?  Yes, we are. We all die. What are we going to die from and when?  Humans do not get to see what they are going to die from until it arrives on Your day to go. We do not know when until that day You go. We come from Light, we return to Light. That is just how it is and always has been. Will it be this year? We do not know. No one knows. Could we die from an extreme event from Nature? Yes, we could. People have in the past and they will in the future. Could we die from health-related issues? Yes. Could we die from accidental circumstances? Yes. Could we die from murder or war? Yes.  Can we just skip this part of our life and not die? No.


Tonight. I am going to show you some extreme Nature and some predictions from (some) people. Not to scare You, but to inform You. There are some options available for You to consider and plan for, to minimize your risks of death from a Natural Disaster. There are powerful forces in Nature. We are going to look at some now.


1. Volcano.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano 
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/

Next is a one minute video of a Volcano Eruption in Hawaii:

Best advice to not be harmed by a Volcano: do not live near one.




2.  Thunderstorm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderstorm
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/tstorm/tst_basics.html

Next is a very short video showing Lightning:

3.  Tornado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado
http://www.ready.gov/tornadoes
BASIC DISASTER SUPPLIES  A basic emergency supply kit could include the following recommended items:

• Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation
• Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
• Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
• Flashlight and extra batteries
• First aid kit
• Whistle to signal for help
• Dust mask to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
• Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation
• Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities
• Manual can opener for food
• Local maps
• Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger

A Short video of a Tornado:

Best advice not to be harmed in a thunderstorm or spawned tornado: Take cover rather than expose yourself to strong forces.
(It is my opinion that the kids who shot the above video of a tornado are idiots. Do not try to put yourself in the path of a tornado as that is high risk activity)

4.  Hurricane.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Next is a two minute video of how a hurricane is formed:

Best Advice: Get out of the path of a Hurricane and seek shelter.


5. Solar Storm
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Solar-Storm-Strikes-Earths-Magnetic-Field-Without-Major-Disruptions-142158323.html

http://www.the2012theories.com/solarstorm.html

Next a short video showing a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection)

Highest known predicted risk of Solar Storm: Blackout (electric outage).


Earthquake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Next is a short video predicting a Major Earthquake 

on March 22, 2012,  Twelve Days from Today:

Best Advice: Monitor Earthquake Activity. Get out of the Path.


After viewing this video, I became terribly upset for all of Us. I spoke to our friend here, +Lee Battles and sent him the above vid to review before I posted it here. He assured me that there have always been those who talk about doom and gloom and end of the World. (Advice: Do not watch all the videos on You tube referring to the end of the World in 2012 like I did last night). I have decided not to Post any of those videos here in the blog. There are plenty on You Tube if you want to look.  I have decided instead to post these links that Lee sent so you can have an objective view of things.


Lee sent me the following links to share with You regarding the end of the World due to a planet alignment disaster of Nature:

http://www.etsu.edu/physics/etsuobs/starprty/22099dgl/planalign.htm
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2070503,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2070503,00.html
Below is part of the text from this site:

2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?

12.22.11

Scenes from the motion picture "2012." Courtesy Columbia Pictures.Remember the Y2K scare? It came and went without much of a whimper because of adequate planning and analysis of the situation. Impressive movie special effects aside, Dec. 21, 2012, won't be the end of the world as we know. It will, however, be another winter solstice. 

Much like Y2K, 2012 has been analyzed and the science of the end of the Earth thoroughly studied. Contrary to some of the common beliefs out there, the science behind the end of the world quickly unravels when pinned down to the 2012 timeline. Below, NASA Scientists answer several questions that we're frequently asked regarding 2012.

Question (Q): Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012.
Answer (A): Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012. 

Q: What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?
A: The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.

Q: Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
A: Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.

Q: Could phenomena occur where planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.
› More about alignment 

"There apparently is a great deal of interest in celestial bodies, and their locations and trajectories at the end of the calendar year 2012. Now, I for one love a good book or movie as much as the next guy. But the stuff flying around through cyberspace, TV and the movies is not based on science. There is even a fake NASA news release out there..."
- Don Yeomans, NASA senior research scientistQ: Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?
A: Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles. 

Q: What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the earth’s crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours? 
A: A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. A magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia, anyway. 
› More about polar shift 

Earth, as seen in the Blue Marble: Next Generation collection of images, showing the color of the planet's surface in high resolution. This image shows South America from September 2004.Q: Is the Earth in danger of being hit by a meteor in 2012?
A: The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs. All this work is done openly with the discoveries posted every day on the NASA NEO Program Office website, so you can see for yourself that nothing is predicted to hit in 2012.

Q: How do NASA scientists feel about claims of pending doomsday?
A: For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012.
› Why you need not fear a supernova
› About super volcanoes 

Q: Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?
A: Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.
› More about solar storms

Addition information concerning 2012 is available on the Web, at:

• NASA Astrobiology Institute: "Nibiru and Doomsday 2012"
• Bad Astronomy: "The Planet X Saga: The Scientific Arguments in a Nutshell"
• Sky and Telescope Magazine: "2012: The Great Scare"

Thank You Lee, for sharing this information with Us. (and for calming me down from being frightened).

Best Advice:  Stay informed of current events. Make a plan for yourself. Make a basic emergency supply kit like the one above.


I am preparing for the most significant threat I see:  We do not know how large a solar storm will be until the moment of the CME (coronal mass ejection) and the location on the sun it comes from. A very large ejection heading toward Earth, could knock out the electricity. I am collecting: canned food, water, flashlights and gas in the cans for the event of loss of electricity.


I have put some effort into this post to inform You, not to scare You. There is no harm in building your pantry supplies and water in the anticipation of loss of electricity.
Awareness is our best friend. Please share this post with your family and friends. I love You All and we will be okay until our day to go arrives, which ever day is planned for you.


Should we loose power for a short time due to a solar storm, I will plan to post as soon as my computer comes back on.


Have a good weekend. See you on Monday.

.....this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek.




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