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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010Will The Bizarre Weather Of 2010 Set The Stage For A Major Global Food Shortage In 2011?
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Record-shattering heatwaves all over the world, massive wildfires in Russia, truly historic flooding in Pakistan and China and devastating droughts in many other areas are playing havoc with harvests all over the globe. This is leading many analysts to predict a sharp rise in food prices for the rest of 2010, and there are even whispers that 2011 could see the outbreak of global food riots that are even worse than what we witnessed back in 2008. The truth is that things are starting to get more than a bit frightening out there. One quarter of Russia’s grain crops have already been wiped out by the unprecedented heatwave and the massive wildfires that have been ravaging that nation. In fact, the Russian government has announced that they have banned all grain exports for the rest of this year. This has caused a dramatic surge in the price of wheat on world markets. Unfortunately, Russia is far from alone in dealing with bad harvests this year. So what happens when global food prices go so high that the hundreds of millions of people existing on the edge of poverty around the world can’t afford to buy food any longer?
That is a very sobering question.
Will The Bizarre Weather Of 2010 Set The Stage For A Major Global Food Shortage In 2011?.
Residents Flee Moscow As It Chokes In Smog
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Airline flights have been halted from Moscow and residents started to flee after choking dense smoke descended on the Russian capital.
Forest and peat fires have caused the worst smog in living memory to smother the city. Air pollution levels are more than six times higher than safe limits.
Hurricane Season Could Be Strongest Ever, Say Top Meteorologists
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issues its 2010 hurricane season forecast, predicting one of the strongest seasons on record — and reiterating fears that the Gulf oil spill may be impacted by the severe weather.
Hurricane season for the western Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico begins June 1 and lasts through Nov. 30. That’s when about 90 percent of the storms make themselves present, and the predictions for this season are grim — which could wreak further havoc on the Gulf Coast.
via FOXNews.com – Hurricane Season Could Be Strongest Ever, Say Top Meteorologists.
Hot Air » Nashville: The disaster America ignored?
Friday, May 7th, 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has drawn plenty of media attention, and for good reason. It touches on environmental, energy, and competence issues for the American government, and it has cost eleven people their lives. Can we clean up a major spill from an offshore drilling rig? If we can’t stop it from spewing oil quickly, our entire energy policy and the idea of energy independence could be at risk, at least politically.
However, the national media has overlooked another disaster in Nashville. Torrential rains have flooded a major American city, causing over a billion dollars in damage, which puts the crisis among the most expensive natural disasters in American history. Except for a couple of brief mentions, hardly any attention at all has been paid to it at all. Perhaps that’s because, as this video suggests, Tennessee has tried handling it themselves (via Newsbusters):
Why Do So Many Bad Things Keep Happening To The United States?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
At a time when the American economy is already reeling like a drunken s
ailor, the United States is being hit by what seems like an endless parade of horrible disasters that threaten to push the fragile financial system over the edge. The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is now destroying not only the the entire economy of the Gulf Coast but also the entire way of life for hundreds of thousands of people is getting all the headlines right now, but it is far from the only major crisis that has hit the United States recently. The old saying, “when it rains it pours”, is certainly applicable to the United States right now. Already faced with some of the biggest economic problems in a generation, America is also being forced to deal with horrifying natural disasters, rapidly growing environmental nightmares and agricultural problems that could end up being absolutely unprecedented. So why do so many bad things keep happening to the United States? Does there come a point when the economic damage from all of these disasters just becomes too much? After all, how many body blows can the “biggest economy in the world” take and still remain standing?
Why Do So Many Bad Things Keep Happening To The United States?.
On Plains, concern about another Dust Bowl – USATODAY.com
Friday, April 9th, 2010
MULESHOE, Texas — James Wedel remembers seeing thunderheads on the h
orizon and thinking: “Oh good, we’re finally gonna get some rain.”
orizon and thinking: “Oh good, we’re finally gonna get some rain.”One problem: Those weren’t rain clouds.
“The wind started blowing, the dust started blowing, and you could hardly see in front of your face,” Wedel says. “Static electricity was flying around. It was hard to breathe. I tell you, it was awful scary.”
Seventy-five years have passed since the worst of the Dust Bowl, a relentless series of dust storms that ravaged farms and livelihoods in the southern Great Plains that carried a layer of silt as far east as New York City. Today, the lessons learned during that era are more relevant than ever as impending water shortages and more severe droughts threaten broad swaths of the nation.
Rios worst rains in history kill at least 95 – Yahoo! News
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
RIO DE JANEIRO – The heaviest rains in Rio de Janeiro’s history triggered
landslides Tuesday that killed at least 95 people as rising water turned roads into rivers and paralyzed Brazil‘s second-largest city.
The ground gave way in steep hillside slums, cutting red-brown paths of destruction through shantytowns. Concrete and wooden homes were crushed and hurtled downhill, only to bury other structures.
Storm batters Europe, at least 55 dead – CNN.com
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Paris, France (CNN) — A winter storm named “Xynthia” battered the western coast of Europe Sunday, its high winds downing trees and power lines and leaving as many as 55 people dead, authorities said.
Hardest hit was France, where at least 45 people were killed, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced.
The extra-tropical cyclone whipped the country’s coastal regions and moved inland, bringing sometimes heavy flooding with it.
Northeast Braces for a Super Storm Thursday, Friday
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
The same storm that brought a gentle snowfall across Texas on Tuesday will reach the Northeast in the form of an atmospheric monster with damaging winds, blinding snow, torrential rain, huge waves and flooding.
In the hardest-hit areas, it will seem more like a “snowacane,” as a mere blizzard may not adequately describe conditions of this soon-to-be powerful nor’easter.
Wind
Wind gusts can reach 70 mph in some areas, just shy of hurricane force. Many locations in the mid-Atlantic and New England
will endure gusts topping 50 mph at some point Thursday to Friday.
Full Article: AccuWeather.com – Weather Blogs – Weather News.
