Friday, December 11, 2009

Climate Calamity

It appears that a ten year old glacial chunk of the Ross Antarctic shelf is drifting towards western Australia. 1,054 miles long the iceberg is expected to break apart and dissipate before it reaches the coast. Geologically named B17B, the large ice cube has shipping and trade in a fret of the potential dangers of said iceberg.
No doubt, Mr.Gore has a few things to add about the danger it posseses and makes me wonder if his film 'An Inconvenient Truth' was more prophetic than informal. It seems in the past two years that there is an alarming rate in increase of natural disasters. Many beleive it is the world's way of saying 'get ready to die, I'm shaking you off me' and begs the question have we fucked up that bad?! Has our morality and tune for natural indemnities gone over our heads? Can science redeem us? Is a 2012 doomsday scenario possible? How many more strains of species related influenza are evolving in the woodwork?
I'm getting dizzy, and on that note I have a full stomach, will post tommorow.
Here's the LIST of natural disasters occuring so far this year starting in November.

Ecuador: Drought - Nov 2009
Argentina/Uruguay: Floods - Nov 2009
Serbia: Floods - Nov 2009
Iraq: Floods - Nov 2009
Thailand: Floods - Nov 2009
Hurricane Ida - Nov 2009
Philippines: Floods and Landslides - Nov 2009
Typhoon Mirinae - Oct 2009
Cape Verde: Dengue Outbreak - Oct 2009
Somalia: Floods - Oct 2009
Paraguay: Floods - Oct 2009
Nepal: Floods and Landslides - Oct 2009
India: Floods - Oct 2009
Typhoon Parma - Oct 2009
Indonesia: Sumatra Earthquake - Sep 2009
South Pacific: Tsunami - Sep 2009
Typhoon Ketsana - Sep 2009
Haiti: Floods and Mudslides - Sep 2009
Tunisia: Flash Floods - Sep 2009
Azerbaijan: Floods - Sep 2009
Bhutan: Earthquake - Sep 2009
Kenya: Floods - Sep 2009
West Africa: Floods - Jul 2009
Typhoon Koppu - Sep 2009
Mexico: Floods - Sep 2009
Tropical Storm Mujigae - Sep 2009
Georgia: Earthquake - Sep 2009
Turkey: Floods - Sep 2009
Chad: Floods - Sep 2009
Papua New Guinea: Cholera/Dysentery/Influenza Outbreak - Sep 2009
Guinea: Floods - Sep 2009
Liberia: Floods - Sep 2009
Gambia: Floods - Sep 2009
Mali: Floods - Sep 2009
Sri Lanka: Dengue Outbreak - Sep 2009
Niger: Floods - Sep 2009
Indonesia: Earthquake - Sep 2009
Burkina Faso: Floods - Sep 2009
Guatemala: Food Insecurity - Sep 2009
Hurricane Jimena - Sep 2009
Afghanistan: Flash Floods - Aug 2009
Sudan: Floods - Aug 2009
Mauritania: Floods - Aug 2009
Senegal: Floods - Aug 2009
Greece: Forest Fire - Aug 2009
Sri Lanka: Flash Floods - Aug 2009
Pakistan: Flash Floods - Aug 2009
Sierra Leone: Floods and Landslides - Aug 2009
Typhoon Morakot - Aug 2009
Nicaragua: Floods - Jul 2009
India/Bangladesh: Drought - Jul 2009
Nepal: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2009
Niger: Floods - Jul 2009
Pakistan: Floods - Jul 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Floods - Jul 2009
Mongolia: Floods - Jul 2009
Philippines: Tropical Cyclone Molave - Jul 2009
Ghana: Floods - Jul 2009
China: Earthquake in Yunnan Province - Jul 2009
Gambia: Local Storm - Jul 2009
Benin: Floods - Jul 2009
Panama: Earthquake - Jul 2009
Viet Nam: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2009
Bangladesh: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2009
Myanmar: Floods and Landslides - Jul 2009
India: Floods - Jul 2009
Botswana: Floods - Jun 2009
Czech Republic: Floods - Jun 2009
Guatemala: Floods - Jun 2009
Central African Republic: Floods - Jun 2009
China: Floods - Jun 2009
Colombia: Galeras Volcano - Jun 2009
Peru: Cold Wave - Jun 2009
Honduras: Earthquake - May 2009
Paraguay: Drought - May 2009
Tropical Cyclone Aila - May 2009
Tanzania: Explosion - May 2009
Haiti: Floods - May 2009
Philippines: Floods and Landslides - May 2009
Philippines: Typhoon Chan-hom - May 2009
Tajikistan: Floods - May 2009
Benin: Severe Local Storm - May 2009
Philippines: Typhoon Dante (Kujira) - May 2009
Brazil: Floods - Apr 2009
Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic - Apr 2009
Tajikistan: Mudslide - Apr 2009
Afghanistan: Floods - Apr 2009
Gabon: Violent Winds - Apr 2009
Afghanistan: Earthquake - Apr 2009
Bangladesh: Tropical Cyclone Bijli - Apr 2009
Burundi: Floods - Apr 2009
Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Jade - Apr 2009
Italy: Earthquake - Apr 2009
Indonesia: Flash Floods - Mar 2009
Colombia: Floods and Landslides - Mar 2009
Peru: Floods and Landslides - Mar 2009
Colombia: Galeras Volcano - Feb 2009
Bolivia: Floods and Landslides - Feb 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Floods - Feb 2009
Argentina: Floods and Mudslides - Feb 2009
Costa Rica: Floods - Feb 2009
Australia: Wild Fire - Feb 2009
China: Drought - Feb 2009
Central African Republic: Severe Local Storm - Jan 2009
Mexico: Cold Wave - Feb 2009
Solomon Islands: Floods - Feb 2009
Dominican Republic: Floods - Jan 2009
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Cold Wave - Jan 2009
Madagascar: Tropical Storm Eric - Jan 2009
Ecuador: Floods - Jan 2009
Liberia: Insect Infestation - Jan 2009
Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone Fanele - Jan 2009
South America: Dengue Outbreak - Jan 2009
Fiji: Floods - Jan 2009
Philippines: Floods and Landslides - Jan 2009
DR Congo: Ebola outbreak - Dec 2008
Costa Rica: Earthquake - Jan 2009
Southern Africa: Floods - Dec 2008
Guatemala: Landslide - Jan 2009
Indonesia: Earthquake - Jan 2009

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