Water, Water Everywhere

We don't seem to get much of a break. Here comes the rain again keeps running through my head.

Just for the sake of speculation let's travel down a watery road.

From Roadside Mystic:

Soil liquefaction describes a phenomenon whereby a saturated soil substantially loses strength and stiffness in response to an applied stress, usually earthquake shaking or other sudden change in stress condition, causing it to behave like a liquid.

Tons of RAIN from the recent tragic and freakish Tornado outbreaks in the south  fell largely over the New Madrid Fault Region. The Flood Risk Remains very high. The soggy ground makes it easier for the ground in this area to liquefy and become like quicksand . Triggering a New Madrid major earthquake in this environment will be beyond bad. If  Tornadoes can shut down the Nuclear Reactors in Northern Alabama what can the New Madrid erupting do to All of the Nuclear reactors in the area?

And  FEMA is preparing with the largest earthquake drill ever....

dutchsinse gives his latest report:

More:

New Madrid Drill Coinciding With Levee About To Be Blown?

Word has reached us that federal judge Stephen Limbaugh (yes, Rush Limbaugh’s cousin) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri has issued his ruling that a segment of the levee holding back the Mississippi River on the Missouri side (near the little town of New Madrid, where our big Midwestern earthquake fault line is named after) can be dynamited by the Corps of Engineers to alleviate upriver flooding. more

NEW MADRID COUNTY, MO (KFVS) - As of early Sunday morning, the Army Corps of Engineers has not yet made a decision on whether or not to purposefully flood 130,000 acres of land in Mississippi and New Madrid Counties to relieve stress on strained levees. more  

A rural Missouri county was evacuating residents on Wednesday from a 130,000-acre area that will be flooded if the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decides to blow up a Mississippi River levee.   Missouri claims demolition of the levee would damage the farmland, leaving a layer of silt that would take a generation to clear. But Cairo's mayor believes the Corps must act to save lives.

"The city of Cairo is on the verge of being the next 9th Ward of New Orleans," said Mayor Judson Childs in a statement, referring to an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said the city is 70 percent African-American with a large population of senior citizens, most with "nowhere to go and no way to get there."

A law enacted in 1928 allows the Corps to blow up the levee if the Mississippi River reaches a certain level -- 58 feet at Cairo with the prediction to rise to 61 feet, according to the Corps.

But Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster believes the law is "unclear" as to whether the Corps actually has the authority to make the decision to detonate.

"There are no 'good' options at this juncture." more

Aid to Israel compared with aid to U.S. tornado victims: take a guess who gets more

 Sunday speculation music from "The Hippie Love Gods."

Humbling

Tuscaloosa tornado






"One of the greatest if not the greatest tornado outbreaks in American history" says the Weather Channel. They may be correct. The south has been hit so hard that we'll be days finding out the extent of the devastation. The talk on what this all really is about will go on for much longer.

The world seems to have become a "disasters r' us" super store. Equal opportunity for all.  Few of us are safe, we all know it and there's not much we can do. Find some peace within ourselves, love on our family and friends and keep our eye on the sky and the horizon may be about it.

The CO2 global warming crowd are already nodding their heads in confirmation of their beliefs with today's climate events. I'm not buying it. Neither am I going with the current crop of Christian Armageddon cultists who see God's wrath or fulfillment of their convoluted prophecies in every negative life changing event.

From our limited perspectives in our short lifetimes we can't deny that there is climate change going on. In the big picture of the known and little known history of the earth we also may be aware that there's nothing new under the sun. All of what we are experiencing has most likely happened before in the cycles of change. It may be as simple as the earth is shaking, shifting, moving, expanding and being influenced by the sun and cosmic forces as it always has been. If that's the case then it's possible we ain't seen nothing yet.

Of course there's the chance that all is not the result of nature. It's not implausible that there are man made weather modifications that can enhance the effects of weather patterns. HAARP is the wild card along with other dark side inventions that we can only speculate about.  If the technology exists, psychopaths will use it if they think it gives them an advantage and that they can get by with it. If a very small group of people can kill a few thousand on 9/11 to further an agenda, what else would they do, if they can,  to speed up their endgame desires? I don't know but I do know this will be a subject of much discussion in the coming days.

Disasters also become opportunities for distraction from all the crimes against humanity going on. While we pick up the pieces there's a thief picking our pockets and we don't even notice, we're too busy trying to survive. The police state mechanisms will no doubt make some attempts to capitalize on the chaos.

Bottom line for this emotionally draining day is that I and my family and community are some of the lucky ones and that no matter what the reasons for what has happened ... I'm in awe and I'm humbled.

Fair Warning

For the last 4 days the extended weather reports have been telling us that today would have severe storms with the probability of tornadoes.

Sure enough. They came. Very good predictions for the weather people. They were right on top of this one with almost insider like information. Betting against the insurance companies would have paid off.

Of course we're the new 'tornado alley' and in this time of year the patterns repeat so it's not much of a stretch to see the big storms coming.

Trees and power lines down throughout the mid-state, straight line winds, downbursts and numerous reports of small tornadoes that caused a ton of trouble. Not the super tornadoes that we've had over the past 18 years or so but what is becoming a fairly typical spring storm day in the 'alley.'

We got the warning, we had plenty of time to plan but with this kind of phenomena it's mostly just improvise with where you are and what you've got to deal with. 

We remembered the drill with a low key type of paranoia. Repetition of the drill over many years makes us almost resigned to the potential threat of fate.  TV and radio reported the warning of rotation right above us so it's get to your perceived safe spot and hope for the best. Grab the dogs, get to the hall in the middle of the house and hunker down. We waited it out and although hit hard, we were spared the brunt of the storm.   The danger came and went. Until the next time, and we know there will be a next time.


A tornado, an earthquake, a tsunami, quick and to the point. Not exactly like this slow burn of man made radioactive clouds and water that we face.  We've had the warning for decades and we allowed it to happen. "The meek shall inherit the poisoned earth."


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A new sideshow has opened up in the Libyan war front. Wayne (sometimes right, sometimes wrong as we all are) Madsen is reporting that the story of Israeli backed "African mercenaries' is a CIA psyops with black African foreign workers being targeted and scapegoated in a racist ploy.

Michael (sometimes right, sometimes wrong as we all are) Rivero of WRH is adamant that the 'rebels' have captured some black mercenaries and gives photos and videos as examples as well as this statement:

"There is a story being spammed around the net that the Israeli mercenary story is a hoax, but given that there is photographic and video evidence of the mercenaries, it would appear that Madsen's story is just more Israeli face-saving."

Is Mike calling out Madsen as a spreader of Israeli disinfo?
Personally I can't tell by the images if those captured are mercenaries or pawns. I need some more information. Any thoughts?


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On the same day that Obama declares himself candidate for re-election and will need a billion bucks, his administration declares that there won't be any civilian court trials for the 9/11 suspects patsies. We all knew there would never be civilian trials, too much of a chance for cover up error.

Shimon Peres of Israel comes to town to meet with Obama and others on a “scouting” trip. In typical arrogant Israeli fashion they announce new illegal housing in the West Bank and a disputed area of Jerusalem on the eve of White House visit. Peres brings with him a message from Jonathan Pollard's wife to "let my husband go." Obama wouldn't actually do that, would he?

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Let's play 'all good propaganda has to contain a lot of truth to be believed' and see if we can sort this out. Gordon Duff in "Nuclear 9/11 Undeniable."

Alderaan 5 Day Forecast

Boom! Alderaan chunks everywhere! (Snorgtees via Fashionably Geek)

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“But first, let’s check the death count from the killer storm bearing down on us like a shotgun full of snow!” – Kent Brockman

“Well Kent, as of now the death count is zero, but it is ready to shoot right up.” – Meterologist

“Oh my god. Damn you, snow!” – Brockman

I think the Simpsons, as usual, captured it best. Though we did out best at work today, crowdsourcing the terms: oblizzarate, snowmageddon, The Blizzard of Oz and The Fast and the Flurrious.

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It really could go either way:

Phil: You want a prediction about the weather, you're asking the wrong Phil. I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life.

Phil: When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.

OK, the woodchucks have spoken — crappy weather for all:
Shubnedacadie Sam (Nova Scotia): Six more weeks of winter
Punxsutawney Phil (Pennsylvania): Six more weeks of winter
Wiarton Willie (Ontario): Six more weeks of winter

Stupid rodents.

Anyway, Groundhog Day is by far Bill Murray's best role. He owns the film — there isn't a scene without him and everybody else is just window dressing. I love Stripes, Ghostbusters, Scrooged and Lost in Translation, but Groundhog Day embodies the best of his surly, weary comedy. I hope it's on tonight.

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It really is that overblown somedays...