ISRAEL DON'T RELEASE TERRORISTS

1-Talk of Massive Prisoner Exchange. 2-Floods leave 1.5 million homeless in eastern India. 3-Hurricane John downgraded after whipping Mexico. 4-Ernesto dampens East Coast's holiday. 5-Forest Fires Close Down Some Areas. 6-UNIFIL Force Deployment Begins in Lebanon. 7-Arab States to Push Peace Initiative in Security Council. 8-Annan Wins Ahmadinejad's Pledge to Support Resolution 1701. 9-Global warming fallout near.

This is the worst thing Israel can do. How do these murderers think they can get 800-1000 murderers released from Israeli prisons, when only 1 Israeli Soldier gets set free. Israel I love you dearly, but them leaders of yours are just trying to help the arabs and Muslims fulfill Psalms 83:4 that says They (Arab and Muslims and Russia) have confederated (treaties) to eliminate Israel from the face of the Earth.

I'm totally shocked, 800 for 1. Thats usually Gods odds for Israel, not the enemy, something very bad is happening to the Israeli leaders and I can't figure it out. Can you!!!. ISRAEL DO NOT DO IT, THATS MORE ENEMIES TO DESTROY YOUR COUNTRY.

The true solution would have been the DEATH penalty (Like God says in his word) then probably 9/10th of the 800-1000 bombers would be in Hell already were they belong for murdering Innocent ISRAELI, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

I have a feeling those Demonic Spirits I wrote about last story (yesterday) has infiltrated Israels leaders.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Talk of Massive Prisoner Exchange
By Yechiel Spira and Hillel Fendel(INN)

Negotiations are underway towards obtaining the release of captive IDF soldier Corporal Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Shalit's father says no progress is being made. Talks are reportedly underway towards reaching a deal by which Corp. Shalit would be released in exchange for Israel setting free 800-1,000 terrorists, in three stages. Shalit’s immediate release would be accompanied by the setting free of 300 terrorists from Israeli prisons, and followed some weeks later by the release of another few hundred. The final stage, to be accomplished by year’s end, would demand the release of 200 prisoners.

According to a report appearing last week in the Saudi Okaz newspaper, an Israeli delegation visited Egypt in an effort to negotiate a prisoner release deal. Egypt is said to be active in prisoner-release efforts.Shalit fell into captivity on June 25th, during a multi-pronged terror attack at Kerem Shalom, adjacent to the Gaza border. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, and Shalit was abducted from his
tank. Terrorists quickly fled back, via the tunnel they had dug, into PA (Palestinian Authority)-controlled Gaza.

Noam Shalit, Gilad's father, told Voice of Israel Radio that he is not encouraged by the reports: The progress is being made in the media, but nowhere else.He said that Israel demands to see concrete evidence that Gilad is alive before agreeing to free terrorist prisoners.The Prime Minister’s Office released a statement saying, We are unaware of any impending deal towards the release of soldiers.Despite the denial from the Prime Minister’s Office, reports indicate that the deal in the works would coincide with the Muslim holiday of Id el-Fitr, which follows Ramadan, a holiday that is generally accompanied by pardons for prisoners in Muslim countries. This year, Id ed-Fitr is observed on Sept. 23rd.

It has been learned that Ophir Dekel, an aide to Mr. Olmert, traveled last week to Germany where he met with Ernst Uhrlau, head of the BND Intelligence Agency. Dekel reportedly discussed German mediation efforts towards obtaining the release of Shalit and two soldiers held by Hizbullah, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. Government officials are signaling that Fatah Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving multiple life sentences for his terrorist acts, will not be among those released despite the considerable pressure applied by the PA in the past to obtain Barghouti’s release.

In addition, Israel remains adamant in refusing to include Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar in a prisoner release deal, but Jerusalem is willing to release other Lebanese prisoners held by Israel, numbering fewer than 30. Israel is also prepared to hand over the bodies of Hizbullah terrorists. The daily Yediot Achronot reports that Syria is also making demands, seeking the release of 20 Druse residents of the Golan Heights imprisoned in Israel. The Syrian demands are reportedly not tied to this negotiating effort.

Hamas Officials Will Not be Included in the Deal

Hamas PA ministers and elected PA officials imprisoned in Israel will not be included in the upcoming deal. It appears those members of the PA administration not facing criminal charges for their terrorist activities will remain incarcerated pending the formation of a unity PA government including Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ (Abu Mazen) Fatah Party.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Floods leave 1.5 million homeless in eastern India By Sanjaya Jena
Sun Sep 3, 4:36 AM ET

BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - Flooding triggered by monsoon rains in the past few days have left 1.5 million people homeless and damaged thousands of acres of paddy crop in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials said on Sunday. Over 20,000 people were evacuated after hundreds of villages were cut off. Army troops were evacuating more villagers from coastal districts with the authorities braced for more rain.We are bothered about the fresh formation of a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal and are closely monitoring its movement, Subash Pani, the state's seniormost bureaucrat, told Reuters.The flood victims, with their houses submerged, were living in makeshift tents and surviving on dry food air-dropped by relief workers, witnesses said.Hundreds of people are killed every year in South Asia during the June-September monsoon season and millions displaced from their homes or
marooned in their villages.

HEAVY DAMAGE

Monsoon rains have caused widespread damage this year.Hundreds of people have been killed in western and southern India and millions left homeless due to flooding. At least 140 people have been killed and thousands left homeless in the western desert state of Rajasthan in the past two weeks.In Nepal, at least 50 people died last week in flash floods. Thousands of people have been evacuated to dry areas while officials are braced for any outbreak of diseases.Landslides and flash floods have also affected thousands of people in Pakistan.In Orissa, continuous rains and flash floods in the past three months have already killed 70 people and crippled road and electricity networks, officials said.In restive Indian Kashmir, authorities declared a flood alert on Sunday after the Himalayan region's main rivers flowed above the danger mark, flooding villages and damaging crops.Landslides triggered by incessant rains blocked a vital 300-km (186 mile) national highway linking Srinagar, the region's summer capital, with the rest of the country, officials said.(Additional reporting by Sheikh Mushtaq in SRINAGAR)

Hurricane John downgraded after whipping Mexico By Antonio Alcantar
Sat Sep 2, 7:08 PM ET

LA PAZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane John was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday after blasting the tourist port city of La Paz with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked out power and flooded streets but caused no deaths. John flattened trees and electric power poles and sent advertising signs flying overnight in La Paz, popular with tourists and the capital of Baja California Sur state.As the weakening storm crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula, rains eased and electricity was restored in much of the city of 200,000 people. But main streets were flooded with ankle-deep water and the La Paz airport remained closed.Farther south, the seaside resort of Los Cabos was also flooded and roads out were impassable as muddy rainwater and debris from surrounding hills poured down unpaved streets.There was a lot of rain. The windows were shaking pretty good,said Jeff Passama, 27, from San Francisco, who had driven north to La Paz from Los Cabos to try to escape the storm.

Now we have to figure out how to get out of here, he said, as many people abandoned their sport utility vehicles after getting stuck in slushy sand.After John felled up to 40 power poles in La Paz, authorities cut off the electricity supply to prevent downed wires from electrocuting people, rescue workers said.We are happy because we have a clean slate,said state civil protection chief Jose Gajon. No one was killed.

NO US THREAT

Before John made landfall on Friday evening as a Category 2 storm, about 4,000 people living in low-lying areas of La Paz were moved to shelters.By Saturday afternoon, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said John had weakened to a tropical storm from a Category 1 hurricane. The storm was still expected to churn up Baja California before heading out into the Pacific Ocean, posing no threat to the United States.The peninsula extends about 680 miles south from the U.S. border.Ester Aman, owner of the Angel Azul Hotel, said she felt the old building shaking as John lashed La Paz. It was like a strobe light in the sky, she said of the lightning.At Los Cabos, on the peninsula's western tip, thousands of tourists and locals took shelter.

Vacationers sat out Friday on mattresses in conference rooms of five-star hotels.The hardest part was the waiting,said hospital secretary Patty Ruiz from Los Angeles, who had just gotten engaged to her boyfriend when the hurricane warning came.

Tourists went back to their hotel rooms on Saturday and were eager to restart their vacations.I want to enjoy Cabos, go clubbing and to the beach,said Lisa Perez, on a break from her California furniture store.Local residents were less fortunate, with flooded roads meaning some faced a third night in shelters. In the United States, the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto left more than 400,000 homes without power in the mid-Atlantic region on Saturday, and two people were reported dead in storm-related traffic accidents. (Reporting by Noel Randewich and Armando Tovar in Los Cabos.

Ernesto dampens East Coast's holiday By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 2, 10:56 PM ET

RICHMOND, Va.The remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto put a sloppy wet damper on the last big tourism weekend of the summer for many people, making a mess of some oceanfront hotels and leaving beaches and boardwalks less crowded than usual.

Ernesto was reduced to an area of rain over western New York state and the lower Great Lakes by Saturday afternoon, after drenching Virginia and North Carolina with up to a foot on its run up the East Coast.It had caused flooding that forced hundreds of people out of their homes, and left more than a half-million homes and businesses without electricity Saturday in the mid-Atlantic states. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm in Virginia, plus one in North Carolina.Hotels in Virginia Beach reported some last-minute cancelations Saturday as the storm apparently led many people to change their plans. Some who decided to tough it out faced oceanfront rooms with carpets soaked by wind-driven rain.I've never seen it this severe in all my years here, said Jimmy Capps, manager of the Breakers Resort Inn. Probably every oceanfront hotel in Virginia Beach has some wet carpet.

Casino operators in Atlantic City, N.J., had no complaints. Harrah's Entertainment spokeswoman Alyce Parker said all four of the company's hotels — Harrah's, Showboat, Bally's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City — were already booked for the weekend and Saturday's wind and drizzle just kept people on the casino floors.People really aren't on the beach,Parker said.Beach-goers were stymied on the south shore of New York state's Long Island, where swimming was banned at most beaches Saturday because of rip currents. Waves up to 12 feet high caused severe beach erosion.The storm forced most play at the U.S. Open in Queens to be postponed until Sunday, including matches involving Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova and Andre Agassi.In New Jersey, high winds and heavy rain also caused Monmouth Park to cancel its thoroughbred racing card Saturday.

Wind and rain delayed flights at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports by up to three hours, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.Flooding remained a problem in North Carolina, where the Northeast Cape Fear River was more than 5 feet above flood stage and not expected to crest until Sunday, the National Weather Service said.Right now, we're just holding on,said Terry Smith, a supervisor with Duplin County Emergency Medical Services.Firefighters had already helped evacuate about 20 people from six houses near the river in Chinquapin. About 50 houses were threatened by the rising water, said David Miller, an EMS worker and a captain with the Chinquapin Volunteer Fire Department.In Pennsylvania, a man drowned in a rain-swollen retention basin while trying to rescue his dog. Thomas V. Chipley, 45, of Telford, was sucked into a drainage pipe. The
dog was injured but survived.Virginia emergency officials said Ernesto's heaviest rainfall and a tidal surge raked rural communities along Virginia's side of the Chesapeake Bay.Jeffrey Brown, 37, stayed with his wheelchair-bound father rather than evacuate St.

George Island, which juts into the Potomac River where the river meets the Chesapeake Bay.Three feet of water came into the home, he said.I didn't sleep too well last night,Brown said, looking haggard. It was bad, real bad. Associated Press writers Steve Szkotak in Richmond; Stephen Manning in St. George Island, Md.; Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa., and Daniela Flores in Trenton, N.J., contributed to this report.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

September 2, 2006
Forest Fires Close Down Some Areas, Others Reopen for Holiday
By Teri Nelson

BOISE A smokey haze over the Treasure Valley Labor Day weekend offers a reminder fires have caused some National Forest campgrounds and trails to be closed, but a few areas are being reopened.

Saturday several areas reopened including Paradise Valley northeast of Warm Lake, Thunderbolt Mountain Lookout Area, Buck Mountain Area, and the Warm Lake Summit Area.
An area closure is still in effect west of Deadwood Reservoir extending toward the Rattlesnake Point Fire. Last week the fire grew by two to three miles each afternoon during peak burning periods.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

UNIFIL Force Deployment Begins in Lebanon
By Debbie Berman(INN)

Italian soldiers have begun moving into position in southern Lebanon as part of the new UNIFIL force. Israel retracts its opposition to the inclusion of Indonesian troops in the peacekeeping force. Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda announced plans to send up to 1,000 soldiers to join the UNIFIL force in Lebanon by the end of this month. This follows Israel's consent to allow Indonesian participation even though Indonesia, a Moslem country, does not maintain diplomatic ties with Israel. According to Israeli diplomatic sources, Israel remains opposed to the participation of Malaysia and Bangladesh in the force, citing the two countries' open support of Hizbullah during the recent war in Lebanon and their lack of diplomatic activity with Israel. In contrast, the sources stated that there has been an ongoing quiet diplomatic dialogue with Indonesia and described the Indonesian stance on the Hizbullah as more moderate.

Approximately 1,000 Italian soldiers started moving into Lebanon on Saturday as part of the UNIFIL peacekeeping force. The force is to include up to 15,000 soldiers, according to UN Security Council Resolution 1701. Spain voted on Friday to send 1,100 soldiers to serve in the UNIFIL force. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega explained, It is an operation that falls within international law. It is a peace operation in a country that has been destroyed.Turkey has also committed to sending soldiers as well as a naval task force to take part in the UNIFIL force, despite public opposition in the country. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul asserted that Turkish soldiers were not being sent to disarm Hizbullah militants, adding, But of course, if the soldiers come under attack they would defend themselves. Germany will not send military troops, in order not to evoke images of armed Germans facing Jews, but has agreed to send observers and advisors.

EZEKIEL 38:9-12
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

Arab States to Push Peace Initiative in Security Council
15:29 Sep 03, '06 / 10 Elul 5766

(IsraelNN.com) Intensive contacts are ongoing between Egypt, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority (PA) towards formulating a draft plan for regional peace, which the Arab leaders hope to advance in the UN
Security Council.

The report of the ongoing initiative appeared in the Jerusalem-based al-Quds Arabic language newspaper.Arab League officials report that the Arab initiative includes a number of parties, as well as a defined timetable to resuscitate peace efforts and the renewal of Israeli-Arab negotiations.

Annan Wins Ahmadinejad's Pledge to Support Resolution 1701

UN chief Kofi Annan on Sunday won a pledge from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to support a UN resolution bringing peace to Lebanon but was warned Iran would not suspend sensitive nuclear work before negotiations.

Annan said after talks with the president that Ahmadinejad assured him Tehran would support the implementation of the UN resolution that ended the fighting in Lebanon and was ready to negotiate over its nuclear program.He reaffirmed his complete support for the implementation of (Security Council) Resolution 1701 which halted the devastating month-long conflict between Israel and Hizbullah, Annan said. He added that Ahmadinejad had agreed that Iran, which backs Hizbullah, would do everything to support the territorial integrity of Lebanon and the independence of Lebanon.

Tehran will work together with us in a collective effort to reconstruct Lebanon, he added.Annan's 10-day tour of the Middle East has been mainly aimed at implementing the UN resolution which halted a 34-day conflict that killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, overwhelmingly civilians, and 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers. State radio quoted Ahmadinejad as saying that Iran is ready to help in the reconstruction of Lebanon and seriously take part in any group activity to rebuild Lebanon. He also said that Israel and its allies Britain and the United States should compensate Lebanon for the damages inflicted. Meanwhile Ahmadinejad told Annan at the Tehran meeting that he was prepared to negotiate on Iran's nuclear program but would not accept a suspension of uranium enrichment before talks, rejecting a key demand of Western countries.

Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki promised full support for the cease-fire resolution in Lebanon in talks Saturday with U.N chief Kofi Annan, a U.N. spokesman said.

Mottaki told Annan in their meeting that, You can count on our full cooperation in the U.N. cease-fire resolution that ended the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hizbullah, an ally of Iran, Annan's spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told The Associated Press.Fawzi would not say whether Mottaki specifically addressed requirements in U.N. Resolution 1701 for all countries to prevent the shipping of weapons to Hizbullah. But Annan and Mottaki discussed full implementation of 1701, including paragraph 15, which deals with the arms embargo,Fawzi said.Mottaki was later quoted by the state news agency as saying Iran supports the resolution, though the report did not mention the arms issue.In an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde, Annan said he wants Iran to use its influence in helping the international community disarm Hizbullah.

But Iran and Hizbullah deny Tehran supplies weapons to the group.But many in the West, Israel and the Arab world believe Iran provided the rockets fired by the group into northern Israel during the 34-day war.Annan was in Syria, Hizbullah's other top ally, on Friday. He said he secured a promise from Syrian President Bashar Assad to increase patrols along its border with Lebanon and work with Lebanese troops to thwart the flow of arms to Hizbullah.

But the promise was met with immediate skepticism from Israel and some in Lebanon.The U.N. resolution that halted the Lebanon war calls on all countries not to supply weapons to any party in Lebanon other than the Lebanese government.Annan, who has already visited Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Syria, left Iran later Sunday for Qatar. He is also due to visit Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt.(AFP-AP) Beirut, 03 Sep 06, 11:05

OZONE DEPLETION

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Global warming fallout near
By Erica Thompson September 04, 2006 12:00am

IF you're feeling the heat in the sharemarket, just take a look outside.The temperature is soaring, the sea level is rising and the weather is becoming more extreme. But the threat posed by global warming is not just environmental – investors are also being warned to batten down their portfolios.While no one is absolutely certain about the effects of global warming, you need to construct your portfolio so that you have a bet each way,says Steve Johnson, managing director of The Intelligent Investor.The increase in the frequency of hurricanes in the last few years has had a very big impact on insurance companies. If you are heavily exposed to the insurance sector, you may want to consider owning something like a construction company so if it does come to pass, at least your portfolio is not going to be devastated.

A report published by US environmental investor group Ceres shows a 15-fold increase in insured losses from catastrophic weather events in the past three decades. Hurricane Katrina alone produced record claims of more than $US45 billion ($58 billion). Closer to home, Cyclone Larry took the wind out of both the Insurance Australia Group and Promina's bottom lines with claims of $150 million and $47 million respectively.Research economist John Quiggin says the agricultural and tourism sectors are also at risk of significant losses if the erratic weather continues.Most of southeast Australia will probably get drier and that's going to mean more conflict over water, he says. Then if you get large-scale ice melting and sea levels rise, it could have quite devastating impacts everywhere near the coast – which is most of the economic activity in Queensland.

Professor Quiggin says another major concern for climate-wary investors is a reliance on fossil fuels.I think you have to factor in the assumption that we're going to need to put a lot more resources into clean coal,he says.For any stock that's energy intensive, you really need to look at factoring in, at some point, a charge for CO2 emissions and working out how that's going to effect your projections.

Mr Johnson agrees any move to regulate carbon emissions would have major impacts on the aviation and transport industries.This fear has triggered a race to find the next big thing, sending alternative energy stocks in the US soaring to levels not
since the dot-com boom of the 1990s.

American research group Cleantech Venture Network says venture capitalists invested a record $US739 million in renewable energy companies last year.Any of your new technology companies that are producing biofuels or products in the renewable energy sector are going to be big beneficiaries,Mr Johnson says.

If the world does shift away from fossil fuels, the oil industry will be a big loser from that. But these things always tend to take a lot longer than people originally envisioned and companies tend to be able to reinvent themselves.We believe (global warming) is happening, but we're still recommending a couple of oil companies we quite like because we think oil will be around for a long time to come.Regardless, there is more pressure than ever on companies to address their environmental track records.Some analysts believe investing in climate-conscious organisations will pay off in the long term.

Others say dire predictions about the effects of global warming are premature.It's important to be aware of these things and think about well, if that does happen what would it do to my portfolio? Mr Johnson says.But we do see a lot of people get obsessed with these things and become convinced we're going to run out of oil in two years' time and then base their whole portfolio on that scenario.If it doesn't happen, your portfolio really suffers.