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1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Minor tremors under Vancouver Island end. 3-340,000 flee deadly floods in Indonesia's capital. 4-Lots of lake-effect snow, dangerous cold. 5-30 vehicles in deadly Hwy. 401 crash, OPP confirm. 6-IDF on Stand-By as Fatah and Hamas Clash. 7-Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque compound.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Mon Feb 5 1:00 AM EDT

FEB 05,07
MAP 2.8 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.8 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 4.7 POTOSI, BOLIVIA

FEB 04,07
MAP 5.0 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 6.1 CUBA REGION
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.8 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.8 LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
MAP 5.0 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
MAP 2.8 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

FEB 03,07
MAP 4.4 BRAZIL BORDER REGION
MAP 5.2 GUAM REGION
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.3 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
MAP 4.8 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.3 CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MAP 3.9 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.2 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.0 SAIPAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 NIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.1 AISEN, CHILE
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.3 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Minor tremors under Vancouver Island end
Last Updated: Sunday, February 4, 2007 | 11:11 AM ET CBC News

The latest episode of subterranean tremors beneath Vancouver Island has ended earlier than expected, seismologists at the Pacific Geoscience Centre in Sidney, B.C., said Saturday.Things have quietened down very quickly. We don’t know why, Natural Resources Canada seismologist John Cassidy told the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper.The minor earth tremors under the floor of the Pacific Ocean indicate that stress is being placed on the shallow, locked part of the Cascadia fault line.The tremors are caused by the slipping of the bottom plate in the fault, which runs off the west coast of the island and beneath it. If the plate gives way, a major earthquake would result.Scientists say they began picking up the low-level shaking in 2003 with sensitive equipment. The episodes seem to occur every 14 months, with the latest detected on Jan. 31. The next expected episode of tremor and slip is expected to occur in April 2008.The tremor activity has, in the past, lasted for a week or two, moving along the fault line from Puget Sound in Washington state to Vancouver Island.Cassidy told the newspaper the seismic activity usually travels across Juan de Fuca Strait up the island to Lake Cowichan and on to the Alberni Inlet, but this time, it appeared to stop north of Duncan.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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.

340,000 flee deadly floods in Indonesia's capital by Bhimanto Suwastoyo FEB 04,07

JAKARTA (AFP) - Rescuers and volunteers have struggled to help nearly 340,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, which have killed 20 people. With more rain forecast, authorities put the capital on high alert and police deployed 12,600 extra personnel equipped with helicopters, inflatable boats and rafts to assist with evacuation efforts across the city.Many residents escaped their homes on inner tubes, children's inflatable paddling pools and makeshift rafts, or by wading through the floods rather than wait for help to arrive.Water levels reached rooftops in some areas as rivers and canals that criss-cross the city burst their banks following days of torrential downpours.The number of our personnel is enough, but what we are lacking are rubber boats for the evacuation of residents, said Jakarta police spokesman Untung Yoga Ana.Ana said the floods in the capital and surrounding areas had so far left 20 people dead and one missing.The victims died because of disease, cold, electrocution or were swept away by the floods, Ana told the state Antara news agency.

Health ministry officials said 18 were killed and two missing.

At least 122 areas were seriously flooded in the city of 10 million people and the surrounding towns of Tanggerang Depok and Bekasi, Ana said.Some 339,138 people in Jakarta, Tanggerang and Bekasi had left their homes to seek shelter, health ministry official Rustam Pakaya said.It was a dramatic increase from the 190,000 reported displaced earlier in the day.Television stations showed footage of inundated areas around the capital, mainly along the Ciliwung, Pesangrahan and Krukut rivers, with people being evacuated from their roofs or the second floors of their homes.

Helicopters dropped supplies to people stranded in the north of the city.

A key floodgate in East Jakarta could no longer block water flowing in from outside the city, staff there said, causing the city's main canal to burst its banks.Members of the Indonesian Red Cross and other volunteers were delivering food to thousands of people stranded in their flooded homes, sheltering on roadsides or in public buildings and mosques turned into temporary shelters.The floods have also forced the closures of several main roads across Jakarta, while at least two hospitals had to move patients to upper floors.Many train services were cancelled or delayed.Power and fresh water supplies were also cut to many areas, adding to the misery of people who opted to stay in their flooded homes. More than 670,000 people were without electricity. This weather pattern will continue until at least the end of February, said Edison Gurning of the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

With rain continuing to fall in water catchment areas south of the city, Gurning said the floods could spread even further. Residents of Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta a vast residential and commercial area inundated in 2002 by floods that killed 40 people said the latest disaster was far worse. Last time, the water was only knee deep, but yesterday it had already reached my midriff when I left, said 48-year-old Brahmanta, who managed to leave his two-storey house with his car when water levels were still low. I could stay on the second floor of the house, but there is no food, no electricity, no clean water, and the toilets cannot flush, Brahmanta said. Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar has blamed the floods on excessive construction on natural drainage areas, Antara reported, but Jakarta governor Sutiyoso said it was a cyclical natural phenomenon.Witoelar said many developers had not paid enough attention to the ecological impact of their construction projects. Old Batavia, the former colonial port under the Dutch from where Jakarta has expanded, was built on marshland and some areas of the capital are below sea level. Floods also hit other regions of Java island and neighbouring Sumatra, causing five deaths and forcing at least 3,000 to flee their homes.

Lots of lake-effect snow, dangerous cold Mark Avery, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Sun Feb 4, 4:28 AM ET

Northeast

Areas downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario continue to be slammed with lake-effect snows again today. The heaviest snow is expected in northwestern Pennsylvania and southwestern New York (from Erie to the southern suburbs of Buffalo) and between Utica and Watertown, New York. Some areas could see in access of two feet of new snow by Monday evening. Elsewhere in the Northeast, breezy conditions are possible including in the Megalopolis today and Monday. Lake-effect snows will continue to affect areas near the Lakes for the next several days, while snow should stay out of the Megalopolis at least until mid-week. Everybody, however, will share below average temperatures through the week ahead.

Midwest

Michigan continues to see lake-effect snows on its shores today and for much of the week ahead. The heaviest snows are expected to fall across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and western Lower Michigan. Otherwise, extreme cold is the big story across the Midwest today. Wind chill advisories are posted for much of the Midwest today, with wind chill warnings#for the most extreme cold wind chills in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Winds should subside some over the coming days, and the cold should abate slightly, but the coldest temperatures of the season so far will continue throughout the week ahead with temperatures staying below seasonal averages all week. Light snow will be possible over the Northern Plains on Monday, spreading into the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys by Tuesday, with more snow in the Plains by Wednesday and Thursday. A light wintry mix is possible in the Black Hills and Missouri River Valley on Tuesday, then the Central Plains and Ozarks on Wednesday and Thursday.

South

The South continues to stay cold and dry, with the exception of Florida where scattered showers are possible today generally south of I-4. A few showers are possible around Miami late this afternoon and this evening. A few snow showers are possible in Kentucky and bordering counties in Tennessee, mainly this morning, before moving into the mountains in West Virginia, Virginia, and northwestern North Carolina. A few showers will be possible again on Monday near Miami, with much of the South remaining dry on Monday. A few showers move into Arkansas and the Tennessee Valley on Tuesday. Rain will be possible across much of the Southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley on Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will remain near or below seasonal averages for the next few days, with warmer temperatures returning to the Southern Plains for Tuesday and Wednesday before more cool air returns by the end of the week.

West

The Pacific Northwest will see a variety of precipitation, but most of it should be on the light side today. Snow will be possible above 8000 feet in the Olympic Mountains today and tonight, above 6000 feet today and around 5000 feet tonight in the Washington Cascades, and around 5000 feet in the mountains of Idaho tonight. Elsewhere in the West, warmth is the big story with temperatures approaching record highs in many parts of California and Nevada over the next few days. By Wednesday, rain starts to move on shore on the West Coast and temperatures return to near seasonal averages. Rain will be possible along the West coast through Friday, with snow in the Rockies on Thursday and Friday.

AUTOMOBILES

NAHUM 2:3-4
3 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots (AUTOMOBILES) shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation,(LIGHTS) and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
4 The chariots shall rage in the streets,(DRIVE FAST) they shall justle(ACCIDENTS) one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.(LIGHTS AND FAST)

30 vehicles in deadly Hwy. 401 crash, OPP confirm
At least one eastbound lane opened Friday evening
Friday, February 2, 2007 CBC News

Thirty vehicles were involved in the deadly crash on a stretch of Canada's busiest highway near the central Ontario town of Cobourg, police confirmed Friday afternoon.The Highway 401 crash involved 23 passenger vehicles and seven transport trucks, including the tanker that exploded, Insp. Mike Johnston of Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police said at a news conference.A blizzard contributed to the multi-vehicle accident on Highway 401 near Cobourg, Ont., on Thursday. More than a dozen vehicles were involved, including a fuel-laden tanker truck that exploded and burned.

(Lars Hagberg/Canadian Press) Slow traffic drove on a single westbound lane, open since early morning. At least one eastbound lane opened Friday evening.Two died in the fiery crash on the eastbound lane of the snow-swept highway at about 12:20 p.m. ET Thursday near Cobourg, about 100 kilometres east of Toronto.Police have not yet released the victims' names. Autopsies are scheduled to be performed in Toronto on Saturday.Thirteen others were injured in the accident, and one remained in hospital, Johnston said.

Truckers stuck on highway all night

Crews worked through the night to clear the road of wreckage, including rolls of heavy metal that fell from a flatbed truck involved in the crash and the charred remains of vehicles.Enough debris had been cleared from the eastbound highway by mid-morning to allow 108 frustrated truckers, who had waited in their vehicles overnight and were running low on fuel, to drive through.Three kilometres of tractor-trailers had been lined up on the highway since the accident, unable to turn around or move forward.There's been no information passed on, nothing. We've been here since noon yesterday [Thursday], said one trucker.

Road needs repaving because of fire

OPP Sgt. Bob Patterson made an impassioned plea for motorists to slow down and refrain from passing when driving through small communities such as Cobourg.Heaven forbid we have another accident on a detour road.—OPP Sgt. Bob Patterson"Everyone is just going to have to be patient, said Patterson about detours set up on the 401. Heaven forbid we have another accident on a detour road.A section of the eastbound lanes where the crash occurred must be repaved after the burning tanker melted the road's surface and other vehicles left tremendous gouge marks, Patterson said.
Ontario Ministry of Transportation experts are assessing the damage, but police said it could take days to complete the more extensive repairs to the asphalt.

Passerby helps injured find help

Johnston said police heard many witness accounts of passersby racing to help people from cars.

There are tremendous side-stories in terms of heroism and we will do our best to recognize those people.Stratford resident Joanne Benham Rennick, who came across the crash while driving in the opposite direction, told CBC News about how she and her husband tried to help the injured and confused people stumbling from cars.Her first sight of the accident was a green tractor-trailer with one side of the cab virtually sheared off, then flames that flashed up farther down the road.I said, Gee, I don't know how you even got out of the car, because it was by then completely in the fire and being consumed by flames.Passerby Joanne Benham Rennick Traffic had ground to a halt, and Rennick and her husband decided to clamber over the median and try to help those in the wreckage.

Walking past the vehicles, she began directing the injured to others who could treat them or give them a warm place to sit down.One man had his face and hand covered in blood, and another came out of his vehicle with a dislocated shoulder.Another woman told Rennick how she stopped behind the accident and a car hit her from behind, pushing her into the crush of vehicles. She escaped before her car was engulfed in flames.I said, 'Gee, I don't know how you even got out of the car, because it was by then completely in the fire … and being consumed by flames, Rennick said.And she said I don't want to think about that or I'll freak out.

How to avoid pileups

Officials won't know what caused the accident for several weeks, but witnesses said heavy snow causing zero visibility was undoubtedly a factor.Whiteouts don't often fall like a curtain across a stage. They come on gradually, at least in terms of giving a driver a few seconds to respond. Driving school owner Doug Annett.Doug Annett, who runs a school that teaches drivers how to negotiate roads in treacherous weather, said expert opinions differ on how drivers should react in such incidents.Some say cars should turn on their hazard lights to alert those behind them to an accident on the road ahead.But Annett warned that some drivers interpret the hazard lights as a vehicle pulled over on the side of the road and swerve to avoid them, ending up involved in the pileup.He said motorists should only use their hazards temporarily to alert others and, if they are stopped, they should stay as far off the road as possible.Most importantly, though, drivers need to start responding immediately in whiteout conditions, he said.Whiteouts don't often fall like a curtain across a stage, said Annett. They come on gradually, at least in terms of giving a driver a few seconds to respond.

IDF on Stand-By as Fatah and Hamas Clash
By Hillel Fendel and Gil Ronen (INN) FEB 04,07

As Fatah-Hamas fighting escalates, the IDF is thinking ahead of a possible re-conquest of Gaza to halt the terrorists' massive weapon stockpiling for a Hizbullah-style war against Israel. If and when such an offensive does take place, the large-scale incursion is likely to be similar in scope to Operation Defensive Shield, which the IDF carried out in Judea and Samaria in 2002. The operation is currently on hold, however, with all Israeli officials in agreement that Israel need not intervene while Fatah and Hamas are killing each other.We have to sit on the side, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said. If we were to get involved, it would draw their mutual fire towards us.Infrastructures Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) agreed, but added that Israel must be prepared to attack: "When the Hamas-Fatah fighting ends, we will have to act to destroy the terrorist infrastructure there, which continues to grow.

The IDF concern is that Hamas is accumulating a large stockpile of improved Kassam rockets, with upgraded accuracy and more powerful warheads. Hamas is also putting an effort into smuggling anti-tank weapons through the Egyptian border, and building an array of bunkers and tunnels throughout Gaza. Hamas appears to be implementing lessons learned from the Hizbullah’s successful use of bunkers against Israeli forces in the 2006 Lebanon War.PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who heads Fatah, and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh are to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to try and reach yet another ceasefire accord and form a unity government in the PA. Senior Fatah men expressed the fear that if the summit fails, Hamas could begin to use suicide bombings against Fatah.The Deputy Director of Israel's Shabak (General Security Service) told the government today that he does not expect the peace talks to succeed. Saturday night, Hamas terrorists killed a leading Fatah man and kidnapped another -the nephew of PA strongman Muhammed Dahlan. Hamas also fired several mortar shells at Abbas' presidential palace. Fatah forces went on the offensive in several other incidents. Residents in Gaza are reported to be both terrified to set foot out of their homes, and in despair at the crisis that seems to have no solution.

Gaza University Torched Again

Fatah gunmen torched the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold, in Gaza City for the second time in recent days, accusing Hamas of using the campus to store and distribute weapons. Several explosions caused millions of dollars in damage, and a university official said gun battles prevented emergency services from reaching the blazes. Three campuses of the Al-Quds University also were set on fire in Gaza City, Rafiah to the south and in northern Gaza.Iran and the Islamic Jihad denied reports that seven Iranians, including a military general, had been taken captive in a Fatah raid on the Hamas-affiliated Islamic University in Gaza. In a joint press conference held by Iranian and Islamic Jihad officials in Iran, Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani called the report a gross lie, and Islamic Jihad's Secretary-General Ramadan Abdullah Shalah said it was a joke. The Shabak Deputy Director, whose identity is not publicly known, said today that Israel cannot confirm that Iranians were arrested.Despite this, Absorption Minister Ze'ev Boim (Kadima) said that Iran's involvement in fueling the conflict must be emphasized to the world.

Israel restricts access to Jerusalem mosque compound Sun Feb 4, 6:54 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) -Israel has imposed restrictions on access to Islam's third holiest site for fear of demonstrations against building work near east Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Only Muslim men who are married, over 45 years old, and who have a blue Israeli identity card, in addition to all Muslim women, will have access to the Temple Mount on Sunday, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told AFP.On their side, Jews and tourists will also not be allowed to visit the site. Rosenfeld was using the Israeli term for the mosque compound, which is also revered by Jews as the site of their ancient Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD.Muslim leaders have called for protests against planned work on the nearby Dung Gate to the Old City that they say threatens the foundations of the mosque compound.The compound, also known as the Haram al-Sharif or Noble Sanctuary, is the Holy Land's most sensitive site. A visit by then Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon in 2000 sparked the latest Palestinian uprising.