BRITAIN-CANADA-AMERICA STORMS-VOLCANOES-QUAKES-FAMINES

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

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,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

ATLANTIC CANADA IS SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING A BIG STORM TONIGHT ALSO.FEB 15,14.THE STORM THE US HAD 2 DAYS AGO.

Potentially damaging winds forecast for B.C.'s South Coast

CBC – FEB 15,14-yahoonews

Environment Canada has issued a warning for potentially damaging winds for most of B.C.'s South Coast as a Pacific storm front moves in Saturday.Meteorologists are predicting initially strong winds from the southeast between 70 to 100 km/h Saturday afternoon shifting to westerly gale force winds of 60 to 80 km/hour Saturday night, slowing to 30 km/h after midnight.Storms of this nature can cause power outages as well as ferry and flight delays.Hardest hit will be the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Victoria area. On the the Lower Mainland, western sections including Richmond, Tsawwassen and White Rock  will bear the brunt of the stormThe forecast also calls for rain, heavy at times.

4 school buses slide off the road due to icy roads

CBC – FEB 14,14-yahoonews

Icy road conditions created problems for a dozen school buses on Prince Edward Island Friday morning.

Four school buses slid off the road. Three in western P.E.I. slid onto the shoulder and got stuck in the slush. One in North Tryon slipped slightly into the ditch.The English Language School Board has not yet determined how many of those four buses had children on board at the time. There were no injuries.
The school board confirmed a total of 12 buses "required assistance" on Friday morning's slippery roads.
At least two towing companies were called in to help move school buses.The school board said it made the decision to proceed with school as usual at 6 a.m. At that time, said Dave Gillis, the board's leader of corporate services, conditions were good."At about 7ish or so we had some heavy rains start to fall which weren't part of the forecast as they were outlined and what that did is it washed a lot of the salt and sand off of the roads," said Gillis."It takes about an hour, an hour and a half to get the system going or shut the system down, so after 6:30ish we were beyond the point of being able to put the brakes on."RCMP warned about icy roads at about 8:20 a.m. By that time school bus drivers had been advised by radio that conditions had deteriorated and they should proceed with caution. The Morell family of schools reported buses were running slowly and behind schedule.The English Language School Board was slow to comment on the incidents when called by CBC News, not being able to provide details until about 11:30 a.m.The French Language School Board reports there were no incidents with any of its buses.

Two killed as storm batters Britain

By Alice Ritchie -FEB 15,14-yahoonews

London (AFP) - Two people were killed overnight and thousands of homes were without power on Saturday as a new winter storm hammered Britain.After the wettest start to the year for 250 years, the Met Office national weather service said a "multi-pronged attack" of wind, rain and snow was sweeping the country.In central London, police said a woman died and a man was taken to hospital after a building collapsed onto their car in Holborn, not far from the West End theatre district.Out on the English Channel, high winds sent a "freak wave" smashing through a window of a cruise ship causing the death of an 85-year-old man, the ship's operator said.Several of the Marco Polo's 735 mainly British passengers were injured and two were airlifted off the ship, including the elderly man who later died, according to Cruise & Maritime Voyages.And in Scotland, two hikers went missing on Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, after they became "disorientated" in the poor weather, police said.The storm made landfall in southwest England with winds of nearly 80 mph (128 kph) and was expected to bring with it up to 40 mm (1.6 ins) of rain.
The Met Office warned of more huge waves and a tidal surge on the south coast of England, where earlier storms wiped out a railway line and damaged historic cliff features.About 17,000 people remained without power in Wales following an earlier storm on Wednesday when hurricane-force gales left one person dead.
Prime Minister David Cameron reiterated his promise on Friday to do "whatever it takes" to help stricken communities, following criticism of the government's initial response to the flooding crisis.He has said money was "no object", offering financial support for businesses and homeowners."These are extraordinary weather events, but we are fighting on every front to help people," he said.More than 2,000 army, navy and air force personnel have now been deployed across Britain to help flood-hit communities, and 70 percent of England's fire and rescue services are working on the flood and storm effort.Tornado attack jets and Sentinel surveillance planes have flown missions over deluged areas, using optical and radar imaging to help civilian authorities coordinate their response, the Ministry of Defence said.- Dutch government sends pumps -
A total of 22 severe flood alerts indicating a risk to life are in place, mostly in the southeast of England.More than 5,800 properties have been flooded since early December while huge swathes of farmland have been inundated.And communities along the swollen River Thames were braced for more damage after it was expected to reach its highest level in 60 years over the weekend.In the village of Datchet on Friday, second-in-line to the throne Prince William and his younger brother Harry donned Wellington boots and waterproofs as they lugged sandbags alongside members of the Household Cavalry."The Duke (of Cambridge) and Prince Harry wanted to show their support to the flood victims and thought the most appropriate way of doing that was through the armed forces relief effort," a Kensington Palace spokeswoman told AFP.
Buckingham Palace meanwhile said the queen was helping farmers in the southwestern county of Somerset -- parts of which have been underwater for nearly two months -- by contributing feed and bedding from the royal farms at Windsor.Not everyone was pitching in, however. Police said some residents in Portsmouth, on the south coast, received hoax calls on Friday urging them to evacuate because of impending flooding -- presumably from would-be burglars.Cameron has said he will seek financial aid from the European Union to cope with the floods, despite his promises to renegotiate London's relationship with Brussels and hold an in-out referendum.Britain has already borrowed eight "very high volume pumps" from the Dutch government and several Dutch engineers are helping in Somerset, a spokeswoman for the environment ministry said.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned Britain's fragile recovery from recession would be affected as the bad weather hits farming and transport.

Battered, beleaguered: Storm socks East Coast

By The Associated Press February 13, 2014 8:12 PM-yahoonews

Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain bombarded the East Coast on Thursday and the Southeast continued to grapple with the aftermath of another unusual winter storm that covered the region in ice. In some places, the winter assault eased up during the day, but another wave was expected overnight into Friday. "It's like a dog chasing its tail all day," said Pat O'Pake, a plow operator in Pennsylvania. Here's a sampling of what the latest round of winter weather brought:

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SNOW AND MORE SNOW: The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from North Carolina to Maine on Thursday and predicted another round of wintry weather would torment the Northeast into Friday. Philadelphia got nearly 9 inches of snow, its fourth 6-inch snowstorm of the season — the first time that has happened in the city since record-keeping began in the late 1800s. New York City received nearly 10 inches, and a big swath of New Jersey had about a foot of snow by midday Thursday. Rockaway, N.J., had 14 inches.Washington had at least 8 inches of snow; Baltimore awoke Thursday to 15 inches. Parts of northern Georgia had over 9 inches by late Thursday morning, while North Carolina ranged from 6 inches in cities to up to 15 inches in mountainous areas. In Virginia, Blacksburg and Salem contended with 2 feet of snow, and the Virginia-West Virginia state line got more than a foot.
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IN THE DARK: About 1.2 million homes and businesses lost power as the storm moved from the South through the Northeast. By Thursday evening, about 550,000 customers remained in the dark, mostly in South Carolina and Georgia.
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TREACHEROUS TRAVEL: More than 6,500 flights were canceled across the country, according to the website FlightAware. In Washington, D.C., the two main airports were closed. Amtrak canceled some of its trains in the Northeast and the South and modified schedules for others.In the Northeast, Interstate 84 in New York state between the Connecticut and Pennsylvania lines was closed to commercial traffic; tandem tractor-trailer trucks were banned from highways in Connecticut. Municipalities imposed parking and travel restrictions so roadways and streets would be clear for plowing. Speed limits were lowered on some highways.At least 21 deaths, most of them in traffic accidents, were blamed on the storm as it made its way across the South and up the coast. A pregnant woman in New York City was struck by a snow plow and killed. Her baby was delivered by cesarean section.

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NOT SO LOVABLE: The latest round of dangerous weather threatened to disrupt deliveries of Valentine's Day flowers on Friday. "It's a godawful thing," said Mike Flood, owner of Falls Church Florist in Virginia. "We're going to lose money. There's no doubt about it." Frank Campisi of Fallon's Flowers in Raleigh, N.C., said he's had to move deliveries from Friday to Saturday and, in some cases, to Monday. "We're trying to do as much as we can, which doesn't amount to a whole lot," he said.
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UPSIDE-DOWN WEATHER: While Northeast residents suffered through bitter cold yet again, temperatures reached into the mid-60s on Thursday at the Winter Games in Sochi. Russian officials say they have not needed to tap into their snow reserves on the mountain yet and all events are taking place on schedule.

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WINTER CANCELS WINTER: A celebration of winter tourism in the Olympic village of Lake Placid, N.Y., was postponed ahead of the storm. Plans had called for visitors to take part in skiing, bobsledding and other winter sports at the sites that hosted the 1980 and 1932 Winter Olympics. A new date has not been chosen.

After months of cold, Great Lakes become nearly covered with ice for the first time since 1994

By John Flesher, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – FEB 14,14-yahoonews 

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. - From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders — a battleground for the icebreaker's 58-member crew during one of the roughest winters in memory.It's been so bitterly cold for so long in the Upper Midwest that the Great Lakes are almost completely covered with ice. The last time they came this close was in 1994, when 94 per cent of the lakes' surface was frozen.As of Friday, ice cover extended across 88 per cent, according to the federal government's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor.Sections of the lakes, which hold nearly one-fifth of the freshwater on the world's surface, harden almost every winter. That freezing keeps the Coast Guard's fleet of nine icebreakers busy clearing paths for vessels hauling essential cargo such as heating oil, salt and coal. But over the past four decades, the average ice cover has receded 70 per cent, scientists say, probably in part because of climate change.

Still, as this season shows, short-term weather patterns can trump multi-year trends. Winter arrived early and with a vengeance and refuses to loosen its grip."That arctic vortex came down, and the ice just kept going," said George Leshkevich, a physical scientist with the federal lab.The deep freeze is more than a novelty. By limiting evaporation, it may help replenish lake water levels — a process that began last year after a record-breaking slump dating to the late 1990s. Also getting relief are cities along the lakes that have been pummeled with lake-effect snow, which happens when cold air masses suck up moisture from open waters and dump it over land.Buffalo, N.Y, got nearly 43 inches of snow in January, but this month just 13 inches have fallen, a decline resulting largely from the freeze-over of Lake Erie even though Lake Ontario has remained largely open, said forecaster Jon Hitchcock of the National Weather Service.Heavy ice can also protect fish eggs from predators, and it has delighted photographers, ice anglers and daredevil snowmobilers.
At Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin, the rock-solid cover has allowed around 35,000 visitors to trudge miles over Lake Superior to explore caves featuring dazzling ice formations. It's the first time in five years the lake surface has been firm enough to allow passage.With no letup in the cold, the ice hasn't experienced the usual thaw-and-freeze cycle, so nature's artistry is even more delicate and beautiful, with needle-like hoarfrost crystals sprinkled across sheets that dangle from cave ceilings like giant chandeliers."Seeing them like this is almost a once-in-a-lifetime experience," Superintendent Bob Krumenaker said.There's even an (apparently) tongue-in-cheek Facebook page inviting people to join a convoy of snowmobiles, cars and other vehicles on a nearly 80-mile trek across Lake Michigan. Never mind that its waters remain partly open and experts warn the ice can be dangerously unstable."If it freezes, and you miss this chance, when will it happen again?" the page says. "Feel free to invite more folks!"For Coast Guard icebreaker teams, it's all business. They've logged four times more hours this season than the average for the same period in recent years, said Kyle Niemi, spokesman for the agency's Cleveland district headquarters.The 240-foot-long Mackinaw began its duties Dec. 16 — several weeks earlier than usual — and worked nonstop until Feb. 8, when traffic slowed enough to allow a break."As you can imagine, the crew's tired," Cmdr. Michael Davanzo said this week during a tour of the ship in its home port of Cheboygan.A 35-year Coast Guard veteran who has spent 12 years on the lakes, Davanzo said this winter is the toughest he's experienced because the ice came so soon and is so thick and widespread, and the weather has been constantly bitter.The Mackinaw, commissioned in 2006 to replace an older vessel with the same name, is designed specifically for duty on the Great Lakes. It's propelled by two "Azipod" thrusters that can spin 360 degrees and fire jets of water at adjacent ice, weakening it. Sometimes the crew will drive the ship's bow onto an ice sheet to crack it with sheer weight. Or they'll go backward, chopping up ice with the propeller blades.When the going gets tough, there's the battering-ram option — hurling the reinforced hull directly against walls of ice that can be several feet thick.The workload typically drops sharply after navigational locks on the St. Marys River, the link between Lakes Superior and Huron, close in mid-January and most large cargo haulers dock for winter. But the ice was so thick this year that a number of freighters were still struggling to complete final deliveries days later. Even now, demand for road salt and heating oil in the Midwest is keeping some icebreakers busy.One day last month, the Mackinaw spent 16 grueling hours helping a freighter squeeze through a narrow 3.5-mile section of the St. Marys. As the Mackinaw attacks the ice, the engines roar and the ship vibrates. The noise and motion are "like living in an earthquake 16 hours a day," Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Alderman said.Davanzo hopes for rain and warmer temperatures that would melt some ice before the locks reopen in late March, when the Mackinaw will venture onto Lake Superior and clear paths for iron ore and coal haulers."But if the weather stays like this," he said, "we could be breaking ice all the way to the middle of May."Despite the inconvenience, there's a silver lining for shippers. Since the low-water period began in late 1990s, they've been forced to carry lighter loads to avoid scraping bottom in shallow channels and harbours. Heavy snow and rain in 2013 finally raised water levels.
Ice cover blocks evaporation, the leading cause of low water. It also will keep the lakes cooler for a longer time this year, delaying the onset of heavy evaporation season, scientist John Lenters reported in a paper last month, although the benefit is partially offset by stepped-up evaporation shortly before the ice forms.
In Lake Superior, snowbound Isle Royale National Park is home to a dwindling and inbred wolf population that is usually trapped on the island. Biologists hope a newcomer or two will venture to the park now that the lake is almost entirely frozen over. The park's first wolves are believed to have crossed an ice bridge from Canada, 15 miles away, in the late 1940s.There's also a chance that one or more of the island's wolves could grab the rare opportunity to escape."They are inveterate travellers," veteran wolf expert Rolf Peterson said. "And they don't need a reason that would make sense to us."____Follow John Flesher on Twitter at http://twitter.com/JohnFlesher

FAMINE

EZEKIEL 5:16
16  When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

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: 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.

Obama: Entire U.S. concerned about Calif. drought

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 11 hours ago-FEB 14,14-yahoonews

No longer can the U.S. afford to think about water as a competition between the nation's agricultural and urban areas, Obama said. With overall water resources expected to diminish significantly in the future, he said, the country must find better ways to cooperate."The truth of the matter is that this is going to be a very challenging situation this year, and frankly, the trend lines are such where it's going to be a challenging situation for some time to come," Obama said while meeting with community leaders in Firebaugh, a rural area not far from Fresno.California is in the midst of its worst drought in more than 100 years. After arriving here Friday afternoon, Obama was to meet with area farmers and announce more than $160 million in federal financial aid, including $100 million in the farm bill he signed into law last week for programs that cover the loss of livestock.The overall package includes smaller amounts to aid in the most extreme drought areas and to help food banks that serve families affected by the water shortage. Obama also will call on federal facilities in California to immediately limit water consumption.The president also was announcing that the budget he'll send to Congress next month will include $1 billion for a proposed "climate resilience fund" to invest in research and pay for new technologies to help communities deal with the impact of climate change. The proposal is likely to face stiff resistance from lawmakers wary of new spending and divided on the subject of global warming.Obama drew a connection between the water issues California is facing and the broader impact he said climate change is having around the country, pointing to hurricanes along the Atlantic and coastal erosion. He said the entire nation is concerned about the drought because of California's enormous economic output."We are going to stay on top of this because it has national implications," Obama said.Later Friday, Obama was meeting Jordan's King Abdullah II at Sunnylands for talks covering the Mideast peace process, Syria and other issues. It's unusual for Obama to host world leaders outside of the White House, though he did hold a two-day summit at Sunnylands last year with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Obama's meetings with Abdullah will be much shorter — just a brief meeting Friday night, followed by a working dinner. The White House wouldn't say why the meeting was taking place in California, particularly given that Abdullah spent much of the past week in Washington and met with Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and others."The king is also going out to California. The president and the king can meet there and will meet there as part of this trip," said White House press secretary Jay Carney.Obama was expected to spend Presidents Day weekend on the golf course at Sunnylands. He's traveling without first lady Michelle Obama.The White House has been closely watching the California drought, which follows a year of the lowest rainfall on record. The drought has also brought to a head political warfare over the state's water resources that feed major cities, the country's richest agricultural region and waterways that provide habitat for endangered species of fish.
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency on Jan. 17. Obama telephoned him several days later for an update on the situation.Farmers recently learned they will not be receiving irrigation water from the State Water Project, a system of rivers, canals and reservoirs. They anticipate a similar announcement later this month from federal authorities who operate a similar system called the Central Valley Project.Federal officials, including Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, earlier this month pledged $34 million to help farmers and ranchers conserve scarce water supplies, improve irrigation methods, head off erosion of unplanted fields and create better ways to water livestock.The Republican-controlled House recently voted to address the drought by rolling back environmental protections and temporarily halting the restoration of a dried-up stretch of the San Joaquin River, work that is designed to restore historic salmon runs. Farmers would prefer to have the water diverted to their crops instead.Boehner recently showed his support for the bill by visiting a dusty field in Bakersfield and saying fish shouldn't be favored over people.Environmentalists and Democrats oppose the bill, and the White House has threatened a veto, arguing that the measure would not alleviate the drought but would undo decades of work to address California's longstanding water shortages.In response, California's senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, joined fellow Democrats in proposing legislation that would pour $300 million into emergency aid and drought relief projects, upgrade city water systems and water conservation and speed up environmental reviews of water projects, among other steps.___
Associated Press writer Scott Smith in Fresno, Calif., contributed to this report.___Follow Darlene Superville on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dsupervilleap

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

First suspected case of pig virus reported at Prince Edward Island pork farm

By The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – FEB 15,14-yahoonews

CHARLOTTETOWN - A national agency is reporting the first suspected case of a deadly pig virus in Prince Edward Island.The Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network issued a bulletin on Thursday that says a case of suspected porcine epidemic diarrhea virus was detected by a veterinary lab on the Island overnight Wednesday.The agency — which distributes information to the industry and government departments — says in a memo the regional test has been sent to the National Centre of Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg for confirmation.The email says investigations have already started in P.E.I. to find out how the virus arrived on the farm, as it "initially appears there is no direct link with other cases in Canada."
The intelligence network says Ontario was the first province to report a case of PED on Jan. 22, and as of Friday had 13 confirmed cases.Manitoba also reported a case Thursday night.The disease poses no risk to human health or safety.However, the virus is highly contagious and it has already killed millions of piglets in the United States.Chris Byra, manager of the swine intelligence network, said in an interview the confirmation by the federal lab in Winnipeg is likely to come swiftly.He also said in an interview that the pigs on the infected farm will likely be slaughtered at an abattoir and then the slaughterhouse will be disinfected.Byra said the infection spreads through manure that pigs swallow as they're feeding.In Ontario and Manitoba systems have been created to isolate the infected pigs at abattoirs and Byra said he expected Prince Edward Island would create a similar process.Byra said it's important to swiftly control the spread of the disease."We have a pretty good opportunity to eradicate it from our industry, but it's going to take some months and it's going to take some discipline among the producers," he said.The intelligence network doesn't release the name of the farm or its exact location.—By Michael Tutton in Halifax

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Three dead, 200,000 told to evacuate as Indonesia volcano

By Bintang Senandung Nacita February 13, 2014 7:36 PM-yahoonews

Blitar (Indonesia) (AFP) - A spectacular volcanic eruption in Indonesia has killed three people and forced mass evacuations, disrupting long-haul flights and closing international airports Friday.Mount Kelud, considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the main island of Java, spewed red-hot ash and rocks high into the air late Thursday night just hours after its alert status was raised.Villagers in eastern Java described the terror of volcanic materials raining down on their homes, while AFP correspondents at the scene saw residents covered in grey dust fleeing in cars and on motorbikes towards evacuation centres.
Sunar, a 60-year-old from a village eight kilometres (five miles) in Blitar district, said his home also collapsed after being hit with "rocks the size of fists"."The whole place was shaking -- it was like we were on a ship in high seas. We fled and could see lava in the distance flowing into a river," said Sunar, who goes by one name.
A man and a woman, both elderly, were crushed to death after volcanic material that had blanketed rooftops caused their homes in the sub-district of Malang to cave in, National Disaster Mitigation Agency Spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said, while another elderly man died from inhaling the ash.Dian Julihadi, 32, from Blitar district, said: "It was like fireworks. There was a loud bang and bright red lights shot up into the air."
Nugroho confirmed the materials were still raining down on villages within a radius of 15 kilometres from the volcano on Friday, but said that some activities were resuming "as normal".Some 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate, though some families ignored the orders and others have returned home, with just over 75,000 now in temporary shelters, Nugroho said.Several men who had earlier tried to return home to gather clothing and valuables -were forced back by the continuous downpour of volcanic materials.
- 'Too dangerous to fly' -The ash has blanketed eastern Javanese cities forcing seven airports to close, including those in Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Solo, Semarang and Bandung, which serve international flights, officials said, while grounded planes were seen covered in the dust."All flights to those airports have been cancelled, and other flights, including some between Australia and Indonesia, have been rerouted," Transport Ministry director general of aviation Herry Bakti said, adding it was "too dangerous to fly" near the plume.
Virgin Australia said in a statement it had cancelled all its flights to and from Phuket, Bali, Christmas Island and Cocos Island on Friday, adding that "the safety of our customers is the highest priority" and that the airline would keep monitoring conditions.Australian nurse Susanne Webster, 38, was on a late-morning Virgin flight from Sydney to Bali that was turned around."About two hours in, the pilot announced over in Indonesia there was a volcano that erupted and that we were turning the plane back," she told AFP, adding they were still in Australian airspace at the time.Australian airline Qantas postponed Friday flights between Jakarta and Sydney to Saturday, while Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific cancelled and postponed flights to Surabaya, a popular destination for golfing tourists.Air Asia said 21 flights were affected in total, including three between Indonesian and Malaysia, adding several flights over Java were cancelled."The ashes could... compromise the safety and performance of the aircraft, such as (cause) permanent damage to the engine," Air Asia said in a statement, adding visibility was also a concern.On the outskirts of Yogyakarta, authorities closed Borobudur -- the world's largest Buddhist temple, which attracts hundreds of tourists daily -- after it was rained upon with dust from the volcano about 200 kilometres to the east.Hundreds of people at a temporary shelter in the village of Bladak, roughly 10 kilometres from the volcano's crater, began returning home slowly after spending the night on the floor wearing safety masks.The Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said there was little chance of another eruption as powerful as Thursday night's, but tremors could still be felt Friday as communities began clearing piles of ash up to five centimetres high on roads.The 1,731-metre (5,712-foot) Mount Kelud has claimed more than 15,000 lives since 1500, including around 10,000 deaths in a massive eruption in 1568.It is one of 130 active volcanoes in Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, a belt of seismic activity running around the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
Earlier this month another volcano, Mount Sinabung on western Sumatra island unleashed an enormous eruption that left at least 16 dead and has been erupting almost daily since September.

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

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,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide

25 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-02-15 07:24:00 UTC-05:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-05:00)25 earthquakes in map area

1. 2.8 116km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2014-02-15 07:21:12 UTC-05:00 11.4 km
2. 2.9 60km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2014-02-15 05:37:00 UTC-05:00 54.0 km
3. 3.0 12km N of West Yellowstone, Montana 2014-02-15 05:23:53 UTC-05:00 7.7 km
4. 4.9 157km SSW of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2014-02-15 :32 UTC-05:00 65.2 km
5. 4.3 10km WNW of Lixourion, Greece 2014-02-15 03:18:59 UTC-05:00 17.8 km
6. 5.2 13km NW of Lixourion, Greece 2014-02-15 02:31:18 UTC-05:00 13.7 km
7. 2.5 20km N of Barstow, California 2014-02-15 01:49:05 UTC-05:00 3.8 km
8. 3.3 55km SSE of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2014-02-14 23:24:25 UTC-05:00 93.0 km
9. 4.1 12km WNW of Edgefield, South Carolina 2014-02-14 22:23:38 UTC-05:00 4.8 km
10. 2.8 15km S of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-02-14 22:14:35 UTC-05:00 97.0 km
11. 3.1 11km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-02-14 19:19:13 UTC-05:00 7.4 km
12. 2.9 109km SSW of Atka, Alaska 2014-02-14 18:10:54 UTC-05:00 50.0 km
13. 2.7 10km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-02-14 18:05:52 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
14. 3.0 66km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico 2014-02-14 17:16:51 UTC-05:00 33.0 km
15. 4.6 20km ESE of Santa Maria Xadani, Mexico 2014-02-14 16:53:51 UTC-05:00 32.6 km
16. 2.8 12km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2014-02-14 16:51:55 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
17. 4.5 36km WNW of Riohacha, Colombia 2014-02-14 16:14:21 UTC-05:00 10.3 km
18. 2.5 31km NNE of Talkeetna, Alaska 2014-02-14 16:14:01 UTC-05:00 53.2 km
19. 2.9 10km N of Edmond, Oklahoma 2014-02-14 15:46:16 UTC-05:00 2.9 km
20. 2.7 6km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-02-14 12:43:05 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
21. 2.9 66km NNE of Larsen Bay, Alaska 2014-02-14 10:51:56 UTC-05:00 100.0 km
22. 2.5 6km WNW of The Geysers, California 2014-02-14 10:23:13 UTC-05:00 2.2 km
23. 3.2 25km SSW of Coalinga, California 2014-02-14 10:07:23 UTC-05:00 10.3 km
24. 2.6 76km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-02-14 09:28:27 UTC-05:00 119.5 km
25. 2.5 27km SSW of Morton, Washington 2014-02-14 08:41:54 UTC-05:00 14.9 km

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)

Pileup on icy Pennsylvania Turnpike injures dozens, snarls traffic much of the day

By Jason Sickles, Yahoo -FEB 14,14

At least 30 motorists were injured on Friday morning in massive chain-reaction crashes on an icy Pennsylvania Turnpike outside Philadelphia, according to news reports.Traffic along the state's primary east-west highway was snarled for seven hours by a series of accidents involving multiple tractor-trailers and cars, but officials announced that all lanes had reopened by 4 p.m. The crashes resulted in some serious injuries, but no patients are believed to have suffered life-threatening wounds, hospital officials told The Associated Press.CBS Philly estimated the number of vehicles involved to be more than 100, including one particular pileup of 75 cars and big rigs.“The worst accident I have seen in the 20 years I have been doing this,” traffic reporter Bob Kelly told CBS Philly.Images from news helicopters and social media provided sobering views of the aftermath and close calls.The Philadelphia area saw about a foot of snow overnight. Transportation officials restricted freeway speeds during the storm, but those limits were reportedly lifted for the morning commute.Motorists told reporters the roadway was very slick when the accidents began occurring at about 8 a.m.“I got on the turnpike, and it was nothing but ice," David Hill told AP. "I was very surprised at the condition of it. Normally the turnpike is one of the first roads that's cleared, but today I was driving on solid ice.”

CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR SLIDESHOW: Vehicles are piled up in an accident Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Bensalem, Pa.