In our daily coverage of Earth changes, I couldn't help but notice the diametrically opposing themes of the extensively gathered data on the extremely anomalous nature of the global climate and weather patterns, in contrast with the dismissive nature with which governments and official adminstrations attach to the subject. Worst, even while rejecting the vast evidence, governments around the world have been making great preparations against these climatic disruptions, upheavals in food and fuel prices and the resulting incidents of social unrests, riots, anarchy and mayhem. I have already disclosed here, that President Obama had order the United States military to prepare for Spring riots and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is making major preparations for a imminent disastrous event forecast to take place at the New Madrid Fault system.

Now, it is estimated that there are nearly 150 Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBS), employing nearly 250,000 persons in America with prominent installations at the White House in Washingon D.C., Groom Lake (also known as Area 51 or Dreamland) and the Tonopah Test Range (also known as Area 52) in Nevada, Dulce in New Mexico, Adirondack Mountain in New York, Fort Hood in Texas, the Kennecott Copper Mines in Utah, Fort Huachuca in Arizona, Palms Marine Base in California, the Denver International Airport in Colorado, Camp David in Maryland,  and the FEMA Regional Center in Atlanta, Georgia. These underground bases and tunnels are also featured worldwide at the Vatican in Rome, the Doomsday Vault in Norway, Ellora and Ajanta in Afghanistan, the Nahanni Valley and the "Great Lakes Triangle" in Canada, Pine Gap in Australia, Staffordshire in England, the ruins of El Tuna Gable and Memphis-Saqqarah in Egypt, the Carolina Islands, the Sarowak Chamber on the island of Borneo in Malaysia, in Cappadocia in Turkey, and the Himalayan mountains.

Over the last two months we have even seen a series of states buying bulk quantities of staple crops such as wheat and rice. Just today, the London Telegraph reported that several governments are already stockpiling food.

Stockpiling of Food.

Commodities traders have warned they are seeing the first signs of panic buying from states concerned about the political implications of rising prices for staple crops. However, the tactic risks simply further pushing up prices, analysts have warned, pushing a spiral of food inflation. Governments in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa have recently made large food purchases on the open market in the wake of unrest in Tunisia which deposed president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali... Nouriel Roubini, the New York University economics professor who predicted the financial crisis, this week told the World Economic Forum in Davos that high prices were "leading to riots, demonstrations and political instability." "It's really something that can topple regimes, as we have seen in the Middle East," he said. Algeria purchased 800,000 tonnes of milling wheat on Wednesday and Saudi Arabia has said it will purchase enough wheat for a 12 month reserve. Egypt, which has seen several days of unrest in part provoked by high food prices, is expected to follow. Bangladesh has tripled its rice import target and Indonesia this week bought 820,000 tonnes of Thai rice."This is only the start of the panic buying," said Ker Chung Yang, commodities analyst at Singapore-based Phillip Futures.

In Australia, where weird weather anomalies have become the norm, thousands of homes lost power and were damaged when a cyclone hit the Australian coast.

CYCLONE ANTHONY RIPS THROUGH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA!



The flood-ravaged Queensland, bore the brunt of Cyclone Anthony's strength overnight, with another strong cyclone - Yasi, roaring quickly towards the already swamped region



What is really weird is that Melbourne is currently suffering from an heatwave? Yup, an heatwave? Not just any heatwave, but an unprecedented one too?

UNPRECEDENTED HEATWAVE SCORCHES MELBOURNE!

Locals soaking up the heat.

Melbourne is preparing for a scorching day, with the weather bureau forecasting the first day of 40 degree weather for the year. It is expected to be even hotter in the north-west with 42 degrees expected in Mildura and Swan Hill, where many residents are continuing preparations for a peak in floodwaters. Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Dean Stewart says a cool change should sweep through Melbourne at around 6:00pm or 7:00pm. “There will be southerly winds, initially fairly gusty, but they should settle down and temperatures by around eight o’clock this evening should be around 25 to 30 degrees,” he said. He says an unprecedented heatwave in Central Australia has contributed to today’s extreme forecast for the state. “With a high pressure system in the Tasman Sea we’re likely to see the northerly winds develop over south-east Australia and bring some of that very hot air from the inland down over Victoria,” he said.”We’re expecting a lot of centres to get over the 40 degree mark, even as high as 42 up in the north-west of the state.  - ABC News.

 I definitely would not want to live anywhere near Australia, right now. From aerial and radar anomalies to snow in Summer to flooding of "Biblical proportions" to in-land tsunamis to cyclones to heatwaves. Sorry, mates. It's like someone is running an experiment on the repercussions of different weather anomalies on the country.

Next door, in New Zealand, residents are still reeling from the saturation and trail of destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Wilma over the weekend.

Tropical Cyclone Wilma.

Tropical cyclone Wilma battered New Zealand’s upper North Island in the wee hours of Saturday, bringing flood waters and wrecking landslides in the region, local media reported. The flood has caused damage to a number of state highways and led to power blackouts in the region, said media reports. Fallen trees, slips, heavy rains, forceful winds have added to the woes, Radio New Zealand reported. According to New Zealand’s meteorology department, the worst affected areas include the Northland province, Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, the Waikato region, Tauranga and Rotorua... Meanwhile, flood conditions continued to be likely as most of the major rivers, including River Waimana and Whakatan, in North Island were topping their banks, New Zealand Civil Defence told media. - IBTraveler.

In flood-weary Brazil, winds seemingly as strong as those coming from a cyclone, ripped through Para State and devastated a 25-story skyscraper.

STRONG WINDS COLLAPSES  SKYSCRAPER IN BRAZIL!

Toppled Skyscraper

A skyscraper in the city of Belem in Para State, Brazil, collapsed on Sunday, injuring several people and trapping three beneath piles of rubble. The incident occurred just as four construction workers had left the site. The collapsed building was in the process of construction and was due for release in December this year. The three trapped workers had been completing their shift, according to union representatives. It is unknown whether the building caused damage to surrounding structures as it fell, but police have cleared surrounding buildings while inspections are carried out.  Emergency services in the city had been dispatched to the scene to find the trapped men, said Para state Health Minister Helio Franco, although it unknown if they survived. - Malaysia Sun.

One of the worst cases of flooding was experienced in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, where torrential rains swamped the city and towns with extensive and deadly flooding, leading to the evacuation of thousands. According to online reports, over ten persons died with numerous remain missing.




In Singapore, heavy rain caused the collapse of a bridge under construction at the Punggol Waterway and mass flooding across the country.

THE SINGAPORE DELUGE: HEAVY RAINS AND MASS FLOODING!

Punggol Bridge collapse.

A partially completed bridge at the construction site opposite his house collapsed under the weight of rainwater on Sunday morning, reported The Straits Times Reader Simon Low who took and sent in a picture from his flat in Block 638b Punggol Drive. In an email report to The Straits Times website, Mr Low wrote: 'This morning, I noticed part of the bridge had collapsed due to the heavy rain. 'I believe the bridge also acted as a dam, but the water overflowed (from the right side) the partially built bridge, and pushed the bridge away. 'The banks of the waterway on the right side of the bridge overflowed due to this morning's heavy rain. I wonder whether it will happen again once the waterway is fully completed.' Heavy rain drenched most of the island yesterday, causing flash floods in at least five areas, mostly in the east. National water agency PUB said it received reports of floods on the Tampines Expressway slip road at Tampines Avenue 12 and near the Punggol exit, Airport Boulevard, one stretch of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and Changi Village. Upon checking these sites, its officers found localised chokes in the drainage along Airport Boulevard, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 and in Changi Village. Lanes along Airport Boulevard and at the junction of Tampines avenues 9 and 12 had to be closed for one to two hours. At Block 384A in Tampines Street 32, a multi-storey carpark that was shin-deep in water, workers were pumping out water from its basement level. Although the rain yesterday was islandwide, the eastern area around Changi and Pulau Ubin was the wettest. As at 7.50pm yesterday, 200.8mm of rain had pelted down on Pulau Ubin, and 178mm in Changi. The usual 'hot spots' - Bukit Timah and Upper Thomson - were spared from floods yesterday, as was Orchard Road, parts of which went under water twice in the middle of last year. - Strait Times.

As the Earth changes persists, so does the mass animal die-off. In Detroit, thousands of dead fish was found in Erie, St. Clair.

MASS FISH DIE-OFF IN DETROIT!

Fish die-off in Erie.

Officials say cold weather and a fish virus likely are to blame for thousands of dead gizzard shad found recently in Lakes Erie and St. Clair, the St. Clair River and the Detroit River. The Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News report that the weather and viral hemorrhagic septicemia, or VHS, are suspected in the fish deaths. Researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Toledo took samples of dead shad Thursday and Friday that showed signs of the fish virus. Shad deaths are typical in the winter. It's expected to take a month to determine whether the fish had VHS. Although not dangerous for humans, the virus has previously caused large fish kills in Lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron. It also has turned up in Lake Michigan. - MLIVE.

In America, meteorologists are declaring that this week's winter storm could be one of the worst ever.

A WEEK OF WINTER RECORD BREAKING STORMS IN THE UNITED STATES!

Snowman in New York's Central Park.

Chicago was under a blizzard watch late Sunday as portions of the Midwest and Northeast braced for a major storm system that will bring bitter cold and a "long duration" of snow, according to forecasters. Some of the coldest air of the season will plummet southward and combine with another storm developing over the southern Plains, according to CNN meteorologist Sean Morris. An intense surface low will develop over north Texas and pull abundant warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico into the frigid Arctic air diving southward into the Plains. The result: blizzard conditions, heavy snow, ice storms and tornadoes. This storm appears to be another one for the record books. The storm will likely extend from Oklahoma City to Caribou, Maine, by late week, said CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen. The National Weather Service said the "dangerous storm" will begin to affect Missouri and Illinois, which were under storm warnings, as early as Monday. Snowfall, primarily on Tuesday, could be over 12 inches in parts of both states, the agency said. CNN St. Louis affiliate KSDK indicated the storm could be "historic," saying it could rival a 1981 system that left 13.9 inches of snow in St. Louis and some areas with more than 2 feet. Very heavy snow will fall from Oklahoma northeastward through Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Snow accumulations here will be measured in feet, not in inches. Blizzard or near-blizzard conditions are expected as far south as Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The National Weather Service forecast office in Norman, Oklahoma, warns that a "potentially dangerous winter situation" is developing with travel becoming extremely dangerous or impossible across the state by Tuesday morning. Accumulations of 16 to 24 inches are possible in a narrow band from Illinois into Ohio, and perhaps through St. Louis, Chicago and Detroit, Hennen said Sunday, adding it was not yet possible to pinpoint the exact location. This storm could be one of the top 10 biggest snowstorms ever in the Windy City with snowfall accumulations of 15 to 20 inches and isolated higher amounts possible, according to Morris. The biggest snowstorm in Chicago's history occurred from January 26-27, 1967, when 23 inches of snow fell. According to the National Weather Service, snowstorms that drop more than 15 inches of snow occur once in about every 19 years. The last time this happened was in January 1999, when 21.6 inches of snow was recorded in Chicago. The peak of the storm in the Midwest should be from Tuesday into Wednesday morning, Hennen said. Snow will affect Oklahoma City; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis; Chicago; and into Detroit. Other cities likely to be affected during the week include Milwaukee, Cleveland, Boston and the New York cities of Buffalo, Syracuse and Albany. Punxsutawney Phil, of Groundhog Day fame, may be more interested in his exposed fur than his spring forecast when the system reaches western Pennsylvania. Severe thunderstorms will likely develop along a trailing cold front from a main low-pressure area. There could be a significant potential for tornadoes in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. Where the warm air overrides the cold Arctic air, rain will fall into subfreezing temperatures at the surface and coat trees, power lines and roads in ice from Missouri to southern Illinois and eastward into central Indiana, Morris said. Ice accumulations of up to three-quarters of an inch will be possible, which will likely combine with gusty winds, which could cause tree branches to fall on power lines. This will also be some of the coldest air of the season, with temperatures expected to drop well below zero in parts of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma by Wednesday. Temperatures across the central and southern high Plains will be almost 50 degrees below normal in some areas. Low temperatures on Wednesday morning could be in the single digits as far south as north Texas. Strong winds will combine with the cold temperatures to create extremely dangerous wind chills of 20 to 35 below zero across the southern Plains. - CNN.

Accuweather is forecasting that a two-part major winter storm will disrupt travel with a deluge of snow and ice over the Northeast of America.

Accuweather forecast.

The storm is beginning to hit the Plains now and will focus on the Midwest Tuesday. However, snow and ice will streak eastward into the Northeast during Tuesday as well. As the storm progresses into Wednesday, it will bring dangers from the risk of falling trees and power lines under the weight of a glaze of ice in some areas and roof collapses under the weight of heavy snow in others...The storm will be very complex and will span 48 hours in many locations, much longer than a typical winter storm. For some locations, this will be a two-part event with two periods of precipitation and a lull in between. The storm will result in wet roads in southernmost areas, snow covered roads in northern areas and snowy, icy and wet roads in the middle. A couple of degrees difference in temperature may be all that lies between gridlock and relatively minor travel issues. The storm will directly or indirectly impact flights in the major hubs of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington and Pittsburgh in the Northeast as it is also forecast to hit the Midwest and Plains very hard as well, including Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis and Denver.

In Oregon, torrential rains caused massive landslides and damages to the roads and water mains of Lincoln City.

RAINS CREATES LAND UPHEAVALS IN OREGON!

Cracks along Schooner Creek.

Residents of Lincoln City are being told to prepare for the possibility of water rationing after torrential rains caused a county road to give way and put the city’s water main in jeopardy. Schooner Creek Road was closed last Friday due to a landslide and 7,000 residents received a reverse 9-1-1 call warning them about the possibility of a water shortage that could last a couple of days. Lincoln City Public Works officials are asking residents to stockpile water by filling the bathtub and have gallons of drinking water available should the road keep sliding and break the 24-inch water main. The reverse 9-1-1 call on Friday created a water-buying frenzy at local grocery stores that emptied shelves. - KATU.

Just last week, the largest ever exercise was held in Oregon  to prepare for future ruptures of the Cascadia Fault system, featuring over 37,000 residents.

Speaking of fault lines, today a moderate 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Tonga. The quake struck at 95 kilometres southwest of Nuku Alofa or 360 kilometres south east of Neiafu, or at at depth of 68.6 kilometres, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Tonga and the other countries within the ring have seen an avalanche of seismic and volcanic activity recently.

Increase activity around the Pacific Ring of Fire.

This increase activity is also seen in the real-time simulation of the Magnetosphere. Have a look the following images that illustrates the distortion and aberration in the magnetic field.


Perhaps, this is related largely to the amazing activity taking place on the Sun:

CORONAL HOLE: A dark croissant-shaped hole has opened up in the sun's atmosphere, and it is spewing a stream of solar wind into space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory took this picture of the vast opening during the early hours of Jan. 31st: Researchers call this a "coronal hole." Solar rotation is turning the coronal hole toward Earth. The stream of solar wind pouring from it will swing around and hit our planet in early February, possibly sparking polar magnetic storms. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras between Feb. 2nd and 4th. A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth on or about Feb. 3rd.  - Spaceweather.

February 2nd to 4th? Hmmm...? We surely are in interesting times. What will happen next?

More anon.