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The Extinction Protocol - 4/22/13

The Extinction Protocol- 4/20/13

Earth reeling from tremors in the East: Massive earthquakes have hit Iran/Pakistan, the Kuril Islands, Papua, NG, the Japanese Islands, Uganda, and Sichuan China, where more than 156 people have been killed in a 6.6 magnitude earthquake.

The Extinction Protocol, 4/19/13

April 19, 2013 – RUSSIA – Cameras in Russia seem to capture everything from fiery meteors to crazy crashes. The latest video comes from a camera mounted high above the main square in Smolensk, overlooking a busy parking lot on what appears to be a nice sunny day. It takes but seconds for a small cloud of steam, appearing harmless at first, to erupt into a hot water geyser rivaling Old Faithful. What you don’t see from the video are the brick-sized chunks of pavement and rocks that were launched into the air and onto the surrounding vehicles. Within minutes, a large flow of water has flooded the parking area as the natural geyser continues to spew water and steam hundreds of feet into the air. If this happened in our backyard, we would hightail it out of town fearing another eruption of Vesuvian magnitude – yet the locals in Smolensk seem only slightly disrupted, continuing to seek open spots in the parking lot despite the odd chaos mere yards away.

Weather.com - 4/18/13, Jess Baker

Birds rule the air, but hundreds of different species have seen a population decline so frightening, experts say they could vanish off the face of the earth at anytime.

As of 2012, more than 1300 bird species are facing extinction, according to BirdLife International. The World's Rarest Birds, a new book, features photos of 800 of those birds.

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