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Third Hottest Summer on Record for U.S.

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Weather.com - 10/9/12

August Temperatures

State-by-state temperature rankings for August 2012 (compared to all Augusts since 1895) from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. Orange shades indicate above-normal temperatures; blue shades, below-normal temperatures. Nevada tied its warmest August on record. (NOAA/NCDC)

The summer of 2012 will go down as the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States, according to data released Monday morning by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

NCDC's State of the Climate report said the nationally-averaged temperature for the months of June, July and August was 74.4 degrees, or 2.3 degrees above the 20th-century average. This year's summer average was one-tenth of a degree shy of last summer's 74.5, and two-tenths of a degree short of the warmest summer on record back in the Dust Bowl of 1936.

Earth hit by geomagnetic storm: more active region of the Sun turning towards Earth

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Source: TheExtinctionProtocol - 10/9/12

 A geomagnetic storm is in progress as Earth passes through the wake of a CME that arrived on Oct. 8th. Reports of auroras are coming in from across Canada and all the northern-tier US states. Beth Allan sends this picture from Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: “The auroras outside of Edmonton were so bright for a while that it was easy to walk around in the field I was standing in,” says Allan.

“The lights were moving so fast and were so crisp that it felt like I could reach out and touch them. Really astounding!” High-latitude sky watchers should remain alert for auroras as Earth’s magnetic field continues to reverberate from the CME strike. A new and possibly significant active region is emerging at the circled location (below) on the sun’s northern limb. –Space Weather

 

Earth’s Free Energy

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If we lifted Ayres Rock out of it’s comfortable pillow deep in the Earth and turned it upside down for the world to see, we would find mega tonnes of Clear and Rose Quartz Crystal.

Photography by Julie Holt copyright 2012

Quartz Crystal is the Earths immune system

Silica / Quartz Crystal allows the Earth to resonate to the same vibratory level as the Universe around it. All living things have an energy field (aura) and also a certain amount of Silica with-in them to activate it. The Earth is the same, needing these same ingredients to vibrate at a fast enough rate to create an energy field.

Severe floods displace 600,000 people in Nigeria

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China.org - 10/9/12

Severe flooding in central north Nigeria's Kogi State has displaced about 600,000 people, a top government official said Monday.

The number of resettlement camps for the victims had also risen from the initial nine to 87, State Commissioner for Environment Abdulrahaman Wuya told reporters in Lokoja, the state capital.

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Storm speeds out of Japan after injuring dozens

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Las Vegas Sun - AP, 10/8/12

A weakening tropical storm was speeding out of Japan on Monday after bringing gale-strength winds to Tokyo and injuring dozens of people, causing blackouts and paralyzing traffic to the south and west of the capital.

Japan's Meteorological Agency had warned Tokyo residents to stay indoors while Typhoon Jelawat passed Sunday night. The storm then had winds of up to 126 kilometers (78 miles) an hour but weakened to a tropical storm with 108 kph (67 mph) in the morning.

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Heavy rainfalls as Bangkok gears up for floods

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ChannelNewsAsia.com - Anasuya Sanya, 10/8/12

Motorcyclists ride on a street through the rain during the morning rush hour in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP/Apichart Weerawong)

Motorcyclists ride on a street through the rain during the morning rush hour in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP/Apichart Weerawong)

BANGKOK: Tropical storm Gaemi was downgraded to a depression, but heavy rainfall in Bangkok on Monday still raised doubts over the city's preparedness for floods. It was a reprieve for the Thai capital as tropical storm Gaemi is weaker than expected.
But it still made for a wet Monday morning commute for residents. And traffic jams are just one of the knock-on effects of the capital flooding.

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East Africa: Floods Affect Tens of Thousands

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All Africa - 10/8/12

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Nairobi — Above-average seasonal rains in parts of the East and Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of people, displacing families and restricting access to many in need, say humanitarian officials. The rains, coming ahead of a possible El Niño event, have prompted fears of further flooding.

According to a Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) El Ni-o special report, weak-to-moderate El Niño conditions are likely to develop in September and to continue through early 2013. "In East Africa, El Niño events in this period typically lead to wetter-than-normal conditions for the October-to-December rains in the Greater Horn of Africa region."

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Study: Warm N. Atlantic Causing U.K.'s Wet Summers

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Weather.com - Damien Carrington, The Guardian, 10/7/12

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives in the rain at Eton Dorney for the rowing on day 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Eton Dorney on Sept. 2 in Windsor, England. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The United Kingdom's dismal recent summers can be blamed on a substantial warming of the North Atlantic ocean in the late 1990s, according to new scientific research.

The shift has resulted in rain-soaked weather systems being driven into northern Europe, increasing summer rainfall by about a third.

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~ Space Weather Update~ EARTH-DIRECTED CME:

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ASTEROID FLYBY: Today, newly-discovered asteroid 2012 TV is flying through the Earth-Moon system about 2/3rd of the way between the Earth and the Moon. The 40m-wide space rock is glowing like a 13th-magnitude star, which makes it a good target for experienced amateur astronomers with mid-sized telescopes. [3D orbit] [details]

 

DRACONID METEOR SHOWER: The notoroiusly unpredictable Draconid meteor shower peaks this year on the night of Oct. 7-8. In most years, the Draconids come and go with a barely noticable peak of 10 or so meteors per hour. Occasionally, however, Earth passes through a dense clump of debris from parent comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and a meteor storm erupts. Just last year, Europeans witnessed a faint but furious outburst of 600 per hour. There is no reason to believe that 2012 is a "storm year." Nevertheless, northern hemisphere sky watchers are encouraged to be alert for slow-moving Draconids on Sunday night. [sky map] [meteor radar]

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