Missile tests are always a bad feeling. The problem this time is it wasn't announced or was it?

September 9, 2016
By David E. Sanger, Choe Sang-Hun and Jane Perlez

Geneva — North Korea’s(click here) latest test of an atomic weapon leaves the United States with an uncomfortable choice: Stick with a policy of incremental sanctions that has clearly failed to stop the country’s nuclear advances, or pick among alternatives that range from the highly risky to the repugnant.

A hard embargo, in which Washington and its allies block all shipping into and out of North Korea and seek to paralyze its finances, risks confrontations that allies in Asia fear could quickly escalate into war. But restarting talks on the North’s terms would reward the defiance of its young leader, Kim Jong-un, with no guarantee that he will dismantle the nuclear program irrevocably.

For more than seven years, President Obama has sought to find a middle ground, adopting a policy of gradually escalating sanctions that the White House once called “strategic patience.” But the test on Friday — the North’s fifth and most powerful blast yet, perhaps with nearly twice the strength of its last one — eliminates any doubt that that approach has failed and that the North has mastered the basics of detonating a nuclear weapon... 

Brookings:

September 9, 2016
By Jonathan D. Pollack  

North Korea's fifth nuclear test (click here)) this morning was not a surprise. On multiple occasions over the past six months, senior officials (including Kim Jong-un, the North's impetuous young leader) have openly disclosed plans for additional testing. In March - while on a visit to a nuclear research and development facility - Kim said the next test would occur "in a short time...and it would be a nuclear warhead explosion test. "Despite near-universal opposition and warnings of additional pressure and sanction, Pyongyang has made good on its threat....

I have to laugh when men believe there is a way to 'handle' North Korea. There never was and there never will be. North Korea has existed decades after the Korean conflict. It is not going anywhere. Sooner or later the global powers are going to have to recognize the new leader of North Korea that resembles his father only by their gene pool.

When Kim, Jr. came into power he was not about to settle for the status quo of his father nor would he retreat from his father's re-engagement of advancing nuclear power and nuclear weapons. We can thank Bush/Cheney for that reality.

The issue here is that the only person on Earth that knows anything about Kim Jong-un and how he sees his leadership and plans for the future of his people is Dennis Rodman. It is clearly the fact that diplomacy with North Korea's young leader has completely failed. 

Now.

When is there going to be meaningful dialogue with North Korea and Kim Jong-un?

The only way to effectively deal with North Korea's resurgent leadership is to defend from nuclear engagement. That is the trial of the non-proliferation treaty. The five permanent nations still have to enforce the non-proliferation treaty. If that is not the first choice of the five nations than be prepared for lots of money being spent on missile defense RATHER than the economic growth of impoverished people.

I certainly hope no country is entertaining nuclear confrontation. That confrontation would not end with North Korea, it would unleash fear of nuclear powers of each other and they will all be using North Korea as a poker chip to successful strikes against each other. 

The five permanent nations to the UN Security Council need to re-engage the non-proliferation treaty and end the wishes of hatred between countries. If only they had the chance with North Korea as an excuse, would it be at all moral and where would it stop?

There is much in the balance with North Korea's current leadership, but, second guessing intentions and preparing for a nuclear exchange is not an answer, it is retreat from morality. 

The Flint River Water Project. 

It is taking on nice dimensions. This is a project that will probably take a year to complete by the time I have read all the information, complied a consensus from FACT and publish it here for everyone. 

I am receiving a good welcome and a great deal of cooperation. I hope to begin my reading of files within a month or two, but, I have to admit the information I am seeking may take some time to find and make it available to me.

I am not allowed to look through the files in the file room. Evidently, the information is to be sent to a central location for my convenience. 

Best regards and I will continue to post here weekly. This is definitely a project with a specific focus and outcome. I am hopeful it will be something that will interest the country and bring an understanding to where the future lies in activism at the very least.

Thank you for your continued interest.

She has a great complexion, but, a little too much astringent or is it...

...her skin is a little dry. She needs to spend more time in the mirror. Seriously. She has a long run over the next two months and she needs to take care of her skin a little more.

9:11 AM

Good morning everyone. (click here) Hillary Clinton is expected to speak to reporters soon in New York. Follow along here for a live blog of the questions and answers....

I also want her to stop apologizing and taking responsibility and here is why.

I actually don't believe her vote on the Iraq War is the complete reason for the win by then Senator Barack Obama. If I remember correctly, there was a turning point when now First Lady Michelle Obama stated, "He is not going to run for the office of President of the United States of America again. She was emphatic and it was at that point Democrats realized they had to put a little more backbone in their decision making.

I think the Iraq War vote was substantial in making decisions that election though. 

If I may.

The former Senator Barack Obama was elected in 2004 and took the office January 2005. He was a freshman Senator when he decided to run for the Presidency. If Michelle hadn't stated he would not run again for the presidency he would probably had not been the nominee. That is simply my opinion. As a freshman Senator most Democrats thought he needed a little more time in the Senate.

Former Senator Hillary Clinton won the election in 2000 and took office on January 3, 2001 while she ended her term as First Lady on January 20, 2001. I don't believe there is a Senator in history that actually held two offices in the federal government at the same time. She was a freshman Senator in 2001.

September 11, 2001 is well known to everyone. The USA responded by building a campaign in Afghanistan to end al Qaeda one month later. We started by parachuting food supplies to the Afghan people. Included in those food supplies was an explanation stating the American soldiers were coming and why. Most Afghans had no idea where New York City was and in fact what the heck are the World Trade Towers. The average Afghan did not have television, had no idea what it was (probably a good thing) and lived simple and happy lives. Their quality of life was not terrible to them. Their longevity was built on simple food, their religious practices provided their culture and active lives practicing survival.

Today, Afghanistan is a somewhat different place. I would like to see it become a tourist area while touting their culture. They would bring insight to their people and wealth to their country. But. The Taliban and some remnants of al Qaeda prevent all that. At one time Afghanistan and Pakistan were beautiful countries (including some of Iran) that conservationists and ecotourists flocked to for experiencing the natural world in full bloom. 

But as to the Iraq vote by Hillary Clinton.

In 2001 she was a freshman Senator. It was only eight months as a US Senator when the Twin Towers came down in New York, the Pentagon was hit and United Airlines Flight 93 impacted to form a crater in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. That sleepy little town heard the impact and the explosion only to realize in a short time it was a downed jet and passengers were completely lost. 

Hillary Clinton had to have experienced the trauma of September 11, 2016 differently from Barack Obama. She was centered on protecting the people of New York as well as the country in which ever way she could. There was no doubt to her the USA would enter a war to stop terrorists that found a weakness in airport security a worthwhile way of killing Americans.

When Iraq came into view, the country was on edge and let's face it in hind sight Dick Cheney and "W" were out building their campaign of fear. When Hillary Clinton faced intelligence that said the USA would experience further danger from Saddam Hussein and the President made speeches to the same outcome, she reflected on the terror of her constituents and she decided she was not going to let anything else happen to them. She had some background to the fact her spouse did not have words of praise for Saddam either.

Hillary Clinton as a freshman Senator did what she stated she had to do. In reflection, of course it was the wrong decision, but, at the time it wasn't. She would be one of 79 US Senators that voted for the Iraq War. That means there were 21 other US Senators that voted no. One was a man I dearly admired, hailed from West Virginia and his name is the Late US Senator Robert Byrd. Senator was not a freshman, not by a long shot. He had been around the block a few times and not all the evidence seemed kosher. No insult intended. The Late US Senator Byrd made a compelling speech on the US Senate floor to drive a no vote. He spoke eloquently, with knowledge and finesse and with a copy of the USA Constitution in his jacket pocket. His speech, under normal circumstance would have stopped the invasion by the USA. But, with lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania still in shock, the country in fear with a campaign of fear by the US President and Vice President there was no doubt US Senator Robert Byrd's words did not impress many. But, it did impress 21 US Senators that voted no. That type of experience and conviction to peace does not come easily.   

Hillary Clinton is constantly reminded of her vote and she needs to stop apologizing for it and move on. The American people know how she voted and they know as Secretary of State she used her private email server in her home. She acknowledges responsibility for that, but, that reality doesn't come close to Russian hackers.  

I believe Hillary Clinton was a died in the wool hawk during more of her US Senate career. However, I also believe her four years of taking on the responsibility of Secretary of State has provided her a clear understanding of where and when diplomacy works and when it doesn't. I think being Secretary of State has honed the hawk. I think she will be a better President because of her experience confronting September 11th up close and personal, realizing how the Iraq War was primarily driven by propaganda and her personal knowledge of dealing with leaders around the world without having the direction of guns to point in a direction. She now knows when diplomacy works and when it does not. I do not believe she is the hawk she used to be, but, I also believe she will use it if and when necessary. She will still have the American people to deal with and they are not interested in repeating the Iraq War mistake that propagated Daesh out of the Saddam Ba'athists.

I also believe Russian President Vladimir Putin can be a very shrewd character. See, Donald Trump as a following in Russia. His strong man character is received well there. To the popular notion of Donald Trump in Russia, President Putin has stated Donald Trump will make a great President of the USA. I guess a reset button is not exactly a strong man persona. 

I believe if Donald Trump is elected President there will be a friendship with Russia as never before and the USA will ultimately abandon any ideas of a free and democratic Ukraine and opt for Putin's insight and hope for a better quality of life for the people of the Ukraine. But, basically, the broken treaty that has lead Russia to impinge on the Crimea and push violence on Ukraine's eastern border and shrugs off the Minsk II will be sacrificed for Russia oil in the markets to improve the global economy. The Ukraine people will no longer have a strong alliance with the USA, but, may still be part of the ambitions of the country to join NATO. Whether a Trump presidency would destroy the Ukraine's hopes of aligning with NATO is probably a given. Ukraine would once again become a Russia possession regardless of a new constitution. 

Now, if Hillary Clinton is elected, President Vladimir Putin will use that fact to CONTINUE a propaganda campaign to increase tensions between China and other countries in the Pacific to move toward convention/nuclear war.

See Donald Trump is a pawn to President Putin in a very dangerous game that will result in USA surrender to searching for a "Republican Wealth Economy" again or it will lead to increased tensions between the USA and Russia.

If there is increased tensions between the USA and Russia it would not server global security well. Every country on Earth is suppose to be partners to end Daesh. That priority is vital to global security. That should be the priority at the United Nations and Russia should be a part of that. I think Russia should springboard off the G20 meeting into a diplomatic directive to begin again relations with other countries that will increase the Russian economy as it moves out of self directed isolation. There is only one person that can do that and it is Former Secretary Hillary Clinton.

Basically, do Americans wants to pander to the rest of the world to allow Wall Street wealth or do Americans want their country to be strong in the resolve to dissolve human rights abuses around the world by growing economies with other countries to ELIMINATE poverty, the driving force of extremism?

I know I have made up my mind. I hope all Americans will do the same to the elections of 2016.

I also like the fact Hillary Clinton recognizes the FACT the climate crisis is here and the USA needs to lead to end the greenhouse gas pollution that is causing the Sixth Extinction and severe and fatal weather.

The US Senate Republicans are prescribing death to American infants that have severe cases of microcephaly..

Life Expectancy

Individuals with microcephaly may live a normal life span. In severe cases, however, babies born with the condition die in infancy.

This from a political party in the USA that believes in life at conception. 

Hypocrite!

This is unconscionable !!!!!!! The American people have been compromised by the US Senate Republicans.

There is every reason to believe the generation of children facing this disease is being disposed of by the US Congress because of POLITICS!

The American children in utero are being held hostage for funding that Planned Parenthood would receive. Children are going to suffer because the Republicans in the US Senate are playing politics with WORDS to punish the very agency that may very well be asked to assist these women. 

September 7, 2016
By J.J. Gallagher

Congress failed (click here) to move forward a $1.1 billion funding package to help the country address the outbreak of Zika for the third time Tuesday, just as Florida reported seven new locally-transmitted cases of the virus.

In addition to the 56 people infected with the disease in Florida, 2,686 travel-related cases from across the country have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). At least 23 of these cases have been transmitted sexually. The CDC reports that 624 pregnant women have tested positive for some evidence of the virus, and 16 babies have been born in the U.S. so far that have birth defects linked to it.

Led by Senate Democrats protesting language they say will limit funding to Planned Parenthood, lawmakers voted down the spending package by a 52-46 vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to move forward on the legislation....

The US Senate has NO RIGHT to stand in the way of women who seek care through Planned Parenthood.

NO RIGHT.

The statistics below are the direct responsibilities of the US Senate Republicans. There was no doubt this had the potential to be a very serious virus and could compromise the lives of American children. 

June 28, 2016
By Erin Kelly

...Florida has 223 Zika cases, (click here) including 40 pregnant women. The Florida Department of Health announced Tuesday the first confirmed case of microcephaly in an infant born in Florida. Microcephaly is a condition in which a baby is born with an unusually small head, often due to abnormal brain development.The Florida baby's mother contracted Zika while in Haiti.

"If you don't think the Zika crisis is an emergency, just wait," Nelson said. "These numbers are just going to increase...We need to stop playing these political games."...

US Republicans like to state their priority is to say, "Life begins at conception." Really!!!!!!!!!

This proves the US Republican Senate doesn't care about American children at conception. This is politics and there should be arrests of those that are to blame for crafting a political bill and not a SIMPLE, UNCOMPLICATED FUNDING MEASURE to facilitate care and research to end this nightmare. 

There is no treatment for Zika. There is no vaccine. Pharmacies and MDs are encouraging people to take the flu vaccine at this early date. Promotions for the flu vaccine began about two weeks ago that I have seen. There is nothing else the medical profession can do except look at their pharmaceutical lists and wager on an outcome that might stem the virus and it's devastating outcomes.

This level of victimization of the American people by the US Senate Republicans is a crime. There is every reason to demand FBI investigations and the reason for the 'word structure' that Mitch McConnell uses chronically in obstruction of any legislation. This is taking politics far over the line of legal. This is beyond ethics. This is a contemplated plan to use this emergency for political gain. It is corruption that is malicious and harmful to the American people!

Donald Trump's new campaign managers state they will let Donald Trump be Donald Trump.

Trump needs to increase the staff's meal allowance. I know the minimum wage is tough to give up, but, then increase their meal allowances. Is any of the Trump staff on Food Stamps? 

So, Donald Trump is the boss. What he says goes.

Hm. Where did I hear that  before. It doesn't leave a good feeling. And hate speech about Hillary Clinton isn't his policy, is it?

Hm? I know I heard that somewhere before.

Oh. Yeah. Now, I remember. 

"...I am the Decider...."

Trump needs to increase the staff's meal allowance. I know the minimum wage is rough to give up, but, at the very least increase the meal allowance.

The complaint is Hillary Clinton is not doing press conferences.

Since the beginning of her candidacy, she has always opted to grassroots campaigning. She wants to know Americans and their ideas and to understand where minimum wage fits in to increase wealth to Americans and maintain a healthy and growing USA economy, which happens to be among the best currently on a global basis. 

I haven't read Director Comey's 58 page report, but, I will. I am sure it is interesting. There are reports that Donald Trump is pulling away from Hillary Clinton. I find it hard to believe her campaign is not paying attention to such things.  

September 6, 2016

By Jeff Stein

 

FBI Director James Comey (click here) stunned reporters back in July when he laced into Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.

"There is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information," Comey said of Clinton and her team.

The FBI cleared Clinton of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with its investigation, saying it couldn’t prove that she had knowingly exchanged classified information on her private email server.

But on Friday, the FBI took the unusual step of releasing a 58-page report with the findings from its work on the case, including 11 pages of notes from its interview with Clinton herself. I read the report, and it goes a long way toward explaining why Comey considered Clinton’s behavior "extremely careless" — even if it also suggests there was likely little malice behind her worst missteps....

I love that exit of President Obama. The American people leave no stone untruned and have a dignified exit right next to the POTUS seal. Nice.

I also have to wonder if that exit isn't a safer and more secure exit from Air Force One.

I don't know if Presidents have a motto while they are in office, but, President Obama's should be "Defender of life and vanquish of human rights abuses." Across his administration he has carried out actions that have done exactly that. He chose Samantha Powers as his Ambassador to the United Nations for a reason.

The United States of America accepts the apology of President of the Philippines. But, these are the Philippines and most Americans don't recognize their old faithful ally. What gives? Civil War, ethnic cleansing or simply a method to end big money in the Philippine elections?
 
 
September 6, 2016
By Thomas Maresca and John Bacon

Vientiane, Loas
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (click here) on Tuesday expressed regret for referring to President Obama as a "son of a bitch" and said his nation seeks closer ties with the United States.
The de facto apology came one day after Duterte warned Obama not to question him about his country's extrajudicial killings in a war on drugs. More than 2,000 suspected drug users and dealers have died since Duterte took office two months ago.
On Monday, Duterte said Obama must not throw questions at him, or “son of a bitch, I will swear at you in that forum." Duterte made the comments before arriving here that night for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. The two leaders had planned to meet, but after Duterte's comments the White House said the meeting would not happen....

It started September 5, 1882. Never forget. Work has s proud place in the history of the USA.

September 4, 2016

By Susan Miller

...Labor Day (click here) for many is all about a last blast at the beach with family and friends, backyard barbecues, school retail bonanzas and the grudging realization that sun-soaked play days are no more.

But the day has a deeper meaning and marks a pivotal moment in U.S. labor history — and it had a pretty violent start.

In the late 1800s, the state of labor was grim as U.S. workers toiled under bleak conditions: 12 or more hour workdays; hazardous work environments; meager pay. Children, some as young as 5, were often fixtures at plants and factories.

The dismal livelihoods fueled the formation of the country’s first labor unions, which began to organize strikes and protests and pushed employers for better hours and pay. Many of the rallies turned violent.

On Sept. 5, 1882 — a Tuesday — 10,000 workers took unpaid time off to march in a parade from City Hall to Union Square in New York City as a tribute to American workers. Organized by New York’s Central Labor Union, It was the country’s first unofficial Labor Day parade. Three years later, some city ordinances marked the first government recognition, and legislation soon followed in a number of states....

I will not be addressing any more topics until Tuesday. 

Happy Labor Day!

The future for energy is alternative sources and there is no going back. Let the global community realize how dangerous hydraulic fracturing of rock absolutely is.

Earth is divided into different regions where there is extreme pressure such as the center Earth is liquid.

The crust (click here) ranges from 5–70 km (~3–44 miles) in depth and is the outermost layer. The thinnest parts are oceanic crust, while the thicker parts are continental crust. Most rocks at the Earth’s surface are relatively young (less than 100 million years old, compared to the Earth’s age, which is approximately 4,4 billion years), but since we found some rocks which are much older, we know that Earth has had a solid crust for at least 4.4 billion years....

The crust is where human beings live. The crust of Earth varies in thickness. The thinnest part is considered to be at the ocean's bottom. Approximately three miles thick. 12,000 feet is slightly more than 2.2 miles. That means offshore oil rigs are nearly touching the upper layers of Earth's mantle, the asthenosphere. The Deepwater Horizon was that type of rig. 

The well in the Tiber field has a vertical depth of 35,050 ft (10,683 m) and a measured depth of 35,055 ft (10,685 m), below 4,132 ft (1,259 m) of water.  The well was the deepest oil well in the world,

The Deepwater Horizon's drill went through 4,132 feet (a mile is 5280 feet) of water to reach the ocean floor and then drilled 35,050 feet into Earth's crust. 35,050 feet is over 6.6 miles. This is insane. The petroleum industry is drilling deeper and deeper because all the more shallow oil locations are dried up. This is desperate and crazy. 

Depending on the rig type, (click here)) offshore rigs are rated to drill in water depths as shallow as 80 feet to as great as 12,000 feet. The greatest water depth a jackup can drill in is 550 feet, and many newer units have a rated drilling depth of 35,000 feet. On the floating rig side, the deepest water depth in existence today is 12,000 feet. A handful of these rigs have a rated drilling depth of 50,000 feet, but most of the newer units are rated at 40,000 feet.

The deepest well drilled in the Bakken formation (click here) is: 

That being said, here are some deep wells in the Bakken: (click here)

• 23532, 527, CLR, Louisville 2-9H, Last Chance, t2/13; cum 12K 3/13; total depth: 26,555 feet; NWSW 10-153-100, runs east-to-west, sections 9/8/7-153-100 (it is sited just inside section 10); it runs under the river. Section 8 is entirely under the river. 44 stages; 3.65 million lbs, sand and ceramic.

26,555 feet is 5 miles deep. That means the crust of the Earth in the North American craton. The Bakken's wells are playing a part in the earthquake that occurred across the North America craton into Iowa. The depth of drilling is extreme no differently the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The other more superficial oil and gas fields are dried up, so desperate oil barons simply don't care. The CEO of BP didn't care and 11 people died. They are focused on one thing, money.

The North America craton was the most stable continental formation on Earth. That changed with the greed driven seismic activity that stretched from Oklahoma to Iowa. 

See, the instability occurs at both ends of the activity.

The Pawnee quake was 4.5 km  (2.8 miles) depth (click here) I believe the innumerable holes in the Earth's crust in the North America craton is what spawned the continuous crack this time. Drilling deeper and more often of Earth's crust is not the answer to responsible energy. This mess should have ended a long time ago. The USA military uses a combination fuel for it's jets because the leaders saw the finite quantity of oil and gas. Jets don't run on coal. 

The only reasonable answer at this point is for the fracking industry to be examined and assessed to it's damage to our country's lands. 

The wells that were suppose to be the answer to contaminated fracking water obviously are not the answer at all. Every well drilled with waste water instilled needs to be sampled for the level of corrosive content. The water needs to be removed safely. There will be some water that cannot be siphoned out so neutralizing solutions will have to be instilled where the water used to be in hopes it will reach the corrosive water. Hopefully the 'antidote' solution will end the corrosive nature of the wells danger to the land. These lousy wells have arms that go east, west, north and south and any combination possible. 

The corrosive nature of the water has to be neutralized. Hopefully, we can end this danger and such seismic activity will end. But, the fracking industry is over. It is PROVEN by the very industry itself it is too dangerous to provide any valuable product to the American landscape.

Yes, the USA is not left with the demand for a changing energy scheme that will no longer include any fracking wells.

I am grateful to President Obama and the US Congress for their investment into alternative sources of energy, it has never been so insightful. The USA will need more alternative energy sources in the future while the market for oil and gas degrades to an industry grossly outdated without the technology to make it safe. Fracking was never safe. NOW, the American people finally understand the truth being spoken by scientists for the past few decades. 

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED!

Flooding is too unpredictable to take chances.

The projected path of Hermine maybe over the ocean, but, peripheral winds and rains can still be worrisome. Hermine is mostly considered a tropical depression, but, can regain velocity again when the eye is over the Atlantic Ocean.

September 4, 2016
By Jessica Anderson and Erica L. Green

Gov. Larry Hogan ordered the Maryland National Guard (click here) to deploy units to Ocean City on Saturday, as the coast remained under a tropical storm warning and is expected to see significant flooding.

National Guard officials announced the deployment as Tropical Storm Hermine regained strength and continued moving slowly up the Eastern Seabord. Guard officials called the deployment a "precautionary measure," but said that in previous storms the Guard has used Humvees and other tactical trucks to drive through high water.

Ocean City officials said they planned to close the Inlet parking lot and beach at 8:30 p.m. Saturday until further notice, and expected that tropical storm conditions would last through Monday.

Hogan also issued a warning to residents who planned to travel to Ocean City for the Labor Day weekend.

September 4, 2016
0730.20z 
UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite of the north and western hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)

For the most part Hawaii waved at Lester as it passed by. That was a close one.

Hawaii's longitude is 155.58 degrees west and latitude is 19.892 west. Below is Lester's path. At 20.10 and -149.80 Lester went from a tropical depression to a category 2 hurricane in 4 hours from 0800 to 1100. 4 Hours and Hawaii could have received a far different outcome.

35A: 19.30 -148.00 09/02/02Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION

36  : 19.70 -148.40 09/02/05Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
36A: 19.70 -149.20 09/02/08Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION

37  : 20.10 -149.80 09/02/11Z   90   972 HURRICANE-2
37A: 20.80 -151.90 09/02/14Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
 38 : 20.50 -151.00 09/02/17Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
38A: 21.30 -153.00 09/02/20Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
 39 : 21.20 -152.40 09/02/23Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
39A: 21.30 -153.00 09/03/02Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
 40 : 21.80 -153.90 09/03/05Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION
 41 : 22.40 -155.40 09/03/11Z    -     - TROPICAL DEPRESSION

September 2, 2016
By Big Island Video News

Hawaii Island - The Big Island (click here) is no longer under a Hurricane Watch, however county emergency officials are taking precautions as large ocean swells generated by Hurricane Lester are still expected to impact East Hawaii shores.
“For those who anticipate impact from High Surf,” civil defense officials stated in a 2:15 p.m. message, “shelters will open at 5 PM today at Pahoa Community Center and at Keaukaha – Kawananakoa Gym.”
A High Surf Warning is now in effect for East Hawaii shores until 6 a.m. Sunday morning.
Surf heights will rise to 10 – 15 feet tonight, and continue rising to 15 – 25 feet Saturday. Warning level surf will continue into Saturday night.
The National Weather Service expects high impacts.

The petroleum industry finally proved all the scientists right, it split the North American craton.

I fully expect President Obama to begin to make noise about this and the brevity this earthquake carries in relation to the fracking industry. The fracking chemicals when placed in so called "storage holes of former drilling sites" don't become less active, they continue to destroy rock and cause seismic activity. The earthquake today with a epicenter of Pawnee, Oklahoma is the first time the North American craton has ever cracked in the history of the country or the entire history of Earth.

In the intensity and distance map to the right, (click here) the epicenter (Shawnee, Oklahoma) is the furthest dot to the left. The remainder of the dots is the DISTANCE and the intensity it was felt over two thousand kilometers away with a few at a distance of 7303.00 (4538.18 miles) kilometers and MAINTAINED an intesity of 1.9 mmi. The reason the distance was so far and the intensity maintained is because this quake cracked the North American craton. It finally happened.

How many times and over and over I stated, don't mess with the North American craton and fracking. I stated over and over, these chemicals do not become inert simply because a well is labeled a storage facility. The moronity of the petroleum industry is daunting and their immorality is abhorrent and loathsome. 

THIS PRACTICE NEEDS TO END AND END NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!! 

To allow this abhorrent practice of wealth at the expense of the stability of a continent is disgusting and dangerous to the people that have lived without fear for their homes and their futures.

September 3, 2016

Pawnee, Okla. (CBS/AP) — A record-tying earthquake (click here) in the edge of Oklahoma’s key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday, and likely will bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground.

The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma, on the fringe of an area where regulators had stepped in to limit wastewater disposal. That temblor matches a November 2011 quake in the same region....

The reason there is a climate crisis, earthquakes in the USA where they never happened before, unpredictable weather, drought and flooding is because of one industry on Earth; the petroleum industry. I fully expect their influence will be curtailed and eliminated as a source of energy or transportation in the USA from here forward. 

The reason the legislators in Washington, DC don't curtail the petroleum industry is because of corrupt politics. Just that simple.

End it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not warning the public and states about Zika will cause a panic at the first diagnosis.

Everywhere there is water there is a potential for mosquitoes. Then the people will not trust the government and there will be a loss of sincere control in the public.

From the CDC: "Infectious Disease Issues associated with Hurricane Katrina." (click here) The after math of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans was a nightmare because of lack of preparedness and warnings. The warnings only went out a day or two before.

The storm now known as Hermine has the potential of spreading disease across the east coast USA. MAYBE. There are currently only two species of mosquitoes known to carry the virus Zika. 

August 28, 2016
By Katy Galimberti

Experts say (click here) that hurricanes and tropical storms could influence the spread of the Zika virus.

With a brewing system that could impact the Gulf Coast, tropical activity could lead to a wider spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Jason Rasgon, associate professor of entomology and disease epidemiology at Penn State University, told AccuWeather that there are multiple methods in which hurricanes and tropical storms can spread mosquitoes, including those carrying Zika.

I am not stating this out of turn. 

The spread of Zika is complicated. It is complicated by species and the specific type of CLIMATE which Zika can survive. Kindly remember this virus has been around a long time, but, it was only recently (with a warming planet) it has taken on this horrible presence in places and in ways it never has been before. I do not believe anyone has guarantees about Zika.

The species of mosquito MAY OR MAY NOT survive in Maine or New Jersey or Virginia. But, the east coast has to be ready to begin testing their waterways for mosquitoes and for virus that may be carried by other mosquitoes. The NIH should be carrying out some rapid trials with other mosquitoes as to whether or not they can carry Zika if the NIH hasn't done that already.

Kindly remember, the US Congress has not passed funding for all these tests and for assistance to states that find themselves questioning their waters. 

I understand there are now pollinators dying because of the spraying in Florida. That is not necessary and it is malpractice of the government. State entomologists will know what will kill mosquitoes while not effecting pollinators. Any mass spraying that kills ALL insects is outrageous and uncalled for. It is also dangerous because insects will mutate to resist insecticides. Simply spraying to kill all insects is insane. Where insects are killed off, there will be others that will migrate into the absence of competition and become resistant to insecticides. THEN we really have a mess.

State entomologists should be any Governor's good if not best friend.

The waterways will have to be monitored and if there is any trace of Zika anywhere along the east coast there needs to be interventions to end the presence of the virus. 

Pregnant women and those becoming pregnant should be using excellent mosquito repellent whenever there is a chance a mosquito is around. Citronella candles and other ways of preventing mosquitoes from bothering anyone, like bug zappers, should be used in the interim until the SEASON for mosquitoes is over. Every state is different, but, there is are seasons when the mosquitoes reach maximum and then there is the weather and climate that will prevent them from laying eggs or exist at all. 

This is the beginning of September and the climate will be changing soon. Autumn means the Zika virus will not have a chance. The USA, especially in the northeast, has a far different climate after a specific time of year and the danger will end. That is not the case in the tropics or subtropics. 

Sorry to state all this and bring back news, but, I want no one else to receive the wrath of this virus. If there is a devil I swear it is his creation. 

Until later.

September 2, 2016

By Morgan Winsor

Hours after Hurricane Hermine (click here) made landfall in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott urged the public on Friday to steer clear of debris and standing water to help stop the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Hermine, which downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting land early Friday, brought strong winds, heavy rains and flooding to a wide swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast. Any area left with standing water creates a prime habitat for mosquitoes to lay their eggs -- raising the risk of spreading the Zika outbreak, which has hit small pockets of Miami-Dade County in the southern part of the state.

“It is incredibly important that everyone do their part to combat the Zika virus by dumping standing water,” Scott said during a news conference Friday morning. “Remember to wear long sleeves and bug repellent when outdoors.”

The Zika virus was first detected in a small area of northern Miami in July. A second outbreak location was found in Miami Beach in August. At least 47 people have been infected in the outbreak via mosquitoes....     

The Flint River Water Project is being received well. I am being provided with 'access' rather than a truck load of paper. 

I have to plan time and a trip of which may be three to four different trips to different locations, but, it is happening.