Monday, January 18, 2010

The earth is speaking...are you listening?

The recent disaster in Haiti was not the only earthquake activity in the past few weeks. The earth is a living, breathing life that works in cycles. We are familiar with the four seasons...(winter, spring, summer and fall), but science has shown us that earthquakes can also be tracked in cycles.
The last major earthquake to hit Southern California was in 1856. Science tells us that major earthquakes come about every 150 years. If you add 150 to 1856, you get 2006...it is now 2010. We are over due for a earthquake larger and possibly more destructive then Haiti...are you prepared? The earth is speaking, are you listening?

U.S. cellphone users donate $22 million to Haiti earthquake relief via text


The American Red Cross has received more then 22 million dollars via text message donations since the earthquake in Haiti this past week. Through a nonprofit mobile phone giving foundation established by the big four cell companies AT &T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon and an aggressive campaign supported by the National Football League, cell phone users can text the word "Haiti" to the number 90999 and a $10.00 donation will be a added to the users bill and sent to earthquake relief.

In an act of good faith, Verizon has not waited for the cell users to pay to forward 3 million dollars to get money in the hands of the people who need it most.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Haiti knocked to it's knees by 7.0 earthquake


Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN Wednesday the death toll from the earthquake that rocked his country could be "well over 100,000."
The 7.0-magnitude quake struck Tuesday afternoon, and has left Port-au-Prince, the capital city, in ruins.
No official casualty numbers have been released yet.
Haitian President René Préval told the Miami Herald Wednesday he has been stepping over dead bodies and estimated thousands of people were killed.
He said Bellerive's projection may be high because it was based on the extent of the destruction rather than firm counts of the dead.
"We have to do an evaluation," Préval said, describing the scene as "unimaginable."
"All of the hospitals are packed with people. It is a catastrophe,'' he said.
"Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed,'' he told the paper. "There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them."
This is a re post of CBC News...all writing credits and photo credits belong to CBC News. Thank you for the courtesy of allowing the re post of this vital information.

Monday, January 11, 2010

6.5 Earthquake Shakes No.California


A 6.5 magnatude earthquake shook the northern portion of California.

Monday, January 4, 2010

Ring of Fire


The USGS reports several earthquakes in the last few hours in the Solomon Islands located in the South Pacific. The largest being 7.2 in magnitude and causing tsunami waves. The Solomon Islands are a part of the "Ring of Fire" which is located in the same subduction zone as the west coast of the United States. The term "none of us are an island" is true and understanding that keeping watch with happens to other parts of our world, helps us be better prepared in our corner of our planet.

Remember Newton's third law of motion: "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". Are you prepared?

Sunday, January 3, 2010

2010 starts off with some shake'n bake


While out tourist friends and snowbirds from the mid-west and back east enjoy our beautiful Southern California weather, the earth does not disappoint with some shake to go with our 70 degree bake weather. A 2.4 earthquake was registered just short of an hour ago near Twentynine Palms California. While 2.4 may not concern most, it a continued and constant reminder that a 7.5 earthquake has been predicted to hit Southern California and that everybody needs to be prepared.