March of 2011 may end up setting records when it comes to devastating disasters. Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, ultimate weather and more. However, nothing verily comes close to the two edged threat caused by the March 12, 2011 Earthquake which may be one of the most severe of all time. Rated at between 9.0 and 9.4, depending on who you listen to, the quake and subsequent aftershocks have caused 310 billion dollars in damage as of this writing, thousands of lives with over six thousand dead and seventeen thousand citizen still missing. It had also created a potential nuclear nightmare.
The first fruit of the earthquake was a huge tsunami which stretched from the orient, all the way to the west coast of the United States. America managed to avoid the kind of wholesale destruction seen in Japan. The Japanese are known for being ready when it comes to such things as earthquakes, but this one caught them off guard. It was just too marvelous and created the additional nightmare of a tsunami that came ashore with heights that ranged from thirty to eighty feet.
Earthquakes that happen under the sea often create the most damaging tsunami waves. Waves of that type can be thirty to eighty feet high when they hit shorelines. The speed and power of the tsunami wave is irresistible and devastating to whatever and whatever in its path. Ships, land vehicles, structure and citizen are often tossed about like tiny toys in a bathtub. Even the natural shape of the land can be altered by the power of this phenomenon. In the aftermath of the huge waves, the receding water can verily draw citizen and things out into the ocean.
Residents of towns along the Japanese coast had petite time to put in order for what would come to be record-setting wave heights that worked their way inland, past areas concept to be tsunami safe. One wave that was twenty-three feet high raced ashore at the speed of a jumbo jet and managed to get six miles inland before it began to recede. People, vehicles and structure of all sizes were laid waste by the giant waves. Nothing could stand up before this huge force of nature and survive.
Along with power outages, lack of clean water supplies, food shortages and thousands of dead bodies washing up on to the beaches of the Japanese coast, came the sudden possibility of a nuclear disaster. Any reactors and containment structure for their spent fuel were damaged in the earthquake. Despite valiant efforts on the part of employees at Any nuclear power generating sites, the threat looms worse than ever. Japan's Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has come to be increasingly somber and pessimistic as he has addressed the Japanese citizen and the world.
The most frustrating thing for the midpoint American is the inability of our national news media to speak the truth with regard to the extent of the nuclear question now facing Japan and the world. It's practically as if it whether doesn't exist, or will never reach the shores of the Americas. Even religious leaders and broadcasters seem to be ignoring the nuclear situation. Most of them are more focused on using the earthquake and tsunami as fundraising tools for their individual programs and worldwide ministries.
Several days after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, one national religious broadcaster was in the midst of an each year fundraising effort. Although they run a text illustrated at the bottom of the screen asking citizen to pray for the Japanese, they did not mention the twin disasters during their live show and made no mention whatsoever of the nuclear threat posed by the power plants that were damaged. Instead, the preacher in payment asked citizen to send him ten dollars for a new internet ministry to receive financial blessings. If you didn't have the ten dollars, he suggested that folks go to their neighbors, borrow the money and send it off to him.
It's time for citizen to understand what is verily happening in Japan. Within forty-eight hours of the earthquake, a spokesperson for the Union of involved Scientists appeared on The Today Show and stated that the area colse to the Fukishima premise was registering one million times above general trace radiation levels. As of this writing, that same area is now said to have radiation levels ten thousand times above safe limits. The sea water colse to the Fukishima reactors has come to be highly contaminated with levels now over 1000 times normal.
More frightening than the current situation is the possibility that radiation from one or more nuclear reactors in Japan has been leaking into the world's natural environment for over a year. Any scientists have pointed out that the reactors have not been properly inspected for over ten years. They also say that old earthquakes and tremors in Japan may have caused damage that was not detected and might elucidate the enigmatic deaths of fish and birds throughout the world during the last Any years.
On March 9, 2011 over one million dead sardines clogged a marina in Redondo Beach, California. The cause of death remains unknown, but many were said to have had high levels of radiation in them. So much so that many could not be used for fertilizer as originally planned. Any fishing vessels within a thousand miles of Japan have reported pulling up nets full of dead fish within weeks of the earthquake. These fish also showed higher then general levels of radiation when tested.
Tens of thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland during the early months of 2011. Since December of 2010, 100 tons of fish have washed ashore near Paraná, Paranaguá, and other coastal towns in Brazil. New Zealand reported that hundreds of dead snapper fish washed onto the beaches of Coromandel on the North Island. Not all of these odd occurrences may be connected to some unknown or unreported release of radioactive materials, but I cannot recall a time when so many unexplained events of this type have happened so often throughout the world.
In early January over five thousand blackbirds and starlings fell out of the sky and were already dead when they hit the ground in Arkansas. Five hundred birds fell dead out of the sky in Louisiana less than a month later. In all, the U.S. Geological survey has reported that at least ninety mass deaths of birds and other wildlife occurred between June and December of 2010. None have been explained to the pleasure of scientists and most wildlife preservation societies; a few have complex over one thousand birds inexplicably dropping out of the sky dead.
It's upsetting to watch news and weather professionals basically lie to citizen about the potential danger to the United States and other nations posed by the Japanese nuclear disaster. They keep saying that any radiation carried to other areas by seawater currents will be completely dispersed, but is that verily true? If loads of dead fish are being pulled up in nets by fishing boats within one thousand miles of Japan and reports now indicate that one or more reactors may have been leaking for a over a year or more, can we not assume that at least some of the damage is already done?
As of this writing, on March 27, 2011, Japanese officials narrative that Any pools of radioactive water now exist in containment and/or nuclear reactor structure that are ten million times above normal. How long can this kind of contamination be contained? That is especially true when you consider the fact that the citizen trying to solve the question have admitted that they verily do not know how bad the leak is or even if that is the question in the first place. We must remember that sure types of radiation exposure tend to create damage on humans and animals from the inside out.
Let's take a look at the situation from a scientific, Biblical and prophetic standpoint:
As early as March 12, 2012, newspapers and broadcasters were development statements like "It's not good" about the nuclear disaster in Japan. The reactors in query are forty years old and have not been inspected properly for some ten years. The record-setting Earthquake in Japan may have merely added to a question or leak that already existed. At least five reactors now have problems or are in danger of a core meltdown.
Just in the past few days, sometime colse to March 24,2011, three workers from one plant were admitted to the hospital after they were exposed to a pool of contaminated water that may have contained radioactivity that was a million times above the general levels. The workers were shielded by a large tarp to keep from public from looking what has happened to them. It's perhaps and probably burned by exposure to radiation. It appears that the news media and their determined chosen scholar spokespeople are simply ignoring the reality of radiation science and development things up as they go along, attempting to quell panic among their readers, listeners and viewers.
The worst offenders are the citizen that claim to speak for the Lord. They stand in their pulpits and remain silent about the threat and the fact that Bible Prophecy is coming true while we watch. God has warned citizen about ignoring Him and disobeying His Will. For example, the Bible says in Psalm 9:17, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God." There are many citizen in many nations that believe that God is merely a concept; that his Word is a book of fairy tales; that his prophecy and judgments are merely made up stories designed to frighten people. But, guess again!
During the past year we have witnessed a amount of disasters and odd events that have been foreseen, in the Word of God. These include numerous and marvelous earthquakes, devastating floods, pestilences, strange and unidentified objects seen in the skies all over the world, wars, conflicts, rebellions, the shrinking and then enlargement of the moon, famines and much more.
On The Earth: agreeing to the U.S. Geological Society, there have been over 50 earthquakes fluctuating in magnitude from three all the way to the 9.0-9.4 (depending on which scholar you listen to) earthquake in Japan from January of 2010 to March of 2011. narrative cold weather has destroyed or delayed crops in many U.S. States. A new type of citrus pest is killing orange trees and citrus cops in the southeast and also threatens the southwest. Hoards of up to a million wild boars are roaming the Southern and a few Midwestern U.S. States. They destroy crops, damage property and are difficult to kill.
In The Skies: Last year scientists told us that the Moon was shrinking; now they say it's growing larger. A huge object appeared over North and South American and moved gently over the sky. It was photographed and filmed by thousands of people. Scientists were unable to recognize this object which did not appear to be a meteor or verily recognizable great object. It did not break apart and may have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
The following Bible verses give us a preview of things to come as God's Judgment plays out on the Earth:
Matthew 24:3-8: "And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."
Luke 21:5-11: And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."
Isaiah 34:4: "And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree."
Ezekiel 22: 25-31: There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and high-priced things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no distinction between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed distinction between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, looking vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. The citizen of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.
Zechariah 14:12: "And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the citizen that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."
It's important for citizen to understand that the world will probably not end tomorrow, but the events that are unfolding worldwide are verily a sign that we are witnessing the beginning of the end. God's patience is running out and it's time for citizen to survey their lives and their connection with the originator of our world! Do not be fooled by the happy talk of news media pundits and preachers sold out to the idea that having citizen retain their lavish lifestyles is more important than telling the truth as it's revealed in God's Word.
For more information and Truth from the Word of God, please visit the God's House of Worship website at http://pastorbenjohn.tripod.com
The Truth About Japan's Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear DisasterEarthquake? Tsunami? Do you know what to do?
During a major earthquake, tsunami or other catastrophe, having a pet earthquake disaster plan is no ifs ands or buts necessary. In a major emergency, most international saving response teams are going to be focusing on helping people. Nevertheless, there will be pets distressed, stranded, unintentionally abandoned and injured. In an earthquake or tsunami buildings crumple, fires break out, and cars get over turned. Local animal shelters and pet saving agencies may find that their services are being overwhelmed. Survival for you and your dog will depend on you knowing what to do.
Before An Earthquake or Tsunami Strikes
If you live in an earthquake area, on a fault line or near the coast, then it is point to have an earthquake or tsunami disaster plan. Before an earthquake strikes, you need to store adequate food and water to last for at least 72 - 120 hours. Assemble an accident kit that includes your pets Id, vet records and any pet medicines that they must take daily. It should also consist of some pet first aid supplies.
During An Earthquake Disaster
During the earthquake, you and your pet need to take cover, drop down and safe your head, neck and back. We live in our head and our chest. Therefore we need to safe these vital areas.
If you are inside, expect high things to fall and glass to break. Do not light a match until you are sure that there are no gas leaks. If you are exterior and driving pull over and comfort your pet. In past earthquakes some pet owners have stated later that their pets showed signs of anticipating the arrival disaster. So the earthquake may have your pet very stressed.
After An Earthquake A Tsunami May Result
In coastal cities, it is not uncommon for danger to continue with aftershocks or a arrival Tsunami. Do not leave your pet exterior and chained. If you are on low ground, head for high ground and stay there. Do not get tempted to return to retrieve belongings. Waves can continue for hours, so rehearsal patience. Danger can ensue from both the size of the wave and the fact that waves can reach speeds of 450 miles per hour causing big destruction and death.
Earthquake or Tsunami Post Traumatic Stress in Pets
After the earth quake, keep a close watch on your pet for post traumatic stress. Your dog might not process the stress as well as you. A trip to the vet may be vital for medication and pro attention.
Earthquake and Tsunami Pet Disaster ProtocolsMissouri experiences a mild earthquake on Nov 7, officials revealed.
The United States Geological Survey stated that the tremor had a magnitude of 2.8 on Richter scale and its epicenter was located 15 miles away from Cape Girardeau.
Missouri comes under New Madrid seismic zone; however, earthquake activities are concentrated in the southeastern part of the state.
Geological Survey further stated that the effects of tremor with a focal point in southeastern Missouri were felt even in St. Louis and Memphis in Tenn.
The survey's website reports that prior to this earthquake, a tremor with magnitude of 2.1 on Richter scale was felt on Nov1 near Blytheville, Ark, which was considered as a usual incident in Missouri.
The historical records of earthquakes reveal that Missouri was completely tremor-free before the beginning of 19th century. The New Madrid seismic zone has been experiencing earthquakes since year 1699. At present, this area is known as Memphis in Tennessee. There are many geological evidences which support this fact. This incident was documented by a French missionary which recorded this incident in their written account during their voyage to Memphis.
The strongest ever earthquake in the United States occurred on Nov 9, 1968. Its epicenter was in Southern Illinois. The magnitude of this earthquake was 5.5 on Richter scale and its impact was felt in 23 states of the United States. The tremor was so strong that it damaged chimneys and walls at Hermann, St Charles, St Louis, and Sikeston, Missouri.
Mild Earthquake Hits Southeast MissouriOn Apr. 5, 2010, its Easter Sunday in San Diego and on a day you'd probably least expect, a 7.2 earthquake. The epicenter struck Mexicali, Mexico. Given that the earthquake took place, there were reports of roughly 19 aftershocks ranging from 3.5 - 5.1. The strong earthquake swayed structures from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out metropolitan areas, forcing the entire evacuation of hospitals as well as nursing facilities, plus prompting a California border area to shut down its downtown area. People from San Diego as well as Los Angeles to Phoenix, AZ and Las Vegas, NV experienced the earthquake on different levels. This has been among the most powerful earthquakes to hit Southern California in many decades. The earthquake had been felt the hardest throughout Mexicali.
On December 26, 2004 giant forces that had been building up deep within the Earth for more than 100 years had been released abruptly shaking the ground violently and unleashing a series of killer waves that sped throughout the Indian Ocean at the speed of a jet airliner. By the end of the day more than 150,000 people were dead or missing and millions more had been homeless in 11 countries, making it perhaps the most damaging tsunami ever. The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake appeared to be under the Indian Ocean close to the west coastline of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, according to the USGS, that monitors earthquakes throughout the world. The violent movements of sections of the Earth's crust, known as tectonic plates, displaced a massive amount of water, sending tremendous shock waves in every direction. The actual quake appeared to be greatly experienced in Sumatra, the Nicobar and Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Bangladesh and India. According to the U.S. Geological Study, the magnitude of the earthquake was unfortunately greater than the Richter magnitude appeared to be 9.0. Such magnitude would make this earthquake to be the fourth largest in the world since 1900 and the biggest since the 1964 Alaska earthquake.
On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. Pacific daylight time, millions of television viewers' world wide had been settling in to look at the third game of the World Series. And surprisingly, instead, people saw their own television set sets go black when tremors hit San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Although the earthquake was centered in a rural section of the Santa Cruz Hills, 100kms towards the south, major damage occurred within the Marina District of San Francisco from the Loma Prieta earthquake. Essentially the most tragic result of the violent trembling appeared to be the fall of some double-decked sections of Interstate 880. The ground motions caused the upper deck to swing, shattering the concrete structure columns alongside a one-mile section of the interstate. Top of the deck then collapsed upon the lower roadway, flattening automobiles as though these were aluminum cans. This earthquake, known as the Loma Prieta tremble due to the point of origins, claimed 67 lives.
During mid-January 1994, fewer than five years after the Loma Prieta earthquake ravaged portions of the San Francisco Bay Area, a major earthquake struck the Northridge area of Los Angeles. Although not the actual fabled "Big One," this specific moderate 6.7 magnitude earthquake left 57 lifeless, a lot more than five,000 seriously injured, and also thousands of people without having water as well as electricity. The damage exceeded billion and seemed to be attributed to a previously undiscovered fault which in turn ruptured eighteen kms (11 miles) underneath Northridge
Earthquake activity has forced more and more people to prepare for possibly the "Big one" that has been talked about for years. The idea seems to have been recently suggested that a huge earthquake may hit California within the near future. Even though there may be no real proof of this happening, the recent earthquake activity cannot be ignored.
Recent EarthquakesThe Bible says, "The day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes." 1 Thess 5:2,3. Christ affirmed, "If the goodman ...had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up." Matthew 24:43. Christians are like the goodman today, not watching, because they don't know when to watch. Christ warns, "If you don't watch, I will come to you as a thief." Revelation 3:3. This description looks at when to watch.
"Watch" is translated from the Greek word, gregoreo, meaning be awake. We can't be awake every night, but there is only one night in the year that believers were commanded to watch. It was Passover, Exodus 12:10,42. Christ understood this and asked His disciples to watch (Matt 26:38-41) but we think it was only because He knew what was coming that night.
But Christ's use of "watch" in association with His signs for "the end of the world" (Matthew 24:3) and Paul's use of watch and maintain for the following theme. Evangelical Christians who do not watch because watching is not taught in their church may be unprepared for what is coming. In short, Israel was protected at Passover by blood on the doorpost and by watching, Exodus 12:10,43. Christ died as the lamb so that we do not need to cut animals, but the command to watch on the eve of Passover was maintained.
The apostle Paul said those holy days were "a shadow of things to come," Colossian 2:16. He kept them, (Acts 20:6,16; 27:9) and urged us to effect his example, 1Cor 11:1; 5:8. Some scholars say the types that report to the second coming will be fulfilled at the time of the symbolic service. This was so last fall when the Us Senate met on Rosh Hashanah to approve a bailout and the markets crashed for 10 days till Yom Kippur. This fit the timing for the trumpets in Leviticus 23:24-27. With the first trumpet in Revelation 8:7, "all green grass was burnt up," but grass represents riches in James 1:9-11 in Kjv, "As the flower of the grass, so shall the rich man fade." So we see a timely application of Jewish feast days may occur for the end-time, just as Christ died as the Passover lamb at Passover.
Christ gave the Lord's dinner in place of Passover, so why not celebrate it then and watch in prayer with the following modification? The disciples understood their patrimony that judgments fell at Passover. They were probably thinking Passover when Christ said,You don't know the day or hour. The Greek word, eido, meant be aware, consider, understand. Christ was saying, You don't understand, and each time He said it, He gave an example of a provision in the law for Passover a month later "as in the days of Noah" when the Flood came with Passover timing, but in the 2nd month, Gen 7:4,11; Exod 12:3.
Christ also said, "The kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling to a far country" Matt 25:14. Again His example fit the provision for 2nd Passover, Num 9:10,11. "Till heaven and earth pass, not one jot will pass from the law" Matt :18:15. This includes Numbers 9:10,11.. Christ took a journey to a far country; even His return in judgment will conform to law, pointing to 2nd Passover when "summer is nigh." Matt 24:32.
This is why Paul could say, "The times and seasons...you know perfectly," 1Thess 5:1-6. Many Christians recognize Easter as a paganized holiday. What do Easter eggs and bunny rabbits have to do with Christ's resurrection? This year, instead of Easter, why not celebrate communion on the eve of 2nd Passover, Sunday evening, May 10, and remember to "watch" in prayer, reflecting on the whipping and pain Christ took for us as we watch like He said, Matthew 26:38, Revelation3:3.
Bible Prophecy - Earthquake Initiates End Times Apocalypse - comprehension Revelation Means SurvivalEarthquakes are a naturally occurring shock or movement that occurs on or just below the earth crust. This can cause massive devastation in the area of the earthquake and in areas spreading out from the center of the quake.
All true earthquakes are natural and are not linked to any man made activities such as shocks from nuclear testing or landslides that result from extensive building work. There are two main causes of earthquakes - Tectonic activity which is caused by the earth plates moving or faults or volcanic activity which is caused by volcanic eruptions.
Out of the two earthquake causes tectonic activity is the most common, although volcanic activity can cause earthquakes in certain areas of the world. Tectonic earthquake causes begin when there is movement in the earth Tectonic plates. These plates are made up of sections of the earth crust and they float on the earth mantle. Most of the time these plates are slowly in moving; they might slide towards or away from each other or even slip past each other. However, it is when these Tectonic plates collide or move too closely to each other that an earthquake is caused.
Scientists have devised the Elastic Rebound Theory to describe what happens during these times of movement. To explain this, think about bending a green twig. You will know that you can bend the twig and it will hold up until a certain point, until the energy on the twig becomes too much and it snaps. The point of snapping is known as the Elastic Limit. When this happens the energy created during the bending process is released which makes the twig vibrate.
When Tectonic plates collide or rub against each other the same process occurs and this will cause an earthquake. One example of constantly moving plates is the San Andreas Fault in the US. Here the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate both move in the same direction, but one is faster than the other. This leads to small shocks and occasionally large quakes in the San Francisco area of America.
Volcanic earthquakes are created when a volcano erupts, which can be quite a violent explosion. Usually these earthquakes will affect an area of up to 20 miles around the volcano and the earthquake is not likely to be felt anywhere else in the world.
A volcano is more likely to explode if it contains acidic lava. This is lava that will quickly cool and set when in contact with the air. When this happens the vent of the volcano will become blocked and pressure will build up inside it. Over time this pressure will increase until the volcano erupts. Volcanoes that do not contain acidic lava or which have free flowing lava tend not to erupt in this way and are considered to be much safer.
As you can see there are two main earthquake causes - Tectonic plate activity and volcanic eruptions. Tectonic earthquakes are much more common although there are still instances of volcanic earthquakes in various countries around the globe.
Earthquake CausesThe recent earthquake in Japan was heart wrenching but what is the real meaning of it all? How does this fit with everything that is happening in the world right now and the 2012 theory? There seems to be such a mixture of opinions but many people don't know some of the scientific facts behind it all.
I think we only have to watch the news recently to realize there really is something going on with the planet. Last weeks shocking earthquake in Japan and subsequent devastating Tsunami just highlighted the fact. Before that we had the earthquake in New Zealand, then there was Chilli, Indonesia, there has been volcano activity, landslides, floods, strange weather patterns and even disease in Haiti. Not to mention the political and civil unrest all over the world and the unstable financial global economy.
So what does it all mean...are we really headed for the end of the world like some say?
The thing is that what we see is people really don't want to believe they are anything more than natural disasters that happen all the time through history. While that is true have we ever seen such frequency?..I don't think so! So there seems to be a kind of collective denial going on. We get no real answers from our Government's and it really does seem like they don't want to tell us anything or they don't really know.
Yet what is happening is very real and the pictures we are seeing on our TV sets and computers these days look like something from a movie, and they are happening with alarming frequency.
Now I don't like to be a scaremonger by any means, I have too much in my life for that but a few years ago I began to research this whole 2012 theory and what I found was quite alarming. I think what most people perceive is that the 2012 issue is some kind of religious apocalyptic idea dreamed up by doomsday crazies. Well what I found is it is not that at all, it is in fact quite scientific and when you look into it you begin to realize we, the human race are but a blip in the great cycle of the universe of which this planet is also a small blip. It just so happens we think everything revolves around us which of course it doesn't.
This is part of a great cycle of planetary and universal change
Back to the point and that is that this whole 2012 theory is according to some very eminent and leading scientists as well as philosophers part of a great cycle of planetary change. It is not the first time it has happened either and in his book "Fractal time" Gregg Braden lays out how the Mayan civilizations some 5000 odd years ago experienced exactly what we are beginning to experience and left a record of it warning us. Believe it or not, well up to you but there is some pretty hefty evidence to support all this.
But once again it is not really discussed too much, at least not amongst the general public. We had the movie 2012 which just kind of makes a mockery of the whole thing really and did a great job at playing down the reality of the situation and making the whole business fantastical. But.....that doesn't mean it has gone away, and what we are seeing now is just the beginning apparently and you tell me but do some of the scenes we are watching now on Television look like a movie or what? So actually I made my own little movie about it in fact and you can watch it here... Earthquake in Japan 2011 what it means
It just could be the end of things the way we know them!
You see the 2012 thing is not a one day event like some will have you believe. There is a date which represents more of a climax in the cycle but the changes begin before that date and continue after it too and what we are witnessing is exactly that....the beginning of the cycle of world change, which is why it is not the end of the world but more of a change of the world. It just could be the end of things the way we know them as parts of our planet begin to get changed by nature.
So what can we do? Because when you watch that Earthquake in Japan and the Tsunami after it there is no way you can out run that thing!
Earthquake in Japan 2011 - What We Should Really Know About This!If you reside in an area prone to earthquakes, have equity in your home, and you couldn't afford to rebuild it on your own, buying earthquake insurances makes financial sense. If you can afford it, the best way to protect the speculation in your home is to retrofit your home and buy earthquake insurance. The more steps you take to retrofit and improve your home's ability to resist the impact of an earthquake, the less likely you are to face expensive repairs. Retrofitting your home includes, bracing your water heater, installing "sheer" panels and bolting your foundation. If you decree that your home needs security beyond retrofitting, then shopping for earthquake insurance is your next step. some key factors you should reconsider and explore as to whether you buy insurance or not are:
The whole of equity you have in your home.
Your current presence to a fault zone.
The construction and age of your current home.
The satisfaction ratings and financial vigor of the insurance companies that will potentially sell you an earthquake insurance policy Earthquake insurance policies are ordinarily accompanied by high deductibles and premiums. When the time comes to receive any benefits under your insurance policy, your claim needs to exceed your set deductible. Most homeowners and auto insurance policies have a fixed dollar whole deductible. Earthquake policies are different, their deductible is a percentage frame based on the total policy amount. The damage to your home or buildings must exceed your deductible to trigger a cost from your policy, and the cost will be the whole of repair costs above your deductible. So on a home with 0,000 of coverage, and a 15% deductible, the homeowner will be startling to cover the first $ 75,000 of repairs. Your carrier will decree your premium. ordinarily older homes cost more to insure than newer homes and retrofitting is required for homes built before 1955. Premiums should not be the only thing you take into observation when you are purchasing an earthquake insurance policy. Often you can find policies with low premiums, but they are accompanied by poor coverage.
One leading thing to keep in mind when shopping for earthquake insurance is that the insured value of your house is determined by your homeowners insurance. If you are under insured on your homeowner's policy, you will also be underinsured on your earthquake policy. Purchasing earthquake insurance can be a difficult decision. Habitancy who live in the Bay Area of California have a 75% opportunity of a 6.0 magnitude or greater earthquake hitting them, but only about 14 % of Ca residents carry earthquake insurance. If you decree to buy earthquake insurance, place your limit so that it is enough to thoroughly replace your property, any outbuildings, cover any engineering costs, and temporary living expenses that you may have.
Why Having Earthquake assurance is So foremostWhether it is the result of atmosphere change or of our advanced society, one thing is sure: the Earth is stricken by more and more natural disaster. And if it is not enough, these earthquakes, tsunamis and landslides all the time happen in the most inhabited - and regularly the poorest, undeveloped - regions, causing thousands of casualties each year. However, this phenomenon is probably not a unique part of our modern days - there are numerous examples of destruction caused by earthquakes in the old times, when whole settlements were destroyed by the Earth's seismic activity.
We might use high-tech gadgets and possess a amount of university degrees, but in some sense we just can not get smarter. We, as well as our predecessors tend to evolve cities close to fault lines, the most earthquake prone areas. The only dissimilarity is that every time we build higher and higher buildings, therefore we increase the severity of the consequences of a potential quake.
The most familiar American fault line is probably the San Andreas Fault Line, which literally crosses important cities in California like San Diego, Los Angeles or San Francisco. In these regions seismic operation is an daily phenomenon. To avoid potential catastrophes, in the United States building codes regularly have exact requirements in earthquake prone areas to increase the constructions' resistance.
It is important to note that building codes were introduced to forestall major catastrophes, any way a heavy earthquake can damage these buildings to a minimal extent. A properly engineered buildings does not necessarily have to be high-priced or extremely strong. The most important is the base isolation and the use of vibration control technologies. It is also recommended to make the roof as light as possible. The use of quality control and strict materials is indispensable.
Instead of adobe, limestone and sandstone structure, steel is thought about to be the most approved material to use in quake-prone areas, although not even steel buildings can guarantee 100 percent proof in a strong quake. Other advantage of steel buildings is ductility, as the elements are flexible and can bend even without breaking into pieces. This is a crucial point in building and produce in territories around fault lines.
Time is Other important factor, as in these regions, the time of an earthquake is unpredictable, it can happen even before finishing the construction. Therefore, it is recommended to shorten the building phase as much as you can. As steel buildings are available in pre-fabricated, pre-drilled and pre-punched elements, you can evolve a building faster then using traditional materials, therefore minimizing the risks.
Constructions in Earthquake-Prone RegionsCalifornia Earthquakes
California earthquakes are developed by movement of huge blocks of the earth's crust; the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. The Pacific Plate is moving northwest, scraping horizontally past the North American Plate at a rate of about 2 inches per year. About two-thirds of this movement occurs on the San Andreas fault and some other parallel faults. Over time, these faults produce about half of the significant earthquakes of the region, as well as many minor earthquakes.
Earthquake Prediction in California
Earthquakes occur suddenly without warning, during any season, and at any time of day or night. Sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), California Geological Survey (CGS), and Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC); the 2007 Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities, released the Uniform California Earthquake Forecast (UCERF). It states that California has 99.7% probability of having a moment magnitude Mw = 6.7 earthquake (same as Northridge event) during the next 30 years. The southern segment of San Andreas fault has the highest probability of generating such an earthquake scenario in southern California with a 67% chance of striking the greater Los Angeles area, while Hayward fault is the most likely earthquake source in northern California with a 63% chance of striking the San Francisco bay area. Larger earthquakes are less likely during the same time frame; 94% probability of Mw = 7.0 event, 46% probability of Mw = 7.5 event, and 4.5% probability of Mw = 8.0 event. For all magnitudes, the earthquake is more likely to occur in southern California than in northern California.
Hazards Associated with California Earthquakes
Liquefaction susceptibility where partially saturated soil deposits may completely lose cohesion during prolonged shaking, behaves like a liquid, and loses their ability to support structures. The highest hazard is in low-lying areas where there are loose, sandy soils or poorly compacted artificial fill. A liquefied sand layer can shoot to the surface through cracks, forming a sand-blow, and depositing sand on the ground. This results in permanent ground deformations such as lateral spreading and settlement, both of which increase the likelihood of damage to buildings and infrastructure. Areas prone to liquefaction include, but not limited to, the southern Coachella valley and the upper Santa Ana river basin in southern California; San Francisco bay area, northwestern Alameda county, and northern Santa Clara valley in northern California as predicted by the USGS.
Landslide susceptibility where steep sloping areas underlain by loose or soft rock are most susceptible to earthquake-induced landslides, damaging buildings and other structures. Areas prone to landslides include, but not limited to, eastern San Gabriel mountains.
Surface fault rupture where shallow faults can breakthrough the ground surface as they displace against each other during an earthquake causing severe damage to building and infrastructures.
Fires where earthquakes in urban areas are often followed by destructive fires because of gas lines break and electrical shorts that may quickly spread due to clogged roads and collapsed bridges that prevent firefighter access, or damaged water tanks that limit water for firefighting. Without fires, the casualty and economic losses would be halved.
Tsunamis where major earthquakes occurring in the Pacific Ocean may displace the ocean floor, generating tsunami that could affect the West Coast.
Expected Economic Losses focusing on Northern California
There is a 62% probability that at least one earthquake of Mw = 6.7 or greater will occur in the San Francisco bay area before 2032. Hayward fault has the highest probability of 27% of generating such earthquake event, while the northern segment of San Andreas fault has a probability of 21%, the Calaveras fault of 11%, and the San Gregorio fault of 10%. It is well-known that soft soils in San Francisco bay area would amplify and prolong the shaking even at great distances from the ruptured fault. Consequently, a repeat of the 1868 Hayward earthquake is expected to cause significant loss of life and extensive damage to homes, businesses, transportation systems and utilities. Several hundred thousand people are likely to be homeless after the earthquake. Economic losses exceeding 0 billion is expected. These losses include damage to buildings and contents, business interruption, and living expenses, with more than 90% of both residential and commercial losses being uninsured.
Expected Economic Losses Focusing on Southern California
A 2008 comprehensive study, known as the ShakeOut scenario earthquake, by the USGS and CGS of a hypothetical Mw = 7.8 earthquake rupturing the southernmost 200 miles of San Andreas fault has been performed. The fault rupture will produce more than 100 seconds of shaking throughout southern California. The event initiates from the epicenter at the Salton Sea producing very strong shaking along the fault as it ruptures until it ends near Lake Hughes. Soil conditions at sites along the fault will generally tend to amplify earthquake shaking. Deep soils in Los Angeles sedimentary basin would generate persistent shaking as the seismic waves are trapped and reverberate. The intensity of shaking will also be strong in San Bernardino valley, in areas prone to landslides mainly in the eastern San Gabriel Mountains, and in areas susceptible to significant liquefaction mainly in the southern Coachella valley where the two conditions of liquefaction applies; strong shaking and a high ground-water table. However, localized liquefaction is likely to occur in the upper Santa Ana and Santa Clara river basins. In areas of strong shaking and liquefaction, the ground will shift violently back and forth; collapsing thousands of older buildings, shoving houses off foundations, and sending unsecured furniture and objects flying. Such an earthquake event will cause some 1,800 deaths and 53,000 injuries. Fires are very likely to occur. The estimated economic losses total 3 billion due to earthquake shaking and its consequences specifically fires.
Get Ready to ShakeOut
You should participate in the annual Great California ShakeOut Earthquake Drill. You can register at the ShakeOut web site now for the 2010 ShakeOut Drill on October 21 at 10:21 a.m.! It is a great opportunity to learn how to protect yourself and your family during earthquakes, and to get prepared. More than 6.9 million Californians participated in the second annual earthquake drill in 2009. They were reminded to maintain their earthquake preparedness plan by preparing a personal survival kit for each family member and a household emergency kit, and to stockpile emergency food and water for 1-2 weeks to be prepared for the next inevitable earthquake. The magnitude 7.0 Haiti earthquake demonstrates the necessity of earthquake preparedness for anyone living in an active seismic region.
Interesting Fact on Earthquake Insurance in California
Homeowners insurance does not provide coverage for earthquake damage to your home. It is surprising to know that 33% of homes were covered by earthquake insurance in 1996 when the devastating 1994 Northridge earthquake was still fresh in people's minds, but in 2006 just 12% of homes maintained coverage, according to California Department of Insurance. Californians living in older homes should re-reconsider buying earthquake insurance as an effective way to manage potential costs of future inevitable earthquakes, especially after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Concluding Remarks
The 2010 Haiti earthquake is a wake up call for Californians to develop, update, or maintain their own earthquake preparedness plans. If you live within 15 miles of an active seismic fault and/or liquefiable area, you should re-consider retrofitting your home and mitigating its contents to protect yourself and your family. The benefits of seismic retrofitting and mitigation go well beyond being simply reducing financial losses. It will make your home safer and help in returning your family much more quickly back to their normal life style. In addition, re-considering earthquake insurance would help in managing potential costs of future earthquakes. Finally, develop an earthquake preparedness plan that includes maintaining emergency food and water for 1-2 weeks along with personal survival kits and a household emergency kit.
Earthquake Risks in CaliforniaThe book of the apocalypse begins with John startled by "the sound of many waters," Revelation 1:15. John was called to be a prophet like Isaiah, whose description also included "the roaring of the sea...roaring like young lions." Isaiah 5:29,30 is the context for the earthquake. "The posts of the door moved...king Uzziah" (Isaiah 6:1,4) is the earthquake cited in Zechariah 14:5 ("earthquake...Uzziah").
The earthquake in Revelation 1 will separate "the things that [John] saw, and the things that are, and the things that shall be hereafter." Revelation 1:19. The earthquake is a watershed event. Revelation 1 is the past; Revelation 2,3 was present tense in John's time--"are the seven churches," and Revelation 4:1 introduces the future which is still future to us "things that must be hereafter" (after the earthquake). The earthquake in John's time was a type; our earthquake will be the antitype, when the scenes that John saw will be for real, not just prophetic.
The church at Laodicea was lukewarm with materialism. Christ wanted it hot or cold and said He would "knock." The city "was destroyed as also Colosse and Hierapolis, by an earthquake," Young's Analytical Concordance. That "knock" was an earthquake, also supported by the fact that the Hebrew word for knock, daphaq, includes a severe meaning, as used in Judges 19:22. History will repeat for us, also lukewarm with materialism.
In Revelation 4:7, the first creature by the throne is a lion. In Revelation 5:5, it is the Lion of Judah. In Revelation 6:1, when John hears thunder, it is the roar of the Lion of Judah. "The Lord also shall roar... and the heavens and earth shall shake." Joel 3:16. This earthquake initiates the seven seals beginning in Revelation 6:1, encoded as a "roar."
"Roar" (earthquake) is also seen preceding the seven thunders in Revelation 10:3. The seven trumpets are also preceded by an earthquake in Revelation 8:5,6. Paul reminds us, "the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes...But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. You are all the children of light...let us watch," 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6.
Christ says, "If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief," Revelation 3:3. "But know this, that if the goodman...had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up," Matt 24:43. Christians are like the goodman who doesn't know when to watch. The Greek word for watch is gregoreuo and it means to stay awake as in a vigil, Matt 26:38-40.
It is beginning to look like important events are occurring on the appointed times of biblical feast days. When congress met to approve 0 billion bailout, it was October 1, the eve of the thin crescent signaling the Feast of Trumpets in Leviticus 23:24. Trumpets blew for 10 days till the Day of Atonement, a type of Judgment Day. And every day for 10 days, world markets crashed in an unprecedented way.
Another example is the pope's visit to Jerusalem. Christ's warning in Matthew 24:15 was understood by early believers as referring to Rome. When Cestius brought the Romans, Christians fled and were spared the siege by Titus a few years later. The Roman Empire fell, but the Holy Roman Empire emerged, and in a first-ever visit by a pope, John Paul went to Jerusalem in 2000. Since then, Jerusalem has been "compassed with armies" of Palestinians and others hostile to Israel, a sign that "the desolation thereof is nigh," Luke 21:20.
When Titus sieged Jerusalem, Herod's Temple burned on the 10th day of the 5th Jewish month according to Josephus, the same date Solomon's Temple burned nearly 700 years earlier, Jeremiah 52:12,13. This year the 10th day of the 5th month is August 2, and many Jews will fast and pray in honor of their history, as suggested in Zechariah 7:3-7. In sympathy with those who are in affliction, the Bible suggests our watching and praying or we could have our house broken. "If you do not watch, I will come on you as a thief." Revelation 3:3. "Could you not watch one hour?" Matthew 26:38-40.
Bible Prophecy - Earthquake Initiates End Times Apocalypse - Understanding Revelation is SurvivalOn Tuesday of this week, Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake. The destruction has been widespread and the Red Cross estimates that 50,000 people have been killed.
Sadly, that figure could be conservative.
Aid organisations and the United Nations have appealed to the international community for assistance. The response has been overwhelming, and planes are being turned away from Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport.
Haiti is regarded as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It has a population of 10 million, with per capita GDP at $US790. 80% of the population live below the poverty line.
Haiti has nothing to offer to the Western world. No natural resources. No oil. Haiti is no threat to the Westerm world. It does not even have an army. There is no need for the Western world to support, or assist, Haiti. The Western world has nothing to gain by assisting Haiti. And the Western world has no Haitian threat is has to be fearful of.
However, news agencies were quick to report on those countries, NGO's and aid agencies that have responded to pleas of assistance.
I praise The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. They have been essential in providing assistance and attempting to coordinate relief efforts.
The United States has pledged and intial 0 million in aid, and Barack Obama has promised more. 800 American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division were deployed from North Carolina. 2000 marines will be joining them.
America is also sending a naval hospital ship, the USNS Comfort. It is best described as a 'floating hospital'. It has a trauma facility that can treat 1000 patients at a time.
Britain has sent a team to Haiti that will assist with rescue and relief efforts. Gordon Brown has appealed to the Brtish public to donate money to the relief effort.
Israel was one of the first countries to respond, with assistance in search and rescue as well as field hospitals. An Israeli military official, Gidi Shenar, said "We have been in several places in the world. We are bringing our knowledge and we are coming to assist the people over there and save lives. As fast as we can, we will be over there."
This kind of assistance, from the West, is not unique. And it's not limited to predominantly 'Christian countries', like Haiti.
For example, following an earthquake in Iran, in June 2002, America sent aid and supplies to Iran. President Bush stated "Human suffering knows no political boundaries". Following a December 2003 earthquake in Iran, the USA, Russia, Britain, Germany and Spain all offered help.
Israel has sent teams to assist in rescue and aid efforts following, for example, the August 1999 earthquake in Turkey, the January 2001 earthquake in India, the June 2006 earthquake in Indonesia, the December 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Here is a list of countries that were reported, in the 'West' and the 'East', as first to respond to Haiti's calls for assistance:
United States, United Kingdom, China, Brazil, the European Union, Britain, Germany, Israel, France, Switzerland, South Korea and Canada.
There has been amazing support being sent to Haiti from the Muslim and Arab world as well as Muslim and Arab charities. South Africa based Gift of the Givers is just one example of a charity that responded within hours of the news breaking. Turkey is sending a mobile hospital and humanitarian aid to Haiti.
However, there is something that stands out, for me, from the list of countries that were first to respond to Haiti's humanitarian crisis.
And, whether the humanitarian crisis is in Haiti, Sudan, Somalia, Iran or Zimbabwe... the lists of those countries who are first to offer (and indeed provide) assistance, are almost always made up entirely of Infidels
Did Haiti's Earthquake Damage Extremist Islam's Foundation?We all know about Charles Darwin because of his Theory of Evolution through natural selection. But, what you may not know is something I have just learned thanks to National Public Radio: Darwin helped forecast the most recent devastating earthquake in Chile. This famous naturalist is being credited with giving current scientists and seismologists a better understanding of the warning signs of impending temblors.
On February 20, 1835, Darwin felt an earthquake in Valdivia, Chile during his voyage on the ship, the Beagle. His geological studies and observations helped scientists to forecast the Chilean earthquake that happened last February 27, 2010.
As Darwin visited Chile, he had the perfectly opportune chance to witness the 1835 earthquake first-hand. It destroyed the city of Concepcion and altered the country's landscape. The quake's magnitude is estimated to have been 8.5.
He visited the same area a few years later to make further observations. One thing he had noticed during his original visit was a rotten smell in the air. He now realized it was from sea life being washed up on shore and being deprived of its watery confines. He also determined that this was not due to the earthquake causing the ocean level to lower from draining. Rather, it was the radical shifting of the Earth's surface that caused the new sea level thus leaving "fish out of water." He noticed a very transformed landscape all around the area.
Darwin observations have led scientists to realize that "a fault segment that has ruptured in a large quake in the past will, once enough strain has again accumulated, likely fail again in a similar-size earthquake (from ScienceNow)." I doubt most people know what an impact Darwin's experiences and observations with earthquakes have on their modern-day study and understanding. I certainly had no clue.
Because of Darwin's work, scientists knew another quake similar to the one Darwin experienced would hit Chili again at some point in time. Obviously, they were correct. The 8.8 quake was a result of pressure building along the same fault since 1835, seismologists believe. Because earthquakes continually strike the same areas in similar fashion, what Darwin observed and theorized has given us a launching pad to a much better understanding of the entire specter of earthquakes.
While no one can predict exactly where and when a quake will occur, we now have a much better idea of how to arrive at an in-the-ballpark-style prediction.
Charles Darwin has left yet another gargantuan scientific legacy which the world somehow never got wind of...until now.
Charles Darwin on Earthquakes - Did He Predict Chile's Latest 8.8?Earthquake is not predictable. Even scientists have proven that an upcoming earthquake cannot be considered when and where it would specifically strikes, that's why this miniature knowledge about earthquake's charge makes people unaware and cause number of casualties and damages to rise.
The very efficient way for people to be as much as inherent alive is to have preparations for the earthquake. Since earthquake can happen in a sudden, preparation is still the ideal way to remain safe.
Below are some leading things you must do to prepare for earthquakes:
1. You should have accident kits that comprise all the leading things needed in case earthquake attacks. This kit must have the following: adequate food and water provide (non-perishable goods are what you should consider), flashlights and batteries, matches and candles and first aid kit.
2. Turn off any electrical provide in your house and store any gas box safely and securely. Earthquake can cause damage wiring and gas leaks that are very hazardous and electrical shock or fire might maybe occur.
3. study your house regularly. It is leading to consider any fissures and cracks in your house. Check the walls and other parts of your house and if you notice any crack, get it fixed immediately.
If you're living in an apartment, all the time article any miniature cracks in the walls to your landlord so they can fix it right away.
4. Each member of the house must be trained about any natural disasters whether earthquake or typhoon. Training each of them on how to respond during an earthquake will at least make the situation easier.
Thorough evacuation planning is leading especially for citizens living in earthquake-prone area. As much as inherent avoid any panic, as it will make the situation worst.
During an earthquake you must:
1. Find a safe and strong cover to hide with. consider tables strong adequate to catch heavy objects. Stay away from heavy things and all the time cover your head when you're running.
2. Stay away from kitchen, as this place is one of the unsafe places in your house during an earthquake attack. There are many pans, pots and kitchen utensils hanging colse to and they might injure you. Gas leaks also starts in kitchen so stay away from this area.
After the earthquake:
1. Never effort to light a candle after the earthquake. This can be hazardous especially if gas leaked during an earthquake. This can cause fire and might make the situation worst. It is leading to shut off the main gas regulator once you smell gas.
2. It is advisable that you evacuate immediately if you think there's a gas leak. Try to palpate the gas enterprise for them to rule the situation. When calling, stay away from the leak.
3. Get updated about the earthquake information. It is leading that you procure news so that you can response to the earthquake aftermath.
Earthquake preparation Tips You Need To KnowIt is worth noting that most Los Angeles home guarnatee plans do not cover earthquake damages even if the city has a high probability of being hit by earthquakes due to movements in the San Andreas Fault, placed in the Southern part of California. This should be a cause for concern particularly because many believe that the state will taste 6.7 magnitude earthquakes in the next three decades. Since you are not authentically sure whether the quake will hit the northern or southern parts of California, it is leading that you get ready for any eventuality. However, before you get the first earthquake policy that you see on the Internet, you might want to know the things that you should look for in such a plan.
One of the first things that you need to do before you get earthquake coverage is to check your existing Los Angeles home guarnatee policy. You have to make sure that you authentically do not have any earthquake coverage before you get an additional plan. There are a few clubs that supply coverage other than fire and flood. Since California is an earthquake prone state, some guarnatee clubs already contain earthquake provisions in appropriate home guarnatee policies. There are also other providers that give discounted earthquake policies to their current home guarnatee policyholders.
For your protection as well as for lower earthquake coverage premiums, it is leading for residents that live in a seismic region to normally observe and make appropriate repairs to their homes. In Los Angeles, earthquakes are not the only problems that homeowners need to think about. You may need to hire a devotee to check the foundations of your home and roofing. Overall, a well maintained home also has lower Los Angeles home guarnatee premiums compared to houses that are dilapidated.
In a time of financial uncertainties, cost is an leading observation in everyone's mind. This is true even when shopping for Los Angeles home guarnatee packages or stand alone earthquake plans. It is often a good idea to get quotes from different guarnatee clubs before you decide. However, you should also remember that price is not everything. It is not always good to get coverage just because of the low premiums. You have to find value for your money. If you can find a homeowner guarnatee policy that already includes earthquake and flood protection, then that might be a best deal than getting two separate policies. In Los Angeles, you can expect to get additional excellent of about ,500 per year for additional earthquake coverage.
Los Angeles Home assurance - Do You Need Earthquake Coverage?The Japanese Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 led to one of the biggest humanitarian crises and environmental disasters in human history. The earthquake came as a total surprise even to the developed geology tracking ideas in Japan, and was of 9.0 magnitude, production it one of the five most great earthquakes on record. The earthquake, which came as a result of one tectonic plate slipping under the other in the ocean off Japan's coast, led to a huge tsunami that crashed onto the coastal shores of Eastern Japan. The tsunami led to roughly 16,000 deaths, tens of thousands of injured, and thousands missing. The walls of water from the tsunami completed destroyed about 14 billion dollars worth of infrastructure, along with homes, electrical power plants, and nuclear power plants. Three nuclear power plants exploded as a result of the tsunami waves, important to a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Reactor and one of the biggest environmental catastrophes in human history.
Tsunamis Survival
Japan is a country that has a long history of sense with earthquakes, and survival skills for the damaging tremors they cause are base knowledge among even schoolchildren. Tsunamis are a totally different story, however. There is roughly nothing that mankind can do to minimize the effects of the rushing walls of water that retell tsunamis and they often come unexpectedly. Japan has one of the most developed civilian infrastructures in the world and even they were helpless to the wrath of mom Nature. It is very likely that many other countries, along with the United States, must have been shocked at the damage wrought by the tsunami, especially since it is generally held that a catastrophic earthquake is due to strike Los Angeles within the next ten years.
Chernobyl incident
There has not been a nuclear meltdown since the Chernobyl incident that occurred in the Soviet Union in 1986. The Fukushima nuclear meltdown shares the same disaster rating with the Chernobyl disaster with a designation of "7," which make the two incidents tied for the most catastrophic nuclear meltdowns in history. Miles of Fukushima will remain uninhabitable, perhaps for centuries, due to the threat of radiation poisoning. Following the destruction of the nuclear reactors there, some countries in Europe, along with Germany and France, pledged to eliminate nuclear power as an vigor source within the next fifteen years due to their potentially catastrophic effects.
It would seem that earthquake survival skills extend far beyond just taking cover from tremors. One must also articulate with the effects of tsunamis and the damage they cause to the civilian infrastructure. The Tohoku earthquake has served as a lesson to people worldwide that we must all make the maximum establishment for catastrophic events.
Japanese Tohoku Earthquake of 2011