Sacred Assembly
Natural Disasters
2010 - 2011
Major disasters around the world 2011
David Christopher
Sunday, February 07, 2016
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................................... ii
List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................................. iv
Natural Disasters 2011.................................................................................................................................................... 1
Earthquakes..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Port-au-Prince, Haiti:.............................................................................................................................................. 1
New Zealand: .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
American Samoa .................................................................................................................................................... 1
Country of Chile ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Island of Japan: ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
Extreme Fires .................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Forest Fires.................................................................................................................................................................. 2
California - Texas, United States: .......................................................................................................................... 2
Australia: ................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Russia: ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Commercial and Residential ...................................................................................................................................... 3
United States ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Volcanic Eruptions ......................................................................................................................................................... 3
Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland........................................................................................................................................... 3
Hawaiian Islands:.................................................................................................................................................... 4
Kilauea, Hawaii....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Philippine Islands: .................................................................................................................................................. 6
Yellowstone Natural Park, Wyoming: ................................................................................................................... 6
Southern Island of Kyushu, Japan ......................................................................................................................... 7
Water Disasters ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
Floods .......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Cabarrus County, North Carolina ......................................................................................................................... 8
Queensland, Australia ............................................................................................................................................ 8
Long Beach, California: ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Country of Brazil: ................................................................................................................................................... 8
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Missouri River, Missouri, Illinois, etc. ................................................................................................................... 8
Vicksburg, Mississippi & The Mississippi River ................................................................................................... 9
Freezing Rain ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Southern Missouri: ............................................................................................................................................... 10
Snow Storms – Blizzards .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Kansas City, Missouri: .......................................................................................................................................... 10
New York – Boston Area..................................................................................................................................... 10
Blizzard & Snowstorms of 2011 ........................................................................................................................... 10
Chicago, Illinois .................................................................................................................................................... 11
Tidal Waves; Tsunamis............................................................................................................................................ 11
American Samoa .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Chile earthquake causes tsunamis in many countries ......................................................................................... 11
New Zealand: ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
Japan, Korea, China: ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Japan:_ .................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Wind Disasters.............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Extreme Wind: ......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Washington State:................................................................................................................................................. 12
Hurricanes................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Hurricane Andrew:............................................................................................................................................... 12
Hurricane Katrina: ............................................................................................................................................... 12
Tornados ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Greenwood, Kansas: ............................................................................................................................................ 13
Several areas in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois: ............................................................................... 13
State of Alabama to North Carolina .................................................................................................................... 13
Tuscaloosa, MS .................................................................................................................................................... 13
Reading, Kansas.................................................................................................................................................... 14
Joplin, Missouri .................................................................................................................................................... 14
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.................................................................................................................................. 15
Scotland – Northern Ireland ................................................................................................................................ 15
Cyclones .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
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Queensland, Australia .......................................................................................................................................... 16
What is the purpose of these natural disasters? .......................................................................................................... 17
As retribution for our actions ................................................................................................................................... 17
Earthquakes as signs from heaven, not punishment ........................................................................................... 17
As a way to rebuild the earth .................................................................................................................................... 18
Christ has said that not all events are from God. ......................................................................................................... 18
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Works Cited.................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Endnotes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20
List of Figures
Figure 1 - Eyjafjallajökull................................................................................................................................................. 3
Figure 2 - Grímsvötn Eruption ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Figure 3 - Kilauea ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
Figure 4 - Inside Kilauea ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Figure 5 - Shinmoedake.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Figure 6 – Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La. ........................................................................................................... 9
Figure 7 The City of Joplin, Missouri .......................................................................................................................... 15
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NATURAL DISASTERS 2011
NATURAL DISASTERS ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD AT AN ALARMING RATE. MANY
MORE EARTHQUAKES, HURRICANES, AND OTHER DISASTERS. WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?①
WHY IS THERE SUCHA DRASTIC INCREASE IN THESE ACTIVITIES?
What is next for this world in 2011, or 2012? Will we see more devastating earthquakes than the one in
Japan that destroyed much of the northeast section of their island? Or floods that put much of the
middle of the United States under water? What is the future of natural disasters?
Earthquakes
Date: .................... 14th century
(Webster's 2007)
1: a shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin
2: UPHEAVAL
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT EVERYONE PROBABLY KNOWS WHAT AN EARTHQUAKE IS. THE
REAL QUESTION IS THAT THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF A LAST GREAT EARTHQUAKE THAT HASN’T
HAPPENED YET.
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN WILL IT BE, OR IS THIS LATEST ONE IT?
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Port-au-Prince, Haiti:
January 13, 2010
Possibly over 200,000 killed . Many buildings collapsed and destroyed most of the city of Port-au-Prince.
Five story buildings were flattened with floor upon floor only a foot apart. Last count over forty
thousand bodies were buried, and there are still about one hundred thousand still waiting to be
buried. The bodies are being used to block streets, as vandalism is starting in the country. This 7.2
earthquake is considered as the worst in recent history, anywhere in the world.
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New Zealand:
September 3, 2010
September 3, 2010; a 7.0 earthquake struck the island. A tsunami was generated at affected many countries
coasts.
American Samoa
September 29, 2009 17:48:10 UTC
Magnitude 8.1 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION
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As of Monday, January 18, 2010
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Country of Chile
2010
2010 Chile earthquake follow link to full story.
Island of Japan:
March 2011
The fallout from the nuclear reactors was the worse aftermath of the earthquake, and ensuing tsunami that
killed several thousand. The devastation was enormous and flattened a major part of the north east
coast.
Extreme Fires
EXTREME FIRES ARE INCREASING EVERY YEAR. SOME ARE CAUSED BY LIGHTENING, SOME
BY OTHER MEANS. BUSINESSES ARE COMPLETELY DECIMATED BY FIRES, WITH OR
WITHOUT INSURANCE. ALL THAT INSURANCE CAN DO IS PAY FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE
PHYSICAL STRUCTURES.
F OREST F IRES
MILLIONS OF ACRES OF FOREST ARE BURNED EACH YEAR. THE MOST DEVASTATED ARE
THE HOMES THAT ARE IN OR CLOSE AROUND THE FORESTS.
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
California - Texas, United States :
Every year the forests in California are hit by lightening and arson. These fires burn for weeks and in some
cases months. Thousands of acres are burned, and many houses. The cost is above estimate
anymore. Each year it seems to get worse.
This is now a problem for many south-western states, Arizona and Texas especially, but many are suffering
drought and heat.
Australia:
Many fires in Australia have burnt thousands of acres of forest and homes. The fires in 2009 were said to
be the worst in their history.
2010
Many fires in Australia have burnt thousands of acres of forest and homes. The fires in 2009 were said to
be the worst in their history. The ‘outback’ was burning from the increase in temperatures, and the
fires covered more area than last year. This preceded the floods of later that year.
Russia:
August 2010
Many fires are covering the entire country in August of 2010. Thousands are dead, most from respiratory
failure from the smoke. Moscow was black from the smoke and visibility was said to be 0.
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C OMMERCIAL
AND
R ESIDENTIAL
MANY FIRES ARE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL FIRES THAT DESTROY MILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESSES. THIS AS WELL PUTS HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT OF WORK.
AREAS
A F F E C TE D :
United States
2010
These fires are in most cases caused by lightning strikes, have happened everywhere in the country of the
United States. Many people are out of a job because of them. Multi-Million-Dollar businesses in
several states have burnt in the last two years because of the low humidity and lack of rain in many
areas of the country. {See also Forest Fires}.
Volcanic Eruptions
Etymology: ........... Italian or Spanish; Italian ‘vulcano’, from Spanish ‘volc*n’, ultimately from
Latin ‘Volcanus’ Vulcan
Date: .................... 1613
1: a vent in the crust of the earth or another planet or a moon from which usually molten or
hot rock and steam issue; also: a hill or mountain composed wholly or in part of the ejected
material
2: something of explosively violent potential; ART
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Eyjafjallajökull , Iceland
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2010
Figure 1 - Eyjafjallajökull
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The ash from this eruption halted air traffic in Europe, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8622978.stm also
during this report was another about its increasing signs of activity,
http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/2010/03/increasing_signs_of_activity_a.php
Again in 2011
A different volcano is spewing ash into the atmosphere, not as bad as last year, but still stopping air traffic.
Keeping tabs on the Grímsvötn eruption as the ash spreads towards Europe; a story by Erik Klemetti
on May 23, 2011, 11:14 AM; http://bigthink.com/blogs/eruptions/ for details.
Figure 2 - Grímsvötn Eruption
AREAS THAT ARE NEXT TO EXPLODE :
Hawaiian Islands :
Continuous eruption
This is a continuous eruption that goes on every day and is expanding the islands in a dramatic way. There
are visitor excursions to view the sites around the islands. At any time the volcanoes could fully erupt.
Kilauea, Hawaii
2011
Recent Kilauea Status Reports, Updates, and Information Releases
KILAUEA VOLCANO (CAVW #1302-01-)
19°25’16” N 155°17’13” W, Summit Elevation 4091 ft (1247 m)
Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH
Current Aviation Color Code: ORANGE
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11 May 2011
A complex configuration deep within the vent cavity in Halema`uma`u crater
Left. A complex configuration has been in place deep within the vent
cavity in Halema`uma`u crater. Lava upwells in the west portion of the
vent floor (upper left of photograph), feeding the small, crusted, circular
lava lake. In the east portion of the vent cavity floor, lava upwells (out
of view, towards the lower right of the photo) and feeds an elevated and
swiftly moving lava stream, which flows west and cascades over a small
cliff into the lava lake. Right. A close-up of the swiftly moving lava
stream, plunging into the lava lake.
Figure 3 - Kilauea
6 May 2011
An infrared image of the summit vent in Halema`uma`u crater
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An infrared image of the summit vent in Halema`uma`u crater. The
bright white area is a cascade of lava, falling from a shelf into a deeper
pond within the vent cavity.
Figure 4 - Inside Kilauea
The rise and spill over of the pond on the floor of Pu`u `Ō `ō crater
Left. Looking northwest at the lava pond on the floor of Pu`u `Ō `ō
crater. At the time of the photograph, the level of the lava pond was
about 3 m (10 ft) below the floor of the crater. Right. An hour later, the
lava had risen high enough to spill over the pond walls and expand
across the crater floor.
Activity Summary for past 24 hours: Weak inflation at the summit continued. The summit lava lake
level was stable. In the east rift zone, vents within Pu`u `O`o crater fed a lava lake perched in the
middle of the crater floor with occasional overflows. Seismicity levels and gas emission rates
remained generally low.
Past 24 hours at Kilauea summit: The summit tiltmeter network recorded weak inflation. The summit
lava lake remained at a stable level deep in the vent inset within the southeastern edge of
Halema`uma`u Crater. Lava continued to erupt from an opening well above the south side of the
lava lake, forming two cascades that poured back into the lake.
Seismic tremor levels were low and steady. The summit GPS network recorded long-term extension. Four
earthquakes were strong enough to be located within Kilauea volcano-one beneath the summit, two
on south flank faults, and one near the lower southwest rift zone.
The gas plume is drifting lazily to the southwest this morning. The most recent (preliminary) sulfur dioxide
emission rate measurement was 1250 tonnes/day on May 17, 2011. Minute amounts of ash-sized
tephra were probably wafted in the plume and deposited on nearby surfaces.
Philippine Islands:
They’re waiting for the next big one that could be any day. It is growing and ready to erupt, as the people
watch it every day wondering when.
Yellowstone Natural Park, Wyoming :
This is one of the biggest in the world, called a ‘super volcano’, it could affect most of the western states of
North America if it blows; and it is reported by scientists that it should be within the next twenty years.
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Southern Island of Kyushu, Japan
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear plant meltdowns -- as if the people of Japan didn’t have enough to cope with,
a volcano began erupting Sunday.
Hundreds of people were forced to flee when the Shinmoedake volcano on the southern island of Kyushu
began spewing ash and boulders.
The explosion from the eruption could be heard miles away and an ash plume extended two miles into the
sky.
Shinmoedake, one of several volcanic peaks in the Kirishima mountain range, is 950 miles from the
epicenter of Friday’s earthquake and scientists weren’t sure if the quake triggered the eruption.
Figure 5 - Shinmoedake
OTHER REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE AT: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/ USGS Weekly Reports.
Water Disasters
ALL WATER DISASTERS ARE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE WATER, OR EXTREME WAVES, AND ARE
CLASSED AS:
F LOODS
THE RISING OCEANS AND MELTING GLACIERS ARE CAUSING FLOODS IN AREAS THAT
USUALLY NEVER FLOOD. ALSO THE RIVERS ARE OVERTOPPING THEIR BANKS AT VARIOUS
PLACES AND FLOODS ARE A REAL PROBLEM IN THE PLACES THAT USUALLY NEVER FLOOD.
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A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
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Cabarrus County, North Carolina
2010
In 2010 the floods caused the evacuation of thousands of homes. The flood waters were still rising several
weeks later.
Queensland, Australia
2010
The flood area was larger than the states of Texas and Montana combined. In January of 2011 it is still
flooded. It is said that the previous fires allowed this to happen after all the woods had burnt.
Long Beach, California:
2010
In the present year of 2010, in January there was a massive flood, amid tornado warnings and high winds,
which spread to, and past, Las Vegas, Nevada; and down to San Diego, California. Four storms were
in line to strike the area. Millions of dollars were lost due to mudslides and thousands were
evacuated.
Country of Brazil:
January 2011
The floods have caused mudslides that killed many. Whole towns were under a mound of mud. The cost
is estimated in the millions.
Missouri River, Missouri, Illinois, etc.
March-April 2011
Again the floods are along the rivers in Missouri. Branson and Table Rock are also affected with Bull
Creek completely under water again, as it was years ago in 1993. This water will empty into the
Mississippi River.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi & The Mississippi River
May 2011
VICKSBURG, Miss. — While not declaring the war won just yet, officials at this Mississippi River front line
on Thursday said the worst appeared to be over. That comforted folks in and around Vicksburg, but
was of no help to residents of the other front line: the Cajun country basin taking in diverted water
from the massive flooding.
Relief in Vicksburg, but Louisiana’s Cajun country still waiting for more water.
Figure 6 – Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La.
Water diverted from the Mississippi River spills through a bay in the Morganza Spillway in Morganza, La.,
May 14. Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first
time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in the Cajun
countryside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under water up to 25 feet deep. (Patrick
Semansky / AP)
For Vicksburg, the turning point came when the river crested Thursday at a record 57.1 feet, five inches
lower than predicted two weeks ago. But locals were warned that while the river has crested, it will
remain above flood stage through mid-June, putting pressure on levees that could still
breach. >>MORE<<
The Mississippi River has flooded all along the lower parts of the river in the month of May. This spillway
was opened to relieve some of the pressure on the levies downriver. Billions of dollars of damage
has happened already, and billions more to come in the days and weeks ahead. News programs have
shown thousands of pictures of houses, farms, and whole subdivisions under water.
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It has been said that the flood is as bad as the worst flood in 1927. Far worse than even the floods in the
1930’s. It is not expected to go down until the end of the summer.
F REEZING R AIN
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 32 DEGREES AND WHAT WAS RAIN BEFORE, NOW
FREEZES ON CONTACT WITH WHATEVER IT LANDS ON, AND COLLECTS AS THE WEIGHT
BREAKS ANYTHING THAT CANNOT WITHSTAND IT.
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Southern Missouri:
2010
Areas such as Branson, Missouri where I lived at one time, where plagued by freezing rain when others
areas of Missouri had snow storms. The cost of the effects of the freezing rain was the broken trees,
and branches that pulled down power lines, and destroyed roofs. There were thousands of vehicle
accidents across the southern parts of the state. This cost was in the millions across the state. It was
far worse than even the snow storms and blizzards in other parts of the state.
S NOW S TORMS – B LIZZARDS
THE WINTER OF 2010 - 2011 AFFECTED MOST OF THE MIDWEST AND EASTERN STATES
WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL IN DECADES.
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Kansas City, Missouri :
Winter 2010
The area had blizzard warnings from christmas to new years and on into the middle of January. This was
the first time in over twenty years. The snow stayed on the ground for three weeks. Businesses and
schools were closed for several weeks.
New York – Boston Area
2010
They had many snowfalls in the northeast area that were measured in feet, not inches. It seemed to snow
every week for the entire winter. Total snowfalls were measured in 60 inch increments.
At times it took several weeks to ‘dig out’ of one 4 or 5 foot snowfall, when the next one came and delivered
another 4 or 5 feet! And it just kept coming all winter long.
Blizzard & Snowstorms of 2011
Feb. 2, 2011
A winter storm left a 2,000-mile-long trail of snow and ice from the Midwest to the Northeast and two thirds
of the nation facing downed power lines, shuttered highways and thousands of airport cancellations.
Several deaths have been blamed on the storm labeled a “winter storm of historic proportions” by
the National Weather Service. See full story, ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/US/blizzard-2011mega-snowstorm-pounds-midwest-snow-ice/story?id=12818948
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Chicago, Illinois
February 2011
The Great Chicago Blizzard of 2011 Photos (Click on link).
Chicago Tribune Photos
Blizzard of 2011 More than 20 inches of snow fell in some areas. Power outages, school and business
closings, motorists stranded on roadways and public transit disruptions complicated life in the city
and suburbs. >>MORE<<
T IDAL W AVES ; T SUNAMIS
THE LAST LARGE TSUNAMI KILLED ABOUT 250,000 PEOPLE IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES. THE
AREAS THAT A TSUNAMI CAN COVER IS MEASURED IN THE CONTINENTS AFFECTED
NOT JUST COUNTRIES.
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
American Samoa
2009 S eptember 29 17:48:10 UTC
Magnitude 8.1 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION causing 119 Dead, Villages 'Wiped Out' in Samoa Tsunami
Chile earthquake causes tsunamis in many countries
2010
The earthquake triggered a tsunami which devastated several coastal towns in south-central Chile and
damaged the port at Talcahuano. Tsunami warnings were issued in 53 countries, and the wave
caused minor damage in the San Diego area of California and in the Tōhoku region of Japan, where
damage to the fisheries business was estimated at ¥6.26 billion (USD$66.7 million). The earthquake
also generated a blackout that affected 93 percent of the country's population and which went on for
several days in some locations. President Michelle Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” and sent
military troops to take control of the most affected areas. The latest death toll is 562 victims (down
from early reports on March 3 of 802). >>MORE<<
New Zealand:
September 3, 2010
An earthquake started the tsunami that killed 34 people in the flood waters that covered the island and
destroyed many buildings and farmland.
Japan, Korea, China :
2010
The last big tsunami affected many continents and countries. The lives lost were in the thousands in each
of these countries. It was news for months, and is still in the rebuilding process. Together it is
estimated that millions died in all of these countries, and other island nations.
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Japan:_
March 2011
10, 000 were lost and missing, although there still isn’t a real count of the dead. Its destruction of the
backup system for their nuclear reactors has been the worse of the devastation for the people living in
the immediate area.
Wind Disasters
ALL WIND DISASTERS ARE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE WIND, THEY ARE CLASSED AS:
E XTREME W IND :
EXTREME WINDS ARE CALLED STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, IN-LINE WINDS, AND CAUSE AS MUCH
DAMAGE, ONLY IN USUALLY SMALLER AREAS, THAN OTHER WIND DISASTERS.
Washington State:
2010
Many damages are reported in a January 2010 wind storm. Damaged school and houses.
H URRICANES
Etymology: ........... Spanish ‘huracán’, from Taino ‘hurakán’
(Webster's 2007)
Date: .................... 1555
A tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or greater that occurs
especially in the western Atlantic, that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning,
and that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes — see BEAUFORT SCALE table
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A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Hurricane Andrew:
Did hundreds of millions of dollars damage to Florida, and its surrounding area. This hurricane was before
Katrina, but was the worst until Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina:
This hurricane did hundreds of millions of dollars damage to New Orleans, and the surrounding area.
Some have still not been relocated back to their previous homes ten years after it happened.
②
plural Taino or Tainos; Etymology: Taino ['nitaino', 'tayno' noble, lesser chief]; Date: 1836; 1 the language of the Taino people, 2 a member of an
aboriginal Arawakan people of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas
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T ORNADOS
Etymology: ........... modification of Spanish ‘tronada’ thunderstorm, from ‘tronar’ to thunder,
from Latin ‘tonare’ — more at THUNDER
Date: .................... 1556
1 archaic: a tropical thunderstorm
2a: a squall accompanying a thunderstorm in Africa
b: a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in
a narrow path over the land
3: a violent windstorm: WHIRLWIND
TORNADO ALLEY IS THE AREA BETWEEN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA THROUGH MISSOURI AND
ILLINOIS INTO OHIO AND BEYOND. THERE WERE OVER FIVE HUNDRED TORNADOS IN THIS
AREA IN ANY YEAR. AT TIMES THERE WAS OVER ONE HUNDRED IN ONE NIGHT. THE
COMBINED COST IS UNESTIMATEABLE FOR ALL THE STATES AFFECTED.
A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Greenwood, Kansas:
May 2007
Flattened Greenwood, Kansas in the county of Kiowa in May of 2007. Destroyed 95 % of the town. Left
very few remaining structures in the small town. It did millions of dollars of damage in several other
states also.
Several areas in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illino is:
2010
As many as 150 different tornados tore through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois. There have
been numerous times that this has happen each year. The frequency is increasing each year, but the
locations are changing.
T O R N A D O S I N K A N S A S I N T H E F I R S T TW O W E E KS O F M A Y 2011
2007 ..................... 78
Including Greenburg, which was in May of 2007
2008 ..................... 10
2009 ..................... 9
2010 ..................... 20
2011 ..................... 0
None yet in 2011! Atlanta and the south are the ‘hotspots’ this year.
As of May 20, 2011 there were no tornados in Kansas; however this was made up for in a flash
May 21!
State of Alabama to North Carolina
April 29, 2011
Tuscaloosa, MS
April 29, 2011
The first of the season was the Tuscaloosa tornado that went through the southern states.
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The Southern States of Alabama to North Carolina were overcome by as many as 300 tornados in a week.
This compares with the deaths of the last several years:
2007 ..................... 81 deaths
2008 ..................... 126 deaths
2009 ..................... 21 deaths
2010 ..................... 45 deaths
2011 ..................... There have been more than 320 deaths in 2011 – in two weeks! This is the
worst since 1974 when there were 366 deaths for the whole year. April averages about 185
tornado reports for the month; this year 2011, there have been 921 in the first four months!
The jet-stream has shifted to the south. Although there were no tornados in Kansas at this
time; when the jet-stream shifted back to north in May 21, 2011. See the next entry of
Reading, Kansas.
Reading, Kansas
May 21, 2011
As many as 200 homes damaged in the small town of about 250 residents. One death and about 20 homes
were completely destroyed. The small town was completely decimated by the storm.
Joplin, Missouri
May 22, 2011 . 5:46 P M
This tornado devastated all of the city of Joplin in about ten minutes! 24 dead in the first report; and St.
John’s hospital was one the severely damaged structures. Many homes and great sections of Joplin
were destroyed; as many as 200 homes were severely damaged in the first report. The actual total
will be much higher.
May 25, 2011 brings a new total of dead to 124; and the number of buildings damaged or destroyed to over
2,000. It is estimated that a trail of about six miles and at some places ¾ of a mile across was
destroyed by the worst single tornado which has been produced in this country since 1953, this was
now considered a EF 5, the highest on the scale.
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Figure 7 The City of Joplin, Missouri
See also: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-201_162-10007861.html?tag=page for pictures of the damage.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 24, 2011
Four were killed in a tornado the day after the devastation in Joplin in a continuation of the week long
storms. Arkansas had several deaths with a total of thirteen in three states.
Scotla nd – Northern Ireland
May 23, 2011
A storm has caused many problems on the west coast that has stopped train traffic, and all fairies to the
island. This is the start of the summer storm season, and seems to be off to a devastating start.
THE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE TORNADO SEASON; THERE MAY BE MANY MORE TO
COME.
C YCLONES
Etymology: ........... modification of Greek ‘kykl-ma’ wheel, coil, from ‘kykloun’ to go around,
from ‘kyklos’ circle
Date: .................... 1848
1a: a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure,
advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) an hour, and often brings
heavy rain
b: TORNADO
2: any of various centrifugal devices for separating materials (as solid particles from gases)
See Tornado, supra.
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A R E A S A F F E C TE D :
Cyclones were usually called cyclones instead of tornado because of the time of the event. The term, (c.
1887), was used in the ‘old west’ mostly until the influence of the Spanish term, ‘tornado’ was
exchanged for its use.
Queensland, Australia
2011
The category five Cyclone “Yasi”; most powerful storm in Australia history. 10,000 people were evacuated.
This was after the floods in Queensland several months ago.
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What is the purpose of
these natural
disasters?
Does Yahweh want to destroy us and our property? No, but we set these things in motion when we build
houses in the trees of a forest, lowlands around a river, etc. We are the type that say, “I want what I
what, when I want it; and where I want it!”
This has made the problems much worse as these things are not set in stone, they just happen according to
the plan of the earth. We do not have the authority to tell the earth what it can do. However, we can
look at the possibilities and still make the wrong decisions and then blame the earth that we live on
for happens.
AS
RETRIBUTION FOR OU R ACTIONS
GLOBAL WARMING IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT OF BS, AS SAID BY SOME; BUT LOOK AROUND
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING DOES NOT NEED OUR RECOGNIT ION, IT GOES
ON ANYWAY.
Isaiah 29: 6, (RSB/NKJV) “You will be punished by the Lord of Hosts
With thunder and earthquake and great noise,
With storm and tempest
And the flame of devouring fire.”
Is this what we are looking for in the future? A getting back at people by God? What are we trying to say
here about the events on this earth? It is true that Elohim will punish His people for their sins, but
this present age is full of the just consequences of our actions on this earth, and to this earth.
Elohim didn’t have anything to do with it. Watch what happens when He does! Our present
problems will be nothing in comparison!
We will have the same things that happened in Haiti all around the world; at the same time. When Elohim
shows us His Great Earthquakes, wow, Haiti will be nothing in comparison.
The ice melting at the poles of the earth wasn’t because of Yahweh Elohim, it was because of us! The so
called natural disasters are not always even natural.
Earthquakes as signs from heaven, not punishment
NOT ALL EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER ‘SIGNS’ OF HEAVEN ARE FOR PUNISHMENT. MANY ARE
JUST SIGNS OF COMING EVENTS IN THE FUTURE, AND TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE IN
ELOHIM’S PLAN.
S TR O N G ’ S D E S CR I BE S E A R TH Q U A KE A S A S H A KI N G O F TH E E A R TH :
HEBREW FOR EARTHQUAKE:
7494 (Str/Exp)‘ ra’ash’, rah-ash; from 7493; vibration, bounding, uproar:--earthquake {6}, rushing {3}, shake
{3}, quaking {1}.
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GREEK FOR EARTHQUAKE:
4578 (Str/Exp) ‘seismos’, sice-mos; from 4579; a commotion, i.e. (of the air) a gale, (of the ground) an
earthquake:--earthquake {13}, tempest {1}. Seismos, “a shacking, a shock,” from seio, “to move to
and fro, to shake,” … (Vine's).
Matthew 24: 7 ................. An earthquake as a sign of the second coming and the end of this age; (Zon/NIV)
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and
earthquakes in various places.”
Matthew 27: 54 – 28: 2 .. The account of the earthquake at Messiah’s death on the cross.
Mark 13: 8 ...................... (Zon/NIV) “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There
will be earthquakes in various places, and famines.”
Luke 21: 11 .................... Zon/NIV, “There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various
places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.”
Revelation 6: 12 ............. Zon/NIV, “I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.
Revelation 8: 5, .............. Zon/NIV, “Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and
hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an
earthquake.”
Revelation 16: 18 ........... Zon/NIV, “Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and
a severe earthquake.”
AS
A WAY TO REBUILD T HE EARTH
As said before, not all natural disasters are really intended as disasters; some are just a rebuilding of the
forests, and lands, etc. Volcanoes build new mountains and islands, and have no intention of
destroying more than they create. We have that tendency to build to close to something, and figure
that it should succumb to our wishes.
The cycles of the earth are to keep the progressing of the world in a positive way. The earth can actually
exist without us {maybe better than it can with us}. There is no way for us to think that the massive
pollution that we have forced on this earth will not be recompensed in some way. The earth will do
whatever is needed to replenish itself. Here again, this isn’t because of our Father Yahweh Elohim,
or our Lord and Savior Yahshua Messiah. It is because of US!
Christ has said that
not all events are
from God.
Luke 13: 2, (RSB/NKJV) “And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans
were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
v. 3, I tell you, NO; But unless you repent you will likewise perish.
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v. 4, Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think they
were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
v. 5, I tell you, NO; But unless you repent you will likewise perish.
So is this what the people of Reading, Kansas thought on May 21, 2011; where as many as 200 homes were
damaged in the small town of about 250 residents. One death and about 20 homes were completely
destroyed. The small town was completely decimated by the storm.
Or in Joplin, Missouri the day after on May 22, 2011 at 5:46 PM when most of the city’s residents were
decimated in a flash of a tornado? This tornado devastated all of the city of Joplin in about ten
minutes! 24 dead in the first report; and St. John’s hospital was one the severely damaged structures.
Many homes and great sections of Joplin were destroyed; as many as 200 homes were severely
damaged in the first report. The actual total wasn’t known for days.
WAS THIS A PUNISHMENT FROM YAHWEH ELOHIM? WAS IT JUST ANOTHER ‘NATURAL
DISASTER’?
Conclusion
So, we are on a path that will lead to even worse consequences than what we see today. All people are
getting further away from any God; Elohim, or anything deemed as God. We have left the faith that
we might have had, for the faith of toys. Most people have more faith in their cell phone than in
their God. Or more faith in their cars than in their God, except when the car doesn’t work, then they
blame God for it not working, not the fact that they haven’t put oil in it for the last two years.
WHEN HAROLD CAMPING MADE HIS PREDICTIONS OF THE END OF THE WORLD, BY A GREAT
EARTHQUAKE, WHY DIDN’T HE SEE THIS AND WARN THE PEOPLE OF READING AND JOPLIN
ABOUT THEIR COMING DOOM AND DESTRUCTION BY A TORNADO, OR EVEN THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FLOODING THIS LAST MONTH, THE VOLCANO IN ICELAND YESTERDAY?
CONSEQUENTLY, IT SEEMS NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THESE THINGS WILL HAPPEN, AND NO
ONE KNOWS WHEN THE END OF ALL WILL BE!
I have several film clips of the news reports of some of these ‘natural’ disasters. Even if they are thought of
as natural, the devastation seems anything but natural. The clips are named, “Climate Change _”; 1
through 10 so far, and the disasters just keep happening.
Climate Change 1
Climate Change 4
Climate Change 5
Climate Change 6
Climate Change 7
Climate Change 8
Climate Change 9 - Tornados
Climate Change 10 – Joplin Tornado
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Works Cited
Barker, K. L. (2002). Zondervan New International Version Study Bible. (K. L. Barker, Ed.) Grand Rapids,
Michigan, USA: Zondervan.
Mish, F. C. (Ed.). (2007). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Springfield, Massachusetts,
USA: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.
Sproul, R. C. (1995). Reformation Study Bible, New King James Version. (B. O. Waltke, & M. N. Silva,
Eds.) Nashville, Tennessee, USA: {Foundation For Reformation} Thomas Nelson Publishers.
Strong, J. (2001). Strong's Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Red Letter, Revised ed.).
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Endnotes
①
To see full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_natural_disasters
The name Eyjafjallajökull is made up of the words eyja (genitive plural of ey, meaning eyot or island), fjalla (genitive plural of fjall,
whose nominative plural is fjöll, meaning fells or mountains) and jökull (meaning glacier, or, more properly here, ice cap,
cognate with the -icle in icicle). A literal translation would thus be the "islands' fells' ice cap" or the "islands' mountains' ice
cap". The name Eyjafjöll describes the southern side of the volcanic massif together with the small mountains which form
the foot of the volcano. The village and museum of Skógar are also part of the region undir Eyjafjöllum (meaning "under
the Eyjafjalls").
③
Other area that flood each year:
These areas are usually hit hard with wildfires and forest fires which kill the trees and allow for floods and mudslides which
increase the devastation.
④
All indented definitions are from the Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary (Webster's 2007).
⑤
Beaufort Scale was the ‘categories’ that are used to measure the intensity of hurricanes. They are measured from 1 to 12.
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