Situation Update No. 4
On 09.11.2009 at 04:27 GMT+2
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Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried a small town Sunday, swallowing up homes as flooding and landslides across El Salvador killed at least 124 people, authorities said. Hundreds of soldiers, police and residents dug through rock and debris in Verapaz looking for another 60 people missing from the mudslide, which struck before dawn Sunday while residents were still in their beds. Matias Mendoza, 26, was at home with his wife Claudia and their year-old son, Franklin, when the earth began moving. "It was about two in the morning when the rain started coming down harder, and the earth started shaking," Mendoza recalled. "I warned my wife and grabbed my son, and all of a sudden we heard a sound. The next thing I knew I was lying among parts of the walls of my house." "A few minutes later, I found my wife and my son in the middle of the rubble, and, thank God, we're alive," said Mendoza, who suffered cuts on his cheek that emergency workers stitched up. Almost 7,000 people saw their homes damaged by landslides or cut off by floodwaters following three days of downpours from a low-pressure system indirectly related to Hurricane Ida, which brushed Mexico's Cancun resort on Sunday before steaming into the Gulf of Mexico. President Mauricio Funes declared a national emergency and said he would work with the United Nations to evaluate the extent of the damage. "The images that we have seen today are of a devastated country," Funes said. He called the damages incalculable. El Salvador's Civil Protection agency raised the death toll by to 124 late Sunday, with another 60 people missing. It didn't break down the deaths by location, but under the previous toll, officials had listed 61 deaths in San Salvador, 23 in San Vicente province, including 10 in Verapaz, and seven other fatalities spread across the country. Red Cross spokesman Carlos Lopez Mendoza said 60 people were missing in Verapaz.
Some of the worst damage was in Verapaz, where mudslides covered cars and boulders two yards (meters) wide blocked streets. The rain loosened a flow of mud and rocks that descended from the nearby Chichontepec volcano and buried homes and streets in Verapaz, a town of about 3,000 located 30 miles (50 kms) east of San Salvador, the capital. "It was terrible. The rocks came down on top of the houses and split them in two, and split the pavement," recalled Manuel Melendez, 61, who lived a few doors down from Mendoza. Both their homes were destroyed Sunday morning. "I heard people screaming all around," Melendez said. Amid a persistent drizzle, rescuers dug frantically for survivors with shovels and even their bare hands. But the search was made difficult by collapsed walls, boulders and downed power lines that blocked heavy machinery. "What happened in Verapaz was something terrible," said Interior Minister Humberto Centeno, who flew over the city Sunday to survey the damage. "It is a real tragedy there." San Vicente Gov. Manuel Castellanos said workers were struggling to clear roadways and power and water service had been knocked out. At least 300 houses were flooded when a river in Verapaz overflowed its banks, Lopez Mendoza said. Hurricane Ida's presence in the western Caribbean may have played a role in drawing a Pacific low-pressure system toward El Salvador, causing the rains, said Dave Roberts, a Navy hurricane specialist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. He added, however, that "if there were deaths associated with this rainfall amount in El Salvador, I would not link it to Ida."
An aerial photo shows a damaged bridge over the Jiboa river near La Herradura, south from San Salvador, on the coast of El Salvador yesterday, near where a mudslide buried the entire town of Verapaz
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Hurricane Ida weakens but Gulf Coast still faces threat
SUNSPOT 1029 IS RETURNING FROM FAR SIDE OF SUN
RETURNING SUNSPOT: The most active sunspot of the year, sunspot 1029, has spent the past week transiting the far side of the sun. It is still invisible from Earth, but the active region is coming into range of cameras onboard NASA's STEREO-B probe. The spacecraft beamed back this extreme ultraviolet image just hours ago:
The sun's rotation will turn the active region back toward Earth about four days from now. Until then, STEREO-B will keep us informed. Stay tuned.
SOLAR PROMINENCE AND MAGNETIC FILAMENT
SUN IS VERY ACTIVE!
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Blackwater used 'child prostitutes in Iraq' 08 Aug 2009 New disturbing charges have emerged against XE, the infamous private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, whose operations came under spotlight after its 2007 carnage in Baghdad. According to a report by MSNBC and based on alleged sworn declarations by two Blackwater employees in federal court, the firm used child prostitutes at its compound in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.
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Turkey PM: Israel war crimes worse than Sudan 08 Nov 2009 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday accused Israel of committing greater crimes against Palestinians during its war in the Gaza Strip than those for which Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir had been indicted. Erdogan said he would rather confront Bashir, indicted for orchestrating crimes against humanity in Darfur, than discuss state killings of civilians with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Eggs hurled at Israel's ambassador to Turkey --Local students in Turkish city of Trabzon chase ambassador Gabi Levy, try breaking into his car. Local police interfere, manage to restore order 04 Nov 2009 Israel News Israel's ambassador to Turkey, Gabi Levy, was attacked Wednesday in the Turkish city of Trabzon by local students who chased him, hurled eggs at his direction and tried to break into his vehicle. As Ynet learned, local police confronted the students, and the ambassador did not suffer any injuries.
'Students at the university intend to place the Israeli envoy under citizen's arrest.' Students bully Britain envoy --Ambassador Prosor requires heavy security in face of rowdy Anti-Israel protesters 05 Nov 2009 Protesters at the University of Nottingham prepared a rude welcome for Israel's Ambassador to England, Ron Prosor, welcoming him with anti-Israel signs and interrupting his speech. Hours before the visit, British police learned that students at the university intend to place the Israeli envoy under citizen's arrest. Prosor's lecture on Israel's peace efforts was delayed, as a heavy police guard escorted him into the lecture site through a back door.
Ni'lin demonstrators topple 8 meter tall concrete wall 06 Nov 2009 20 years to the fall of the Berlin wall: Demonstrators toppled 8 meters tall concrete wall in Ni’ilin Three protest marches were held today in the West Bank to mark the 20th anniversary to the fall of the Berlin wall, which has been declared an international day of action against Israel’s barrier. In Ni’lin, the 300 demonstrators managed to topple a part of the eight meters tall concrete wall that cuts through the village’s land. Following the direct action, the army fired scores of live rounds at the demonstrators.
U.S. House backs resolution to condemn Goldstone Gaza report 05 Nov 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday condemned a UN report that accuses Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of committing war crimes in Gaza early this year as irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy. With a 344-36 vote, the House passed a nonbinding resolution that urged President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the report. Twenty-two representatives voted present.
CDC's H1N1 Air Travel Guidelines 06 Nov 2009 The CDC has issued some special instructions for flights into the United States. All cabin and crew members are required to understand and recognize flu symptoms. If a person on an aircraft becomes ill with flu-like symptoms, the pilot is instructed to inform the CDC Quarantine Station at the airport where the place is expected to land. The Quarantine Station will arrange for the patient to be brought from the plane in a manner that will cut down the risk of spreading the virus.
'I guess the police are here for crowd control, which is funny.' Low Turnout at City Clinics for Free Swine Flu Vaccine 09 Nov 2009 (NYC, NY) Perhaps it was fear of crowds that kept the crowds away on Sunday from the clinics offering free [squalene-laden, mercury-filled, Polysorbate 80-laced] swine flu vaccinations to schoolchildren. Or, maybe, as some of the few who did show up suggested, the small numbers could be attributed to wariness about the new vaccine or a lack of knowledge about the clinics.
Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1 Vaccine Sites By Allen McDuffee 05 Nov 2009 Shortly after the Pentagon announced that all Armed Services personnel would soon be facing a mandatory H1N1 vaccination program, I started receiving email from soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors because of a previous story I had written on the anthrax vaccine... What they found instead is that several websites and blogs with key information asking critical questions had been blocked from their viewing. Among those that were repeatedly mentioned as blocked sites are the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), the site for Gary Matsumoto's book, Vaccine-A, and vaccine expert Dr. Meryl Nass. NVIC is a national, non-profit founded in 1980s that, through public education, advocates "vaccine safety and informed consent protections in the mass vaccination system."
State defends withholding flu vaccine distribution info --The state says it's helping doctors and patients by withholding any information about where vaccine is going. 07 Nov 2009 Texas recently ordered a shipment of 22,600 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to be sent to a doctor in Dallas County. Another doctor got 14,036. Another got 6,780. Who are these doctors? The state won't say. Not even the Dallas County health department knows who is getting the big batches.
Infection of farmed animals with the pandemic virus --Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 briefing note 15 05 Nov 2009 Since the new H1N1 pandemic virus emerged, a small number of infections in swine herds have been reported... In addition, pandemic H1N1 infections have been reported in turkeys in Chile and Canada and in a few pet animals in the USA... Another concern is the continuing presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in poultry in several countries, where the virus is endemic... Most recently, authorities in Denmark reported a novel H3N2 influenza virus in mink on several mink farms. Sequencing of the virus demonstrated a combination of human and swine genes that has not been identified previously in circulating influenza viruses.
Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House 08 Nov 2009 Handing President Obama a hard-fought victory, the House narrowly approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system on Saturday night, advancing legislation that Democrats said could stand as their defining social policy achievement. After a daylong clash with Republicans over what has been a Democratic goal for decades, lawmakers voted 220 to 215 to approve a plan that would cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years. Democrats said the legislation would provide overdue relief to Americans struggling to buy or hold on to health insurance.
House Democrats pass health-care bill --One Republican votes for plan 08 Nov 2009 Hours after President Obama exhorted Democratic lawmakers to "answer the call of history," the House hit an unprecedented milestone on the path to health-care reform, approving a trillion-dollar package late Saturday... After months of acrimonious partisanship, Democrats closed ranks on a 220-215 vote that included 39 defections, mostly from the party's conservative ranks. But the bill attracted a surprise Republican convert: Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, who represents the Democratic-leaning district of New Orleans and had been the target of a last-minute White House lobbying campaign.
Windfall Is Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock 08 Nov 2009 Even as Washington tries to rein in Wall Street pay [Really? I must have *missed* that one], bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown. Within months, the financial system began to mend -- partly with the help of billions of dollars in government aid -- and that stock began surging in value. Some of it can be cashed in starting in just a few months... Goldman Sachs gave its general counsel 104,868 stock options and 14,117 shares in December, when the bank’s stock was around $78. Now the bank’s shares have more than doubled in value, making that stock and option award worth nearly $12 million, according to Equilar, an executive compensation research firm in Redwood Shores, Calif.
UCBH Holdings' Bank Is Seized, 120th U.S. Lender Shut This Year 07 Nov 2009 UCBH Holdings Inc.'s United Commercial Bank, a San Francisco-based lender with $11.2 billion in assets, was seized by regulators, becoming the 120th U.S. bank to fail this year. United Commercial was bought by East West Bancorp of Pasadena, California, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said. United Commercial was the fifth U.S. lender to be seized by regulators yesterday as banks fail at the fastest rate since 1992.
Britain and U.S. Clash at G-20 on Tax to Insure Against Crises --Gordon Brown told G-20 finance ministers that the world needed a system to force banks, not taxpayers, to cover future bailouts. 08 Nov 2009 The United States and Britain voiced disagreement Saturday over a proposal that would impose a new tax on financial transactions to support future bank rescues. Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, leading a meeting here of finance ministers from the Group of 20 rich and developing countries, said such a tax on banks should be considered as a way to take the burden off taxpayers during periods of financial crisis. But the proposal was met with little enthusiasm by the United States Treasury secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, who told Sky News in an interview that he would not support a tax on everyday financial transactions.
Oil cos shut output in Gulf due to hurricane 08 Nov 2009 U.S. oil companies were shutting production on Sunday as they evacuated workers from the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Ida, which is forecast to roar across the offshore oil patch Monday before making landfall on Tuesday. BP Plc, one the Gulf's largest oil producers, said on Sunday some of its production was shut and nonessential workers were evacuated from Ida's forecast path. The company does not disclose amounts of shut production. [Right, that way they can use the 'crisis' to send the price of oil skyrocketing.]
Polar bear steals the torch's thunder 08 Nov 2009 The Olympic flame began its journey to the furthest point north in its history by stopping off first at a town known for the Arctic's most familiar icon - the polar bear. Unfortunately, the torch relay didn't venture near Wapusk National Park on the shores of Hudson Bay, just near here, where the polar bears congregate in the hundreds this time of year waiting for the ice to freeze so they can go seal hunting for a few months. The convoy with the Olympic flame was, however, briefly interrupted while driving in from the airport when a polar bear crossed the road.
Manitoba polar bears may woo Obama's daughters 06 Nov 2009 Businesses in Churchill, Man., say they’ll roll out the red carpet -- and the tundra buggy -- if the most famous kids in the world want to come and see the polar bears. "That would be kind of big," Belinda Fitzpatrick, co-owner of the Tundra Inn in Churchill said Thursday after U.S. President Barack Obama’s daughters, Sasha, 8, and Malia, 11, were invited to the polar bear capital of the world. On Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Gary Doer and his family met with Obama and invited his daughters to Manitoba to see Churchill’s polar bears.
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Curiouser and curiouser: Fort Hood Shooting 'Oddities' --Video surfaces of alleged shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, at Homeland Security Task Force conference By Lori Price Updated 06 Nov 2009 Major Hasan's name appears on page 29 of The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute's 'Thinking Anew—Security Priorities for the Next Administration' --Proceedings Report of the HSPI Presidential Transition Task Force - April 2008 - January 2009. The report is dated 19 May 2009. Other news: The Alleged shooter graduated from Virginia Tech. Major Hasan is 'in a coma,' and 'on a ventilator.' Officers raided the Texas home of the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings. Full updates here.]
Rare Ebola-like virus poses new threat to Afghan troops 06 Nov 2009 U.S. military officials sent a medical team to a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan this week to take blood samples from members of an Army unit after a soldier in the unit died from an Ebola-like virus. Dr. Jim Radike, an expert in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Role 3 Trauma Hospital at Kandahar Air Field, told The Washington Times that Sgt. Robert David Gordon, 22, from River Falls, Ala., died Sept. 16 from what turned out to be Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever after he was bitten by a tick. The virus is transmitted by infected blood and can be carried by ticks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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As of about 9:15 this morning the US$ worth is going down, down, down. The world is watching our congress in Washington DC and their wild spending spree - and China refuses to support our debt.There has been a mad rush globally to dump the US$ - seems that Americans are the ONLY ONES NOT awake to the fate of our country with a fiat currency that will end up with money of no value.
Our politicians are in the pocket of multinational corporations. The only good our country will be worth will be our military to be the strong arm of the banksters with their headquarters in London.
It is to be pushing 65 degrees today ... hope all is well in everyone's world. Make sure you have your pantries full - running to the grocery store everyday to get what you need does not disclose adult consciousness of the world around us.
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