WeatherSpace.com is reporting that two volcanoes, on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula north of Japan, and one other volcano in Indonesia, erupted almost at the same time.
They erupted on March 12. They are considered to be connected to the big quake event in Japan. They are part of the Ring of Fire.
The Shinmoedake volcano on the southern island of Kyushu, has erupted, again. The volcano started erupting back in January. This was part of a series of volcanic events that lead some people to predict a major geologic event for Japan.
The volcano had settled down for the past two weeks, but now, after the big quake event, it has roared back to life. Witnesses say it is hurling huge boulders, and ash.
The weather forecast, for northern Honshu, is for a week of rain and snow. This will exacerbate landslide conditions. Already there have been 66 confirmed landslides.
An NHK reporter discovered, in an abandoned fishing town of Kesennuma, that fires that destroyed the city have spread to the country side.
No firefighting capabilities due to the destruction. Wild fires likely to spread.
The reporter talked to the few survivors in the area and they said the fire was spread by a fishing boat, that was on fire, being pushed around the city by the tsunami. Kesennuma was destroyed by flood and fire.
NHK is reporting that Meterological officials are predicting new earthquakes up to magnitude 7 are expected by Thursday, March 17. This would be followed by tsunami.
This is more evidence that a major geological upheaval is taking place under Japan’s main state of Honshu.
Japan’s NHK is reporting that Japanese car maker Toyota is extending its plant closers. Other auto manufactures are joining Toyota in closing down operation. These include, Honda and Nissan.
It is not damage to their factories that caused them to shut down, it is the near total destruction of Japans infrastructure. There is no power, and because roads are destroyed employees and supply of parts can not get to the factories.
The near total lose of infrastructure, in the northern half of the state of Honshu, guarantees that there will be no economic recovery for Japan, in the short run. The northern area of Honshu is home to many of Japan’s major factories. This include factories that are for other products, besides automobiles. If they can not operate, they can not sell anything. Don’t forget that the area’s agriculture industry has been wiped out.
The only way Japan can recover quickly is with economic help equal to what the United States provided after World War 2, and the U.S. is not able to do that now.
March 8, 2011, Chubbuck, Idaho.
I’m getting tired of U.S. media outlets constantly referring to the events in Libya as “more trouble in the Middle East”, or, “oil prices rising due to crisis in the Middle East” (and then showing video of Libya). Libya is not in the Middle East! Is this proof of the dumbing down of the U.S. Media? Ironically, Geography must not be important to media outlets that serve the Empire of the United States. Libya is in North Africa! Egypt, Libya, Tunis, Algiers, Morocco, these are the countries that make up the top half of North Africa. They are also countries that are continuously mislabeled as Middle Eastern. Just because there are a lot of Arabs (a branch of the Semitic) living there, and most of the people are Muslims, does not make it the Middle East.
Coca-Cola reported a third quarter profit for 2010. Russia being their biggest market, with 30% growth in the past year. Coke’s North American market (Canada, United States and Mexico) had only 2% growth. A very obvious sign, I think, of who has the money to spend.
Coca-Cola has figured out where the money is and has announced that it will invest $1 billion into their Russian operation, over the next five years. Another obvious sign, to me, that the U.S. economy isn’t ’bout to recover soon.
Who loves ya baby? Not the the United States. From Russia with love.
Australia is struggling to keep it’s lucrative agriculture industry booming. Some areas of Australia are dealing with the worst drought on record. Other areas are dealing with floods, and now Locust.
The struggles against Mother Nature in Australia will add to the growing price of agriculture commodities, and the looming Food Crisis.
The French Senate passed the controversial bill to increase the retirement age, as well as other rules. At last count there were 250 amendments to the bill. President Sarkozy issued a directive which allowed the Senate to vote without further deliberation.
Most university students, and union members, voted to continue strikes.
Part of the reforms include the number of years a worker must contribute to the retirement plan; increased to 41.5. The French reforms are still not as drastic as other countries, such as Greece or the United Kingdom (Britain).