After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the Japanese government concluded that their tsunami shelter guidelines were insufficient. Only now are they issuing the new guidelines!
The government study of tsunami shelter construction in Japan, revealed that such shelters would not hold up to a tsunami similar to the one that occurred in the Indian Ocean. […] Continue Reading…
After five years of research, a team of scientist, some from the University of Tokyo, have concluded that Tokyo Bay is set to experience a Mega Quake.
The research caused the geologists to realize the fault line, running under the Kanto area of Japan, is actually 10 km (6 miles) closer to the land’s surface, […] Continue Reading…
Masatoshi Miyazawa, an associate professor at Kyoto University’s Disaster Prevention Research Institute, says that after almost a year of study, he has concluded the March 11 Mega Quake caused a record number of ‘induced’ earthquakes.
He says that within 15 minutes of the magnitude 9 earthquake, at least 80 quakes were triggered on different fault […] Continue Reading…
March 6, 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said oil supply will drop. This is due to disruptions affecting non-OPEC countries.
This is probably the cause of increased fuel prices, but wait, there’s more! The EIA also says U.S. demand for petroleum is also going down. In fact, demand in the United States is […] Continue Reading…
March 6, 2012, after 46 days a natural gas rig fire has finally been put out. The rig is operated by Chevron, it is located in Nigeria.
The off shore gas rig blew up on January 16, killing two people. It eventually collapsed into the sea: “We cannot predict how long it will take to […] Continue Reading…
On March 5, 2012, Hoku International released its Quarterly 10-Q Report, ending December 2011.
Specifically their Pocatello, Idaho, Hoku Materials polysilicon operations (which has yet to actually begin operations) lost $28.4 million in the nine months ending on December 31, 2011.
Their 10-Q report blames part of the loss on Idaho Power’s electricity bills. Idaho Power […] Continue Reading…
March 6, 2012, Hoku International announced they will layoff about 20 employees at their Pocatello, polysilicon plant.
This comes after many delays in finishing the factory, and threats by Idaho Power to cut off electricity because Hoku hasn’t been paying its utility bill. Also, Hoku lost big money in 2011.
Officials with Hoku said the layoffs […] Continue Reading…
Lebanese media reporting that the French Ambassador to Syria has quietly driven into Lebanon. The ambassador and his diplomatic staff are in a convoy heading back to Pairs.
In the United Kingdom, the Syrian Ambassador made it clear to the British government that he will be leaving, after being called back by the Syrian government.
Canada […] Continue Reading…
Mexican health officials are reporting a 23% increase in H1N1 deaths, just in the past week!
So far 166 people have died from H1N1 swine flu, since January 1, 2012! Mexican officials claim that 89% of the deaths involve people who did not get vaccinated.
U.S. health officials are encouraging people to get vaccinated.
In Costa Rica, […] Continue Reading…
05 March 2012, Indonesian officials announced the death of the fifth 2012 victim of H5N1 bird flu.
A 48 year old man died on 03 March, after being treated at a local hospital. Doctors at the hospital say the man died from multiple organ failure. They are conducting tests to confirm the H5N1 infection. The […] Continue Reading…