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Fukushima, Influenza

Disaster 2024: Two weeks on, sudden deaths of survivors, food industry destroyed, quake standards failed!

This is a 14JAN2024 update to the 01JAN2024, 7.6 magnitude Richter scale (7  Japan Meteorological Agency [JMA] scale) earthquake in Japan.

Deaths of people that happened during the quake are now at 221, at least 22 people are still missing.  Almost 5-hundred people in 15 communities across Ishikawa Prefecture remain cut off because of damaged roads.

NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reports at least 13 survivors of the quakes and tsunamis have died from “sudden or chronic illness” after being in an evacuation center! Survivors in evacuation centers are reporting lack of food, water, not being able to bathe, and conditions so cramped that they cannot stretch their legs.  389 evacuation sites still have no water or electrical power, those evacuation centers have a combined estimated 19-thousand-14 survivors!

As of 13JAN2024, “…142 people were infected with acute respiratory infections such as the coronavirus and influenza, and 24 people with gastrointestinal infections such as the norovirus. According to a survey by the JSIPC, flu patients were confirmed in 18 out of 460 evacuation centers.”

Nikkei Asia revealed that the quake “…destroyed homes that had been thought to meet stringent seismic standards…”, officials assume that decades of smaller quakes eventually weakened the once quake resistant buildings.

The fishing industry along the Noto Peninsula is shutdown due to the loss of many boats, and the harbors where boats docked are no longer usable because the earthquake thrust the land under the water upward, as well as shifting the coastline by more than 8-hundred feet.  The Japan News reports that “…more than 50 fishing ports were damaged by ground uplift among other factors, and at least 145 fishing boats were capsized, sunk or stranded by the tsunami. An assessment of the damage is ongoing, and the actual damage may be more extensive than currently reported.”

Local farmers say their land is no longer usable.  The United States Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service reported that across Ishikawa Prefecture the number of livestock farmers (ranchers) negatively affected by the quake will increase.

Science: Mysterious seismic swarm foreshadowed monster Japan earthquake.

The Japan Times warned that it has been three centuries since Mount Fuji erupted, and also revealed that most Japanese don’t think it will, even though the Kanagawa Prefectural government is preparing: “The sunlight would be blocked out, meaning there would be no visibility. You couldn’t use your car. Even if you walked, ash would get into your eyes and mouth. You might think that if you get to the hospital then you would be alright, but that assumption also breaks down. We want to avoid as much tragedy as possible in a situation where there is nothing much we can do.”-Hideaki Anan, Medical Crisis Countermeasures for Kanagawa Prefecture

Disaster 2024: ONE WEEK SINCE NOTO PENINSULA QUAKE, MORE QUAKES, SNOW, COVID!

Fukushima

Disaster 2024: One week since Noto Peninsula Quake, more quakes, snow, CoViD!

The administrators of Japan’s Noto Peninsula and Ishikawa Prefecture gave an update to the 7.6 magnitude Richter scale (7  Japan Meteorological Agency [JMA] scale) earthquake on 01JAN2024: The fire that resulted from that quake destroyed at least 2-hundred structures.

As many as 323 people are still missing, at least 168 people confirmed dead.

Aftershocks continue, including a 6-JMA magnitude quake in the town of Shika.  However, the JMA continues to doubt the accuracy of their seismographs due to so many quakes happening over a widespread area, they suspect many shockwaves are interfering with, or possibly amplifying, results on seismographs.

More than 1-thousand-5-hundred houses collapsed/damaged.

The weight of heavy snow could cause more buildings to collapse.

More than 29-thousand people now in evacuation centers.

Many local municipalities have already exhausted their stockpiles of disaster relief items, typically these items are only enough for three days of relief.

At least one evacuation center is reporting a CoViD-19 outbreak.  Other diseases are also being reported at all evacuation centers: “Sanitary conditions at shelters are seriously deteriorating. The number of people infected with COVID-19 and influenza is increasing.”-Shigeru Sakaguchi, Mayor of Wajima City

Noto Airport closed due to damaged runways, administrators hope to have the runways repaired by 25JAN2024.

The 01JAN2024 quake created 2-hundred meters of new coastline.

Disaster 2024: JAPAN HIT BY MASSIVE QUAKE, FIRES, LIQUEFACTION, TSUNAMIS!

PANDĒMUS TOTALITARIAN, 2024: ‘PANDEMIC MEDICAL RESPONSE’ NOW PART OF U.S. DOMESTIC COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT!

U.S.

U.S. Disaster: National Guard preps for ‘Big One’ in the Wabash Valley, riots & CBRN events expected!

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Are you prepared for a catastrophic earthquake in an area known as the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (aka Wabash Valley Fault System)?  According to the Central United States Earthquake Consortium, “The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone is located in Southeastern Illinois and Southwestern Indiana and it is capable of producing M7.0 earthquakes.”

During the second week of June 2023, Air and Army National Guard units from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio conducted earthquake response training, on the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Indiana.

Kentucky Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Benjamin Crane, 09JUN2023.

The Kentucky Army National Guard practiced using ‘raft bridges’ to transport vehicles and people across the river, expecting that local bridges would be destroyed by the quake.

Kentucky Army National Guard video showing you how to build a ‘raft bridge’.  Video by Sergeant First Class Andrew Dickson, edited by me:

The training event was officially called Homeland Defender 2023, and also involved local emergency responders, and Verizon’s Frontline-Emergency Network operators: “This was a full-scale exercise with the purpose to integrate local, state, federal and military assets, as well as the private sector, to provide support to local authorities during a disaster response.”-Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Railey, Indiana National Guard Joint Force Headquarters

Indiana Air National Guard video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023:

The emergency responders included the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Indiana Task Force 1, Indiana Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team, Monroe Fire Protection District, Indiana State Police, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and Fort Wayne Police Department.

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

The training involved almost every possible scenario: “We had everything from water rescue operations to collapsed buildings and civil unrest…”-Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Railey, Indiana National Guard Joint Force Headquarters

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

Even robot ‘dogs’ were used during the quake riot training: “The Air National Guard has a civil disturbance responsibility. The security forces squadron acts as an aid to civilian authorities in case there’s a civil disturbance that gets too big or out of hand.”-Major Joseph Williams, Indiana Air National Guard

Indiana Air National Guard video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023:

Indiana Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant L. Roland Sturm, 10JUN2023.

A Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) scenario involved recovering bodies from a contamination event! Indiana Air National Guard CBRN video by Airman First Class Amber Anderson, 10JUN2023:

Regarding a possible industrial chemical disaster, the area of concern has already experienced several real CBRN events this year:  The Wabash Valley is going to be the home of the largest ‘carbon capture’ operation in the U.S., involving ammonia nitrates!  Local water municipalities are already testing at high rates of PFAS in the drinking water! Don’t forget the recent evacuations caused by a recycling facility fire! And in February, the Hydrite Chemical Company spilled  “a large amount of ammonia” which damaged the local drinking water treatment filters!

Saint Charles County Government: About Wabash Valley Seismic Zone

Indiana University: Reflection Seismic Profiling of the Wabash Valley Fault

U.S. Geological Survey: Earthquake Hazard in the Heart of the Homeland

07FEB2023:

U.S. Disaster 2023:  REAL C-B-R-N EVENT, OHIO & WEST VIRGINIA DEPLOYED! OBVIOUS THAT OFFICIALS ARE LYING!

HURRICANE CITADEL GALE AIMS FOR THE U.S. NAVY!

U.S.

FEMA Region 10: Hot Water venting from Cascadia Subduction Zone!

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Recently, the University of Washington announced the discovery of “warm, chemically distinct liquid shooting up from the seafloor about 50 miles off Newport, Oregon.”

Video of the underwater vent named Pythias Oasis:

KCPQ news report:

FEMA Region 10, 2023: ULTIMATE CADUCEUS; “SURGE THE SYSTEM”, MASS-MED-EVACUATION!

FEMA Region 10, June 2022: CASCADIA MEGATHRUST EVENT; U.S. ARMY PREPS FOR “SUPER BOWL OF DISASTERS”!

FEMA Region 10, January 2022: CASCADIA AIRLIFT; JUST IN CASE YOU GET ISOLATED BY THE MASSIVE QUAKE & TSUNAMI

FEMA Region 10, 2021: CASCADIA RISING; PREP FOR “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

U.S.

Cascadia Megathrust Event: U.S. Army preps for “Super Bowl of disasters”!

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“If and when Cascadia happens, the whole West Coast is going to experience upset conditions. Things are going to be upside down.”-Erik Petersen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Portland District-Willamette Valley Operations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland and Seattle Districts, are concerned about the 30 dams in Oregon and Washington, and the coming 9.2 magnitude megathrust earthquake known as the Cascadia Event.

Blue River Dam, Oregon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Chris Gaylord, 15JUN2022.

During FEMA’s (Federal Emergency Management Agency) 14-16JUN2022 Cascadia Rising training days, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inspected those 30 dams, saying “It’s the Super Bowl of disasters for emergencies, and you’ve got to have a team, you’ve got to practice, you’ve got to have some scrimmages, you’ve got to play some games, and you’ve got to go the playoffs before you get to the Super Bowl.”-Mark McKay, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Portland District Catastrophic Disaster Response Program

After Japan’s 11MAR2011 quake and tsunami, geologists and seismologist working for the U.S. government ‘got woke’ to the fact that old stories about an even bigger event hitting the Pacific Northwest of North America might be true, and a review of historical data, and new research, showed there really is a Super Bowl of disasters waiting to strike.  The last estimated magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami to hit the Pacific Northwest coastline was on  26JAN1700.  The geologic data shows the Cascadia Event is relatively cyclic, meaning you can somewhat expect such a disaster every so many hundreds of years, and some Earth science ‘experts’ say it is overdue.

Blue River Dam, Oregon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Chris Gaylord, 15JUN2022.

The inspection of the dams a week ago is not the first time, Army Corps of Engineers have spent several year now prepping the dam sites they are responsible for.  One of those preparations is regular seismic studies and risk assessments of the dams. Another is to install briefcase sized battery powered satellite communications systems on at least a dozen remote dam sites. The age of electronic communications/social media has an Achilles Heel; electric power and communication links.  The megathrust quake is expected to destroy any old fashioned communication transmission lines (both buried and telephone poles), as well electrical power transmission, cell phone service will also go down.  People will need battery operated radios and/or phones that directly connect to satellites (Amateur Radio Emergency Services-Cascadia June 2022).

Blue River Dam, Oregon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Chris Gaylord, 15JUN2022.

During this year’s Cascadia Rising event, the Corps of Engineers also realized they needed to stockpile food and water for the personnel who would be working on the remote dams after such a disaster.

The Corps of Engineers revealed another problem; all the dam reservoirs are the fullest they’ve been in the past few years, due to heavy late Spring rains. If the megathrust was to pop now, then all that extra water will exacerbate efforts to prevent rivers from flooding downstream.

Cougar Dam, Oregon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Chris Gaylord, 15JUN2022.

Yet another problem, pointed out during this year’s exercise, is that there might not be anywhere for helicopters to land: “If the earthquake hits, this parking lot might not even be here.”-Helicopter pilot who flew Local Damage Assessment Team (LDAT) to the top of Cougar Dam, in Oregon, during Cascadia Rising 2022

Parking lot ‘landing zone’ at Cougar Dam, Oregon. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Chris Gaylord, 15JUN2022.

FEMA’s worst case scenario is a tsunami up to 80 feet high, more than a million buildings damaged, thousands of people dead, even more injured and homeless, and that is if the epicenter was near the city of Florence, Oregon.  The epicenter could actually be anywhere along the 7-hundred mile Cascadia Subduction Zone, which stretches from Northern California to British Columbia.

King County, Washington, tries to show you what the Cascadia Megathrust Event will look like:

Washington Emergency Management Division: Cascadia Rising 2022 (CR22) Exercise Series

Lincoln County, Oregon: Community Participation Cascadia Rising

Disaster, May 2022: CASCADIA RISING, F-E-M-A PREPARATIONS, CANADA ONBOARD!

Idaho, International, U.S.

Disaster 2022: Cascadia Rising, FEMA preparations, Canada onboard!

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“The physical devastation will be significant, and the humanitarian impacts will be felt far beyond the earthquake zone. Now is the time to come together, question, and challenge our plan so that when one of the biggest natural disasters to strike our nation takes place, we are ready to act.”-Willie G. Nunn, FEMA Region 10

In the past week the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region 10 conducted Cascadia Rising 2022 Rehearsal of Concept ‘pre-exercise’ (also calling it a “discussion-based exercise”) at the Pierce County Readiness Center on Camp Murray, Washington.

FEMA refers to the coming Cascadia disaster as CSZ Earthquake and Tsunami. CSZ stands for Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Giant floor map used in the recent Cascadia Rising exercise.

A much larger multi-state exercise is scheduled for June 2022, involving the National Guard of the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, as well as various tribes and federal agencies, Department of Defense, and the Canadian Province of British Colombia.

KING5 connects CoViD with Cascadia:

Oregon creates new Cascadia proof Treasury building:

Washington State’s Emergency Management Division says having an old fashioned radio is key to survival:

Blind Bat News 2018: IDAHO MILITIA PROVIDES ITS OWN CELL SERVICE, TO SURVIVE COMING NATURAL DISASTER?

‘Cascadia Rising’ exercises have been ongoing since 2016.

Cascadia Airlift: JUST IN CASE YOU GET ISOLATED BY THE MASSIVE QUAKE & TSUNAMI

Cascadia Rising 2021: OPERATION BLACK WIND, BREMERTON HIT BY MASSIVE QUAKE & CONTAMINATION?

“…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

U.S. Disaster 2022: U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES UNDER FIRE! GRATEFUL CHILD THANKS NATIONAL GUARD AS FIRE APPROACHES HOMES!

Alarm Black: In February 2022, the Idaho National Guard prepared for manmade and natural disasters on Gowen Field.

Hurricane 2021: U.S. ARMY LOVES GIANT MAPS, FEMA PREPS FOR NATION-WIDE DISASTERS + PANDEMIC!

Fukushima 2011:BOOKS THAT TELL YOU HOW TO ESCAPE A NATURAL DISASTER, YOU CAN’T RELY ON YOUR CELL PHONES

U.S.

Cascadia Airlift: Just in case you get isolated by the massive Quake & Tsunami

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“The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate a proof-in-concept that Kingsley Field is capable of hosting large-scale cargo aircraft in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone natural disaster.”– Lieutenant Colonel Chris Wright, 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard

In June 2019, the Oregon Air National Guard conducted the Cascadia Airlift disaster response exercise. It also included active U.S. Air Force units from Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas, and Yokota Air Base in Japan.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Adam Smith, 07JUN2019.

The aircrews flew over the Astoria area of Oregon, practicing dropping humanitarian supplies from their C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.  Oregon’s Kingsley Field has been selected as a location that might still be accessible after a CSZ (Cascadia Subduction Zone) event, and thereby allow government disaster response personnel to operate from.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Adam Smith, 03JUN2019.

Oregon Air National Guard music video report, by Airman First Class Adam Smith, about the 2019 Cascadia Airlift Exercise:

But this was not the first Cascadia Airlift exercise, the first one was in July 2018, also in Oregon. This involved C-130Js from Arkansas and Oregon’s 173rd Fighter Wing, on Kingsley Field. This shows the concern over a CSZ as the 173rd operates F-15 Eagle fighters, not C-130J cargo planes: “…we don’t normally host airlift. It was a blank slate and first proof-of-concept.”-Lieutenant Colonel Chris Wright, 173rd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Adam Smith, 14JUL2018.

Oregon Air National Guard music video report, by Staff Sergeant Riley Johnson and Technical Sergeant Jason Van Mourik, about the 2018 Cascadia Airlift Exercise:

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a fault that extends more than 6-hundred miles up the Pacific Coast, from Northern California to Canada, and historically (about every 3-hundred years) has generate 9+ magnitude catastrophic earthquakes, followed by massive tsunamis.

Cascadia Rising 2021: OPERATION BLACK WIND; BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, HIT BY MASSIVE QUAKE & CONTAMINATION?

Cascadia Rising: Idaho, Oregon, Washington PREP FOR 2022, “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

U.S.

Cascadia Rising: Operation Black Wind, Bremerton hit by massive quake & contamination?

“To our knowledge, this is the first time, at least at Navy Medicine commands, to have a fire engine pump hundreds of gallons of water to a DECON team to use in helping decontaminate patients.”-Terry Lerma, Naval Hospital Bremerton emergency manager

Preparations for the overdue Cascadia Event continues, this time striking the U.S. Navy’s hospital on Bremerton, Washington.

During the second week of July 2021, Naval Hospital Bremerton conducted Operation Black Wind (in conjunction with Citadel Rumble) to assess how to respond to a catastrophic natural disaster.

U.S. Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, 15JUL2021.

Operation Black Wind’s scenario is set immediately after ‘a sudden and significant seismic event’ that lasted for at least one minute.  It also involved military personnel becoming sick due to a haz-mat truck overturning as a result of the quake.  The scenario of massive amounts of hazardous materials being released and affecting the local population has only recently been added to the U.S. Department of Defense/FEMA’s disaster response training.

Citadel Rumble is a yearly large scale U.S. Navy ‘all hazard exercise’ held across the West Coast of the United States: “This exercise readies our personnel for response and recovery before, during and after a natural disaster or other all-hazard events. Installations in our West Coast regions face risk of damaging earthquakes and wildfire encroachment, so this training is vital to expedite recovery and maintain mission readiness should such events occur.”– Mark Sinder, Director of Operations for Commander, Navy Installations Command

Cascadia Rising:

PREP FOR 2022, “…EXTRAORDINARY LEVELS OF MASS CASUALTIES…”!

Technology, U.S.

Disaster prep 2021: Alaska gets new D-R-M-K-T

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Alaska is known for Ring of Fire earthquakes and volcanoes, so far this year lots of quakes, and the United States Geological Survey/Alaska Volcano Observatory lists five volcanoes as “restless” and even raised alert levels for some.

Alaska Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Julie Avey.

On 09JUL2021, the Alaska Air National Guard tried a new-to-them piece of disaster response equipment; the Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT).

Alaska ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Julie Avey.

The 168th Wing Services trained-up on the DRMKT by preparing lunch for fellow Guard personnel.

Alaska ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Julie Avey.

It’s all part of efforts to prepare for natural disasters in the Arctic-Pacific region.

Alaska ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Julie Avey.

“The DRMKT provides us with the remote capabilities we need to include generator and water sources. We are always training, and with this new DRMKT, we are even more prepared to respond when called upon.”-Technical Sergeant JeanPaul Williams, 168th Services Superintendent

The company that makes the DRMKT, Babington Technologies, retails the disaster response kitchen for $750-thousand.

Hurricane prep 2021: GEORGIA MILITIA WARMS-UP THE D-R-M-K-T

U.S. Wildfire prep 2021: ALASKA AIRBORNE RED CARD

Pacific Ring of Fire, May 2021: WARNINGS FOR ALASKA, HAWAII & WASHINGTON

International

Warnings for Alaska, Hawaii & Washington: Pacific Ring of Fire, as of 28MAY2021

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Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, as of Gregorian 28 May 2020:

An earthquake lasted 32 years, and scientists want to know how.
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CANADA: “There are volcanoes in Canada….. all on the West Coast.”

Fracking likely to cause more earthquakes in British Colombia.
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ECUADOR: Alert level raised for Sangay Volcano!

New algae species found in Antisana volcano.
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FIJI: 6.5 magnitude quake.

GUATEMALA: Video shows man running towards erupting volcano!

HONDURAS:

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sergeant Lauren Brune.

 On 20MAY2021, it was revealed that U.S. taxpayers helped fund a new helicopter landing pad in Tegucigalpa, it is intended for disaster response use.

INDONESIA:  Mount Sinabung’s recent volcanic eruption, why it happened and who are at risk.

JAPAN: 5.1 mag quake.

5.4 magnitude earthquake.

Scientists just dug the deepest ocean hole in history.

Portable lighting system, USMC photo by Lance Corporal Malik Lewis.

U.S. Marine Corps personnel with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct disaster relief (humanitarian assistance) training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, 19-21MAY2021.

MEXICO: Tallest volcano in the world.

5 mag quake.

NEW ZEALAND:  Triple Tsunami recorded!

PERU: 5.3 mag quake.

TONGA: 5 magnitude quake.

5.7 mag quake.

UNITED STATES:  A Volcanic Eruption In The Southwest U.S. Could Surprise Us Soon.

All West Coast residents can now receive earthquake warnings on their phones.
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Alaska; USGS issues ‘Red’ warning for Great Sitkin Volcano.

“…the largest chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear exercise held in Alaska.”-Colonel Anthony Mortrud, Alaska National Guard

National Guard units from several states (Alaska, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Idaho, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin) conducted a massive disaster response exercise between 17th and 20th of May.  At least 250 people took part in what was called Exercise ORCA 2021:

California; Rare tsunami danger threatens San Diego coast, experts warn it could destroy businesses (no duh).

Lake Tahoe continues to shake.

USMC photo by Lance Corporal Austin Fraley.

U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, conduct a simulated earthquake/disaster Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) 16MAY2021, on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, California.

Hawaii; “I think we would expect signs of repressurization…”

Kilauea Stops Erupting.

Earthquake Hits Beneath South Flank of Volcano.
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Volcanic eruptions, hurricanes affect rainfall.
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Northern Mariana Islands; 5 mag quake.
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Utah; 

U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sergeant First Class Brent C. Powell.

Utah Army National Guard’s Camp Williams was the site of the U.S. Army Reserve’s Exercise Vibrant Response 21.  The training was meant to test the ability of headquarters (administration) units to respond to natural disasters.

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Pacific Ring of Fire, 08-14 March 2020:  THE PERFECT FEAR