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FEMA Region 4, FEMA Region 6, contamination events!

“…..a disaster caused by an explosion where patients are exposed to chemical, nuclear and biological warfare.”-Lieutenant Colonel Joseph McDaniel, Texas National Guard

In the first couple weeks of December 2019, FEMA Regions 4 and 6 were hit with CBRNE (Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive, pronounced ‘see-burn’) events.

National Guard units from several states were deployed to Texas and Florida.

Video report, FEMA Region 6 contamination event held in Texas:

Video interviews with Florida National Guard, FEMA Region 4:

Taxpayers should wonder why FEMA is increasingly including chemical, biological and nuclear warfare in its disaster response training.

Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 4=Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

FEMA Region 6= Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

FEMA Region 10, Idaho State University awarded more than $1 million to build Disaster Response Complex

TYPHOON & WMD EVENT? FEMA DEPLOYS HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD TO GUAM!

Typhoon & WMD event? FEMA deploys Hawaii National Guard to Guam!

For the second time a FEMA disaster event hit Guam.  During the last half of November 2019, Hawaii National Guard’s 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team deployed to assist Guam’s National Guard in responding to a Mass Destruction event.

In this video, emergency responders inspect a school hit by WMD, dramatic medivac of responder who got contaminated during inspection:

Guam is part of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Region 9, according to reports the U.S. island territory was hit by both a typhoon and a WMD terrorist attack!  Emergency responders from California, New Mexico, Alaska, and Utah also provided assistance.

Fortunately this was part of what is now standard FEMA training for National Guard units across all the FEMA Regions, called Vigilant Guard.

Official video report, Vigilant Guard 2020:

Silly-vilians should be concerned, every year since the creation of Vigilant Guard the scenarios have gotten more elaborate because the U.S. Department of Defense, and FEMA, are expecting something really big to happen.

NEW JERSEY MILITIA ROBOT RESPONDS TO WMD CRIME SCENE

THE U.S. MILITARY TRAINS TO SAVE YOUR PET FROM DISASTER!

New Jersey militia robot responds to WMD crime scene

27 October 2019 (02:27 UTC-07 Tango 06) 05 Aban 1398/27 Safar 1441/29 Jia-Xu 4717

New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.

On 23OCT2019, the National Guard’s 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) Talon-4 robot was deployed in response to a potential WMD crime scene.

New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.

Talon-4 was used to conduct an initial inspection of the scene, before humans went in.

New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.

The ‘crime scene’ was inside a New Jersey commuter train.  National Guard personnel suited-up to inspect the scene for themselves.

New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.

Samples were taken and everything turned out okay.

New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen.

It was all part of training for New Jersey’s 21st WMD-CST, which supports silly-vilian (civilian) authorities in responding to man-made or natural disasters by identifying chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear substances, assess the consequences, and advises on response measures.

ARKANSAS HIT BY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, USAF SCRAMBLED!

OPERATION JUPITER: RUSSIAN CBRN TEAMS DEPLOYED! ROBOTS WILL SAVE US?

CERFP hit the fan in Illinois!

C-ERFP stands for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Enhanced Response Force Package (ERFP).   It happened in Illinois at the end of July 2019.  Did you hear about it?

The Illinois National Guard’s CERFP unit is responsible for Search and Extraction, Decontamination, and Medical Treatment of victims of human-made or natural disasters.

They conducted CERFP training at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, 26JUL2019, focusing on rescuing people from a collapsed building.  Ooh, looks like that one lost its head as well as its clothes!

Here’s video of how they’ll rescue your sorry butt during a disaster in a ‘contaminated’ area:

 

RESCUING DOGS, AND DOGS WHO’LL RESCUE YOU!

IDAHO BLACK HAWKS HEAD SOUTH, DOWN CENTRAL AMERICA WAY, FOR MASS CASUALTY EVAC!

ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE IN WISCONSIN, OPERATION PATRIOT NORTH IS UNDERWAY!

“lost in time”: Pacific Ring of Fire, July 2019

Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, July 2019.  Not only is quake and volcano activity ramping up around the Pacific Ring of Fire, it’s ramping up around the planet.

A new business report says seismic surveys “can grow into the most important market in the world that has played an important role in making progressive impacts on the global economy.” 

Predicting earthquake hazards from wastewater injection (fracking)

Mystery of Sea of Galilee quakes solved; caused by Israel pumping out excessive amounts of water

Mars-quakes suggest Mars is less Earth-like than we thought

More proof it’s not humans causing ice melt as Lake of Bubbling Lava Discovered on Remote Antarctic Island

AUSTRALIA: Seismic air guns used by oil industry are literally knocking sealife off balance

Earthquake near Broome may have released ‘100 times more energy’ than Newcastle tremor

Experts ‘Can’t Explain’ Cluster Of Earthquakes

CANADA:  British Columbia’s largest underwater volcano reveals lifeforms “lost in time”

6.3 quake hits offshore BC, 13 hours before twin big quakes hit California

CHILE:   According to the Ministry of Interior (Homeland), 43% of all natural disasters recorded in Chile since 1960 happened between 2014 and 2017.

Nevados de Chillán eruption spews incandescent material 

CHINA: More proof you can’t blame humans for climate change; Study suggests volcanoes do more damage to the ozone layer than anything humans have done.

Wandan mud volcano erupted again

Man arrested, because only in China is it a crime to make fun of deadly earthquakes

COLOMBIA:  And for more proof you can’t blame humans for climate change, anybody remember the TV show Space 1999?  Turns out the Moon is being pushed from the Earth right, although slowly and not by nuclear waste explosion, but the catastrophic climate change results are the same as in Space 1999: “Earth’s tidal strength is gradually pushing the moon away from us at a rate of about 3 centimeters a year. Therefore, the moon is indeed a potential ploonet once it reaches an unstable orbit.”-Mario Sucerquia, University of Antioquia

The U.S. Navy conducted ‘subject matter expert exchanges’ with Colombian counterparts, including a FEMA Disaster Training course.  The object is to unify disaster response techniques: “It’s cool to see the differences in how we perform similar treatments. We are picking up different ideas from each other, which will improve our abilities, and this training will allow us to integrate easily when we operate jointly.”-Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dennis Hueston

COSTA RICA: averages 350 earthquakes each month, or about 12 each day

5.5 Quake Shakes Guanacaste 

For some reason a first ever National Earthquake Simulation will be conducted.

EL SALVADOR:  5.7 quake, 31JUL2019

4.3 quake, 28JUL2019

4.8 quake, 10JUL2019

FIJI: 5.0 quake, 30JUL2019

4.8 quake, 25JUL2019

5.7 earthquake day before big quakes in California

GUATEMALA:  Santiaguito volcano has been fairly calm for the last couple of years, with 10-15 daily explosions. At the beginning of the month a new episode of higher activity began with stronger and more frequent (35-40 daily) explosions and more lava extrusion- blocks have been seen rolling off the Caliente dome. 

After a 2012 earthquake, requiring the rebuilding of hospitals, long term investigations revealed that the taxpayer funded socialized healthcare system was making rich politicians even richer!

HONDURAS: U.S. Marines and U.S. Army personnel are on standby in Honduras,  at Soto Cano Air Base, to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the event of emergencies in the region.

INDONESIA: Teenagers steal earthquake detector, sell it on Facebook

Tangkuban Perahu blows up

villagers near active volcano refuse to relocate

5.0 quake, 28JUL2019

4.6 quake, 28JUL2019

Tsunami warning issued after 7.1 magnitude earthquake

JAPAN:  Earthquake of 6.0 magnitude rocks Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo

volcanic eruption observed on Aso-san

6.1 quake near Amami

Fukushima fishing port hit by 2011 tsunami reopens 8 years later

Study says rare oarfish sightings do not mean an earthquake is about to happen

U.S. Army Garrison Japan (Camp Zama) announced preparations for an ‘all hands’ Emergency Evacuation Program for military personnel and their families, to be held in May: “Everyone who would potentially be an evacuee has to process through. Either their sponsor has to go through or one member of the family has to go through.”-Will Luna, garrison emergency manager

KOREA: 2.1 quake near Goseong

3.9 quake near Sangju

Quake east of Donghae

MEXICO:  4.0 offshore Oaxaca, 31JUL2019

4.0 offshore Oaxaca, 30JUL2019

Mount Popo erupts, yet again, watch ash cloud rise towards the satellite 

Series of small quakes hit Mexico City

4.7 in Acapulco

NEW CALEDONIA:  4.9 southeast of Loyalty Islands

NEW ZEALAND: Two 5.0 quakes, 30JUL2019

4.2 quake, 29JUL2019

Shallow earthquake felt widely in Christchurch

PANAMA:  5.0 quake, 29JUL2019

4.1 quake, 26JUL2019

4.2 quake, 22JUL2019

PAPUA NEW GUINEA:  6.2 quake

Volcano – Emergency Plan of Action

6.4 hits north of Kandrian, New Britain 

PERU: 5.1 quake, 23JUL2019

Volcano Erupts in Stunning Images Captured by Russian Satellite

State of emergency declared in 12 districts due to volcanic activity

West Virginia National Guard instructed Peruvian military on medevac (medical evacuation) ops: “The training they received will help them be better prepared to provide advanced emergency medical treatment to their countrymen and women during times of disaster….”-Master Sergeant Evan McDonough

PHILIPPINES:  2-hundred aftershocks in Batanes province, after at least eight people were killed

5.7 quake, 27JUL2019

5.9 quake, 26JUL2019

5.7 quake, 12JUL2019

5.5 quake, 09JUL2019

Hawaii National Guard met with their Filipino counter parts to conduct an Incident Awareness and Assessment (IAA) Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) conference “… to develop standard operating procedures to use during Humanitarian and Disaster Response (HADR) operations”, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Captain Rene Datugan.

RUSSIA: 4.8 quake eastern Siberia, 31JUL2019

5.0 quake Kuril Islands, 18JUL2019

4.7 quake Kamchatka, 18JUL2019

5.0 quake Kuril Islands, 10JUL2019

TONGA: 4.8 quake, 31JUL2019

5.1 quake, 25JUL2019

5.0 quake, 12JUL2019

5.0 quake, 09JUL2019

UNITED STATES: 

Alaska;  Earthquake Repairs at Anchorage Schools Could Top $150M

4.1 quake hits central Alaska

Major earthquake reveals Port of Alaska money troubles, could result in another taxpayer funded ‘bridge to nowhere’

mysterious geologic event that is emitting fire, steam and a sulfur smell baffles residents and officials 

California;  Everything you thought you knew about earthquake insurance is wrong

Watch 30 Years Of Earthquakes Rock California In This Remarkable Animation

Earthquake Hit Exceedingly Rare 1-inch Pupfish With 10-Foot Waves

Upcoming Latino online news format mitú admitted that many Californians don’t speak English and that disaster response announcements failed to consider that, they also made fun of the stupid ‘white’ people’s reaction to the big quakes: “Some Latinos questioned the dramatic reactions of others, since Latin America knows earthquakes all too well.” (I’m not Latino, but having lived through many big quakes in Iran in the early 1970s and in California in the early 1990s, I agree with mitú’s assessment)

How Two Big Earthquakes Triggered 16,000 More

 DID U.S. Air Force KNOW CALIFORNIA WAS ABOUT TO BE HIT? Conducts base quake drill one month prior.

U.S. NAVY & AIR FORCE BASES HIT BY CALIFORNIA QUAKES!

Because of the secret nature of China Lake Naval Air Station (NAS), the California Seismic Safety Commission has been unable to go in and check out what is happening

25JUL2019, 4.7 quake epicenter directly under China Lake NAS

Colorado; Super-volcano near the town of Creede

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Hawaii;  Now home to the world’s largest volcano

protesters fighting new telescope on sacred volcano

On Oahu, military personnel from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Philippines, as well as Hawaii and Oregon National Guard units, converged for CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) training, focusing on rescuing civilians from their homes, or places of employment.

Georgia National Guard serve meals from a Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer during Innovative Readiness Training at Camp Paumalu Girl Scout Camp, 15JUL2019.  Pennsylvania Guard units, as well as Air Force Reserve unites from California, also took part in the ‘real-world construction mission’.

Idaho;  Super-volcano near Island Park, known as Huckleberry Ridge or First Phase Yellowstone.

At the end of July, California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Squadron conducted training at Idaho’s Gowen Field.

Montana; Check out Earthquake Lake

Nevada; California quakes kill man in Nevada?

Nevada politicians demanding federal government re-evaluate nuke waste storage system after California quakes

Oregon; Crater Lake first volcano measured by NASA’s Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System

A tectonic plate is dying under Oregon. Here’s why that matters

Politicians renege on funding for quake warning system

5.4 quake

new tsunami zone building law puts Oregonians in danger

Oregon coast will be ‘toast’ when Big One hits; politicians will make devastation even worse

Washington;  Quake pushes Seattle closer to Canada

More tsunami evacuation towers planned

how a 9.0 earthquake would affect Washington

U.S. Coast Guard conducted rescue training with dogs, in Warrenton, 17JUL2019.

Wyoming;  Earthquakes, not Yellowstone volcano, biggest threat

Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser approaching record number of eruptions

VANUATU: 5.0 quake, 31JUL2019

Staring into the evil eye of Mount Yasur

5.6 quake, 06JUL2019

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, June 2019: “UN DESPICHE TOTAL”

National Guard deployed, 7.7 New Madrid quake!

Idaho Wild Fires 2019: MD-87 water bomber, new King Air FAC

23 July 2019-23:43 UTC-07 Tango 06 (02 Mordad 1398/21 Dhu l-Qa’da 1440/22 Xin-Wei 4717)

The fires keep burning in eastern Idaho.  Things got so hot today that evacuations of ‘non-essential personnel’ were ordered near the Idaho National Laboratory’s nuclear jet engine and EBR-1 nuclear-disaster-reactor,  due to the rapid expansion of the ‘Sheep Fire’ (about 85-thousand acres, 34398 hectares).

MD-87 (foreground) and DC-10 (background) tankers rolling in from their latest east Idaho mission. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

The Sheep Fire is just one of dozens of wild fires in Idaho right now so, once again, the little used Pocatello Airport was put to good use by water bombers from 10 Tanker Air Carrier and Erickson Aero Tanker.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

A little bird water bomber heads out. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

A new U.S. Forest Service King Air 250 FAC (Forward Air Controller) taking off. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

King Air ‘FAC’: Forest Service buys its first lead plane in almost 40 years

The King Air passes by the incoming DC-10. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

A familiar sight ever since the big fires of 2012. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Home for the night. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

WILD FIRES 2019: DC-10, IDAHO’S 911

All hell breaks loose in Wisconsin, operation Patriot North is underway!

Video, Nebraska National Guard UH-72 Lakota joins the fun:

Food insecurity, unemployment, failed national and local governments, and non-stop natural disasters leading to race riots and civil war.  It’s July 2019 and Wisconsin is ground zero for Patriot North 2019 DomOps (Domestic Operations).

New Hampshire Air National Guard medic treats a ‘person’ wounded by a ‘zombie’ at Camp Douglas.

Apparently various National Guard focused  ‘patriot’ operations are not called patriot because they’re trying to be patriotic, the ‘patriot’ exercises are a directive of the Patriot Act signed into law after the 9-11 attacks.

Official video explaining The Burn Pit:

Starting the third week of July, Air and Army National Guard units from across the United States converged upon Volk Field and Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, for a massive domestic ‘natural-or-man-made’ disaster response exercise.

Video of Texas National Guard C-130H landing on dirt:

More than 7-hundred federal and local government employees, civilian volunteers and National Guard personnel from more than 20 states are taking part in the inter-agency operation, in preparation for catastrophic events.

Video, various National Guard C-130H Hercules rolling into Wisconsin, off-loading personnel, rescue dogs and equipment:

Patriot South 2019 was already held, in Georgia, back in March.  Watch this official promo video and be afraid of what your government is expecting:

June 2019: ARKANSAS HIT BY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE, USAF SCRAMBLED!

Tornado prep, USAF style: TORNADO & FLOOD FACTS, ACCORDING TO THE USAF, HOW TO PREP!

Arkansas hit by unknown substance, USAF scrambled!

“Our job could be the difference between people surviving or not.”-Airman First Class Sydney Eleuteri, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron

While parts of Arkansas were hit by floods in June, 2019, Little Rock Air Force Base was hit by an ‘unknown substance’ that sent emergency responders scrambling.

19th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management journeyman, takes a sample of an unknown substance found on Little Rock AFB, 12JUN2019.

Don’t worry (too much) it was all part of monthly CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) training meant to keep their ‘combat edge’: “We train everybody in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive defense to be ready at the drop of a hat…..

I love learning the science behind my job! If I wasn’t in the military, I wouldn’t be able to do any of this….”-Airman 1st Class Candace Carrico, 19th Civil Engineer Squadron

EARTHQUAKE: DID USAF KNOW CALIFORNIA WAS ABOUT TO BE HIT?

OREGON MILITIA RESPONDS TO CONTAMINATION EVENT IN MONTANA!

“un despiche total”: Pacific Ring of Fire, June 2019

Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, June 2019.  Not only is quake and volcano activity ramping up around the Pacific Ring of Fire, it’s ramping up around the planet.

4,700-Years-Old Rock Art May Show An Erupting Volcano

Photos of the Tallest Volcano on Every Continent

Scientists Narrow Link Between Tides and Earthquakes

AUSTRALIA:  How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoes

‘expert’ warns a deadly underground volcanic eruption could strike urban Australia at any moment 

James Cook University (JCU) held a Health and Humanitarian Action in Emergencies (HHAE) course as part of a global disaster coordination plan, during the first week of June 2019.  The concept for HHAE was originally developed by the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, United States, and JCU’s College of Health of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences.

BOLIVIA: Canadian company admits to Fracking in the jungle

CANADA: How to make earthquake insurance sexy

High school in British Columbia gets $77-million CAD for seismic upgrades

$44-million CAD worth of seismic upgrades for BC elementary school 

CHILE: Light mag. 4.5 – Coquimbo

Video of Sand Moving Like Water 

Moderate mag. 5.3 – Near Central Coast 

Magnitude-6.4 earthquake

CHINA:  Sichuan earthquake death toll rises to 12, with 134 injured

China rejects claims fracking caused Sichuan quake

Magnitude 3.1 quake rocks northeastern Taiwan

Magnitude 5.6 quake rocks southeastern Taiwan

COSTA RICA:  Quake in Costa Rica was ‘un despiche total’ (a total disaster)

EL SALVADOR: 4.7 magnitude quake

FIJI:  5.0 quake 27 June

4.9 quake 23 June

4.9 quake 22 June

GUATEMALA: Search for dead continues a year after volcano eruption

HONDURAS: U.S. Marines arrive at Soto Cano Air Base, 05JUN2019, officially for ‘security’ ops (Honduras is one of the countries flooding the U.S. with illegals), but their secondary mission is to be on ‘standby’ for natural disaster response.

INDONESIA:  Krakatau: violent phreatomagmatic explosion 

Sinabung spews ash 55000ft

4.7 quake – 221km W of Abepura

JAPAN:  6.4 quake, west coast of Honshu

Get ready for the coming Monster Nankai Quake

U.S. Marine wearing gas mask during humanitarian assistance training at Marine Corps (pronounced -core-) Air Station Iwakuni, 10JUN2019.

KOREA: 3.8 quake

MEXICO: 4.5 earthquake – Offshore Chiapas

5.6-magnitude quake hits Puerto Madero

 Popocatépetl has erupted

NEW CALEDONIA:  4.7 earthquake – 95km ESE of Tadine

NEW ZEALAND: 6.4 magnitude quake has struck off the Kermadec Islands

4.9 – 27 June 2019 

4.2 earthquake shakes Blenheim, Wellington

PANAMA:  Fresh quake as green alert remains

6.3 quake reported near La Esperanza

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Second volcano erupts

Thousands flee erupting Papua New Guinea volcano

PERU: earthquake triggers partial $60mn cat bond pay-out

PHILIPPINES: Magnitude 5 quake strikes in water off Bohol, Leyte

RUSSIA:  4.1 – Komandorskiye Ostrova Region

6.4 quake Kamchatka

Raikoke volcano erupts after almost 100 years

This article was published just days before the Raikoke eruption: Is a long-dormant Russian volcano waking up? 

This article was published more than a week before the Raikoke eruption: Russian volcano could cause Pompeii-scale destruction, scientist warns

TIMOR-LESTE:  Quake of magnitude 7.5 shakes East Timor

TONGA: 5 quake, 23 June

6.1 earthquake registered near Kingdom of Tonga

UNITED STATES: 

Alaska;  recorded more than 55,000 earthquakes in 2018, which was a new record

California;  Quake warning system expanding across SoCal

More than 1,000 quakes rumbled for nearly a month––but few people actually noticed.

Magnitude 5.6 Strikes North Coast 

Quake Shakes Inland Empire

Third earthquake hits Humboldt County in two-day span

 Another ‘test’ ShakeAlert Sent to Phones in San Diego

Anniversary of The 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake

Colorado;  Human-wastewater treatment ops caused 4.3 earthquake that was felt in Utah

Boulder County suspends new seismic testing permits

Hawaii;   Volcano Victims Asked To Return Disaster Relief Funds

 Rift Zones Of Kilauea Examined

 “GPS stations and tiltmeters at the Kīlauea summit have recorded deformation consistent with slow magma accumulation within the shallow portion of the Kīlauea summit magma system”

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief was the main topic at the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium (PALS) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 06JUN2019.

Nevada; Scientists monitoring swarm of 60 small quakes north of Reno

Oregon; State agency that studies quakes could be abolished!

‘lawmakers’ repeal tsunami zone building law

Cluster of off-shore quakes

03JUN2019, USAF Personnel from Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, and Yokota, Japan, traveled all the way to Oregon to take part in the now yearly Cascadia Airlift exercise, as part of Oregon National Guard’s preps for the coming Cascadia Subduction Zone event.

Military does dry run for Cascadia earthquake response

Video of U.S. Navy conducting hovercraft (LCAC-Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) ops on Sunset Beach, as part of preps for the coming Cascadia Subduction Zone event (as part of Defense Support of Civil Authorities-DSCA):

Utah; State Department of Public Safety predicts a 43% likelihood of a magnitude 6.75 earthquake

Washington; Whatcom County gets shaken

Wyoming;  Yellowstone Eruption would send Europe back to the DARK AGES

Steamboat Geyser speeding up eruption cycle

National park rocked by 81 earthquakes

VANUATU: 5.2 earthquake – Santa Cruz Islands

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, May 2019: “NUCLEAR COFFIN”

Recovery Ops: DKM Prinz Eugen 2018, or the Nine Anchors

Sometime just before the July atom bomb tests over Bikini Atoll, 1946. The USS Prinz Eugen awaits its fate.

Removing fuel oil from the former, and seemingly indestructible, German cruiser Prinz Eugen. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Second Class Joshua Fulton, 07SEP2018.

“There are no longer active leaks with 95 percent of the potential oil volume having been removed. Any remaining oil is enclosed in a few internal tanks without leakage and are well protected with multiple barriers of ship construction. Of the 173 total oil tanks, the 159 external tanks have been pumped of all appreciable amount of oil or were found empty.”-Lieutenant Commander Tim Emge, USN officer-in-charge of salvage operations

USN photo by Stephanie Bocek, 04SEP2018.

In October 2018, at Enubuj Island in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, the U.S. Mobile Diving Salvage Unit declared the recovery of fuel oil from the nuclear blasted DKM Prince Eugen completed.

U.S. Army photo by Carrie David Campbell, 25JUL2018.

Since radiation levels emanating from the nuclear weapons testing victim were deemed safe enough for humans to dive on, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the official owner of Prince Eugen since 1986) demanded that the 250-thousand gallons of fuel oil onboard be removed.

The DeutcheKriegsMarine (DKM) Prinz Eugen still has an ongoing radical life story.  Fighting alongside Bismarck at the beginning of World War Two, then surviving numerous bomb and torpedo attacks by the British, surviving the war after fighting the Soviet advance upon Germany to be surrendered to the British empire, which then turned it over to the U.S. Navy where it became the USS Prinz Eugen IX-300.

Sometime between March and July 1946, USS Prinz Eugen in the Panama Canal, on its way to Bikini Atoll.

According to the U.S. National Park Service, the guns from Turret A and the fire control tower were removed before the atomic testing, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in February-March 1946, as a kind of before-after control.

USS Prinz Eugen.

In July 1946, possibly because the USN was having trouble with the Eugen’s boilers, it was decided to drop The Bomb on it. Amazingly Eugen survived not one, but two nuclear bomb blasts (Able Day and Baker Day).

Photo dated 02AUG1946, starboard side of twice nuclear blasted Eugen.

Port side of USS Prinz Eugen, 02AUG1946.

Color USN Navy film from 20AUG1946, by Photographer’s Mate W.J. Gibson, towing the nuclear blasted USS Prinz Eugen to its impending (and not expected) doom by capsizing, from Bikini to Kwajalein (quality of film is not good). You might notice USN personnel walking about the radioactive ship:

However, after being towed back to Enubuj Island, Eugen suddenly capsized and sank, next to Carlson Island. 

Edited from U.S. Army promotional film about working on the Kwajalein Missile Test Site, from Summer 1972, showing the capsized Eugen which still has all of its screws (props):

Since 1979 various parts have been salvaged by various organizations.

USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Markus Castaneda, 18AUG2016.

This pic is from 2016, divers assigned to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and 7th Engineer Dive from Hawaii, pose for a group photo at the wreck site of the German cruiser Prinz Eugen in the water off U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll.

USN photo by LeighAhn Ferrari, 04SEP2018.

In 2010, Republic of the Marshall Islands wanted the fuel oil still onboard removed for environmental reasons.  The fuel oil recovery began in February 2018 and ended in October 2018.

It took nine anchors to hold the two recovery ships over Eugen, while the oil was being extracted. USN photo by LeighAhn Ferrari, 04SEP2018.