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“that Cascadian event’s going to happen!”: Pacific Ring of Fire, 26-31 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 26 to 31 of Gregorian January 2020.
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Mountains influence the impact of earthquakes

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AUSTRALIA: Ancient volcano now home to giant fluorescent slugs

COSTA RICA: Rincón de la Vieja erupts

JAPAN: Nishino-shima has been erupting since December

5.2 quake near east coast of Honshu

5.4 quake near Okinawa

5.4 quake hits Hokkaido

MEXICO: 5.1-magnitude earthquake triggers evacuations in Acapulco

El Popo erupts, again

NEW ZEALAND:  Upper-plate earthquakes caused uplift 

PERU: scientists created a ‘cloud curtain’ in tropical forests to mimic the future

4.7 quake, 31JAN2020

PHILIPPINES: Magnitude 4.9 quake rocks Davao del Sur

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RUSSIA:  Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Kuril Islands

4.7 earthquake – off the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; 3.1 quake, 31JAN2020

California;  Tropical ‘Pineapple Express’ getting boost from Arctic ice 

3.3 quake, 31JAN2020

Warm Water ‘Blob’ Led to Fatal Whale Entanglements

Hawaii;  3.7 quake, 29JAN2020

Utah National Guard joined Hawaii National Guard in a disaster drill that included a contamination event, and the ‘transfer of authority’ to a much larger responding unit:

Montana;  Quake near Helena

Oregon;  State government Cascadia Playbook revealed, Bend-Redmond area to be emergency response HQ: “Our operating assumption is most of the infrastructure we rely on today will not be accessible to us if you’re in the Valley or on the Coast following a Cascadia earthquake.”-Andrew Phelps, Oregon Office of Emergency Management

“….. that Cascadian event’s going to happen!”–Fred LeLacheur,  Redmond Airport Engineer

Oregon governor demands U.S.$13-million for disaster prep programs

Oregon Coast Community College gives free Cascadia Event classes!

Washington;  4.5 quake, 31JAN2020 

Army Corps of Engineers scrambles to prep for major flooding, again

Wyoming; Earthquakes In And Around Yellowstone: How Often Do They Occur?

Yellowstone eruption to create Super Weather?

For past decade Yellowstone area averaged 4.7 quakes per day!

VIETNAM:  Volatile temp changes destroying crops

(from 2013: GLOBAL WARMING or ICE AGE? TROPICAL VIETNAM DROPS TO 25 FAHRENHEIT!!!)

World Bank Issues Its First ‘Green Loan’ to Vietnam

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PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, 19-25 JANUARY 2020

Climate Change, 26-31 January 2020: OCEANS SINK AS THE LANDS FLOOD

International

Oceans sink as the Lands flood: Climate Change, 26-31 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to news articles concerning climate change events during the days of 26 to 31 of the Gregorian month of January 2020.

Melting glaciers could unleash ancient viruses
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Having fewer children touted as the answer

Some insects and some animals are breeding like mad, some are good some are bad

Good crop insects are dying at rapid pace

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The Ocean Floor is Sinking

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Powerful Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Near Jamaica and Cuba; Buildings Shake in Miami

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5.4 magnitude quake strikes Mediterranean Sea

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Fossilized Footprints Show Neanderthals Climbing An Active Volcano

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NATO members Canada, France, Italy, Lithuania and the United States are testing energy saving tech at this year’s Smart Energy Training and Assessment Camp.  It includes LED lighting, energy metering, atmospheric water generation, and various sizes of portable solar arrays.

ALBANIA: 4.3 quake, 31JAN2020

AUSTRALIA: Canberra declares state of emergency

BRAZIL:  Exploding canals, imploding malls

More than 30-thousand homeless due to flooding

indigenous group takes on “invader” mining company
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ICELAND: Alert level raised for expanding volcano

INDONESIA: More flooding, more deaths

ITALY: Vehicle ban goes into effect on Sunday

ROMANIA: 5.2-magnitude earthquake

SENEGAL: Has already lost one town to ocean rise

SWITZERLAND:  Warming rivers means less fish to eat?

TURKEY:  4.0 quake, 31JAN2020

UNITED KINGDOM:  Flood victims say new flood plan will make things worse

UNITED STATES: Wine making will end if a new climate adaptable grape cannot be found 

Trees Aren’t the Simple Climate Solution They Seem to Be

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‘Stop using the worst-case scenario … as the most likely outcome,’ experts say
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Illinois;  FEMA grants city additional U.S.$2.3-million to buyout flood prone residential properties (for some reason this news article refers to the grants as an ‘award’, as if the city won a contest)
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North Carolina; 2.3 quake
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Oregon; Utility company pays for climate change education in Portland grade schools (it should be noted that the same utility company announced in November 2019 that it will shutdown its remaining five customer service centers in Spring)
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Puerto Rico; 

Puerto Rico Air National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Caycee Watson, 30JAN2020.

Puerto Rico Air National Guard personnel with the 156th Medical Group, inspect toilets and hand washing facilities at  an earthquake response ‘base camp’ in Guayanilla, 30JAN2020.
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West Virginia; FEMA grants one county U.S.$131-million to rebuild flooded schools (for some reason this news article refers to the grant as an ‘award’, as if the county won a contest)
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CLIMATE CHANGE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: OPERATION SUDDEN RESPONSE

Going Viral, 30-31 January 2020: “I’M THE ONLY ONE LEFT”

U.S.

Pennsylvania Disaster, Army deploys!

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Not reported by the ‘main stream”, on 24JAN2020 the U.S. Army’s Charlie Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, deployed in response to a disaster in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Video, UH-60 Black Hawks deploys:

The casualties were transported to a medical facility at Fort Indiantown Gap, in UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters.

Don’t worry, it was just another in the growing number of disaster training operations by the U.S. military.  Blood provided by Field of Screams Haunted Houses of Pennsylvania.

OPERATION SUDDEN RESPONSE

FEMA REGION 4, FEMA REGION 6, CONTAMINATION EVENTS!

Influenza

Going Viral, 26-29 January 2020

Incomplete list of links to news reports about viral outbreaks during the days of 26 to 29 of the Gregorian month of January 2020.

Kansas girl latest to die from flu

With 8,000-Plus Deaths in U.S. Alone, Flu Far More Deadly Than Coronavirus

New Jersey says its top concern is still influenza

Two Utah Military Academy students die from flu

Digging deeper into this year’s flu vaccine & its effectiveness

Apparently some people in the U.S. think coronavirus is related to Corona brand beer!

More proof they only care about the money: Cruise ship industry cries about losing U.S.$4-billion for every cruise halted by the epidemic!

Global coronavirus map

U.A.E. Reports First Cases of Novel Coronavirus

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U.A.E. admits viral outbreak bad for oil industry

China’s Supreme People’s Court blames police for trying to cover-up virus outbreak!

U.S. wants to send medical team to China

240 Americans airlifted from China diverted from original destination of Ontario Airport in California to U.S. military base

How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses?
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Coronavirus in the U.S.: Map of where the virus has been confirmed across the country
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Ivory Coast tests woman for China virus
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U.S.

Black helicopters swarm Super Bowl-54

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Ozzy Trevino, 23JAN2020.

Since at least 23JAN2020, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations, Miami-Dade Police, and other government agencies have been training-up for Super Bowl-54.  Every year so much taxpayer funded security is heaped upon the Super Bowl you might as well put the military in charge of the NFL.

U.S. CBP photo by Ozzy Trevino, 23JAN2020.

Among the assets being used are the CBP’s black and gold UH-60 Black Hawks, oh, and their little AS350 A-Star ‘copters. CBP video by Dusan Ilic, 27JAN2020:

U.S. CBP photo by Jerry Glaser, 27JAN2020.

CBP video by Dusan Ilic, 27JAN2020:

U.S. CBP photo by Ozzy Trevino, 29JAN2020.

CBP video by Dusan Ilic, 27JAN2020:

CBP video by Dusan Ilic, 27JAN2020:

CBP video by Jerry Glaser, 27JAN2020:

VEHICLE I-D: CBP’S BLACK HELICOPTERS DEPLOY TO PUERTO RICO, QUICK MINICRAFT KIT REVIEW

BLADE FOLDING ARMY BLACK HAWKS

International

Pacific Ring of Fire, 19-25 January 2020

Incomplete list of links to seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, days 19 to 25 of Gregorian January 2020.

Earth’s $40-Billion Weather Disasters of 2019: 4th Most Billion-Dollar Events on Record
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ARGENTINA: 4.8 quake

5.5 quake

CANADA:  4.5-magnitude earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

FIJI: 4.3 quake, 24 January

JAPAN:  new Nankai trough quake tsunami predictions

Animals are thriving in nuke disaster area

Diet considers an extra 4.47 trillion yen (U.S.$40.8-billion) for disaster recovery efforts

MEXICO:  Yet another quake hits Oaxaca

NEW ZEALAND:  5.4 quake northwest of Wellington

RUSSIA: 5.6 earthquake – Near East Coast of Kamchatka

UNITED STATES:

Alaska; 6.1 quake Andreanof Islands 

6.2 Magnitude earthquake felt in Adak

 U.S. Coast Guard investigating reason why a group of S-O-S radio towers are now in a communications ‘dead-zone’

Arizona; Mesa settles lawsuit from massive 2014 flooding; homeowners receive $1.6M payout

California; Quake and aftershock near Barstow

Pacific Gas & Electric opens new Vacaville Emergency Response Center

Granada Hills Struck by 3.6 Magnitude Shake
Folsom Dam Raise Project groundbreaking, at the Folsom Point Boat Launch near Dike 8, 21JAN2020.  In a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers directed project the Folsom Dam is going to be raised as part of a plan to both increase water storage and prevent future flooding.
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Hawaii; Minor earthquake – Honaunau-napoopoo

Mauna Loa Volcano Activity Update
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Idaho;  3.4 quake Soda Springs area

Oregon; Could you survive for two weeks if ‘The Big One’ hits?

Utah; Small earthquake hits Box Elder County

Washington;  All of Lewis County Now Included in Flood Watch

King County’s Flood Warning Center shutdown, this report doesn’t give a clear reason why but says Flood Warning employees will still be monitoring the ongoing flooding.

Property owners in Island County hit with surprise U.S.$50 flood insurance surcharge, blamed on FEMA

Washington National Guard’s Homeland Response Force toured the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Western Regional Center in Seattle: “The information provided by these resources is critical to anticipating weather’s effects on hazardous material incidents and our response operations during an incident.”-Sergeant First Class James Peters

Washington National Guard also showed-off its disaster response communications equipment, along with AT&T’s First Net.

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “THE FIRE BREATHING DRAGON OF CLOUDS.”

CLIMATE CHANGE, 19-25 JANUARY 2020:  OPERATION SUDDEN RESPONSE

U.S.

“This is not a request, it’s a demand!”: Immigrant Invasion U.S.A., 19-25 January 2020

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of main-stream-news links about global immigrant/border operations affecting the United States taxpayers, days of 19 to 25 of Gregorian January 2020.

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Tensions Rise at Mexico’s Southern Border With Guatemala

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Lawyers accuse government of not complying with a federal court order that protects mentally disabled immigrants in California, Arizona and Washington.

Meet the Boy Scouts of the Border Patrol

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Professional Bull Riders get millions from Border Patrol for recruitment campaign

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ALASKA: Idaho man fined, banned for guiding illegal Alaska hunts

 

ALABAMA: The refugee question in Alabama

ARIZONA: Murder convictions upheld for 2 men in border agent’s death

Deadly Vaping oils flooding across border: ‘Everyone should be concerned’

Replacing older sections of the Tucson 1 border wall (from before President Trump’s time) near Ajo, 20JAN2020.

ARKANSAS: Three law enforcement agencies participate in 287(g) program.

CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles bans for-profit privately run immigrant ‘service centers’. 

Migrant parents separated from children since 2018 are reunited
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection capture a U.S. citizen whose truck’s gas tank was filled with liquid meth from Mexico. 

Hi-tech data company Palantir admits it actively searches for illegal immigrants for ICE

COLORADO:  Updated overtime protections will expand to more workers 

Colorado is losing about 2-thousand jobs due to industry shutdowns, politician Matt Soper is now begging farmers to stop hiring migrants and hire citizens, saying “at least give them a shot”!

CONNECTICUT:  Record number of illegal immigrant children arriving by themselves

FLORIDA:  ICE captures four of 12 of the illegals who washed ashore at Palm Beach

ICE dispatching agents to Super Bowl to catch human traffickers and rescue slave sex workers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations partners with Miami-Dade Police Department for security ops for Super Bowl LIV in Miami, Florida.

U.S. Customs & Border Protection reveal taxpayer sucking technology used to keep Super Bowl safe

GEORGIA: Former cop threatens illegal immigrant after car accident

GUAM: The island territory is apparently having trouble with migrants from Micronesia

IDAHO:  Canyon County reimbursed for more than U.S.$43-thousand spent holding illegal migrants in jail

ILLINOIS: Hundreds of non-citizens registered to vote due to technical glitch

MAINE:  Customs and Border Protection Officer sentenced to prison for possessing child porn

MARYLAND: Illegal immigrant captured with child porn

MASSACHUSETTS: Iranian student deported from Boston by Customs and Border Protection despite court order

MINNESOTA:  More proof unchecked immigration is not about providing migrants a better life; now shuttered mom-n-pop drywall company owes money to dozens of illegal workers: “I’ve done other work comp fraud cases but not of this magnitude. It cheats the workers from the health care insurance they’re entitled to; second, it cheats the insurance company who is supposed to provide the coverage; and third, it cheats the companies that compete with a fraudulent corporation.”-Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney

NEVADA: ICE prison guard fired for speaking his mind

NEW MEXICO: The town of Chaparral is mostly illegal immigrants, the main employer in the area is a for-profit privately run ICE prison

NEW YORK:  ICE subpoenas the city of New York: “This is not a request, it’s a demand….   …Dangerous criminals are being released every single day in New York.”-Henry Lucero, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  ICE issues list of ‘fugitive’ illegals freed by New York City’s sanctuary city policies

A convicted felon from Kentucky, with a gun in his truck-trailer, takes wrong turn while driving through New York, ends up in Canada where the Canadian border guards allow him to turn around without checking his truck-trailer, tries to get back into the U.S. but his truck-trailer was searched because he didn’t have a passport and he was arrested for illegal possession of a gun.

Interesting that Puerto Ricans have been citizens of the U.S. since 1917, yet in The Big Apple they are still considered immigrants, even by the politicians who represent them, and the local news media!

And even more interesting, the Puerto Ricans living in The Big Apple have avoided taking part in the U.S. Census, even though since 1917 they’re considered citizens!

OHIO:  U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Port of Cincinnati intercepted 51 shipments of invasive mitten crabs

OREGON: In immigrant loving state migrant students struggle to graduate from local high schools

PENNSYLVANIA: ICE deports convicted gun runner from Kazakhstan

TENNESSEE: Illegal immigrant teenager charged with kidnapping 

TEXAS: Mexican murder suspect arrested while trying to enter the United States

16 pregnant illegals captured by ICE

U.S. citizen is building his own version of the border wall

U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrested a man at the Anzalduas International Bridge with $229,000 worth of alleged cocaine 

UTAH:  Supposedly there’s such a labor shortage in Salt Lake City that even illegal workers are getting paid $15 per hour to start!

VERMONT:  Middlebury College pledges to help illegal dairy farm workers

Washington DC: Trump immigration policies showing results, with illegal border crossings plummeting

ICE Quietly Lowers (Already Low) Standards at Some Immigrant Detention Facilities
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IMMIGRANT INVASION U.S.A., 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “BETTER OFF NOT BEING A CITIZEN”

International

Operation Sudden Response: Climate Change, 19-25 January 2020

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Incomplete list of links to news articles concerning climate change events during the days of 19 to 25 of the Gregorian month of January 2020.

“People are tired of hearing about climate problems. We need solutions, especially farmers whose families, livestock and livelihoods depend on them.”-Oluyede Ajayi, Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation

Africa Climate Change Fund approves seven projects worth U.S.$4.7-million
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The plot to profit from a bee-killing pesticide

 

France And Germany Miss EU Climate Plan Deadline

climate change fears are reviving Europe’s sleeper trains
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Locusts, the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
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 HFC emissions are ‘rapidly’ rising and China and India could be to blame
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Be wary before donating to fire, earthquake funds

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AUSTRALIA: Bushfires, ash rain, dust storms and flash floods: two weeks of apocalypse

BRAZIL:   Brazil Listed Among Climate Change Culprits

CANADA:  Taxpayers funding CAD$20-million climate change think tank

CHINA:  China Suspends Tours Abroad as Xi Jinping Warns of ‘Grave Situation’ from new virus

  the world’s largest greenhouse gas emission emitter

economic woes threaten to derail China’s climate actions

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ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt are moving towards resolving disputes in order to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

FRANCE: New killer virus from China arrives

GERMANY:  Youth lawsuit challenges newest climate law

 15 personnel heading to operations with U.S. Africa Command (USAfriCom) went through humanitarian aid training at Kelley Barracks/Helenen-Kaserne: “We provide training to units like AfriCom to prepare them for when they might be called to provide humanitarian assistance to help the allies and partners that are within their area of operations as opposed to other military operations which are their main mission.”-Jenny Caruso, Humanitarian Assistance Response Training manager

GREENLAND:  For more proof climate change is a constant, scientists now say the demise of Viking colonies, in the Gregorian 15th Century, was the result of depleted resources and volatile prices, exacerbated by climate change.

Climate change resulting in skyrocketing cod fish:  “The Cod is coming back to Greenland strong.”-Bo Lings, fishing boat owner

HAITI: Scientists warn the next quake will be worse than the 2010 quake

ISRAEL:  UBQ Materials is an Israeli company which has developed a process to convert unsorted household waste into a plastic substitute, Germany’s Diamler agrees to test the household waste plastic in new cars. 

IVORY COAST:  How climate change has altered cocoa farming

SPAIN: Storm Gloria claims 12 lives in Spain, four missing

 Sea foam floods streets during deadly storm

TAJIKASTAN: 5.5 quake, 23JAN2020

TURKEY:  NEW earthquake hits already quake-devastated E. Turkish province

At Least 4 Killed, Buildings Collapse in Strong Earthquake

UGANDA:  Reforestation project considered a success, as forest employees live off revenues from Carbon Credits

UNITED KINGDOM:  Tremor shakes homes on Teesside

Taunton’s £6m flood defense plan approved

‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
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UNITED STATES:  Is climate change making it easier to get syrup from the rare Pacific Northwest Big Leaf Maple?  Production is on the rise.

As Climate Risks Worsen, U.S. Government Flood Buyouts Fail 

Residents of Minnesota urged to get flood insurance after warning of massive flood from National Weather Service

Pennsylvania lumber mill shutdown due to three years in a row of flood damage

  It was revealed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a training session on how to deal with a “hypothetical scenario” with Youghiogheny River Lake, in Pennsylvania.

More flooding predicted for Iowa 

Puerto Rico’s Air National Guard’s (PRANG) 156th Mission Support Group are the ‘gateway’ for all U.S. military support entering the territory for quake relief.  The above pic shows PRANG  personnel explaining the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration process at Muñiz Air National Guard Base.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted ‘door-to-door’ wellness checks in Yauco, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

More than 1-thousand-3-hundred military personnel supporting quake relief in Puerto Rico

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

Volunteer veterinarians from the Clinica Veterenaria tend to earthquake survivors’ pets, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, 19JAN2020.

 Rescued pets from earthquake-ravaged Puerto Rico end up at East Coast shelters

Puerto Rico Is Welcoming Tourists As Island Recovers From Earthquake Damage

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3.8 magnitude earthquake felt in southern Kentucky

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In Mississippi, loud booms hear, authorities say it’s not an earthquake

Mississippi Fights With Army Corps of Engineers Over Flood Control
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Third earthquake hits near same area of Tennessee this week

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2.7 quake in Pecos County, Texas, 24JAN2020

3.0 earthquake shakes west Texas, 23JAN2020 
Exercise ‘Sudden Response’, involving military units located at Killeen, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas.  The exercise preps military responders for equipment deployment, life-saving operations and web-based command and control.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, 12-18 JANUARY 2020: “ON SCALE WE’VE NOT SEEN BEFORE”

International, Technology

U.S. taxpayers to rescue “donated” C-130

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24 January 2020 / 21:35 UTC-07 Tango 06 (05 Bahman 1398/29 Jumada l-Ula 1441/01 Ding-Chou 4718)

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Sarah Brice, 14JAN2020.

“The U.S. commitment to this partnership is stronger than ever, and I look forward to building upon it in the days ahead.”-Michael Raynor, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, during the June 2018 C-130E hand-over, he obviously didn’t realize the Ethiopians couldn’t handle the U.S. taxpayer funded ‘gift’

Poorly thought-out hand-over of donated C-130E, June 2018.

A year-and-a-half ago the U.S. government “donated” a C-130 Hercules to the struggling Ethiopian air force, and without much forethought, it turns out, as it was discovered that the Ethiopian military personnel lacked the knowledge to maintain or operate the transport.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sarah Brice, 14JAN2020.

In January 2020, U.S. military officials realized the Ethiopians needed help with their U.S. taxpayer funded gift, so the U.S. Air Force’s 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) went in.

U.S. Air Force maintenance personnel check-out the landing gear on the donated C-130E. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sarah Brice, 14JAN2020.

Explainer video, 23JAN2020:

So far the old C-130E has completed taxi runs, hopefully will be flying soon.

Between 1998 and 2014, Ethiopia got two C-130Bs, and a C-130E.  The above pic is of tail #1562 seen wasting away.  The other B model and the E model are listed as active, which is hard to believe since Ethiopia had so much trouble maintaining the C-130E donated in June 2018.

In the cockpit, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sarah Brice, 14JAN2020.

In the cargo bay, USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Sarah Brice, 14JAN2020.

The intent of the donation of the C-130E was to help Ethiopia conduct ‘peacekeeping’ missions in Africa.

Taxpayer rip-offs: U.S. TAXPAYERS DELIVER MD-530F CAYUSE WARRIOR TO KENYA

BARE METAL: C-130 PAINT PREP, OR THE EMPEROR GETS SOME NEW CLOTHES

Technology

NATO Vehicle I-D: Challenger vs Leclerc

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NATO’s 2020 anti-Russia training was held in the eastern European country of Latvia (right on Russia’s border).

NATO promo-video, NATO’s Adazi Training Base, Latvia, 23JAN2020:

LECLERC, NATO-France:

French Leclercs invade NATO-Germany, 29MAY2018. U.S. Army photo by Kevin S. Abel.

U.S. Army (USA) video by Kevin S. Abel, May 2018, France ‘invades’ Germany for Strong Europe Tank Challenge:

The Leclerc does not have a bore evacuator (fume extractor) on its NATO compatible 120mm F1 smoothbore main-gun.  It uses interior overpressure, or a compressed air system, for gun-tube fume extraction.

USA photo by Specialist Craig Carter, 05JUN2018.

USA video by Matthias Fruth, Leclercs blasting away during NATO’s Strong Europe Tank Challenge at the 7th U.S. Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 2018:

Simulated CBRN attack. USA photo by Specialist Craig Carter, 05JUN2018.

Push-me-pull-you action, towing away a ‘broke-dick’ Leclerc. USA photo by Specialist Craig Carter, 05JUN2018.

Leclerc’s butt. USA photo by Lacey Justinger, 04JUN2018.

Leclerc has a single exhaust that looks like a giant water-pipe elbow pointing skyward. The ‘things’ on the back-end of the tank are racks for external fuel drums, à la Soviet style.

CHALLENGER:  No, not my (snow)drifting Challenger!

NATO-United Kingdom:

USA photo by Gertrud Zach, 07JUN2018.

This is the Challenger I’m talking about, the United Kingdom’s Challenger-2.  The Challenger has a ‘coffee-can’ bore evacuator on its non-NATO compatible 120mm L30A1 rifled-bore main-gun.

USA photo by Gertrud Zach, 07JUN2018.

It also has fuel drum racks on its butt.  The exhaust ports are square looking boxes towards the rear on each side of the vehicle.

Pistol shoot. USA photo by Gertrud Zach, 06JUN2018.

Video, shooting a pistol from the turret of a Challenger-2, Strong Europe Tank Challenge,  Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 2018:

USA photo by Gertrud Zach, 07JUN2018.

Somebody lit a fire under this Challenger-2’s ass!  I suspect that it is one of the smoke grenades used to simulate a CBRN attack.

USA silent video, by Elliott Banks, of Royal Red Coats uploading their unique three-part-ammo:

USA video of Challenger-2 blasting away (this time Elliott recorded the audio), 06JUN2018:

VEHICLE I-D: MODEL T & WHITE MOTOR WARRIORS

JOIN THE U.S. MILITARY GET A CLASSIC CAR?

 ZOMBIE TANK T-55, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE! (and they keep coming back from the dead)