On Jun 4, 9:29*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
Upper air looks right for a spell of settled and summery weather next week..
An upper trough disruption this weekend will ensure pressure will build
across the neck and resulting subsidence will ensure clearing skies.
Eventually by the end of next week it could well turn hot with temperatures
28-30C in a few spots. Hot enough to trigger a few very isolated storms.
Should be lovely in Devon with cooling sea breezes and temperatures up here
on Dartmoor up to a scorching 22-25C.

1 KS JEWELL
2 WY HOT SPRINGS
3 WY JOHNSON
4 KS SHERIDAN
5 NE PHELPS
6 NE PHELPS
7 NE PHELPS
8 NE PHELPS
9 NE BUFFALO
10 NE BUFFALO
11 NE BUFFALO
12 NE KEARNEY
13 NE PHELPS
14 KS SHERIDAN
15 SD BON HOMME
16 NE HALL
17 NE HALL
18 KS ROOKS
19 KS ROOKS
20 NE HAMILTON
21 SD YANKTON
22 SD YANKTON
23 SD TURNER
24 NE HAMILTON
25 IA MONONA
26 KS ROOKS
27 SD YANKTON
28 SD TURNER
29 NE SEWARD
30 NE WASHINGTON
31 KS MITCHELL
32 KS OSBORNE
33 KS MITCHELL
34 KS MITCHELL
35 KS MITCHELL
36 KS JEWELL
37 IA CARROLL
38 KS JEWELL
39 KS JEWELL
40 IA CALHOUN
41 IA CALHOUN
42 KS REPUBLIC
43 KS REPUBLIC
44 KS REPUBLIC
45 IA WEBSTER
46 KS REPUBLIC
47 KS REPUBLIC
48 KS REPUBLIC
49 NE THAYER
50 NE THAYER
51 NE JEFFERSON
52 NE JEFFERSON
53 IA DALLAS
54 IA DALLAS
55 IA DALLAS

That's the number of tornadoes at the start of the last spell that was
similar to the gathering storm you speak of.

On the tenth of June we enter another thundery spell similar to that
of the end of May. Which spell evolved weather in the North Atlantic
not dissimilar to that of the present one. With the exception that in
the case of that earlier spell there was a force 4 Cyclone in the
south western Pacific.

It could be argued that the USA was saved a very nasty sequence at the
expense of Japan.

On Jun 6, 12:42*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 4, 9:29*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

Upper air looks right for a spell of settled and summery weather next week.
An upper trough disruption this weekend will ensure pressure will build
across the neck and resulting subsidence will ensure clearing skies.
Eventually by the end of next week it could well turn hot with temperatures
28-30C in a few spots. Hot enough to trigger a few very isolated storms.
Should be lovely in Devon with cooling sea breezes and temperatures up here
on Dartmoor up to a scorching 22-25C.

1 * * * KS * * *JEWELL
2 * * * WY * * *HOT SPRINGS
3 * * * WY * * *JOHNSON
4 * * * KS * * *SHERIDAN
5 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
6 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
7 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
8 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
9 * * * NE * * *BUFFALO
10 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
11 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
12 * * *NE * * *KEARNEY
13 * * *NE * * *PHELPS
14 * * *KS * * *SHERIDAN
15 * * *SD * * *BON HOMME
16 * * *NE * * *HALL
17 * * *NE * * *HALL
18 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
19 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
20 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
21 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
22 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
23 * * *SD * * *TURNER
24 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
25 * * *IA * * *MONONA
26 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
27 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
28 * * *SD * * *TURNER
29 * * *NE * * *SEWARD
30 * * *NE * * *WASHINGTON
31 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
32 * * *KS * * *OSBORNE
33 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
34 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
35 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
36 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
37 * * *IA * * *CARROLL
38 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
39 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
40 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
41 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
42 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
43 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
44 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
45 * * *IA * * *WEBSTER
46 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
47 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
48 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
49 * * *NE * * *THAYER
50 * * *NE * * *THAYER
51 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
52 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
53 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
54 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
55 * * *IA * * *DALLAS

That's the number of tornadoes at the start of the last spell that was
similar to the gathering storm you speak of.

On the tenth of June we enter another thundery spell similar to that
of the end of May. Which spell evolved weather in the North Atlantic
not dissimilar to that of the present one. With the exception that in
the case of that earlier spell there was a force 4 *Cyclone in the
south western Pacific.

It could be argued that the USA was saved a very nasty sequence at the
expense of Japan.

I believe this negative North Atlantic anomaly seen in the previous
and present spells will continue through the coming one from the 10th
of June:

10th to 18th June 2008: 15:04.

This is very similar (in the way that some triangles are similar) to
the spell we had in May/early June:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...37410488d1d1b#

"28th May to 3rd June: 02:57
Not that widely dissimilar to the previous spell of 02:11. Well, give
or take the best part of an hour. This is likely to produce a deep
low
in the tropical latitudes of the North Atlantic. However it also
seems
to have instilled another storm in the Iwo Jima region of Oceania."

There was some thunder in Britain. Not as much as there could have
been. It wasn't oppressive and humid either. Not noticeably.

The USA would have had a very hard time of it undoubtedly. This time
the moon will be behind the sun instead of in front of it. So where
the last quarter was over the Mississippi at noon GMT for the start of
that spell, this time it will be over the Bay of Bengal.

Similarities that might also fit occured in the spells beginning:
23 May and 5th Aug 2007 and 20th May and 11th July 2006:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phase2001gmt.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ification.html

Not much activity in the may and July periods of 2006 thought there
were a couple of tropical storms in July that fit that year.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070523_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070805_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/060711_rpts.html
Shows little interesting stuff.

On Jun 6, 2:43*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 6, 12:42*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:



On Jun 4, 9:29*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

Upper air looks right for a spell of settled and summery weather next week.
An upper trough disruption this weekend will ensure pressure will build
across the neck and resulting subsidence will ensure clearing skies.
Eventually by the end of next week it could well turn hot with temperatures
28-30C in a few spots. Hot enough to trigger a few very isolated storms.
Should be lovely in Devon with cooling sea breezes and temperatures up here
on Dartmoor up to a scorching 22-25C.

1 * * * KS * * *JEWELL
2 * * * WY * * *HOT SPRINGS
3 * * * WY * * *JOHNSON
4 * * * KS * * *SHERIDAN
5 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
6 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
7 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
8 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
9 * * * NE * * *BUFFALO
10 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
11 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
12 * * *NE * * *KEARNEY
13 * * *NE * * *PHELPS
14 * * *KS * * *SHERIDAN
15 * * *SD * * *BON HOMME
16 * * *NE * * *HALL
17 * * *NE * * *HALL
18 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
19 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
20 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
21 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
22 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
23 * * *SD * * *TURNER
24 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
25 * * *IA * * *MONONA
26 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
27 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
28 * * *SD * * *TURNER
29 * * *NE * * *SEWARD
30 * * *NE * * *WASHINGTON
31 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
32 * * *KS * * *OSBORNE
33 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
34 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
35 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
36 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
37 * * *IA * * *CARROLL
38 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
39 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
40 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
41 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
42 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
43 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
44 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
45 * * *IA * * *WEBSTER
46 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
47 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
48 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
49 * * *NE * * *THAYER
50 * * *NE * * *THAYER
51 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
52 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
53 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
54 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
55 * * *IA * * *DALLAS

That's the number of tornadoes at the start of the last spell that was
similar to the gathering storm you speak of.

On the tenth of June we enter another thundery spell similar to that
of the end of May. Which spell evolved weather in the North Atlantic
not dissimilar to that of the present one. With the exception that in
the case of that earlier spell there was a force 4 *Cyclone in the
south western Pacific.

It could be argued that the USA was saved a very nasty sequence at the
expense of Japan.

I believe this negative North Atlantic anomaly seen in the previous
and present spells will continue through the coming one from the 10th
of June:

*10th to 18th June 2008: 15:04.

This is very similar (in the way that some triangles are similar) to
the spell we had in May/early June:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...frm/thread/d5e...

"28th May to 3rd June: 02:57
Not that widely dissimilar to the previous spell of 02:11. Well, give
or take the best part of an hour. This is likely to produce a deep
low
in the tropical latitudes of the North Atlantic. However it also
seems
to have instilled another storm in the Iwo Jima region of Oceania."

There was some thunder in Britain. Not as much as there could have
been. It wasn't oppressive and humid either. Not noticeably.

The USA would have had a very hard time of it undoubtedly. This time
the moon will be behind the sun instead of in front of it. So where
the last quarter was over the Mississippi at noon GMT for the start of
that spell, this time it will be over the Bay of Bengal.

Similarities that might also fit occured in the spells beginning:
23 May and 5th Aug 2007 and 20th May and 11th July 2006:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phase2001gmt.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ification.html

Not much activity in the may and July periods of 2006 thought there
were a couple of tropical storms in July that fit that year.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070523_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070805_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/060711_rpts.html

Shows little interesting stuff.

Here we go then. Massive floods in Wisconsin. Not reason to suspect a
let-up in the tornadoes and stuff. More on he
http://www.skywarnforum.org/forums/f...splay.php?f=24

On Jun 10, 10:14*am, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 6, 2:43*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:



On Jun 6, 12:42*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

On Jun 4, 9:29*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:

Upper air looks right for a spell of settled and summery weather next week.
An upper trough disruption this weekend will ensure pressure will build
across the neck and resulting subsidence will ensure clearing skies.
Eventually by the end of next week it could well turn hot with temperatures
28-30C in a few spots. Hot enough to trigger a few very isolated storms.
Should be lovely in Devon with cooling sea breezes and temperatures up here
on Dartmoor up to a scorching 22-25C.

1 * * * KS * * *JEWELL
2 * * * WY * * *HOT SPRINGS
3 * * * WY * * *JOHNSON
4 * * * KS * * *SHERIDAN
5 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
6 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
7 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
8 * * * NE * * *PHELPS
9 * * * NE * * *BUFFALO
10 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
11 * * *NE * * *BUFFALO
12 * * *NE * * *KEARNEY
13 * * *NE * * *PHELPS
14 * * *KS * * *SHERIDAN
15 * * *SD * * *BON HOMME
16 * * *NE * * *HALL
17 * * *NE * * *HALL
18 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
19 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
20 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
21 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
22 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
23 * * *SD * * *TURNER
24 * * *NE * * *HAMILTON
25 * * *IA * * *MONONA
26 * * *KS * * *ROOKS
27 * * *SD * * *YANKTON
28 * * *SD * * *TURNER
29 * * *NE * * *SEWARD
30 * * *NE * * *WASHINGTON
31 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
32 * * *KS * * *OSBORNE
33 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
34 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
35 * * *KS * * *MITCHELL
36 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
37 * * *IA * * *CARROLL
38 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
39 * * *KS * * *JEWELL
40 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
41 * * *IA * * *CALHOUN
42 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
43 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
44 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
45 * * *IA * * *WEBSTER
46 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
47 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
48 * * *KS * * *REPUBLIC
49 * * *NE * * *THAYER
50 * * *NE * * *THAYER
51 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
52 * * *NE * * *JEFFERSON
53 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
54 * * *IA * * *DALLAS
55 * * *IA * * *DALLAS

That's the number of tornadoes at the start of the last spell that was
similar to the gathering storm you speak of.

On the tenth of June we enter another thundery spell similar to that
of the end of May. Which spell evolved weather in the North Atlantic
not dissimilar to that of the present one. With the exception that in
the case of that earlier spell there was a force 4 *Cyclone in the
south western Pacific.

It could be argued that the USA was saved a very nasty sequence at the
expense of Japan.

I believe this negative North Atlantic anomaly seen in the previous
and present spells will continue through the coming one from the 10th
of June:

*10th to 18th June 2008: 15:04.

This is very similar (in the way that some triangles are similar) to
the spell we had in May/early June:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.t...frm/thread/d5e....

"28th May to 3rd June: 02:57
Not that widely dissimilar to the previous spell of 02:11. Well, give
or take the best part of an hour. This is likely to produce a deep
low
in the tropical latitudes of the North Atlantic. However it also
seems
to have instilled another storm in the Iwo Jima region of Oceania."

There was some thunder in Britain. Not as much as there could have
been. It wasn't oppressive and humid either. Not noticeably.

The USA would have had a very hard time of it undoubtedly. This time
the moon will be behind the sun instead of in front of it. So where
the last quarter was over the Mississippi at noon GMT for the start of
that spell, this time it will be over the Bay of Bengal.

Similarities that might also fit occured in the spells beginning:
23 May and 5th Aug 2007 and 20th May and 11th July 2006:

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phase2001gmt.html
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/...ification.html

Not much activity in the may and July periods of 2006 thought there
were a couple of tropical storms in July that fit that year.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070523_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/070805_rpts.html
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/060711_rpts.html

Shows little interesting stuff.

Here we go then. Massive floods in Wisconsin. Not reason to suspect a
let-up in the tornadoes and stuff. More on hehttp://www.skywarnforum.org/forums/f...splay.php?f=24

5.3 2008/06/10 14:15:38 33.107 92.040 10.0 S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.0 2008/06/10 11:36:45 33.136 92.191 10.0 S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.3 2008/06/10 11:04:15 33.190 92.076 10.0 S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.3 2008/06/10 10:04:58 33.153 92.017 10.0 S QINGHAI, CHINA

Not quite the same in the other list:

5.3 2008/06/10 14:15:38 33.107 92.040 10.0 S Qinghai, China
4.6 2008/06/10 12:42:25 13.192 -89.899 91.3 Offshore El
Salvador
2.8 2008/06/10 12:07:24 32.023 -115.791 6.0 Baja California,
Mexico
5.0 2008/06/10 11:36:45 33.136 92.191 10.0 S Qinghai, China
5.3 2008/06/10 11:04:15 33.190 92.076 10.0 S Qinghai, China
3.3 2008/06/10 10:48:44 51.897 -177.281 11.6 Andreanof
Islands Alaska
3.1 2008/06/10 10:29:04 18.296 -68.297 126.4 Mona Passage, DR
5.3 2008/06/10 10:04:58 33.153 92.017 10.0 S Qinghai, China

Interesting though, considering the floods in the USA.

No tornadoes. No tropical storms.
But it would be difficult to describe the North Atlantic as negative.

Another one for the rethink tank. How about derechos?

On Jun 11, 5:46*am, Weatherlawyer wrote:

5.3 * * 2008/06/10 14:15:38 * * * 33.107 * * * * *92.04 * * S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.0 * * 2008/06/10 11:36:45 * * * 33.136 * * * * *92.19 * * S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.3 * * 2008/06/10 11:04:15 * * * 33.190 * * * * *92.07 * * S QINGHAI, CHINA
5.3 * * 2008/06/10 10:04:58 * * * 33.153 * * * * *92.01 * * S QINGHAI, CHINA

Not quite the same in the other list:

5.3 * * 2008/06/10 14:15:38 * * * 33.107 * * * * *92.04 * * S Qinghai, China
4.6 * * 2008/06/10 12:42:25 * * * 13.192 * * * *-89.89* * Offshore El Salvador
2.8 * * 2008/06/10 12:07:24 * * * 32.023 * * * -115.79 * *Baja California, Mexico
5.0 * * 2008/06/10 11:36:45 * * * 33.136 * * * * *92.19 * * S Qinghai, China
5.3 * * 2008/06/10 11:04:15 * * * 33.190 * * * * *92.07 * * S Qinghai, China
3.3 * * 2008/06/10 10:48:44 * * * 51.897 * * * *-177.2 * * Andreanof Islands Alaska
3.1 * * 2008/06/10 10:29:04 * * * 18.296 * * * * *-68.29 Mona Passage, DR
5.3 * * 2008/06/10 10:04:58 * * * 33.153 * * * * *92.01 * * S Qinghai, China

Interesting though, considering the floods in the USA.

No tornadoes. No tropical storms.
But it would be difficult to describe the North Atlantic as negative.

In a year that has seen a spike in the number of tornadoes across the
country, how is Mississippi stacking up?

The Storm Prediction Center - the National Weather Service office
responsible for severe weather forecasts and tallies - says that 1,330
tornadoes have been reported this year. Not all of those tornadoes
have been confirmed yet, but even still the numbers of confirmed
tornadoes are already nearly three times that of the most active
periods of previous years.

The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Jackson says 68
tornadoes have been confirmed to have touched down in Mississippi so
far this year. In 2007, a total of 33 tornadoes touched down. In less
than half the time the number of tornadoes has more than doubled.

In 2005, 99 tornadoes touched down in Mississippi, setting the record
for most tornado touch-downs in a year for the state. Only five
twisters impacted the state in 1964 - that's the record for least
amount of tornadoes in a year. The average is 26 per per year with an
average of 7 deaths reported due to tornadoes.

Most tornadoes in Mississippi occur between November and May. We are
entering a period of the year that is, on average, very calm as far as
tornadoes are concerned. In 2007, Only 1 tornado occurred from May to
September.

Most of Mississippi's tornadoes are EF0 or EF1 intensity, meaning the
winds are estimated at 65-110 mph. The strongest tornadoes reported
this year were EF3-intensity with winds of 136-165 mph.

So just like the rest of the country, Mississippi may be on its way to
a record tornado season if the trend established during the early part
of the year continues.
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/19645399.html#

Oh man! bad cramps. Unusual ones too in the thorax and upper arms.
Must have only lasted 1/2 an hour but whoa there mamma... that was
nasty.

Someone copped for a burton.

On Jun 11, 8:48*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:

Oh man! bad cramps. Unusual ones too in the thorax and upper arms.
Must have only lasted 1/2 an hour but whoa there mamma... that was
nasty.

Someone copped for a burton.

I have no idea what that might have been linked to if anything.
Madagasacan storms if anything but I never went to a site to look.
Forgot.

I was reading about a boy Scouts camp destroyed with the loss of 4
lives in the USA.

This sequence fits in with the weather over there too:

5.2 M. 13th. 13:48. 4.8 S. 128.1 E. Banda Sea.
5.3 M. 12th. 13:10. 25.4 N. 141.4 E. Volcano Islands, Japan.

5.3 M. 2008/06/12 11:00. 13.3 144.7 Guam region.
5.0 M. 2008/06/12 10:58. 12.8 145.0 Guam region.

There was a nasty bout of weather in the USA:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080612_rpts.html

And the gap between the quakes at the Volcano Islands and the Banda
Sea indicate more to come.

On Jun 14, 12:15*am, Weatherlawyer wrote:
On Jun 11, 8:48*pm, Weatherlawyer wrote:



Oh man! bad cramps. Unusual ones too in the thorax and upper arms.
Must have only lasted 1/2 an hour but whoa there mamma... that was
nasty.

Someone copped for a burton.

I have no idea what that might have been linked to if anything.
Madagasacan storms if anything but I never went to a site to look.
Forgot.

I was reading about a boy Scouts camp destroyed with the loss of 4
lives in the USA.

This sequence fits in with the weather over there too:

5.2 M. *13th. 13:48. * *4.8 S. *128.1 E. * * * *Banda Sea.
5.3 M. *12th. 13:10. * *25.4 N. 141.4 E. * * * *Volcano Islands, Japan.

5.3 M. *2008/06/12 11:00. * * * 13.3 * *144.7 * Guam region.
5.0 M. *2008/06/12 10:58. * * * 12.8 * *145.0 * Guam region.

There was a nasty bout of weather in the USA:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080612_rpts.html

And the gap between the quakes at the Volcano Islands and the Banda
Sea indicate more to come.

No Chinese quakes for this spell and yet plenty of weather trouble for
the region. The weather is pretty bad in \Japan too after the 6.8 M
the

Quake jolts northern Japan
(01:54) Report
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Jun. 14 - The powerful earthquake struck the north of Japan's main
island, killing at least three and triggering massive landslides in
the mountainous region.

The 7.2 magnitude quake struck at about 8:43 a.m. (11:43 p.m. GMT
Friday) and was centred 100 km (60 miles) north of Sendai in southern
Iwate prefecture in a rural area of northern Japan.

Dozens of strong aftershocks have been felt. And Japanese media report
at least four people buried alive at a hot spring resort that was hit
by a landslide triggered by the quake.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?vi...hannel=topNews

Something a little more dire or catastrophic pictured he

KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - More than 1,000 rescue workers including
troops searched on Sunday for a dozen people missing after a powerful
earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least six and injuring
over 200.

The 7.2 magnitude quake struck on Saturday morning in the prefectures
of Miyagi and Iwate, a sparsely populated, scenic region around 300 km
(190 miles) north of Tokyo, where buildings also shook.

Mountains were carved away by the force of the quake, trees crashed
into newly slashed ravines, roads were cut off at cliffs and bridges
buckled and broke.

More than 260 aftershocks had jolted the area by Sunday morning, and
officials warned there could be strong quakes to come.

Efforts to find seven people believed trapped in a hot spring resort
swamped by a massive landslide resumed early on Sunday morning. Five
had been rescued on Saturday.

Rescue workers picked their way through debris while scores of others,
including soldiers, began carefully crossing a river of mud covered
with makeshift wooden boards to get to the two-story inn, whose first
floor had completely collapsed, footage from NHK public TV showed.

Rescuers struggled to work their way through narrow mountain paths to
reach devastated sites.

"In this case, it's a very mountainous area and if the roads are cut,
even if you call out the troops, you can't get in," said Masaaki
Sakakibara, a military official in charge of coordinating rescue
operations in Kurihara near the epicenter. Continued...

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...T1820520080615

South China ravaged by floods, densely populated north in danger

19 hours ago

BEIJING (AFP) — Large areas of southern China were hit by the worst
storms and floods in decades, the government said on Tuesday, as
warnings emerged that the Yellow River in the north could also wreak
havoc for millions.

The prosperous Pearl River Delta was being ravaged by rising waters,
with parts of the major urban centres of Guangzhou and Shenzhen
submerged by flooding.

"We must remain clear-headed and not underestimate the serious nature
of the current flood and disaster situation," Vice Premier Hui Liangyu
said in comments posted on the website of the state flood prevention
headquarters.

The entire Pearl river was flooded, while some of its tributaries were
experiencing the biggest floods ever recorded, Hui said.

The civil affairs ministry said the death toll in nine southern
provinces and regions had reached 63 as of Tuesday, with 13 missing
since torrential rains began pummelling the area on June 7.

More than 1.66 million people have been evacuated in the hardest-hit
areas, with large swathes of farmland submerged and economic losses
totalling 14.5 billion yuan (2.1 billion dollars), the ministry said.

Hui also ordered the immediate evacuation of people in danger areas
and the strengthening of river dikes and reservoirs as water levels on
over 40 rivers nationwide exceeded warning levels.

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t...nkzZXw2M2Dka1w

Flood warning for China quake zone
Tens of thousands of survivors from last month's deadly earthquake in
southern China have been evacuated as heavy rains threaten to bring
floods to already devastated areas.

Days of downpours have already caused floods elsewhere in the south,
killing at least 57 people and forcing more than a million from their
homes.

The damage across nine provinces already exceeds $1bn officials say,
with forecasters warning that several more days of heavy rain are
expected.

Flood warnings have been posted along parts of the Yangtze, Pearl and
Yellow rivers.
"A major flood is feared if rain continues," Huang Boqing, deputy
director of flood control in the southern province of Guangdong, was
quoted as saying.

Mudslide warning
In earthquake-hit Sichuan province, some 70,000 people were reported
to have been evacuated from the town of Wenchuan, close to the
epicentre of last month's earthquake.

Most have been living in temporary tent cities after their homes were
destroyed in the quake. Experts warned of an increased risk of
mudslides in the area caused by heavy rains hitting ground already
loosened by the quake and hundreds of aftershocks.

Wenchuan was virtually flattened by the May 12 quake that left up to
87,000 dead or missing and up to five million homeless. Elsewhere in
the country, officials have been rushing to shore-up flood defences
along some of China's major rivers.

The situation on the Pearl river in southern China's Guangdong and
Guangxi provinces was said to be the most dangerous with water levels
at a 20-year high. Water levels were reported to have surpassed
warning levels by almost seven metres on one tributary of the Pearl in
Guangxi.

Hardest hit has been Guangdong province – a manufacturing area that
borders Hong Kong. The official Xinhua news agency said at least 20
people had died in the province with eight others listed as missing.

The flooding has also driven up prices in local markets, with
vegetable prices in Guangdong's biggest cities rising by around 70 per
cent. The state-run China Daily newspaper said the flooding of towns
in the Pearl River Delta region was the worst in 50 years.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...9789C6A973.htm

Here is an odd one:

Drilling of a gas exploration well – not an earthquake – caused the
eruption of a mud volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, a team of
international scientists has concluded.

The volcano, dubbed Lusi, has been spewing hot, foul-smelling mud for
two years and has forced more than 50,000 people to flee their homes.
"All of the evidence points to a drilling induced origin for this
disaster," Mark Tingay, an Australian geologist and member of the team
of experts, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

He said the gas exploration firm, PT Lapindo Brantas, had been
"drilling with very narrow safety margins" at the site of the
eruption. Two years on from when the eruption first began, Tingay said
there was little hope that any human intervention would bring it to an
end.

"The time to stop this event has long passed," he said. "This is now a
phenomenon that will keep going until it naturally dies out."

In a joint statement the team of American, Indonesian and Australian
scientists who have been studying the volcano said they were "more
certain than ever" that the eruption was "an unnatural disaster".

The scientists' findings have been published in the journal Earth and
Planetary Science Letters.

"We show that the day before the mud volcano started, there was a huge
'kick' in the well, which is an influx of fluid and gas into the
wellbore," British professor Richard Davies was quoted as saying.

"We show that after the 'kick', the pressure in the well went beyond a
critical level. This resulted in the leakage of the fluid from the
well and the rock formations to the surface – a so-called underground
blowout. This fluid picked up mud during its ascent, and Lusi was
born."

In addition to the evacuations, Lusi has caused damage that the
Indonesian government estimates could reach $5bn.

The mud now covers about 6.5 sq km and continues to flow at a rate of
100,000 cubic metres, or 60 Olympic-size swimming pools, a day.
Various methods have been tried to stop the flow, including dropping
large concrete balls into the mouth of the volcano, but with no
effect.

The mining company, PT Lapindo Brantas, had argued that the May 2006
eruption was triggered by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that caused
widespread damage in and around the city of Yogyakarta two days before
the eruption.

But scientists involved in the latest study said the quake was too far
away and the change in underground pressure it caused would not have
been enough to cause the volcano. Indonesia's government has ordered
Lapindo to pay $406m in compensation to the victims of the volcano and
to cover the damage caused by the eruption.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...C54E76424B.htm

Wasn't that the one they were trying to assuage with concrete balls?

Well, that's it for this spell I think. It looks like there is a storm
brewing as there hasn't been a quake of over 5M since:
5.1 2008/06/16 14:15 39.084 140.607 E. HONSHU, JAPAN

Blast! I just got a weird e-mail in "question mark" that I have
realised now was probably a question about one of my posts on here.
Well It went in the spamalot and got dedded. Not that I could read it.

I think the poster picked out a section of one of my messages and sent
it on with the time as a title. But since the time was hours, minutes
and seconds I just thought "WTF?" and scrapped it.

I hope it wasn't portant.

Still if it was, he'll try again (in English maybe).

Some closure for this spell:

5.2 M. 08:12 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
5.1 M. 05:24 SOUTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA

5.4 M. 01:50 SOUTHERN GREECE
5.8 M. 17:42 SOUTH OF PANAMA
5.1 M. 14:15 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
5.2 M. 10:18 WESTERN INDIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE
5.1 M. 06:35 NORFOLK ISLAND, AUSTRALIA REGION
5.0 M. 12:21 JUJUY, ARGENTINA
6.0 M. 08:37 SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
5.9 M. 01:13 FIJI REGION

5.1 M. 14:43 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
5.0 M. 03:28 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
5.5 M. 00:20 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
6.9 M. 23:44 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN

5.1 M. 20:07 SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
5.0 M. 16:13 NIAS REGION, INDONESIA
5.2 M. 13:48 BANDA SEA
5.0 M. 21:06 OFF EAST COAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND, N.Z.
5.3 M. 13:10 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

5.3 M. 11:00 GUAM REGION
5.0 M. 10:58 GUAM REGION

5.9 M. 05:31 SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
5.1 M. 05:20 SOUTH OF JAVA, INDONESIA
5.3 M. 02:10 KEPULAUAN BARAT DAYA, INDONESIA
5.1 M. 02:05 VANUATU
5.1 M. 00:21 CRETE, GREECE

The pairs of adjacent-consecutives are what occurs after a storm. Not
necessarily a storm in the same region:

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/080616_rpts.html

And that's not counting the lesser quakes from:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...uakes_all.html