October 2013

I haven't been  posting here for a while, but have been 'active' over on WeatherZone Australia - General Science  on a daily basis.

In the side bar (to the right on my blog), is a slideshow of the 'time-line' of behaviour of the Louisiana Sinkhole. This has been a sad situation which I have followed for a while now. It's quite creepy how stealthily this sinkhole has spread and has seemingly forever changed the lives of the folks who used to call it home - where their roots are and personal histories. Some disasters see peoples displaced temporarily, with many able to return to rebuild a semblance of their original lives. But this appears to be one where such a displacement will be permanent. My thoughts to those who have lost hope for their homes and future there.

So much has been happening in the world, with Fukushima, new islands emerging in the seas, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and so on. Sometimes it feels like it's a challenge to keep up with.

Anyway, for now and with wishes for peace and safety to/for all,

Louise from Oz.

Earthquake Forum - Australia

Weatherzone - General Science - Earthquakes  is an active Australian forum which chats about earthquakes and tremor activity in Oz and around the world. The views on this great forum have really taken off in the last few months. Currently we have amassed 110195 views and counting.
If you want to join our vibrant conversations there, just sign up and add your ideas and comments there. 
This is one of my favourite sites and there are many very knowledgeable individuals there on many subjects.
I have been a member there for a short time compared to many others and have no financial interests in this site, but it is the one I am very happy to be a member of. 

As far as my blog here goes, I will keep putting up my notes on quakes/tremors and other links to stories from other sites each month. Though I am busy with writing my latest book (Autism Spectrum), I will be continuing my attention to this blog and the forum.

For now, stay safe and peace to all.

July 2013 - part 3 of 3

For the rest of July, these notes will be different to my past long per-country detail. Some of my feelings for regions below will note if I feel that an ‘issue’ may be during and/or beyond July 2013.

Water;

I get a feeling that sea water will travel up a river/inland, with the current evident in the way it sweeps past the pylons of a bridge. This may only be a normal tidal event or a situation where there has been a driving force behind such different to normal expected happenings. Not an epic disaster.

In my June postings, I mentioned I was particularly ‘stuck’ on water being a major feature for that month, and sadly there were many events involving flooding waters from huge rain events, landslides and so on. Some areas experienced more than their usual rainfall amounts and others were hit with unusual weather events.

Sea-life strandings/beachings occurred in many parts of the world, including here in Australia. There were some water-wildlife happenings involving poisonings of the creatures, waters and many deaths in some cases. Very sad. I sometimes wonder if the beachings are due to some creatures avoiding or moving away from sea events or disorientated or disturbed sonar abilities, due to changed geomagnetic signals/signs given off via quakes and other natural shifts in the ocean? I also feel that when we sometimes try to send beached animals back out to sea, we may be sending them back into an environment or event they were trying to avoid/escape in the first place...just a thought. Maybe this is why some creatures re-beach themselves.

I get a feeling that there is pressure emanating from the south of the Himalayas, in a northward momentum. There have been some EQ’s associated with and either side of the Himalayas in June, and I feel this may continue. Some time in 2013, there may be a sizable EQ in this region.

There may be increased land deformation due to volcanic activity; some raised volcanic domes (in ‘normally’ restful volcanoes); land fissures in some places in response to fault line stresses; some more landslides involving rock falls or partial mountain side slip, maybe causing mudflows too.

I still can’t get past the feeling of a possible under-sea volcano or sea-floor rupture causing a visual disturbance of the sea surface (e.g. pumice float, maybe altering temporarily the temperature of the surrounding waters). This may include a sea-level disturbance and currents of sorts. This may not happen in July, but maybe sometime in the near future. This may be in the Pacific or the Atlantic, but I also feel that the Indian Ocean may experience some more plate movement too.

More sonic booms associated with fault line stresses may be heard in July (and obviously beyond July). It appeared that one of Melbourne, Australia’s possible fault line ends (?) did just this recently. Thought tremor associated with it was small, the sound was quite a dramatic experience for the folks there. The sound was heard as being like an explosion for miles around. The United States may continue to experience such sounds (rather obvious really) in relation to situations like the Bayou Corne situation, which sadly for the folks there is proving to be a real problem. The San Andreas and its associated fault lines will continue to show movements here and there. One region which stands out to me as potentially experiencing a moderate tremor is off shore of Eureka.

Central America, may experience a sizable tremor near the shore, Pacific side.

There are many regions which may experience M4+ tremors and the ones which particularly stand out to me as maybe experiencing such could be, the Mediterranean (maybe Italy and Greece/Crete), Japan, the top half of the western coastline of South America, SW China, south and SW of Malaysia, Gulf (or west of) Alaska and maybe north Alaska, DR Congo/Tanzania (Africa).

I feel there is an ‘energy’ running through the lower regions (south and SE) of Australia – this feels like it is running from east-to-west and a south-to- north. This may be coming from the Pacific, Bass Strait (below Victoria) and/or the southern Ocean. The north of Australia will continue to feel the movements on the northern reaches of our plate.

This is by no means an extensive list and I will be wrong with some of my feelings. Remember, these notes are just feelings – they are not actual predictions of future events.   

Peace and safety to all.

July 2013

Hi folks.
I have been posting short notes on my EQ 'feelings'/observations on Weatherzone - Earthquakes thread 
Here I have been noting some of my feelings, sometimes minutes/hours, before some events occur; discussion/info after they occur and posting interesting articles/info as I find them.
Sometimes I like to note monthly my general feelings about tremors/EQ's and at other times I like to note things on a daily basis. I don't cover all regions in my posts on WZ, as I may do here, but I do mention here and there, the regions (not all) which 'stand out' to me as being possibly where some potential EQ energies may be occurring. 

Unfortunately, yesterday (Melbourne, Australia 6/7/13) I was a little stuck on multiple number 7's and the region of San Francisco  (which for some reason, I was being drawn to and zoomed in on on Google maps - looking at/for straight lines/lengths {??roads, bridges}). Something was drawing me to this region. Shockingly, I learnt this morning that a passenger plane had crash- landed at San Francisco airport. Firstly and most importantly, my thoughts and prayers are with those who were affected by this terrible accident and I hope the survivors recover quickly. Secondly, and being realistic here, my thoughts/feelings about "7" and "San Francisco" + "lines" may have just been pure coincidence regarding this incident. 

For July here, I will aim to post more of my usual extensive blog notes.

Peace and safety to all.

Earthquake Clouds

I will fill in this post with some pics, links and info on earthquake cloud formations. Some don't believe in this phenomenon, but I feel that such does exist.
I am currently discussing some of this phenomenon, I feel was evident in Melbourne this week, on Weatherzone - see Weatherzone Forums - General Science - Duckweather posts 

Cheers for now ;) 

Now...to start of here are some links to some very interesting sites;

Earthquake Clouds and Short Term Predictions 

Earthquake Signals

Animation of the Bam Cloud

thelivingmoon.com

More soon to add - including photographs, as I get a chance folks :)

 

June 2013 part 3 of 3

The last couple of weeks of June 2013 may experience movements of varying magnitudes in some of the following locations/regions;

The Atlantic regions may see some more activity, up and through to the north of the Atlantic Ocean. The culprits here may be the plate edges and trenches. Offshoots of this disturbance may be EQ's/tremors radiating out to near coastlines, on coastlines and just inland of  the north-east of South America, the British Virgin Islands and nearby island chains, ESE and maybe east of the US, west of the British Isles, Spain/Portugal, near Equatorial Guinea (Gulf of Guinea), Liberia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Funchal Islands, Iceland, Greenland, east of New Foundland (Canada) and maybe up further past east/north of Greenland. And the South Sandwich Islands.

The Pacific may become active or experience more EQ's/tremors in the following regions;

The regions associated with Japan, Santa Cruz Islands/Fiji/Vanuatu/PNG/New Caledonia/Solomons/etc., Hawaii, Kamchatka (Russia), the Aleutian chain Alaska), down the west coast for South America (Chile and Argentina [inland], Mexico/down to Panama, the Easter Island region and the Southern reaches of the Pacific (plates), New Zealand (both North and South Islands) particularly NE of the North Island and maybe NW of the North Island.

The Antarctic region 

Way below the South Sandwich Islands, south of south/centralAustralia coast, south of Tasmania, south of the South Island of New Zealand.
A volcano in Antarctica may become more active (due south of the South sandwich Islands).

The Indian Ocean and the very north in the Arabian Sea

Madagascar, NE coast of Africa, NE of Somalia,  near Karachi, Yemen, Oman, Dubai, west of India, near the Maldives, Andaman islands (Bay of Bengal), eastern Bay of Bengal, south of Padang, Bandung and maybe Banda Aceh.

Some, none or many of these regions may come up with a mild or moderate EQ/tremor.
I feel that the east coast of Japan, the Santa Cruz Islands, NW of Australia, west coast of South America, west coast of the US and the Atlantic may be the regions to watch for some moderate movements.I still feel there may be a movement in the Atlantic or Pacific which may cause some sea behaviour issues.

These are all just feelings and some of the above is rather predictable when considering recent movements.

Peace to all.

  

June 2013 - Part 2 of 3

All the notes I had typed for Part 2 and Part 3 for June have been eaten up in one of my computers, which has decided give up the ghost and go to computer heaven.

So, I’ll do my best to remember what I had put together late in May for the June post.

African continent

The northern coastline of Africa may experience movements, some associated or near to the Mediterranean Sea and islands.

Maybe Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and NW Libya could experience tremors up to M4.

The North Atlantic, near the coast of Africa and offshore (maybe central Atlantic) may produce moderate EQ’s which, if close enough to the coast, could produce some water disturbances.

Near Liberia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea and maybe west of Namibia may experience moderate to lesser tremors.

SW  or south of Cape Town (offshore) may experience an M3+(?).

Eastern DR Congo and Tanzania may experience an M3 (or +?).

The northern Somalia and Eritrea regions may experience an M3(+?).

Mediterranean

Greece may continue to experience rumbles from M1+ to M3. There maybe an M3+(+?) near Naples, Athens, Crete, Cyprus, southern Greece, Italy.

Western Europe

Romania, Austria, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Belarus, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland, Scotland and Belarus may all feel tremors from M1 to M2.

M3’s may occur in Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, France, England/Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Norway and offshore/coast for those countries near the Atlantic.

Iceland, Svalbard and further north again, may experience M2+ to a potential M4+.

Words…

Words which are sticking with me (and make of them what you will) are Atlantis (Atlantic), Isle, Dun-?, canal and ?-ham, Saint or Santa. (this applies globally, not just in Europe)

Fort, ravine, pass, forest, riviere, inlet and ‘golden’, ‘silver’, ‘sterling’ (some word relating to a metal name) are some others which have crossed my mind recently/currently.

There may be landslips from torrential rains and volcanic or EQ tremors; some land deformation from building volcanic pressures or even land deformation from earth movement in some places.

A new sinkhole scenario may bring this unnerving topic back into the news globally.

A new sea/water life beaching or poisoning may also become new news.

Some more booms, hums and harmonic sounds may be observed, maybe even one which can be experienced almost wordwide (this could just be reverberations from a large EQ in a region) or it may be geo-electric/magnetic in origin (or even emanating from some solar activity).

All of the above are just feelings and not predictions. I may or will be inaccurate with such, some or all.

My thoughts are with friends and those we don’t know in the US regions, who are experiencing deadly tornadoes currently.

More on the other country’s region soon, as I get time to redo these notes.

Peace and safety to all.

June 2013 - Part 1 of 3

"Beacon" by Prozac1

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My general feeling for June is that water/sea may be a feature of one or more events on the earthquake and possibly the volcanic front.

Regarding EQ’s, I get a feeling that there may be an EQ event which could spark a water level disturbance ( what may be termed as a tsunami – from potential mild land inundation to maybe a more serious issue – not sure about the degree though).  The regions which, at the moment of typing this post, I am somewhat drawn to are the Atlantic region – maybe more towards the northern reaches to the mid-Atlantic regions. Another maybe the northern reaches of the Pacific Ocean to the NE regions and/or the NW regions. Hawaii may experience some water level disturbances and some stronger currents sweeping around the islands. This may not be major.

Australia may experience high tides in some places and possibly a mild impact from sea level rise disturbance from an offshore (sea or other country’s) plate shift occurrence. This may sweep down a considerable stretch of Australian coastline. This may only be a situation which causes beach erosion or a king tide kind of situation. Again, as with Hawaii, water currents may be stronger than usual.

Similarly, there may be a disturbance emanating from the Indian Ocean and/or possibly from the south of the Australian mainland, above Antarctica.

More meteorites may be observed, with possibly some sort of an earth impact by one or two – not meaning disaster, but more of a spectacle or even a sonic boom produced by one or two.

Regarding volcanoes, several may become an issue for their local communities, maybe disturbing air traffic. Lava flows, pyroclastic and rock flows may be an issue for one or two. The tremors emanating from one or two may cause infrastructure problems – maybe some tunnels, roads etc..

An undersea volcano or two may become more active and may cause pumice to rise to the sea surface, indicating such movements.

A volcano, slightly offshore from a mainland may be red-zoned, with tourism ceased for this region. An inland volcano, maybe in the Mediterranean and/or Asia may become a problem for communities nearby, also ceasing tourism temporarily and displacing some.

UNITED STATES

The California coastline may continue to experience M1, M2 and M3+’s. I have been ‘watching’ this region and commenting on such on Weatherzone. I mentioned the LA down to San Diego regions may come up with a moderate quake (M5’ish) and unfortunately it did. This region, down to Baja and back up to near the Oregon border may experience another moderate tremor in June. It seems that the plates in these regions are moving/grinding in a moderately active way. Which is not uncommon for them to do, but I feel a grind and ‘pull’ maybe occurring currently, which could give rise to the further movements I am talking about here.

The region from Nevada, including the Yellowstone and other national park regions may continue (again not unusual) to experience M1’s, M2’s and maybe an M3+. Yellowstone is drawing me to it a little and/or the western side of it for maybe an M3+(?).

Inland US – the states which currently draw me to them for potential M1’s, M2’s and/or M3 maybe S/W Arizona, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nevada (including near Las Vegas), Tennessee, Washington, Texas, Western Montana, Idaho, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Rhode Island included.

For some reason I am also stuck on the word “Fort”. This is resonating with me for a mild tremor, as is the word “Atlanta” (“Atlantas” is the actual word which is stuck with me atm).

Louisiana and up the Mississippi River is drawing me to it for some reason – maybe a river related issue.

New York (state)/Vermont/Maine regions are also drawing me to them – maybe just a mild tremor.

Weather emanating from the Atlantic may become an issue for the eastern states coastlines.

AUSTRALIA

Koorda in Western Australia has been enduring an earthquake cluster recently, mainly M1’s, M2’s and an M3 till now. This may be a prelude to a larger tremor or the smaller tremors may have been ‘for’ and ‘after’ shocks from the M3.

Western Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, Canberra, New South Wales and South Australia may all come up with more small tremors. SA, WA and possibly Victoria may come up with a moderate tremor (M3+?).

Queensland has experienced a tremor recently, near Brisbane, and I feel that they may feel another in June.

I am still feeling an energy emanating from the ocean, south of the Australian mainland and from the Indian Ocean. This may just be related to plate movement and I also feel that there is some sort of energy running through the southern states from E/SE to west, and from south to north. I have a theory as to what this may be and have written these private thoughts in an email to self early in May. It will only be made public if such eventuates and/or my feelings are confirmed. I would like to run this feeling/theory by a professional in this area (seismologist for example)  P.s. This is not a disaster scenario and no conspiracy theory here ;).

There are what I term ‘pulses’ (blocks of) running through some of our southern seismo’s here and there. This may be normal intermittent activity, as our living planet is not a static entity. This behaviour can be seen on occasions in other seismo’s in other world places.

Please remember, all of what I say in my posts are just feelings, they are not based on scientific knowledge – I am an amateur and could be very wrong in what I write in this blog.

Parts 2/3 and 3/3 will be posted here very soon.

Peace to all.