Queen of Denial: Freak Cyclone Cleopatra Pounds Sardinia

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, as the old adage goes...

The residents of Sardinia are busy cleaning up after a freak cyclone by the name of Cleopatra delivered a powerful blow to the Mediterranean island, long a getaway retreat for Europeans looking for a bit of sun, sand and surf.

At least 18 people were killed and thousands left homeless after Cyclone Cleopatra deluged the island with an astonishing 450 millimeters (17 inches) of rain in only an hour and a half overnight.  The torrential rain flooded the streets of cities and villages across Sardinia, off the coast of Italy, sweeping away cars, animals and people and flooding countless thousands of homes. More rain fell on the island in 90 minutes than usually falls in more than half a year, local weather officials announced. The Red Cross has stepped in, providing temporary shelter for the thousands of residents displaced by the unusual weather event.

The disaster in Sardinia comes only days after an unusual November tornado outbreak swept across the US Midwest, with hundreds of tornadoes touching down and causing deaths and destruction across several states. The cyclone also follows the most powerful storm ever recorded, Typhoon Haiyan, which slammed into the Philippines as a post-Category 5 storm, leaving tens of thousands of people dead and destroying entire cities. A freak cyclone struck the coast of Somalia only two days after Haiyan's deadly voyage, killing almost five hundred people and destroying entire villages along the coast of the east African nation. A freak rain storm also struck Saudi Arabia earlier this week, dumping copious amounts of rain on a usually arid region of the world, creating havoc and destruction.

Expect more stories of a similar nature to come in the future as the runaway effects of climate change continues with a vice-like grip on the world's population:

Sky News: Trumpet Sounds Return, Waterspouts in Croatia, Alaska Earthquake & Volcano

Busy days ahead for the Earth Changes News Report:

First on the agenda, the "Trumpets in the Sky" phenomenon that began roughly two years ago has returned, this time to Saskatchewan, Canada. The eerie sound, which has been heard over the past few years from places as far-flung as Costa Rica, Sweden as well as Canada and the US, was reported yesterday in Terrence, Saskatchewan, by multiple witnesses and reported by the local media and can be heard at the following link: Eerie Sounds Reported in Canada:

A physics professor at the University of Saskatchewan theorized that it's likely electromagnetic noise emitted from auroras and radiation belts. Incidentally, a large Coronal Mass Ejection from the sun was witnessed yesterday. Could this be the explanation for the odd sounds and are these the same "trumpet-like" noises talked about in biblical prophecies?

 There are more odd, climate change anomalies also being reported, actually probably too many to list here in a timely manner. A stunning group of at least twenty separate waterspouts were documented in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Dubrovnik, Croatia, yesterday. Video of the waterspouts can be viewed at the following link: 20 Waterspouts Spotted in Croatia

Deadly and record-breaking cold and snowy weather has hit parts of South America, including Brazil and Peru. The largest snow in decades has fallen in Brazil, while a bitter cold snap has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 alpacas and other live stock in Peru, Bolivia and Paraguay. The inclement weather is also responsible for the deaths of at least five people across the region. Link to full story: 

In a [perhaps] related Earth Changes story, a new volcanic geyser erupted outside of the Rome airport this past week as well, ejecting ash and debris some fifteen-feet into the air, and causing temporary delays at Fiumicino airport, which is Europe's sixth busiest. Full story here:

Meanwhile, yet ANOTHER massive haboob (dust storm) has blanketed Phoenix, Arizona, the fifth or sixth in what, less than two years now? (I've honestly lost count...)

And scientists "think" they have discovered what is causing literally thousands of beautiful dolphins and porpoises to die around the world: Dolphin deaths linked to measles-like contagion:

That troubling sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, continues to grow at an alarming rate. It has now reached a size of over twenty-five acres and shows no signs of stopping. Insane new video from the scene shows the geological anomaly gobbling up a large groups of trees in mere seconds! (Possible cross-links to Gulf of Mexico oil "volcano" from 2010.)

Veniaminof Volcano in Alaska erupted with new intensity only yesterday, emitting an immense ash cloud over three miles into the air. The eruption came after a strong 7.0 earthquake rocked the remote region in the Aleutian Islands chain. Yet, scientists claim that the temblor and volcanic eruption are "unrelated". Of course... More information on the volcano can be found here:  (Geologic upheaval)

Add  to all of this the possible specter of war in Syria, and you have the recipe for what? I'm not exactly certain there are words for where all of these things are leading. Individually, these news stories might not seem all that alarming, but when added together, in a space of less than twenty-four hours, I feel it is obvious we are now crossing into new, uncharted territory.

I won't sugar-coat things, as I feel that is insulting. Anyone now pretending that you are not currently being affected by the collision of all of these various, disturbing events is living in a dream world. You are absolutely being affected by this, each and every day. You are affected each time you purchase food, as you watch the price go up precipitously over each passing day. You are paying the price when you gas up your car at the pump, and you have to make changes to your budget about what you now can or cannot afford. What item will you have to go without today or this week? You are paying the cost each time your insurance bill arrives in the mail, as you watch your premiums skyrocket. Those "super-storm" and mass tornado outbreak clean-ups are not cheap, or is that not something anyone cares to ponder?

Feeling sick lately? Finding yourself at the doctor's office more than you ever remember?  Join the crowd, as the climatic earth changes manifesting all around us affects the health of not just humans, but also our animal companions. These chaotic earth changes are also affecting our mental health, as more and more people go off the deep end or are turning to drugs and alcohol to numb the stunning realization of what we are witnessing, all around us, twenty-four hours a day. You hear the stories leading off the news broadcast every evening now. They can no longer be ignored.

I will continue to monitor these events, so stay tuned for any new or breaking information...

Dangerous Super Typhoon Sanba Eyes Japan and South Korea

A large and highly dangerous typhoon has rapidly gained strength in the western Pacific, meteorologists are warning. Super typhoon Sanba, currently positioned 690 miles south of Japan, has peak winds of 155 mph—the equivalent of a strong Category 4 hurricane—and  on the cusp of developing into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane strength scale.

At present, the massive storm is headed due north which would take it on a path very close to the Japanese island of Okinawa on late Saturday evening or early Sunday morning local time. The storm is expected to continue its track due north on a path toward the southern tip of South Korea on Monday.

The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has issued warnings for a large area alerting residents of the destructive potential of Sanba. Forecasters say conditions in the region are favorable for an intensification of the storm over the next 24 to 36 hours.

Residents of Okinawa, Japan, have already dealt with two serious typhoons this season, Bolaven and Haikui. Weather experts fear that this storm could be far more dangerous and devastating than the previous two storms combined. Heavy amounts of rainfall and massive flooding are the primary concerns in low-lying, coastal areas, with a high storm surge anticipated due to the storm's powerful winds which could top 175 mph.

Something About the Weather: Extremely Rare Tornado Kills 1 in Japan

A very rare tornado struck outside of Tokyo, Japan,  killing at least one person, injuring dozens of others and destroying scores of houses.

Firefighters and emergency medical teams rushed to the area after the tornado struck the city of Tsukuba, 40 miles from the capital of Tokyo. The city is a renowned science center, with dozens of research and academic institutes, but the tornado appeared to hit mostly in residential sections of the area.

A 14-year-old boy has died from injuries suffered during the tornado, local media is reporting. More than thirty people were injured, with at least ten seriously and being treated at local hospitals. Japanese news networks are showing video of rows of houses without roofs, apartment complexes with smashed balconies and shattered windows as well as telephone poles tilted over by the powerful winds.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. estimates that at least 24,000 homes were without electricity as cloud-to-ground lightning strikes added to the storm's total damage. Tornadoes are an extremely rare occurrence in Japan.

To the Extreme: Climate Specialists Warn of Extreme & Dangerous Weather to Come

A group of top climatologists have released a dire new report warning the nations of the world to prepare for an ever-increasing list of catastrophic and deadly weather conditions to play out over the next several years.

The Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a shocking report on extreme weather after an emergency meeting was convened in Kampala, Uganda. This is the first time the group of scientists and climate experts have focused their attention on the dangers of extreme weather events.

One of the study's lead investigators, Maarten van Aalst, director of the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre in the Netherlands, puts it bluntly: "We need to be worried. Our response needs to anticipate disasters and reduce risk before they happen rather than wait until after they happen and clean up afterward...the  risk has already increased dramatically."

The report goes on to say, "a changing climate leads to changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, duration, and timing of extreme weather and climate events, and can result in unprecedented extreme weather and climate events". 

Another expert, Chris Field of Stanford University, said: "We face many challenges in the future; those include floods, drought, storms, and heatwaves."

The study is released after 2011 has been dubbed "The Year of The Disaster", with a series of weather-related catastrophes in the US alone causing tens of billions of dollars in damages and loss of property and life.  The East Coast of the US has been hit with a series of record-breaking winter storms, a costly hurricane as well as a rare earthquake, while the Midwest and South were slammed with terrifying tornado outbreaks and floods of biblical proportions, leaving two nuclear power plants underwater. A record breaking heat wave and drought scorched Texas and Oklahoma and massive wildfires burned millions of acres of land in New Mexico, Arizona and California, with Reno, Nevada, currently being decimated by raging fires. Alaska was pounded by a winter "hurricane" only a few weeks ago, the worst storm on record to hit the state.


The costliest disaster of all time (so far) took place in March of this year, with the cataclysmic earthquake and tsunami in Japan causing several hundred billion dollars in damages and claiming more than 30,000 lives. The tsunami also created the worst nuclear accident of all time, as the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant went into a full-scale melt-down.

Fasten your seat belts, folks...it's going to be a bumpy ride...