The Extinction Protocol

2020 Bizarre Weather: Could two hurricanes collide? Here’s what may happen if Laura and Marco meet up in the Gulf

With Tropical Storms Laura and Marco both forecast to be in the Gulf of Mexico together early next week, you might wonder if they could potentially collide or perhaps form one huge hurricane. “Thankfully, any worries about the two storms merging into a ‘super-hurricane’ are unfounded,” noted weather.us meteorologist Jack Sillin in his blog Friday. “When tropical cyclones arrive in close…

Space Watch: Asteroid predicted to pass close to Earth the day before the presidential election

An asteroid discovered in 2018 will fly very close to Earth on Nov. 2 according to The Center for Near Earth Objects Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Astronomers spotted the object from Palomar Observatory in San Diego County in 2018 followed by a 13-day observation arc and has not been detected since. Asteroid 2018VP1 is currently projected to come close to Earth sometime during the…

On Aug 16, a car-sized asteroid flew within 2,000 miles of Earth, the closest ever recorded, and NASA missed it

On Aug. 16, a space rock the size of a car zipped past Earth at a distance too close for comfort – approximately 1,830 miles. What’s even more disconcerting is that NASA never saw it until after it had happened. According to a report by Business Insider, it was the closest ever recorded, according to asteroid trackers and a catalog compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy. The…

500 Wildfires Raging: Three California wildfires now rank among largest in state’s history, and they are still growing

Some of California’s largest ever fires raged across the state Saturday, forcing tens of thousands from their homes as forecasters warned of further blazes sparked by lightning strikes. Several thousand lightning bolts have hit California in recent days, starting fires that left thick smoke blanketing the region. “The western US and Great Plains are shrouded under a vast area of smoke due to…

Massive underwater submarine volcanic eruption creates small island of floating pumice

A gigantic fleet of floating rocks, spewed up from an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean, floated across the waves for thousands of miles. Eventually, it made it all the way to Australia, then started on a new project: revitalizing the world’s largest (and very threatened) coral reef system. This unlikely chain of events may sound somewhat incredible, but it’s an entirely true story – one…

Climate Watch: Record heatwave stretches across 10 U.S. states – rolling blackouts in California

It’s going to be a hot one…  More than 80 million people are under excessive heat alerts this weekend with record temperatures possible in over 10 states. Excessive heat warnings are in effect for California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Texas. Heat advisories are in place for some surrounding states, including Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. “Nearly 100 daily record highs are in jeopardy over…

Worst flu season ever: The CDC issues a dire warning for the fall if coronavirus measures are not followed

A top federal health official is issuing a dire warning: Follow recommended coronavirus measures or risk having the worst fall in US public health history. For your country right now and for the war that we’re in against Covid, I’m asking you to do four simple things: wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands and be smart about crowds,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers…

From peanut butter to applesauce, Washington state stockpiles tons of food for the need ahead

In Washington state’s new food warehouse, there’s enough Jif peanut butter to make nearly 3 million sandwiches. Barilla pasta boxes stretch to the ceiling, 100,000 in all. Large stacks of TreeTop applesauce, pancake mix and canned green beans sit on pallets, like soldiers waiting to be sent into duty.  Since the coronavirus crisis first rocked Washington in March, nonprofits and state agencies…

Southern California earthquake swarm have some experts worrying about the “big one” on San Andreas Fault

A swarm of small earthquakes in California, close to the Mexican border, is being closely monitored as to whether it might raise the chance of a much larger event on the San Andreas fault. The largest earthquake on Monday was a magnitude 4.6, reported at 8:56 a.m. under the southeastern part of the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was among a series that began at 6:33 a.m.…

Disaster after Disaster: Rare derecho storm wreaks havoc on U.S. Midwest – 10 million acres of crops destroyed

On Monday evening, a violent, fast-moving thunderstorm complex known as derecho tore a 700-mile path from Nebraska to Indiana. Winds over 70 mph battered Chicago and as of Thursday afternoon, more than 300,000 people were still without power in northern Illinois as well as Iowa, the state hardest hit. The destructive storm laid siege to more than 10 million acres of Iowa’s corn and soybean crop,…

Deadly Beirut blast wiped out 85% of grain silos

About 85 percent of grain silos in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut have reportedly been destroyed after a massive explosion Tuesday that killed at least 100 people and wounded thousands more. The blast at the city’s port — which manages 60% of all imports for the country — left Beirut’s largest grain elevator severely damaged, along with a grain terminal. According to S&P Global, the silos can…

Europe alarmed as U.S. tops 5 million COVID-19 cases with over 162,000 deaths

ROME (AP) — With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe. Perhaps nowhere outside the U.S. is America’s bungled virus response viewed with more consternation than in Italy, which was ground zero of Europe’s…

Divine Judgment? 14 days before the Republican Convention in state – North Carolina stuck by hurricane and earthquake

2 major disasters in one week: Has the moral degeneration, polarization, and corruption of America drawn the wrath of God?

SPARTA, N.C. (AP) — The most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years shook much of the state early Sunday, rattling homes, businesses and residents. The National Weather Service in Greenville said the 5.1-magnitude temblor struck at 8:07 a.m.,…

7 dead, 60 infected – China struggles to contain outbreak of new virus that can potentially spread between humans

As the world still struggles to overcome the coronavirus pandemic, a new virus from China has arrived, this new virus has started attacking China fatally and experts alert the world to get cautious. As the world fights the deadly Corona virus, there is a new virus that has come to scare the world and this virus too has been reported to come from China. A new infectious disease caused by a…

Health watch: The good news : you will likely get a mild case of COVID-19 & The bad news: you may never recover from it

Stories of COVID-19 survivors suffering from symptoms months after their initial illness are spurring researchers to investigate post-recovery conditions. These survivors have been dubbed as long haulers and researchers say they’re not sure yet if long haulers will fully recover. 49-year-old Amanda Thebe, a Houston-based fitness trainer, caught coronavirus in early March.

Her case was a mild one…

If you thought you would get a forewarning about a potential asteroid impacting the Earth – think again!

Comet Neowise, a 3-mile-wide chunk of space ice, is rocketing past our planet, creating a spectacle in the night: a brilliant ball of white light with long, colorful tails. The comet is a benign and beautiful sight, but it highlights a global vulnerability. Tens of thousands of potentially dangerous objects regularly careen past Earth undetected, and some of them inevitably crash into it. Comets…