Global Disaster Feed FEMA Disaster Feedvideo.news.sky.com One of the world’s top climate change experts says the environmental disasters killing hundreds of thousands of people across the world could be a sign that global warming has well and truly arrived. Sky’s Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Lisa Holland reports.
First update on the 8.8 magnitude massive Earthquake off the shore of Chile on 26.02.2010, including live reports and expert information both on the impact and the tsunami warnings in response to the event. Recorded from BBC World News on 26-27.02.2010 The quake struck at 0634 GMT (3:34 am local time) about 90km (56 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and about 320km south-west of the capital, Santiago. Buildings in Santiago were reported to have shaken for between about 30 seconds, with the loss of electricity and communications following. The death-toll remains unclear but is confirmed to count at least 122 victims. Easter Island is beeing evacuated as a precautionary measure in expectation of a possible tsunami. The US issued an initial tsunami warning for Chile, Peru and Ecuador, which was later extended to Colombia, Antarctica, Panama, Costa Rica and then as far as New Zealand and Hawaii.
From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as Sylmar earthquake) struck the San Fernando Valley near Sylmar at 6:00:55 am PST on February 9, 1971, with a magnitude of 6.6. There are various names for this earthquake. Seismologists call it the San Fernando earthquake. USGS ‘Sylmar Quake’ or ‘Sylmar earthquake’ is the name initially given to the event by local media outlets, because the worst damage was to the Olive View Medical Center, located in Sylmar. Local veterans of ‘the Sylmar Quake’ commonly refer to this seismic event as the ‘February Ninth’ quake. Contains the famous line about the earth shaking “like an angry parent shakes his screaming child!”
Live video of the earthquake that shook in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, and other surrounding areas. 5.0 Earth quake.
Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time, Nikola Tesla and his Earthquake Machine. The other myth in this episode is the exploding lava lamp, which I have uploaded ages ago. No copyright infringement intended. Consider this a advertisement for Discovery Channel.
