A Week Of Widespread Earth Changes

Earth Change Report - Issue 025 - Jan 20 2008

From the desk of Publisher/Editor Michael Knight.

If you sometimes find yourself feeling depressed by all this Earth Change information, you are not alone.

Surfing the internet to gather snippets of data from around the world in order to keep track of the changes that are happening daily, is almost enough to make a person go into overload.

After all, wouldn’t we much prefer the comfort and stability of a world in which all our dreams come true?

Instead, dealing with stories about unprecedented storms, droughts, drownings and all the issues associated with climate change can seem akin to finding yourself standing on a ledge over an abyss with a gale force wind threatening to topple you into the deep.

So where’s the sense of hope and optimism in all this?

Where does one find the inner strength to carry on in the face of danger whose presence can be felt at every click of the mouse?

Lived to tell us their understanding that "life is a continuum," and that they have come back from their Near Death Experience (NDE) with an understanding of "the true nature of God."

Such a man is James Gilliland. His life story is the substance of the documentary "Contact Has Begun." It’s a remarkable story, and in the telling it reveals something of the inner strengths we all possess.

Since then the subscription rate has grown in leaps and bounds and now there are subscribers from throughout the world, all interested in the realities of Earth Changes and what can be done to understand these events and prepare for what’s ahead.

A few people have unsubscribed on the grounds that the newsletter contains too much information too often. They initially found it informative, and then it became frightening.

They described themselves as “sensitive” and opted out.

Sensitive is fine. (I wish I had understood it earlier in life.But that’s water under the bridge).

However sensitive can also be a dangerous thing if one uses the feeling as a reason (excuse) to avoid discomfort. Or fear.

Honesty demands that one face the natural fear that comes up when Earth Changes and its obvious symptoms are under discussion. Yes, it is a scary subject most of us would like to avoid.

Courage is knowing you are afraid, but going ahead anyway.

Courage is about taking responsibility for one’s self preservation. Courage is doing what needs to be done for yourself, because ain’t nobody else gonna do it for you.

Courage is the antidote to fear, for once fear is recognized as the dark rider of the mind (picture those non-dead wraiths riding their huge black horses in The Lord of the Rings) then it can be faced and fought and conquered.

Obviously this is not a battle in the physical sense, but an inner battle in which triumph comes only on the wings of courage.

Courage must sometimes be whipped up.

When the knees are atremble and you’re facing a much bigger opponent in a boxing tournament for example, you have to mentally face the fact that pretty soon you are going to get hammered.

But you also dig deep and know that you have prepared for this moment with countless hours of boredom skipping rope, running half marathons, punching fence posts and being punched by sparring partners.

The tension rises as the referee does his spiel (which you can’t hear too well because you’re focused on trying to keep your jelly knees from knocking together) and then it’s all happening.

You give the bout your best. And yet they tell you you have lost it. The judges scored the big guy better than you. And they don’t give a hoot about the blood running down your face.

You slip through the ropes and out of the ring. Your club coach is busy setting up his next fighter for the next bout. There’s no-one there from your family to greet you. Nor do you care for the attention of your club mates. You are very much alone.

But for some reason, you realize your knees are no longer shaking. They’re working fine.. It doesn’t matter that you didn’t win. It doesn’t matter that no-one you know was there to watch.

You realize that you have faced something worse than a physically bigger opponent. You have faced fear. Courage has triumphed over cowardice. Preparation has seen you through And you’ll live to fight another day.

Courage is a different thing to bravado. Bravado is bluff and empty words. Bravado says (from a safe distance) “bring it on…” Courage on the other hand is quietness and getting it done.

Getting it done (as in being prepared) eventually results in a sense of security. It may not entirely eliminate trepidation about what’s ahead, but it certainly reduces the fear factor.

So courage must be encouraged. It must be called upon in the face of fears about Earth Changes. You can’t buy it, you can’t be given it, you can’t expect it to be absorbed from others.

Given a choice between fear and courage we can either wallow in the first, or embrace the second. One will keep us rooted to the spot and shaking at the knees. The other propels us forward into an unknown future – and those who choose courage are the most suited to weathering the storm and actually making it to that distant shore.………….

Once again the politicians are choosing to opt for talk rather than action on climate change.

The IPCC has done it (could be a decade before anything actually happens), and now the European Union is craftily backing away from requiring industry to reduce greenhouse gas production any time soon.

The BBC notes that "Europe's leaders promised last year to cut greenhouse gases by 20% by the end of the next decade, or by 30% if other big polluters made similar efforts.

"But a draft document seen by BBC News shows that the European Commission is asking member states to just plan for the lower figure for the time being."

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A devastating spill of 10,000 tonnes of oil off South Korea in December has not only destroyed marine life and fish farms, it is also killing fish farmers. Literally. By suicide.

According to the China Daily, 10,000 tonnes translates into 20 million gallons of crude that has “shattered lives and businesses.”

Imagine if you one of the almost 64,000 residents who have relied for your income on fishing and seafood farming, or on the 20 million tourists who visit your scenic paradise every year – and they stop coming.

Can you imagine 4,000 aquatic farmers seeing their livelihoods wiped out overnight?

Such is the price of oil dependency – and our refusal to insist that other virtually free and non-polluting energy sources be developed.

Not to mention the fact that extracting oil creates greater friction under the earth, which in turn results in earthquakes. Killer quakes.

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Dozens of ships have run aground in China’s Yangtze River.

Water levels have dropped remarkably as China faces its worst drought in years. Millions of people are short of water.

"In the major Yangtze port city of Hankou, water levels fell to 13.98m (46ft) in early January - the lowest level since records began in 1866..."

Deaths and crop damage accompany record low temperatures in the Middle East, with snow in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad “for the first time in living memory.”

Meanwhile at least 200 have died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan, along with tens of thousands of animals.

And yet 2007 saw the warmest year ever recorded (since 1880) for the planet’s land areas.

Spanish scientists note that the Mediterranean Sea is rising rapidly “and could increase by up to half a metre in the next 50 years.” (Note: This does not take into account the probable sudden increase in sea levels as the Greenland ice cap melts and Arctic and Antarctic ice continues to thaw at a very fast pace).

“I am an eyewitness to this infamous global warming.” So said French sailor Thomas Coville after seeing icebergs south of Cape Town (South Africa) in conditions and places where they should never be.

He counted 78 icebergs in 280 miles – some of them had rocks embedded in them.

“What scientists are seeing in the Arctic now is not encouraging.

So says this report from the University of Manitoba - a world leader in Arctic research.

During the present International Polar Year scientists are studying the winter Beaufort Sea.

Their goal is to get mainstream media attention, and thus get public attention on their real concerns about climate change.

“An already alarming decrease in sea ice greatly accelerated this summer, prompting some scientists to estimate that the Arctic could now be ice-free in the summer as early as 2012. Just last year, that estimate was pegged at 2040.

Things are changing quickly

"In 2007, that figure jumped to 1.3 million square kilometers.

"Now, projections of an ice-free Arctic in the summer have gone from sometime between 2020 and 2050 to possibly 2013 or 2012.

"Over the next five to 10 years current models show the decrease in sea ice will only increase."

Much More in depth here.

Torrential rain and now incredible floods are devastating parts of Africa.

In Zimbabwe, where the economy is in shambles, thousands of acres of crops have been destroyed.

Zambia has declared a national disaster after floods swept through the southern African nation and several neighboring countries, killing at least 45 people and destroying roads, bridges, crops and livestock.

"Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been lashed by heavy rains for several weeks, causing swollen rivers to burst their banks and forcing thousands of villagers to flee flooded homes.

“Panicked residents have drowned or been killed by crocodiles as they attempted to cross rivers for higher ground.”

Mozambican authorities say at least 60,000 people have been evacuated and 22,000 houses are under water.

“Torrential rains in Zambia and Zimbabwe have swollen the mighty Zambezi river — Africa's fourth longest — to well above the flood limit, with valleys in Malawi and Mozambique bearing the brunt as the waters hurtle down toward the Indian Ocean.

“Rains since early December are reportedly the heaviest since colonial era records."

The warning comes after continuous volcanic eruptions …which could lead to acid rain….which will … "destroy agricultural fields and cause water pollution."

And since we have overcome fear, it's a good idea to imagine a world in which a super volcano has erupted.

Yellowstone and California's Long Valley Caldera are a couple of candidates in the United States; Lake Taupo in New Zealand.

But it would not have to be a super volcano going off to cloud the world in acid rain and ash traveling the globe on the jet stream. The precautions one should take remain the same.

Be prepared for your regular water supply to be polluted.

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In-House News:

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It already includes some remarkable tips and hints on preparing for anything from a simple overnight power outage, to building shelters for more severe events.

Learn more here about the benefits of joining.

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