World Doesn't End; Party Goes On

The Weather Channel Published: Dec 21, 2012, 10:56 PM EST

Weather.com - 12/21/12, Carey Gillam, Reuters

Sandhill Cranes ride out the storm on the banks of the Wisconsin River. (Photo by Tom Lynn/Getty Images)

Winter Storm Draco brought much-needed moisture to drought-hit states, but the drought has such a tight grip on the central U.S. that more moisture will be needed, according to weather experts.

"The snow is good, but in most instances it was less than one inch of liquid and if the soils are frozen, there will be little infiltration," said Brian Fuchs, climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "Welcomed, yes. A big changer to the overall drought, not really," Fuchs said.

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Earth & Space Weather

Eleven Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2012

Weather.com - Chris Dolce, 12/20/12

Heavy equipment operators work on a mountain of debris left by Superstorm Sandy Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Wall, N.J.
Associated Press.

It was another expensive year of weather-related disasters in the United States.

The country saw a preliminary total of eleven billion-dollar weather disasters in 2012, according to a report released by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This follows a disastrous 2011, which contained a record fourteen billion-dollar weather disasters in records dating to 1980.

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Earth & Space Weather

The Solar Wind is Swirly

European Space Agency - 12/18/12

Tiny turbulent swirls in the solar wind

Using ESA’s Cluster quartet of satellites as a space plasma microscope, scientists have zoomed in on the solar wind to reveal the finest detail yet, finding tiny turbulent swirls that could play a big role in heating it.

Turbulence is highly complex and all around us, evident in water flowing from a tap, around an aircraft wing, in experimental fusion reactors on Earth, and also in space.

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3D News

Strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu

Source: The Extinction Protocol - 12/22/12

December 22, 2012 – VANUATU – A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Saturday, December 22, the US Geological Survey said. But no immediate tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a depth of more than 200 kilometers at around 9:30am (2230 GMT Friday) some 130 kilometers north of Santo, USGS said. “It’s quite deep … so there’s no tsunami,” said David Jepsen, a seismologist with Geoscience Australia which measured the quake at 6.6 magnitude.

3D News

Ron Head – It Is The Stuff Of Which You Are Made. It Is The Stuff Of Which Everything Is Made

Posted on December 22, 2012 by lucas2012infos

Michael

Good morning to all, on this first day of your new age, the Age of Aquarius, as you have named it.

Many have awakened to feelings of bliss and cellular excitement as the building light continues to pour down upon you. This is still rising to its zenith and will continue to do so for the remainder of the year. Bask in it, bathe in it, and rejoice in it. The effects of it will be far reaching and wonderful new levels of light and love, you will be more able to perceive in the ways you have, most of you, only imagined before now. Allow us to suggest a few ways to encourage these changes to take place.

If you wish, my friends, to make changes to your chakras, your energy body, you must first acknowledge that you have such a body, that you indeed have chakras. If you wish to absorb the love and light of Creator, you must first acknowledge that it does indeed exist and is pouring down upon you. The truth of it is, of course, that it is the stuff of which you are made. It is the stuff of which everything is made.

Ground Crew Updates

Waking Times – Marco Torres & Michael Forrester – We Want To Live In A World That Is

Waking Times – Marco Torres & Michael Forrester – We Want To Live In A World That Is…

Posted on December 22, 2012 by lucas2012infos

Free from the limitations that currently exist on Earth. A world of endless possibilities filled with nations of cooperative families and communities who have one goal–to function as a unit. One that can only survive through the purest, positive intent to benefit humanity. This is our world and we are all building it together.