Wednesday, June 12, 2013

**Even though you may want to move forward in your life,
you may have one foot on the brakes.
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.
Release the hurt. Release the fear.
Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes
to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.
What is it you can let go of today?**
Mary Manin Morrissey


LARGEST QUAKES -

Live Seismograms - Worldwide (update every 30 minutes)

This morning -
None 5.0 or higher.

Yesterday -
6/11/13 -
5.0 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
5.2 VANUATU
5.3 ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

VOLCANOES -
Volcano Webcams

Threat from Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile continuing - Chilean officials ordered most residents already evacuated from homes near an erupting volcano to stay in shelters and with family and friends Sunday due to the threat of deadly landslides containing mud and water as well as rocks and ash thrown from the volcano. The ash spread across the Pacific, prompting authorities to suspend flights in Australia and New Zealand.

TROPICAL STORMS -

In the Western Pacific -
Tropical storm Yagi was located about 279 nm south-southwestward of Yokosuka, Japan.

Tropical Storm Yagi will likely die out well before it reaches any land, according to the latest Japanese forecasts and Joint Typhoon Warning Center updates. Yagi is tracking further east than earlier forecast.

Cuba Kicks Off Cyclone Season with 'Good' and 'Bad' Rains - The new cyclone season in Cuba is forecast to be highly active, and it announced its arrival with intense rains that caused rivers to burst their banks and flooded extensive areas in the western province of Pinar del Río.

Swarming ants invade SW Florida after Tropical Storm Andrea - Tropical Storm Andrea brought out swarming ants, and they covered windshields, front bumpers and more. The Fort Myers Pest Control Supervisor said their phones have been ringing off the hook with people concerned about the ants, and mistaking them for termites.
"They leave their nesting when the ground floods so they are looking for new places to mate and looking for new sites to make their homes, so it's more or less a weather problem." He says the bugs are not dangerous, just an eyesore. And your windshield wipers only make it worse, so the best thing to do is wash your car.
"It's that time of year plus with the rain and storms we've had, it gets everything all flustered up." If you think you see them in your home, they can come check it out. The problem has improved since the weather has been better over the past few days.

EXTREME HEAT & DROUGHT / WILDFIRES / CLIMATE CHANGE -

Colorado fires growing, thousands evacuated - More than 2,500 homes were under a mandatory evacuation order as a wildfire in east central Colorado burned quickly through dry timber Tuesday afternoon.
RECORD-BREAKING HEAT and windy weather prompted red flag warnings across the state. High temperatures and windy conditions are creating a high fire danger across the state, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Temperatures were expected to hit 99 degrees in Denver Tuesday, breaking the record of 95 degrees set in 1956.

HEALTH THREATS -

Federal officials weigh H7N9 vaccine options - Intensive federal deliberations are under way on whether to stockpile a vaccine against the H7N9 flu virus that emerged this spring in China, similar to the government's response to the H5N1 avian flu threat, health officials said.