Heaviest rainfall on record.
An unprecedented 20 inches (50 cm) of rain – the heaviest rainfall on record – descended on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, inundating homes and rice paddies and killing at least 20 people. Another 20 people have been reported missing.
A month’s rain fell in some parts of Kyushu’s Kumamoto and Oita prefectures over the last 12 hours, according to the NHK public broadcaster.
An incredible two feet of rain fell in just 8 hours, reports NBC news.
Some 50,000 people have been ordered to evacuate from disaster-hit areas, the report said.
Images on local news reports showed cars being dragged into the raging rivers and houses destroyed by landslides.
The number of those killed and missing is expected to rise.
Just imagine if that 20 inches of rain had fallen as snow. That would have been 200 inches of snow. Almost 17 feet! Five meters! That’s how ice ages begin.
See entire article:
http://www.ianslive.in/news/19_killed_in_Japan-387831/LatestNews/31
See also:
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nbc-news/48158527#48158527 (Includes video)
Thanks to Kenneth Lund and Alex Tanase for these links
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Pentagon Takes Over Civilian Duties and Sprays Mosquitos in Florida
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They did this in New Orleans in 2005. Course that was an emergency.
Back in 1929 the USS Lexington was moored at Tacoma WA and put to work providing power for the city. Washington was experiencing a drought and since most of their power was(and is)hydro-electric they needed a little help.
Not too unusual for the military to lend a hand when asked. I wouldn’t read to much into it but of course all the chem trail guys will go crazy.
That’s a non-issue. When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, every summer brought unmarked twin-engine private craft flying at treetop level spraying for skeeters. Now there are more pathogens being spread, and that demands a larger response. Private assets cannot match USAF/ANG/Reserve assets so Florida requested the help. It’s not like AC-130 gunships are orbiting Miami.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, meltdowns, now this. Is it any wonder that the Japanese are so fatalistic?
Gambate Ney?!
The Japanese can’t catch a break lately. The Jet Stream forecast doesn’t look good for the next few days either:
http://www.stormsurfing.com/stormuser2/images/dods/glob_250.swf
They are evacuating so hopefully nobody else will be harmed by this airborne flood.
To get 20 inches of rain, you need extreme heat to meet cold air.
How likely is that to happen in winter??
now what did the fukushima area cop?
and what damage?
maybe for some of it , it would be good to wash radiation away, problem is its the poor oceans and streams going to cop it again.
wont do the already jellified foundations of reactor four much good though..already sinking and splitting.
Maybe Australia should sell Japan some land to live on!
I can’t see Japan survive for another few years?
Actually last winter, during the cold spell here in the Black Forest (-20 centigrade for 10 days), one day we had 15 cm of very fluffy snow, which according to the swiss metereological service corresponded to 2 mm of water precip. Extrapolate the 50 cm of rain and those weather conditions, and you get 37.5 meters of snow…