Planetary and climatic changes on the footsteps of a magnetic field reversal
Extreme wind storms are wreaking havoc on cities across the globe from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Pasadena, California but weather extremes are also occurring on the other side of the globe in Australia. Perth Australia had 57 days over 32 degrees, the longest hot spell since records began in 1897, smashing the average number of hot days of 33.9. Brisbane and the Gabba experienced it driest weather in 29 years. “In the first four days of this summer, Sydney has now failed to reach 23 degrees, making it the coolest start in 44 years,” Weatherzone meteorologist Brett Dutschke said. “The city is on target for its coolest start to summer in 51 years,” Dutschke said. The Washington Post said: “Spring 2011 may well go down in the weather history books as the most extreme on record. From the massive April tornado swarm, to record Mississippi river levels, to extreme drought and wildfires in the Southwest, weather extremes were both violent and relentless, taking a terrible toll on human life and the economy.”
The Washington Post said: “The onslaught of extreme weather events this past spring may have no equal in the historic record. Harold Brooks, researcher at NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center, speaking at a press briefing Wednesday, said the most similar year to 2011 might be 1927 which had significant tornado activity and flooding. However, historic indicators of drought do not suggest similarly dry conditions in the Southwest that year.”
Planet shaken by earthquakes: Besides the devastating 9.0 March 11, Tōhoku Japan earthquake, which was one of the strongest earthquakes recorded in Japan’s history, there were four more earthquakes that struck Japan of the 7.0+ magnitude range. There were three 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes also in Vanuatu and two in Kermadec. Turkey, Fiji, Pakistan, Chile, Argentina, the Loyalty Islands and Alaska were also all hit with 7.0+ magnitude earthquakes this year. There were 6.9 earthquakes in Nepal near Sikkim, Taiwan, and Myanmar, a 6.9 quake in central Peru and a 6.8 in northern Peru, a 6.6 in Bolivia, a 6.4 earthquake that hit Vancouver Island, a 6.1 that struck Kyrgyzstan, a 6.0 that struck the South Island of New Zealand, a 5.8 which struck Virginia and a 5.3 which struck Colorado in the same day and a 5.1 in Murica Spain.