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ISIS SUPPORTERS CALL FOR POISONING OF FOOD IN GROCERY STORES ACROSS U.S. AND EUROPE

BY JACK MOORE ON 9/7/17 AT 5:12 AM

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and its followers have traditionally used shock and awe tactics in their attacks on the West, taking knives, assault rifles and trucks on as weapons in shocking assaults. But the group’s followers are now calling for a hidden weapon: poison. The target? Western grocery stores.

“In the third part of an English-language series promoting lone-wolf jihad in Western countries, potential attackers are advised to inject food for sale in markets with cyanide poison,” U.S.-based jihadi monitoring group SITE Intelligence reported.

A graphic posted by the ISIS supporters in the Furat Wilayah channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, a platform popular with jihadists because of its secrecy and lack of takedowns compared to other platforms such as Twitter, read: “First method: poison.”

The potential use of poison is one that has been publicized by the group’s supporters for several years, but never used. Jihadists published a guide that directed “six ways to kill the Jews” in October 2015, the methods given were to “stab him, burn him, poison him.” They have also distributed a guide on how to poison food eaten by “crusaders.” Pro-ISIS groups have also published handbooks on how to make homemade poison.

Even though it has yet to be used, one U.S. case points to a jihadist attempting to follow the orders of the group and its followers. Police charged Amer Sinan Alhaggagi, a 22-year-old man from San Francisco, who spent time in Yemen. He is alleged to have tried to support ISIS, but also to “redefine terror” in the Bay Area.

In his December 2016 court hearing, details emerged that he had discussed lacing drugs with rat poison and distributing them in nightclubs across the Bay Area. He had sought information from an undercover agent about mixing highly-toxic pesticide strychnine and cocaine, according to ABC.

ISIS supporters have called for the poisoning of food in supermarkets in a new release. SITE INTELLIGENCE

It was also reported in July that a Lebanese suspect detained over a plot to bring down an airliner from Australia to the United Arab Emirates, directed by ISIS, had planned to release a poison gas to incapacitate the passengers and crew of the aircraft.

The suspect abandoned the plot before boarding the plane because his bag weighed several kilograms more than the weight limit for hand luggage to board the flight. The alleged poison gas plot represented a new threat to aviation security.

The jihadist group has killed dozens of Westerners in attacks across the U.S. and Europe, the deadliest being the Paris attacks in November 2015, that left 130 people dead, the truck attack in the southern French city of Nice, that killed 86 people, and the shooting attack at a LGBT nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people.

But in Iraq, the group has gone further, testing poisons on prisoners in experiments likened to those carried out during the Nazi era. Iraqi special forces reportedly discovered papers at Mosul University that documented the group’s use of “human guinea pigs” to test chemical agents. British and U.S. forces verified the documents, according to The Times.

(Newsweek)

MEXICO CITY — A powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico late Thursday night, killing at least six people and setting off tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast.

President Enrique Peña Nieto called it the biggest quake in a hundred years, even larger than the devastating 1985 tremor in Mexico City that killed thousands. He said a million people lost power, but electricity was soon restored for most of them.

The epicenter of the earthquake was off the coast of Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico, but the rumblings rocked the Mexican capital more than 600 miles away, causing electricity failures, and reports of sporadic damage. Many Mexicans were roused from bed by the quake and evacuated their shuddering apartment buildings in pajamas and stocking feet.

The Mexican government ordered schools closed in the capital on Friday so that school infrastructure could be inspected after the quake.

Four people died in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas state, including two women when their building collapsed, Gov. Manuel Velasco told Milenio TV, adding that the quake also damaged hospitals and schools.

Photos showed collapsed ceilings, flattened concrete buildings, and rubble from damage in southern cities such as Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Tonala.

Two children died in neighboring Tabasco state, including an infant who perished when hospital electricity failed and the ventilator went off, said Gov. Arturo Nunez.

In the southern state of Oaxaca, the entire Anel Hotel collapsed, but authorities say that people inside managed to escape and there are not believed to be any casualties.

Mexican authorities alerted the coastal states of Oaxaca and Chiapas of the possibility of destructive waves of higher than 13 feet. So far, though the Pacific Tsunami warning center had only reported waves of about three feet off the coast of Mexico.

The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible on the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Honduras within three hours. There was no tsunami threat for the West Coast of the United States, but the warning system said waves could reach Mexico and as far as Ecuador.

Nieto, the president, said on Twitter that authorities have been instructed to meet immediately to evaluate the situation and respond to the quake.

Mexico City is one of the more earthquake-conscious capitals in the world, after a devastating 1985 earthquake caused widespread damage to the city and killed thousands. Many of the more modern buildings have been built to withstand severe tremors. In the seconds before the earthquake started late Thursday, earthquake warning sirens had blared throughout the capital.

(The Washington Post)

Speaking at a press conference this morning, Florida Governor Rick Scott told state residents to turn to apps and other online resources, including Gas Buddy, Google Maps, Expedia and Comcast's Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot finder, to help them find fuel, navigate safely, and stay connected both ahead of and following Hurricane Irma's arrival.

The lack of readily available gasoline, in particular, has been a huge problem facing the state - something that Scott admitted he knew had been "frustrating" in this time of crisis. Not only have some gas stations had long lines, many simply keep running out of gas entirely, as people prepare for possible evacuations by topping off their tanks.

Scott said the state is doing everything it can to deal with the fuel shortages, including working with gas companies, distributors, federal authorities, and other states to get more gas to the state. He said law enforcement will even be tasked with escorting trucks to gas stations so they can get there faster.

Related to this, the governor suggested that Florida residents use Gas Buddy if they're having trouble finding somewhere to fill up.

"The Gas Buddy app is a great resource to find stations with fuel," he stated.

Though better known as an app for finding the lowest-priced gas in your area, this solution has been spreading by word-of-mouth in local communities, as well.

As it did for Hurricane Harvey, the app has activated its fuel availability tracker, which displays the stations lacking power and/or fuel, as sourced from its user base. When you encounter a station that's out, you can quickly note this in the app to help others. In turn, you can use this crowdsourced information yourself to locate gas stations that have fuel availability.

In an app update today, Gas Buddy says it made the icons for 'no gas' and 'no power' easier to read.

The company tells TechCrunch that it's now seeing hundreds of gas stations across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina without fuel. It says the hardest hit cities are Miami (30% of stations are out of gas), West Palm Beach (29%), Fort Myers-Naples (20%), Tampa (13%), and Orlando (9% are out.)

The app has seen a ton of usage following Harvey and ahead of Irma - its App Store ranking has jumped 150 spots over the past week or so, and is now in the top 50 Overall.

In addition to Gas Buddy, Scott noted that the state was working with Google to keep its mapping app updated with the most current information on road closures.

"Real time traffic information and evacuation routes is available at FL511.com," said Scott. "We have traffic cameras on every major roadway in the state and are clearing traffic issues in real-time so we can keep people moving," he continued. "We're coordinating with Google's emergency response team to prepare to close roads in Google Maps in real-time in the event that Hurricane Irma forces a closure of any roads in the aftermath of the storm," Scott added.

Waze app may be more useful ahead of Irma's landfall. The crowdsourced navigation tool is great for finding out about traffic incidents, road closures, speeds, and other hazards in real-time as well. This information is additionally fed into Google.org's Crisis Maps, which displays other details like precipitation, public alerts, evacuation routes, shelters, forecasts and more." Of course, the Google-owned Waze app may be more useful ahead of Irma's landfall. The crowdsourced navigation tool is great for finding out about traffic incidents, road closures, speeds, and other hazards in real-time as well. This information is additionally fed into Google.org's Crisis Maps, which displays other details like precipitation, public alerts, evacuation routes, shelters, forecasts and more.

The governor also detailed other resources available to evacuees, including travel site Expedia.

"If you need a hotel, go to Expedia.com/florida," said Scott. "Expedia is working on hotel occupancy in real-time."

Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots will be made free across the state for non-Xfinity customers and subscribers alike. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are all setting up additional Wi-Fi hotspots as well, he said." Scott noted that Comcast was opening 137,000 hotspots to help people stay connected, too. These Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots will be made free across the state for non-Xfinity customers and subscribers alike. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are all setting up additional Wi-Fi hotspots as well, he said.

Beyond the official recommendations from the state, Apple has responded to the crisis in a timely fashion, as it usually does. Its App Store is currently featuring a collection of must-have apps for those in the path of the storm, as well as a button that allow you to donate to relief efforts through the Red Cross. (The button was rolled out in response to Harvey, but Red Cross will certainly allocate funds as needed.)

App Store's "Stay Safe After the Hurricane" collection includes a number of standard networking apps, like Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, plus money transfer apps like Venmo and Cash App from Square. But it includes a few dedicated to storm tracking and alerts, too." The App Store's "Stay Safe After the Hurricane" collection includes a number of standard networking apps, like Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, plus money transfer apps like Venmo and Cash App from Square. But it includes a few dedicated to storm tracking and alerts, too.

These include The Weather Channel; MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Forecasts & Storms; FEMA's app; and the Red Cross's Hurricane app and Emergency Alerts & Notifications app. The offline texting app from Firechat and Gas Buddy are in this collection, as well.

Trending section. Google doesn't currently have a similar collection on Google Play's app store, but a few hurricane tracking apps are appearing in the Trending section.

A full list of resources and other information is available here.

(Yahoo Finance)

Here’s why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF.

The last Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Andrew, which lashed South Florida with wind gusts of up to 177 miles per hour in 1992. It caused immense devastation and forever changed Florida’s approach to hurricanes.

Twenty-five years later, we have Hurricane Irma — a storm that could be even worse.

The above GIF, assembled from GOES satellite data by Joel Nihlean, combines images of the two hurricanes to compare them side-by-side to scale. Not only is Irma more powerful, it’s also much larger: One recent estimate showed that Irma packs more than five times Andrew’s destructive potential. Its hurricane-force winds cover an area roughly the size of Massachusetts.

Irma’s sustained winds are now 175 mph, with gusts reaching 210 mph. Meteorologists expect very little weakening before it makes landfall in Florida on Sunday. In a briefing on Thursday, the National Weather Service in Miami said that Irma could leave parts of South Florida “uninhabitable for weeks or months.”

Governor Rick Scott urged Florida residents to take the storm seriously, pointing out that Irma is “wider than our entire state.” Let’s hope they take his advice.

Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 9/8/2017 11:12:33 AM
	ISIS SUPPORTERS CALL FOR POISONING OF FOOD IN GROCERY STORES ACROSS U.S. AND EUROPE BY JACK MOORE ON 9/7/17 AT 5:12 AM The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and its followers have traditionally used shock and awe tactics in their attacks on the West, taking knives, assault rifles and trucks on as weapons in shocking assaults. But the group’s followers are now calling for a hidden weapon: poison. The target? Western grocery stores. “In the third part of an English-language series promoting lone-wolf jihad in Western countries, potential attackers are advised to inject food for sale in markets with cyanide poison,” U.S.-based jihadi monitoring group SITE Intelligence reported. A graphic posted by the ISIS supporters in the Furat Wilayah channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, a platform popular with jihadists because of its secrecy and lack of takedowns compared to other platforms such as Twitter, read: “First method: poison.” The potential use of poison is one that has been publicized by the group’s supporters for several years, but never used. Jihadists published a guide that directed “six ways to kill the Jews” in October 2015, the methods given were to “stab him, burn him, poison him.” They have also distributed a guide on how to poison food eaten by “crusaders.” Pro-ISIS groups have also published handbooks on how to make homemade poison. Even though it has yet to be used, one U.S. case points to a jihadist attempting to follow the orders of the group and its followers. Police charged Amer Sinan Alhaggagi, a 22-year-old man from San Francisco, who spent time in Yemen. He is alleged to have tried to support ISIS, but also to “redefine terror” in the Bay Area. In his December 2016 court hearing, details emerged that he had discussed lacing drugs with rat poison and distributing them in nightclubs across the Bay Area. He had sought information from an undercover agent about mixing highly-toxic pesticide strychnine and cocaine, according to ABC. ISIS supporters have called for the poisoning of food in supermarkets in a new release. SITE INTELLIGENCE It was also reported in July that a Lebanese suspect detained over a plot to bring down an airliner from Australia to the United Arab Emirates, directed by ISIS, had planned to release a poison gas to incapacitate the passengers and crew of the aircraft. The suspect abandoned the plot before boarding the plane because his bag weighed several kilograms more than the weight limit for hand luggage to board the flight. The alleged poison gas plot represented a new threat to aviation security. The jihadist group has killed dozens of Westerners in attacks across the U.S. and Europe, the deadliest being the Paris attacks in November 2015, that left 130 people dead, the truck attack in the southern French city of Nice, that killed 86 people, and the shooting attack at a LGBT nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people. But in Iraq, the group has gone further, testing poisons on prisoners in experiments likened to those carried out during the Nazi era. Iraqi special forces reportedly discovered papers at Mosul University that documented the group’s use of “human guinea pigs” to test chemical agents. British and U.S. forces verified the documents, according to The Times. (Newsweek)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 9/8/2017 2:52:00 PM
	Massive earthquake strikes off Mexico coast, setting off tsunami warnings People gather on a street in downtown Mexico City after an earthquake struck Thursday. (AFP/Getty Images) By Joshua Partlow September 8 at 5:24 AM MEXICO CITY — A powerful 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico late Thursday night, killing at least six people and setting off tsunami warnings along the Pacific coast. President Enrique Peña Nieto called it the biggest quake in a hundred years, even larger than the devastating 1985 tremor in Mexico City that killed thousands. He said a million people lost power, but electricity was soon restored for most of them. The epicenter of the earthquake was off the coast of Chiapas, a state in southern Mexico, but the rumblings rocked the Mexican capital more than 600 miles away, causing electricity failures, and reports of sporadic damage. Many Mexicans were roused from bed by the quake and evacuated their shuddering apartment buildings in pajamas and stocking feet. The Mexican government ordered schools closed in the capital on Friday so that school infrastructure could be inspected after the quake. Four people died in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas state, including two women when their building collapsed, Gov. Manuel Velasco told Milenio TV, adding that the quake also damaged hospitals and schools. Photos showed collapsed ceilings, flattened concrete buildings, and rubble from damage in southern cities such as Tuxtla Gutiérrez and Tonala. Two children died in neighboring Tabasco state, including an infant who perished when hospital electricity failed and the ventilator went off, said Gov. Arturo Nunez. In the southern state of Oaxaca, the entire Anel Hotel collapsed, but authorities say that people inside managed to escape and there are not believed to be any casualties. Mexican authorities alerted the coastal states of Oaxaca and Chiapas of the possibility of destructive waves of higher than 13 feet. So far, though the Pacific Tsunami warning center had only reported waves of about three feet off the coast of Mexico. The U.S. Tsunami Warning System said hazardous tsunami waves were possible on the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Honduras within three hours. There was no tsunami threat for the West Coast of the United States, but the warning system said waves could reach Mexico and as far as Ecuador. Nieto, the president, said on Twitter that authorities have been instructed to meet immediately to evaluate the situation and respond to the quake. Mexico City is one of the more earthquake-conscious capitals in the world, after a devastating 1985 earthquake caused widespread damage to the city and killed thousands. Many of the more modern buildings have been built to withstand severe tremors. In the seconds before the earthquake started late Thursday, earthquake warning sirens had blared throughout the capital. (The Washington Post)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 9/8/2017 5:03:27 PM
	As Irma nears, Florida Governor tells residents to use Gas Buddy, Expedia, Google Maps & more Sarah Perez TechCrunchSeptember 7, 2017 Speaking at a press conference this morning, Florida Governor Rick Scott told state residents to turn to apps and other online resources, including Gas Buddy, Google Maps, Expedia and Comcast's Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot finder, to help them find fuel, navigate safely, and stay connected both ahead of and following Hurricane Irma's arrival. The lack of readily available gasoline, in particular, has been a huge problem facing the state - something that Scott admitted he knew had been "frustrating" in this time of crisis. Not only have some gas stations had long lines, many simply keep running out of gas entirely, as people prepare for possible evacuations by topping off their tanks. Scott said the state is doing everything it can to deal with the fuel shortages, including working with gas companies, distributors, federal authorities, and other states to get more gas to the state. He said law enforcement will even be tasked with escorting trucks to gas stations so they can get there faster. Related to this, the governor suggested that Florida residents use Gas Buddy if they're having trouble finding somewhere to fill up. "The Gas Buddy app is a great resource to find stations with fuel," he stated. Though better known as an app for finding the lowest-priced gas in your area, this solution has been spreading by word-of-mouth in local communities, as well. As it did for Hurricane Harvey, the app has activated its fuel availability tracker, which displays the stations lacking power and/or fuel, as sourced from its user base. When you encounter a station that's out, you can quickly note this in the app to help others. In turn, you can use this crowdsourced information yourself to locate gas stations that have fuel availability. In an app update today, Gas Buddy says it made the icons for 'no gas' and 'no power' easier to read. The company tells TechCrunch that it's now seeing hundreds of gas stations across Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina without fuel. It says the hardest hit cities are Miami (30% of stations are out of gas), West Palm Beach (29%), Fort Myers-Naples (20%), Tampa (13%), and Orlando (9% are out.) The app has seen a ton of usage following Harvey and ahead of Irma - its App Store ranking has jumped 150 spots over the past week or so, and is now in the top 50 Overall. In addition to Gas Buddy, Scott noted that the state was working with Google to keep its mapping app updated with the most current information on road closures. "Real time traffic information and evacuation routes is available at FL511.com," said Scott. "We have traffic cameras on every major roadway in the state and are clearing traffic issues in real-time so we can keep people moving," he continued. "We're coordinating with Google's emergency response team to prepare to close roads in Google Maps in real-time in the event that Hurricane Irma forces a closure of any roads in the aftermath of the storm," Scott added. Waze app may be more useful ahead of Irma's landfall. The crowdsourced navigation tool is great for finding out about traffic incidents, road closures, speeds, and other hazards in real-time as well. This information is additionally fed into Google.org's Crisis Maps, which displays other details like precipitation, public alerts, evacuation routes, shelters, forecasts and more." Of course, the Google-owned Waze app may be more useful ahead of Irma's landfall. The crowdsourced navigation tool is great for finding out about traffic incidents, road closures, speeds, and other hazards in real-time as well. This information is additionally fed into Google.org's Crisis Maps, which displays other details like precipitation, public alerts, evacuation routes, shelters, forecasts and more. The governor also detailed other resources available to evacuees, including travel site Expedia. "If you need a hotel, go to Expedia.com/florida," said Scott. "Expedia is working on hotel occupancy in real-time." Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots will be made free across the state for non-Xfinity customers and subscribers alike. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are all setting up additional Wi-Fi hotspots as well, he said." Scott noted that Comcast was opening 137,000 hotspots to help people stay connected, too. These Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspots will be made free across the state for non-Xfinity customers and subscribers alike. AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile are all setting up additional Wi-Fi hotspots as well, he said. Beyond the official recommendations from the state, Apple has responded to the crisis in a timely fashion, as it usually does. Its App Store is currently featuring a collection of must-have apps for those in the path of the storm, as well as a button that allow you to donate to relief efforts through the Red Cross. (The button was rolled out in response to Harvey, but Red Cross will certainly allocate funds as needed.) App Store's "Stay Safe After the Hurricane" collection includes a number of standard networking apps, like Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, plus money transfer apps like Venmo and Cash App from Square. But it includes a few dedicated to storm tracking and alerts, too." The App Store's "Stay Safe After the Hurricane" collection includes a number of standard networking apps, like Facebook, Twitter, and Periscope, plus money transfer apps like Venmo and Cash App from Square. But it includes a few dedicated to storm tracking and alerts, too. These include The Weather Channel; MyRadar NOAA Weather Radar, Forecasts & Storms; FEMA's app; and the Red Cross's Hurricane app and Emergency Alerts & Notifications app. The offline texting app from Firechat and Gas Buddy are in this collection, as well. Trending section. Google doesn't currently have a similar collection on Google Play's app store, but a few hurricane tracking apps are appearing in the Trending section. A full list of resources and other information is available here. (Yahoo Finance)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 9/8/2017 5:20:49 PM
	AccuWeather on Irma: “No Way to Avoid Another Catastrophic Weather Event” September 8, 2017 at 9:46 am Written by Tyler Durden (ZHE) — After “carving a path of destruction through the Caribbean,” a path which left 90% of Barbuda “uninhabitable” and nearly a million people without power in Puerto Rico, a devastatingly massive Category-4 Hurricane Irma is rapidly closing in on Florida. As residents continue to evacuate ahead Irma’s landfall this weekend, the founding meteorologist of AccuWeather says that another “catastrophic weather event” in the U.S. is inevitable and described Irma as the “worst single hurricane to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.” After blasting the northern Caribbean, deadly Hurricane Irma will turn toward the United States, unleashing destructive winds, flooding rain and dangerous seas across Florida starting on Saturday. “Unfortunately, there is no way the United States is going to avoid another catastrophic weather event,” Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder, president and chairman of AccuWeather said. “There will be massive damage in Florida. [It will be] the worst single hurricane to hit Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992,” Myers said. The current track of Irma will bring the most severe impacts to the eastern side of the state, including Miami, West Palm Beach, Melbourne, Daytona Beach and Jacksonville. However, with the forecast track now taking Irma right up the Florida Peninsula, hurricane-force winds will reach western parts of the state as well, including Tampa, Fort Myers and Sarasota. “Impacts within the projected path of Irma include life-threatening wind, storm surge and flooding rainfall hazards,” Kottlowski added. “It’s a monster hurricane out there — it’s bringing along with it something to be feared,” Myers said, referring to the “extremely angry ocean” that Irma has been churning for so long. “Any land within 185 miles of the Irma’s center could see damage and any place within 50 to 60 miles of the center could experience catastrophic damage,” Kottlowski said. Here is the latest from the National Hurricane Center: Irma is forecast to remain in a favorable warm water, light shear environment for the next 36-48 h. The intensity guidance shows a slow weakening during this time, but Irma is expected to remain at least a Category 4 hurricane until landfall in Florida. After landfall, a fairly quick decay in maximum winds is expected due to land interaction and increased shear, although Irma’s large wind field is likely to still produce hurricane-force winds over a large area. There are two caveats to the intensity forecast. First, some additional weakening could occur during the eyewall replacement, followed by re-intensification as the cycle completes. Second, the ECMWF, UKMET, and NAVGEM forecast a track over or close to the coast of Cuba that is not currently a part of the track forecast. If this occurs, Irma could be weaker than currently forecast along the later parts of the track. KEY MESSAGES: 1. Irma is an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane and will continue to bring life-threatening wind, storm surge, and rainfall hazards to the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas through Saturday. Heavy rainfall is still possible across portions of Hispaniola through today. Hurricane conditions will also spread over portions of the north coast of Cuba, especially over the adjacent Cuban Keys through Saturday. 2. Severe hurricane conditions are expected over portions of the Florida peninsula and the Florida Keys beginning Saturday night. Irma is likely to make landfall in southern Florida as a dangerous major hurricane, and bring life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts to much of the state. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for southern Florida, the Florida Keys, Lake Okeechobee, and Florida Bay, while Hurricane Watches have been issued northward into central Florida. The NHC is currently forecasting that Irma will make its Florida landfall sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning as a powerful Cat-4 storm… …packing winds of 155 mph… FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS INIT 08/0900Z 21.7N 73.8W 135 KT 155 MPH 12H 08/1800Z 22.1N 75.7W 135 KT 155 MPH 24H 09/0600Z 22.6N 77.8W 135 KT 155 MPH 36H 09/1800Z 23.3N 79.4W 135 KT 155 MPH 48H 10/0600Z 24.5N 80.4W 130 KT 150 MPH 72H 11/0600Z 28.0N 81.5W 90 KT 105 MPH…INLAND 96H 12/0600Z 33.0N 84.0W 40 KT 45 MPH…INLAND 120H 13/0600Z 36.0N 87.0W 25 KT 30 MPH…INLAND …and a storm surge of up to 10 feet in the Florida Keys. STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water is expected to reach the following HEIGHTS ABOVE GROUND if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide… Jupiter Inlet to Bonita Beach, including Florida Keys…5 to 10 ft Bonita Beach to Venice…3 to 5 ft Jupiter Inlet to Sebastian Inlet…3 to 6 ft The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast in areas of onshore winds, where the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances. For information specific to your area, please see products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office. Meanwhile, the strong winds are expected to take a toll on Florida’s power grid leaving a million or more people without power, potentially for weeks. Per Reuters: Hurricane Irma poses a bigger menace to power supplies in Florida than Hurricane Harvey did in Texas because Irma is packing near 200 mile-per-hour winds (320 km/h) that could down power lines, close nuclear plants and threats to leave millions of homes and businesses in the dark for weeks. Irma’s winds rival the strongest for any hurricane in history in the Atlantic, whereas Harvey’s damage came from record rainfall. Even as Houston flooded, the power stayed on for most, allowing citizens to use TV and radio to stay apprised of danger, or social media to call for help. “When Harvey made landfall in Texas it made it fully inland and weakened pretty quickly. Irma, however, could retain much of its strength,” said Jason Setree, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group. Most Florida residents have not experienced a major storm since 2005, when total outages peaked around 3.6 million during Hurricane Wilma. Some of those outages lasted for weeks. Setree compared the projected path of Irma to Hurricane Matthew in 2016, which knocked out power to about 1.2 million FPL customers in October. “Should Irma’s worst fears be realized, our crews will likely have to completely rebuild parts of our electric system. Restoring power through repairs is measured in days; rebuilding our electric system could be measured in weeks,” FPL Chief Executive Eric Silagy said. And, of course, panic hoarding has already set in and left store shelves empty across much of Florida. View image on Twitter Follow #TheResistance @BoneKnightmare #hurricaneirma2017 #Florida Wal-Mart 6:25 PM - Sep 6, 2017 1 Reply 2 Retweets 5 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Not surprisingly, the mad rush to evacuate has left about 40% of the gasoline stations in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale region without fuel. Floridians have turned to the Crowd-Sourced ‘Gas Buddy’ App to determine which stations still have gas. Not surprisingly, the shuttered stores have resulted in massive gas lines with people reportedly waiting up to 90 mins for fuel. Follow Michael Spears NBC6 ✔@MikeSpearsNBC6 Another night of long gas lines in South Florida as people prepare for #HurricaneIrma -- LIVE in Sunrise NEXT at 11pm on @NBC6. 10:00 PM - Sep 6, 2017 1 Reply 9 Retweets 15 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Meanwhile, as we noted yesterday, meteorologists from Weather Underground are warning that the most devastating impacts of the storm could be felt much further north in towns along the coast of Georgia and South Carolina where the storm surge could be a catastrophic 20-28 feet high in certain areas. To put that in perspective, Hurricane Katrina in 2005 set a record for the largest storm surge ever recorded along the U.S. coast at 27.8 feet. If Irma makes a trek up the East Coast from Miami to southern South Carolina as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, as the models currently suggest, the portions of the coast that the eyewall touches will potentially see a massive and catastrophic storm surge, breaking all-time storm surge records and causing many billions of dollars in damage. Even areas up to a hundred miles to the north of where the center makes landfall could potentially see record storm surges. The area of most concern is the northern coast of Florida, the coast of Georgia, and the southern coast of South Carolina, due to the concave shape of the coast, which will act to funnel and concentrate the storm surge to ridiculous heights. If we look at wunderground’s storm surge maps for the U.S. East Coast, we see that in a worst-case Category 3 hurricane hitting at high tide, the storm tide (the combined effect of the storm surge and the tide) ranges from 17 – 20’ above ground along the northern coast of Florida, and 18 – 23 feet above ground along the Georgia coast. If Irma is a Cat 4, these numbers increase to 22 – 28 feet for the coast of Georgia. This is a Katrina-level storm surge, the kind that causes incredible destruction and mass casualties among those foolish enough to refuse to evacuate. As Weather Underground notes, Savannah in Southern Georgia could see a surge of up to 23 feet if Irma strikes as a Category 3 storm. Obviously, the surge would be even larger if Irma manages to maintain Cat-4 winds. Maximum of the “Maximum Envelope of Waters” (MOM) storm tide image for a composite maximum surge for a large suite of possible mid-strength Category 3 hurricanes (sustained winds of 120 mph) hitting at high tide (a tide level of 3.5’) along the coast of Georgia. What’s plotted here is the storm tide–the height above ground of the storm surge, plus an additional rise in case the storm hits at high tide. Empty brownish grid cells with no coloration show where no inundation is computed to occur. Inundation of 19 – 23’ will occur in a worst-case scenario along most of the coast. Meanwhile, further north in Charleston, SC the surge could also exceed 20 feet and flood areas many miles inland from the shore. Maximum of the “Maximum Envelope of Waters” (MOM) water depth image for a composite maximum surge for a large suite of possible mid-strength Category 3 hurricanes (sustained winds of 120 mph) hitting at high tide (a tide level of 2.5’) along the coast of South Carolina near Charleston. If Irma is a Cat 3 in South Carolina, a worst-case 17 – 21’ storm tide can occur. All of which should make for a fairly depressing weekend of storm watching. By Tyler Durden / Republished with permission / Zero Hedge This article was chosen for republication based on the interest of our readers. Anti-Media republishes stories from a number of other independent news sources. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not reflect Anti-Media editorial policy.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 9/8/2017 10:48:30 PM
	BRIEFLY Stuff that matters EYE FOR AN EYE Here’s why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF. The last Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Andrew, which lashed South Florida with wind gusts of up to 177 miles per hour in 1992. It caused immense devastation and forever changed Florida’s approach to hurricanes. Twenty-five years later, we have Hurricane Irma — a storm that could be even worse. Twitter / @JoelNihlean The above GIF, assembled from GOES satellite data by Joel Nihlean, combines images of the two hurricanes to compare them side-by-side to scale. Not only is Irma more powerful, it’s also much larger: One recent estimate showed that Irma packs more than five times Andrew’s destructive potential. Its hurricane-force winds cover an area roughly the size of Massachusetts. Irma’s sustained winds are now 175 mph, with gusts reaching 210 mph. Meteorologists expect very little weakening before it makes landfall in Florida on Sunday. In a briefing on Thursday, the National Weather Service in Miami said that Irma could leave parts of South Florida “uninhabitable for weeks or months.” Governor Rick Scott urged Florida residents to take the storm seriously, pointing out that Irma is “wider than our entire state.” Let’s hope they take his advice. Eric Holthaus1 day ago (GRIST)
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