NSW braces for another severe storm

A severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology is current for large parts of inland and coastal NSW.Areas worst affected will be the NSW mid-north coast, the Hunter, Sydney, as well as the Illawarra and south coast regions.
Alpine areas above 1200 metres in the southern tablelands, south-west slopes and the ACT will also be lashed by the storm.Widespread damaging winds and locally destructive gusts of up to 125km/h in some coastal areas, as well as flash flooding, are expected later on Tuesday.The developing low pressure system off the NSW coast is expected to intensify and move closer to the coast later on Tuesday.Winds on the south coast, Illawarra, Sydney, Hunter, mid-north coast and alpine areas of the southern tablelands, south-west slopes and ACT are expected to average more than 65km/h.Peak wind gusts are expected to exceed 90km/h.Locally along the coastal fringe, winds could average in excess of 90km/h, with gusts in excess of 125 km/h.
Blizzard conditions are expected to develop on Tuesday afternoon or evening in Alpine areas of the southern tablelands, south west slopes and the ACT above 1200 metres.
Heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding is possible on the south coast, particularly in the far south.Emergency services has advised people to keep clear of fallen power lines, stay indoors away from windows and keep children indoors.Emergency services has advised the public not to walk, ride a bicycle or drive through flood water, and keep clear of creeks and storm drains.The National Parks and Wildlife Service recommends that people consider postponing back-country travel until conditions improve.For emergency help in floods and storms, ring the SES [NSW and ACT] on telephone number 132 500.A number of gale and wind warnings are also current for NSW coastal waters.On the south coast, a gale warning is current from Gabo Island to Moruya, with seas rising up to five metres on a rising to three- to four-metre swell.
A gale warning is also current for the Sydney's closed waters, Pittwater, Port Jackson and Botany Bay, with waters becoming very rough.Storm force winds are expected from the mid-north coast south along coasts in the Hunter, Sydney, Illawarra, to the south coast - from Seal Rocks to Moruya.A strong wind warning is current for the far north coast, from Tweed Heads to Smoky Cape and from Smoky Cape to Seal Rocks.Huge seas rising up to six metres on three to four metre swells will batter coasts on Tuesday night.The third major storm of this month for NSW will rock the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker, which has remained stranded on a sandbar off Nobby's Beach in Newcastle since the first big storm hit on June 8.The first round of fierce weather caused widespread flooding in the Hunter and Central Coast regions through last week, cutting power to 200,000 homes.A second storm that followed at the weekend brought more damaging winds, while heavy rain took Sydney's rainfall for June to more than 350mm.The State Emergency Service in Sydney and surrounding areas has received almost 18,000 calls for assistance so far this month.The Bureau of Meteorology said while the rain was not expected to be as heavy over the next couple of days, wind speeds in some areas could approach 100km/h."There will be gale-force winds about coastal parts especially Tuesday night and Wednesday in the south and central coast of NSW," BoM spokeswoman Deryn Griffiths said."We're looking at not a large amount of rain compared to our last couple of events, but there will be rain along the coast and snow up on the ranges."
Call me suspicious but haven't we been having war games withtthe us army up north when all this extreme weather first manifested and the quakes in our area of the hemisphere increased dramatically??

Quake update

we're upto 230 quakes in Hawaii, and still counting.
This is big!

energy

is a strange thing. The higher the vibe the sparcer the connection on this earth plane that we exist on. It's lonely here. The corridors echo the sound of my solo song. No one hears it. It reverberates endlessly. No response. Why not? No fear of height, just the aloneness...
why???

Swarm of quakes hits Hawaii

About 70 shallow earthquakes in 2 hours occurred beneath the upper east rift zone of Kīlauea early this morning. The swarm began at 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, June 17 and is ongoing. Some quakes are in the mid 3's magnitudes. The earthquakes are centered 1 km (1 mile) southwest of Mauna Ulu and are concentrated between 1.5 and 3 kilometers (1-2 miles) deep. As of 4:30 a.m., ten of the quakes had magnitudes greater than 3 and were felt by nearby residents.
All data so far is consistent with the event being a shallow intrusion of magma. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is watching the situation closely and has deployed field crews to the scene.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has taken the following precautionary measures: Chain of Craters road is closed. Crater Rim Drive is closed between Jaggar museum and the Thurston lava tube parking lot. NPS personnel are sweeping both roads to evacuate visitors.
USGS Quake List: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

Quake in Victoria

An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale has shaken the town of Myrtleford in Victoria's north-east.The tremor was detected about 6am (AEST) on Monday, and lasted only a couple of seconds, Geoscience Australia said.
Seismologist Phil Cummins said the earthquake occurred 45km south-east of the town and did not cause any damage."We estimate a magnitude of 3.5, and was not large enough to cause damage," Mr Cummins said."It appears to have been shallow, but the depth is uncertain (at this time)."Mr Cummins said that shock waves could be felt in the area, but he did not expect any further earthquakes in the coming days.He said small quakes like this were common in Australia, even though the country was not on the edge of a plate boundary.
The Indian-Australian plate was being pushed north and was colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific platesvb, he said."That sort of creates a compression of the plate, and it squeezes it," Mr Cummins said."In this area (Myrtleford), it is pretty much squeezed in an east-west direction, so due to that squeezing the stress in the Earth's crust gradually builds up until it is eventually released."According to Geoscience Australia, there was a small earthquake, which measured 2.5 on the Richter scale recorded on June 6, near Foster, 140km south-east of Melbourne.On May 28, a quake measuring 2.5 occurred near Grantville, in Victoria's south-east.

Evacuation

Sunday June 10, 03:12 PM
About 4,000 residents in the NSW Hunter Valley are being forced to evacuate their homes amid predictions the Hunter River will breach its levee.
The State Emergency Service (SES) on Sunday afternoon issued an evacuation order for residents of central Maitland, South Maitland and Lorne following revised predictions that floodwaters would peak at five centimetres above the levee by 9pm (AEST).
Residents were being advised to be out of their homes by 8pm, SES spokesman Philip Campbell said."The revised flood peak of 11.4 metres is expected by 9pm and that will cause the levee to over-top," Mr Campbell said.About 5,000 people in the Maitland and Singleton areas have been told to evacuate since Saturday.
But after three days of severe storms battering parts of the state, emergency services are bracing themselves for the worst of the flooding still to come.
Upstream of Maitland, the swollen Hunter River has already closed the New England Highway at Branxton.Further south at Tuggerah Lakes on the NSW Central Coast, high flood waters have forced 400 residents out of their homes on the western shore.
Earlier, Mr Campbell said waters were waist deep in some of the already flooded properties in the Hunter and Tuggerah Lakes regions, with those in the lowest-lying areas inundated up to roof level.
"Those people in those areas have been evacuated well and truly ahead of time and given sufficient notice to remove all their valuables," Mr Campbell said.

Hot stuff

Question:
what is the hottest planet in our solar system?
The answer will astonish you.
No, it is not Mercury.
Answer:
Venus because
At over 800°, it is hotter than Mercury because the clouds and abundant carbon dioxide hold in most of the heat received from the sun