From
Malcolm Light via Facebook
"It
is pretty obvious. We are running out of time faster and faster as
the 5 year deadline approaches for the subsea Arctic atmospheric
methane blowout and terminal firestorm."
Carbon
Monoxide Spikes to 40,000 Parts Per Billion over California on
February 26 — What the Heck is Going On?
28 February, 2016
(Very
large CO spike over Western North America near major geological
features on February 26, 2016. Image source: Earth
Nullschool.)
For
reference, these readings were between 50 and 265 times above typical
background CO levels of about 150 parts per billion and up to twelve
times higher than secnd highest peak readings over polluted regions
of China during the same period.Human-based
carbon monoxide sources are not generally known to produce spike
readings so high and so wide-ranging. Nor are wildfires (of which
there were no reports for this region). The primary suspect for this
preliminary observation, therefore, is geological. As the spike
occurs over large fault lines, volcanoes, and above other active
geological features along the US and Canadian West, it appears that
activity within these features may have produced a brief if intense
burp of this gas. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) readings — another
geological gas — were also elevated, with peak readings again
appearing in Southwestern California.
It’s
worth noting that no major US or Canadian geological organization has
yet made any report on this particularly large CO spike. However, a
piece of scientific research in Nature Asia, by K. S. Jayaraman notes
that major CO and SO2 spikes may be an indication that future
earthquake activity is on the way.
Singh
said that CO levels were taken by an instrument onboard NASA’s
Terra satellite — launched in 2009 — circling the earth in a
polar orbit at a height of 705 km. The instrument measures CO
concentrations at different heights and also computes the total
amount of the gas in a vertical column of air above the earth
surface.
Analysis
of the satellite data showed a large peak in CO concentrations during
January 19 and 20 — a week before the main earthquake event.On
January 19, the total CO in the vertical column was also higher than
usual. After the 26 January earthquake the concentration of the gas
dropped.
According
to the scientists, CO gas is forced out of the earth due to the build
up of stress prior to the earthquake “influencing the hydrological
regime around the epicentre.”
This
particular bit of research appears to have had no confirmation or
further comment in the sciences at this time. So the predictive
usefulness of large CO spikes prior to earthquakes remains quite
uncertain. And, as noted above, no major geological information
outlet has made any warning or comment on earthquake risk so far.
Thus the current very large West Coast CO spike near major fault
lines remains a bit of a mystery.
Links:
Hat
tip to Mike
Hat
tip to MlParrish
Hat
tip to WeHappyFew
Carbon
Monoxide Spikes to 27,000+ Where "Usual" is only around 150
on West Coast - May Signal Coming MASSIVE Earthquake
27
February, 2016
"Unprecedented"
and "dangerous" levels of Carbon Monoxide are being
released into the atmosphere from seismic faults. The
levels are so bad, they're dangerous!
People
on the West coast may find they are having trouble breathing and feel
strangely tired. Some folks may notice the surface of their
skin taking on a bright red appearance; the
signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
Scientists
are working feverishly to try to determine the cause, but, they say a
consensus is quickly developing: The earth itself is emitting
this gas and it is being released into the atmosphere via seismic
fault lines; cracks in the earth's surface where tectonic plates rub
together.
If
levels continue to rise as they presently are, people could be
overcome, pass out and die from this.
As
of 11:00 PM eastern US time on 27 February, 2016, there is no other
place on the entire planet with Carbon Monoxide levels this bad or
this widespread. It is completely unprecedented!
Readers
can see the levels for themselves, LIVE, by clicking HERE
To
give you an indication of how rare and how severe this is, take a
look at the screen shots below.
In
this location, surface level Carbon Monoxide is 27,121 in
an area where the "usual" level is around 150.!
Compare
the reading above to a different area, below (circled OUTSIDE the
"bloom") and you'll see barely any reading at all (123
ppbv):
According
to the Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Because
CO is odorless, colorless, and otherwise undetectable to the human
senses, people may not know that they are being exposed. The initial
symptoms of low to moderate CO poisoning are similar to the flu (but
without the fever). They include:
Headache
Fatigue
Shortness
of breath
Nausea
Dizziness
High
level CO poisoning results in progressively more severe symptoms,
including:
Symptom
severity is related to both the CO level and the duration of
exposure. For slowly developing residential CO problems, occupants
and/or physicians can mistake mild to moderate CO poisoning symptoms
for the flu, which sometimes results in tragic deaths. For rapidly
developing, high level CO exposures (e.g., associated with use of
generators in residential spaces), victims can rapidly become
mentally confused, and can lose muscle control without having first
experienced milder symptoms; they
will likely die if not rescued.
NOT
MAN MADE
It
is important to emphasize this "bloom" of Carbon Monoxide
is not man-made. It is not possible for human activity to cause
this type of staggering increase over such an enormous area. It
is almost like the planet itself is attacking the people out there;
even though it would be absurd to think the planet would "attack"
anyone.
Why
such an emission of deadly Carbon Monoxide would suddenly spew forth
from inside the earth is unknown at this time. But it is clear
on its face, that in order for this to be taking place, something
changed underground on a continental scale. Something moved or
cracked along the entire west coast of North America. That is
the ONLY logical explanation for this event. What it means for
the future we just don't know.
Carbon
monoxide may signal earthquake
Earth
emits a burst of carbon monoxide (CO) a few days before an
earthquake, according to geophysicist Ramesh Singh, pictured left. He
and co-workers from France and the United States report that this gas
could be used as one of the precursor signals for an earthquake early
warning system.
The
scientists used data from an American satellite and analyzed changes
in carbon monoxide at different altitudes. "The carbon monoxide
shows enhancement in concentration a few days prior to the
earthquake," Singh said.
Singh,
who was formerly with the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur,
is currently in the physics department of Chapman University in
California, USA. The project was funded by the Indo-French Centre for
the Promotion of Advanced Research in New Delhi.
The
researchers discovered the connection between CO emission and
earthquake by analyzing satellite remote sensing data collected
around the time when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook Gujarat in
western India nine years ago killing about 20,000 people and
rendering thousands homeless.
Singh
said that CO levels were taken by an instrument onboard NASA's Terra
satellite — launched in 2009 — circling the earth in a polar
orbit at a height of 705 km. The instrument measures CO
concentrations at different heights and also computes the total
amount of the gas in a vertical column of air above the earth
surface.
Analysis
of the satellite data showed a large peak in CO concentrations during
January 19 and 20 — a week before the main earthquake event. On
January 19, the total CO in the vertical column was also higher than
usual. After the 26 January earthquake the concentration of the gas
dropped.
According
to the scientists, CO gas is forced out of the earth due to the build
up of stress prior to the earthquake "influencing the
hydrological regime around the epicenter."
Singh
said an anomalous increase in land surface temperature a few days
prior to Gujarat earthquake — as inferred from the data of NASA's
other satellite MODIS — is also related to the CO emission. "The
increase of column CO and concentrations of CO may have enhanced the
land surface temperature," he said.
"The
anomalous changes in CO concentrations prior to the main earthquake
event and enhancement of temperature of the earth surface observed
from MODIS satellite data give an indication of coupling between land
and atmosphere," the scientists report. Singh said observation
by other researchers of a sudden increase in water vapour in the
atmosphere and changes in the ionosphere a few days prior to the
Gujarat earthquake all seem to be connected.
According
to the report, all these observations including the latest discovery
of CO emission show the existence of a 'strong coupling' between
land-atmosphere-ionosphere. "The integration of all these
parameters in a seismically active region therefore looks a potential
approach to understand earthquake processes and may provide reliable
information about an impending earthquake," the researchers
conclude.
References
Singh,
R.P. et
al.
Satellite detection of carbon monoxide emission prior to the Gujarat
earthquake of 26 January 2001. Appl. Geochem.
doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.01.014(2010)
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