WHAT'S COMING? ASTEROID IMPACTS TO CONTINUED FOOD SHORTAGES

                                                NEAR EARTH OBJECTS. 
KNOWN ASTEROIDS THAT CROSS EARTH'S ORBIT, THE THIRD ORBIT FROM THE SUN, OF COURSE.
I AM NOT SURE THIS INCLUDES COMETS THAT CROSS OUR PATH.

Earlier this week, two federal agencies—NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration—announced that they will work together to monitor potentially dangerous asteroids while also exploring methods for deflecting or destroying objects that could threaten Earth.

The threat posed by asteroid impacts is real, and a range of strategies to protect the planet, from blasting an asteroid aside to using a rocket to steer it off course, have been discussed over the years.

"Since the number of near-Earth asteroids increases as their sizes decrease, we are most likely to be hit by the relatively small objects that are most difficult to find ahead of time," the agency [NASA] said. 

"As a result, consideration must also be given to the notification and evacuation of those regions on Earth that would be affected by the imminent collision of a small, recently-discovered impactor."

[To better understand the threat asteroids pose—and the potential ways they could benefit mankind—listen to this podcast from MIT professor Richard Binzel, presented as part of the Hayden Planetarium’s Frontiers in Astrophysics.]

FEW ARE AWARE HOW MANY TIMES EARTH GETS HIT BY SIZEABLE METEORS.

THERE IS A GOOD ANIMATION THAT LISTS STRIKES SINCE 2000  AT http://www.space.com/25590-asteroid-impacts-earth-day-b612-video.html


BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE VERY REAL ASTEROID THREAT THAT CONCERNS ME, ALTHOUGH THAT IS A PROBLEM WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO LITTLE ABOUT.

THOSE OF YOU WHO READ HERE OFTEN (THANK YOU!) MAY RECALL MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE SHORTAGE OF MANY FOOD ITEMS AND NON-FOOD PRODUCTS AND THE RISING COST OF SAME SOME WEEKS BACK. <HERE> 

THIS HAS CONTINUED.
I ASSUMED IT WOULD RESOLVE IN SHORT ORDER, BUT NO.

MEANWHILE OIL PRICES KEEP DROPPING (PAYBACK BY SAUDI ARABIA FOR OBAMA FRENCH-KISSING IRAN?)

LOOKING ABOUT, I READ:
THIS OR THAT STOCK MARKET IS WOBBLING LIKE A RUNDOWN TOP.
CHINA JUST DEVALUED THE YUAN.
JAPANESE MARKET IS A YO-YO.
THE TWO KOREAS LOOK TO BE SQUARING OFF FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SABER-RATTLING AND ESCALATING THREATS.

PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THE FEDERAL RESERVE WILL RAISE INTEREST RATES AND BRING ON ANOTHER GREAT DEPRESSION.

THE U.S. TOLD AMERICANS TO STAY OUT OF NORTHERN ISRAEL AFTER NEW ROCKET STRIKES THERE BY HAMAS.

YEAH, ALL THAT IS TROUBLESOME CURRENT EVENTS, BUT NO REASON FOR EMPTY STORE SHELVES/

FOOD, WE KNOW, SHOULD BE PLENTIFUL, AS IT WAS A "BUMPER CROP" YEAR FOR GROWERS, EVEN FOR SOME GROWERS IN CALIFORNIA.

I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT, WELL, NO MORE THAN USUAL, WHEN I STARTED SEEING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, MOSTLY FROM SMALL TOWN AND/OR RURAL RESIDENTS WHO FOUND EMPTY SHELVES MUCH AS WE HAVE HERE, EVEN IN THE LARGER CHAINS LIKE WALMART OR KROGER.

[SEE <THIS>, <THIS>, AND <THIS> AND HOW THERE SEEM TO BE SEVERAL EXCUSES WHY SHELVES ARE EMPTY.]

I FOLLOWED THAT PATH FOR A FEW HOURS, READING CAREFULLY, AND THEN I REMEMBERED A FEW ARTICLES STATING THE RECENT FLURRY OF ACTIVITY IN AND AROUND MOSTLY UNDERGROUND MILITARY BASES.

SURE, I HAD ADDRESSED THE VERY SUDDEN RETURN TO THE MEGA-BASE DEEP UNDERGROUND BY NORAD WHICH COST US MILLIONS  , OUR INTEREST IN THE ENORMOUS DRILLING MACHINE THAT WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE LIFE UNDERGROUND FOR MILLIONS, AND HOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAD MOVED ITS CENTRAL OFFICE OUT OF NEW YORK TO CHICAGO SUDDENLY (TO ESCAPE ANOTHER HURRICANE OR TSUNAMI?) IN THAT SAME BLOG ABOUT NORAD'S MOVE.

NORAD, IF YOU RECALL, HAD SAID THE MOVE BACK TO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN WAS BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE (EMP) ATTACK ON THE U.S.
(IRAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT, ON LAUNCHING JUST SUCH AN ATTACK FROM FREIGHTERS.)

BUT THAT THREAT HAS EXISTED FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, ONLY, BEFORE, NORAD SAID CHINA MIGHT TRY IT.
WE HAD LOOKED AT WHY WE WOULD SPEND A FORTUNE TO LAND 'PHILAE' ON A COMET AND HAVE THE ROSETTA SPACECRAFT TAILING THE THING, WHY THE ELEVATED ACTIVITY TO GO TO MARS, FIND HABITABLE PLANETS, WHY LOOK AT THE MOONS OF OUR OUTER PLANETS AS POSSIBLY BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN HUMAN LIFE. WHY SPEND BILLIONS TO DRAG AN ASTEROID NEAR EARTH ...JUST TO MINE IT?

WHY STAGE A THREE-MONTH LONG MILITARY EXERCISE THAT ENDS JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE'RE TOLD AMERICA HAS SIGNED UP FOR THE U.N.'s "NEW COVENANT" DEAL, AND THE POPE COMES CALLING AT THE U.N. TO ANNOUNCE A YEAR OF PEACE AND TELL THE WORLD HOW GREAT THE "NEW COVENANT" WILL BE FOR THE "GLOBAL COMMUNITY"...  ALL AT THE SAME TIME...SEPTEMBER.
STRANGE EVENTS, ALL.

WHEN I READ THOSE FEW ARTICLES TELLING OF HEIGHTENED ACTIVITY AT THOSE UNDERGROUND FACILITIES (THE ONE <HERE> FROM 'VETERANS TODAY' ) NONE CAME CLOSE TO DOCUMENTING THE REALITY OF THIS, AND THOSE TRUCK DRIVERS WHO HAVE, ALLEGEDLY, BEEN REPORTING DELIVERY OF TONS OF FOOD ITEMS AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES SINCE 2014 TO THE MILITARY THERE, LOCAL RESIDENTS CONCERNED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF UP TO 500 SUCH TRUCKS A DAY AT SOME LOCATIONS....NO REAL PROOF OF THAT EITHER, BUT COULD BE.
AS WE KNOW, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.


AS ALWAYS, SINCE I FOUND NO REAL DOCUMENTATION OF SUCH (VIDEO WOULD BE NICE) I SHRUGGED AND MOVED ON.

THEN I READ A FEW ARTICLES, LIKE THIS ONE IN CS MONITOR, IN WHICH THE RUSSIANS HAVE ONCE AGAIN SET OFF AN ALARM ABOUT AN APPROACHING OBJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HIT EARTH, EVENTUALLY.

[ Vladimir Lipunov, a professor at Moscow State University, announced the find in a short documentary, "Asteroid Attack," posted on the website of the Russian Space Agency.]

THAT ESCALATED WITH PREDICTIONS FROM "OTHER SOURCES" THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HIT SOMETIMES AROUND THE 20th- 25th OF SEPTEMBER, AND THE INTERNET FUROR THAT CAUSED MADE NASA RESPOND THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN OBJECT ON COLLISION APPROACH TO EARTH.

"Not a single one of the KNOWN objects has any credible chance of hitting our planet over the next century," NASA's Paul Chodas, manager at NASA's Near-Earth Object office, said. The chances of a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" -- as they are known -- striking our little blue planet? Less than 0.01%."

UH-OH!
NASA TOOK TIME TO DENY THAT?
WHY BOTHER?

I SHOVED THAT ASIDE UNTIL LAST NIGHT WHILE I WAS WATCHING FIREBALLS ONLINE AT THE  NASA WEBSITE...AND THERE WERE 32 IN ONE NIGHT!
32?
IN ONE NIGHT?
THAT'S A LOT OF FIREBALLS!

WELL, NASA HAS SAID WE'RE IN FOR A FLURRY OF ASTEROIDS/METEORS NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS BEGINNING IN 2016 TO 2017.
A VERY INFORMATIVE NASA WEBSITE ABOUT "EVERYTHING ASTEROID" CAN BE VIEWED <HERE>.

THEY HAD SAID WE NEED TO SET UP A BETTER MONITORING SYSTEM, AND EVEN HAD AN ASTEROID AWARENESS DAY BACK IN JUNE.

AND THEY DO WANT AN OKAY TO USE NUKES, IF NECESSARY TO DEFLECT ANY THAT COME OUR WAY.
AN EX-ASTRONAUT HAS STARTED CROWDSOURCING A "SENTINEL" SPACECRAFT MONITOR. 

BUT STILL, IS THAT REASON ENOUGH FOR BASES TO STOCKPILE FOOD TO THE POINT THAT MANY SMALL COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING SEVERAL EMPTY SHELVES WHERE ONCE THERE WAS ABUNDANCE?

CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL, BUT FOOD, WATER, CLEAN AIR AND NOTHING NUCLEAR NEAR ME ARE IMPORTANT.

AND SPEAKING OF NUCLEAR...IS ALL THE ALLEGED ACTIVITY AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS, IF IT'S TRUE, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE JAPANESE INEPTITUDE HANDLING THAT CRISIS?
BECAUSE NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO STABILIZE THOSE REACTOR BUILDINGS TO A SAFE LEVEL, AS SAFE AS THEY CAN BE IN A SEISMIC HOT SPOT AND RIGHT ON THE PACIFIC WHERE TYPHOONS AND TSUNAMIS ARE ALSO THREATS, DOES OUR GOVERNMENT FORESEE SOMETHING WE DON'T?

RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT WOULD CERTAINLY BE LESS HARMFUL DEEP UNDERGROUND.

SOLAR FLARES?
VIOLENT SUN ACTIVITY?
CMEs?
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE OLD SUN WE'RE CHASING ACROSS THE UNIVERSE?
THAT WOULD SURELY SUGGEST THAT NORAD, ET AL, DIG IN UNDERGROUND.

BUT IF WE HAD ANOTHER CARRINGTON EVENT, THE GRID WOULD GO DOWN FOR YEARS. 
CAN NORAD OPERATE FOR YEARS UNDERGROUND?

DID OUR RECENT DEAL WITH IRAN PUT THAT NATION ON COURSE TO START WORLD WAR 3 BY NUKING ISRAEL?
DOES THE U.S. KNOW IRAN HAS A NUCLEAR WEAPON?
RUSSIA HAS ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP IRAN "ANY WAY THEY CAN".

FOR ANY OF YOU WHO ARE AWAITING "PLANET X", aka, "NIBIRU, HERE'S A LINK, KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT.
LOTS OF COOL PHOTOS...ALL, OR ALMOST ALL, WITH QUITE PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATIONS.
I HAVE FAR TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS TO FALL FOR THE "PLANET X IS COMING!" HYPE, BUT THE PHOTOS ARE QUITE PRETTY.
NOPE, WE ARE NOT FACING A "ROGUE PLANET" SCENARIO.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON!
SORT OF REMINDS ME OF THE OLD STAR WARS LINE...
"THERE'S A GREAT DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE", YES?
WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD ALL OUR GOVERNMENTS WORK TO PREVENT PANIC (EVEN THOUGH WHAT THEY DO THEMSELVES CREATES CHAOS EVERY DAY) SO I DO HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER IS "OUT THERE", WHETHER SOMETHING ON THE PLANET OR SOMETHING INCOMING, IS ABOUT TO SHOW UP, WHETHER OUR GOVERNMENT LIKES IT OR NOT, THERE HAS TO BE A "LEAK".
SURELY SOMEONE WILL DO A "REVEAL"?


IF "LITTLE GREEN MEN" AND "MOTHERSHIPS" SUDDENLY SHOW UP, OR WHATEVER DEITY YOU BELIEVE IN SEEMS TO APPEAR IN THE SKY, PLEASE, SUSPECT PROJECT BLUE BEAM OR SOME OTHER GOVERNMENT"LIGHT SHOW", OR MAYBE CERN'S LARGE HADRON COLLIDER DID OPEN A NEW DIMENSION AS IT IS SEEKING TO DO, BUT CONSIDER ALL THOSE BEFORE YOU GO BERSERK AND BLINDLY ACCEPT AN INVASION OR SOME "SECOND COMING", OR FIRST COMING FOR THAT MATTER.

YOU'LL KNOW THE REAL THING IF/WHEN YOU SEE IT!

NEITHER PANIC NOR FEAR WILL HELP MATTERS...EVER...SHOULD WE FACE TERRIBLE TIMES AHEAD.
FEAR/PANIC ROB US OF REASON AND WE NEED REASON AND LOGIC RIGHT NOW TO SORT THROUGH ALL THIS AND DISCOVER WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE CAN DO, NO MATTER WHAT'S COMING.

WE CAN PLAN FOR WORST CASE SCENARIOS.

WE CAN IMAGINE WHAT WE WOULD DO IF ___, FILL IN THE BLANK.

WE CAN CALMLY LAY IN A FEW SUPPLIES, SURVEY OUR LOCATION TO DETERMINE THE SAFEST PLACE FOR US, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, AND ESTABLISH PLANS SHOULD THE "SHTF"

[BTW, HOW MANY NOTICED WE HAVE TO SIGN TO GET ONE TINY BOTTLE OF TINCTURE OF IODINE AT 7% THESE DAYS?

DID YOU ALSO READ HOW LIMITED PHYSICIANS ARE ABOUT TO BECOME ON PRESCRIBING ANY ANTIBIOTICS? ]

IF OUR GOVERNMENTS KNOW SOMETHING, THEY SHOULD TELL US.
NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, COMING CLEAN WITH IT WOULD ALLAY MUCH CONCERN AND NEEDLESS GUESSING FOR US ALL.

YEAH, IT'S "JUST A FEELING", BUT LOOKING AROUND IN ALL DIRECTIONS, I SEE THOUSANDS, AT LEAST THOUSANDS, ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS I AM.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHY THIS WORLDWIDE UNEASE, SENSE OF FOREBODING, IF YOU WILL?

I SIMPLY WANT TO KNOW.
KNOWLEDGE GIVES POWER.


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THE THINGS ONE FINDS WHILE SEARCHING!
A FEW SITES I WADED THROUGH WHILST PREPARING FOR TODAY'S BLOG.
I GOT NO VIRUS FROM ANY OF THEM, WHAT A SURPRISE!

One of the oddest websites reporting on that feeling something's coming...
REMEMBER I SAID IT WAS ODD:
http://allnewspipeline.com/They_Are_Preparing_For_Something_Huge.php

SCIENCE PROJECTS?
AS A DISTRACTION, OR WHATEVER, SEE WHAT SCIENCE IS FINDING THIS SUMMER?
A PLANET WITH A NINE MILLION MILE LONG TAIL, BLACK HOLES,  GIANT SPACE BUBBLE, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, ETC.      
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/summer-of-science-2015/latest/exoplanet-tail

Absolutely just plain weird!
DULCE BASE?
ANYBODY EVER WORK THERE?
http://www.blue-planet-project.com/Secrets-of-Dulce-Base.html