Welcome to the End of the World As You Know It…

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We have been dormant for awhile…but we have reclaimed our thoughts and looked at new horizons. The future holds many challenges ahead of us…

We have now moved to a new site…. www.cartaphilus.com ..this will include all the latest predicitions including, notably, the one made on February 26th, which foretold the Japan earthquake 12 days before it happened.

Today our thoughts are with the Japanese people and this great tragedy. Our sympathies are with them and our desire for their quick recovery.

All future postings will take place here  www.cartaphilus.com

To subscribe to site updates click on the RSS icon at the new site.

7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia

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The United States geological Service has just reported (15:35 EST) a massive 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia. Here is the location details:
150 km (95 miles) WNW of Manokwari, Papua, Indonesia
170 km (105 miles) ENE of Sorong, Papua, Indonesia
1335 km (830 miles) N of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia
2955 km (1830 miles) E of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

There are currently no tsunami warnings.

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Are We On the Verge of the Next Depression?

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Are we on the verge of the next Great Depression? The last one happened just like this one is unfolding. First there was a housing bubble burst followed by a tech bubble burst…both have just occurred.

Are banks are one step away from nationalization. Somethign that happened during the Depression.

Our economy is in tatters and we are reeling from one bad story to the next. Unless you have been living under a rock, you know what I am talking about.

Our 401K’s have been ravaged, we are at war in 2 countries and we owe just about everyone more then we can pay back in 2 decades.

Ford Motor and GM are trading at $2 and $4 a share- their capital nearly exhausted, they stand ready to disappear.

What can happen next?

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Arctic Sea Ice Continues Its Retreat to Lowest Levels in Recorded History

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This is a joint announcement with NASA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. NSIDC scientists provide Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis content, with partial support from NASA.
The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since the dawn of the satellite era. While slightly above the record-low minimum set in 2007, this season further reinforces the strong negative trend in summertime sea ice extent observed over the past thirty years.

NSIDC will issue a formal press release at the beginning of October with full analysis of the possible causes behind this year’s low ice conditions, particularly interesting aspects of the melt season, the set up going into the winter growth season ahead, and graphics comparing this year to the long-term record.

Full NSIDC announcement: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
NSIDC press office: srenfrow@nsidc.org or +1 303.492.1497

NASA announcement: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/sea_ice_nsidc.html
 NASA visualizations: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3556 and http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3547

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6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Tonga – 5:19 P.M.

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The USGS is reporting that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit the area near Tonga at approximately 5:19 PM (EDT) this evening. Early details are as follows:

200 km (125 miles) ENE of NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga
235 km (145 miles) SSE of Neiafu, Tonga
410 km (255 miles) WSW of Niue Island
2130 km (1320 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand


Global Land and Ocean Surface Temperatures for March-May Ranked 7th Warmest Since Records Kept

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is reporting that the combined average global land and ocean surface temperatures for the period March-May  2008, ranked seventh warmest, with May being the eighth warmest since worldwide records started in 1880. This is  according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.

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Des Moines Deluge

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3:00 PM (EDT) – Not since 1993, has Des Moines, Iowa seen a flooding disaster of this degree.  Only this time it is worse then it was back then. One resident referred to it as “our version of Katrina”.

As of this writing, the University of Iowa Art Campus has been abandoned despite residents best efforts, and it has succumbed to flooding from the already over-swollen Iowa river.

Despite officials’ best attempts to forestall the flooding with a sand berm,  the effort has been abandoned and hundreds of additional homes not already flooded are now at risk from the natural disaster that has gripped the city over the last few days due to unprecedented torrential rains.

Cedar Rapids has already succumbed to massive flooding and city officials are saying it will take days before the 400 city blocks that are under water can begin to be pumped out. Nearly 20% of the city’s nearly 120,000 residents have been forced to evacuate from their homes.