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Meanwhile in North America: Hurricane Sandy, an earthquake, and a tsunami warning

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Stay safe, everyone!


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Hurricane Sandy update: Storm track as of 9 a.m. Sunday: The storm has tracked up the East Coast and is currently about 260 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, NC., and 395 miles south of New York City. Maximum sustained winds were clocked in at 75 mph, with higher gusts, and the storm is churning northeast at a steady 10 mph, the National Weather Service says. The center of the hurricane will move parallel to the southeast coast of the United States today and tonight and start moving towards the coastal Mid-Atlantic states by Monday night. The leading edge of Sandy is forecast to hit the Garden State this afternoon, strengthening as it merges with a cold weather system to the west.

peterfeld: From the NYC summary (click through for other regions):

The worst of Sandy is forecast to converge between New York City to the Delmarva on the coast Monday into Tuesday with conditions deteriorating rapidly Sunday night. Problems ranging from travel delays and inconveniences to major damage and life-threatening conditions are to be expected with this storm. […] Salt water can spread over some rail yards and perhaps into subway stations. Some low-lying communities can take on feet of water. […]

Wind gusts in the neighborhood of 60 to 80 mph are a strong possibility in the New York area even if the center heads for Delaware or South Jersey. This can down trees, send loose items airborne. Funneling effect between the buildings can make walking extremely difficult. Windows could be dislodged from some skyscrapers, as the winds will be much stronger several hundred of feet above the ground.

accuweather: Updates: Sandy’s Catastrophic Impacts on the Northeast

This live blog is tracking the latest info on Hurricane Sandy, along with specific information for each region and major city in its path.

coalspeaker:

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7.7 magnitude quake hits Canada’s British Columbia: “A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit Canada’s Pacific coastal province of British Columbia late Saturday, setting off a small tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, officials said.”

Hawaii tsunami downgraded as threat recedes: “Neil Abercrombie said early on Sunday the island was lucky to avoid more severe surges after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Canada. But he said that beaches and harbours remained closed.”

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Other considerations: 

Newspaper Coverage Ignores Connection To Climate Change: There is a ton of coverage on the “Frankenstorm,” but you aren’t getting the full story. Here’s why.

Hurricane Sandy and the election: ”What I’m seeing a lot of right now is an assumption that Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath will hurt Obama more than Romney. This strikes me as a case of not thinking things all the way through. Yes, Sandy will hit a region where President Obama is mostly doing well and it’s sure to depress turnout. But keep in mind, we’re not extremely concerned with the popular vote. If, for example, only three people turn out in Massachusetts and two vote for Obama, the president wins twelve electoral college votes. Turnout is only a factor when compared to the other candidate’s turnout — and Romney voters will face similar challenges.”

On poor people, Mitt and Newt both agree…

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…being poor is like this hilarious scam and poverty is a lifestyle anyone would choose, if they really thought about it:

“Really poor children, in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works so they have no habit of showing up on Monday,. They have no habit of staying all day, they have no habit of I do this and you give me cash, unless it is illegal.” — Newt Gingrich, defending his stance against certain child labor laws during a campaign stop in Iowa yesterday, 12/1/11.

Newt Gingrich made the claim that some people who receive government aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program “take their food stamp money and use it to go to Hawaii. More Americans now get food stamps therefore and we now give it away as cash. You don’t get food stamps. You get a credit card and the credit card can be used for anything. We’ve had people take their food stamp money and use it to go to Hawaii.” — Gingrich today, 12/2/11, in Iowa (his claim is false, by the way)

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“Don’t try to stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom, Allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up and let it turn around and come back up. The Obama administration has slow walked the foreclosure process … that has long existed and as a result we still have a foreclosure overhang.” — Mitt Romney, Las Vegas Review-Journal interview on 10/17/11, criticizing President Obama for not foreclosing on American families fast enough.

Mitt Romney sat at the head of the table at a coffee shop here on Thursday, listening to a group of unemployed Floridians explain the challenges of looking for work. When they finished, he weighed in with a predicament of his own. “I should tell my story,” Mr. Romney said. “I’m also unemployed.” He chuckled. — Romney in Tampa, FL on 06/15/11

To all the Birthers: Where’s your God now?

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President Obama releases his LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE:

Of course everyone already knows the long form birth certificate the birthers have been screaming for won’t be good enough either. The racists Teaparty Republican Birthers and their Birther King (Trump) will now ask for video footage of the birth. Or a ‘circumcision certificate.’ OR A FUNCTIONAL TIME MACHINE so that they may return to Hawaii on August 4, 1961 at 7:24 PM to view the birth personally. What? You can’t give us a time machine? Obviously born in Kenya!

Radiation exposure questions? California Dept. of Public Health hotline now open

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California Department of Public Health officials have opened a phone hotline to address concerns about local radiation exposure in the aftermath of the nuclear power plant crisis in Japan. The number is (916) 341-3947. The Times’ interactive map shows the likelihood of fallout radiation in Hawaii and Los Angeles.

(latimes)

Tsunami barrels toward Hawaii, US western coast

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HONOLULU – A tsunami spawned by a massive earthquake in Japan raced across the Pacific Ocean early Friday, pushing tourists to the upper levels of high-rise hotels in Hawaii and threatening to swamp low-lying areas of the U.S. western coast.

Sirens woke residents in the middle of the night in Hawaii, where the governor ordered the evacuation of coastal areas and warned residents to take the threat seriously. People waited in long lines stocking up on gas, bottled water, canned food and generators, and officials told residents to stock up on water and fill their cars with gas.

The first waves to hit Hawaii could reach 6 feet high and were expected to hit about 3 a.m. local time (9 a.m. EST.)

Tsunami barrels toward Hawaii, US western coast

MSNBC:

A tsunami warning was also issued for Hawaii and the coasts of Oregon and northern and central California and parts of Alaska. A tsunami advisory was in effect for southern California.

“A tsunami has been generated that could cause damage along the coastlines of all islands in the state of Hawaii,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center’s bulletin said. “Urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property.”

The first tsunami wave was expected to hit Hawaii at 2:59 a.m. local time (7:59 a.m. ET), officials said.

Among the other countries for which a tsunami warning is in effect are: Russia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru.

Tsunami Messages for All Regions (Past 30 days)

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How a rightwing circle-jerk works

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MMFA:

RUSH LIMBAUGH: This governor out in Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie — a well-known socialist, by the way, longtime member of Congress, is now the governor of Hawaii…

What does he mean “well known?”  Actually Limbaugh references a July/2010 article from WorldNutDaily. TOTALLY well known, right?

Now that Rushbo has re-educated his Dittoheads, expect this information  to spread rapidly through the teabagger hotline via Pajamas Media, Fox and Friends, and Drudge (and, finally, the ALL CAPS emails full of rage and red and blue font) — then, Bingo! Abercrombie will, indeed, be a well known Socialist…

Birthers are an insult…

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“It’s an insult to his mother and to his father, and I knew his mother and father — they were my friends, and I have an emotional interest in that. It’s an emotional insult, it is disrespectful to the president, it is disrespectful to the office.”

—New Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie • Expressing his anger over the “birther” movement – something he has a personal stake in because he was good friends with Obama’s parents when they first met and had Barack. So, just to shut those morons up, he’s working on ways to improve the law or offer even more details of Obama’s birth. We hope Abercrombie’s work means Orly Taitz will never be on TV ever again. source (via)

Birthers are also an insult to everyone’s intelligence. They could start their own country: the Confused State of Ignoramia. Maybe located somewhere up around Alaska?

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