Discussion: Could This Deadly Weather Become Our New Normal?

Original Article:  Extraordinary Intelligence

http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/4633/the-unexplained/could-this-deadly-weather-become-our-new-normal/

Devastating weather systems have been ripping through various parts of the United States. Night after relentless night of tornadoes and thunderstorms have ravaged parts of the South. A late April Blizzard created hazardous road conditions in the Northern Plains. Floods tormented people on the East Coast. Texas struggles to survive the worst drought they’ve experienced in 45 years. There were even tornado warnings in California, with at least one actually touching down.

Across the world things aren’t looking much better. Sri Lanka is experiencing extreme rains and flooding. People are being left homeless after massive flooding in Brazil. Flooding in Saudi Arabia, cyclones in New Zealand… and that’s not even counting the devastating Earthquakes which, while not technically a meteorological phenomenon, certainly fit into the category of devastating.

So, what the heck is going on? Is all of this a fluke? Or is this something we can expect to see continue? According to some scientists, the answer is yes. But not because of global warming. An article in Life Science suggests that a confluence of seasonal oscillations in weather patterns, rather than climate change, is to blame. Researchers say that we will likely see more casualties from extreme weather, because populations are becoming more dense, hence, more people are in harm’s way.

Some are also suggesting that these bizarre weather patterns can be blamed at least in part on our magnetic poles shifting.  An interesting 2007 article from The Economist suggests as much.  And it also points out that in addition to Earth weather, the pole shift will affect space weather, which plays a huge role in satellites and radio communications…. possibly even power grids.

The United Nations is also saying that extreme weather is the “new normal”.  According to an article on South Asia’s OneWorld.net (cue creepy music), Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction Margareta Wahlstrom said of the $1 billion in economic damages to Australia after their devastating flooding earlier this year, “With weather patterns becoming more unpredictable and extreme, costs of this magnitude may become commonplace in all parts of the world unless we urgently change the way we think about and react to disasters.”

So, what do we make of all of this?  I have to admit that the first thing that springs to mind is the 2000 Whitley Strieber/Art Bell book The Coming Global Superstorm, of which I have a copy.  I haven’t read it in years.

Read more about how The Coming Global Superstorm Relates to our current weather cycles.  Also, are we headed toward a new “Ice Age”?  Is it all propoganda?  Read on and then join the discussion!!

http://extraordinaryintelligence.com/4633/the-unexplained/could-this-deadly-weather-become-our-new-normal/

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