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Earthquake Warning Signs

cog — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:11:45 +0000

Mongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake OccurrencesGreat Sichuan Earthquake, aka Wenchuan EarthquakeCan Animals Really Sense Earthquakes Before They Happen?Geologist Jim Berkland’s Method of Predicting EarthquakesEarthquake WeatherMongolia, China, 2003, Strange Pre-Earthquake Occurrences

A 2003 story in the China Daily relates some strange occurrences just prior to a large earthquake that hit Chifeng, a city in Mongolia.

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Submit Your Story

cog — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:49:58 +0000

Open Submission Request for Modern FolktalesOur GoalWhy Modern Folktales are ImportantCollaborative FolktalesSubmission GuidelinesA Note to Webmasters and BloggersOpen Submission Request for Modern Folktales

Do you have a story that you think qualifies as a modern folktale? If you do, ModernFolktales.com would like to read it. If we think it meets the folktale standard, we’ll

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The Great Earthquake Debate

cog — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:45:18 +0000

SummaryThe End of the WorldOther Web Sites that Connect Earthquakes with Eschatology and/or Punishment2012: The End of the WorldRising Earthquake Trend Linked to Global WarmingOther Web Sites with Similar IdeasBusiness as UsualSeventeen Major Earthquakes and One Great Shaker Per YearScientists Shaken by Coincidence of Killer QuakesSimultaneous Terrestrial, Solar Magnetic Polarity ReversalsSummary

A Google search

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Kenyans Desperate to Survive Resort to Poaching

cog — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:49:15 +0000

This is an ongoing post chronicling some of the stories that have been summoned into existence by the droughts now ravaging Africa.

Global Earthquake Trends 1900 – 2010

cog — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:48:55 +0000

Killer Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the SurfaceDeadliest Earthquakes 1900 to 2009The Haitian ExampleUnstable GroundWorst Earthquakes and Earthquake-Caused Tsunamis 1900 to 2010The Rising Kill-Rate of EarthquakesDeadliest Earthquakes by Region 1900 to 2010Killer Earthquakes and Other Problems Beneath the Surface

Silent and unexpected, without warning, they smite with irresistible force. All that dwells upon the

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Global Earthquake Tracking System

cog — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:07:47 +0000

Up-to-date interactive map showing locations of earthquakes that have occurred around the world and have registered at least a magnitude 6.0 or above.

The Monster Dialectic

cog — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Suicide BombersThe Three Voices of the War on Terror and the Unheard Fourth VoiceIraqi Public OpinionIRAQ: WHERE THINGS STAND 2007PUBLIC ATTITUDES IN IRAQ: FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF INVASIONAfghan Public OpinionSurvey of the Afghan People for the Year 2009Afghan Civilians Angry Over DeathsAfghan Civilian Deaths Rise 40% in 2008Children Die in ExplosionStatements of Afghans Affected by

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Africa: Droughts

cog — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:55:29 +0000

Over the course of the last one hundred years the frequency and geographic dispersion of droughts has increased significantly on the African continent.

Natural Disasters of the World

cog — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:08:36 +0000

The frequency and intensity of natural disasters have been increasing. This poses both humanitarian and financial challenges; not to mention the question why?

The People’s Water

cog — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:34:22 +0000

The Clean and Dirty Reality of WaterWater Stories From Around the World<Video> Water Crisis in the AzawakAzawak Video Highlights<Video> QuenchQuench Video HighlightsThe Clean and Dirty Reality of Water

If any resource can be used as the quintessential symbol for the quality of life on this planet, it would probably have to be water. In

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