| Date | Time | News and Notes |
| 10/30 | 1800 | Bear Creek Fire, Vegetation, Vandenberg AFB, Santa Barbara County, Update FRA 1253 acres 100% contained ground resources secured the perimeter No fire activity observed within the fire area. |
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia — Thousands of villagers are returning to their homes on the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano, taking advantage of an eerie lull in activity to check on their crops and livestock.
One day after Mount Merapi's most powerful eruption in a deadly week, a fiery red glow emanated from the peak of the notoriously unpredictable mountain and black clouds of ash tumbled from its cauldron.
But the violent bursts and rumbling had all but stopped Sunday.
Surono, an Indonesian scientist who goes by only one name, warned the volcano that has already killed 36 people this week could burst back to life any minute.
He says a major eruption – like Saturday's – is often followed first by a period of calm and then by another big blast.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) – Clouds of gray ash rumbled down the slopes of Indonesia's most volatile volcano Saturday in its most powerful eruption of a deadly week, prompting soldiers to force reluctant villagers to evacuate amid fears of a larger blast.
On the other side of the archipelago, storms again prevented aid deliveries to increasingly desperate survivors of a tsunami – including a teenage girl with an open chest wound – that killed 413 people in the Mentawai islands. Relief workers found some comfort, however, when the number of missing dropped by half to 163 as searchers discovered more survivors and villagers who had fled to the hills returned home.
The simultaneous catastrophes have severely tested the emergency response network. Indonesia lies in the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a cluster of fault lines prone to earthquakes and volcanic activity.
The latest spewing of the notoriously unpredictable volcano forced the temporary closure of an airport and claimed another life, bringing the death toll this week to 36.
At least 47,000 people have fled the mountain's wrath, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. Government camps well away from the base were overflowing with refugees, including most of the 11,000 people who live on the mountain's fertile slopes. They were told Saturday, with signs the danger level was climbing, that they should expect to stay for three more weeks.
Despite such warnings, many people have returned to their land to check on precious crops and livestock. The new eruption triggered a chaotic pre-dawn exit, killing a 44-year-old woman who was fleeing by motorcycle, said Rusdiyanto, head of disaster management office in the main city of Yogyakarta.
For the first time Saturday, more than 2,000 troops were called in to help keep villagers clear of the mountain. Camouflaged soldiers stood guard in front of ash-covered homes and local television showed one woman who refused evacuation orders being carried away as she screamed in protest.
Still, the villagers may be later allowed to go back for a few hours a day if the volcano appears to be calm, said Djarot Nugroho, head of the Central Java disaster management agency, adding that they must return to the camps immediately if a new alarm is raised.
"Once the sirens go off, no excuse, everyone has to get back to the camps," he said.
The eruption temporarily forced the closure of the airport in Yogyakarta, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of the volcano, because of poor visibility and heavy ash on the south of the runway, said Naelendra, an airport official.
Despite earlier hopes that Merapi's activity might be waning, scientists warned Saturday the worst may be yet to come.
High-pressure gas appeared to be building up behind a newly formed thick magna dome in the crater, "setting the stage, potentially, for a more explosive eruption," said Subandrio, who heads the nearby volcanology center.
"It's a bad sign," he said.
In the tsunami zone, where more than 23,000 people have been displaced, government agencies were forced to pull back boats and helicopters that had been ferrying noodles, sardines and sleeping mats to the most distant corners of the Mentawai islands because of stormy weather and rough seas.
The death toll climbed to 413 Saturday, but officials halved the number of missing people after a total of 135 people were found by searchers or returned home after fleeing to the hills. Volunteer searcher Patigor Siahaan said three children – aged 6, 7 and 8 – were discovered in the rubble of their collapsed house, where their parents died. Most of the others were found in small groups.
Rescue workers had hoped to airdrop aid using a plane and four helicopters Saturday, but storms made it too dangerous, said Ade Edward, an official with the provincial disaster management agency.
He said navy ships on their way to the devastated area had been halted by 18-foot (six-meter) waves and were stranded in the port of Padang on Sumatra, one of Indonesia's main islands.
At an overwhelmed hospital in Sikakap, the main town on Pagai Utara island, doctors said they need medical supplies to help about 150 injured survivors. The hospital's swelteringly hot rooms were filled with the moans of patients with flushed, sweat-coated faces.
"We need morphine," said Dr. Alyssa Scurrah, who flew in from Sydney, Australia. She said the hospital was desperate for a generator, antibiotics and a chest drain.
One of Scurrah's patients was a 12-year-old girl who was struggling to breathe due to an open chest wound. She clenched her teeth and cried out as a doctor applied cotton pads to the gash along her rib cage.
The doctor said the girl needs to go to Padang for surgery, but no one could get off the island Saturday because of the weather.
"If she stays here, she may not live," Scurrah said.
One bright spot amid the misery: A baby girl was born at the hospital on Friday. The mother was caught in the wave as it slammed into her village, doctors said, but her injuries were not severe and she and her baby were expected to be fine.
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Associated Press writers Achmad Ibrahim and Kristen Gelineau in the Mentawai islands and Niniek Karmini in Jakarta contributed to this report.
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Sat Oct 30 2010 17:55:46
Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano in Sunda Strait, straddling East Java and Sumatra, has spewed ash and flaming rocks.
Officials raised alert levels to 'high' on Friday as the volcano showed signs of increased activity, producing 117 small eruptions.
Staff at the observation post in Pasauran, Banten Province are on a 24-hour watch. Residents in Pasauran have been told to stay at least two kilometres away from the volcano.
Anak Krakatau means 'Child of Krakatau', named so because it rose in the place of Krakatoa volcano after it blew itself apart in one of the most destructive eruptions in history in 1883. The area is a popular tourist site and many villagers farm on the slopes of nearby Ibu Krakatau (Mother of Krakatau) on the same island.
"Until now we are still on alert level but when we examined our equipment on October 27 and 28 we experienced tremors," said Anton Priambudi, a volcanologist observing Anak Krakatau.
Several volcanos in Indonesia increased their activities recently following Mount Merapi's eruption on Tuesday.
The eruptions came only a day after a tsunami struck the remote islands in western Indonesia.
| Date | Time | News and Notes |
| 10/30/2010 | 0709 | Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 12 fires for 6 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report, (there may be a 24-hour delay in reporting on the SIT report). YTD prescribed fire reported in the SIT report: 545 fires for 49,400 acres. |
| Date | Time | News and Notes |
| 10/30 | 0800 | Bear Creek Fire AFV-3344 on Vandenberg AFB 1253 acres 90% contained Minimal fire activity due to rain overnight. Crews continue to work cautiously from established roads and fuel breaks due to unexploded ordinance Anticipate 100% containment by 1800. |
| 10/30 | 0800 | Rocky Canyon Truck Trail East of Atascadero 25 acres, 100% contained |
| 10/30 | 0800 | Birch Fire is on the San Gorgonio ½ - 1 acre and is result of lightning strike. fire is staffed with Vista Grande & H-535 |
Mount Merapi volcano has erupted for a third time, with local people reportedly saying this was louder and stronger than the previous eruption on Tuesday.
The latest eruption happened at around 0100 on Saturday (1800GMT Friday).
Agence France Presse reported that it caused panic, with hundreds of people, including police and soldiers, trying to flee in cars or on motorbikes.
Ash was raining down in Yogyakarta, about 30km (19 miles) away.
Matt Burgess, a photography student from Australia, is in Yogyakarta. He told the BBC: "I was in a nightclub when a friend called to say there was a load of ash. I went outside and saw ash falling like snow."
But authorities say Yogyakarta is safe. The head of the monitoring body has said the risk remains lmited to the 10km zone around the mountain.
Nearer that zone, though, people felt more in danger.
"I heard several sounds like thunder," Mukimen, a mother-of-two who was fleeing with her family, told AFP. "I was so scared I was shaking."
There had been a number of small eruptions earlier on Friday but with no casualties reported.
Earlier, officials said two people who suffered burns from Tuesday's eruption had died from their injuries, bringing the confirmed death toll to 35.
Displaced peopleAt least 47,000 people who live around Mount Merapi are staying in government camps or with friends and relatives, according to the National Disaster Management Agency.
But there are frequent reports of displaced people returning to check on their properties or livestock.
Government volcanologist Subandrio told AFP the new eruption suggested the government should be "more serious" about enforcing the exclusion zone and possibly widening it.
Alert levels have been raised on four other volcanoes, two of which are definitely showing signs of activity - Anak Krakatau and Mount Semeru.
Video available here at source
ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2010) — More than 251 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, Earth almost became a lifeless planet. Around 90 percent of all living species disappeared then, in what scientists have called "The Great Dying."
Thomas J. Algeo, has spent much of the past decade investigating the chemical evidence buried in rocks formed during this major extinction. The University of Cincinnati professor of geology has worked with a team of scientific colleagues to understand the ancient catastrophe. Algeo will present his latest findings at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, in Denver.
The world revealed by Algeo's research sounds horrific and alien -- a devastated landscape, barren of vegetation, scarred by erosion from showers of acid rain, huge "dead zones" in the oceans and runaway greenhouse gases leading to sizzling temperatures. This was Earth, 251 million years ago.
The more famous "K-T" extinction between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods -- in which the dinosaurs went extinct -- was triggered by a large meteoroid or bolide striking the Earth. The Great Dying, between the Permian and Triassic periods, has another culprit.
"The Permian-Triassic extinction event is still not fully understood," Algeo said. "It took some time, but it finally dawned on the geologic community that this was not caused by a bolide."
Algeo and his colleagues from around the world are building a better understanding of the events that all but erased life from our planet. The work involves five principal investigators in addition to Algeo. The National Science Foundation has provided several substantial grants to support the research.
The evidence Algeo and his colleagues are looking at points to massive volcanism in Siberia. A large portion of western Siberia reveals volcanic deposits five kilometers (three miles) thick, covering an area equivalent to the continental United States.
"It was a massive outpouring of basaltic lava," Algeo said. And, the lava flowed where it could most endanger life, through a large coal deposit.
Algeo noted that the dinosaur-killing bolide was lethal because it vaporized sulfur-rich sediments, resulting in extremely acidic rainfall. The effects of the Siberian lava eruption were likewise amplified by the coal deposit.
"The eruption released lots of methane when it burned through the coal," he said. "Methane is 30 times more effective as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. We're not sure how long the greenhouse effect lasted, but it seems to be thousands of years, maybe tens of thousands of years."
A lot of the evidence ended up being washed into the ocean, and that is where Algeo and his colleagues look for it. Today, those oceanic deposits are found in Canada, China, Vietnam, Pakistan, India, Spitsbergen and Greenland.
In Denver, Algeo, with Margaret Fraiser of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will chair a session on "New Developments in Permian-Triassic Paleoceanography" to review some of the newly analyzed evidence. For this session, Algeo contributed to two presentations that suggest the Siberian lava eruption may not have been the only agent of global death during the late Permian.
An analysis of the carbon content of marine sediments at 33 locations around the world shows similar patterns, except for rocks now preserved in southern China. While most rocks deposited during the extinction show increased concentrations of total organic carbon and higher organic carbon accumulation rates, the Chinese samples show the opposite effect.
"It's probable that we're seeing evidence of an explosive regional volcanic eruption," Algeo said. "The sediments there are just sterilized. It may be that the combined effects of this local volcanism and global climate change were especially lethal."
Algeo will also present research on the conditions leading to oxygen depletion in the oceans during the late Permian. Warm global climates certainly played a part as uniformly hot conditions stifled turnover by ocean currents. However, Algeo believes that chemical weathering by acid rain and similar processes also contributed. When erosion seven times the normal rate sent large flows of nutrients into the ocean, it created conditions much like the over-fertilization we see today near the outlets of large rivers. As it does today, this condition led to a microbial feeding frenzy and the removal of oxygen -- and life -- from the late Permian ocean.
"If there is a lesson to all this," Algeo said, "it is a reminder that things can get out of whack pretty quickly and pretty seriously. We are used to a stable world, but it may not always be so stable."
Story Source:The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by University of Cincinnati. The original article was written by Greg Hand.
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Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 5 fires for 2 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report, (there may be a 24-hour delay in reporting on the SIT report). Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 23 prescribed fires for 351 acres. Low pressure west of Northern CA will slowly weaken and move toward Central CA on Friday. A larger-scale trough will move through the region beginning Friday night with scattered showers, with best precipitation chances over southern portions of the region. Another wave of mostly light precipitation will move across the region Saturday night through midday Sunday with northern areas having higher chances. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday. Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 6 fires for 16 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report. Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 32 prescribed fires for 1,395 acres. The coast and coastal mountains from the North Bay to the OR border may see 2-4 inches of rain and the remainder of the North Ops region will see little to no rain through Friday. On Friday the low will move toward the Central Coast. As this happens a light East-SE flow will develop over the North Ops area diminishing the clouds and rain and pushing it back to the west. The low will weaken and move across Central CA Saturday. Light rain showers are possible throughout the North Ops area with the best chances over the southern half of the region. Another weak disturbance will move through Saturday night and Sunday with more showers that will diminish before sunset. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday.
Date Time News and Notes 10/29/2010 0716 10/28/2010 0712
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Yeah...let's remember Henderson, NV!!!
--- In californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com, Ken Swain <peavine15@...> wrote:
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> Yeah...let's remember Henderson, NV!!!
>
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Actually, the blast at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company in Henderson was caused by rocket propellant pellets used in the Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters. A fire broke out in the plant, and spread to a storage area where 2 tanks of pellets were stored. The results are well known from the video which has been shown numerous times...
| Yeah...let's remember Henderson, NV!!! --- On Fri, 10/29/10, Rick Bates <HappyMoosePhoto@gmail.com> wrote:
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One potentially-threatened building is a hydrazine plant.
1. They came back in your replies.
2. They appear on the Website.
Further: I sent those message in HTML; possibly your email client refused to
display it. My normal setting, which this reply is (unavoidably) sent with
has converted your message entirely into plain-text, and the reports are
there.
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve rieger" <stever@up-south.com>
To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] NorthOps 10/29/10
> Same here
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com>
> Sender: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:10:09
> To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [californiadisasters] NorthOps 10/29/10
>
> Date Time News and Notes
> 10/29/2010 0716 Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC
yesterday with 5 fires for 2 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report,
(there may be a 24-hour delay in reporting on the SIT report).
>
> Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met.
Reported yesterday were 23 prescribed fires for 351 acres.
>
> Low pressure west of Northern CA will slowly weaken and move toward
Central CA on Friday. A larger-scale trough will move through the region
beginning Friday night with scattered showers, with best precipitation
chances over southern portions of the region. Another wave of mostly light
precipitation will move across the region Saturday night through midday
Sunday with northern areas having higher chances. High pressure will bring
dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for
rain on Wednesday.
>
> 10/28/2010 0712 Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC
yesterday with 6 fires for 16 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report.
>
> Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met.
Reported yesterday were 32 prescribed fires for 1,395 acres.
>
> The coast and coastal mountains from the North Bay to the OR border
may see 2-4 inches of rain and the remainder of the North Ops region will
see little to no rain through Friday. On Friday the low will move toward the
Central Coast. As this happens a light East-SE flow will develop over the
North Ops area diminishing the clouds and rain and pushing it back to the
west. The low will weaken and move across Central CA Saturday. Light rain
showers are possible throughout the North Ops area with the best chances
over the southern half of the region. Another weak disturbance will move
through Saturday night and Sunday with more showers that will diminish
before sunset. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and
Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday.
>
>
>
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Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 5 fires for 2 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report, (there may be a 24-hour delay in reporting on the SIT report). Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 23 prescribed fires for 351 acres. Low pressure west of Northern CA will slowly weaken and move toward Central CA on Friday. A larger-scale trough will move through the region beginning Friday night with scattered showers, with best precipitation chances over southern portions of the region. Another wave of mostly light precipitation will move across the region Saturday night through midday Sunday with northern areas having higher chances. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday. Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 6 fires for 16 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report. Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 32 prescribed fires for 1,395 acres. The coast and coastal mountains from the North Bay to the OR border may see 2-4 inches of rain and the remainder of the North Ops region will see little to no rain through Friday. On Friday the low will move toward the Central Coast. As this happens a light East-SE flow will develop over the North Ops area diminishing the clouds and rain and pushing it back to the west. The low will weaken and move across Central CA Saturday. Light rain showers are possible throughout the North Ops area with the best chances over the southern half of the region. Another weak disturbance will move through Saturday night and Sunday with more showers that will diminish before sunset. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday.
Date Time News and Notes 10/29/2010 0716 10/28/2010 0712
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Date Time News and Notes 10/29 1200 Bear Fire AFV-3344 on Vandenberg AFB shown on morning's ICS 209 report to be 320 acres and 15% contained. Weather conditions are favorable for containment as storm moves into area later this afternoon. 10/28 1800 Bear Fire AFV-3344 on Vandenberg AFB is currently at 400 acres, but laying down as the marine layer moves into the area. Fire initially threatened a fuel storage area causing concern at the outset of the fire. 10/22 1700 Minimal IA, Overcast Cool, T-10, T45 off contract returned to Missoula Montana. Golden Eagles HS off for season
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| Date | Time | News and Notes |
| 10/29/2010 | 0716 | Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 5 fires for 2 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report, (there may be a 24-hour delay in reporting on the SIT report). Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 23 prescribed fires for 351 acres. Low pressure west of Northern CA will slowly weaken and move toward Central CA on Friday. A larger-scale trough will move through the region beginning Friday night with scattered showers, with best precipitation chances over southern portions of the region. Another wave of mostly light precipitation will move across the region Saturday night through midday Sunday with northern areas having higher chances. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday. |
| 10/28/2010 | 0712 | Initial Attack Activity was light in the GACC yesterday with 6 fires for 16 acres reported in the Daily Situation Report. Prescribed burning is occurring where prescriptions are met. Reported yesterday were 32 prescribed fires for 1,395 acres. The coast and coastal mountains from the North Bay to the OR border may see 2-4 inches of rain and the remainder of the North Ops region will see little to no rain through Friday. On Friday the low will move toward the Central Coast. As this happens a light East-SE flow will develop over the North Ops area diminishing the clouds and rain and pushing it back to the west. The low will weaken and move across Central CA Saturday. Light rain showers are possible throughout the North Ops area with the best chances over the southern half of the region. Another weak disturbance will move through Saturday night and Sunday with more showers that will diminish before sunset. High pressure will bring dry and warmer weather Monday and Tuesday followed by another chance for rain on Wednesday. |
| Date | Time | News and Notes |
| 10/29 | 1200 | Bear Fire AFV-3344 on Vandenberg AFB shown on morning's ICS 209 report to be 320 acres and 15% contained. Weather conditions are favorable for containment as storm moves into area later this afternoon. |
| 10/28 | 1800 | Bear Fire AFV-3344 on Vandenberg AFB is currently at 400 acres, but laying down as the marine layer moves into the area. Fire initially threatened a fuel storage area causing concern at the outset of the fire. |
| 10/22 | 1700 | Minimal IA, Overcast Cool, T-10, T45 off contract returned to Missoula Montana. Golden Eagles HS off for season |
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Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:44 AM
Subject: [CA_Disc.] Writer Looking for People Affected by Disasters
I'm a brand new member of this group and have joined as part of a work
project. I'm a writer, working on a book with a doctor about the collective
impact of natural disasters, mass violence, terrorist threats (and 9/11) on
our mental health. Even people who do not live at the site of the event, he
says, are experiencing anxiety and post-traumatic stress, which emerges in
many ways, including short tempers, road rage and irritability.
I am looking for real people to share their stories. Please get in touch
with me if you have a story. Thank you for allowing me to be here.
Here is my website: http://winnieyu.net.
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