Hmmm ... so the international shake-out prepare for the mega earthquake drills are scheduled for Oct 15th ... that’s right before the next super moon of Oct 16th. :scratch: I often wonder how people “prepare” for an earthquake? Do they quickly run outdoors - is it safer to be outside and hope the ground just doesn’t open up or be hit by fallen debris vs indoors and be totally trapped? Granted, I live in SoCal, I dont even get out of bed if an earthquake hits while I'm asleep. When I was little, if an earthquake hit in the middle of the night my dad would be the first one out of bed screaming for all of us to get in a door jamb and brace ourselves, the hilarity of the situation sends me and my siblings into uncontrollable laughter to this day :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: Also we used to have earthquake drills in school, where we would get under our desks, and crouch with our arms over our head to protect head and neck. As in any potential natural disaster scenario, we prep by having at least 72 hours worth of food and water available, first aid kits, so on and so on... Most people stay indoors, but as you highlighted there are risks to staying indoors. If a big enough quake hits, outside could be just as dangerous with downed trees and telephone poles. Oh wow ... I can’t imagine living in earthquake territory. :wacko: All I can think about now is that San Andreas movie scenario in real time when the BIG ones comes. :wacko: Well ... I wonder if this will set things in (((motion))) @ the Golan Heights? :popcorn New US sanctions cut Iranian banks off from the world finance system. The sanctions effectively cut off Iran from world markets because of the preeminence worldwide of the US dollar. The Jerusalem Post. New US sanctions on Iran, which target 18 Iranian financial institutions and penalize non-Iranian institutions who deal with them, effectively cut the Middle Eastern country off from the world finance system. The sanctions deprive “the Islamic Republic of Iran of funds to carry out its support for terrorist activities and nuclear extortion that threatens the world,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. The sanctions effectively cut off Iran from world markets because of the preeminence worldwide of the US dollar. Pompeo’s statement said there are exemptions for humanitarian assistance, but critics say that non-Iranian companies will be wary of dealing in any capacity with Iran because of the sanctions. The Trump administration left the Iran nuclear deal, which traded sanctions relief for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program, in 2018. The White House says the intensifying sanctions are a more effective means of limiting Iran’s bad behavior in the region and the development of its nuclear program. The United States’ erstwhile partners in policing the 2015 deal have said that so far the increased isolation that the United States has tried to impose on Iran has done nothing to decrease its adventurism, and has in fact resulted in an acceleration of its nuclear program. - Fair Use -
By Ron Kampeas/JTA October 10, 2020
