Archive for January, 2012
Environmental Hazard New Zealand As Ship-Wrecked Rena Splits In Two Today 10th January 2012
January 10th, 2012
Astrolabe Reef Oil Spill:
Death Throes Of Ship-Wreck Poses Environmental Risk, Tauranga and East Coast Areas, North Island, New Zealand.
Today, the Rena finally split into two, after holding out for almost three months since the shipwreck, and has begun its slide into the water off the Astrolabe Reef, near Tauranga, New Zealand.
This poses an environmental threat, further to the damage caused over the past few months by hundreds of tonnes of oil having spilled out ot the bowels of the Rena and into the sea. People have been cleaning up the oil slicks on the beaches for many weeks now. Finally, ...
Hot Air Balloon Crash In New Zealand Kills Eleven People 7th January 2012
January 7th, 2012
Worst NZ Air Disaster Since 1979 Erebus Crash.
Today, 7th January 2012, An Air Balloon Disaster in Wairarapa Country, New Zealand Killed All Five Couples And The Pilot.
The pilot was Lance Hopping who was considered to be an experienced and knowledgeable air balloon pilot. He was the safety officer for the Balloon Aviation Association, and had over 1000 hours driving experience.
Today's weather seemed perfect for a balloon ride. No-one expected that tragedy would strike from what was meant to be a joy-ride, a fun trip for five holidaying couples from the Greater Wellington area. But this balloon ride at Clareville, near ...
Christchurch Earthquake Magnitude 5 Today 6 January 2012
January 6th, 2012
Lack of Love and Caring Is Causing The Earth To Rebel
A Magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck today, just as New Zealand government and council officials got together with scientists today in Christchurch to discuss the liklihood of more earthquakes happening there. One scientist was just predicting that a Magnitude 5 was likely at some time soon, when the earth began to shake. "I think that might have been a magnitude 3.4", someone said, to the amusement of Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker, and others attending the forum. Turns out it was a magnitude 5, just as the scientist had mentioned only ...
Japan Earthquake 1st January 2012
January 2nd, 2012
Astrological Readings Point To More Earthquakes: In my post just prior to the New Year, I picked out the 1st January 2012 as being a vulnerable date for such things as earthquakes. The other dates for January 2012 which I picked as being particularly vulnerable were on the 15th, the 20th and the 23/24th January. We haven't arived at those dates yet, to verify any unusual happenings.
Although I was right about predicting the date of an earthquake or some other event for the 1st January, I did not give a place, and actually thought that New Zealand might be the ...
