Nadene Goldfoot
Times are changing and things have been happening. Over 45 rockets hit Israel, fired from Gaza again and the population has had to flee to bomb shelters within about 15 seconds for safety. Rocket salvos fired after Hamas calls for attacks on Israel over Jerusalem unrest; barrages, reported in real-time by a terror group, mark worst assault from Strip in many months. In May 2019, at least 300 rockets were fired from Gaza that struck Israel. This has been a constant occurrence. The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted dozens of the rockets, according to the IDF.
Uprisings of people in the form of marches: Marches have been happening as a result of police killing a suspect, who is either innocent or guilty. After one death, George Floyd, the toll rises in protest across all of the USA. At least five people have died in unrest over the death of Mr. Floyd. Injuries have been numerous, and millions of dollars in damage to property has occurred.
This is true in Portland, Oregon, where marching protests have been going on nightly for over a year, seemingly always ending in destruction of some sort to the buildings of the once beautiful Portland, city of roses. Police have not stopped it, the mayor has been ineffectual, and so it continues. Most of us have no desire to enter our once greatest shopping area of Portland, DOWNTOWN.
Even the earth is having its problems, one being volcano eruption. Here's the latest belching: It's been happening in Iceland. Tourists and scientists have been arriving and visiting it to learn more about what being on other planets could be like. There are plenty of dangers in the area. Vocanoes are also erupting in other places as well.
At least volcanic activity has been quiet in Israel. The basaltic Golan Heights volcanic field in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains of SW Syria near the borders with Lebanon and Israel contains numerous cinder cones of Pliocene-to-Holocene age.
The Golan Heights volcanic field covers a broad area NE of the Lake Tiberius (the Sea of Galilee) and SW of the city of Damascus (Dimashq) and includes the prehistoric cone of Majdel Shams in the Golan Heights. The volcanic field lies on a basaltic plateau that dips to the west and SW, with steep slopes facing the Dead Sea rift valley. It lies within the northern part of the massive alkaline Harrat Ash Shaam volcanic field that extends from southern Syria through NW Jordan to Saudi Arabia.
Mount Bental is part of a chain of volcanoes spanning along the eastern edge of Israel's Golan Heights. From the top of this dormant volcano, formed from a series of eruptions 100,000 to 700,000 years ago, you can witness spectacular views of the Hula Valley, Mount Hermon and the Golan. Its last eruption is said to have occurred more than 50,000 years ago. Tens of thousands of people living in the Caribbean are on high alert as volcanoes come back to life after remaining dormaant for decades. Israel's have been dormant for too long to do this.
Oregon had a big one in 1980 with a volcano that is not dead. On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. It initiated as a series of phreatic blasts from the summit then escalated on May 18, 1980, as a major explosive eruption. Hundreds of square miles were reduced to wasteland, causing over $1 billion in damage (equivalent to $3.4 billion in 2019), thousands of animals were killed, and Mount St. Helens was left with a crater on its north side. This eruption happened 2 months after warnings.
It’s been 40 years since Mount St. Helens famously roared to life, sending ash and gas 15 miles high, flattening 135 square miles of forest, and killing 57 people in the country’s deadliest eruption. Today, the volcano is still one of the most dangerous in the United States, and the most active of the Cascade Range.
Earthquakes can even happen underwater, and one just did off the Oregon coast. There have been almost 100 earthquakes so far this year that are significant. Several 7.0 occurred in Japan; an 8.1 in New Zealand along with several others over 7; New Guinea, Philippines, Chile, and different islands. Israel can expect a major earthquake of 6.5 on the Richter scale in the coming years. Drilling barge in the Dead Sea, 2010.The last earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale was felt in the Dead Sea valley in 1927, when hundreds of people were injured in Amman, Jerusalem, Bethlehem and even Jaffa. During the past 30 days, Israel was shaken by 3 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 6 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 2 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.
Biggest quake: 3.6 quake Rif-dimashq, 21 km northeast of Damascus, Dimashq, Syria, 24 April 2021 13:47 GMT 3 days agoMost recent quake: 2.0 quake South Sinai, Egypt, 41 km west of Aqaba, Jordan, 26 April 2021 11:06 GMT 1 day 5 hours ago
Minor earthquakes (below 6.0)[edit]
- 1898 – Haifa damaged by earthquake[9]
- 1956 – Chim earthquake: In the south of Lebanon in the Chouf District; 6,000 homes destroyed, and another 17,000 damaged; 136 persons killed. Magnitude - 5.3-5.5 Mw.
- 2008 – A 5.1 Mw earthquake shook South Lebanon, causing power outages and some building damage on February 15. Of several hundred responses to the USGS' "Did you feel it?" system, three reports from northern coastal Israel indicated that a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong) was observed there. The oblique-slip shock was also felt lightly in Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Jordan.
- 2020 – A series of 4.7 Mw earthquakes occurred at a depth of 20 kilometers in the eastern Mediterranean near Burj Islam, Syria.
- Update: 5/1/2021: During the past 30 days, there were 17 quakes of magnitude 6.0 or above, 158 quakes between 5.0 and 6.0, 1115 quakes between 4.0 and 5.0, 3827 quakes between 3.0 and 4.0, and 7753 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 17170 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.
Biggest quake: 6.8 quake North Pacific Ocean, 36 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, 1 May 10:27 am (GMT +9) 1 day 13 hours ago
Biggest quake today: 5.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, 38 km southwest of La Serena, Provincia de Elqui, Coquimbo Region, Chile, 2 May 2:57 am (GMT -4) 7 hours ago
COVID 19 is a deadly virus that has caused a Pandemic. There is a new mutation, far more deadly that has developed just as countries have a vaccine for the first. Multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants are circulating globally. Several new variants emerged in the fall of 2020, To date, we have had 3,116,444 deaths. 147,539,302 people have had Covid 19, and they can expect possible future detrimental affects from this disease, according to facts discovered about it so far, possible other problems to overcome.
As for Oregon, PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,486, the Oregon Health Authority reported Monday. OHA also reported 630 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 181,321.
COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness. Reports have come in of problems with Johnson & Johnson vaccine causing blood clots with at least one death as a result. The beauty of this was that it only required one shot, not two like the others. Compared to how many were not affected by blood clots, this was a rare occurrence. COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness. As of 4/28/21, only 23% of Americans are fully vaccinated. (abc TV news). 
School attendance has been affected world-wide. Parents have been expected to help educate their children. I never thought I'd see such a day. Daily school was a sure as paying taxes. The problem has been dealt with by using computers for teaching, creating home schooling . This has been going on for over a year now, and the populations are are trying to create schooling in schools using safety precautions.
Israel has all these things to face, except maybe an erupting volcano, but then I don't want to give this a kinehora.
Resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_attacks_on_Israel_in_2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/us/portland-protests-mayor-ted-wheeler.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-airstrikes-hit-gaza-after-rocket-attacks-clashes-intensify-jerusalem-n1265180
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7yLjCGwNFE , volcano in Iceland.
https://www.jta.org/2019/05/04/israel/at-least-300-rockets-from-gaza-fired-on-israel-on-saturday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens#:~:text=A%20dormancy%20of%20about%204%2C000,largest%20known%20eruption%20from%20St.
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/israel.html
Volcano Activity Summary for 9 Apr 2021:
Currently erupting:
Dukono (Halmahera): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 12 Nov 2020)Ebeko (Paramushir Island): explosive activity continues (updated 8 Apr 2021)
Erebus (Antarctica): active lava lake in summit crater (updated 8 Dec 2014)
Erta Ale (Danakil depression, Ethiopia): active lava lake in the summit crater (updated 19 Jun 2020)
Etna (Sicily, Italy): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 24 Feb 2021)
Fagradalsfjall (Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland): 3rd eruptive fissure opened yesterday (updated 8 Apr 2021)
Fuego (Guatemala): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 16 Feb 2021)
Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 7 Jan 2021)
Kilauea (Hawai'i): new developed pond entered into main lava lake; effusive eruption of the volcano continues (updated 12 Mar 2021)
Lewotolo (Lesser Sunda Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 24 Mar 2021)
Masaya (Nicaragua): minor ashfall (updated 24 Oct 2019)
Merapi (Central Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 25 Mar 2021)
Nevados de Chillán (Central Chile): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 24 Mar 2021)
Nyiragongo (DRCongo): new vent on crater floor (updated 7 Aug 2019)
Pacaya (Guatemala): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 7 Apr 2021)
Popocatépetl (Central Mexico): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 8 Mar 2021)
Reventador (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 24 Mar 2021)
Sabancaya (Peru): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 17 Mar 2021)
Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 6 Apr 2021)
Sangay (Ecuador): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 7 Apr 2021)
Santiaguito (Guatemala): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 16 Dec 2020)
Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 16 Jan 2021)
Shiveluch (Kamchatka): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 2 Feb 2021)
Sinabung (Sumatra, Indonesia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 11 Mar 2021)
Soufrière St. Vincent (West Indies, St. Vincent): effusive eruption continues with series of seismic swarm (updated 9 Apr 2021)
Stromboli (Eolian Islands, Italy): mild strombolian activity from several vents (updated 3 Feb 2021)
Yasur (Tanna Island, Vanuatu): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 27 Aug 2020)
Eruption warning / minor activity:
Bagana (Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 23 Dec 2020)Kadovar (Northeast of New Guinea): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 19 Mar 2021)
Karymsky (Kamchatka): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 15 Mar 2021)
Kerinci (Sumatra): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 16 Mar 2021)
Langila (New Britain, Papua New Guinea): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 15 Mar 2021)
Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 16 Mar 2021)
Nyamuragira (DRCongo): the eruption continues (updated 12 Nov 2019)
Raung (East Java): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 5 Mar 2021)
Semisopochnoi (United States, Aleutian Islands): occasional minor ash emissions (updated 6 Apr 2021)
Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory (updated 9 Apr 2021)
Taal (Luzon, Philippines): elevated unrest continues (updated 29 Mar 2021)
Veniaminof (Alaska Peninsula, USA): renewed activity raised Aviation Color Code to Orange again (updated 6 Apr 2021)
Villarrica (Central Chile): degassing; activity remains stable (updated 2 Feb 2021)
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