News and Links from ArmageddonOnline.org http://www.armageddononline.org Sun, 11 May 2008 18:09:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.armageddononline.org/Natural-Disasters/Mother-Nature-Still-in-Charge.html The Myanmar cyclone (Casualty-by-Natural/hurricanes.html) . The earthquake (Casualty-by-Natural/earthquakes.html) off the coast of Japan. The Chilean volcano. Has Earth gone bonkers? Not at all. This level of natural activity is normal for Earth, scientists say. Mother Nature is just reminding us that she is in charge, Bill Patzert, a climatologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in... News - Natural Disasters Thu, 08 May 2008 15:20:07 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/Natural-Disasters/Aid-workers-fear-Burma-cyclone-deaths-will-top-50000.html Foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that as many as 50,000 people died in Saturday’s cyclone, and two to three million are homeless, in a disaster on a scale comparable with the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The official death count after Cyclone Nargis stood at just under half that by 1300 GMT today, at around 22,500 people dead plus a further 41,000 missing. But due to the incompleteness of the information... News - Natural Disasters Tue, 06 May 2008 12:07:28 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/Natural-Disasters/-Burmese-storm-toll-tops-10000.html More than 10,000 people were killed in a devastating cyclone that hit western Burma on Saturday, Foreign Minister Nyan Win has said on state TV. He said his government was ready to accept international assistance. Aid shipments are now being prepared. Thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis are lacking shelter, drinking water, power and communications. The United States offered to increase aid... News - Natural Disasters Tue, 06 May 2008 12:05:16 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/Economy/Oil-passes-$122-on-$200-oil-prediction-supply-concerns.html Oil futures blasted to a new record over $122 a barrel Tuesday, gaining momentum as investors bought on a forecast of much higher prices and on any news hinting at supply shortages. Retail gas prices edged lower, but appear poised to rise to new records of their own in coming weeks.A new Goldman Sachs prediction that oil prices could rise to $150 to $200 within two years seemed to motivate much of Tuesday's buying, although... News - Economy Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:27 +0100 http://www.armageddononline.org/Natural-Disasters/-Myanmar-believes-13000-dead-missing-from-cyclone.html Myanmar's military junta believes at least 10,000 people died in a cyclone that ripped through the Irrawaddy delta, triggering a massive international aid response for the pariah state in southeast Asia. The basic message was that they believe the provisional death toll was about 10,000 with 3,000 missing, a Yangon-based diplomat told Reuters in Bangkok, summarizing a briefing from Foreign Minister Nyan Win.... News - Natural Disasters Mon, 05 May 2008 14:18:55 +0100