Severe U.S. storm brings heavy snow, baseball-sized hail

ShareThis Severe U.S. storm brings heavy snow, baseball-sized hail 23 Mar 2013 A major early spring storm brought heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and floods as it moved east across the United States on Saturday, closing highways and causing a pileup involving dozens of vehicles. Baseball-sized hail was reported in northern Florida, along with possible tornadoes, [...]

Iraqi Police Given Orders to Shut Down 44 Local and Foreign Media Agencies

ShareThis Iraqi Police Given Orders to Shut Down 44 Local and Foreign Media Agencies 23 Jun 2012 An official document has been obtained by the JFO, revealing that security forces in Iraq have received orders from the authorities to shut down the offices of 44 media agencies. Included are prominent local TV channels and radio [...]

Jellyfish-Like Organisms Shut Down California Power Plant

ShareThis Jellyfish-Like Organisms Shut Down California Power Plant –Salp were clogging traveling screens in intake structure 26 Apr 2012 The workers of the [Pacific Gas & Electric] Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant received a slimy surprise this week when they discovered hoards of jellyfish-like creatures clinging to the structure, leading to the shutdown of the [...]

California nuclear plant shut indefinitely

ShareThis California nuclear plant shut indefinitely –In winter, federal regulators could not identify how much radioactive gas leaked or why it happened 06 Apr 2012 A large Southern California nuclear plant is out of commission indefinitely, and will remain so until there is an understanding of what caused problems at two of its generators and [...]

March 31: Operation Global Blackout: Hackers Intend to Shut Down the Internet by Disabling Core DNS Servers

By Mac Slavo SHTFplan.com March 28th, 2012 The hacking group known as Anonymous intends to attack the core servers that control the routing of all internet traffic. DNS, or Domain Name Servers, are a critical backbone of the web and make it possible for internet surfers to reach web site destinations by typing in a domain name [...]

San Francisco activists call for closing of Bank of America accounts

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From FaceBook: IF ANY OF YOU STILL WANT TO KICK BANK OF AMERICA’S @$$ FOR ALL THE MONEY THEY’VE STOLEN FROM US 99%, THEN COME ON VALENTINES’ DAY 2012, AND TAKE YOUR HARD-EARNED BUCKS OUT OF THIS PREDATOR’S COFFERS! THIS IS WORKING! GO HERE ON FACEBOOK TO LET US KNOW YOU’LL BE THERE: TURN UP [...]

Illinois nuclear plant shut down over power issue

ShareThis Illinois nuclear plant shut down over power issue 30 Jan 2012 A nuclear reactor at a northern Illinois plant shut down Monday after losing power, and [radioactive] steam was being vented to reduce pressure, according to officials from Exelon Nuclear and federal regulators. Unit 2 at Byron Generating Station, about 95 miles northwest of [...]

Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites

ShareThis Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites –The hack comes in the wake of a series of cyber attacks over the past two weeks. 16 Jan 2012 Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a hacker network threatened [...]

Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites

ShareThis Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites –The hack comes in the wake of a series of cyber attacks over the past two weeks. 16 Jan 2012 Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a hacker network threatened [...]

Oil Prices Could Soar 80% If Iran Shut Hormuz: Analyst

By: John Melloy, CNBC.com If Iran were to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transportation route where millions of barrels travel out of the Persian Gulf every day, Brent crude [LCOCV1 112.27 --- UNCH] would surge to between $ 150 and $ 200 a barrel, according to an oil analyst with Societe [...]