Missouri on list of "10 States Most at Risk for Major Disaster"

And while the bad news is Missouri is on this list, if there's good news, it is that we're ranked in last place:

10 States Most At Risk For Major Disasters

What they have to say about us:

The Show-Me State has been shown disastrous weather in every month of the year: severe snow and ice storms in winter, tornadoes during the spring, summer and fall, and flooding at virtually any time.

Major disaster declarations since 1953: 53

Yikes. 

Check that out. Every month of the year.

I live here and didn't know that.

Top 10 Stories on the World's Ecology from 2012

Because it needs to be both said and remembered so hopefully we learn:

10 Most Popular Stories of 2012 – EcoWatch

10. Fracking—A Bad Bet for the Environment and Economy

 9. Tests Find Toxics in Broad Array of Consumer Products

 8. Cincinnati Passes Resolution Requiring GE Food Labeling

 7. BP Covered Up Blow-out Two Years Prior to Deadly Deepwater Horizon Spill

 6. Tell Congress to Expedite Renewable Energy

 5. Ohio Governor Halts Four More Fracking Wastewater Injection Wells After Yesterday’s Quake

 4. Hawaii Becomes First State in the U.S. to Ban Plastic Bags

 3. Analysts Conclude Fracking Wastewater Poses Substantial Risk to Drinking Water

 2. Mining Companies Invade Wisconsin for Frac-Sand

 1. Stomach Contents of Seabirds Show that Marine Plastic Pollution Is out of Control

The fact is, we humans, across the planet, need to recognize that the ways we live now are absolutely not sustainable.  We need to change and change big and as soon as possible, all of us.

2011's weather catastrophes

"To date, the United States set a record with 12 separate billion-dollar weather/climate disasters in 2011, with an aggregate damage total of approximately $52 billion. This record year breaks the previous record of nine billion-dollar weather/climate disasters in one year, which occurred in 2008. These 12 disasters alone resulted in the tragic loss of 646 lives, with the National Weather Service reporting over 1,000 deaths across all weather categories for the year." --The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Link: http://www.truth-out.org/how-now-brown-cloud-what-smog-hath-wrought/1324077646

Oklahoma: It sucks to be you

Sure, we've always known Oklahoma was famous for its tornadoes and people called it either "Tornado alley" or knew it was part of it. Now? It seems Oklahoma is on a fault line. Did you know that? (The Meers). I didn't. That and it USED to have about 50 earthquakes per year. Now? Since 2009? It's increased. 2010? Way more. How about 1047 of them? Yeah, that many. And the thing is, much as these Oklahomans love their oil money and all that, ever since "fracking" for natural gas has taken hold down there, there are more and more earthquakes. Many more. Coincidence? It wouldn't seem so, would it? We'll see. Link: http://www.okgeosurvey1.gov/pages/earthquakes/information.php#FAQ"; http://news.yahoo.com/big-quake-follows-increase-oklahoma-rumblings-203947305.html

Quote of the day--peaceful coexistence

"We are on the cusp of a significant turning point in history - either these instances of really terrible seemingly unstoppable catastrophic disasters will increase and get worse or we will wake up and make the changes we need to make to transform them into planetary peace and stability. It is up to us to choose, but first we must each take responsibility for our own part of the problem." --Yehuda Berg

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