6.0 Earthquake Hits Mexico City...
reuters.com
"I'm scared," said Sarai Luna Pajas, a 22-year-old social services worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit. "We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening — the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this — it feels like the Apocalypse."
-----------------------------------------------------------
Strong earthquake felt in Mexico City
By PAUL HAVEN – 37 minutes ago
news.bbc.co.uk
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and sending office workers into the streets.
The quake had a magnitude of 5.6 and was centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southwest of Mexico City or 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the resort of Acapulco, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Televisa television network quoted Mexico City officials saying there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The quake rattled nerves in a city already nervous about a swine flu outbreak suspected of killing as many as 149 people nationwide.
"I'm scared," said Sarai Luna Pajas, a 22-year-old social services worker standing outside her office building moments after it hit. "We Mexicans are not used to living with so much fear, but all that is happening — the economic crisis, the illnesses and now this — it feels like the Apocalypse."
Co-worker Harold Gutierrez, 21, said the country was taking comfort from its religious faith, but he too was gripped by the sensation that the world might be coming to an end.
"If it is, it is God's plan," Gutierrez said, speaking over a green mask he wore to ward off swine flu.
USGS earthquake analyst Don Blakeman said the quake was felt strongly in Mexico City because the epicenter was relatively shallow and the ground under the capital — which is built on a former lake bed — tends to intensify shock waves.
"Distant quakes are often felt" strongly in the city, he said.
The USGS revised the quake's magnitude down from its preliminary estimate of 6.0, and said its depth was 30 miles (50 kilometers).
-------------------------------------------------------------
And this...
Can you imagine being a 911 survivor and looking out
your office window and seeing this - this morning?
If someone high up in the chain of command does not lose
their job immediately and very publicly over this...
then this has larger and very serious ramifications.
747, F-16s fly over lower NYC, causing scare.
Hundreds flee one building; employee says no warning provided.
msnbc.msn.com
NEW YORK - A federal government exercise Monday involving low-flying planes created a panic in New York City and parts of New Jersey.
Two fighter jets escorted a low-flying Boeing 747 over lower Manhattan as part of a photo shoot.
That's the same part of the city where hijacked passenger jets crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
John Leitner, a trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange building, said people began running outside when they saw the planes around 10 a.m. ET.
About 1,000 workers gathered along the Hudson River until a security officer told them it was a planned exercise.
Workers got no official advance notice, Leitner said.
Susan and Jay DeVita sent msnbc.com a photo taken by their son Michael from his office window, asking: "What is wrong with people. ... A photo op????? The people of New York and New Jersey do not deserve to be scared like this."
The Federal Aviation Administration said it had advance notice of the event and had notified local officials ahead of time.
"They were making two, maybe three passes," FAA spokesman Jim Peters told NBC affiliate WNBC. "The DOD (Department of Defense) and the FAA worked this all out in advance."
Peters said the 747 was "the back-up aircraft for Air Force One."
---------------------------------------------------------------
Did you see Mayor Bloomberg's reaction?
This is insane.
And Janet "Reno" Napilitano almost giddy today, in assuring
us that a stronger strain of flu WILL be coming?
Listening to a Doctor who's done bio-research on the Radio
right now about this flu pandemic... not pretty folks.
Kissinger has been widely quoted recently tellling Russian
President Medved, that America will be "disarmed" by September.
NLE 09' FEMA/Homeland Security/Military exercise in July
would coincide with both Kissinger & Napilitano's comments.
G-20 Finance Ministers were in D.C. this weekend.
Too many coincidences...
Stay vigilent.
SOTB
PS: Remember what Bill said...
You can't eat gold.
Get prepared.
Do it now. |
