Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Water Doom: The Spring Gave Out, Drought Continues
April 12th, 2010Crossposted from Farmlet. The Far North of New Zealand is experiencing the worst drought in 60 years. Kaitaia, the town near us, has been running under emergency conditions for weeks. Anyone caught using a hose outside faces a NZ$20,000 fine. The local farming community is in deep trouble. The hay and silage that has been […]
33 States Out of Money to Fund Jobless Benefits
April 10th, 2010Via: CNN: With unemployment still at a severe high, a majority of states have drained their jobless benefit funds, forcing them to borrow billions from the federal government to help out-of-work Americans. A total of 33 states and the Virgin Islands have depleted their funds and borrowed more than $38.7 billion to provide a safety […]
State Governments Delay Tax Refunds
April 9th, 2010Via: AP / MSNBC: Give people their money. It’s the rallying cry of lawmakers around the country pushing back against states that are delaying tax refunds to shore up their budgets. Holding on to the refunds allows states to use the money for other purposes, earn interest on it or simply wait until there’s enough […]
Ashtabula County: Judge Tells Residents to Arm Themselves
April 9th, 2010Via: WKYC: In the ongoing financial crisis in Ashtabula County, the Sheriff’s Department has been cut from 112 to 49 deputies. With deputies assigned to transport prisoners, serve warrants and other duties, only one patrol car is assigned to patrrol the entire county of 720 square miles. “I did the best with what they (the […]
Kyrgyzstani Government Ousted in Violent Uprising
April 8th, 2010Via: Globe and Mail: Massive, violent protests have toppled the authoritarian regime in Kyrgyzstan, an impoverished Central Asian republic wooed by both Moscow and Washington and the site of a sprawling air base vital to the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. By nightfall, the opposition claimed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev had fled and a new government headed […]
Thai Premier Declares Martial Law to Control Protests
April 8th, 2010Via: Bloomberg / Business Week: Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared martial law in the capital after protesters stormed parliament, testing the army’s willingness to break up four weeks of mostly peaceful demonstrations. About 3,000 people entered the gates of Parliament for about two hours and thousands more occupied Bangkok’s commercial district for a fifth […]
Los Angeles Could Run Out of Money in About Four Weeks
April 7th, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: City Controller Wendy Greuel declares an ‘urgent financial crisis’ and says the only way to continue paying bills in the short term is to begin draining the city’s already limited emergency reserve. The city’s top financial official issued a grim assessment of the escalating budget crisis Monday, warning that Los Angeles […]
Not The Onion: More Job Seekers Opting for Cosmetic Procedures
April 6th, 2010Here’s one for your When Batshit Insanity Just Doesn’t Cut It file folder. Via: CBS News: In this troubled economy, you may be thinking about beefing up your resume or adding to your portfolio, but how about going under the knife? As CBS 2’s Mai Martinez found, hundreds of people in the Chicago area are […]
List of Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
April 6th, 2010Via: Wikipedia: This is a list of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction works, sorted by the nature of the catastrophe portrayed.
WASHINGTON DC: PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEMS ARE DOWN
March 30th, 2010Via: WJLA: Authorities say all Public Safety Radios are down in the District. All DC emergency responders use the system. The police and fire radios went out of service around 7:15 p.m. Fire officials say 911 is not affected. Fire officials say they switched to a back-up system that uses portal radios and borrows channels […]
