How long til people stop denying things are getting worse all over the world?

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Eighteen Indonesian volcanoes are on “alert” status, two of which are at Alert Level 3, which is called “Siaga”, the Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Center says.
Aug 7, 2011 - 11:30:49 AM

BEIJING — A typhoon blew down power lines and billboards in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday and aimed at a northeast port city where beaches were closed and sandbags were piled on the waterfront.


Gigantic Iceberg Bumps Canada's Coast as it Drifts South
International Business Times
Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:04 CDT
An iceberg more than four times the size of Manhattan has been slowly drifting along Canada's eastern seaboard, according to NASA.

An unusual weak coastal earthquake struck the Hadera and Netanya area. The earthquake was felt in Israel and in the Gaza strip.
The current epicenter area can be called as very unusual.
We have NO trace of any historic important earthquakes in the past.
For a lot of people it will be a unique experience.
EMSC reports a magnitude of 4.3 at a depth of 30 km (can be compared as the same intensity as USGS).

Power Companies Prepare as Solar Storms Set to Hit Earth
Scott DiSavino
Reuters
Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00 CDT
solar storm
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Three large explosions from the Sun over the past few days have prompted U.S. government scientists to caution users of satellite, telecommunications and electric equipment to prepare for possible disruptions over the next few days.

"The magnetic storm that is soon to develop probably will be in the moderate to strong level," said Joseph Kunches, a space weather scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center, a division of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

He said solar storms this week could affect communications and global positioning system (GPS) satellites and might even produce an aurora visible as far south as Minnesota and Wisconsin.

An aurora, called aurora borealis or the northern lights in northern latitudes, is a natural light display in the sky in the Arctic and Antarctic regions caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere. Major disruptions from solar activity are rare but have had serious impacts in the past.

Answer 1

Yeah it definitely seems like things have been getting worse over the years. More earthquakes, climate changes, ice caps melting, etc. I agree w/ you that a lot of people (not all) are in denial and need to wake up.

Answer 2

We never had typhoons, icebergs, and earthquakes until a few years ago.

Answer 3

2012 may just be our end, like the mayan calendar suggests. although, its highly unlikely.