U.S. Natural Disasters: 2011 An Extreme And Exhausting Year

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WASHINGTON -- Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.

Unprecedented triple-digit heat and devastating drought. Deadly tornadoes leveling towns. Massive rivers overflowing. A billion-dollar blizzard. And now, unusual hurricane-caused flooding in Vermont.

If what's falling from the sky isn't enough, the ground shook in places that normally seem stable: Colorado and the entire East Coast. On Friday, a strong quake triggered brief tsunami warnings in Alaska. Arizona and New Mexico have broken records for wildfires.

Total weather losses top $35 billion, and that's not counting Hurricane Irene, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. There have been more than 700 U.S. disaster and weather deaths, most from the tornado outbreaks this spring. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/03/disasters-in-us-an-extrem_n_947750.html

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1. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are fast approaching a time when the

military will only have time for actual "defense" against the ravages of ma nature. They will have to do what this photo depicts.