The other day I posted a blurb in my notes about keeping an eye on earthquake activity, particularly on the US West coast. There is a full moon on its way (actually the biggest and brightest of the year), which some believe influences earthquake activity, and I took note of this random find regarding the upcoming month's possibilities in that regard.

However, I had not made note of the earthquake swarm near Puerto Rico and the threat of tsunami on the US East coast, and I think now that it just might warrant that mention. Also just over a week ago the AP reported a series of small earthquakes in Arkansas as a warning that more could be in store. But I usually check the seismic monitor several times a day and there does seem to be an increase in activity as of late in these areas, as well as a few recent large quakes around the ring of fire. A couple of other things caught my attention too: that of a third spectacular superbolide meteor in as many weeks caught on tape a few days ago, as well as a large solar prominence suddenly erupting from an otherwise quiet sun. It also seems the SIDC ended the all-quiet in terms of sunspot activity on December 2.

The Cave has been giving great updates on various such activities, including a post about the coming solar wind stream, set to arrive on December 11th. The Cave also noted the huge tides that just wiped out a hospital among other buildings in New Guinea.

In other Earth news, Cyclone Nisha tore up southern India, and volcanoes are hitting the headlines in the Caribbean and Chile. For updates on this and more, also check sites like The Great Red Comet or Earthweek.com.

Not sure what to make of it. Planet X, HAARP, galactic alignment, global warming, random movements, whatever. Just putting it out there. Make sure you have your emergency kits well-stocked and have a plan to keep family safe and calm.

The master observes the world but trusts his inner vision.

-Tao Te Ching #12

Ok, maybe I spend too much time on the Internet looking at weird stuff. Probably a remnant of the Perseids…but I only saw a few tiny, very distant streaks the other night, and this was nothing like that.

Then I came in, opened my laptop to check my email, thinking about what I’d just seen, when we had a 5.3 earthquake (according to IRIS it was a 5.6). We had that big one back in October here and another smaller but also sizable one on Thanksgiving morning, but nothing much we could feel since then (though there are often small earthquakes going on because of the volcano, we don’t usually feel them up here)…this one was rolling and rocking back and forth, and seemed to keep going for quite a while, at least in earthquake time (slow-motion disaster/should-I-panic mode). Not violent enough to knock anything over but significant enough to make you stop what you’re doing, in that state of alertness or anticipation, not knowing if you should jump up and save the statues or not.

Hmm. A strong hurricane is on its way, which isn’t unheard of, but if it really does hit us here on the Big Island it will be a relatively rare event, because most hurricanes are pushed away by our winds. Only two or five hurricanes have hit the state of Hawaii since 1950, depending on what you define as hurricanes versus tropical cyclones. The last destructive hurricane to hit Hawaii was Iniki in 1992, which hit Kauai hard, but my friends who lived here then said it was sunny that day for them. Hurricane Dot, in 1959, also did most of its damage in Kauai. Three other lesser storms have also caused major damage, but very little of it here on the Big Island aside from some high surf.

So, my friends, what do you think? Coincidence? My money is still on Flossie fizzling out, though we may get some stormy skies for awhile (and probably lose power, because, hey, that’s Hawaii; sometimes, we lose power just for no reason at all!).

On the other hand if we get slammed hard I’m calling DARPA. Personally, I don’t really believe in coincidence.

• For those of you who read my book and remember my analogy about the Mirror Image of the truth, this article about the US Department of Defense developing a Psyops program that will create a parallel Planet Earth, an actual alternative reality, will give you pause.

• Seeing a large meteor streaking across the sky, and even hearing the accompanying sonic boom, is a rare experience; the past couple of weeks two notable sightings have been recorded, one in Idaho and the other in Sri Lanka.

• A few weeks ago NASA released a few photographs from the Hubble telescope of two large asteroids in our solar system, Ceres and Vesta. Then just recently they reported the cameras were suddenly and inexplicably not working. Again. Hmmm…

• Somark Innovations has created a biocompatible ink tattoo with chipless RFID functionality. Mark of the Beast, anyone? Not for the folks over at We the People Will Not Be Chipped.com, that’s for sure.

• Pretty soon we’ll have to have a passport to go to Canada. In fact there are so many people applying for passports to comply with the new regulations, the system is backlogged and they had to delay the start date. For more information go here.

• Now for something on the lighter side…check out Zen Stories to tell your neighbors…also Zen and Taoist stories.