SUBJECT: Increased Threat of Major Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions in the United States.

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 Space and Science Research Corporation P.O. Box 607841 Orlando, FL 32860 (407) 667-4757 * www.spaceandscience.net

Mr. Craig Fugate Administrator Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20472 June 5, 2015

 

SUBJECT: Increased Threat of Major Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions in the United States.

 

Dear Mr. Fugate,

Please accept my thanks for all you and FEMA have done over the years in responding to natural disasters. This letter addresses another impending set of geophysical disasters.

Our research, to be published in our June 10, 2015 Global Climate Status Report (GCSR), suggests the high probability for catastrophic earthquakes or volcanic eruptions in all the major seismic and volcano regions of the United States has increased significantly.

We believe the USA and the world, has now entered the most dangerous period for catastrophic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in over two hundred years. In fact, a new trend of increased number and intensity of earthquakes and volcanoes globally, has already started and is generating serious concern in the geology field.

This increased threat level warning we are issuing is intimately linked to an ongoing dramatic reduction in the energy output of the Sun. These events, tracked primarily by sunspot counts, are called 'solar minimums,' or more descriptively 'solar hibernations.' Analysis of past climate changes have also demonstrated that when these changes in the Sun happen, the Earth descends into a long, deep, cold climate period.

These periods are universally understood within the solar physics community. Our previous research indicating the start of the next solar hibernation is now confirmed by NASA.

Therefore, we believe the well known high risk seismic zones and volcanically active regions in the US, especially California, South Carolina and in particular the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) may experience major earthquakes or volcanism at any time between now and the early 2030's when the bottom of the next solar hibernation is reached.

In the case of the NMSZ, we show in the GCSR that in each of the last four solar hibernations, a catastrophic earthquake has struck the region. Now that a new solar hibernation has begun, we should take maximum precautions given the high probability that another devastating earthquake will soon strike the NMSZ again. The window of opportunity for the next major earthquake in the NMSZ is between 2017 and 2038.

It is understandable that this letter may be difficult to accept given the scale of this problem and the political and scientific establishment barriers that you will encounter should you take decisive action as requested. However, before you reject this message, I strongly urge that you thoroughly examine our research, conclusions, and recommendations for preparing for what we expect to be a period of unparalleled geophysical lethality and destruction.

I look forward to hearing of your interest on this matter.

Sincerely, John L. Casey President, Space and Science Research Corporation CEO, International Earthquake and Volcano Prediction Center