2008 – Global Warning
Just as was the case in the Political and Economic arenas, so the year of 2008 was characterized by a continuing series of weather related disasters that caused widespread loss of life, together with devastating economic consequences.
These disasters followed in such quick succession that the average citizen would be hard pressed to name a few, let alone the majority of the events that occurred.
Taken as a whole these weather events serve as a grim reminder that we live in times of extreme climatic change which now imperils the population of the entire planet. They act as a “Global Warning” that our island home in space is in a state of severe crisis.
January 2008
- Tropical Cyclone Gene in the South Pacific
- Extreme cold in China and Tajikistan
- Volcanic eruptions in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador
- Severe flooding in Brazil and Tanzania
February 2008
- Earthquake in the Great Lakes region of Rwanda
- Cyclone Ivan in Madagascar
- Floods in the Phillippines, Ecuador and Peru
March 2008
- Cyclone Jokwe in Mozambique
- Floods in Argentina, Paraguay and Kazakhstan
April 2008
- Typhoon Neoguri in China
- Volcanic eruption in Colombia
- Floods in Sri Lanka
May 2008
- Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar
- Tropical Cyclone Halong in Phillippines
- Earthquake in Sichuan province of China
- Earthquake in Colombia
- Volcanic eruption in Chile
- Floods in Colombia, Chile and China
June 2008
- Typhoon Fengshen in SE Asia
- Severe flooding in Nicaragua, Bangladesh, India, Surinam and the Phillippines
July 2008
- Hurricane Dolly in the USA
- Typhoons Fung-Wong and Kalmaegi in Asia
- Landslides in Guatemala and Nepal
- Floods in West Africa and Central Europe
August 2008
- Hurricane Hanna and Gustav in the USA
- Typhoon Nuri in the Phillippines
- Earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China
- Earthquake in the Yunnan Province of China
- Floods in West Africa, Sudan, and Pakistan
September 2008
- Hurricanes Ike and Kyle in the USA
- Typhoons Mekkhala, Jangmi, Hagupit, Sinlaku in Asia
- Earthquake in Iran
- Floods in Chile, Panama, Phillippines, Uganda, Nepal, Guatemala and Nepal
- Droughts in Paraguay and Syria
October 2008
- Hurricane Norbert in Mexico
- Hurricane Omar in the Carribbean
- Earthquakes in Pakistan, Russia, China & Kyrgyztan
- Floods in Sudan, Morocco, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Central America, Sri Lanka, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Kenya and Algeria
November 2008
- Hurricane Paloma in the Carribbean
- Tropical Cyclone Nisha in Asia
- Volcanic eruptions in Colombia
- Earthquake in Indonesia
- Floods in Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Ethiopia and the Phillippines
December 2008
- Earthquakes in China and Indonesia
- Floods in Guyana, Malaysia and the Pacific Islands
