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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the complete shutdown of mass transit beginning at noon tomorrow. He also activated the state National Guard. The Metropolitan Transit Authority, which provides transit services to New York City and its suburbs, will institute a system-wide shutdown starting after the final runs around noon on Saturday. The shutdown includes subways, buses, Long Island …

No order to evacuate any part of NYC has been issued, but just in case, today Mayor Bloomberg’s office released the above map of areas to skedaddle from, should the edict come. (Huge version here.) City beaches will likely be closed this weekend due to riptides, regardless of the storm’s track. Airlines are reportedly making plans to reposition their aircraft …

“If America doesn’t face judgment soon, God will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. And God doesn’t offer apologies. He does, however, offer second chances, third chances, fourth chances. He’s trying to get your attention. Are you paying heed? What will it take? Will your world have to be turned upside down before you recognize what’s happening? Would even …

Forecasters have upgraded the threat level to the northeast and now say that Irene could be the most powerful hurricane to hit the New York City area in many years. On the upside, it now appears Florida will be entirely spared. And incidentally, it was my 25 years in Florida that turned me into this hurricane junkie. Expect at least …

Those doggone tornadoes sure have a lot of causes.

Because of Southern Decadence! Old news!

President Obama cut his visit to Ireland short to avoid the ash cloud from yet another Icelandic volcano. Iceland’s airports were closed Sunday and trans-Atlantic flights were being diverted around that country’s airspace. Last year it was the Eyjafjallajokull volcano and now it is a volcano with another unpronounceable name, the Grimsvotn volcano, which is spewing ashes into the atmosphere. …

“Is God trying to get our attention? The worst tornado outbreak in American history has left hundreds dead. Mississippi flooding has not been this bad in 80 years. Wildfires have swept through millions of acres in Texas and Oklahoma.There are a number of things that could give God reason to at least partially lift His protective Hand from America, including …

Three days later he says this? These guys are slipping.

As wildfires continue to sweep across hundreds of thousands of acres, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has issued an official state proclamation urging residents to pray to God to send some rain. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas, do hereby proclaim the three-day …

Tsunami warnings have been issued. Developing…

Some sweet news to start the week. Who’s a happy dog?

The Economist notes that the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami doesn’t appear on the chart due to the relatively low value of the land and property destroyed.

If you send Pastor Rod Parsley your money, he’ll totally help you through these End Times heralded by the events in Japan. Cuz the Anti-Christ is “waiting in the wings” and about to take the world stage.

Via New York Times: The chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave a significantly bleaker appraisal of the threat posed by Japan’s nuclear crisis than the Japanese government, saying on Wednesday that the damage at one crippled reactor was much more serious than Japanese officials had acknowledged and advising to Americans to evacuate a wider area around the …

Whackadoodle “prophet” Cindy Jacobs piles on the growing Christianist claims that God deliberately devastated Japan, where the residents are godless heathens because the country is shaped like a dragon! Or something! This island, Hokkaido, looks like the head of a dragon with the body being the rest of Japan. The people of Asia have worshipped the dragon for 5,000 years. …

“There will be a shaking coming to Japan that will bring them to their knees. This shaking will change the industry of the nation. Japan has been built upon a fault line linked with a deep wounding from the past. This shaking will occur before the apostolic team that I am sending to Japan arrives. When they arrive, I will …