Jihad In America - The Perfect Day

I was going to work a bit more on this story before posting it to the site however, in light of the recent news release yesterday of the activation of hezbollah sleeper cells I thought it important to post it today. To read our related story go to Hezbollah Sleeper Cells and also The Threat of Homegrown terrorism.

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 1)

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 2)

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 3)

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 4)

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 5)

Glenn Beck- The Perfect Day - Jihad In America (part 6)

Ironically today is the first day of summer and most schools are now closed for the summer vacation, but hopefully it will make people aware and give them some time to plan as to what they would do if such an event were to take place.

I would also like to take the time to say I reached out to Glenn Beck who had this on his new broadcast for permission to use these videos in the story however, I have as yet not received a reply nor do I really expect to get one. I do however feel it is extremely important to have this information readily available for people to see which is why I placed this all here.

Full credit should go to Glenn Beck and CNN.

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Unprecedented Flooding In Iowa

The flooding has affected most of the State of Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, a city that was said would never flood due to historic flooding of years past in which water never crested the banks of the river. Those years were 1851, 1966, and 1993; this year however things are different and they were wrong.

Cedar Rapids like most of the State is experiencing what the National Weather Service calls a "a historic hydrological event." Dave Koch, spokesman for the Cedar Rapids Fire Department said, about 8,000 people have evacuated their homes, and 5,500 were without electricity.

Those whose power has been lost should expect to go without for a week or more as utility companies struggle to prevent further damage to their critical infrastructure, said Scott Drzycimski, a spokesman for Alliant Energy.

The city has evacuated 25,000 people and has about 100 of its city blocks under water while most of the city's efforts to stop damage have failed, such as building up an old levee to increase its height by four feet, the water crested the levee by two feet. Efforts to keep a bridge from being washed away by placing rail cars laden with rocks also failed, the bridge wast toppled by Thursday morning.

Other areas of Iowa are also affected and the State's economy is largely Dependant on agriculture and crops that have been destroyed by the flooding.

Other States such as Wisconsin and Illinois have also been affected, though not to the same extent as Iowa.

AP Video of of Public Works Director statement

Another AP Video showing extent of damage from the air

For much more on this story please see the sources below.

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Taliban Prisoners Escape During Well Planned Prison Attack

Attack on Afghanistan prison helps an estimated 1,100 prisoners escape, 390 of which were Taliban members.

The attack was carried out by 30 Taliban Militants and used rockets, bombs and two suicide bombers to attack the prison which was allegedly planned for two months and well executed.

According to spokesman Brig. Gen. Carlos Branco. He conceded that the assault was a success. "We admit it," Branco said. "Their guys did the job properly in that sense, but it does not have a strategic impact. We should not draw any conclusion about the deterioration of the military operations in the area. We should not draw any conclusion about the strength of the Taliban."

NATO, and Afghan security forces are currently looking for the escaped prisoners.

AP Video and Report of Afghan Prison Escape Aftermath

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Tornado Occurances Highest In 40 Years

Though I have written several posts here in the last few months about Tornado Preparedness and safety, and Warning Signs of an Approaching Tornado, I feel it is important to once again create another post about this topic.

Though some who follow this blog closely may be asking why, once you have some of the facts you will see how important this is.

For instance so far this year there have been 116 deaths related to tornadoes, the highest in almost twenty years. There have been 1520 reported tornadoes this year the highest number in almost 40 years. To put this in perspective, last year there was 1085 total tornadoes, in 2006 there were 1106 tornadoes, and in 2005 there were 1264 tornadoes.

Unfortunately tornadoes have been hitting more heavily populated areas this year as well.

In the last 24 hours tornadoes have touched down in Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota. In Iowa, a tornado stuck and devastated a local Boy Scout camp where 4 young boys died and 48 were injured. Ironically the Boy Scouts had tornado safety training the day before.

In Kansas, two persons were killed and the tornado caused an estimated $20 million USD in damage. The university's Wind Erosion Laboratory was destroyed and a building the housed a nuclear reactor was also damaged. Though the reactor was left undamaged.

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Photo Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Colorado Train Derailment No Accident

A train derailment in Westminster, Colorado seems to have been deliberate according to local police and other officials.

The derailment which occured on Monday was deemed a deliberate act after local police received a call about a stump on the tracks. A police officer responded and removed the stump, however someone placed it back on the tracks prior to the train coming through.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, which owns the line is place a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for sabotaging the tracks. BNSF asks anyone who has information to call toll-free 1-800-832-5452.

The train was carrying lumber and building materials, had the train been carrying chemicals it could have been worse. The derailment caused four locomotives and 16 cars of the 37 to come off the tracks.

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