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Revelation 13 (Pt. 6)

For some time the world has been moving toward a cashless society. Soon, we are told, even checks will be a part of our economic history as more and more transactions will be done electronically. You know how this works; you probably pay many of your monthly bills now without ever taking a dollar out of your wallet or writing a check. Your computer is set to make the transaction for you in the right amount and on the proper date. It’s easy and convenient. After all, you could lose cash or misplace the checks. Even credit cards will soon be history. With increasing threats of identity theft, the world will be ready and willing to accept some way of maintaining control. All of your per­sonal information, from your bank accounts to your medical records, will be computerized and stored online, perhaps in the cyberspace “cloud.” Continue reading →

Arctic Blast Returning Despite The Calendar Showing Spring

The calendar says spring but the thermometers will likely be showing winter temperatures to a majority of the U.S. as another arctic blast sweeps in to start the week.

Forecasters say that temperatures could be as much as 20 degrees below normal in parts of the Midwest and Northwest and 25 degrees below normal in the upper Midwest.

Northern Minnesota cities such as Duluth and International Falls could see high temperatures this week that will stay in the teens and lows well below zero.  Cities as far south as St. Louis and Cincinnati could see highs only around 30.

In addition, upper New England faces the strong possibility of a blizzard striking around mid-week.  Parts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine could see upwards of a foot of snow before the weekend.

Other parts of New England could see several inches of snow as the bulk of the blizzard will just miss their areas.

A warming trend is expected to start over the weekend.

California 4.4 Quake Causing Residents Concern

California residents shaken by an early morning 4.4 magnitude earthquake yesterday are concerned that the quake was not the main event.

Many residents are wondering if the quake was a foreshock of something bigger in the near future.

“Always the possibility that it’s a foreshock,” Robert Graves, a U.S. Geological Survey seismologist, told reports.  He added that it would be more likely a more significant quake would happen hours after the foreshock rather than days later.

Graves did say it was likely there would be more aftershocks.

Seismologists at the USGS have not yet been able to determine the fault line where the quake happened but have called it a “rather typical earthquake.”

However, a CalTech seismologist said the quake happened in the northern edge of the Santa Monica Mountains area.  He called it surprising because there had not been seismic activity in that region in many years.