I was thinking about the disasters recently, and started compiling a list of just the major events over the last 30ish days.

During the summer of 2017, dozens of large wildfires burned over 2 million acres from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and Alaska. In Canada, wildfires were burning across all provinces, from the Great Lakes to Alaska. Wildfires in 2017 also plagued Siberia, Brazil, South Africa and New Zealand.

Hurricane Harvey struck the southern Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane on August 25. The storm meandered along the coast, making three landfalls, dumping record levels of torrential rain and causing severe flooding from Corpus Christi to Houston to Louisiana, before finally moving along and dissipating on 9/3. Thousands were left homeless. The storm also affected oil production from the gulf, leading to runs on gas stations as residents feared gasoline outages. Flooding and electrical outages at chemical plants resulted in releases of toxic chemicals and explosions.

Mexico pledged assistance to help recovery efforts following Hurricane Harvey. However, they experienced an 8.1 magnitude earthquake on September 8th that required diverting their resources to focus on their own citizens. While this was happening, Hurricane Katia also hit central Mexico on September 8th.

While Texans were cleaning up from Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma formed in the Atlantic, rapidly building to a Category 5 storm. After plowing through the Bahamas and Cuba as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Irma made landfall in southern Florida on September 10th as a Category 4 storm and wreaked havoc along the length of the peninsula, with flooding and wind damage, leaving millions without power for days to weeks. Irma finally dissipated by 9/15.

On September 11th, the sun emitted a significant solar flare. NASA classified the flare as an X8.2-class, denoting the flare was in the most intense class (X) with 8.2 denoting the strength. While the flare was pointed away from Earth, astronauts on the International Space Station were instructed to seek shelter in a reinforced area of the station due to the proton storm from the flare. Other strong activity had been occurring during this period.

Hurricane Maria then formed in the Atlantic, appearing to follow the same track as Hurricane Irma. Maria devastated Puerto Rico, striking the island on September 20th as a Category 4 storm, before moving on to other eastern Caribbean islands. Significant portions of Puerto Rico will be without power for months.

Central Mexico experienced another strong earthquake of 7.1-magnitude on September 20th, killing hundreds as buildings toppled in central Mexico. The US sent additional earthquake rescue teams to assist Mexican rescuers. Strong aftershocks have followed.

While these natural disasters were destroying lives and property, the rogue North Korean regime conducted tests of its’ ballistic missiles on August 29th and September 15th. They also test detonated nuclear weapons on September 3rd and 9th, prompting stern warnings from world leaders. Military exercises along both sides of the border between North and South Korea contributed to the sabre rattling and the war of words continues to escalate.

Fortunately, a collision with Planet X/Nibiru was avoided on September 23.

While any one of these are significant events, requiring well coordinated responses from emergency personnel and federal resources, imagine if two or more of them occurred in closer proximity &/or at the same time. A hurricane with an earthquake? On October 2, 2005, Taiwan was dealing with the category 4 Supertyphoon, Longwang, when it experienced a 5.4 earthquake. On August 13, 2007, a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Hawaii as it was preparing for the approach of Hurricane Flossie.

Imagine responding to an earthquake during a Carrington Event type storm could severely limit radio and electric resources. A missile launch that made it through defenses while dealing with a west coast earthquake? A New Madrid scale quake during a blizzard? A Barringer sized meteor strike during a massive wildfire? Planet X...nevermind.