Extreme & Unusual Weather- what you may not know

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This is a screenshot from a site about the tornadoes in the US. Several infographics are shown  which will be of interest to people who wish to further understand the historic and scientific data. The conclusion that is easy to reach is that this is an exceptional year for lethal tornadoes in the US. The reference to unusual factors in the atmosphere, featuring a clash of opposites in terms of air quality and the recurrence of the southward shift in the jetstream, which has in recent years been noted as a bringer of various kinds of weather mayhem including blocked or stuck weather patterns.

This from the UK this week where unusual weather is noted again and the jetstream is again implicated.

Cool temps in Australia have people shivering in Sydney and the ski-fields open, while NZ has a much warmer than normal autumn (May over 2 degrees higher) heading for a warm winter. A fixed weather pattern in the Tasman Sea is said to be sending the cold to the west and warm to the east - full article

These are but a few examples of the anomalies in process and since most people are on one side or other of the "is global warming anthropogenic?" debate, a further option is worth considering: that factors far beyond the control of humans are in the mix. Possible candidates in that scenario are the Sun ( solar ejections reaching earth), the passage of Nibiru in a long haul orbit,  or the often referenced alignment of 2012 with the galactic equator   . Extensive astrological studies on the latter can be found here and a prior blog on this topic here

We are probably in the "who knows" phase at this time, due to the amount of unusual change on multiple levels facing earth and its inhabitants.

Update June 26
In the June 24 edition of the Herald, Business section, environmental reporter Peter Huck looked at the position faced by the global insurance industry in the wake of increasing weather & environment related claims. Roughly over the past 3 decades, claims for these events tripled according to a German reinsurer. This pattern is echoed in NZ. The full article is worth tracking down if issues around insurance are on your mind -as it is for many in Christchurch NZ due to quake damage. See recent entry here on the future of insurance

Update June 27
If you think sinkholes are rare, think again -or even better do a google search. This phenomenon is happening at an alarming level across the globe, indicating instability coming from beneath our feet.

Update June 30
This from south-east England:

Fires and floods -an American perspective with planetary influences, by Lynne Hayes

The Watchers website also notes instability on Mt Ranier USA

Indian researchers have an online paper regarding the tidal forces of sun-moon-earth in alignment providing the rupturing effect of earthquake events.

Updates July 10 2011
An insurance specialist Brent Walker,  writes of the events happening outside of our control, Sunspots and Natural Disasters...which insurers are likely to factor in re future premiums and policies.

NZ has been struck by unusually strong storms in recent days and set to continue - gale force winds, hail, thunder and lightening, causing damage in places, up to 4 metre sea swells, 40 knot winds at sea, far south and around the Chathams. A tornado causing damage along the Waikanae coast

The Dust Bowl of the American 1930's as explained by NASA, is evoked by the past week's super-sized dust storm in Phoenix Arizona:

The roles played by the Jet Stream and the southern oscillation ( La Nina-El Nino) show how the fundamental elements water, heat and wind (water,fire,air) have such a huge impact on the on we live on - earth.

More Dust Bowl detail with timeline 

Future drought scenarios could relate to repeated cycles starting 2011 

Alice Portman shares her research on drought-flood cycles linked to eclipses

Update July 30 2011

Piers Corbyn, UK Astrophysicist, is dedicated to providing global warnings re extreme weather including storms, quakes, volcanism. His website WeatherAction publishes regular free updates and offers a paid subscription service. As an alternative forecaster, using astronomical data, referencing the effects of the solar-lunar interactions with our planet, his conclusions used in forecasting may include other unrevealed factors - since the sun and moon alone seem too simplistic  - New Moons, Full Moons, eclipses, perigees, maximum or equatorial lunar declinations are commonly found to be involved but you will not find extreme events in the energy window ( 3-4 days either side of exact event timing) with every  New, Full, eclipse, perigee, etc. for example the most powerful recent quake, the Japan M9.0 on March 11 2011,  occurred mid-way between New and Full Moon, but the Moon was around 22 degrees, close to 23.49 maximum north declination for that month.
Extra solar activity -flares, CMES etc may have prevailed as extra factors, but without that background data, their role is not clear to me.
It is very useful to combine astronomical and astrological data: and from an astrology perspective, looking at March 2011 data, with Uranus at 29 Pisces in exact square to the Moon's nodes 29 Sag-Gem - the energy for the Japan quake tsunami was triggered from March 6 and initiated by the preceding December 29  2010 eclipse at 29 Sag-Gem. The long view, of event precursors, combined with triggers, can prove very useful in forecasting.