Sand Boils

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Sand boils create flood hazards for those around the Mississippi and New Madrid Fault regions.

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The Midwest is known for its wheat production. 

I am not sure how much flooding would, or will, occur, but this will not only affect human well being, which is the primary concern, but also the wheat supply for the nation, if it is bad enough.

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From Wikipedia

Sand boils or Sand Volcanoes[1] occur when water under pressure wells up through a bed of sand. The water looks like it is "boiling" up from the bed of sand, hence the name.

Sand boils can be a mechanism contributing to levee failure during floods.

This effect is caused by a difference in pressure on two sides of a levee or dike, most likely during a flood.

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This process can result in piping, whereby the removal of soil particles results in a pipe through the embankment.

The creation of the pipe will quickly pick up pace and will eventually result in failure of the embankment.

A sand boil is difficult to stop. The most effective method is by creating a body of water above the boil to create enough pressure to slow the flow of water.

A slower flow will not be able to move soil particles. The body of water is often created with sandbags forming a ring around the boil[2].

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During the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco, sand boils brought up debris from the 1906 earthquake. This process is a result of liquefaction.

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Sand Boils in the News, 2011

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Sand-boils-may-cause-levee-breach-121028764.html

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Corps: Extensive Mississippi flooding expected

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20110506/NEWS/105060335/Corps-Extensive-Mississippi-flooding-expected

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Sinking sand, sand boils, LIQUEFACTION

http://showme.net/~fkeller/quake/liquefaction.htm

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Memphis giving door-to-door flood warning

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110506/ap_on_re_us/us_severe_weather_flooding

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The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-12

http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/index.aspx?nid=132

Other physical manifestations associated with the earthquakes:

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Sand Boils

The world’s largest sand boil was created by the New Madrid earthquake.

It is 1.4 miles long and 136 acres in extent, located in the Bootheel of Missouri, about 8 miles west of Hayti, Missouri.

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Seismic Tar Balls

Small pellets up to golf ball sized tar balls are found in sand boils and fissures.

They are petroleum that has been solidified, or “petroliferous nodules.”

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Earthquake Lights

Lights flashed from the ground, caused by quartz crystals being squeezed.

The phenomena is called “seismoluminescence.”

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Warm Water

Water thrown up by an earthquake was lukewarm.

It is speculated that the shaking caused the water to heat up and/or quartz light heated the water.

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Earthquake Smog

The skies turned dark during the earthquakes, so dark that lighted lamps didn’t help.

The air smelled bad, and it was hard to breathe.

It is speculated that it was smog containing dust particles caused by the eruption of warm water into cold air.

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Loud Thunder

Sounds of distant thunder and loud explosions accompanied the earthquakes.

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Animal Warnings

People reported strange behavior by animals before the earthquakes.

They were nervous and excited.

Domestic animals became wild, and wild animals became tame. Snakes came out of the ground from hibernation.

Flocks of ducks and geese landed near people.

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Tecumseh’s Comet and the Battle of Tippecanoe

**Notice the relationship between the comet and the earthquake.

The earthquakes were preceded by the appearance of a great comet, which was visible around the globe for seventeen months, and was at its brightest during the earthquakes.

The comet, with an orbit of 3,065 years, was last seen during the time of Ramses II in Egypt.

In 1811-1812, it was called “Tecumseh’s Comet” (or “Napoleon’s Comet” in Europe).

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Tecumseh was a Shawnee Indian leader whose name meant “Shooting Star” or “He who walks across the sky.”

He was given this name at birth. A great orator and military leader, Tecumseh organized a confederation of Indian tribes to oppose the takeover of 3 million acres of Indian lands, which were obtained by the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809.

His brother, a religious leader called “The Prophet,” had gained fame when he foretold the total eclipse of the sun on June 16, 1806. (They had learned about it in advance from a team of visiting astronomers.)

During this time, the Governor of Indiana Territory William Henry Harrison–worried about The Prophet’s popularity–had challenged him to produce a miracle.

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After the day of the “Black Sun” the brothers had no trouble attracting followers.

A Black Sun was said to predict a future war.

On September 17, 1811 there was another solar eclipse—which, again, was predicted by The Prophet.

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The brothers’ center of operations was at Prophet’s Town, located near the junction of the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers in northern Indiana.

Tecumseh was traveling and recruiting warriors among the southeastern tribes, when Governor Harrison attacked Prophet’s Town with over a 1,000 men on November 6, 1811, a pre-emptive strike by the U. S., which marked the beginning of “Tecumseh’s War.”

On December 16th, when the earthquakes began, Tecumseh was at the Shawnee and Delaware Indian villages near Cape Girardeau, 50 miles north of the epicenter at New Madrid.

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The earthquakes continued as he traveled back to Prophet’s Town, arriving there in February, 1812. Tecumseh’s followers lost the Battle of Tippecanoe, but they continued to fight as allies of the British during the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain.

Tecumseh was killed in battle in Canada in 1813. He is honored as one of the greatest of Indian leaders, both in the United States, and in Canada, where he is considered a national hero.

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Science behind sand boils

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk0QE3EkkoQ

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuzsl3ObGRk&playnext=1&list=PL8FDF28B8FD0C2E56

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Marianne’s Note:

As the birth pangs of the Messiah continue, it is an obligation of every true believer to come to the aid of one’s brethren and fellow man in general.

As we show mercy, God will show us mercy, when it is our time to experience hardships.

As it is said, “this is a test.”

Time for prayer, fasting, seeking God, and reaching out to others, and giving God all the glory.