Mark 13 v 8 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created the largest natural disaster area in U.S. history. The USDA has declared 1,016 counties in 26 U.S. states to be disaster areas. The USDA declaration basically covered about 61 percent of the entire nation. If it persists into August it could become perhaps the worst drought that America has ever seen…..and that includes the 1930’s dust-bowl. The drought is now threatening California’s drinking supply. The State Water Project, the main municipal water system, said did not have enough water to supplement the local agencies that provide water to an additional 25 million people. It is first time the project has turned off its water in its 54-year history. The 2008-2011 California drought not end until March 2011. The drought shifted during the Summer of 2011 to affect a large portion of the Southwest and Texas. In 2013 and early 2014, the California drought returned and intensified. The year 2013 set new 150 year low precipitation records everywhere in California. In 2011 intense drought struck much of the Southwest bringing much of the region its worst drought seen since the Dust Bowl years of the 1930’s. Why is California so important?
California produces our food:
99 percent of the artichokes
44 percent of asparagus,
20 percent of cabbage
67 percent of carrots,
50 percent of bell peppers
89 percent of cauliflower
94 percent of broccoli
95 percent of celery.
90 percent of the leaf lettuce
83 percent of fresh spinach
30 percent of fresh tomatoes
95 percent of canned tomatoes.
86 percent of lemons
25 percent of oranges
90 percent of avocados
84 percent of peaches
88 percent of fresh strawberries
97 percent of fresh plums
Cornell University assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences Toby Ault said that the current 13-year dry spell will be of similar magnitude of the mega-droughts found in tree ring records. Data gleaned from tree rings and other sources show that the chance of a decade-long drought in the U.S. would be about 45 percent. Meanwhile the drought spreads worldwide to the countries we rely on when our crops fail. The darker areas on the map represent growing droughts.
In 2013, short-term global drought conditions intensified on all continents with little relief worldwide. In North America, the intensification was seen in the Central and Southern Plains of the U.S. and down into central Mexico. In South America, drought conditions changed little with severe drought conditions remaining in eastern Brazil and along the side of the Southern Andes. In Africa, drought intensified along the equator, especially in the eastern part of the continent and across Madagascar. In Europe, drought intensified across most of the central part of the continent. In Asia, drought continued to intensify in southern China and across Southeast Asia, as well as across southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan and Mongolia. In Australia, drought intensification occurred in many inland areas.
It is now highly likely that an El Niño event will develop by the fall of 2014, according to the Climate Prediction Center and Columbia University’s International Institute for Climate and Society. El Niño events typically develop during the spring and summer, and peak in strength during the late fall and winter. The odds now are 65% for this summer and 80% for October-Jan 2015. El Niño events are characterized by warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, and they add heat to the atmosphere, thereby warming global average temperatures. El Niño events can lead to records being set for the planet’s warmest year.
Drought will lead to famine and the rising cost of food will impact all economies while killing millions by starvation. Wars have interrupted the planting of critical crops in Sudan and death will follow as night follows day. Water resources are going to be more politically important than oil. Mark 13 v 8 – Yeshua gave us a description of the events ahead...wars and random earthquakes and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.