Is this God's way of warning the United States of a potentially calamitous earthquake ahead?
Different satellite imagery systems showed how levels of carbon monoxide and other gases spiked across California late last month, with some experts believing that this is an indication that a powerful earthquake will soon hit America.
In a blog post, climate change journalist Robert Scribbler reported how this unusual increase in carbon monoxide and other gas levels was recorded by the Global Forecast System model over the U.S. West Coast last Feb. 25.
"A region stretching from British Columbia, through Washington and Oregon, and on over most of California experienced CO readings ranging from about 5,000 parts per billion over the mountains of Southwestern Canada to as high as 40,000 parts per billion over Southern California," Scribbler said, as quoted by The Examiner.
He also noted an "extreme peak zone" north and west of Los Angeles near Palmdale along the San Andreas Fault Line.
Researchers from the United States Geological Survey earlier said that as much as 1,800 people could die and 55,000 others could be injured in case movement from the San Andreas Fault Line triggers a major earthquake.
Blogger Robin Westerna meanwhile said aside from carbon monoxide, the levels of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide also increased over California late last month. This absurd occurrence lasted "at least 18 hours and then slowly dissipated."
Experts have earlier established a connection between a large seismic activity and high levels of carbon monoxide. Geophysicist Ramesh Singh, for instance, earlier noted how the Earth emitted a burst of carbon monoxide prior to the 7.6 earthquake that occurred in Gujarat, India in 2001.
"The researchers discovered the connection between CO emission and earthquake by analysing satellite remote sensing data collected around the time when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook Gujarat in western India nine years ago killing about 20,000 people and rendering thousands homeless," Singh said in an article published on NatureAsia.
