150 mph Hurricane Aiming at Australia

It's summer on the bottom of the world - the peak of hurricane season there - and Australia has a 149 mph Hurricane aiming at it (they call them cyclones down there). Yikes!

Since the seasons reverse and our hurricane season starts in June, this could be an ominous sign of the huge power they can generate. It also raises the question WHY these storms seem to be getting more powerful.

One culprit: a warming planet. Warmer water means more energy for hurricanes. We could see CAT 4 and CAT 5 storms in the Atlantic and Gulf later this year if this trend continues.

Be forewarned - and prepare NOW!

How to Avoid Nuke Terrorism from Pakistan: American BOOKS

How to Avoid Nuke Terrorism from Pakistan: American BOOKS

Global American Series

21 January 2011

Dear Global Americans:

How do you avoid a potential nuclear terrorist attack on the U.S.? Find out Saturday on Global American Radio that it is done with BOOKS. In the one Muslim country with NUKES that could make 9/11 look small – PAKISTAN.

This Saturday on Global American Radio, at 9 am Central time, Saturday January 22, on Business 1110 AM, streamed on www.Business1110KTEK.com and podcast 24/7 on www.GlobalAmerican.org, Michael Fjetland interviews Cristal M. Baylor, an American resident and a former Miss Venezuela, who has opened the door to Pakistan for American books and ideas that could avoid a future nuclear Armageddon in the U.S.

Pakistan’s leadership is very shaky. Over 21 million Pakistani’s were left homeless by the worst floods in Pakistan’s history. Yet this woman went into over 30 Pakistan villages alone – and made connections that others that could change our history. What do ordinary Pakistani’s think of Americans? The answer will surprise you.

Find out about a simple sustainable project (“Plan Bee”) by an American resident from Venezuela which has won international awards, and has led to women being allowed to develop businesses in Pakistan that only men had been allowed to do until now – and how economic development, education and surplus BOOKS from American schools could avoid a future terror attack on the U.S. (or Europe) from the one Muslim country that has both nuclear weapons -- and the possibility of a government collapse not unlike what happened to Iran in 1979 when Khomeni replaced the Shah of Iran.

We also address the growing threat of dictatorship from Hugo Chavez in Venezuela – and an upcoming protest against his assault against Venezuelan democracy.

Check it out on Global American Radio on Saturday.

Michael Fjetland

Global American Series

Opt in/out

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalAmerican/

Comments welcome at: http://globalamericanvalues.blogspot.com/

Sponsored by Armor Glass International, Inc.

www.ArmorGlass.com

“Saving Energy & Providing Security to Your Weakest Link 24/7”

Sunset on Clear Lake - Calm before the (Next) Storm

Sunset tonight on Clear Lake - vivid reds and black.

It's the calm before the (next) storm.

Even today the glass on the south wall was HOT, even with our security film cutting 70% of the solar heat coming through. Imagine how hot it would be without it!

Moving our HQ one mile down the lake in the next week...new photos ahead.

US home retrofit market will reach $35 billion by 2013

The President has called for more incentives for energy efficiency upgrades to our homes.

“We expect the market to continue to grow simply because energy efficiency will have the greatest impact at the least economic burden level to homeowners, says Shelley Carr, publisher of SBI Energy reports.

"The US home retrofit market will reach $35 billion by 2013, a 69 percent increase from 2008, according to SBI Energy, a market research company specializing in home energy. Specifically, the market for energy-efficient heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning retrofits is expected to grow from $3.1 billion in 2008 to $5.1 billion by 2013."

If 50 million of the 120 million buildings in the US were retrofitted over the next ten years, says Mr. Cooper, “that would have a tremendous impact on the structure and demand for electricity and natural gas.”

It's a 'win win.'

30% Tax Credit Ends Dec 31 - 2011 Predicted to be BUSY Hurricane year

The 30% tax credit for window film installations (up to $1,500) runs out December 31, 2010. It does NOT appear that it will be extended in 2011 even if the new tax bill passes.

Early signs point to 2011 being an "active" Hurricane year. Don't count on us getting "lucky" again in 2011 like we did in 2010. In fact, 2010 clocked in as one of the hottest years on record - which means more solar heat next year and the potential of larger hurricanes from the excess heat building up in the Atlantic.

We have been busy doing last minute residential installations as well as some large commercial ones. Our "green" technology pays for itself in reduced energy consumption (up to 30%), meaning it can pay for itself in as little as 5 years.

The December winds are howling outside - a good reminder that every year we face the same threat of hurricane force winds for at least 6 months out of every year, year after year.

In fact, Prince Charles and Camilla could have used our film on their car - when the glass was broken by protesters they encountered recently in London. Our film kept a burglar from breaking into a single lady's house in Houston a mere 5 days after it was installed.

Are you prepared?

Mexico Hotel Explosion - Flying Glass kills

Breaking news - there has been some kind of explosion at a Mexico hotel at Playa del Carmen (I've been there). Reports are that several people have been killed, quite possibly by flying glass.

We quote from the first report:

"Pete Travers is staying at the hotel with a group of Canadians from Waterloo, Ont. Travers, news director of 570 News Radio in Kitchener, Ont., said he heard a very loud crash and rushed out of his room to find the glass windows of a hotel restaurant had been blown out."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/11/14/mexico-hotel-explosion.html#ixzz15IGm2ZOU

Our security film with frame attachment would have deflected the blast wave, saving lives. It would also protect them for future hurricanes.

More on this as details come out..

Tomas - 12th Hurricane of the Year - Coming to the Gulf

Surprise, surprise - you thought it was a SLOW season? Not so. We just got our 12th hurricane for the season - TOMAS, and its course looks like it has a good chance of coming down the "slot" and into the Gulf of Mexico in the next week. I've attached a video link to the Weather Channel report as of today.

And did you see the historic storm that hit the Midwest and Northeast last week? It was a record breaker - and its 24 tornadoes and hurricane-force winds blew out windows --which leads to structural blow outs once wind gets inside a building. Buildings are built to resist OUTSIDE wind pressure - but once a window blows and they get in, they out for a way out. The easy way is to go UP and pull your roof off.

We had a customer who is an engineer. He told me that he calculated that one hole in a window generated 50,000 lbs. of UPLIFT on the roof! That sounded like a serious amount of uplift to me!

The 30% tax credit for installing our security film (up to $1,500 of the cost of materials) expires December 31, 2010 - and don't count on a new Congress extending it.