How terrible. And it seems that these weather disasters are bound to increase

It's up to 4 now.

With all this plate shifting going on it won't be long before the volcanoes start.

Yes Skwirl, this is what scares me most.

Multiple Volcanoes could trigger global weather changes that would directly speed up any warming/cooling conditions we fear now.

Multiple Volcanoes could trigger global weather changes that would directly speed up any warming/cooling conditions we fear now.

Another issue I've seen raised is that these earthquakes are supposedly surrounding an area that hasn't yet cracked, which if it does, could create another catastrophic quake like the 9.0 in 2004.