Airspace shutdowns, space weather triggering earthquakes, and a comet older than humanity returns...
Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for February 11, 2026...
For several days, a US city’s airspace was classified as national defense territory, with authorization to intercept aircraft using deadly force.
Meanwhile, scientists are now seriously studying whether solar activity can influence earthquakes, and a comet that began its journey before humans existed just arrived in our skies.
Also: Japan is freezing, privacy is evaporating, and satellites are photobombing the universe.
Welcome to today’s reality check.
✈️ The El Paso airspace shutdown nobody can fully explain
The FAA imposed a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) over El Paso, Texas, Wednesday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration then dropped the unprecedented airspace restrictions after seven hours…
This wasn’t routine.
Restrictions included:
10-mile radius shutdown
Surface to 18,000 feet
Classified as national defense airspace
Authorization to intercept aircraft with deadly force
Medical evacuation flights blocked
Meanwhile, the bridges from Mexico to the US and US to Mexico were still open and busy as usual… Weird/suspicious, no?
A city of 700,000 people suddenly became partially restricted airspace.
Unofficial explanations include:
Military exercises
Official explanation: none.
When airspace becomes classified territory, it means something important is being protected — or tested.
Anyway, that was a fast 10 days. Time really does fly as you get older…
🛰️ A comet older than humanity returns from deep space
Comet Wierzchoś (C/2024 E1) has entered the inner solar system after traveling for over one million years.
To put that into perspective:
Humans did not exist when it began its journey
Civilization did not exist
Ice ages came and went
Now, for a brief moment, modern telescopes get to see it.
But astronomers reported something disturbing:
Satellite streaks now interfere with deep-space observation.
Our species is beginning to clutter even cosmic observation.
We are no longer just observers.
We are becoming part of the interference.
☀️ Scientists propose solar storms may influence earthquakes
A new model from Kyoto University suggests solar activity might interact with Earth’s crust in ways previously underestimated.
Here’s the mechanism:
Solar flares increase ionospheric electron density →
Electrostatic coupling occurs between ionosphere and crust →
Pressure builds inside fault microfractures →
Fault stability weakens →
Earthquakes become more likely under already fragile conditions
Key insight:
Earth may not be isolated from space weather.
It may be electrically connected to it.
This doesn’t mean solar flares cause earthquakes directly — but they may contribute under the right conditions.
Space and Earth are not separate systems.
❄️ Japan freezing under record snow and cold
Japan continues experiencing historic winter extremes.
Recent impacts include:
Six all-time cold records broken in a single day
Temperatures below −3°C in Tokyo for the first time in decades
Sub-zero temperatures across 90% of the country
46 deaths linked to snow and cold since late January
Airports froze.
Infrastructure struggled.
And winter continues intensifying across multiple regions globally…
🎮 Pokémon GO accidentally mapped Epstein Island
Niantic quietly removed a PokéStop that appeared on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
But the real story is how it got there.
PokéStops are user-submitted locations.
Someone physically visited that island… took out their phone… and submitted it into the global game map.
Pokémon GO unintentionally revealed what surveillance systems always know:
Digital footprints exist even where access is restricted.
🪐 Meanwhile, China continues advancing crewed space capability
China successfully tested its Long March-10 rocket escape system and crew capsule.
This marks another step toward independent human spaceflight capability.
The global space race is accelerating quietly.
While most people scroll, infrastructure expands above them…
🐙 Gyotaku: biological printing invented centuries ago
Before cameras existed, Japanese fishermen used a technique called Gyotaku to document their catches.
Ink was applied directly to the fish.
Paper captured its exact biological imprint.
Every scale, every detail.
The fish could then be washed and eaten.
Documentation without waste.
Nature as printer.
Humans as archivists…
🧠 Surveillance continues expanding quietly
Amazon Ring’s latest advertising campaign revealed just how normalized mass surveillance has become.
Security cameras now function as:
Law enforcement tools
Behavioral tracking systems
Data collection devices
Even devices without subscriptions still transmit data through multiple intermediary systems.
Privacy isn’t disappearing dramatically.
🧘 Buddhist monks complete 2,300-mile walk across America
After 15 weeks of walking, Buddhist monks arrived in Washington, D.C.
They crossed thousands of miles on foot for peace.
No algorithm.
No monetization.
No optimization.
Just movement.
A reminder that humans still have agency beyond screens…
🛒 MYSTERY PICKS OF THE DAY
(Because ancient comets, restricted airspace, and electrically sensitive planets require proper preparation)
📡 Portable RF Signal Detector – for detecting drones, satellites, and uninvited observers…
🔭 Professional Telescope Kit – watch million-year travelers before satellites photobomb them…
🧲 Faraday Signal Blocking Bag – keeps your devices private in an increasingly curious world…
🐙 Museum-Grade Gyotaku Fish Print – biological documentation before cloud storage existed…
🛰️ Emergency Radio Scanner – listen when official channels stop explaining things…
The bottom line
Airspace shuts down without explanation.
Ancient comets arrive through satellite-polluted skies.
Solar activity may interact with Earth’s crust.
Surveillance systems map everything.
And humanity quietly prepares to leave the planet entirely.
The systems are changing.
Most people just haven’t noticed yet.
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Thank you,
Manuel
ElPaso air space is open. PresidentTrump requested Mexico to stop the cartel drones over US space. Mexico ignored PresTrump, so he shut down the air space and handled the drones himself.
Airspace in Texas shutdown because of cartel military drone