From the beginning of birth pangs to seismic convulsive seizures. The 96% Solar Eclipse filmed on Wednesday evening 12/8/2026 by my daughter and son-in-law on the West Coast of Holland . . . The last time I saw anything like this was 27 years ago in Northern Spain. Yesterday I got lucky again . . . A seven-month sabbatical from commentary may not seem like a long time to many of you; however, we are living in truly unprecedented times. I have been away for a while, but the change I've seen is like reading a whole chapter of Biblical Prophecy unfolding before my eyes. In the time I was away, I have seen nations rise against nations, and an increase in wars and rumours of wars, signs and wonders in the heavens and earthquakes in diverse places. As for the climate sceptics, it's been a summer of heatwaves, everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, and the 'experts' are claiming 2026 will be the hottest year ever . . . (They say that every year these days!)
Behold A Pale Horse
Have they been released? I have seen an escalation of violence from the four horses of the apocalypse, with the conqueror on the white horse being especially busy.
The red horse with the big sword symbolising war and bloodshed has been working overtime . . .
The third horse, the black one representing famine, is also extremely busy with prices of everything, everywhere going through the roof.
And the sickly horse, "BEHOLD A PALE HORSE", is working away in all ways possible to be the bringer of death—mostly through pestilence.
Christian Breur, Holland.
Only 8 survived the flood!
Of course we don't know when the end times will arrive; apparently they will get much worse than they are now. Jesus said the end times will be much worse than the times of Noah, which is kind of worrying when you realise only eight people and lots of animals survived the flood.
World leaders are acting rather strangely and making extreme fantasy decisions.
In just seven months I have witnessed a world where the clock appears to be accelerating faster than a speeding bullet, and where world events are extremely unpredictable and frighteningly dangerous. World leaders are acting rather strangely and making extreme fantasy decisions. (Have they gone mad?) Our planet is changing too, both geophysically and politically, socially and environmentally; every hour of every day the birth pangs accelerate. Breaking News is breaking briefly before the next hyper-link arrives.
Quakes in diverse places
Even as I type this post, an extremely powerful Magnitude 7.4 quake - 5 km S of San José del Palmar- has just rocked Colombia, with the Governor claiming the situation is critical. Major quakes happen all the time; I understand that, however, this is the third Mag 7+ in this area in the last couple of months, which is unusual. The major quake has been recorded close to the country's massive Purace volcano, which is currently spewing ash hundreds of metres into the Colombian sky. Colombia is also suffering from extreme drought conditions this year too—prayers for the people there.
As for major quakes (MAG 6 OR HIGHER), don't let the so-called 'experts' pull the wool over your eyes; they are at an all-time high!
This year so far, 88 major quakes, mag 6 or higher, have been recorded. In the same period in 2020, 74 major quakes had been recorded. In the same period 100 years ago, 65 and in 1900, just 7. Of course, we do have to take modern technology into account, but even so!
Burn Baby Burn
Here on the West Coast of Europe, along with the UK and Ireland, yet another heatwave is on its way. By Thursday, temps could well be hovering around 40 deg C, 104 deg F in the UK, Holland, France and Spain. HIGH STRANGENESS! For many in this year in the area, this will be the 5th heatwave this summer in just the last month and a bit. Many parts of Western Europe have now gone well over a month without any significant rainfall. Two-thirds of England is now under drought conditions, with conditions set to worsen. All the countries mentioned above have been on fire for weeks in scenes I have never seen before. One would expect France and Spain to burn, but Ireland, the UK and Holland? No, this is a new phenomenon. For me, in 18 years reporting the weather, this is unprecedented.
Canada is burning too. More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, according to the national wildland fire summary. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control.
The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec and the Northwest Territories.
The California season is yet to begin.
A super deluge from storms has brought flooding to Japan in what has been called 'unprecedented' rainfall, causing more than 20,000 people to be evacuated
Is this the coolest summer of the rest of your life?
Sounds crazy, I know, but the annual increase in temperatures every year could well mean this year's inferno (probably the hottest ever recorded) could well be the coolest summer of the rest of your life . . .
Meanwhile, El Niño is responsible for record-breaking sea temperatures. The average sea surface temperature (SST) outside the world's polar regions - between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south - was 20.96C last month, beating the previous high of 20.89C, set in 2023.
Last month was the joint second-warmest July globally on record, with temperatures 1.47C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. South Korea has just reported temperatures nearing 45 deg C, 113 deg F.
As a Brit, my summer holidays are mostly spent in Southern Europe, France, Spain, Portugal or Greece. I started The Big Wobble back in 2008, ironically to cover climate change. Let me tell you, back then any temp over 35 deg C (95 deg F), even in Southern Europe, was considered shocking. Fast forward just 17 years later, and temperatures are regularly approaching 50 deg C (124 deg F) in the hottest months.
'Warning—The chapter below is not for the squeamish!
Let me put this into some kind of perspective: in the last 17 years, 1 deg C, or 1.8 deg F, can be thus added to the average temp every year; it's clearly undeniable. If the warming continues as it has done in the last 17 years, temperatures of 65 °C (149°F) or even higher will be quite possible. These temperatures are quite frankly unlivable, not just for us but all wildlife, including fish, plants, trees and more importantly, agriculture. Our whole ecosystem will have collapsed long before we reach these temperatures; what I'm saying is, quite simply, we are very quickly arriving (if we are not already there) at a tribulation period prophesied in the Bible thousands of years ago.
Over the years, I have noted Holland is getting hotter, not just in the summer but in winter too. Below are my honest views on a tricky subject. Temperatures here in many parts of Europe, especially the south, regularly exceed 40°F (104F). For countries further north, such as Belgium, Holland, Germany, etc, 40 deg C is extreme; however, it has become more common recently. Our infrastructure is not built for such temperatures, and most of us don't have airco, for instance. In the UK, where I was born, I am used to cool, wet summers, so when I arrived here in Holland in 1995 I was pleasantly surprised by the long summers and wonderful sunshine. But even so, back then, if the mercury reached anything close to 30 deg C (86F), it was quite special and didn't happen very often.
Ten years later, the highs were pushing 35 deg C (95F). In the two-thousand-teens, the high 30s were becoming much more frequent, then in the summer of 2019 the 40 deg C (104 deg F) ceiling was smashed when a temperature of 41.4 deg C (106 deg F) hit Holland, breaking the all-time record which was set just the day before at 39.8 deg C (104 deg F).
In my back garden, I measured an unofficial temperature of 41.4 in the shade; see the photo on the left. During the same week, hundreds of locations across Europe smashed all-time hot weather records by an impressive margin on the 26th of July 2019, with many locations beating records placed the day before on the 25th. What has happened this summer is even more unbearable, and this time the heat 'domes', as they are now called, didn't just happen in one country or even one continent—the record-breaking heat smashed records all over the Northern Hemisphere at the same time, from the US, Europe, the Middle East, Indo-Pakistan, China and Japan, which I believe is unprecedented.
Left, a palm tree in Spain is literally dying for a drink during the excessive heat of the day.
In the last 4 or 5 years, Europe has enjoyed summer temperatures as early as January, with temperatures here in Holland often in the high teens or low 20s, and in Spain and Italy temperatures have hit the high 20s.
When I arrived in Holland, one of the first things I learned was ice skating; back then winters here in Holland could be very cold, with temperatures reaching -20 deg C (-4F) sometimes. The canals in Holland would freeze over, and the entire nation took to the ice in a skating frenzy. As the years rolled by, the cold winters stopped, and by 2010 the snow and ice had all but gone. Winters have become incredibly mild; last winter, I can't remember the temperature dropping below 5 deg C (41F), which is great for the plants but not so good for the wildlife.
Now that may sound wonderful to many, and it is, but there is a caveat, quite a big one actually—Hedgehogs and other animals don't hibernate. The effects and implications of this ‘unheard of’ phenomenon are yet to be discovered, but we should be worried.
Reports of Hedgehogs, frogs and toads still being out in people’s gardens during winter are weird; they should have been deep in hibernation because they are cold-blooded animals. This was absolutely unheard of until a couple of winters ago.
Say it ain't so, Don
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