The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.
A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.
Category: Fires And Explosions
2013-05-13 - Underground explosions and fire ignite cars, cut power, in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/13/exploding-manholes-set-cars-on-fire-cut-power-in-brooklyn/
Quote: "Several manholes exploded in Brooklyn on Monday, setting cars on fire and sending people running for their safety."
Quote: "And when the manholes did blow, at least two had cars sitting on top of them. Hernan Gonzalez came home to find his car burned to a crisp on the bottom with the bumper off, with the manhole still smoking underneath."
Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and will seek out low-lying areas like underground electrical facilities, sewers, basements, underground parking garages, etc. It's also highly flammable and reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like that found in underground electrical facilities. If you have a vehicle, you might not want to park right on top of - or even near - any manholes. Might wanna be cautious about WALKING over them too, for that matter...
2013-05-13 - Massive fire and explosion hit chemical plant in Dombivli (India), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thane/One-dead-three-hurt-in-chemical-factory-fire-near-Thane/articleshow/20026777.cms
2013-05-13 - Explosions and fire hit Airgas plant in Putnam County (West Virginia), 2 injured:
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/explosions-fire-reported-at-wva-gas-plant-8599.shtml
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2020979089_apusairgasexplosions.html
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201305130068
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/explosions-fire-reported-wva-gas-plant
Quote: "The company is a distributor of specialty gases used in industry and elsewhere."
Note: From the full hypothesis: "...chemical plants of all types will burn and/or explode, including biofuels plants, fertilizer plants, specialty chemical plants, petroleum-related facilities and more."
2013-05-13 - Devastating fire destroys sawmill at pallet company in Lake Holcombe in Chippewa County (Wisconsin):
http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_2e9f4a18-bca7-11e2-8344-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.wqow.com/story/22241106/2013/05/13/fire-at-a-wood-pallet-company-in-chippewa-county
Quote: "Blizek said the area where pallets are manufactured was burned."
Quote: "...she saw the fire around 9 p.m. and could see fireballs shooting high into the air."
2013-05-13 - Huge fire tears through recycling plant in Freeport on the island of Trinidad, 3 miles from the coast:
http://www.classifieds.guardian.co.tt/news/2013-05-13/40-jobless-after-freeport-fire
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Paper-warehouse-destroyed-by-fire-207303841.html
Quote: "A multi-million-dollar warehouse dealing in paper-based material for recycling was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening."
Note: Also mentioned, separate incident, bolts of cloth burst into flame at a business near Port of Spain...
2013-05-13 - Trash bursts into flame inside metal recycling facility in Boise (Idaho):
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/05/13/2574544/fire-near-airport-extinguished.html
2013-05-13 - Huge pile of mulch bursts into flame at facility in Brooksville (Florida):
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/mulch-fire-forces-a-road-closure-near-brooksville/2120733
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/5/13/smoke_from_mulch_fir.html
2013-05-13 - Bark mulch bursts into flame at McDonald's in Westborough (Massachusetts):
http://westborough.patch.com/articles/wfd-handles-small-bark-mulch-fire-at-mcdonald-s
2013-05-13 - Enclosed water well explodes at home in Morrilton (Arkansas), 1 injured:
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Man-Injured-In-Enclosed-Well-Explosion/-uVZRV25IEmmtS8W9VA6Nw.cspx
Quote: "...residents are concerned this could happen to them because some city officials believe natural gas caused the explosion."
Note: Methane coming from underground contaminating water, then evaporating out? And this was an enclosed well, so the gas would be stuck inside, building up, until eventually a spark from static electricity or something occurs and...boom!
2013-05-13 - Power poles burst into flame all across Spokane (Washington) after rainstorm:
http://www.khq.com/story/22241390/multiple-power-poles-across-the-city-catch-fire-after-rainstorm
Note: Storm may have brought in some hydrogen sulfide and/or methane from the coast. They're blaming a rainstorm after a dry spell. That's what they said when power poles burst into flame in Texas too not long ago. And yet I don't ever recall hearing about large numbers of power poles bursting into flame like this in previous years, and it's not like this year is the first year we've had a dry spell in Texas or Washington, so that story is obviously just something made up to placate people and keep them from understanding what's actually going on...
2013-05-13 - Fishing trawler bursts into flame near Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast (Australia), 2 aboard flee in dinghy:
http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/05/14/451822_gold-coast-news.html
2013-05-13 - Train car bursts into flame near the Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton (Colorado):
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/train-car-catches-fire-in-littleton
2013-05-13 - Tour bus bursts into flame on I-395 in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/259102/187/Police-Tour-Bus-Fire-on--I-395-South-Put-Out-
2013-05-13 - Car-hauler truck bursts into flame on Sara Avenue in Lehigh Acres (Florida):
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51865988/
www.nbc-2.com/story/22233937/driver-safe-after-lehigh-truck-bursts-into-flames
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the 5 Freeway near Castaic (California), fire spreads, brush fire erupts:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fire-Castaic-Threatens-Mobile-Home-Park-207295391.html
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near Chain Of Rocks Canal bridge on I-270 in Granite City (Illinois):
http://fox2now.com/2013/05/13/tractor-trailer-on-fire-on-i-270-canal-bridge/
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 13 near New Castle (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130513/NEWS1501/305130065/One-lane-US-13-NB-reopens-after-tractor-trailer-fire
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130513/NEWS1501/305130065/1003/RSS01
2013-05-13 - Tractor bursts into flame on Highway V in Racine County (Wisconsin), near Lake Michigan:
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/tractor-destroyed-in-fire/article_a7b44336-bc8e-11e2-aadb-001a4bcf887a.html
2013-05-13 - Tractor bursts into flame on Grange Lane in Hutton (Britain):
http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/2013/05/tractor-fire-in-preston-at-0630/
2013-05-13 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on Cedar Road in Medford (Massachusetts), near the East Coast:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/topstories/x1884766587/Medford-Fire-Department-responds-to-garbage-truck-fire
2013-05-13 - Ice cream truck bursts into flame at 5:53 AM on the Honoapi'ilani Highway near coastal Maui Hawaii):
http://mauinow.com/2013/05/13/truck-fire-at-launiupoko-slows-morning-commute/
http://www.khon2.com/2013/05/13/maui-firefighters-put-out-ice-cream-truck-fire/
2013-05-13 - RV bursts into flame at home in Columbia (Missouri), fire spreads to mobile home, family homeless:
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=896981
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/rv-fire-damages-mobile-home/article_10ebca58-bbd7-11e2-8243-001a4bcf6878.html
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/161927/rv-fire-displaces-family-from-mobile-home/
Note: And that's why it seems unwise to park your vehicle(s) next to your residence, or next to other vehicles...
2013-05-13 - Utility truck bursts into flame on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Lincoln (Canada):
http://www.niagaraadvance.ca/2013/05/13/truck-fire-on-qew-in-lincoln
2013-05-13 - Minivan bursts into flame in New Philadelphia (Ohio):
http://www.timesreporter.com/newsnow/x438179801/Van-fire-reported-in-Phila
2013-05-13 - SUV bursts into flame while parked near barn in Chilliwack (Canada):
http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/news/Horse+barn+threatened+fire/8380994/story.html
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.citynews.ca/2013/05/13/rush-hour-traffic-snarled-by-gardiner-car-fire/
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on Quail Street in coastal Newport Beach (California):
http://newportbeach.patch.com/articles/car-catches-fire-in-newport
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/Car-catches-fire-outside-Lexington-home-207165731.html#.UZF5itimgTZ
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame while parked at gas station in El Cajon (California):
http://www.cbs8.com/story/22246774/car-bursts-into-flames-at-el-cajon-gas-station
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame, then crashes into tree, in Lake Placid (New York), 1 injured:
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/536927/1-hurt-after-car-catches-fire--crashes-into-tree.html?nav=5008
Quote: "As the vehicle approached, the officers noticed that its interior was engulfed in flames, according to a press release."
Note: The driver admitted he was drunk or stoned, but that doesn't explain the burning car..
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on Maplewood Road in Harrison (Arkansas):
http://harrisondaily.com/news/car-fire/article_5b8479c4-bbd8-11e2-b1f0-0019bb2963f4.html
http://www.krzk.com/15025/car_fire_at_maplewood_cemetery_in_harrison.html
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on the Sprain Brook Parkway near Greenburgh (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130513/NEWS02/305130035/Traffic-Car-fire-Sprain-Brook-Parkway-southbound-Taconic-accident
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on Bridge Road in Countess Wear, Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=24637&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame in field in Hassel (Luxembourg):
http://www.wort.lu/en/view/mystery-car-fire-in-hassel-5190b771e4b02b992e7b5f71
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on I-80 near Reno (Nevada):
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Car-fire-cleared-on-I-80W-near-USA-Parkway/e6v8vcQb8UahcSmHNEeIAw.cspx
http://www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/Traffic-on-I-80-Slowing-at-USA-Pkwy-Vehicle-Fire-207304311.html
2013-05-13 - Car bursts into flame on 36th Street in St. Joseph (Missouri):
http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_4851f893-9dbd-5aa2-a80d-29cbe34c4bd3.html
2013-05-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in carport at home in Toluca (Illinois):
http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=28850
2013-05-13 - Vehicle bursts into flame near the Radium Bridge in Great Bend (Kansas):
http://www.greatbendpost.com/2013/05/13/great-bend-fire-department-handles-vehicle-fire-on-saturday/
2013-05-13 - RV trailer bursts into flame on I-17 near bridge in Arcosanti (Arizona):
http://bigbugnews.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=52601
2013-05-13 - RV trailer bursts into flame at Harbour Side Caravan Park in coastal Portsmouth (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/police-set-to-investigate-blaze-at-portsmouth-caravan-park-1-5087464
2013-05-13 - Boat and home destroyed by fire in Napa (California):
http://napavalley.patch.com/articles/fire-damages-napa-home
2013-05-13 - Boat, home and sheds destroyed by fire near Basin (Montana):
http://helenair.com/news/local/structure-boat-burn-near-basin/article_73a7bf64-bc2a-11e2-ae43-001a4bcf887a.html
2013-05-13 - Minivan and garage damaged by fire at home in Maryville (Tennessee):
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_News/story/Fire-severely-damages-garage-vehicle-at-Maryville-home-id-036381
2013-05-13 - Car and home-business destroyed in coastal Cape Coral (Florida):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/22249694/fire-destroys-cape-coral-home-business
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in Hall County (Georgia):
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=261452
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire near George (Iowa), 35 calves killed:
http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-news/latest/Iowa-barn-fire-kills-35-calves-207263001.html
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in Belchertown (Massachusetts), near Quabbin Reservoir:
http://www.gazettenet.com/news/policefirescourts/6218537-95/barn-fire-in-belchertown-monday-night
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in Stockbridge (New York):
http://www.oneidadispatch.com/articles/2013/05/13/news/doc51915f7a4c472218295489.txt
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire near Sarto, Manitoba (Canada), calf and 100+ chickens killed:
http://www.mysteinbach.ca/newsblog/20452.html
2013-05-13 - Barn destroyed by fire in East Hall County (Georgia), horse killed:
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/83746/
2013-05-13 - Dumpster bursts into flame at strip mall in Sioux Falls (South Dakota), vehicles and building damaged:
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20130513/ARGUS911/130513016/Dumpster-fire-closes-businesses-Park-Place-Center-41st-Street
2013-05-13 - Fence bursts into flame on the Dove Creek Court cul-de-sac in Chico (California):
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_23236827/fence-catches-fire-chico
Note: Fences have the same vulnerabilities to the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem as pallets do. So do wooden porches, decks and gazebos...
2013-05-13 - Devastating fire destroys medical complex in Jamestown (New York):
http://post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/622174/Massive-Blaze.html
2013-05-13 - Home damaged by fire in coastal Providence (Rhode Island), resident flees:
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/heavy-fire-damages-providence-home-on-elma-street
http://www.abc6.com/story/22232677/providence-firefighters-knock-down-fire-in-double-decker
Quote: "Fire officials are still investigating and have not given a cause of the fire, although it's believed to have started on an outside deck."
Note: Wood decks have the same vulnerabilities as pallets. They're wood and all absorbent flammable materials are absorbing hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. They're also frequently held together with steel nails and screws, which rust, and hydrogen sulfide is reactive with rusty iron/steel. So the wood of a deck or porch absorbs some flammable hydrogen sulfide or methane over time. Eventually it either spontaneously combusts or some hydrogen sulfide finds a bit of rusty iron/steel and a spark is generated, which hits the wood, and whoosh, fire erupts...
2013-05-13 - Home hit by fire twice in 10 hours in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/story/22232630/fire-burns-kck-familys-home-twice-in-1-day
Note: Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River...
2013-05-13 - Vacant house burns near Worthington (West Virginia):
http://www.wdtv.com/wdtv.cfm?func=view§ion=5-News&item=5-NEWS-UPDATE-Abandoned-House-Fire-Believed-to-be-Arson9685
2013-05-13 - Vacant home burns in Tuscon (Arizona):
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/207174861.html
2013-05-13 - Vacant house and mostly vacant apartment building burn within an hour in East Liverpool (Ohio):
http://www.reviewonline.com/page/content.detail/id/566810/Three-alarm-fires-destroy-houses.html
Note: These were not adjacent structures, with the fire spreading from one to the other. These were separate events, though near each other. That's a sign of a flammable gas plume blowing through an area and igniting stuff here and there as it goes. I bet if they could look up where the wind was blowing during that time in that area, they'd find the second fire occurred downwind of the first fire...
2013-05-13 - Vacant house destroyed by fire in Howe (Texas):
http://heralddemocrat.com/sections/news/local/abandoned-howe-home-destroyed-fire.html
2013-05-13 - Around a hundred perch found dead in Loughrea Lake (Ireland):
http://www.galwaybayfm.ie/index.php/news/item/1218-inland-fisheries-investigates-dead-fish-find-at-loughrea-lake
http://afloat.ie/inland/inland-waterways/item/21772-loughrea-lake-fish-kill-investigated
2013-05-13 - Man burns to death in burning RV in North Odessa (Texas):
http://www.cbs7kosa.com/video/index.asp?vid=17494
http://cbs7.com/news/details.asp?ID=44527
2013-05-13 - Serviceman, 37, found dead in ornamental pond at Chicksands Barracks Army Base (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22526033
2013-05-13 - Man, 39, found dead beneath I-44 overpass in Springfield (Missouri):
http://articles.ky3.com/2013-05-13/north-springfield_39235405
2013-05-13 - Missing man, 74, found dead in pond at golf course in Eagle (Idaho):
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Man-reported-missing-found-dead-in-pond-at-BanBury-Golf-Course-207158241.html
http://www.idahopress.com/news/state/missing-man-s-body-found-in-pond/article_3c0f9293-a769-57e1-a367-3e0eb73fa59b.html
2013-05-13 - Man, 60, drops dead in storage unit in Atascadero (California), near the coast:
http://www.ksby.com/news/man-found-dead-at-mini-storage-in-atascadero/
2013-05-13 - Man, 22, goes missing, found dead in canal in Bhakra (India):
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rabbi-shergill-nephew-found-dead/1115318/
2013-05-13 - Woman, 32, found dead in home in Nikol (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Woman-found-dead-in-Nikol/articleshow/20040295.cms
2013-05-13 - Taxi driver, 30, found dead in his car in Teynampet (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/call-taxi-driver-found-dead-in-car/article4712429.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/Taxi-driver-found-dead-in-car/articleshow/20039868.cms
Note: Lots of mysterious deaths in India. That's probably because India is a peninsula nation, surrounded on three sides by water. It's basically a larger version of Florida (where there have also been many mysterious deaths, not coincidentally)...
2013-05-13 - Man, 21, found dead in car in parking lot in Augusta (Georgia):
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-13/body-found-foul-play-not-suspected
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Body-found-in-Augusta-parking-lot-207055431.html
2013-05-13 - Man, 86, found unconscious in standing water along road near Saskatoon (Canada), does shortly later:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/story/2013/05/14/sk-kerslake-atv-05142013.html
2013-05-13 - Passenger plane makes emergency landing in Salt Lake City (Utah) after passenger goes into cardiac arrest and almost dies:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Seattle-bound-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-Utah-207194291.html
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/mid-flight-medical-emergency/nXpmW/
2013-05-13 - Lear jet runs off runway at airport in McMinnville (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/05/lear_jet_at_mcminnville_airpor.html
Note: From the full hypothesis: "As planes land, they will more frequently blow tires, or their landing gear will collapse, or they will run off runways."
2013-05-13 - Yemeni fighter jet crashes in residential area in Sana'a (Yemen), 1 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20130513-39231-YEM
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-05/13/c_132379179.htm
Quote: "The incident on Monday was the second of its kind in the Yemeni capital so far in 2013."
2013-05-13 - Turkish F-16 fighter jet crashes near Osmaniye (Turkey), 1 killed:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?PageID=238&NID=46783
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/13/turkish-fighter-jet-lost-syria
2013-05-13 - Small plane crash lands and flips in Southwick (Massachusetts):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/22235766/southwick-police-currently-on-scene-of-plane-crash
2013-05-13 - Trolley overturns near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh (India), 3 killed, 17 injured:
http://www.sify.com/news/three-killed-in-tractor-trolley-accident-near-lucknow-news-national-nfnmuhjbiaf.html
2013-05-13 - Tanker truck hauling fertilizer overturns on Tingler Road near Richmond (Indiana):
http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/indiana/hazmat-responds-to-toppled-over-tanker
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer and box truck collide, one bursts into flame, in Elk Grove Village (Illinois), 1 injured:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9100840
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139645/
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer and vehicle crash, tractor trailer overturns, on I-64 in Rowan County (Kentucky), 3 injured:
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Semi-accident-closes-part-of-I-64-in-Rowan-County-207036021.html
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer crashes into toll booth on the George Washington Bridge in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=resources/traffic&id=9100204
Note: That bridge goes over the Hudson River...
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer crashes off US 395 bridge onto East Walker River embankment, bursts into flame, in Bridgeport (California), 1 killed:
http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Deadly-big-rig-crash-fire-closes-US395-near/Zv8J1kbOJEeIswK8CtOIlA.cspx
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer overturns, bursts into flame, on Highway 45 near Three Way (Tennessee):
http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Truck-overturns-Catches-Fire-Dumps-Load-on-Highway-207225791.html
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20130514/NEWS01/305140008
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-94 in St. Croix County (Wisconsin):
http://www.wqow.com/story/22236815/2013/05/13/semi-crash-closes-lane-of-traffic-on-i-94-monday-morning
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer overturns on Route 258 in Windsor (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/breaking/dp-windsor-tractor-trailer-accident-0513,0,3244935.story
2013-05-13 - Tractor trailer blows tire, crashes into trees, bursts into flame, on I-96 near Fowlerville (Michigan):
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20130514/NEWS01/130514002/Semi-crash-fire-closes-WB-96-near-Fowlerville-several-hours
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20130514/NEWS01/305140023/Fiery-crash-closes-westbound-96-several-hours
http://whmi.com/news/article/17086
2013-05-13 - Dump truck overturns on the inner loop of the Baltimore Beltway near Pulaski Highway (Maryland), 1 injured:
http://perryhall.patch.com/articles/dump-truck-overturns-on-695-beltway-injuring-driver
2013-05-13 - RV blows tire, crashes into woods, bursts into flame, near Carthage (Texas):
http://www.news-journal.com/panola/news/rv-catches-fire-no-injuries-reported/article_4d76d658-0583-5fbf-bb6c-5c187a4acb48.html
2013-05-13 - Two cars collide, both burst into flame, on Beltway 8 Eastbound at the Gulf Freeway in Houston (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/car-fire-causes-big-traffic-delays/-/1735978/20119496/-/w9n405/-/index.html
2013-05-13 - Car and tractor trailer collide head-on, near Pembroke (Canada), 2 killed:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2013/05/13/ottawa-two-people-die-head-on-crash-highway-17.html
2013-05-13 - Car veers over centerline, hits box truck head-on, in coastal Providence (Rhode Island), 2 injured:
http://portsmouth.patch.com/articles/elderly-woman-transported-to-hospital-after-head-on-crash
2013-05-13 - Car and another vehicle collide, car bursts into flame, in Glendale (Arizona), 1 injured:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/20130513injury-fire-glendale-collision-abrk.html
2013-05-13 - Pit bull attacks and seriously injures 5-year-old child at home in Colonial Heights (Virginia):
http://www.nbc12.com/story/22241121/charges-pending-after-dog-attacks-5-year-old-colonial-heights-boy
Quote: "The attack was so brutal the child's front teeth are gone. His neck is stitched from end to end."
2013-05-13 - Sinkhole nearly swallows car in Pikesville (Maryland):
http://www.thv11.com/news/article/264964/70/Sinkhole-nearly-swallows-car-in-Maryland-
2013-05-13 - Sinkhole opens up on Gravesend Neck Road in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2013/20/bn_sinkhole_2013_05_17_bk.html
2013-05-13 - Sinkhole opens up at main intersection in Buchanan (Indiana):
http://www.fox28.com/story/22237094/2013/05/13/6ft-wide-sinkhole-in-buchanan
2013-05-13 - Weird, smelly mystery foam oozes through cracks on street in Nanjing (China):
http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/13/godzilla-barf-weird-smelly-foam-oozes-cracks-chinese-streets/
It's getting more severe so this will probably be the year when something so big happens that the govt. will be forced to 'spill the beans' or maybe they'll have 'left town' by then leaving us to fend for ourselves with some cannibalizing people like they did in 'The Road'. That 'Zombie spotting' or 'I see dead people' plane monitoring Quincy is very telling.
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ReplyDelete2013-05-15: Storage Hall bursts into flame in Salzatal, Germany. River closeby.
+51° 31' 37.86", +11° 50' 17.42"
http://www.ksta.de/newsticker/lagerhalle-im-saalekreis-in-flammen,15189532,22771940.html
2013-05-15: Sawmill Destroyed by huge Blaze in Lofer, Pinzgau, Austria. River flows through the town.
+47° 35' 5.09", +12° 41' 49.27"
http://www.regionews.at/newsdetail/Saegewerk_in_Lofer_in_Vollbrand-57286
2013-05-15: Parked Car burst into flame in Plainfeld, Austria. Technical defct made the car combust. Map in the article.
http://www.salzburg24.at/plainfeld-fahrzeug-geraet-ploetzlich-in-brand/3574704
2013-05-14: Two daed porpoises washed ashore of river Elbe in Hamburg, Germany. So now we've already got 3 dead porpoises in Hamburg alone in the last 4 weeks. According to an official 2-3 dead porpoises per year are normal in Hamburg.
http://www.altona.info/2013/05/14/haialarm-an-der-elbe-wie-kommt-der-tote-fisch-an-den-elbstrand/
2013-05-14: Total of 63 tons of dead silver carps fished out of Lake Heyda Talsperre by now. Still no results from the tests they're doing.
+50° 44' 24.05", +10° 57' 23.41"
http://www.otz.de/startseite/detail/-/specific/63-Tonnen-tote-Fische-bisher-aus-Stausee-Heyda-geholt-912792719
http://www.insuedthueringen.de/lokal/ilmenau/ilmenau/63-Tonnen-Fischkadaver-geborgen;art83439,2564886
2013-05-14: Fire in Carbon-producing Factory near Köln (Cologne), Germany. Lakes and River Rhein nearby.
+50° 52' 36.92", +6° 54' 57.50"
http://www.ksta.de/rodenkirchen/brand-in-chemiepark-fenster-sollen-geschlossen-bleiben,15187572,22769800.html
2013-05-14: Fire in Waste-Storage Hall in Goldau, Switzerland. Two big lakes in the area.
+47° 2' 58.32", +8° 33' 45.31"
http://www.bote.ch/boulevard/hoher-schaden-bei-brand-goldauer-zkri-halle
2013-05-13: Body found in river in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. No sign of injuries. No sign of suicide either.
+47° 8' 29.44", +8° 45' 0.29"
http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/zentralschweiz/schwyz/Leiche-eines-Unbekannten-in-Einsiedeln-gefunden;art96,260855
2013-05-13: Fire in Metal-processing factory in Wetter, Germany. It was started by a burning pallet. Lake nearby.
+51° 22' 26.27", +7° 18' 33.38"
http://www.02elf.net/rechtswesen/ennepe-ruhr-wetter-brand-in-lagerhalle-107569
2013-05-13: Fire Destroys traditional Restaurant in Ortkrug near coastal Schwerin, Germany.
+53° 29' 29.28", +11° 27' 53.04"
http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Nachrichten/Panorama/Feuer-vernichtet-Lokal-650-000-Euro-Schaden
2013-05-13: Factory burns in Lyon, France, at least 3 dead. Lakes and rivers closeby.
+45° 46' 28.95", +4° 52' 5.53"
http://www.abendblatt.de/vermischtes/article116123349/Mindestens-drei-Tote-bei-Brand-in-alter-Fabrik-in-Lyon.html
Thanks! Another fire started by a pallet, I see. More and more, pallets are looking like they've become a kind of wood-based delayed-reaction randomly-igniting 'Molotov cocktail'.
DeleteHome repair business like Lowes or Home Depot stack their (for sale) single fence panels on top of each other (like they do with many of their wood products) which is very similar to the way that pallets are stacked so it is probably just a matter of time before they ignite. I don't remember seeing any of these types of DIY stores having fires yet but I have not thoroughly back checked the JJFH reports. Plenty of wood related businesses have caught fire though.
DeleteThere have been some DIY store fires. Not as many as pallet company fires though. That may be because the wood is kept separate from the nails at the DIY stores, and the nails are probably rusting and generating the spark that ignites the wood, which is probably contaminated with flammable hydrogen sulfide and/or methane.
DeleteHeh, running late on the 2013-05-14 update (but almost done now). They're getting bigger, more events, but also, I took some time today to pressure-wash my fence and small wooden back porch, in preparation for applying a fresh thick layer of sealant tomorrow. I was gettin' paranoid about that; it'd been about 2-3 years since I'd applied sealant to that wood, so I figured, better safe than sorry, time to get 'er done!
The fence panels & some other products are pre-made with nails or staples but because they are new they have little or no rust. Also, much of the wood is wet from being chemically treated or it is green lumber and these are less likely to absorb any gases but the products like the fences have air gaps like pallets which could trap gases. Places like Lowes & Home Depot have such a quick turn-around that the stock stays pretty much fresh & less prone to gas absorption but the small time outfits with low volume will be more prone to disaster from the gases. Their lumber will be more dried out & the nails/staples on their fence panels will be more rusty. I would think that if the DIYe'rs like Home Depot do start to ignite then it would probably be in the more drier states first where the wood will dry out quicker. Even if their wood doesn't ignite their vehicles could & then start a chain reaction like you have reported on so many times.
DeleteBecause pallets are commonly used by so many businesses there are a lot of disasters waiting to happen out there because when a business is done using the pallet they'll usually just stack them behind their building until there is a big enough pile for someone to haul away.
DeleteI just remembered the obvious. There are plenty of pallets at the big box DIY stores & in the yard they usually stack the used-up ones just like the pallet producers do but not in such huge stacks or ground coverage. So that in itself could end up doing them in. Talk about living in the middle of a real life Stephen King novel!
ReplyDeleteI recall one HUGE DIY store fire, but I can't tell you which update it was in, because it was in Britain and they have some other name, not Lowe's or Home Depot, but I don't remember the name. It was one of their big-name DIY stores though, and it was located along a canal, to bring in lumber easily, and that's what burned - lumber, lots of it.
DeleteAnd I have now realized one of the unsung perks of Stephen King horror novels - you can put them down and all the scary goes away. That isn't true here - there's nothing to put down!
Britain like India is getting hit hard. I keep seeing Fond du Lac, WI show up also. I searched JJFH & got 24 hits for it. Maybe it is in a low lying area because I'm only a half-hour north of them in Oshkosh & not too much is happening here & I hope it stays that way!
DeleteI see why Fond du Lac is getting more action. It is located on a very narrow bay at the bottom of Lake Winnebago & the elevation is 30' lower than Oshkosh & 224' lower that Brothertown on the opposite side of Lake Winnebago which is almost the same longitude as Oshkosh. So it looks like Fond du Lac might be the canary in the coal-mine for the other cities on this lake.
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