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
2013-08-26 - Landfill erupts in flame in Glasgow (Kentucky):
http://glasgowdailytimes.com/local/x865763422/Garbage-in-fire-out
2013-08-26 - Recycling plant hit by fire in Stockton (California):
http://fox40.com/2013/08/27/stockton-recycling-plant-catches-fire/
2013-08-26 - Recycling plant still burning after a week in Bredbury, Stockport (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2013-08-27/crews-still-tackling-recycling-plant-fire/http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/08/26/5108823/huge-fire-consumes-florence-county.html
http://www.wistv.com/story/23252377/dup
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20130826/WIRE/130829787/1051/news?Title=Huge-fire-consumes-Florence-County-plastics-plant
Quote: "DuPont closed the plant several years ago and sold it to a Wisconsin plastic recycling firm in 2011 to use as a warehouse."
Quote: "Windy Hill Fire Police Chief John DeLung says the fire is the biggest Florence County has seen in 20 years."
Note: From the full hypothesis: "Trash-related facilities such as recycling centers and landfills will burn hard too, as hydrogen sulfide is absorbed into flammable absorbent materials like wood, paper, cardboard, straw, hay, dried brush, generic trash, clothing, cotton, wool."
2013-08-26 - Outdoor grill explodes at church in Noblesville (Indiana), 1 killed:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20130826/NEWS/308260063/1-killed-grill-explosion-Noblesville-church-authorities-say
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-death-at-church
Quote: "This is an unbelievably heart-wrenching situation, and we don’t understand why it happened."
2013-08-26 - Explosion rocks Evergreen State Fair in Monroe (Washington), 2 injured:
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/explosion-evergreen-state-fair/nZcwq/
http://q13fox.com/2013/08/26/explosion-at-fairground-injures-2/
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/08/gas-fireplace-causes-explosion-at-state-fair-injures-2/
Quote: "The incident happened when an employee working for a fireplace vendor at the fair attempted to light a fireplace."
Note: I wonder what else was in the air at the time he tried to light that fireplace...
2013-08-26 - Lolo Creek Complex fire threatening major power lines in Montana that feed multiple states:
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/lolo-creek-complex-threatens-power-supply-for-millions/-/14594602/21645602/-/dw5aw/-/index.html
Quote: "Officials tell us the 500 KVA Bonneville Power Authority (BPA) power line feeds electricity to homes and business in multiple states and that it is critical that crews protect the line."
2013-08-26 - Passenger plane makes emergency landing in Dubrovnik (Croatia), burning smell in cabin:
http://www.dw.de/german-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-croatia/a-17045934
2013-08-26 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at trucking business in Grand Island (Nebraska):
http://www.khastv.com/news/local/Tanker-truck-catches-fire-at-Bosselmans-221242961.html
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 29 near Valley Road in Shawano County (Wisconsin):
http://wdez.com/news/articles/2013/aug/27/truck-fire-on-highway-29/
http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Semi-Fire-on-Hwy-29---Traffic-Being-Diverted-221251181.html
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2013/aug/27/truck-fire-on-highway-29/
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on US 33 near Nelsonville (Ohio):
http://woub.org/2013/08/26/one-lane-westbound-state-route-33-open-after-vehicle-fire
http://www.athensohiotoday.com/uploaded_photos/semi-truck-catches-fire-on-route/image_c3843584-dd64-5b40-b4a9-eec95b9abe18.html
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/23261089/semi-truck-load-destroyed-in-fire
Quote: "According to a release, Benjamin T. Davidson, 43, of Cornelius, North Carolina was driving westbound on U.S. 33 when the driver side rear tire blew out. Investigators say the tire caught fire and engulfed the vehicle and trailer, which was loaded with canned beverages."
Note: From the full hypothesis: "Massive vehicles such as big RVs, buses, tanker trucks, tractor trailers, dump trucks, and car-haulers will be destroyed by fire in escalating numbers after tires or brakes ignite." I bet that tire caught fire and that's what caused the blowout, then the fire kept spreading and ate up the whole big rig...
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 39 near Pingree (Idaho):
http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/semi-hauling-grain-starts-on-fire-in-pingree/article_931f0836-0eb2-11e3-8026-001a4bcf887a.html
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at business in Kanawha County (West Virginia):
http://www.wsaz.com/news/charlestonnews/headlines/Tractor-Trailer-Bursts-into-Flames-221197921.html
Quote: "A tractor trailer burst into flames Monday afternoon. It happened at Capital City Auto on Route 817 at the Kanawha-Putnam County line. Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com, no one has been hurt. The fire is in the parking lot of the auto auction dealer."
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-70 ramp in Columbus (Ohio):
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/23262115/i-70-wb-shut
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52852993/ns/local_news-columbus_oh/
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Trans Canada Highway near Portage la Prairie (Canada):
http://www.portageonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33619&Itemid=524
2013-08-26 - FedEx truck bursts into flame on the Long Island Expressway in Old Westbury (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/truck-fire-shuts-lie-westbound-at-exit-40-1.5962171
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lie-reopens-after-truck-fire-at-exit-40-1.5963186
2013-08-26 - Dump truck bursts into flame on East Kellogg in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.ksn.com/2013/08/26/truck-fire-on-east-kellogg-causes-traffic-to-backup/
2013-08-26 - RV bursts into flame, fire spreads to second RV and some ATVs, in Salt Lake City (Utah):
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585308/Crews-keep-RV-camping-trailer-fire-from-spreading-to-homes.html
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/RV-fire-threatens-homes-in-Salt-Lake-City/VeEBQPH0ekeBUxIaBb6MZw.cspx
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/trailer-fire-sparked-salt-lake-neighborhood-6522.shtml
Quote: "The fire spread and burned a second RV, as well as two ATVs, Asay said. The fire also melted nearby siding."
Note: Earth is teaching us not to park vehicles near each other or near our homes. Will we heed the lesson or will we continue to suffer the consequences for not doing so? Earth doesn't care either way. Learn or burn, it's our choice...
2013-08-26 - RV bursts into flame on I-81 in Harrisonburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.whsv.com/community/headlines/Motor-221115311.html
http://www.whsv.com/home/headlines/Motor-221115311.html
2013-08-26 - SUV bursts into flame on I-95 in coastal Stafford County (Virginia):
http://news.fredericksburg.com/staffordnews/2013/08/26/vehicle-fire-closes-northbound-i-95/
2013-08-26 - SUV bursts into flame on street in downtown Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/Car-fire-in-downtown-Milwaukee-221223451.html
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/Car-fire-in-downtown-Milwaukee-221223451.html
http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/milwaukee/vehicle-catches-fire-downtown-milwaukee/-/10148890/21656586/-/v8kx6z/-/index.html
2013-08-26 - SUV bursts into flame on 19th Avenue in Bozeman (Montana):
http://www.kbzk.com/news/car-fire-in-bozeman-no-injuries-reported/
2013-08-26 - SUV bursts into flame in tunnel in coastal Alanya (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/car-fire-in-the-tunnel-smoke-poisoned-saved-a/166285/
2013-08-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 2:30 AM on road near the Galleria in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Pickup-truck-catches-fire-burns-near-the-Galleria-221149851.html
http://www.khou.com/video/raw/Raw-Truck-catches-fire-burns-near-Galleria-221150391.html
http://www.click2houston.com/news/pickup-truck-catches-fire/-/1735978/21647538/-/lwtl34z/-/index.html
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at home in coastal Suffolk (Virginia):
http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2013/08/26/car-fire-extinguished/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52852886/
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame before 6 AM while parked on street in Burlington (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/story/23259095/police-suspicious-car-fire-in-burlington
Note: Burlington is located on the eastern (downwind) shore of Lake Champlain...
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A14 in Northamptonshire (Britain):
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/delays-on-a14-in-northamptonshire-following-car-fire-1-5426970
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on Heath Road in Bluntisham (Britain):
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/latest-news/electrical_fault_causes_car_fire_in_bluntisham_1_2354577
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the M4 in coastal Cardiff (Britain):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23843835
http://www.manchesterwired.co.uk/news.php/1503377-M4-hold-ups-at-Cardiff-Gate-caused-by-car-fire
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on A361 Link Road layby near West Buckland (Britain):
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/car_on_fire_in_link_road_layby_1_2354692
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-69 in Lansing (Michigan):
http://www.jrn.com/fox47news/galleries/220943071.html
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on Saw Mill River Parkway in Hastings-on-Hudson (New York):
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130826/NEWS02/308260027/Saw-Mill-reopened-Hastings-after-car-fire
Note: As the name suggests, this town is right on the Hudson River...
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A39 near Ball Roundabout in Wadebridge (Britain):
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Car-A39-Wadebridge/story-19711583-detail/story.html
http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Car-A39-Wadebridge/story-19711583-detail/story.html
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on road in Ifield (Britain), near Crawley:
http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/county-news/latest-news/firefighters-called-to-car-fire-1-5428640
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame on Old Sherborne road between Cerne Abbas and Charminster (Britain):
http://www.thisisdorset.net/news/10637025.Firefighters_called_to_car_fire_between_Cerne_Abbas_and_Charminster/
2013-08-26 - Car bursts into flame, fire spreads to carport, damages home too, in Spokane (Washington):
http://www.krem.com/news/local/Car-fire-spread-to-duplex-221266011.html
http://www.krem.com/news/Car-fire-spread-to-duplex-221266011.html
http://www.kxly.com/news/spokane-news/fire-destroys-car-damages-home-in-north-spokane/-/101214/21663322/-/delld/-/index.html
2013-08-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame inside auto shop, fire spreads to shop, in Columbia (South Carolina), near Lake Murray:
http://www.wistv.com/story/23261905/vehicle-malfunction-the-culprit-in-car-shop-fire
http://www.wistv.com/story/23256816/crews-battling-fire-at-import-car-repair-shop
2013-08-26 - RV trailer bursts into flame before 3 AM, fire spreads, car and garage destroyed too, in Calhan (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/Camper-Trailer-Car-Destroyed-In-Early-Morning-Garage-Fire-221141421.html
2013-08-26 - Food truck, car and garage destroyed by fire before 2:30 AM in Cleveland (Ohio), two homes damaged too:
http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/311923/3/Cleveland-Car-in-garage-food-truck-catch-fire
2013-08-26 - Auto shop hit by massive blaze at 2:55 AM, 5000 tires burn, in Wolverhampton (Britain):
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/08/26/fire-crews-tackle-wolverhampton-tyres-blaze/
Note: And a huge fire engulfed a tire shop in Norman (Oklahoma) the day prior, as mentioned in the 2013-08-25 update...
2013-08-26 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire in Moore (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2013/08/26/moore-auto-shop-fire-spreads-takes-out-power/
2013-08-26 - Boat house bursts into flame at 2:10 AM at Smith Mountain Lake in Pittsylvania County (Virginia):
http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/a-boat-house-is-damaged-at-smith-mountain-lake/-/20128466/21646346/-/1sxhwaz/-/index.html
2013-08-26 - Machinery bursts into flame at 3 AM, fire spreads to ductwork, at chocolate business in Mount Joy (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/887411_Fire-hits-Cargill-Chocolate-plant-in-Mount-Joy.html
2013-08-26 - Office catches fire at 6:06 AM at car dealership in Hartford (Connecticut):
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-fire-0827-20130826,0,2215529.story
http://foxct.com/2013/08/26/fire-reported-at-hartford-car-dealership/
http://www.wfsb.com/story/23253337/fire-breaks-out-in-hartford
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire at 2:15 AM on Bennett Road in Darien (New York):
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130826/NEWS01/308260027/fire
http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3139756.shtml
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/genesee-county/barn-fire-in-darien-early-today-remains-under-investigation-20130826
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire in West Roxbury neighborhood of coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/west_roxbury/2013/08/west_roxbury_barn_destroyed_in_two-alarm_fire.html
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/23263143/2013/08/27/fire-destroys-west-roxbury-barn
http://www.wickedlocal.com/roslindale/news/x1803820725/Chief-West-Roxbury-barn-fire-caused-150K-in-damages-photos
http://westroxbury.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/2alarm-fire-for-barn-on-hastings-st-no-one-injured_8fdff4bb
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM on South Meridian Road in Jasper (Indiana):
http://www.14news.com/story/23253770/barn-total-loss-after-jasper-fire
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire on Upper Van Reed Road in Bern Township (Pennsylvania), chicks and kittens killed:
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=504439
Note: This place is 2 miles east of a lake, 2 miles west of a river, and 1 mile north of a creek...
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire near Andover (South Dakota):
http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/aan-fire-destroys-barn-20130827,0,3934567.story
2013-08-26 - Barn destroyed by fire, car damaged, in Litchfield (New Hampshire):
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/fire-destroys-litchfield-barn/-/9857858/21663146/-/fmt2aj/-/index.html
2013-08-26 - Barn damaged by fire at 6:30 AM on Walker Road in Lincoln (Canada):
http://www.forterietimes.ca/2013/08/26/barn-fire-in-lincoln
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/08/26/barn-fire-in-lincoln
2013-08-26 - Metal finishing company hit by fire at 12:30 AM on Tellico Port Road in Vonore (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/rss/article/285990/2/Crews-extinguish-fire-at-Vonore-plant
2013-08-26 - Church destroyed by fire in coastal Bethel (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/old-bethel-church-destroyed-in-fire/article_20bdf42a-0f69-11e3-adbc-0019bb30f31a.html
2013-08-26 - Porch bursts into flame at home in Erie (Pennsylvania), near Lake Erie:
http://www.goerie.com/article/20130826/NEWS02/308269905/Porch-roof-catches-fire-on-Erie%27s-east-side
2013-08-26 - Garage fire spreads, home destroyed too, in Maple Valley (Washington):
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2013/08/27/maple-valley-fire-displaces-couple/
2013-08-26 - String of 'suspicious' fires hits Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/local/dayton-area-officials-fight-string-of-suspicious-f/nZc55/
2013-08-26 - Two homes heavily damaged by fire at 3:30 AM in Chester (Pennsylvania), near the Delaware River:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video/#!/news/local/Fire-Guts-Homes/221141801
2013-08-26 - Home heavily damaged by fire in West Lake Hills (Texas), off Westlake Drive:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/heavily-involved-house-fire-reported-near-west-lak/nZc4n/
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/crews-battle-west-lake-hills-house-fire-11896.shtml
Quote: "Three people that lived at the home are now displaced. They were not at the home when the fire occurred..."
2013-08-26 - Vacant home burns in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.cantonrep.com/newsnow/x1367233291/Fire-hits-vacant-house-in-northeast-Canton
2013-08-26 - Vacant home burns in Mount Pleasant on Prince Edward Island (Canada):
http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2013-08-25/article-3363794/Vacant-house-extensively-damaged-in-fire/1
2013-08-26 - Vacant house destroyed by fire at 12:45 AM in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/332114/8/Smoke-from-house-fire-shuts-down-roads
2013-08-26 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in North St. Louis (Missouri), near the Mississippi River:
http://fox2now.com/2013/08/26/fire-destroys-vacant-north-city-home/
2013-08-26 - Vacant building burns on School Road in Orford, Warrington (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/derelict-building-on-fire-in-orford-warrington
2013-08-26 - Fish reported dying in Northwest Creek in Stevensville (Maryland):
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-08-26/features/bs-gr-toxic-algae-shore-20130825_1_blue-green-algae-microcystis-fish-kills
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/08/26/toxic-algae-kills-fish-forces-water-closures-at-northwest-creek/
2013-08-26 - Bryde's whale washes ashore dead near Karachi (Pakistan):
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\08\26\story_26-8-2013_pg7_15
http://whalesandmarinefauna.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/another-large-whale-found-dead-pakistan/
2013-08-26 - Man found burned to death in burning tractor near Minto (North Dakota):
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/271658/
http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/19238/
http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2013/aug/27/mans-body-found-in-burning-tractor-in-walsh-county-north-dakota/
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/driver-found-dead-after-tractor-fire-near-minto/article_245d5692-0f33-11e3-bd98-0019bb2963f4.html
Quote: "Minto fire crews extinguished the Monday evening blaze one mile east of Interstate 29 and less than a mile south of Walsh County Road 15. Firefighters then discovered the body of the driver inside the cab."
2013-08-26 - Man pulled from smoking car, car bursts into flame, man dies, in Orange (Texas):
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Orange-police-investigating-fatal-car-fire-4763928.php
Quote: "Officers were able to pull a man out of the car before it caught fire, the release said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, was pronounced dead at Orange Baptist Hospital a short time later."
2013-08-26 - Marina worker in his early 20s found dead in water at marina in coastal Hampton (Virginia):
http://www.wavy.com/news/local/hampton/body-recovered-from-water-in-hampton
2013-08-26 - Man, 41, found dead in Lake Osborne in Lake Worth (Florida):
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/body-recovered-in-lake-worth-near-lake-osborne-drive-and-lake-worth-road
http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_9685.shtml
2013-08-26 - Missing man, 41, found dead in Lac Courte Oreilles Lake in Sawyer County (Wisconsin):
http://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/276256/publisher_ID/36/
2013-08-26 - Man, 29, jumps in water to save boy, found dead, in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://fox8.com/2013/08/25/good-samaritans-try-to-save-victims-in-drowning/
2013-08-26 - Man in his 20s found dead in Shropshire Union Canal in Chester (Britain):
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/body-found-canal-chester-5789661
2013-08-26 - Man found dead on hill at Seacliff State Beach in coastal Aptos (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_23947333/aptos-man-found-dead-near-seacliff-state-beach
2013-08-26 - College student, 19, found dead in gorge in coastal Cape Town (South Africa), possible toppler:
http://news.iafrica.com/sa/877110.html
2013-08-26 - Man, 37, found dead in canal in Halls Head (Australia):
http://www.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Canal-body-is-of-homeless-man/7649674/
2013-08-26 - Man, 48, drops dead in bathroom at grocery store in Marysville (Ohio):
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2013/08/26/body-found-in-Marysville-grocery.html
2013-08-26 - Military tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft crash lands near Indian Springs (Nevada), no injuries:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/military/aircraft-lands-hard-near-creech-air-force-base-4-crew-members-unharmed
2013-08-26 - Small plane crashes and burns in cornfield in Culiacan (Mexico), 4 killed:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130826/plane-crash-kills-4-northwest-mexico
2013-08-26 - Small plane crashes in Desert Center (California), 2 killed:
http://www.kesq.com/news/plane-crash-at-desert-center-prompts-investigation/-/233092/21666236/-/akq86xz/-/index.html
http://palmdesert.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/two-die-in-plane-crash-near-desert-center
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer hits retaining wall, explodes and burns, on I-40 near Lebanon (Tennessee), 1 injured:
http://www.fox17.com/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wztv_vid_19708.shtml
http://www.wkrn.com/story/23252631/i-40-eastbound-tractor-trailer
http://hobnobfranklin.com/news-crime/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-40-east/
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer hauling heavy materials overturns on highway in Henrico (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2013/08/26/tractor-trailer-hauling-heavy-materials-overturns-causes-delays/
2013-08-26 - Tractor trailer hauling talc powder overturns on Route 100 in Weston (Vermont):
http://www.manchesterjournal.com/local/ci_23945789/truck-overturns-weston
2013-08-26 - Dump truck overturns on Ohio 350 in Clinton County (Ohio):
http://wnewsj.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=156&ArticleID=206774
2013-08-26 - Van veers off road at 3 AM, hits tree, engine thrown 25 yards, near Hatherleigh (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/Man-airlifted-multiple-injuries-van-crashes-tree/story-19713179-detail/story.html
2013-08-26 - SUV veers over centerline, hits tow truck head-on, in Salt Lake City (Utah), 1 killed:
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56788960-78/died-tow-truck-watt.html.csp
2013-08-26 - SUV veers over centerline, hits car head-on, in Andover (Minnesota), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1037061/14/1-killed-1-injured-in-head-on-crash-in-Andover
2013-08-26 - Pickup truck veers over centerline, hits tractor trailer head-on, tractor trailer bursts into flame, on Highway 99 near Delhi (California), light injuries:
http://www.modbee.com/2013/08/27/2886323/big-rig-catches-fire-on-highway.html
2013-08-26 - Pickup truck and tractor trailer collide head-on, near Kawartha Lakes (Canada), 1 injured:
http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/4049618-head-on-crash-on-north-monaghan-parkway/
2013-08-26 - Car veers over centerline, hits semi head-on, near Galva (Illinois), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://wqad.com/2013/08/27/galva-man-killed-in-head-on-crash/
2013-08-26 - Car veers over centerline, hits semi head-on, in Johnston Township (Ohio), 1 killed, 1 lightly injured:
http://www.wkbn.com/2013/08/26/cortland-woman-killed-in-head-on-crash/
2013-08-26 - Car veers over centerline at 6 AM, hits car head-on, one car bursts into flame, in Jandakot (Australia), 2 killed:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-27/two-dead-in-head-on-collision/4914390
Quote: "The Major Crash squad will investigate whether the 56-year-old man was suffering from a medical condition at the time of the accident."
2013-08-26 - Car veers off road, hits tree, bursts into flame, in coastal Charleston (South Carolina), 1 injured:
http://www.wbtw.com/story/23271542/amazing-video-policemen-fight-car-fire-with-woman-trapped-inside
2013-08-26 - Two vehicles collide head-on, in Donna (Texas), 4 injured:
http://www.foxrio2.com/86356/head-on-crash-sends-several-to-hospital/
2013-08-26 - Two vehicles collide head-on, near school in coastal San Francisco (California), 3 injured:
http://sfappeal.com/2013/08/three-injured-in-head-on-crash/
2013-08-27 - Swarm of bees attacks and injures man on Garland Avenue in Waco (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Local-Man-Stung-Dozens-Of-Times-As-Bees-Swarm-221227451.html
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/street-blocked-man-hospitalized-after-bee-attack/article_d046d1cb-ed24-5df7-870c-f5e109e19dce.html
2013-08-26 - Sinkhole swallows more trees in Bayou Corne (Lousiana), in Assumption Parish:
http://www.wlox.com/story/23261307/sinkhole-swallows-more-trees
2013-08-26 - Sinkhole opens at busy intersection in Springfield (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/galleries/ky3-pictures-sinkhole-opens-at-busy-intersection-in-springfield-20130826,0,3265894.photogallery
http://articles.kspr.com/2013-08-26/springfield-intersection_41464870
2013-08-26 - Sinkhole opens up at intersection in Holyoke (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/20-foot-sinkhole-opens-at-holyoke-intersection
2013-08-26 - RV fires spiking significantly in Australia:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/18664331/caravan-fires-climb-in-qld/
2013-08-26 - Black Death (bubonic plague) breaks out in Kyrgyzstan:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/27/bubonic-plague-outbreak-feared-central-asia
Quote: "Temirbek Isakunov, a 15-year-old from a mountain village near the border with Kazakhstan, reportedly died from the disease last week after eating an infected barbecued marmot."
Note: There's three words I never saw strung together before: 'infected barbecued marmot'. This is actually fairly scary. Bubonic plague can turn pneumonic, and then if you're infected and you cough or sneeze then you can infect people person-to-person, bypassing the need for the flea vector for transmission. Also, the flea problem may grow too. There was that village in China that was hit by a veritable wave of death, where pigs, dogs, rats, cats, hedgehogs and birds suddenly died, as mentioned in the 2013-04-16 update. So let's say a wave of hydrogen sulfide blows through an area and kills off, say, 90 percent of everything. What comes back first, rabbits and rats, or cats? Rabbits and rats - they reproduce faster than the things that prey on them, so by the time the cats are back up to 30% strength, the rat and rabbit populations may be huge. And then you get flea problems and possibly more bubonic plague outbreaks. It is actually very treatable, especially if you catch it early, with tetracycline and streptomycin and other antibiotics, but if we hit it constantly with antibiotics then the plague bacteria may adapt, as other bacteria and viruses have.
Here's a link to a fictional novel about a plague outbreak in New York City. It was a good read with lots of well-researched science in there, so if you want to learn more about what a Black Death outbreak might look like in the near-present (it's a late 1970s book), but you want a good story too, then here you go:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1572590.The_Black_Death
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