Event Update For 2014-02-12

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

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

 

2014-02-12 - Boy, 5, burned to death when truck ignites in Wujin District (China):

http://www.ecns.cn/2014/02-13/100717.shtml
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-02/13/content_17281507.htm
http://www.asianews.co/boy-dies-after-truck-caught-fire/
http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-02/13/content_17281543.htm

 

Quote: "The father surnamed Song, 40, left his son in the truck in an export processing zone. After it caught fire, he tried rescue his son but was unable to pull him from the burning vehicle."

 

Note: I've warned about this problem. If you leave your kids in a vehicle, running or not, then this is the consequence that you risk. This is not the first child to burn to death in exactly this way. Unless people start taking the problem seriously - which seems doubtful - then more children are going to burn to death...

 

2014-02-12 - Apartment damaged by explosion and small fire at 3 AM in Missoula (Montana):
http://www.kpax.com/news/cause-of-missoula-explosion-under-investigation/
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/officers-investigating-small-explosion-in-missoula/24430196
http://missoulian.com/news/local/explosion-blows-out-windows-above-bernice-s-bakery/article_084a49d4-941b-11e3-9fef-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-02-12 - Two mysterious earth-shaking explosions rattle the town of Dharmapuri (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20140212-42663-IND

2014-02-12 - Landfill erupts in flame again, before 6:30 AM, in coastal George Town (Cayman Islands):
http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/02/13/Again!-Firefighters-battle-dump-blaze/
http://www.ieyenews.com/wordpress/dump-on-fire-again/
http://www.cayman27.com.ky/2014/02/12/dump-on-fire-again
http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/02/12/Dump-ignites-again/
http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2014/02/13/Dump-fire-closes-international-school,-other-closures-made/

Quote: "Dump on fire AGAIN! Off duty firemen to report to dump and evacuations advised..."

Quote: "A large trash pile – one of the highest points within the George Town landfill – was ablaze Wednesday morning less than two months after a huge pile of tires caught fire, sending plumes of smoke over Grand Cayman’s Seven Mile Beach area."

Note: The natives grow restless...

2014-02-12 - Landmark antique store destroyed by massive blaze in coastal Cohasset (Massachusetts):
http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140212/NEWS/140218635/1994/NEWS
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/02/12/firefighters-battle-alarm-blaze-cohasset/ni3k1jKJMYWzKzCNy1Um2O/story.html

Note: Map in the link shows proximity to the coast. This is a sad story here. The owner was selling the business, had a buyer, had signed some documents but nothing was finalized, and she'd let her insurance lapse since she was selling. And now it's all gone...

2014-02-12 - Lobster boat 'Fiddler' bursts into flame at 1 AM on the Navesink River in Red Bank (New Jersey):
http://www.redbankgreen.com/2014/02/red-bank-lobster-boat-burns-ice.html
http://rumson.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/boat-burns-on-navesink-river
http://redbank.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/navesink-boat-on-fire
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/750ayzi3b/Navesink-Boat-on-Fire.htm

Quote: "The Fiddler was destroyed in an early morning blaze of unknown origin Wednesday morning."

2014-02-12 - Passenger train bursts into flame at 3:52 AM at St. Davids Train Station in Exeter (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=28001&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-02-12 - Freight train bursts into flame at North Hazel and 6th Street in Ames (Iowa):
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/firefighters-respond-to-train-on-fire/24439514

2014-02-12 - Industrial crane bursts into flame at riverside shipyard in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9428836
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Crane-Fire-Navy-Yard-245174241.html

2014-02-12 - Passenger bus bursts into flame while parked on Princess Street in Chester (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/bus-on-fire-in-chester
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/firefighters-tackle-chester-city-bus-6700153
http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/130957/blaze-drama-at-chester-bus-station.aspx

2014-02-12 - Passenger bus bursts into flame as it passes through Copthorne (Britain):
http://www.crawleynews.co.uk/Firefighters-rush-scene-Copthorne-bus-oil-spills/story-20619344-detail/story.html

2014-02-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 4:30 AM on the Central Expressway (Highway 75) in Dallas (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/02/12/truck-fire-closes-central-expressway-in-dallas/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Truck-Fire-Shuts-Down-US-75-Near-I-635-245166101.html
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/24701093/hwy-75-truck-fire-causes-traffic-headache
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2014/02/18-wheeler-catches-fire-spills-fuel-on-central-expressway-early-wednesday.html/

2014-02-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 30 in Lexington (Nebraska):
http://krvn.com/index.php?more=dpx6bcuq

2014-02-12 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-84 near Huntington (Oregon):
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/02/semis_brakes_catch_fire_briefl.html
http://pdxtraffic.blogspot.com/2014/02/fire-osp-odot-on-scene-of-semi-trailer.html
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Semi-hauling-paper-products-catches-fire-on-I-84-245405371.html
http://oregon.icito.com/semis-brakes-catch-fire-briefly-shutting-down-i-84-in-baker-county/

2014-02-12 - Tractor bursts into flame while parked in barn in Compton Dundon, Somerton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=28001&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Tractor-Compton-Dundon-near-Somerton/story-20620306-detail/story.html

2014-02-12 - Heavy truck bursts into flame at construction site, fire spreads to building under construction, in Ottawa (Canada):
http://www.cfra.com/news/2014/02/12/truck-fire-spreads-to-building-does-180000-damage

Note: People still park vehicles near...well, anything?!

2014-02-12 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on street in downtown Denver (Colorado):
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25127418/recycling-truck-fire-may-impact-end-rush-hour
http://home.topnewstoday.org/home/article/9899979/
http://www.newsdump.com/news/recycling-truck-fire-may-impact-end-of-rush-hour-in-downtown

2014-02-12 - Truck bursts into flame at A15 layby near Barton-Upon-Humber (Britain):
http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/BREAKING-NEWS-Lorry-A15/story-20614449-detail/story.html
http://www.onenewspage.co.uk/n/UK/750ayzrd1/UPDATE-Lorry-on-fire-on-A15.htm
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/update-lorry-on-fire-on-a15
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/simonscun-published-breaking-news-lorry-on-fire-on-a15
http://www.newsuk24.com/news/breaking-news-lorry-on-fire-on-a15
http://www.onenewspage.co.uk/n/UK/750az0msg/UPDATE-Lorry-on-fire-on-A15.htm

2014-02-12 - Van bursts into flame just before midnight while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in Streamwood (Illinois):
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140212/news/140219537/

2014-02-12 - Van bursts into flame at Barnsdale Bar services along the A1 (Britain):
http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/van-fire-at-barnsdale-bar-services-1-6433598
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/update-barnsdale-bar-services-open-again-after-van-fire-1-6433752
http://www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/update-barnsdale-bar-services-open-again-after-van-fire-1-6433752
http://localuknews.co.uk/article/update-barnsdale-bar-services-open-again-after-van-fire
http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/van-fire-at-barnsdale-bar-services-1-6433598

2014-02-12 - In separate events, within 40 minutes, SUV and car burst into flame on same street in Alexandra Hills (Australia):
http://www.baysidebulletin.com.au/story/2086452/traffic-delays-as-two-cars-catch-fire-in-busy-street/

Quote: "Cleveland firefighters turned out to Vienna Road near the Finucane Road intersection at about 7.30am after reports of a car's engine on fire. The blaze in the small car was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. Firefighters returned to the same road 40 minutes later, this time near the Redruth Road traffic lights, where a four-wheel-drive's engine caught fire."

Note: Mere coincidence? Hah, sure, just like those two boat fires within 3 minutes in Washington DC, mentioned in the 2014-02-11 update. This town is about a mile from the ocean and is also a mile east (downwind) of Tingalpa Reservoir...

2014-02-12 - SUV bursts into flame on road in Draffenville (Kentucky):
http://www.marshallcountydaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7737:vehicle-fire-on-purchase-parkway-causes-traffic-delays-on-tuesday

2014-02-12 - SUV bursts into flame at 6 AM in Whitehorse (Canada):
http://www.whitehorsestar.com/photos/60789/

2014-02-12 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Highway 29 near Fort St. John (Canada):
http://energeticcity.ca/article/news/2014/02/12/highway-29-closed-due-to-vehicle-fire
http://www.cjdccountry.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=2123085

Quote: "The vehicle is a full sized picker style truck with a trailer and is fully engulfed on the roadway. The occupants of the vehicle were unharmed. Because the truck is outside of the fire protection area, it will be allowed to burn."

2014-02-12 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at 6:45 AM on Route 202 near Malvern (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Pickup-Fire-Route-202-245170471.html
http://www.csnphilly.com/article/pickup-catches-fire-stops-traffic

2014-02-12 - Tesla Model S bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101416608
http://www.businessinsider.com/february-1st-toronto-tesla-fire-2014-2
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-14/tesla-investigating-cause-of-toronto-garage-fire-with-model-s.html
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Another-Tesla-Caught-On-Fire-While-Sitting-In-A-5233464.php

Quote: "The car was about four months old and was not plugged in to an electric socket..."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is reactive with copper, especially electrified copper. These are electric cars, so obviously there's some electrified copper present. This is the fourth Tesla Model S fire now. It's not really a design flaw, it's just that NO vehicles were ever designed to operate with an atmosphere that is being increasingly contaminated by hydrogen sulfide. As long as they continue to use steel or electrified copper or rubber tires in conjunction with friction-based braking then there will be fires. Cars which use flammable fuels have all the same vulnerabilities plus the extra vulnerability from the flammable fuels, so electric vehicles are still safer, but that certainly doesn't mean they're safe...

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home near Oceanside Drive, home damaged too, in Harris County (Texas):
http://news92fm.com/414310/cy-fair-car-house-fire/
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Family-says-house-fire-started-with-recently-repaired-car-parked-outside-245345041.html

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame at 2:30 AM while parked at home in Knockbridge (Ireland), near the coast:
http://talkofthetown.ie/2014/02/12/gardai-investigating-car-fire-in-knockbridge/

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame at home on Londesborough Road in coastal Southsea, Portsmouth (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/car-on-fire-in-southsea-1-5872113

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame in public car park in Woolavington, Bridgwater (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=28012&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/11006290.Car_fire_in_Woolavington/

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame on Peacehay Lane in Sampford Arundel (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=28009&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2014-02-12 - Car bursts into flame on road in Bilecik (Turkey):
http://www.habermonitor.com/en/haber/detay/car-fire-in-bilecik/288713/

2014-02-12 - Vehicle bursts into flame at 6:30 AM in garage at business, fire spreads, gets huge, in Bethesda (Maryland):
http://www.bethesdanow.com/2014/02/12/large-fire-at-washington-gas-facility-in-north-bethesda/
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/02/12/two-alarm-fire-burning-at-washington-gas-building-in-north-bethesda/
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battle-2-Alarm-Garage-Fire-in-Rockville--245168251.html

Quote: "The building is used as a storage facility for company trucks."

Quote: "MCFRS said it started with an auto fire in a four-bay garage at the facility, then spread to a tire storage area of the repair shop."

2014-02-12 - Vehicle bursts into flame on I-264 in Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.bridgelouisville.com/2014/02/louisville-traffic-update-vehicle-fire.html

2014-02-12 - Snowmobile bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in Brainerd (Minnesota), garage later ignites too:
http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2014-02-13/garage-fire-being-investigated

Quote: "Firefighters were called to the residence twice during the overnight. The first call was at 8:42 p.m. for a call of a snowmobile on fire. The snowmobile was taken out of the garage and then extinguished. After midnight, firefighters were called to the home again for the garage on fire."

2014-02-12 - Vehicles and garage burn at 2:23 AM in Auburn (Indiana):
http://www.kpcnews.com/news/latest/eveningstar/article_48937e9c-d692-5376-b567-897042a53263.html

2014-02-12 - Tractors and barn destroyed by fire near Mill Point Road, near Boonsboro (Maryland):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/investigation-continues-in-boonsboro-barn-fire/article_2db7daa0-9507-11e3-91fd-001a4bcf6878.html

Quote: "But a few tractors and other equipment in the barn were 'pretty much consumed,' he said."

2014-02-12 - Car and auto shop destroyed by fire in Baha (Saudi Arabia):
http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/fire-destroys-car-workshop-234637145.html

2014-02-12 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Winooski (Vermont), near the Winooski River:
http://www.wcax.com/story/24706476/crews-fight-fire-in-winooski
http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/story/d/story/fire-at-pecor-auto-center/91123/ihgm9nbtQ0eDhy2iE0OC4Q
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/02/12/firefighters-battle-blaze-on-main-street-in-winooski/5432047/
http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20140212/1620226/Fire-at-Pecor-Auto-Center.htm

2014-02-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in Burlington (Kentucky), cows escape and run amok:
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20140212/NEWS0103/302120149/
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20140212/NEWS0103/302120149
http://www.wlwt.com/news/local-news/news-northern-kentucky/nky-barn-burns-in-overnight-fire/24455110
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20140213/NEWS/302130039/
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/cows-killed-burlington-barn-fire-8306.shtml

2014-02-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in the Town of Almond (Wisconsin):
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2014/feb/13/barn-fire-near-almond/
http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/article/20140212/SPJ01/302120385/BREAKING-Barn-fire-town-Almond
http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Deputies-Portage-Co-Barn-Total-Loss-after-Fire-245297041.html
http://www.wisconsinoutdoorfun.com/videonetwork/3194422790001/Firefighters-put-out-a-barn-fire-in-Almond
http://us.topnewstoday.org/us/article/9903311/

2014-02-12 - Barn destroyed by fire in Glanbrook (Canada), 1 injured:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/man-injured-in-glanbrook-barn-fire-1.2533875
http://www.airingnews.com/articles/671418/man-injured-in-glanbrook-barn-fire/
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4363464-fire-destroys-binbrook-barn/

Quote: "EMS officials treated an man who had tried to save a vehicle from the barn..."

Note: Vehicle might have started the fire...

2014-02-12 - Barn destroyed by fire at home in St. Charles Township (Michigan), nobody home:
http://photos.mlive.com/saginawnews/2014/02/fire_destroys_barn_in_st_charl_1.html
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/02/fire_destroys_barn_in_st_charl.html

2014-02-12 - Energy plant hit by fire on River Road in Middletown (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/24701203/fire-reported-at-kleen-energy-plant
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Fire-at-Kleen-Energy-Plant-in-Middletown-245173751.html
http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/2014/02/12/fire-reported-conn-power-plant/XcQeqCyqSjN7w1sp1d8SQI/story.html

2014-02-12 - Fish market ravaged by blaze at midnight, 7 businesses destroyed, in Eldoret (Kenya):
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Fire-destroys-fish-market-in-Eldoret/-/1107872/2204684/-/o4d8pmz/-/index.html

Quote: "This is the first fire incident to occur at the market which is famously frequented by locals who eat or buy fish from there."

2014-02-12 - Plastics manufacturing facility erupts in flame in Pacific (Missouri), 1 injured:
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Second-alarm-fire-reported-at-Pacific-manufacturing-facility-245303121.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/one-person-hurt-in-fire-at-manufacturing-plant-in-pacific/article_b4e96d3f-9837-509b-a13e-6fa88f635199.html

2014-02-12 - Popular diner destroyed by fire in Limington (Maine), nobody there:
http://www.wmtw.com/news/fire-destroys-limington-restaurant/24444456
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Popular_Maine_diner_destroyed_by_fire.html

Quote: "Water had to be shuttled in from a mill pond about a quarter mile away..."

2014-02-12 - Mobile home damaged by fire at midnight in Sand Springs (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/A-trailer-catches-on-fire-in-a-Sand-Springs-neighb/z1ggrciG6k-EwEv6GLH1Rg.cspx

2014-02-12 - Log cabin home destroyed by fire in coastal Eagle River (Alaska):
http://www.ktva.com/eagle-river-cabin-catches-fire/

2014-02-12 - Home damaged by fire on Cold Springs Lane in Candler (North Carolina):
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20140212/NEWS01/302120038/1001/NEWS

Note: Address listed is less than 500 feet east (downwind) of a spring, creek, or stream...

2014-02-12 - Home destroyed by fire in Verona (Kentucky), nobody there:
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20140212/NEWS0103/302120145/

2014-02-12 - Raintree Island Apartments damaged by blaze in the Town of Tonawanda (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/amherst/fire-extinguished-at-raintree-island-apartments-20140212
http://www.tonawanda-news.com/local/x1196433732/Fire-sparked-in-Raintree-Island

Note: These apartments are sandwiched between Tonawanda Creek to the north and Ellicott Creek to the south, and this whole area is just east (downwind) of the Niagara River...

2014-02-12 - Senior housing complex erupts in flame at Lake Manor in Lake Odessa (Michigan), residents evacuated:
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/02/residents_evacuated_from_lakew.html

2014-02-12 - Deadly fire destroys home just before 1:30 AM in Scituate (Rhode Island), near Scituate Reservoir, 1 killed:
http://wpri.com/2014/02/12/woman-dies-in-scituate-fire/
http://www.turnto10.com/story/24699989/fire-destroys-scituate-home

2014-02-12 - Deadly fire destroys house at 6:30 AM in Paragould (Arkansas), two children killed:
http://www.katv.com/story/24713824/greene-co-sheriff-2-children-found-dead-in-fire
http://www.kait8.com/story/24702132/coroner-2-dead-in-rural-greene-co-house-fire

2014-02-12 - Deadly fire hits apartment building just after 4 AM in coastal Cambridge (Massachusetts), 1 killed:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/02/1_dead_in_cambridge_fire
http://www.whdh.com/story/24700120/3-alarm-fire-in-cambridge

2014-02-12 - Vacant house burns in Indianapolis (Indiana):
http://wishtv.com/2014/02/11/firefighter-slightly-injured-battling-east-side-fire/

2014-02-12 - Vacant home burns in Commerce (Georgia):
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=271041

2014-02-12 - Vacant house burns before 4 AM in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20140212phoenix-vacant-house-fire-abrk.html

2014-02-12 - Vacant home undergoing renovations destroyed by fire before 5 AM in Sparta (New Jersey):
http://jefferson.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/fire-destroys-sparta-home-burns-for-hours
 

2014-02-12 - Nine orcas wash ashore dead near Tautapere on Bluecliffs Beach at Trackburn (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20140213-42667-NZL
http://www.theeasterntribune.com/story/2801/nine-orca-found-dead-on-new-zealand-beach/#sthash.v1CFYtQ8.dpbs
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/mass-orca-deaths-big-blow-population-5830251

Quote: "A researcher from Orca Research Trust, Ingrid Visser, said the deaths of the orca are a major blow. She said it was a very sad incident. There were only few of these species of whales left so it will be a big blow to the population of orca. She said have not had a massive stranding like this since the 1980s and before then, in the 1950s. Only around 200 orca inhabit the New Zealand waters."
 

2014-02-12 - Man found dead in lake at Village on the Lake condos, on Lakeside Drive in Margate (Florida), near the coast:
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/deadline-miami/2014/02/body-found-in-margate-lake.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/margate/fl-margate-body-water-20140212,0,167978.story

2014-02-12 - Man, 41, drops dead in hotel room in Hattiesburg (Mississippi), near-ish to the Gulf of Mexico:
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20140212/NEWS01/140212018/Florida-man-found-dead-Hattiesburg-hotel-room
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20140213/NEWS01/302130028/Body-found-Hattiesburg-motel-room

Note: And the day prior a 57-year-old man dropped dead outside a home in Hattiesburg, as mentioned in the 2014-02-11 update...

2014-02-12 - Man, 58, found dead at Coogee Beach in coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/02/12/08/48/body-found-at-coogee-beach

2014-02-12 - Hunter, boy, 13, goes missing, found dead near coastal Pond Inlet (Alaska):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/missing-pond-inlet-boy-found-dead-1.2534267

2014-02-12 - Man found dead in woods in the Meadow Lakes area of Wasilla (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/2014/02/13/3324326/troopers-mans-body-found-in-meadow.html

2014-02-12 - Infant dies at home in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/1-month-old-found-dead-in-home-021214

2014-02-12 - St. Louis oil tycoon, 64, drops dead on Beaver Creek ski slope (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/Man-Found-Dead-On-Ski-Slope-245196221.html

2014-02-12 - Update on woman found dead in U-Haul in Roxana (Illinois): two men arrested for other stuff:
http://www.bnd.com/2014/02/12/3055377/two-men-arrested-during-investigation.html

Note: She was 42 years old and slumped over dead in a U-Haul truck, mentioned in the 2014-02-08 update. So look at the above story. The title is 'Two arrested after woman found dead in U-Haul van'. It's like they're hoping you'll stop reading at the title and they want you to think these two guys had something to do with that when, in fact, they were arrested for retail theft and parole violation. So what? What's that have to do with the woman slumping over dead in her U-Haul? Might as well just list EVERY arrest in the area. Derpity derp.

2014-02-12 - Man in his 50s drops dead on street in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/02/12/man-found-dead-in-downtown-los-angeles/

2014-02-12 - Man, 53, found dead in gas station bathroom at 3:17 AM in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/02/medical_examiners_office_ids_m.html

2014-02-12 - Woman found dead in car on Rectory Street in Middleton (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/hazel-beachill-found-dead-car-6698569

2014-02-12 - Woman, 32, found dead in walking trail near fishing pond in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/24707649/spd-body-found-on-walking-trail-in-mlk-neighborhood
http://www.ktbs.com/story/24706484/authorities-investigate-body-found-in-shreveport

Quote: "Lester says he discovered the body. He says he was on his way fishing and stumbled upon the body on his way to a near-by pond."

2014-02-12 - Man found dead in the water at Sungai Banggu (Malaysia):
http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/body-found-floating-in-sungai-banggu-30010

2014-02-12 - Man, 28, found dead near campus in Slippery Rock Borough (Pennsylvania):
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2014/02/13/Man-found-dead-in-Slippery-Rock-Borough/stories/201402130281

2014-02-12 - Man in his 40s found dead in home in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/investigation-launched-after-body-found-in-aberdeen-home-1.217490
 

2014-02-12 - Passenger bus and truck collide head-on at midnight in Ha Tinh Province (Vietnam), 2 killed, 14 injured:
http://www.thanhniennews.com/index/pages/20140212-2-dead-14-injured-in-vietnam-bus-truck-head-on-crash.aspx

2014-02-12 - Transit bus crashes in Gardena (California), 8 injured:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bus-crash-gardena-20140212,0,3348086.story

2014-02-12 - Tractor trailer and car collide at 2:30 AM, truck overturns, car crashes off bridge into the Alafia River, on I-75 in coastal Gibsonton (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2014/2/12/fatal_gibsonton_semi.html

2014-02-12 - Tractor trailer veers off road, crashes into ditch, on the M4 near Bath (Britain), 1 killed:
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/11004954.Lorry_driver_killed_on_M4/
http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Lorry-driver-dies-morning-s-M4-crash/story-20612907-detail/story.html
http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/St-Breward-lorry-driver-dies-following-hay-lorry/story-20612875-detail/story.html

2014-02-12 - Van blows tire, slams into pole, near Penedo (Brazil), 8 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=200096

2014-02-12 - Two pickup trucks collide head-on, one bursts into flame, in Desert Hot Springs (California), 2 injured:
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20140212/NEWS0804/302120002/desert-hot-springs-chp-cal-fire
http://palmdesert.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/cal-fire-passersby-pull-man-from-burning-truck-in-desert-hot-springs

2014-02-12 - Pickup truck veers across median, off road completely, plunges into canal in coastal Palm Coast (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20140212/NEWS/140219839/1040?Title=Man-dies-after-truck-plunges-into-Palm-Coast-canal

Quote: "Motorists traveling behind the truck, which was pulling a small trailer with a four-wheeler atop it, told Smith that either Halford never hit the brakes or the brakes weren't working."

Note: Sounds like the driver lost consciousness or had a 'medical event'...

2014-02-12 - Pickup truck veers off road, slams utility pole, bursts into flame, in Albany (Georgia), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.wtoc.com/story/24699352/1-dead-1-injured-after-car-strikes-pole-and-catches-fire
http://www.walb.com/story/24699352/one-brother-dies-the-other-injured-in-fiery-crash
http://www.waff.com/story/24699352/1-dead-1-injured-after-car-strikes-pole-and-catches-fire

2014-02-12 - Car veers over centerline, hits transit bus head-on, near Lockport (Illinois), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://romeoville.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/renwick-shut-down-after-crash-between-pace-bus-car
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/02/12/police-1-dead-3-injured-in-romeoville-crash-involving-pace-bus/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/orland_park_homer_glen/chi-one-injured-during-collision-near-lockport-20140212,0,7238097.story

2014-02-12 - Car veers across median, hits semi head-on, near coastal Bradenton (Florida), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/24698477/2014/02/11/driver-killed-in-head-on-manatee-county-crash

2014-02-12 - Car veers over centerline, hits pickup head-on, in Salem (Oregon), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.kptv.com/story/24709507/mom-and-daughter-killed-in-salem-crash-three-others-severely-injured

2014-02-12 - Car hits pickup, bursts into flame, in Utica (New York), 2 injured:
http://www.uticaod.com/article/20140212/NEWS/140219705

2014-02-12 - Car crashes just after 3 AM, bursts into flame, on Highway 90 near Loxley (Alabama):
http://www.local15tv.com/shared/news/features/local-today/stories/wpmi_early-morning-car-fire-923.shtml
http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20140212/1619097/Local-15-Today-Car-Fire.htm

2014-02-12 - Car crashes, bursts into flame, near high school in Hutto (Texas):
http://www.newscastic.com/news/car-fire-near-hutto-high-school-1434515/

2014-02-12 - Car crashes, bursts into flame, on Glenwood Road in Raleigh (North Carolina), near Angus Barn Pond:
http://www.wral.com/weather/image/13386699/
http://twitchy.com/2014/02/12/craziest-snow-photo-ive-ever-seen-fire-and-ice-on-n-c-road-leads-to-surreal-scene/

2014-02-12 - Two vehicles collide head-on at 6:15 AM near Colville (Washington), injuries reported:
http://www.krem.com/news/local/Head-on-crash-blocks-US-395-near-Colville-245194791.html

Quote: "Injuries were reported in the two-vehicle collision near Williams Lake and Mill Road Bridge."

2014-02-12 - Two vehicles collide head-on at 6:36 AM in Norman (Oklahoma), injuries reported:
http://www.koco.com/news/oklahomanews/norman/headon-collision-causes-injuries-detours-in-norman/24430968#mid=18294964
 

2014-02-12 - Two pit bulls attack and seriously maul 10-year-old child in apartment in Newark (NJ), dogs shot dead:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Child-Mauled-Dogs-Police-Shoot-Dogs-Newark-Hawkins-Court-245243851.html
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/02/newark_child_in_critical_condition_after_dog_attack.html
 

2014-02-12 - Huge sinkhole opens at the National Corvette Museum, swallows eight Corvettes, in Bowling Green (Kentucky):
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140212/NEWS01/140212013/1001/
http://www.wcvb.com/news/sinkhole-collapses-part-of-corvette-museum-in-ky/24431338
http://jalopnik.com/corvette-museum-evacuates-their-cars-most-at-risk-from-1521440133
http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2014/02/12/sinkhole-swallows-eight-classic-sports-cars-at-national-corvette-museum/
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/collapse-at-national-corvette-museum-sends-cars-into-sinkhole/article_773f14c0-d55e-5925-9361-29635b40349f.html
 

2014-02-12 - Almost 300 people sicken at electronics plant in Jiading District (China):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20140212-42661-CHN

Quote: "Lu insisted there was nothing wrong with the food. 'We provided the same food to several other companies and no food poisoning cases occurred,' she told the Global Times. Lu pointed out that the catering company's own employees ate the same food used to prepare SIIX's night shift snacks, and no one got sick. Ruijin Hospital North, one of the hospitals that treated the workers, said Wednesday that it has not determined what caused the workers to get sick."

Note: They're trying hard to blame food poisoning, but the company that provided the food makes a strong case that that wasn't the problem: the same food went to different businesses and no one sickened at the other businesses, and the food supplier's own employees ate the same food, and they didn't sicken either. So whatever sickened these people, it wasn't the food, but it was something that affected everyone in the same area, e.g. something environmental. If not the food, and there's no mention of the water being a problem, then that leaves what? Something in the air...

2014-02-12 - Powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake (China measures it as magnitude 7.3) hits far western region of Xinjiang (China):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20140212-42658-CHN

2014-02-12 - More than 20 tractor-trailers, plus some cars, stuck on impassible I-40 overnight near Marion (North Carolina):
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/24710549/crews-20-25-tractor-trailers-stuck-on-impassible-i-40

Quote: "McDowell County 911 dispatch supervisor Angie Wright said around two-dozen tractor-trailers and a few passenger cars were stuck on I-40 near mile marker 75 Wednesday night."