Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Event Update For 2014-07-07





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

2014-07-07 - Metal recycling facility hit by fire in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/phoenix-firefighters-battle-fire-at-recycling-site
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/07/07/phoenix-firefighters-battle-fire-at-recycling-site/12312419/
http://www.kvoa.com/news/phoenix-firefighters-battle-fire-at-recycling-site-96446/
http://www.azfamily.com/news/Phoenix-firefighters-battle-fire-at-scrap-metal-yard-266081171.html

Note: A paper recycling plant burned in Phoenix the day prior, mentioned in the 2014-07-06 update...

2014-07-07 - Scrap yard erupts in flame at 1:08 AM on Pickerings Road in Widnes (Britain), nobody there:
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/fire-in-scrap-yard-compound-in-widnes

Quote: "One hose reel was used by firefighters to extinguish a fire in a scrap yard compound. A ladder was used to get access to the yard."

Note: From the full hypothesis: "Metal-related businesses will be hit hard, including salvage yards and metal recycling centers."
 



2014-07-07 - Apartment building damaged by explosion just before 2 AM in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Chelsea-Manhattan-Explosion-NYC-No-Injuries-265990961.html

2014-07-07 - Mobile home destroyed by explosion in Lexington (Kentucky), nobody home:
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20140707/NEWS05/307070014/UPDATED-Lexington-mobile-home-leveled-explosion
https://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20140708/NEWS05/140708008/Explosion-leveled-Lexington-mobile-home-not-deemed-suspicious-
http://www.sanilacbroadcasting.com/about-us/item/7226-suspect-gas-line-explosion-levels-mobile-home-in-lexington

2014-07-07 - At least one trailer explodes and burns in Nice (California), on the shore of Clear Lake:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140707/articles/140709725

Quote: "A caller reported hearing a loud explosion and popping sounds and seeing flames and smoke coming from a trailer on Crump Avenue, about one block north of Highway 20, Macedo said. He said three structures were reportedly involved but he did not know whether they were inhabited."

2014-07-07 - Home damaged by gas cylinder explosion in Nagbal (India), 7 injured:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Seven-Family-Members-Injured-in-Gas-Cylinder-Explosion/2014/07/07/article2319101.ece

2014-07-07 - Pallets burst into flame, fire spreads, law office destroyed, on Long Beach Boulevard in coastal Ship Bottom (New Jersey):
http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2014/07/07/shore-firefighters-battle-3-story-building-blaze-long-beach-boulevard-ship-bottom-new-jersey/12314105/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/07/2-alarm-fire-reported-in-ship-bottom-nj/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Breaks-Out-at-Law-Firm-Building-in-Ship-Bottom-266093951.html
http://7online.com/news/multi-alarm-fire-at-commercial-building-in-ship-bottom/165056/
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/25958694/firefighters-battle-fire-in-ship-bottom-nj

Quote: "Police and Shackleton's daughter Katie said the fire in the three-story building at 2119 Long Beach Blvd. started in some pallets behind the law office."

Note: Pallets, outdoors, right on the coast. Too bad they didn't know about the problem we're facing, because then they wouldn't have had those pallets there, and they'd still have an office building to work at. The construction industry might be hiring though - there's a lot of burned-up buildings to replace these days!

2014-07-07 - Recycling trailer bursts into flame in Texarkana (Texas):
http://www.wlox.com/story/25954946/county-owned-trailer-catches-fire-in-texarkana
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/25954946/m/category/106766/radar-images

Note: A home was damaged by an explosion and fire in Texarkana the day prior, mentioned in the 2014-07-06 update...

2014-07-07 - Duke electrical plant damaged by explosion and fire in Fort Meade (Florida):
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/explosion-fire-duke-energy-plant-polk-county/ngbHh/
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-duke-energy-explosion-bartow-20140707,0,1855711.story

2014-07-07 - Electrical substation erupts in flame in Tiffin (Ohio), half the city goes dark:
http://www.toledonewsnow.com/story/25954855/power-restored-to-tiffin-residents-after-substation-fire

Quote: "A fire at a power substation in Tiffin was responsible for knocking out power to more than half of the city Monday morning, according to Mayor Aaron Montz."

2014-07-07 - Transformer explodes and burns at Avemar Shopping centre in Kampala (Uganda):
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Avemar-Shopping-centre-catches-fire/-/688334/2374834/-/xivw8s/-/index.html

2014-07-07 - Tranformer explodes on street in Kelowna (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1437951/electrical-explosion-rocks-kelowna-neighbourhood/

2014-07-07 - Chevron Phillips plant hit by fire in coastal Port Arthur (Texas), at least 2 injured:
http://abc13.com/news/at-least-2-people-injured-in-chevron-phillips-plant-fire-in-port-arthur/166927/
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2014/07/two-workers-injured-in-chevron-phillips-plant-fire.html

2014-07-07 - Chemical plant damaged by explosion in Dalton (Georgia):
http://www.13wmaz.com/story/news/local/georgia/2014/07/07/dalton-plant-explosion/12282223/

2014-07-07 - Four golf carts go up in flames at 2:30 AM while parked at hospital in Chapel Hill (North Carolina):
http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x1550125870/No-one-hurt-at-fire-near-UNC-Hospitals
http://www.wral.com/fire-outside-unc-hospitals-closes-bridge-to-parking-deck/13791084/
http://chapelboro.com/news/fire/fire-unc-hospitals-parking-deck-shuts-walking-bridge/

Quote: "No one was injured in a fire that took place early Monday at an outdoor parking lot underneath a UNC Hospitals pedestrian bridge, according to a hospital spokesman. Four golf carts used for hospital transport were destroyed and a fifth was badly damaged, said spokesman Tom Hughes. The fire took place at about 2:30 a.m. Monday, Hughes said."

2014-07-07 - Huge 240-ton mine truck bursts into flame at mine in Eveleth (Minnesota):
http://www.fox21online.com/news/article/taconite-truck-catches-fire-eveleth
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/fire-burns-multiple-ton-mine-truck-utac
http://www.virginiamn.com/news/fire-damages-utac-production-truck/article_760084bc-0648-11e4-99ab-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/home/Iron-Range-Firefighters-fight-fire-at-U-TAC-Thunderbird-mine-in-Eveleth--265984501.html

Quote: "It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday night when a 240–ton production truck caught fire. The driver escaped and multiple fire departments were able to get the fire out by 8 p.m."

Note: A tire, 12 feet tall, burst into flame on one of these trucks at a business last year in Hibbing (Minnesota), mentioned in the 2013-05-28 update. I have no idea what one of these gigantic beasts costs, but it must be a bundle, and it looks like the one here in Eveleth was completely destroyed. This is big-time infrastructure equipment going up in flames here...

2014-07-07 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at marina in coastal Anacortes (Washington), nobody aboard:
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Anacortes-boat-fire-chief-expects-total-loss-266146611.html
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2014/07/anacortes-boat-fire-chief-expects-total-loss/
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Boat-fire-chief-expects-total-loss-5605429.php
http://threesheetsnw.com/blog/2014/07/fire-destroys-boat-at-anacortes-marina/
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20140707/NEWS03/140709298/Anacortes-boat-that-caught-fire-likely-a-total-loss

Quote: "The fire chief in Anacortes says a 40-foot boat that caught fire in the Anacortes Marina is expected to be a total loss. The Skagit Valley Herald reports that Fire Chief Richard Curtis said nearby boats have been moved to a safe location. Officials said the boat was unoccupied when the fire started Monday."

2014-07-07 - Boat bursts into flame on Lake Champlain near Mallets Bay (Vermont):
http://archive.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20121026/NEWS02/310260014

Quote: "A boat operator is safe but his vessel destroyed after it caught on fire this afternoon, Colchester police said. David Clow, 46, was found by the Colchester Police Department marine unit in a partially deflated life raft about a quarter mile from his burning boat."

2014-07-07 - Boat bursts into flame on the Ririe Reservoir in Bonneville County (Idaho):
http://www.localnews8.com/news/boat-burns-in-reservoir/26833342
http://www.eastidahonews.com/2014/07/boat-catches-fire-at-ririe-reservoir/

Quote: "A boat was burning about two miles upstream from the dam on the Ririe Reservoir on Monday morning. The Bonneville County Sheriff's office and Jefferson Central Fire District were called to the fire around 10 a.m. Three people on board the boat got off and flagged down another boat which picked them up. No one was hurt."

2014-07-07 - Boat, lawn tractor and garage destroyed by fire at 5 AM in Canastota (New York):
http://www.oneidadispatch.com/general-news/20140707/suspicious-fire-being-investigated-in-lenox

Quote: "The two-stall garage is a total loss, Ball said. It sits across the street from a primary residence and housed a boat, lawn tractor and other equipment."

Note: Address listed is on the eastern (downwind) shore of Oneida Lake, right where Black Creek and Oneida Creek merge together and flow into the lake, a triple-confluence...

2014-07-07 - Police speed boat explodes and burns in coastal Maharashtra (India), 2 injured:
http://eprahaar.in/fire-on-maha-polices-speed-boat-two-workers-injured/
http://www.samachar.com/Fire-on-Maharashtra-polices-speed-boat-two-workers-injured-ohhrWEddabg.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fire-on-maha-police-s-speed-boat-two-workers-injured-114070700524_1.html
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/07/Fire_on_Maharashtra_polices_speed_boat_two_workers_injured/
http://dnasyndication.com/dna/MUMBAI/dna_english_news_and_features/Explosion-on-coastal-polices-boat-at-Reti-Bunder-two-technicians-hurt/DNMUM310188

2014-07-07 - Tour bus bursts into flame on I-5 in Mission Viejo (California), near the coast:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-350258-lanes-bus.html

2014-07-07 - Passenger bus bursts into flame while parked in Lake Balboa area in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.postperiodical.com/bus-catches-fire-lake-balboa/

Quote: "The Los Angeles Fire Department has responded to an unoccupied bus on fire in the 8300 block of North Haskell Avenue in Lake Balboa..."

Note: Also see the van that burst into flame in the Studio City area of Los Angeles...

2014-07-07 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on road en route to Bangalore (India):
http://m.newindianexpress.com/bangalore/334225
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Bus%E2%80%99-Diesel-Tank-Catches-Fire-None-Hurt/2014/07/08/article2320372.ece

2014-07-07 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-355 in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.facebook.com/Chicagofirealerts/posts/10152482162815081

Quote: "Truck Fire | I-355 NB @ Boughton Rd | oil tanker. Cab fully involved."

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Staten Island Expressway in coastal Staten Island (New York):
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/tractor-trailer_fire_causes_de.html
http://photos.silive.com/advance/2014/07/tractor-trailer_fire_on_staten.html
http://www.wopular.com/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-delays-staten-island-expressway-near-bradley-avenue

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 5 AM on US 29 in Rockingham County (North Carolina):
http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/07/07/tractor-trailer-fire-highway-29-southbound-rockingham-county-traffic/12281951/
http://www.news-record.com/news/article_b832e622-05c6-11e4-ad1f-0017a43b2370.html
http://www.wxii12.com/news/truck-fire-shuts-down-part-of-highway-in-rockingham-county/26821770
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/55591055/#.U7tE-fldXh4
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/07/Truck_fire_shuts_down_part_of_highway_in_Rockingham_County/

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on street in Pittsfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.iberkshires.com/blog/iBerkshiresBlotter/2630/Truck-Fire-Closes-Pittsfield-s-West-Housatonic-Street.html
http://www.topix.com/albany/2014/07/truck-fire-closes-pittsfields-west-housatonic-street

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Route 219 near Sipesville (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennsnews.com/2014/07/tractor-trailer-hauling-milk-catches-fire-on-route-219/
http://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/tractor-trailer-hauling-milk-catches-fire-on-route/article_de052a12-063f-11e4-892e-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-07-07 - Tractor and shed destroyed by fire in Suffield (Connecticut):
http://www.journalinquirer.com/towns/suffield/cause-of-fire-that-destroyed-suffield-tobacco-shed-remains-under/article_2e7c24ac-069d-11e4-886f-0019bb2963f4.html

2014-07-07 - Garbage truck bursts into flame at Caddsdown Industrial Park in Bideford (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/news/newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=29596&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=35
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/Recycling-lorry-Bideford-industrial-park/story-21338972-detail/story.html

2014-07-07 - Ambulance bursts into flame on Lowther Street in Lemoyne (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/ambulance-catches-fire-lemoyne-10171.shtml

2014-07-07 - RV bursts into flame while parked in Sutherlin (Oregon):
http://www.kpic.com/news/local/Police-Suspicious-fire-destroys-RV-in-Sutherlin-266079301.html

2014-07-07 - RV bursts into flame while parked in Ukiah (California):
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/news/ci_26108900/rv-catches-fire-uvfa-updates-cause-trailer-fire

2014-07-07 - Van bursts into flame in the wee hours while parked in Studio City area of coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20140707/studio-city-van-fully-involved-in-fire
http://studiocity.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/van-fire-erupts-early-this-morning-in-studio-city
http://news.nom.co/studio-city-van-fully-involved-in-10497712-news/

2014-07-07 - Van bursts into flame outside home in Bend (Oregon):
http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/2220572-151/bus-fire-in-bend

2014-07-07 - Van bursts into flame on Nut Lane in coastal Northrepps (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/emergency_services_called_to_northrepps_to_reports_of_a_van_fire_1_3674215

2014-07-07 - Van bursts into flame on Queen Street in coastal Blackpool (Britain):
http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-town-centre-van-blaze-1-6714955
http://www.wave965.com/news/local/fire-crews-fight-van-blaze1/
http://qnews.co.uk/north-west/blackpool/fire-crews-fight-van-blaze

2014-07-07 - SUV bursts into flame on Russell Road in Midhurst (Canada), near Barrie:
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2014/07/07/suv-goes-up-in-flames-in-midhurst

Note: Three people were just found burned to death at 5:30 AM in a burning car near Barrie too, mentioned in the 2014-07-04 update. Latest news on that story is that the three people may be a missing father and two children who went to see a movie and never returned...

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at mulch business in Lower Providence Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.timesherald.com/general-news/20140707/truck-catches-fire-at-lower-providence-mulch-outfit

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on road in Blossburg (Pennsylvania):
http://tiogafreedomist.com/vehicle-fire-in-blossburg/

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck bursts into flame at gas station in Chattanooga (Tennessee), 1 injured:
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/25963725/one-burned-in-fire-at-mapco

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck bursts into flame near home in Lincoln (California):
http://www.lincolnnewsmessenger.com/article/7/08/14/vehicle-fire-yesterday

2014-07-07 - Two cars go up in flames while parked at post office in Dothan (Alabama):
http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Vehicle-Fire-at-Post-Office-Determined-266312561.html
http://www.rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/updated-at-330-pm--car-fire-at-northside-post-office-126415
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX18_tyW2vM
http://www.dothaneagle.com/news/article_3635dde2-0624-11e4-9f93-0017a43b2370.html

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame on I-10 in Houston (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/car-catches-fire-in-westbound-lane-of-i1-at-lockwood/26823422

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame on I-675 in Beavercreek (Ohio):
http://www.whio.com/photo/news/local/i-675-car-fire-causes-big-backup-dayton-oh-news/pCK2tS/

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame on Ashwood Road in coastal Manorhaven (New York):
http://portwashington.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/car-fire-extinguished-in-manorhaven
http://www.topix.com/city/manorhaven-ny/2014/07/car-fire-extinguished-in-manorhaven

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame at home, fire spreads to home, in Lake Monticello (Virginia):
http://www.fluvannareview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5832:car-fire&catid=81

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame while parked in wooded lot in Lehigh Acres (Florida):
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2014-07-07/Firefighters-find-vehicle-on-fire-in-wooded-Lehigh-lot

2014-07-07 - In separate incidents, two cars burst into flame in the wee hours while parked in Greater Sudbury (Canada):
http://www.northernlife.ca/news/policeandCourt/2014/07/07-car-fires-sudbury.aspx

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame at restaurant in Vernon (Canada):
http://infotel.ca/newsitem/car-catches-fire-in-busy-parking-lot/it11347

Quote: "There has been a series of suspected arsons in Vernon lately, but Imrich says this fire is not considered suspicious."

Note: The only reason the other fires are 'suspected arsons' is because nobody was around when they caught fire. That's it, the entirety of their 'case', which shows that they aren't paying attention to what's been happening in the world...

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto (Canada):
http://video.theloop.ca/news/watch/mynews-car-fire-on-a-toronto-highway/3663207522001

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame off Kettering Road in Northampton (Britain):
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/accidental-fire-destroys-car-parked-outside-shops-in-northampton-1-6165371
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/car-bursts-into-flames-in-kettering-road-in-northampton-1-6163910

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame at roundabout in Ainley Top (Britain):
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/ainley-top-car-fire-spreads-7382262

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame on the M180 near Scunthorpe (Britain):
http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Car-catches-M180/story-21338239-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/car-catches-fire-on-m180

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame at Knutsford Service Station (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-at-knutsford-services
http://www.newsnorthwest.org.uk/news/car-fire-at-knutsford-services

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame while parked on Holland Close in Reigate (Britain):
http://www.surreymirror.co.uk/Suspicious-car-Reigate/story-21338271-detail/story.html

2014-07-07 - Car bursts into flame at 12:43 AM while parked near homes in Exeter (Britain):
http://www.middevongazette.co.uk/Crew-tackles-car-fears-nearby-homes/story-21338224-detail/story.html
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=29594&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Car-destroyed-spread-homes-Heavitree-Exeter/story-21338357-detail/story.html

2014-07-07 - Motorcycle bursts into flame just before 3 AM on Medina Road in Wymering (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/fire-destroys-a-motorcycle-in-wymering-1-6162144

2014-07-07 - RV trailer bursts into flame on Johnston Street in Lafayette (Louisiana), fire spreads to pickup and tent:
http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2014/07/07/none-injured-camper-fire-near-fireworks-stand/12282249/

2014-07-07 - Classic car and storage units destroyed by fire at 6:30 AM at storage facility in coastal Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida):
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/07/07/several-storage-units-fire-ponte-vedra/12282225/
http://jacksonville.com/breaking-news/2014-07-07/story/several-storage-units-and-car-destroyed-ponte-vedra-beach-fire
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/07/07/Several_storage_units_and_car_destroyed_in_Ponte_Vedra_Beach/

Quote: "Firefighters battled flames from several storage units early Monday morning. St. Johns County Fire Rescue responded to a fire at Atlantic Storage at approximately 6:30 a.m. Inside one of those units was a classic car owned by a local doctor who says his treasured car was ruined."

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck and shed go up in flames in Madison Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.millvillefirecompany.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=193917377

2014-07-07 - Semitrailer and plastic bins containing metal parts go up in flames at business in Columbus (Indiana):
http://www.therepublic.com/view/local_story/Damaged-parts-semi-estimated-a_1404783113

2014-07-07 - Gas station destroyed by fire on Law Road in Jackson (Tennessee):
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140707/NEWS01/140707011/Fire-destroys-gas-station-building-Law-Road
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20140708/NEWS01/307080006/Local-briefs-Fire-destroys-BP-station-Law-Road

2014-07-07 - Large barn destroyed by massive blaze at 6:45 AM in Bentley, Alberta (Canada), 4000 pigs killed:
http://www.lacombeglobe.com/2014/07/07/fire-rips-through-bentley-hutterite-pig-barn
http://globalnews.ca/news/1437915/thousands-of-hogs-killed-in-central-alberta-barn-fire/
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/07/barn-fire-on-hutterite-co_n_5565449.html
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/barn+fire+kills+sows/10009414/story.html
http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/provincial-news/2014/07/07/barn-fire-on-hutterite-colony-in-central-alberta-kills-4-thousand-hogs/

Quote: "The blaze has resulted in approximately $5 to $6 million in damage."

2014-07-07 - Barn destroyed by fire in Skjeberg (Norway), near the coast, 250 pigs killed:
http://www.thelocal.no/20140708/saving-their-bacon-250-pigs-in-farm-fire-drama

2014-07-07 - Barn destroyed by fire at 2:47 AM in Mendon (Massachusetts), goat killed:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/article/20140708/NEWS/140707646/12581/NEWS
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20140708/NEWS/140707646/1994/NEWS

2014-07-07 - Barn destroyed by fire in Nampa, Ada County (Idaho), 4 horses killed:
http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Four-horses-perish-in-Nampa-barn-fire-266124791.html
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/07/08/3270969/4-horses-die-in-southwestern-idaho.html
http://www.ktvb.com/news/Four-horses-die-in-Meridian-barn-fire-266235311.html
http://www.postregister.com/content/4-horses-die-southwestern-idaho-barn-fire
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/4-horses-die-in-southwestern-idaho-barn-fire/26848518

2014-07-07 - Barn and equipment destroyed by fire near Bornholm (Canada):
http://www.lfpress.com/2014/07/07/no-livestock-in-barn-destroyed-by-fire-near-bornholm
http://www.mitchelladvocate.com/2014/07/07/fire-destroys-barn-near-bornholm

2014-07-07 - Barn damaged by fire on coastal Cobb Island (Maryland):
http://www.star983.com/star-fm-local-news-/105578
http://smnewsnet.com/archives/105678/barn-fire-in-newburg-under-investigation/
https://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/37994

2014-07-07 - Air-conditioner bursts into flame, fire spreads, two businesses damaged, in Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140707/NEWS/407070316/-1/rss01

Quote: "Seip said it was the first time he had ever heard of that type of air conditioner causing a fire. He said fire marshals couldn't pinpoint how the appliance caused the fire."

Note: Air-conditioners are vulnerable to the atmospheric contamination problem because A) they use electrified copper; and B) they move the atmosphere around. As time goes on, more air-conditioners will be igniting and causing fires like this one. It's already happening, just not on a huge scale...yet. Air-conditioned buses are the ones that have mainly been burning in India and killing people too, same problem. Normally in the summer the demand for those buses goes up, but this year, for the first time, demand actually went DOWN, because of all the people who have died on those buses in the last year or so...

2014-07-07 - Restaurant damaged by outdoor fire at 3:58 AM in Los Gatos (California):
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_26102134/los-gatos-manresa-restaurant-damaged-by-early-morning

Quote: "Santa Clara County fire cause investigator Dennis Johnsen said blaze likely started outside, and does not appear to have started from gas line."

2014-07-07 - Newspaper business damaged by fire in Ogden (Utah):
http://www.standard.net/News/2014/07/07/Fire-at-Standard-Examiner-building.html
http://kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/fire-at-northern-utah-newspaper-building-12414.shtml
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865606453/Fire-ignites-in-Standard-Examiner-baler-room.html
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=30613769&nid=148&title=fire-at-standard-examiner-building-under-control

2014-07-07 - Porch bursts into flame, fire spreads to home, in Hamilton (Ohio):
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/hamilton-home-catches-fire-14216.shtml

2014-07-07 - Mobile home destroyed by fire on Cypress Swamp Road in Horry County (South Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wbtw.com/story/25956281/fire-displaces-horry-county-homeowners

2014-07-07 - Home heavily damaged by fire near Scott Lake, in Waterford Township (Michigan):
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20140707/waterford-home-near-scott-lake-damaged-by-fire

2014-07-07 - Home under construction destroyed by massive inferno in Forks Township in Easton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/northampton-county-home-under-construction-burns-to-the-ground/26821588

2014-07-07 - Deadly blaze burns through home at 6:30 AM in Graettinger (Iowa), 2 boys killed:
http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2014/07/08/boys-5-and-7-die-after-iowa-house-fire/12353273/
http://www.kcrg.com/subject/news/boys-ages-5-and-7-die-after-northern-iowa-house-fire-20140708

2014-07-07 - Vacant home burns at 5:30 AM in Baton Rouge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/story/25955554/brfd-investigates-fire-at-vacant-house-with-electricity-running-to-it
http://theadvocate.com/news/9658153-123/cause-of-12th-st-vacant
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/louisiana-news/baton-rouge-news/item/700147-brfd-investigates-fire-at-vacant-house-with-electricity-running-to-it

2014-07-07 - Vacant house burns in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/story/25950457/smoke-flames-tear-through-vacant-shreveport-house

2014-07-07 - Vacant home burns in the wee hours in Hamilton (Canada):
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4618794-vacant-hamilton-house-damaged-in-fire/

2014-07-07 - Vacant home bursts into flame at 3:32 AM, fire spreads to business, in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/early-morning-fire-damages-central-bakersfield-business-house-070714

2014-07-07 - Vacant historic hotel destroyed by blaze just before midnight in Seaforth (Canada):
http://www.am980.ca/2014/07/07/22142/
http://blackburnnews.com/midwestern-ontario/midwestern-ontario-news/2014/07/07/fire-burns-seaforth-queens-hotel/
 



2014-07-07 - Couple, 51 and 47, drop dead in home in Layton (Utah):
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58158107-78/lyman-obvious-police-couple.html.csp
http://fox13now.com/2014/07/07/two-found-dead-in-layton/

Quote: "Lyman said there were no obvious signs of foul play and, according to fire officials, carbon monoxide levels were normal."

2014-07-07 - Couple and their daughter found dead along road in Kashmir (India):
http://freepresskashmir.com/bodies-of-three-members-of-a-family-found-on-mughal-road-101107/
 



2014-07-07 - Man found dead at school, HazMat event, 13 others treated, in coastal Plymouth (Massachusetts):
http://plymouth.wickedlocal.com/article/20140707/NEWS/140707782

Quote: "According to school officials, Flattery reported for work at 7 a.m. and was found unresponsive shortly after 8 a.m. by a secretary at the school. The building was evacuated and three local firefighters, three police officers, two state troopers, two paramedics and one school employee were transported to Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth for evaluation, with symptoms of possible chemical exposure."

Note: Plymouth is about 30 miles from Quincy (Massachusetts), where a persistent 'rotten egg' odor was blowing in off the ocean and a mysterious plane was buzzing the city last year, mentioned in the 2013-05-09 update and the 2013-05-10 update, respectively. That was hydrogen sulfide and that plane may have been monitoring the concentration in the air, or perhaps it was being used as a spotter to find peoples' corpses quickly and help keep things quiet, or both...

2014-07-07 - Man, 23, found dead in swimming pool in Mansfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/mansfield-police-release-name-of-drowning-victim/article_99f2eb48-06d0-11e4-9657-001a4bcf887a.html

2014-07-07 - Man, 26, drops dead in apartment in Tomah (Wisconsin):
http://www.news8000.com/news/man-found-dead-in-tomah-residence/26830318

2014-07-07 - Man disappears while swimming, next seen dead in Summersville Lake (West Virginia):
http://www.wvnstv.com/story/25958060/body-found-in-summersville-lake-recovery-under-way
http://www.wsaz.com/news/wvnews/headlines/Body-Found-in-Summersville-Lake-in-Nicholas-County-WVa-266132101.html
http://wajr.com/common/more.php?m=15&r=1&item_id=25451

2014-07-07 - Man, 20, disappears while swimming, next seen dead in Buffalo Lake, near Esmond (North Dakota):
http://www.wdaz.com/content/body-missing-swimmer-found-buffalo-lake
http://www.jamestownsun.com/content/body-recovered-pierce-county-lake-0
http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/25951743/pierce-county-sheriffs-find-body-of-missing-swimmer-in-buffalo-lake

2014-07-07 - Man found dead in car at 3:15 AM in La Porte (Indiana):
http://www.whatsnewlaporte.com/2014/07/07/mill-creek-man-found-dead-in-car-in-laporte/

2014-07-07 - Man, shoplifter, flees cops, dives in pond, never resurfaces, found dead, in Hanover (Maryland), near the coast:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/08/suspected-shoplifter-jumps-into-pond-near-mall/12354071/

2014-07-07 - Man found dead at 5:50 AM near school in Harris County (Texas):
http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Body-found-near-NW-Harris-Co-school-5603903.php
http://abc13.com/news/body-found-in-schools-parking-lot/163295/

2014-07-07 - Woman found dead near the Satilla River in Wayne County (Georgia):
http://www.wtoc.com/story/25957205/gbi-to-conduct-autopsy-on-body-found-in-wayne-county

2014-07-07 - Woman, 50, found dead in the Erie Canal in Lockport (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/police-blotter/missing-womans-body-found-in-erie-canal-in-lockport-20140707

2014-07-07 - Man, 52, drops dead outside home in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140708/man-found-dead-outside-new-haven-home-on-fourth-of-july

2014-07-07 - Man, 52, found dead in swampy area near Onamia Lake (Minnesota):
http://www.messagemedia.co/millelacs/news/local/article_5d5132e4-06bc-11e4-b7c2-0017a43b2370.html

2014-07-07 - In separate incidents, two people found dead in the Colorado River, near Rifle and in Grand County (Colorado):
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/12125215-113/county-river-grand-spotted
http://www.postindependent.com/news/12125215-113/body-colorado-river-saturday

2014-07-07 - Man, 25, found dead in canal in coastal Georgetown (Guyana):
http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2014/07/06/man-found-dead-in-blacka/

2014-07-07 - Politician, woman, drops dead in her home in Malaba (Kenya):
http://allafrica.com/stories/201407070422.html
http://www.news.nom.co/kenya-politician-drops-dead-10478454-news/
http://www.kenyanews247.com/news/politician-drops-dead

2014-07-07 - Man drops dead on street in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/278266/mans-body-found-aberdeen-street/

2014-07-07 - Man falls off 19th story flat and dies in coastal Glasgow (Scotland), possible toppler:
http://news.stv.tv/west-central/281781-man-dies-after-falling-from-19th-floor-flat-in-knightswood-glasgow/

2014-07-07 - Man, 25, found dead in the Delta Lakes area of Llanelli (Britain):
http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/BREAKING-NEWS-Police-confirm-body-discovered/story-21338969-detail/story.html
http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Breaking-News-Police-attending-incident-Delta/story-21338936-detail/story.html
 



2014-07-07 - Two small planes collide mid-air, one lands, one crashes, near Cascade (Idaho), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.kxly.com/news/northwest/2-private-planes-collide-near-idaho-airstrip/26827634
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/One-killed-after-planes-collide-in-mid-air-at-remote-airstrip--266117211.html

2014-07-07 - Small plane crashes into Long Island Sound (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/pilot_killed_in_long_island_so.html
http://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2014/07/50021/authorities-searching-l-i-sound-after-plane-crash-report/
http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2014/07/56024/authorities-searching-l-i-sound-after-plane-crash-report/

2014-07-07 - Small plane crashes into park in coastal Baytown (Texas), 3 injured:
http://abc13.com/news/police-plane-makes-crash-landing-at-baytown-park/166721/
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Small-airplane-crashes-at-Baytown-park-266142351.html
http://www.kristv.com/news/plane-crashes-into-park-3-people-taken-to-hosptial/

2014-07-07 - Small plane lands, landing gear collapses, at airport in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Plane-Makes-Hard-Landing-At-Wichita-Airport-266145321.html

Quote: "As the plane landed, a landing gear failed, causing the plane to go partly off of the runway. No one on board the plane was hurt."

2014-07-07 - Small plane crashes near Bonney Lake (Washington):
http://q13fox.com/2014/07/07/the-right-stuff-pilot-walks-away-uninjured-from-plane-crash-near-bonney-lake/
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/07/07/3278638/man-survives-small-plane-crash.html

2014-07-07 - Small plane crashes in field in Hancock County (Illinois), 1 injured:
http://www.connecttristates.com/news/story.aspx?id=1067142

2014-07-07 - Small plane crashes into the ocean in the Bahamas, 1 lightly injured:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/dania-beach/fl-plane-crash-bahamas-20140707,0,1843014.story
http://www.local10.com/news/3-men-rescued-after-small-plane-crashes-off-coast-of-bimini/26828638

2014-07-07 - Rash of vehicular accidents hits Victor Valley near Victorville (California), 9 people injured:
http://www.vvdailypress.com/article/20140707/NEWS/140709836/12987/NEWS

2014-07-07 - Passenger train derails at the Boylston station in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.whdh.com/story/25960568/mbta-reports-train-derailment-in-boylston-station-on-green-line

2014-07-07 - Unoccupied truck rolls onto train tracks and bursts into flame, in Westchester County (New York):
http://mtkisco.dailyvoice.com/news/truck-fire-disrupts-metro-north-trains-near-mount-kisco-station
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit/2014/07/07/metro-north-truck-tracks-causes-delays/12299643/
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2014/07/07/metro-north-truck-fire/12314759/

Quote: "A truck that rolled onto train tracks and caught fire led to a disruption in Metro-North train traffic, an MTA spokeswoman confirmed."

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer overturns on road in Portage County (Wisconsin):
http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/local/2014/07/07/driver-ok-semi-trailer-rollover-monday-morning/12312493/

2014-07-07 - Tractor trailer overturns in the wee hours on Route 40 in Bear (Delaware):
http://6abc.com/traffic/tractor-trailer-overturns-on-route-40-in-bear-del/162558/
http://philadelphia.cityandpress.com/node/8004525

2014-07-07 - SUV veers over centerline at 5:50 AM, hits pickup head-on, near Wagoner (Oklahoma), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.newson6.com/story/25957121/oklahoma-city-man-killed-in-head-on-crash-near-wagoner

2014-07-07 - Pickup truck veers off road, hits tree, bursts into flame, in Lafayette Parish (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/truck-catches-fire-after

2014-07-07 - Car veers over centerline, hits semi head-on, near Independence (Kansas), 1 killed:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kc-man-dies-in-headon-crash-in-southeast-kan/26822558

2014-07-07 - Car and van crash at 5:55 AM, both burst into flame, in Barrow Upon Humber (Britain), near the River Humber:
http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Car-van-early-morning-crash/story-21338243-detail/story.html
http://www.eastmidlandsnews.org.uk/news/car-van-on-fire-after-early-morning-crash
http://www.newsrt.co.uk/news/car-van-on-fire-after-early-morning-crash-2502734.html

2014-07-07 - Car veers over centerline, hits pickup head-on, in Fort Lawn (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/07/07/6119229/one-dead-after-two-car-collision.html

2014-07-07 - Car veers over centerline, hits pickup head-on, near Grandview (Iowa), 2 killed:
http://wqad.com/2014/07/07/drivers-killed-in-head-on-crash-in-louisa-county/

2014-07-07 - Car hits tree, bursts into flame, in Lapeer Township (Michigan), 2 killed:
http://www.abc12.com/story/25959128/2-women-die-after-car-fire-at-their-home

2014-07-07 - Two vehicles collide head-on before 6:30 AM near Stony Plain (Canada), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2014/07/head-on-crash-southwest-of-stony-plain-kills-one-man-seriously-injures-a-second/
 



2014-07-07 - Naked man walks down the street, gets arrested, in Hull (Britain):
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Naked-man-strolls-Spring-Bank-Ferensway-Hull/story-21339127-detail/story.html
 



2014-07-07 - Dog attacks owner, bites part of her ear off, in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/25960782/deputies-woman-missing-part-of-ear-after-dog-attack

Quote: "An Orlando woman was brutally attacked by her own dog, according to Orlando Fire Rescue. It happened just after 3:30 p.m. Monday on Nadine Street, near Gaston-Foster Road. Officials say part of the woman’s ear was bitten off."

2014-07-07 - Pit bull attacks and seriously injures owner and son in coastal Federal Way (Washington), dog shot dead:
http://q13fox.com/2014/07/08/police-kill-pit-bull-after-attack-on-owner-family-there-was-blood-all-over-home/

Quote: "The responding police officer, upon arrival at the home, 'walked in the open door and immediately saw blood all over the walls, hallway, back bedroom door and kitchen floor,' the report said. The officer shot and killed the dog as it was attempting to attack the owner’s son."

2014-07-07 - Dog attacks and injures child in coastal St. Augustine (Florida):
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/2014/07/07/dog-bite-child-st-augustine/12321757/

2014-07-07 - Pit bull chases woman, menaces cops, gets shot dead, on Plum Shore Road in Cecil County (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/pit-bull-shot-killed-in-cecil-county/26836164
 



2014-07-07 - Sinkhole opens on road in Yellowknife (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sinkhole-opens-on-yellowknife-s-forrest-drive-1.2699025
 



2014-07-07 - Home collapses, damages three more homes, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/164152/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/07/07/breaking-houses-collapse-in-cobbs-creek/
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/25956128/two-homes-collapse-in-west-philadelphia

Quote: "A number of homes were damaged after a partial house collapse in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia on Monday. It happened just before 12 p.m. in the 6000 block of Spruce Street. Initial reports indicate the second floor of one of the homes came down, causing the damage. Two homes appeared to be heavily damaged, while another two homes appeared to also have damage."

2014-07-07 - Bridge over the Bluestone River collapses in Mercer County (West Virginia):
http://www.bdtonline.com/local/x1736702352/Mercer-County-bridge-collapses-at-Rock-River-Road
http://www.bdtonline.com/local/x611405718/Rock-road-closed-due-to-bridge-collapse
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/4a708fd444f54b72ac931bfbd4e23185/WV--Bridge-Collapse

2014-07-07 - Bridge collapses on the island of Sicily (Italy), some people injured:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=228412
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140707/bridge-collapses-italys-sicily-some-injured-media-reports
http://www.ubalert.com/JdMb

Quote: "Reports of the Sicilian press said the road bridge, which reaches 60 meters at the highest point, suddenly collapsed while the cars were passing."

2014-07-07 - Building collapses in coastal Chennai (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Chennai/150-year-old-building-collapses-in-Chennai/articleshow/37957374.cms
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Portions-of-Century-Old-Building-Collapse-in-Chennai-No-Casualties/2014/07/07/article2319243.ece

2014-07-07 - Power outage hits the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, train evacuated:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2683084/Hundreds-Eurostar-passengers-evacuated-train-breaks-Channel-Tunnel.html
 



2014-07-07 - School bus driver collapses and almost dies, critical condition, in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.local10.com/news/miamidade-school-bus-driver-collapses-while-on-route/26824716
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miami-Dade-School-Bus-Driver-Collapses-266050591.html

Note: A bus driver just had a 'medical emergency' and died, and the bus then crashed into a building, in Minneapolis (Minnesota), mentioned in the 2014-07-04 update. As the atmospheric contamination intensifies, more drivers will be having 'medical events', seizures, falling unconscious and/or dying while driving. Most of these stories get little press but when it's a bus driver people tend to notice because of the potential for high casualty counts...

2014-07-07 - Man dives in water to help woman, goes missing, in Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township (Michigan):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/search-underway-for-man-in-lake-st-clair/26843814

2014-07-07 - Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off the coast near Chiapas (Mexico), at least 4 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20140707-44447-MEX
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000rr6a#summary
http://abc7.com/news/strong-quake-hits-mexico-guatemala;-4-dead/163151/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/usgs-magnitude-71-earthquake-hits-off-coast-southern-24448292
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/07/world/americas/mexico-earthquake/
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2014/07/magnitude-71_earthquake_strike.html

2014-07-07 - Volcano Santiaguito erupts in Guatemala:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20140707-44449-GTM

2014-07-07 - US Navy equips USS Millinocket with electromagnetic railguns for 2016 ocean tests:
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jul/08/navy-supergun-railgun/

Quote: "Klunder said the energy produced by the railgun is roughly equivalent to what it would take to fire a freight train through a wall at 100 mph. Not just the train’s engine -- the whole train. 'Some people call it super gun. I’m OK with that,' said Klunder, who has overseen some of the $250 million in development work performed on the new system."

2014-07-07 - Drunk woman steals horse, tries to rob convenience store, near Fyffe (Alabama):
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/25970032/intoxicated-woman-on-horse-tries-to-rob-alabama-store
http://myfox8.com/2014/07/08/intoxicated-woman-on-horse-tries-to-rob-alabama-store/
 

3 comments:

  1. This report is amazing Jonny! Lots of electrical infrastructure disruptions, fires of all kinds, buildings and bridges collapsing, people keeling over, and the other "usual" occurrences. Then we move into the BIG stuff, like that enormous mine truck going up in flames! I saw one of these behemoths coming off the assembly line when I was a kid - the truck was equipped with an attached 10' ladder just to get into the cab!

    Holy slapacowa - it's gettin' crazy!

    Here's an article calling the end of fish everywhere in the world:

    http://www.dailyimpact.net/2014/07/07/fishin-gone-all-over-the-world/#more-2278

    Fishin’ Gone. All Over the World.

    The headline in the Washington Post on June 3: “The End of Fish.” Not even the usual weasel question mark at the end to avoid the declarative statement. In mid-June the Global Ocean Commission stated its conclusion that the world’s oceans are on the brink of collapse, offering a Pollyanna-ish eight-point plan for their complete recovery (Step One: Every country in the United Nations agrees to stop plundering the oceans for profit and start working for their recovery. Just give us a call when you’ve done that, and we’ll move on to Step Two.) In late June, Quartz detailed the $27 billion in subsidies from the world’s richest countries to the largest, nost destructive fleets of deep-ocean trawlers, without which they could not sail. The headline on the July 11 cover story in Newsweek: “The Disaster We’ve Wrought on the World’s Oceans May Be Irrevocable.”

    Earlier, in May, Michael Snyder writing for the American Dream blog tabulated a list of fresh- and salt-water fish kills around the world in a single month this spring that will set your hair on fire.

    It is important to realize that the culprit here is not climate change, although it is making a contribution to the problem. If there were no such thing as climate change, the world’s fish would still be on Death Row, put there by the same endearing qualities and activities that have brought us climate change: boundless greed; massive pollution of air, water and soil; heedless exploitation of natural resources; and political paralysis brought on by injections of currency.

    Specifically, three things are wiping out the fish, and there is no reasonable expectation that any of them will abate anytime soon.

    1. Ocean Acidification. [descriptive paragraph]

    2. Algae Blooms. [descriptive paragraph]

    3. Overfishing. [descriptive paragraph]

    The bad news is that the fish are dying so fast that any serious effort to help them would have to have started years ago. The good news: in just a few more years, there will no longer be a problem. Because as the narrator on Evening Shade intoned years ago: “Where there is no solution, there is no problem.”

    Thanks again.

    Tom

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    1. Yeah, wild 'n crazy day here! Realistically, looks like fish have had it. No 'save the fish' campaign is gonna save the fish. In fact, we might wanna start a 'save the human race' campaign and leave the fish to fend for themselves. They might just outlast us!

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  2. Huh, if that's the case with the quakes then I wonder if we'll see more sinkholes just like that one. Can't see why not - there's nothing terribly special about the area that one is in at Bayou Corne.

    Haha, I searched YouTube for 'vapor wave' and the song/video that came up first was this one:

    https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzmfc3_against-the-waves-something-more-official-music-video_music

    LMAO, chill is not the right adjective for that song! I did find some actual vapor wave songs, which were a lot less insanely frantic.

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