2015-02-01 - Whitney Houston's daughter found unresponsive in bathtub, rushed to hospital, near Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/290426631.html
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/31/entertainment/whitney-houston-daughter-unresponsive/
http://www.sltrib.com/news/2132151-155/haunting-parallels-between-whitney-houston-daughter
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenkilloran/2015/01/31/bobbi-kristina-brown-stable-breathing-after-found-unresponsive-in-bathtub/
Quote: "Nobody knows what caused Brown's unresponsiveness, Holland said, but police consider it a medical incident at this time. She said investigators had found nothing to indicate it was drug- or alcohol-related."
2015-02-01 - Woman, 51, has respiratory problems on cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, medevac'd off:
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_5cde8fd9-5734-5de2-8105-d82eae9bd465.html
Quote: "The Coast Guard said Sunday that it received word Saturday night that a 51-year-old woman was having respiratory problems on the Carnival ship Magic. Authorities dispatched a helicopter Saturday night to a ship more than 180 miles offshore from Galveston."
2015-02-01 - Several passengers sicken on cruise ship, another passenger has 'medical emergency', near coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-returns-early-to-baltimore/31053844
Quote: "Also on Sunday an on-board guest experienced a medical emergency and was initially treated in the ship's medical facility but will require additional medical attention that can only be provided in a land-based hospital, Martinez said. It's unclear if that guest's medical issue was related to the others who were sickened."
2015-02-01 - Man, 26, goes swimming, found foaming from the mouth and unconscious at beach in coastal Piti on the island of Guam:
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20150201/NEWS01/150201002/Man-nearly-drowns-USO-Beach-Piti
Quote: "Salas said the man was unresponsive and foaming at the mouth, and that a family member of the man administered CPR."
Quote: "Salas did not know what caused the near drowning, adding the man was not in open water but swimming near rocks he could have easily reached."
Note: Near rocks he could easily have reached unless he was busy being unconscious and/or having a seizure or 'medical event'. Hydrogen sulfide is water-soluble and it's rising from the depths, so you won't know when water is contaminated or not. And it could be contaminated in one area but just fine 20 feet away. Contact with contaminated water can sicken you, knock you unconscious or kill you. In fact, being knocked unconscious in water will often kill you simply from breathing water once unconscious. You can breathe it in gas form as it blows around in the atmosphere and sicken or die that way too, but that's not the ONLY way it's killing people...
2015-02-01 - Heavy flooding hits Greece and Albania, historic bridge collapses:
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/02/01/historic-bridge-of-plaka-arta-collapses-due-to-heavy-rains-video/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/flash-floods-hit-greece-destroy-bridge-force-evacuations-28639851
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Flash-floods-hit-Greece-destroy-bridge-force-6054997.php
http://www.sott.net/article/292146-Flash-flooding-hits-Greece-and-Albania-forcing-evacuations
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/01/flash-floods-force-hundreds-to-evacuate-in-northwestern-greece-destroy-18th/
2015-02-01 - Floods and landslides hit Indonesia, 2 killed, 5000 homes damaged:
http://floodlist.com/asia/2-dead-5000-homes-damaged-floods-indonesia
http://www.sott.net/article/292177-2-dead-and-5000-homes-damaged-following-floods-and-landslides-in-Indonesia
2015-02-02 - Strange creature seen by farmers in Sarawak (Indonesia):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=621_1422844895
Note: Possibly a genetic chimera, a blending of two species. If so then it looks like this one may have some human genes in it. They'd best hope that this is a one-off and that there's not a breeding colony of these things established in the area...
2015-02-02 - Unusual earthquake swarm rattles people in the Pribilof Islands (Alaska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150203-46867-USA
Quote: "The roughly 100 residents of St. George were worried about the sudden earthquakes, Mayor Patrick Pletnikoff said Monday. 'Holy moly, it gets you thinking about what's going on with the environment out here,' Pletnikoff said. Pletnikoff, 67, was born and raised on the island. He said he can't recall ever feeling an earthquake before Friday."
2015-02-02 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes area near La Punta (Argentina):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000tkwv#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/292178-USGS-Earthquake-Magnitude-6-3-87km-NW-of-La-Punta-Argentina
2015-02-02 - Boston sets 7-day snow record with 40.2 inches:
http://www.wcvb.com/weather/boston-sets-snow-record-as-storm-buries-massachusetts/31052766
http://www.sott.net/article/292205-Boston-sets-7-day-snowfall-record
Quote: "Boston set a new record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history on Monday afternoon with 40.2 inches. The old record of 31.2 inches was set 19 years ago in January, 1996."
Note: Just completely blew past the old record...
2015-02-02 - San Francisco received no measurable rainfall in January, setting city record:
http://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-experiences-driest-january-record-204928750.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292203-San-Francisco-received-no-measurable-rain-in-January-setting-city-record
Quote: "For the first time in recorded weather history, San Francisco received no measurable rain in January."
2015-02-02 - Dozens of dog-sized jackrabbits swarm development in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://www.whas11.com/story/news/2015/02/02/jackrabbits-fargo-north-dakota-homeowners-small-dogs/22746741/
2015-02-02 - Painted bunting (bird) shows up in Oakville (Canada):
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5297442-hamilton-birders-flock-together-to-spot-rare-painted-bunting/
http://www.sott.net/article/292182-Another-odd-bird-migration-Painted-bunting-turns-up-in-Oakville-Canada
2015-02-03 - Crewmember sickens with stroke-like symptoms on ship in coastal San Francisco (California), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Point-Vicente-7531840.html
Quote: "At 12:06 p.m., Coast Guard Sector San Francisco Command Center watchstanders were notified of a crewmember suffering stroke-like symptoms aboard the tug which was operating approximately 1.5 miles east of Hunter's Point."
2015-02-03 - Mount Etna continues erupting and belching smoke and ash in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150204-46878-ITA
2015-02-03 - Red tide hits the west coast of South Africa:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150203-46871-ZAF
2015-02-03 - Landfill stench annoying people in coastal Savannah (Georgia):
http://www.kptv.com/story/28015487/asked-answered-is-there-any-solution-to-the-landfill-stench
2015-02-03 - Truck and SUV sales kick ass in January in the US:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/02/03/january-auto-sales/22765369/
Note: People have a lot of crashed and burned-up trucks and SUVs to replace. Apparently mass destruction is great for business!
2015-02-03 - Manatees clustering in Three Sisters Spring (Florida) to escape the cold:
http://www.inquisitr.com/1810476/invasion-of-the-manatees-more-than-300-manatees-converge-on-three-sisters-spring-in-florida/
http://www.sott.net/article/292234-Over-300-manatees-converge-on-Three-Sisters-Spring-in-Florida-to-escape-cold-temperatures
2015-02-03 - Eurasian Fieldfare (bird) shows up in Apple River (Canada):
http://www.capebretonpost.com/section/2015-02-03/article-4030210/Snowstorm-brings-rare-bird-to-Apple-River,-Cumberland-County/1
http://www.sott.net/article/292217-Snowstorm-brings-Eurasian-thrush-to-Apple-River-Canada
2015-02-03 - Cape May Warbler winters in Enterprise (Oregon), second ever seen here:
http://www.wallowa.com/local_news/20150202/wintering-warbler-excites-birders
http://www.sott.net/article/292218-Wintering-Cape-May-warbler-found-in-Enterprise-Oregon
2015-02-04 - 'Atmospheric river' of moisture heads toward California:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/weather/article9180716.html
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/02/05/planes-to-scout-atmospheric-river/22934061/
2015-02-04 - US Navy unveils autonomous firefighting robot:
http://wtkr.com/2015/02/05/navy-unveils-firefighting-robot/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-testing-robot-that-could-fight-fires-aboard-ships/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-navy-unveils-new-firefighting-robot-prototype-article-1.2104727
2015-02-05 - Volcano erupting on Reunion Island (France):
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2015/02/04/new-eruption-started-at-piton-de-la-fournaise-volcano-reunion/
http://www.npr.org/2015/02/05/384119711/observers-flock-to-erupting-reunion-volcano
http://www.wbur.org/npr/384119711/observers-flock-to-erupting-reunion-volcano
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/piton_fournaise/news.html
2015-02-05 - Volcano Taal rumbles and shows signs of activity on Taal Volcano Island (Philippine Islands):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150205-46895-PHL
2015-02-05 - Submarine volcanoes can alter climate:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/05/inconvenient-study-seafloor-volcano-pulses-may-alter-climate-models-may-be-wrong/
http://www.sott.net/article/292337-Inconvenient-study-Submarine-volcano-pulses-may-alter-climate-models-may-be-wrong
2015-02-05 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article9333116.html
2015-02-05 - Command-And-Control E-4B Nightwatch plane visits Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.newson6.com/story/28038208/mysterious-nightwatch-aircraft-visits-tulsa-again
Quote: "It's a military version of the Boeing 747 called the E-4B Nightwatch. The Pentagon uses the plane for what it calls the National Airborne Operations Center or NAOC for short. In a national emergency, the president, secretary of defense and/or the Joint Chiefs of Staff would use it to command of the military. The idea is that it's so mobile, it would be very hard for enemy forces to target it. Because it's considered a national security asset, the Air Force won't talk about its operational activity, including its training flights."
2015-02-05 - Heavy snowfall traps 200 motorists between Cantabria and the province of Palencia (Spain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31146535
http://www.sott.net/article/292339-Heavy-snowfall-traps-over-200-motorists-in-Spain
2015-02-06 - Children sickened at school, unknown cause, in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20150207-46906-USA
Quote: "Palm Beach County School District confirmed Friday that HazMat crews responded to Jeaga Middle School on Jog Road in West Palm Beach for reports of an unknown chemical that impacted 2 science classrooms. Sixty children were evaluated for possible exposure to the unknown chemical."
Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2015-02-06 - Ancient hydrogen-sulfide-rich atmosphere may have created vast gold deposits at Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa:
http://www.futurity.org/witwatersrand-gold-sulfur-850352/
Quote: "The gold deposits in the Witwatersrand, which are unique worldwide, could have thus been formed only during a certain period of the Earth’s history: after the development of the first continental life forms in shallow lakes at least 3 billion years ago, but before the first emergence of free oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere approximately 2.5 billion years ago."
2015-02-06 - Jennifer Lawrence poses naked with boa constrictor:
http://metro.co.uk/2015/02/06/jennifer-lawrence-has-got-naked-on-the-internet-again-5052171/
Note: I just read the articles!
2015-02-07 - Milky rain falls on Oregon and Washington, possible volcanic ash in the rain:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/07/us/northwest-mystery-ash/index.html
2015-02-07 - Volcán de Fuego erupts explosively, splatters ash onto nearby towns, in Guatemala:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/07/volcano-guatemala-erupts_n_6637780.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article9527987.html
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-volcano-guatemala-erupts-spewing-rock-ash-28803263
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/07/guatemala-fire-volcano-spews-rock-and-ash-dusting-homes-in-antigua-as-officials/
http://news.yahoo.com/fire-volcano-guatemala-erupts-spewing-rock-ash-235355303.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/08/fire-volcano-covers-guatemala-towns-with-rock-ash/
Quote: "A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala says the Fire Volcano has exploded, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities."
2015-02-08 - Microscopic metal orbs found in the atmosphere which spew out something:
http://yournewswire.com/extraterrestrial-orb-could-be-a-seed-sent-by-aliens-scientists-suggest/
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2015/02/extraterrestrial-orb-could-be-a-seed-sent-by-aliens-scientists-suggest-3104732.html
Note: Some kind of nano-device to fight the atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane contamination problem by delivering something that reacts away hydrogen sulfide and/or methane? I wonder what these things do to a person when someone inhales them into their lungs...
2015-02-08 - Mount Shindake inflating and releasing increased amounts of volcanic gases on Kuchinoerabujima Island (Japan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150208-46918-JPN
Quote: "A volcano on an inhabited island in Kagoshima Prefecture that erupted last August for the first time in 34 years is again showing signs of increased volcanic activity. The amount of volcanic gas emitted from Mount Shindake on Kuchinoerabujima island has increased greatly this year. Experts said there was a possibility of volcanic activity, such as rising magma, and urged caution about a possible new eruption."
2015-02-08 - Giant rats continue spreading across Britain, new 20-incher found:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150208-46914-GBR
Quote: "Estimates of the UK's rat population - seen and unseen - range between 10-80 million. But anecdotal evidence suggests that rats in general, and big rats in particular, are on the up."
2015-02-08 - Girl born already pregnant with twins in Kowloon, Hong Kong (China):
http://worldduh.com/2015/02/08/baby-girl-who-was-born-pregnant-with-twins-leaves-doctors-in-shock/
2015-02-09 - Sulfurous landfill odor blowing around Tawa (New Zealand):
http://mvmeh.com/trademe_www547262d4851e9.mvmeh.com/dominion-post/news/porirua/65989273/Landfill-causing-a-stink-in-Tawa
Quote: "What's causing those smells is sulfur gas. Normally in Wellington the wind is there and it mixes it up and nobody notices it."
Note: Nobody notices it until their kidneys fail, or their brain rots and they go insane, or they fall over dead, or they or their vehicle bursts into flame, or their home explodes, or they lose consciousness while driving and crash, etc, etc. THEN they notice. But then, by and large, it's too late for the noticing to matter...
2015-02-09 - Hubble telescope captures image of the universe smiling at us:
http://gma.yahoo.com/smiley-face-deep-space-captured-hubble-telescope-175033743--abc-news-lifestyle.html
2015-02-09 - Killer shrimp could invade the Great Lakes:
http://news.yahoo.com/killer-shrimp-could-invade-great-lakes-130135623.html
Quote: "Killer shrimp, creatures that indiscriminately slay other animals without eating them, may soon join the list of invasive species living in the Great Lakes, a new study finds."
2015-02-10 - Two passengers sicken on cruise ship near coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/2-Cruise-Ship-Passengers-Hospitalized-in-Miami-291445011.html
2015-02-10 - White cloud spotted rising from the ocean near Tonga, possibly volcanic:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150210-46942-TON
Quote: "An earlier eruption, that began late last year and lasted about five weeks, created new land in the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai region, which is about 65 kilometres northwest of the capital, Nuku'alofa."
Note: Could be another submarine volcanic eruption, and maybe a new island will form here too...
2015-02-10 - Arctic blast heads toward the US Midwest, some guy in St. Louis shivers:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/frigid-polar-arctic-midwest-east/42078001
http://www.sott.net/article/292500-Frigid-air-to-bring-harshest-winter-conditions-to-Midwest-East-through-mid-February
2015-02-11 - NTSB wants nationwide audit of smoke/fire safety in underground transit systems:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/11/us/us-transit-systems-audit/
http://kfor.com/2015/02/11/fatal-metro-station-fire-leads-to-transportation-audits-across-the-u-s/
http://www.kwin.com/common/more.php?m=151&ts=1423696502&article=CEA5B2AEB24311E4B51EFEFDADE6840A&mode=2
http://www.facebook.com/CBS46/posts/10153089391601252
Quote: "Metro systems that travel underground in the United States may be unprepared for smoke or fire emergencies, National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Keith Holloway said Tuesday. The board wants a nationwide audit of transit systems, with emphasis on trains that operate in enclosed tunnels. The huge undertaking would be the first of its kind, Holloway said. The call for an audit comes as investigators look into a January 12 fatal accident that happened near the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington. An electrical malfunction inside the tunnel caused train cars to fill with smoke. Passengers who were trapped inside said they struggled to breathe. One female passenger died."
2015-02-11 - Reporter investigates the mysterious boom phenomenon:
http://redpillreports.com/science-technology/linda-moulton-howe-boom-mystery-more-frequent-and-intense/
2015-02-11 - European Space Agency space plane launches and returns successfully:
http://www.dawn.com/news/1162985/europe-launches-space-plane-brings-it-back-to-earth
2015-02-11 - Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes near El Aguilar (Argentina):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00njmfbj#general_summary
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/uk-chile-earthquake-idUKKBN0LF2B020150211
http://news.yahoo.com/6-7-magnitude-quake-strikes-chile-argentina-border-195142845.html
2015-02-11 - Sandstorm rages into Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, worst in years:
http://www.sott.net/article/292497-Sandstorm-sweeps-across-Israel-Palestine-Lebanon-and-Egypt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2949392/Raging-sandstorm-engulfs-Israel-Palestine-Lebanon-Egypt-Airports-seaports-close-swimmers-rescued-Red-Sea.html
2015-02-12 - Man goes out on kayak at Lake Hartwell (South Carolina), goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found:
http://www.thestate.com/2015/02/12/3985585_search-to-continue-friday-for.html
http://www.wlos.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/ga-woman-claims-see-missing-kayaker-19710.shtml
Quote: "Hamby’s lime green kayak and other belongings were found Thursday morning on the Georgia side of the lake not far from where Hamby put his boat into the lake..."
2015-02-12 - Volcano Colima (Mexico) erupts explosively, blows ash 29,000 feet into the sky:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150212-46967-MEX
Quote: "A small pyroclastic flow - or quick current of hot gas and rock - traveled down the mountain's steep slope, according to Volcano Discovery. The science site says residue from the blast drifted northeast and fell across several cities in Jalisco state."
2015-02-13 - Rotten egg odor hits school in Midwest City (Oklahoma), school evacuated, nothing found:
http://www.okcfox.com/story/28102782/telstar-elementary-school-in-mwc-evacuated-because-of-gas-leak
http://kfor.com/2015/02/13/fire-department-no-evidence-of-gas-leak-after-elementary-school-evacuated/
Note: Someone called in a smell of natural gas. Natural gas is odorless, but they add methyl mercaptan to it, which smells like rotten eggs. But so does hydrogen sulfide at low concentrations, so this was probably low-level hydrogen sulfide, which would explain why they detected no natural gas anywhere. They said it may have come from a nearby oil well. That very well could be: hydrogen sulfide is what makes oil and natural gas 'sour' and is eventually removed from the oil/gas at refineries. So that nearby oil well may be leaking poison gas onto this area from time to time...
2015-02-13 - Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000tp5q#general_summary
2015-02-13 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Taiwan:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000tp6y#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/292594-USGS-Earthquake-magnitude-6-2-30km-ESE-of-Taitung-City-Taiwan
2015-02-13 - Water shortages imminent in Pakistan:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/02/starved-for-energy-pakistan-braces-for.html
2015-02-13 - Middle Tennessee State University now offering bachelor's degree in drone flying:
http://wkrn.com/2015/02/13/mtsu-unveils-bachelors-degree-in-unmanned-aircraft-operations/
2015-02-14 - Volcano Mauna Loa (Hawaii) rumbling and showing ground deformation:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150214-46997-USA
2015-02-14 - Snow emergency hits Wentzville (Missouri), some guy in St. Louis says, 'Hey, it's hitting me too!':
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20150216-47011-USA
Note: Gotta say, it sure is purty, but I'll still be glad when it's gone!
2015-02-14 - Winter storm hits northern Georgia, state of emergency declared in 15 counties:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20150216-47010-USA
Quote: "The emergencies have been declared in Catoosa, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Habersham, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Rabun, Towns, Union, Walker, White and Whitfield counties."
2015-02-14 - Tesla creating battery packs that can power a home:
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-in-6-months-we-will-start-producing-battery-packs-that-can-power-a-home-2015-2
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/12/1364087/-Tesla-s-Elon-Musk-says-they-ve-created-a-battery-to-power-your-home-and-it-s-coming-soon-very-soon
Quote: "'We are going to unveil the Tesla home battery, the consumer battery that would be for use in people's houses or businesses fairly soon,' CEO Elon Musk said, according to Bloomberg."
2015-02-14 - Ebola victims' corpses still infectious up to a week after death:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/health/ebola-victims-still-infectious-a-week-after-death-scientists-find.html
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/32741/20150213/bodies-of-ebola-victims-can-be-infectious-for-a-week.htm
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/289415.php
2015-02-14 - Scorpion stings woman on passenger plane in Los Angeles (California):
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150215/NEWS/150219445/1994/NEWS
http://koin.com/2015/02/14/scorpion-stings-woman-on-plane-with-osu-beavers/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Scorpion-Stings-Passenger-LAX-Alaska-Flight-291992671.html
Quote: "Now this is a scary first..A woman has been stung by a scorpion on our plane while we were on the tarmac...now heading back to the gate."
2015-02-15 - Volcano erupts, blows ash 25,000 feet into the air, on Paramushir Island (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150216-47017-RUS
Quote: "KVERT warns that a larger explosion, with ash plumes of 10 km or more, could occur. After Klyuchevskoy, Shiveluch, Zhupanovsky and Karymski volcanoes on Kamchatka, it is the fifth Russian volcano currently erupting in the region, posing danger to aviation."
2015-02-15 - Cal Fire starts hiring firefighters earlier than usual for the upcoming fire season:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Cal-Fire-Seasonal-Hiring-Starts-Earlier-Than-Usual-292126891.html
http://sanfrancisco.suntimes.com/sf-news/7/74/93810/cal-fire-seasonal-hiring-starts-earlier-than-usual
Note: Good move...
2015-02-15 - Giant wave knocks people off boat in Haleiwa Boat Harbor (Hawaii), 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=GW-20150216-47016-USA
http://www.kitv.com/news/19-rescued-after-catamaran-gets-hit-by-large-wave-in-haleiwa/31288244
2015-02-15 - Rat population exploding in the Sourhill area of Ballymena (Ireland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150215-47006-GBR
Quote: "Residents in the Sourhill area of Ballymena say they have witnessed a huge rise in the rodent population in recent months. They have been warned to be vigilant and keep their doors shut while efforts are made to kill off the vermin. Pictures show rats roaming close to homes in broad daylight, with videos showing them scurrying past dog walkers close to a golf course in the area."
2015-02-15 - Fox population exploding near Canberra (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-15/increasing-fox-population-causing-massive-damage-in-canberra/6076788
Note: Ship the foxes to Ireland to help with the rat problem?! Or the US could start shipping invasive pythons to Canberra to help with the fox problem. We've got options. And problems!
2015-02-16 - Volcano Colima erupts again on the west coast of Mexico:
http://sputniknews.com/environment/20150217/1018400278.html
2015-02-16 - Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off the coast of Japan near Miyako (Japan):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000tpvj#general_summary
2015-02-16 - Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the South Sandwich Islands:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=427699
2015-02-16 - Man, 36, has chest pains on fishing boat near coastal Cape Blanco (Oregon), medevac'd off:
http://theworldlink.com/news/local/coast-guard-medevacs-mariner-from-cape-blanco/article_a877c914-0cec-5f36-a377-2f597dff8a31.html
2015-02-17 - People sickening in Khadinyar (India), unknown cause:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150217-47033-IND
2015-02-17 - Fish with two mouths caught in lake near Barmera (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/292741-Fish-with-2-mouths-caught-in-Australian-lake
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2956613/Incredibly-rare-fish-discovered-two-mouths.html
2015-02-17 - Vast bed of manganese nodules found on ocean floor near Barbados:
http://www.livescience.com/49820-manganese-nodules-atlantic-ocean.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292721-Vast-bed-of-metal-balls-found-on-ocean-floor
Note: Here is an article from 2006, explaining how a form of dissolved manganese in ocean water reacts with oxygen from above and hydrogen sulfide from below, helping to keep the hydrogen sulfide layer in check in the oceans. So maybe these manganese nodules on the ocean floor were formed slowly over time by the results of that reaction...
2015-02-17 - Record-breaking cold freezes Chicago and other areas of the Midwest:
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/subzero-wind-chills-for-chicago-area/523072/
2015-02-17 - Major snowstorm heads toward Turkey:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/another-snowstorm-set-to-blank/42376719
http://www.sott.net/article/292755-Another-snowstorm-to-pound-Turkey-5-12-inches-expected
2015-02-17 - Brilliant fireball streaks across the sky, seen in Pennsylvania and New York:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20150219-47044-USA
http://www.wtae.com/news/fireball-seen-over-pittsburgh-area-captured-on-video/31318000
http://www.space.com/28593-bright-fireball-above-pennsylvania-video.html
2015-02-18 - Mount Sinbung erupts, buries some homes in ash, in North Sumatra (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150219-47046-IDN
2015-02-18 - Landfill odors sickening residents of Odessa (Texas):
http://cbs7.com/multimedia/article_1bee7a16-b7ef-11e4-ba73-bbbf2794d679.html
Quote: "It smells like rotten, sometime like oils, like gas..."
2015-02-18 - Extreme cold temps freeze Niagara Falls (New York):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2958849/Niagara-Falls-frozen-extreme-winter-weather-continues-East-Coast-going-colder.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292788-Niagara-Falls-freezes-over-as-extreme-winter-weather-continues
2015-02-19 - Firefighter has medical emergency and collapses at scene of fire in Houston (Texas):
http://abc13.com/news/fire-captain-remains--extremely-critical-after-collapse-at-duplex-fire/525722/
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/02/19/firefighter-taken-to-hospital-after-battling-blaze/23710639/
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Firefighter-hospitalized-after-SE-Houston-blaze-6090860.php
http://www.firehouse.com/news/11849724/houston-fire-capt-dwight-bazile-critical-after-fire
Quote: "Authorities say Dwight Bazile, a 37-year HFD veteran who works out of Station 46, had suffered some kind of medical emergency. Bazile was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where authorities say he is in 'extremely critical' condition."
Note: Many fires nowadays are going to have some hydrogen sulfide in the smoke, which is a deadly poison, as lethal as hydrogen cyanide, which is what is used in gas chambers to execute people. This kind of event has been happening to firefighters (and others near fires) with increasing regularity: people collapsing into burn piles, people burning to death near campfires, people fleeing house fires just to collapse and die, that kind of thing. If there's a fire, you probably should avoid breathing in any smoke because there's no way to know just how deadly it might be...
2015-02-19 - Landfill odors hitting Lower Saucon Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/lower-saucon-asked-to-address-foul-odors-from-bethlehem-landfill/31355210
http://philadelphia.suntimes.com/phi-news/7/96/78583/lower-saucon-asked-to-address-foul-odors-from-bethlehem-landfill
Quote: "...however, the smell of what can only be termed as a mix of methane gas and rotting garbage still persists and now with an increased frequency."
2015-02-19 - Low-flying plane over coastal Staten Island (New York) poses no threat, officials say, but they won't say what it's doing:
http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2015/02/low-flying_plane_over_staten_i.html
Quote: "A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration told the Advance the agency was in touch with the aircraft during its flight and had been aware of its presence -- but said he could not disclose more information about what it was doing."
Note: After a 'rotten egg' odor started blowing in off the ocean onto Quincy (Massachusetts) in 2013, a mysterious plane started buzzing Quincy too, and again nobody would say what it was for. That event was mentioned in the 2013-05-10 update...
2015-02-19 - UPS buys 18 drone-capable delivery trucks:
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2015/02/new-ups-trucks-designed-to-add-drone-on-top.html
Quote: "Burns says the trucks cost $.30 per mile to run compared to $1.00 per mile with gas and maintenance in a regular truck. Atop the trucks is room for an add-on horsefly drone -- for use when commercial drones are approved by the FAA. The horsefly drone was developed by AMP Electric Vehicles and University of Cincinnati researchers, the station reports. The drone has a claw that sticks down into the cabin of the truck so that the driver can hand it packages, WVXU adds."
2015-02-20 - Man, 58, sickens, passenger plane makes emergency landing in Albuquerque (New Mexico):
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southwest-flight-947-makes-emergency-landing-after-passenger-gets-sick-n310076
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Southwest-Flight-from-Dallas-Diverted-for-Medical-Emergency-293122441.html
2015-02-20 - Strange loud noise frightening people in coastal South Shields (Britain):
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/have-you-heard-mystery-noise-1-7118486
http://www.sott.net/article/292896-Strange-sound-caused-worry-among-UK-residents
2015-02-20 - Yacht 'Enya II' found with nobody aboard in the Coral Sea:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Radiance-Of-The-Seas-9195195.html
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2195475
Note: What do you do if a cloud of invisible hydrogen sulfide burps from the ocean and blows over you when you're on a boat? You either jump overboard and die or you stay aboard and die...
2015-02-20 - Mysterious wave-like cloud hugs mountains in Wyoming:
http://www.livescience.com/49865-lenticular-clouds-grand-teton.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292814-Mysterious-wavelike-cloud-hugs-Wyoming-mountains
Quote: "The clouds looked like a billowing handkerchief or an ocean's wave crashing into the mountain. The clouds were so strange they even surprised park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs. 'I've lived here for almost 40 years, and honestly, I've never seen something last that long and take so many different shapes,' Skaggs told Live Science."
2015-02-20 - Rare Arctic gyrfalcon spotted in Ulster County (New York):
http://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban_hawks/2015/02/gyrfalcon-and-short-eared-owl.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292873-Rare-Arctic-gyrfalcon-located-in-Ulster-County-NY
2015-02-20 - Rare hooded oriole seen in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/19/5525819/rare-hooded-oriole-spotted-by.html
http://www.sott.net/article/292871-Wrong-place-wrong-time-Rare-hooded-oriole-seen-in-Charlotte-North-Carolina
2015-02-20 - Snowy owl seen in Hungary for the first time since 1891:
http://hungarytoday.hu/cikk/snowy-owl-spotted-hungary-first-time-since-1891
http://www.sott.net/article/292860-Snowy-Owl-seen-in-Hungary-for-the-first-time-since-1891
2015-02-21 - Hydrogen sulfide sickening people at Casey Middle School in Boulder (Colorado):
http://www.dailycamera.com/guest-opinions/ci_27567436/heather-ryan-casey-school-air-makes-people-sick
Quote: "Hydrogen sulfide is present in the Casey air because sewer gas has leaked into the building."
Quote: "Scientists do not know the effects of long-term, chronic H2S exposure. No one in the world positively knows that it is safe for children to breathe sewer gas for three years."
Note: I doubt it's safe to breathe ANY deadly poison gas, even in low concentrations, for that long. The long-term effects just can't be good, but they might be subtle: brain damage causing ADD or ADHD, kidney problems, liver problems, heart problems, all of which may not manifest for years, all kindsa stuff. Not that we have many years left anyway, but still...
2015-02-21 - Locust swarms hitting the Central West Local Land Services region (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150221-47077-AUS
2015-02-21 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits Yunnan Province (China), 280 buildings destroyed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150221-47076-CHN
Quote: "The quake, at a depth of six kilometers, hit Mojiang Hani Autonomous County at 6:37 am. No casualties have been reported. A total of 276 houses were damaged, 280 buildings have been destroyed."
2015-02-21 - Highest tides in two decades bring flooding to areas in and around Bristol (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SE-20150221-47079-GBR
2015-02-21 - Seven Arctic snowy owls seen in New York City (New York):
http://www.sott.net/article/292967-7-Snowy-owls-from-the-Arctic-seen-in-New-York-City
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2962325/Snowy-owls-seen-New-York-City-Siberian-Express-grips-eastern-half-country-arctic-cold.html
Note: I can confirm that it is cold in the Midwest too. So cold and so windy, in fact, that they issued a wind chill advisory, which I have never seen before in this area. Maybe Arctic snowy owls love this sh#t, but I don't. What sucks is, how do I know when to start seeds indoors to plant outdoors, if I have no clue when it'll be warm enough to plant anything outdoors? And that's just a microcosm of the problem all farmers are going to face going forward. The climate is destabilized, and nothing is predictable now. The Army trained to quell civilian food riots in 2011 or 2012. I'm beginning to understand why such training might be needed...
2015-02-22 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off the west coast of Mexico:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000tsak#general_summary
2015-02-22 - Man sickens on boat near coastal Fort Lauderdale (Florida), medevac'd off:
http://www.local10.com/news/man-transported-from-boat-after-becoming-ill/31418436
2015-02-22 - Man, 76, goes out on boat, goes missing, near coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/22/coast-guard-police-search-for-missing-sailor-76/
2015-02-22 - Huge fireball seen in the skies over coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.amsmeteors.org/2015/02/florida-fireball-with-boom/
http://www.sott.net/article/292992-Florida-fireball-with-boom
2015-02-22 - Purple UFO caught on newscast in Lima (Peru), near the coast:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/23/purple-ufo-over-peru_n_6690652.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
2015-02-22 - Strange milky rain falls in Oregon and Washington:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/bizarremilky-rain-falls-for-days-by.html
2015-02-22 - Gas prices hit $3/gallon again in California after recent refinery explosion:
http://ktla.com/2015/02/23/average-gas-prices-in-los-angeles-over-3-for-first-time-in-2015/
http://timesofsandiego.com/life/2015/02/22/gas-prices-pass-3-mark-following-refinery-explosion/
2015-02-23 - Four new big methane-explosion craters found in Siberia (Russia), flash of light spotted:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20150224-47108-RUS
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/560034/Giant-craters-in-Siberia-Arctic-natural-diaster
http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/n0127-dozens-of-mysterious-new-craters-suspected-in-northern-russia/
http://www.sott.net/article/293001-Dozens-of-new-craters-suspected-in-northern-Russia
http://blog.seattlepi.com/bigscience/2015/02/23/urgent-study-called-for-as-dozens-more-mystery-craters-open-in-siberia/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/more-siberian-methane-blowholes-found-in-permafrost/story-fnjwvztl-1227236656999
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2965385/Are-Siberia-s-mysterious-craters-caused-climate-change-Scientists-four-new-enormous-holes-northern-Russia.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/are-siberias-methane-blowholes-the-first-warning-sign-of-unstoppable-climate-change/story-fnjwvztl-1227006746397
Quote: "And, following the discovery of a funnel at Antipayuta, on the Yamal Peninsula, nearby residents told scientists about seeing a flash of light, possibly as a result of gas exploding."
Quote: "The craters are thought to be caused by eruptions of methane gas from the permafrost as rising temperatures causes the frozen soil to melt."
Quote: "One potential new site is particularly ominous: A 5sq/km lake which is not on older satellite images of the area. Researchers say it may have formed from an eruption of a cluster of blowholes, the largest of which appears to measure some 100m by 50m. Methane plumes can be seen bubbling up through its waters."
Note: Heat is now rising from BELOW, thus the melting roads at Yellowstone Park, the numerous volcanic islands that have formed from undersea volcanic eruptions in the last two years, the ground exploding and burning in Vietnam, the methane clathrates melting all around the world, the record-setting warm ocean temps in 2014, and so on. There is no technology that will make heat stop rising from below, so the problem is out of our hands. The surface of the Earth will not be survivable by human beings (or much of anything else that breathes oxygen). So, it's Plan B or death. Those are the choices. Waiting around, not facing the problem, pretending there isn't a problem - that's the death option. So far, that does seem to be the plan.
Nor is the problem 'just' methane, although just the methane alone would be enough to eradicate the human race from the surface of the Earth. That heat is also beneficial to the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that emit hydrogen sulfide, and those microbes eat methane for food. So the environment is becoming more to their liking and they're doing what bacteria do when life is good: they're reproducing. It is no coincidence that two major cities have now been hit by giant clouds of hydrogen sulfide in recent times (Kuwait City and Moscow), right as the methane around the world is blowing its top. And at the same time, deep ocean life is bubbling up dead all over the place, people have begin collapsing dead, sometimes foaming at the mouth, sometimes bleeding out from mouth/nose/ears, and fires and explosions are destroying vehicles, homes and businesses.
The Earth itself is becoming a very large and very lethal gas chamber. Anyone who hangs around in a gas chamber that's filling up with deadly poison gas ends up dead. So, do we act in the interests of our own survival or do we lollygag and continue dying until we're extinct? Time will tell, but tick-tock, tick-tock, we are running out of time...
2015-02-23 - Mysterious tremors shaking homes and alarming people in coastal Coral Gables (Florida):
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/02/23/mysterious-quakes-rattling-coral-gables-homes/
http://www.sott.net/article/293055-My-first-thought-was-earthquake-Unexplained-tremors-hit-Florida-town-three-times
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2967195/My-thought-earthquake-Unexplained-tremors-hit-Florida-town-three-times-one-month.html
Quote: "Mysterious tremors have been plaguing Coral Gables residents repeatedly since the start of February. The quakes are strong enough to rattle a cup of coffee but not spill it. Yet, no one seems to have an answer."
2015-02-23 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Kennington Reservoir (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150224-47105-AUS
2015-02-23 - Massive flooding hits the Dominican Republic, 15,000 people evacuated:
http://floodlist.com/america/15000-evacuated-after-floods-in-dominican-republic
http://www.sott.net/article/293049-15000-evacuated-following-flooding-in-the-Dominican-Republic
2015-02-23 - Leonard Nimoy hit by severe chest pains, rushed to hospital, in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/23/leonard-nimoy-hospitalized-chest-pains-rushed-hospital/
2015-02-23 - Northern-latitude razorbill bird seen for the first time ever in Bermuda:
http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20150223/NEWS07/150229895
http://www.sott.net/article/292994-Rare-razorbill-from-northern-latitudes-seen-in-Bermuda
2015-02-23 - Ice-breaker ships deployed on the Delaware River:
http://6abc.com/weather/ice-breaking-boats-ply-the-delaware-river/523533/
http://www.sott.net/article/292996-Ice-breaking-tug-boats-operating-on-the-Delaware-River
2015-02-24 - Man in his 60s collapses on ferry boat en route to coastal Staten Island (New York):
http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2015/02/older_man_collapses_from_heart.html
2015-02-24 - 'Rotten egg' gas odor hits strip mall in Shorewood (Illinois), no natural gas detected:
http://www.theherald-news.com/2015/02/24/fire-crews-respond-in-shorewood-after-gas-smell-detected/am9s29p/
Note: Maybe they didn't detect any natural gas because it wasn't natural gas. Hydrogen sulfide at low concentrations smells like rotten eggs. So does the methyl mercaptan they add to odorless natural gas so it has any smell at all. Since they both smell like 'rotten eggs', people are confusing the two. People obviously smelled a gas with an odor of 'rotten eggs' here, but it wasn't natural gas and its additive or they'd have detected that...so what else could it have been but hydrogen sulfide?
2015-02-24 - Landfill odor becoming unbearable in Lower Saucon Township (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/news/residents-have-their-fill-of-landfill-smelling-up-neighborhood/533157/
http://news.yahoo.com/residents-had-fill-landfill-smelling-235705973.html
2015-02-24 - Record-breaking cold threatens harvests in the US:
http://iceagenow.info/2015/02/record-breaking-frigid-temperatures-threaten-harvests/
http://www.sott.net/article/293098-Record-breaking-cold-temperatures-threaten-harvests-in-US
2015-02-24 - Britain becomes first nation to allow embryos created from 3 people:
http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/UK-1st-country-to-allow-creation-of-embryos-from-3-people-293944461.html
Note: Not for everyone, just for women with mitochondrial DNA problems. They take the nucleus of an egg from a woman with mitochondrial DNA problems, insert it into the outer part of an egg from a woman with no mitochondrial problems, and that makes up the new egg, with DNA from two women. And then 15 years from now, these kids will hit puberty and they'll all start displaying superpowers, and SyFy Channel will have a new series! Okay, okay, I added that part...
2015-02-24 - Around 20 cold manatees rescued from storm drain near Cape Canaveral (Florida):
http://news.yahoo.com/more-dozen-manatees-stuck-florida-drainage-pipe-041301440.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293014-20-manatees-get-stuck-in-Florida-storm-drain-while-trying-to-warm-themselves
2015-02-24 - Eurasian hoopoe (bird) found in Kimberley (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/293018-Eurasian-hoopoe-migrates-in-the-wrong-direction-and-ends-up-in-Kimberley-Australia
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/rare-sighting-of-eurasian-hoopoe-bird-caught-on-camera-in-the-kimberley/story-fnhocxo3-1227237775229?nk=b2739d267b3aecd2c4a00b95cfdf612a
2015-02-24 - Weird 'hole punch clouds' appear over British Columbia (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/bc/weather/synopsis/1846520/a-hole-punch-cloud
http://www.sott.net/article/293081-Strange-hole-punch-clouds-appear-over-British-Columbia
2015-02-24 - Something crashes in Canada, Canadian military says it's just an exercise:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ufo-near-jackhead-it-s-actually-a-plane-says-military-1.2963994
http://www.sott.net/article/293038-UFO-crash-in-Manitoba-Canadian-military-says-its-just-an-exercise
2015-02-25 - Two teen boys, 17 and 18, go missing in coastal Baytown (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/02/25/search-continues-for-two-missing-baytown-teens/24021105/
2015-02-25 - Volcano erupts on the island of Ambrym (Vanuatu):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150225-47120-VUT
2015-02-25 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of southern Japan:
http://rt.com/news/235307-earthquake-strikes-southern-japan/
http://www.sott.net/article/293072-USGS-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-southern-Japan
2015-02-25 - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes coastal Tarakan Island (Indonesia):
http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/rare-quake-shakes-kalimantan
http://www.sott.net/article/293118-Rare-quake-shakes-Kalimantan
Quote: "Kalimantan is among the regions in the archipelago known to be free of earthquakes, but a recent series of light to strong quakes recorded in North Kalimantan have shaken that belief. The latest quake was one recorded measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale that hit Tarakan on Tarakan Island in North Kalimantan at 9.31 a.m. local time on Wednesday."
Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2015-02-25 - Lobster boats trapped by ice in New England harbors:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/28196152/lobster-boats-frozen-in-new-england-harbor
http://www.sott.net/article/293095-Lobster-boats-trapped-by-ice-in-New-England-harbors
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-sunken-boat-0225-20150225,0,4912675.story
2015-02-25 - 'Slurpee Waves', partly ice, hit coastal Nantucket Island (Massachusetts):
http://www.inquisitr.com/1877769/slurpee-waves-of-nantucket-hitting-the-beach-with-a-frozen-fury/
http://www.sott.net/article/293161-Slurpee-ice-waves-striking-Nantucket-beach
2015-02-25 - Rapid sea level rise, 5 inches in two years, affecting the US East Coast:
http://sputniknews.com/news/20150225/1018708267.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293053-Dangerous-sea-level-rise-on-US-East-Coast-reported-by-scientists
2015-02-25 - Residents near burning landfill urged to create shelter-in-place kits, in Bridgeton (Missouri):
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/02/25/landfill-neighbors-urged-to-build-shelter-in-place-kits/
2015-02-25 - Daytime fireball seen in the skies over Victoria (Australia):
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/skywatchers-spot-fireball-soaring-across-victorian-sky-20150225-13o99s.html
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/skywatchers-spot-fireball-soaring-across-victorian-sky-20150225-13o99s.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293071-Daytime-meteor-fireball-blazes-over-Melbourne-Australia-25-February-2015
2015-02-25 - Arctic king crab found on beach in Redcar (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/mystery-over-rare-crabs-appearance-8709224
http://www.sott.net/article/293159-King-crab-from-Arctic-waters-found-on-Redcar-beach-UK
2015-02-25 - Scientists considering human head transplants:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530103.700-first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-two-years.html
2015-02-25 - Chinese researchers discover supermassive black hole 12 billion times the mass of our Sun:
http://www.nature.com/news/young-black-hole-had-monstrous-growth-spurt-1.16989
http://q13fox.com/2015/02/26/scientists-discover-black-hole-12-billion-times-more-massive-than-the-sun/
2015-02-26 - Researchers scared to study emerging methane explosion craters in Siberia:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/66728187/nervous-scientists-not-studying-giant-craters-in-siberia
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/27/methane-explosion-craters-could-be-latest-indicators-warming-planet
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/scientists-know-there-are-more-giant-craters-in-siberia-but-are-nervous-to-even-study-them-20150226-13q7b5.html
Quote: "One potential disaster relates to the explosions themselves. No one has been hurt in any of the blasts, but given the size of some of the craters, it's fair to say the methane bursts are huge. Researchers are nervous about even studying them. Who knows when a methane geyser will shoot off again? 'These objects need to be studied, but it is rather dangerous for the researchers,' Bogoyavlensky told the Siberian Times."
2015-02-26 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts for second time in 10 days near Mexico City (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150226-47129-MEX
2015-02-26 - Major flooding drives 4000 people from their homes in Bolivia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20150226-47125-BOL
2015-02-26 - Jellyfish bloom spotted for the first time off the coast of Visakhapatnam (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150227-47142-IND
2015-02-26 - Red tide hits the coast near Sabah (Malaysia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150227-47143-MYS
2015-02-26 - Dawn mission to asteroid Ceres reveals strange lights on the surface:
http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/dawn/bright-spot-on-ceres-has-dimmer-companion/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293172-Dawn-mission-to-Ceres-reveals-bright-spots-on-dwarf-planet
2015-02-26 - Woman lights fire to chase off snake, her caravan ignites and burns up, in Berry Springs, Darwin (Australia):
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/02/26/20/01/caravan-destroyed-after-darwin-woman-lights-fire-to-eradicate-snake
https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/an-nt-woman-lit-a-fire-to-scare-a-snake-burned-dow/556cd636-8467-400e-8f54-8cc2d0695029.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2971230/We-don-t-know-happened-snake-Woman-lights-fire-caravan-scare-away-deadly-snake-instead-burns-caravan-shed-in.html
Note: Snake wasn't seen again, soooo...success!
2015-02-26 - Garter snake seen in the snow in Stephenville (Maryland):
http://www.stardem.com/news/local_news/article_b7a4bf68-946e-5edd-91fb-142663129df4.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293163-Snake-makes-a-rare-winter-appearance-in-Stephenville-Maryland
Quote: "He said he had never seen a snake out in the winter on snow or ice before."
Note: Never seen that before either...
2015-02-26 - Woman teaches dogs to read:
http://kfor.com/2015/02/26/its-not-a-hoax-this-dog-can-read/
2015-02-27 - Crewman sickens on cargo ship near coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia), medevac'd off:
http://wtkr.com/2015/02/27/coast-guard-medevacs-sick-crewman-from-ship-off-virginia-beach-coast/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Houston-Express-9294991.html
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2471994/
2015-02-27 - Passenger sickens on cruise ship near coastal Staten Island (New York), medevac'd off:
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/02/fdny_emergency_personnel_respo.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-firefighters-sick-passenger-cruise-ship-article-1.2132213
2015-02-27 - Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes in the Flores Sea off the coast of Indonesia:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/pt15058000#general_summary
2015-02-27 - Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), 20 homes collapse, 15 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150227-47145-PAK
2015-02-27 - Leonard Nimoy dies at age 83 in Los Angeles (California):
http://www.whio.com/news/entertainment/report-leonard-nimoy-star-trek-hospitalized-chest-/nkHb6/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/entertainment/reaction-death-star-trek-actor-leonard-nimoy/nkKys/
http://www.wpxi.com/gallery/entertainment/television/photos-leonard-nimoy-through-years/gCRHm/
2015-02-27 - Man, 36, goes on gun rampage and 74 year old woman drops dead, in Tyrone (Missouri), 8 killed:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/02/27/tyrone-missouri-9-dead/24108089/
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20150227/NEWS/150228879/1994/NEWS
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/gunman-kills-7-including-family-then-himself-missouri-shooting-rampage-n314071
Note: They say maybe he found the woman dead and that set him off. Maybe a cloud of hydrogen sulfide blew through and killed her AND drove this guy insane. She was 74 and a woman so it would take less poison to kill her; what might kill HER might just drive a grown man insane. Can't exactly ask him any questions, him being dead and all. In any case, as the atmospheric contamination continues to intensify, it definitely looks like crazy violent behavior is on the rise too. Sometimes it'll be people with knives, sometimes guns, and for the REALLY seriously brain-damaged - so damaged they can't even speak anymore and can only growl (that's damage to the speech center of the brain), like the original face-eater and others like him - then they'll just use their teeth and hands to attack...
2015-02-27 - Responders train for landing gear collapse on passenger plane at Bournemouth Airport in coastal Christchurch (Britain):
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11822322.Emergency_crews_practise_response_to_plane_crash_at_Bournemouth_Airport/
http://www.southwestnews.org.uk/news/emergency-crews-practise-response-to-plane-crash-at-bournemouth-airport
2015-02-28 - Woman has 'medical issue' and falls into the Santa Cruz River, gets rescued, in Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.kvoa.com/story/28228147/tucson-fire-rescues-woman-at-santa-cruz-river
Quote: "Tucson Fire said a female had a medical issue and fell into the Santa Cruz River, near Valencia Road and Midvale Park Road."
Note: A woman, 26, just had a 'medical event' and fell into the Willamette River and died in Portland (Oregon). A man, 48, was found dead in the Willamette River in Portland on that day too, both events mentioned in the 2015-02-26 update...
2015-02-28 - Odor of gas - e.g. 'rotten egg' odor - hits airport in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/news/firefighters-investigate-possible-gas-leak-at-portland-international-jetport/31539026
2015-02-28 - Volcano Shiveluch erupts on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), flights affected in Alaska:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150302-47163-RUS
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/28/alaska-airlines-cancels-several-flights-after-russian-volcano-ash-causes-low/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/128904340@N02/16683467265/
2015-02-28 - Record cold and Winter Storm Gavin hit Connecticut:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/28228228/cold-temperatures-ahead-of-winter-storm-on-sunday
2015-02-28 - Rare Arctic bowhead whale seen for the first time in British waters:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/561024/25ft-rare-Arctic-whale-spotted-first-time-on-British-coast-Isles-of-Scilly-bowhead
http://www.sott.net/article/293244-Rare-Arctic-bowhead-whale-seen-for-the-first-time-in-UK-waters
Quote: "Bowhead whales normally live in the high Arctic near the ice edge and their closest population is off Spitzbergen far to the north of Norway. They can reach up to 70ft in length, weigh up to 90 tonnes and live for up to 200 years which makes them possibly the longest lived marine mammal in the world."
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