2015 - OCT - Other Stories

2015-10-01 - Underwater volcano spewing methane off the coast of Southeast Alaska:
http://www.ktoo.org/2015/10/01/active-underwater-volcano-found-southern-southeast/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/scientists-stumble-over-active-underwater-volcano-in-southeast/
http://www.sott.net/article/303114-Active-underwater-volcano-spewing-methane-gas-found-in-southern-Alaska

Quote: "He and a Canadian counterpart found the volcano Sept. 23 during a study of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System. That’s been the epicenter of some recent earthquakes. 'We had just completed some survey work and we modified our line to go to another place to look. And as we were transiting, we came across this big plume and this big cone where the plume was coming out of,' he said. The plume, made up of methane gas, was being released by a volcanic vent about 3,000 feet below. It stretched up about two-thirds of the way to the ocean’s surface."

2015-10-01 - Mount Veniaminof showing signs of unrest in Alaska:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20151002-50322-USA
http://www.adn.com/article/20151001/seismic-activity-prompts-alert-alaska-peninsula-volcano
http://www.sott.net/article/303113-Seismic-activity-prompts-alert-at-Alaskas-Veniamino-volcano

2015-10-01 - Magnitude 4,8 earthquake shakes the island of St. Lucia:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Earthquake-rattles-St-Lucia
http://www.sott.net/article/303118-4-8-Magnitude-earthquake-rattles-St-Lucia

2015-10-01 - Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near coastal Quepos (Costa Rica):
http://insidecostarica.com/2015/10/01/breaking-5-1-earthquake-strikes-quepos-shaking-reported-central-valley/
http://www.sott.net/article/303119-4-6-temblor-strikes-Costa-Rica-strong-shaking-reported-in-Central-Valley-updated

2015-10-01 - Flooding a concern along the East Coast even before Hurricane Joaquin arrives:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/coastal-flooding-big-concern-friday-202723845.html

2015-10-01 - Even if every nation meets its pledge to fight climate change, we’re still fried:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/09/even-if-every-nation-meets-its-pledge.html

2015-10-01 - Scottish Highland town is both the coldest AND hottest place in the UK on the same day:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3256491/Town-Scottish-Highlands-coldest-hottest-place-UK-single-day.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303159-Scottish-Highland-town-is-coldest-and-hottest-place-in-the-UK-in-a-single-day

2015-10-01 - Man shoots at least 10 people dead at college in Roseburg (Oregon):
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/01/us/oregon-college-shooting/
http://fox17online.com/2015/10/01/reports-shooting-at-community-college-in-oregon/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/umpqua-community-college-shooting-chris-harper-mercer/

2015-10-01 - Gerald Celente warns that market meltdown is imminent:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/another-warning-from-gerald-celente.html

2015-10-01 - Mountain lion filmed on top of 35-foot-tall utility pole in Lucerne Valley (California):
http://6abc.com/pets/mountain-lion-perched-on-power-pole-captured-in-rare-photo/1011437/

2015-10-01 - Possible ancient Chinese disk strangely found in a Kentucky garden:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1835940-possible-ancient-chinese-disk-strangely-found-in-a-kentucky-garden/
http://www.sott.net/article/303130-Possible-ancient-Chinese-disk-strangely-found-in-a-Kentucky-garden

2015-10-01 - Why 'teleportation' is no longer science fiction:
http://www.futurity.org/teleportation-reality-1015872/s
http://www.sott.net/article/303132-Beam-me-up-Scotty-Why-teleportation-is-no-longer-science-fiction

2015-10-02 - Woman, 43, has heart attack on cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston (Texas):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Triumph-9138850.html
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2606922/
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/10/02/coast-guard-rescues-woman-on-cruise-ship-115-miles-from-galveston/73248976/

2015-10-02 - Man collapses in Centenary Square in Bradford (Britain):
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/13801115.Man_collapses_in_Bradford_s_Centenary_Square/

2015-10-02 - Magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes Armenia:
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/820675/nakhijevan-earthquake-felt-in-kajaran.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303116-5-3-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-Armenia

2015-10-02 - US Forest Service doubles number of large planes in firefighting fleet:
http://abc7ny.com/news/forest-service-doubles-fleet-of-large-firefighting-planes/1013315/
http://abc13.com/news/forest-service-doubles-fleet-of-large-firefighting-planes/1013315/

2015-10-02 - Lightning strike kills two people, injures child, in Nizamabad (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/lightning-kills-two-persons-in-nizamabad/article7715998.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/303141-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-persons-in-Nizamabad-India

2015-10-02 - Lightning strikes kill six people in West Bengal (India):
http://www.kashmirreader.com/lightning-kills-six-in-west-bengal/
http://www.sott.net/article/303227-Lightning-strikes-kill-six-in-West-Bengal-India

2015-10-02 - Terrible flooding devastating parts of the East Coast, at least 2 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151003-50349-USA
http://news.yahoo.com/video/ocean-city-nj-streets-flood-162610316.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/one-two-punch-hurricane-joaquin-second-storm-deluge-east-coast/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3258624/East-coast-storms-leave-22million-Americans-flood-watch-rain-Carolinas-kills-two.html

2015-10-02 - Hurricane Joaquin's impact already felt on Wall Street:
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/hurricane-joaquins-impact-already-felt-144730465.html

2015-10-02 - Heat wave heads toward the Central Coast in Australia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151003-50344-AUS

2015-10-02 - Stocks may be heading toward bear market:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/get-ready-for-a-destruction-of-wealth-as-stocks-head-toward-a-bear-market-2015-10-01

2015-10-02 - 11 trillion dollars in stock market wealth was wiped out in the 3rd quarter:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/yes-this-is-a-financial-crisis-11-trillion-dollars-in-stock-market-wealth-was-wiped-out-in-the-3rd-quarter

2015-10-02 - ExxonMobil faces heightened risk of climate litigation:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/23092015/ExxonMobil-May-Face-Heightened-Climate-Litigation-Its-Critics-Say

2015-10-02 - New reports detail careless handling of radioactives at plant in San Onofre (California):
http://www.sott.net/article/303137-New-reports-detail-careless-handling-of-radioactive-material-at-inoperative-San-Onofre-California-nuclear-plant-radioactive-material-left-on-beach

2015-10-03 - HazMat event, 'strange odor' makes people's throats burn at hotel in Vienna (Wisconsin):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20151003-50340-USA

Quote: "Multiple patients were treated at a Vienna hotel for what officials are calling a 'hazmat incident.' Visitors at the Comfort Inn and Suites at 5025 Highway V reported their throats were burning before crews evacuated the building, officials said. The call came in at approximately 9:42 p.m. for what officials said was a 'strange odor.'"

2015-10-03 - Police car window spontaneously shatters, cops get out and shoot nearby man to death, in Van Nuys (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/10/04/man-killed-in-lapd-officer-involved-shooting/

2015-10-03 - Golf-ball-sized hail pummels Las Cruces (New Mexico), cars dented, windshields broken, skylights shattered:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20151004-50353-USA
http://krwg.org/post/massive-hailstorm-hits-las-cruces
http://www.sott.net/article/303281-Golf-ball-sized-hail-hits-Las-Cruces-New-Mexico

Quote: "The National Weather Service reported hail of about 1.25 inches. But some areas of Las Cruces reported golf ball-sized hail. And the resulting damage was devastating: some homes reported every skylight broken; cars were dented; even car windshields were shattered. Many life-long residents of the city said it was the worst hailstorm they had ever witnessed."

2015-10-03 - Heavy rain and coastal flooding hits New Jersey:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SE-20151004-50351-USA

2015-10-03 - Devastating flooding continues in the US Southeast:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/flash-floods-once-every-200-years-rainfall-event-loom-south-n438041
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/flash-floods-once-in-200-years-rainfall-event-loom-in-south-carolina/

2015-10-03 - Is ancient 800-ft megatsunami wave a sign of things to come?http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-ancient-800-ft-megatsunami-wave-a-sign-of-things-to-come/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/volcanos-collapse-caused-mega-tsunami-800-feet-240-meters-high-study/

2015-10-03 - Is the great oceanic conveyor belt failing?http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/michael-mann-on-failing-gulf-stream.html

2015-10-03 - Massive waterspout spotted off the French Riviera coast (France):
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/huge-waterspout-spotted-french-riviera-003439080.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303302-Massive-waterspout-filmed-off-French-Riviera-coast

2015-10-03 - Missing verses of the Epic of Gilgamesh discovered, depicts cacophonous abode of gods:
http://www.livescience.com/52372-new-tablet-gilgamesh-epic.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303256-Lost-Epic-of-Gilgamesh-verse-depicts-cacophonous-abode-of-gods

2015-10-03 - Farmer finds remains of 11,000-year-old wooly mammoth while digging in Michigan:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/farmer-uncovers-11000-year-old-mammoth/vi-AAf4gla

2015-10-04 - Lightning strikes kill 26 people in one day in Maharashtra (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20151004-50360-IND
http://www.sott.net/article/303282-Lightning-strikes-kill-26-people-in-24-hours-in-Maharashtra-India

2015-10-04 - Lightning strikes kill 6 people in Telangana (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/lightning-kills-six-persons-cattle-in-telangana/article7724470.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/303365-Lightning-strikes-kills-six-persons-cattle-in-Telangana-India

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is the best superconductor known to man. It looks like it's causing lightning strike problems. It's not going to turn the atmosphere into a superconductor, but it doesn't seem implausible that it is affecting atmospheric conductivity, resulting in more lightning strike fatalities...

2015-10-04 - President Obama declares state of emergency over flooding in South Carolina, National Guard deployed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SE-20151004-50354-USA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/south-carolina-record-rain_561144fee4b0dd85030c5c37
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/03/hurricane-joaquin-flooding-east-coast/73276216/
http://www.sott.net/article/303341-At-least-eight-dead-in-historic-flash-flooding-in-South-Carolina-US
http://www.sott.net/article/303285-Torrential-rain-brings-flooding-to-Charleston-South-Carolina
http://www.sott.net/article/303355-Catastrophic-flash-flooding-forecast-for-South-Carolina-National-Guard-deployed

Quote: "The total 24-plus inches of rain in Boone Hall and 18-plus inches near Kiawah are 'mind-boggling,' the National Weather Service in South Carolina tweeted Sunday afternoon.  Charleston set a new daily record on Saturday when it experienced 11.5 inches of rain, the NWS reported. 'To put this in perspective, 11.50 inches is 22.5 percent of the annual normal rainfall for the City of Charleston,' the NWS wrote in an update."

2015-10-05 - Five East Coast states declare state of emergency over horrific flooding:
http://www.rt.com/usa/317606-east-coast-rainfall-winds/
http://www.sott.net/article/303330-US-East-Coast-plagued-by-heavy-rain-flooding-and-gusty-winds-five-states-declare-state-of-emergency

2015-10-04 - Flooding kills 13+ people in the Alpes-Maritimes region (France):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151004-50355-FRA
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/10/04/world/europe/ap-eu-france-floods.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303284-Violent-storms-and-flash-floods-in-French-resort-towns-kill-13
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3259269/Storms-flash-floods-French-resort-towns-kill-13-leave-hundreds-British-holiday-makers-stranded.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/french-riviera-ravaged-by-apocalyptic-flash-floods-that-have-left-17-dead/

Quote: "Victims were found dead in a retirement home, campsites, and cars submerged in a tunnel. Residents, stunned by the ferocity of the brief downpour Saturday night, described it as the worst flooding they'd ever seen — so dramatic that President Francois Hollande paid an emergency visit Sunday to promise government aid for victims."

Note: Methane reacts with ozone and hydroxyl radicals and turns into water vapor. So all of the methane gushing into the atmosphere in the Northern Hemisphere is eroding the oxidizing capability of the atmosphere (which is why the Sun looks so blinding white now), which allows more UV to hit the planet, and which creates more moisture in the air, which results in more high-precip events. This problem - like all of the other problems - is going to get much worse...

2015-10-04 - Two earthquakes, magnitudes 6.0 and 6.1, strike Chile:
http://www.sott.net/article/303280-Chile-shaken-by-two-earthquakes-of-magnitudes-6-0-and-6-1
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/chile-rattled-by-two-earthquakes-of-magnitudes-6-0-and-6-1/articleshow/49211785.cms

2015-10-04 - Deflation may be coming:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/10/deflation-warning-the-next-wave.html

2015-10-04 - There are over 100 million working-age Americans without a job now:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/right-now-there-are-102-6-million-working-age-americans-that-do-not-have-jobs

2015-10-04 - Man spots possible meteors in the Southland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/72677120/southland-man-spots-possible-meteor-strike
http://www.sott.net/article/303298-Man-spots-possible-meteors-in-Southland-New-Zealand

2015-10-05 - Man goes missing at Plummer Lake in Centralia (Washington), empty 'ghost boat' found:
http://www.chronline.com/crime/boater-missing-at-plummer-lake-in-centralia/article_e475bbe8-6b9a-11e5-8058-ff144b1fb135.html

2015-10-05 - Ship's master sickens on cargo ship 'CMA CGM Bianca' near the island of Réunion (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Cma-Cgm-Bianca-9436367.html

Quote: "On Oct 3, 2015, the CROSS Réunion was contacted by the 'CMA GGM Bianca' after the captain fell is seriously ill. After consultation with the doctor of SMUR, it was decided to medevac him by helicopter."

2015-10-05 - Volcano Colima erupts twice on consecutive days in Mexico:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexico-colima-volcano-erupts-again-spewing-smoke-ash-1522758
http://www.sott.net/article/303533-Mexicos-Colima-volcano-erupts-again-spewing-ash-smoke-pyroclastic-flows-traveling-hundreds-of-meters

2015-10-05 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off the coast of central Chile:
http://www.sott.net/article/303413-Magnitude-6-earthquake-recorded-off-central-Chile-USGS

2015-10-05 - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near coastal Amatignak Island (Alaska):
http://guardianlv.com/2015/10/5-7-earthquake-strikes-amatignak-island-area-in-alaska/
http://www.sott.net/article/303381-Earthquake-Amatignak-Island-Alaska-magnitude-5-7
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003kgq#general_summary

2015-10-05 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Fiji Islands:
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=324632
http://www.sott.net/article/303358-Another-earthquake-recorded-south-of-Fiji-5-1-magnitude

2015-10-05 - Two earthquakes, magnitudes 4.8 and 4.2, strike near Dolakha (Nepal):
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/earthquake-in-dolakha/
http://www.sott.net/article/303418-2-earthquakes-recorded-in-Dolakha-Nepal

2015-10-05 - Heat wave bakes South Australia and Victoria (Australia), hottest October temps in decades:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151006-50384-AUS

2015-10-05 - Typhoon Mujigae kills six people and knocks out power in Guangdong (China):
http://news.yahoo.com/china-typhoon-kills-six-knocks-power-tornado-snaps-072952046.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303397-Typhoon-Mujigae-kills-six-knocks-out-power-in-Guangdong-China

2015-10-05 - Extreme weather and environmental upheaval in September 2015:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrioXKlVYV0
http://www.sott.net/article/303394-Signs-of-Change-Extreme-weather-and-environmental-upheaval-in-September-2015-VIDEO

2015-10-05 - Creature born with the body of a buffalo and the head of crocodile in Thailand:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/weird-animal-body-buffalo-head-6577508
http://www.sott.net/article/303380-Signs-and-Portents-Weird-mutant-buffalo-born-in-Thailand

Quote: "The strange animal appears to have the scaly, rough head and skin of a reptile such as a crocodile. However, on closer inspection, it's also got the body, limbs and hooves of a mammal such as a calf."

Note: Crocalo? Buffodile? Possibly a genetic chimera, a blend of two species. That's what's missing from current evolutionary theory - horizontal gene transfer. That explains why we have pig DNA, which is what gives us our fatty skin layer (unlike any other primates), as well as our relative hairlessness and our more 'snout-like' noses. Without that fatty layer we would have been stuck in warm climates too, so that was important for us to be able to spread across the world.

Some primates long ago had the same thing happen to them as happened with this thing's buffalo parents, and one of those primates gave birth to some 'hairless apes' with pig DNA, pig-primate chimeras, and that was us. This also explains why nobody's ever found a 'missing link' - there isn't one. Primates to humans in one step, one generation, via horizontal gene transfer, just like we do in labs, but Mother Nature can do it too, rarely, randomly, in the wild. We'll see more of this as the UV levels climb and DNA/RNA sustains damage in creatures all around the world. This is one of Mother Nature's ways of preserving evolutionary gains and complexity. Even if the human race goes extinct, our DNA/RNA may find its way into some new chimeras which may survive, rodent-human chimeras or lizard-human chimeras or whatnot...

2015-10-05 - Wild boar found swimming 6 kilometers off the coast of Italy:
http://www.thelocal.it/20150929/wild-boar-found-swimming-6km-off-italian-coast
http://www.sott.net/article/303458-Strange-animal-behaviour-Wild-boar-found-swimming-6km-off-Italy-coast

2015-10-06 - Magnitude 4.7 earthquake jolts Sedona and Flagstaff (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/30201608/earthquake-rocks-sedona-flagstaff-areas
http://www.sott.net/article/303485-Magnitude-4-7-earthquake-rocks-Sedona-Flagstaff-areas

2015-10-06 - Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes coastal Zamboanga del Norte (Philippine Islands):
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2015/10/06/1507805/magnitude-4.2-jolts-zamboanga-del-norte
http://www.sott.net/article/303483-Magnitude-4-2-earthquake-jolts-Zamboanga-del-Norte-Philippines

2015-10-06 - Study finds major volcanic eruptions can affect the flow of the world's major rivers:
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-volcanic-eruptions-affect-world-major.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303484-Study-finds-volcanic-eruptions-affect-flow-of-worlds-major-rivers

2015-10-06 - Sea levels rising rapidly in the last year:
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/10/06/were-gonna-need-a-bigger-graph-global-sea-level-rise-just-went-off-the-chart/

Quote: "Rates of land ice melt continued to increase — providing a greater and greater fraction of overall global sea level rise. And global ocean currents showed signs of a melt-spurred change — which resulted in an uneven distribution of this overall rise. During that less than one year time, seas rose by fully 1 centimeter. That’s three times the ‘normal’ rate that’s been roughly ongoing since the early 1990s. A big bump that’s now part of a three-and-a-half-year, 3-centimeter surge. One more sign that global sea level rise is starting to really ramp up."

Note: That's happening concurrent with the rising methane levels in the atmosphere. No coincidence there...

2015-10-06 - Blast of warm air heads toward the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/arctic-weather-update-10062015.html

2015-10-06 - Lightning strike kills two sisters at home in Wartburg (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Lightning-strike-kills-two-sisters-in-Pietermaritzburg-20151006
http://www.sott.net/article/303501-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-sisters-at-home-in-South-Africa

2015-10-06 - Flash flooding hits Bradford and Morley (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151007-50397-GBR
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151007-50407-GBR

2015-10-06 - Flash-flooding and waist-deep water hits Kampung Sethu (Malaysia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151007-50394-MYS

2015-10-06 - Flooding hits the west coast of Mexico:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20151007-50395-MEX

2015-10-06 - Tulare County (California) declares emergency over fire danger from the number of dead/dying trees:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151007-50396-USA

Quote: "This isn't a visible emergency, like a flood or hurricane, board Chairman Steve Worthley said during Tuesday's weekly board meeting, 'but we have an emergency. An ignition could cause a half million acres to catch fire' in the Sierras."

2015-10-06 - Weeds growing resistant to herbicides:
http://news.vice.com/article/four-decades-of-herbicide-use-is-creating-zombie-weeds-that-just-wont-die
http://www.sott.net/article/303497-Herbicide-resistance-Zombie-weeds-that-just-wont-die

2015-10-06 - Anonymous insiders reveal real hacking risks to nuclear power plants:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2989247/cybercrime-hacking/anonymous-insiders-reveal-real-hacking-risks-to-nuclear-power-plants-report.html

2015-10-06 - EMP - one day we will wake up in an America without electricity and society will totally break down:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/electromagnetic-pulse-one-day-we-will-wake-up-in-an-america-without-electricity-and-society-will-totally-break-down

Note: If that's gonna happen, it better happen quick or the ongoing extinction event will destroy the grid (and everything else) first. The race is on!

2015-10-06 - Fire ants create floating rafts to survive flooding in South Carolina:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/06/floating-fire-ant-islands-south-carolina-floods/73448778/

Quote: "Amid the devastation caused by flooding, the state's invasive fire ant population found a little-known way to survive. In video captured by WSAV-TV, thousands of ants appeared to pile atop each other in 'floating islands in Dorchester County, S.C.,' the station reports."

2015-10-06 - Lizard found with three tails in Kosovo:
http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/41116/20151001/freak-of-nature-lizard-with-three-tails-discovered.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/303508-Signs-and-Portents-Lizard-with-3-tails-found-in-Kosovo

2015-10-06 - Scary glass walkway in China cracks beneath tourist, people panic:
http://en.people.cn/n/2015/1006/c90000-8958451.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303538-Glass-walkway-in-China-cracks-beneath-tourist

2015-10-06 - Scientists puzzled over mysterious deep holes on the Moon:
http://www.rt.com/news/317788-moon-pole-shadow-holes/
http://www.sott.net/article/303429-Scientists-puzzled-over-mysterious-deep-holes-on-the-Moon

2015-10-06 - Does time exist? Quantum physics says no:
http://www.sott.net/article/303509-Does-time-exist-Quantum-physics-says-no
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/07/20/quantum-experiment-shows-how-time-doesnt-exist-as-we-think-it-does-mind-altering/

Note: I don't have time for this! Or do I?!

2015-10-06 - Neutrino state-changing 'flip' discovery wins Nobel Prize in physics:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34443695

2015-10-07 - Volcano Fuego erupts in Guatemala, spews ash and gas 4.8 kilometers high, 8th eruption this year:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20151008-50410-GTM
http://news.yahoo.com/guatemala-volcano-roars-back-life-214146249.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303604-Guatamalas-Fuego-volcano-roars-to-life-spews-gas-ash-4800-meters

2015-10-07 - Workers stationed at two locations to watch for fires at nuclear plant in coastal Plymouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2015/10/report_pilgrim_nuclear_plant_i.html

Quote: "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission warned U.S. nuclear plants in 1992 that in the unlikely event of a fire in a control room, systems could short circuit and prevent a remote reactor shutdown. NRC spokesman Neil Sheehan says until the underlying problem is corrected, workers are being stationed at two locations to watch for any sign of fire."

2015-10-07 - NASA rocket sprays barium and strontium into the air to analyze magnetic field off the East Coast:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/7/9470543/nasa-experiment-colors-sky-rocket-launch-watch

2015-10-07 - Lightning strikes kill 41 people in two weeks in Maharashtra (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/303610-41-killed-by-lightning-in-2-weeks-in-Maharashtra-India
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/41-killed-due-to-lightning-during-last-fortnight-in-maharashtra/

2015-10-07 - Unusual weather hits Kanpur (India), warmer than normal in the day, cooler than normal at night:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Unusual-weather-conditions-prevail-in-city/articleshow/49214328.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/303557-Unusual-weather-conditions-prevail-in-Kanpur-India

Note: It's even weirder where I am, 15 degrees F above normal in the day for October so far, but also several degrees cooler than normal at night, like 30 or 40-degree swings some days...

2015-10-07 - Yale scientists solve problem of sea ice thickness distribution:
http://scitechdaily.com/yale-scientists-solve-the-problem-of-sea-ice-thickness-distribution/

2015-10-07 - SOTT overview of September events:
http://www.sott.net/article/303619-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-September-2015-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs

2015-10-07 - Baby born with two noses in Chimbote (Peru):
http://www.sott.net/article/303606-Signs-and-Portents-Baby-born-with-two-noses-in-Chimbote-Peru
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/this-baby-was-born-with-two-noses-after-suffering-from-an-ultrarare-genetic-condition/news-story/08872c8da51330cdb560fb1ee8b23f81

2015-10-07 - Tropical red-footed booby found on Saint Simons Island (Georgia):
http://news.wabe.org/post/tropical-bird-discovered-ga-island-after-hurricane
http://www.sott.net/article/303596-Tropical-seabird-seen-on-Georgia-island-after-Hurricane-Joaquin

2015-10-07 - Mysterious ripples found racing through planet-forming disk:
http://www.sott.net/article/303534-Mysterious-ripples-found-racing-through-planet-forming-disk
http://www.astronomy.com/-/media/Images/News%20and%20Observing/News/2015/10/Oct%207/AUMicroscopii.jpg

2015-10-07 - Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York maximum security inmates:
http://globegazette.com/news/national/harvard-s-prestigious-debate-team-loses-to-ny-inmates/article_026b294b-0809-55e0-9fdc-6d662640acd7.html

2015-10-08 - Man, diver, has difficulty breathing, loses consciousness, rescued, near coastal Marina del Rey (California):
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2015/10/08/scuba-diver-has-difficulty-breathing-rescued-off-marina-del-rey/

2015-10-08 - Volcano Cotopaxi (Ecuador) erupts, belches ash two kilometers into the atmosphere:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20151008-50419-ECU
http://news.yahoo.com/ecuador-volcano-spews-giant-ash-column-170859358.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303679-Ecuadors-Cotopaxi-volcano-coughs-2-kilometer-high-column-of-ash

Quote: "Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano, which began erupting in August after being dormant for 138 years, on Thursday coughed up a two-kilometer-high column of ash, officials said. The giant ash column was visible from Quito, 45 kilometers (30 miles) to the north of the volcano, considered one of the world's most dangerous because its snow cap is vulnerable in an eruption and because of its close proximity to densely populated areas."

2015-10-08 - Ground rumbling, underground explosions, water spewing, homes collapse, in Basner Kalan (India):
http://www.tecake.com/villagers-mp-living-fear-witnessing-strange-activities-eliminated-dinosaurs/13126/

Quote: "Recently villagers felt Earth beneath them shaking with explosion like terrifying sounds after that what they saw was unbelievable to their eyes. After land beneath them grumbled, soon water started coming out of their handpumps with great force. They witnessed crack in brick walls while mud houses collapsed."

2015-10-08 - Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes off the coast near Broome (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/303603-4-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-Broome-Western-Australia
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-broome/news-story/ec41d32819c4f7d26b90c0a68221636c

2015-10-08 - Heat wave and record temps hit San Diego County (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151010-50434-USA

2015-10-08 - Heavy flooding hits the island of Cyprus (Greece):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151008-50420-CYP
http://in-cyprus.com/torrential-rain-floods-larnaca/
http://www.sott.net/article/303676-Torrential-rain-brings-flooding-to-Larnaca-Cyprus

2015-10-08 - Atmospheric concentration of an ozone-destroying chemical mysteriously drops:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/10/07/atmospheric-concentration-of-an-ozone-destroying-chemical-drops-mysteriously/
http://www.sott.net/article/303589-Atmospheric-concentration-of-an-ozone-destroying-chemical-drops-mysteriously

2015-10-08 - Northern lights visible much further south in the UK than usual:
http://www.sott.net/article/303584-Electric-Universe-Northern-lights-visible-much-further-south-in-UK-than-usual
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/northern-lights-aurora-borealis-phenomenon-could-be-seen-over-uk-skies-for-next-few-weeks-experts-a6685626.html

2015-10-08 - The derivatives market is a matrix of fraud, here's how it works:
http://www.sprottmoney.com/blog/the-derivatives-market-bets-bookies-and-fraud.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303601-The-derivatives-market-is-a-matrix-of-fraud-heres-how-it-works

2015-10-08 - Signs that the Great Derivatives Crisis has now begun:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/global-financial-meltdown-coming-signs-that-the-great-derivatives-crisis-has-now-begun

2015-10-08 - IMF, the UN, the BIS And Citibank warning that an economic crisis could be imminent:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/why-are-the-imf-the-un-the-bis-and-citibank-all-warning-that-an-economic-crisis-could-be-imminent

2015-10-08 - Massive traffic jam hits superhighway in Beijing (China):
https://www.rt.com/news/317980-china-traffic-jam-gridlock/
http://www.sott.net/article/303568-Chinese-carmageddon-Thousands-of-vehicles-stranded-on-Beijing-motorway

Note: Wow, check that highway out! That's the most lanes I've ever seen on any highway, at least 40 (!) lanes...

2015-10-08 - Freaky 'roll clouds' seen over Bern (Switzerland):
http://strangesounds.org/2015/10/mysterious-clouds-roll-over-bern-switzerland.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303680-Strange-skies-Mysterious-roll-clouds-engulf-sky-in-Bern-Switzerland

2015-10-08 - Unknown flying objects spotted buzzing around Volcano Popocatépetl (Mexico):
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2015/10/08/ufos-caught-on-video-buzzing-around-mexico-popocatepetl-volcano-again/

2015-10-08 - NASA announces giant asteroid to pass Earth this weekend:
http://www.sott.net/article/303693-NASA-announces-giant-asteroid-to-pass-Earth-this-weekend
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/science/nasa-announces-asteroid-86666-2000-fl10-to-26km-wide-will-narrowly-miss-earth-when-it-passes-by-on-weekend/story-fnjwlbuf-1227562792248

2015-10-08 - Baby born with one eye and no nose in Egypt:
http://www.sott.net/article/303607-Signs-and-Portents-Baby-in-Egypt-born-with-only-one-eye-and-no-nose
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/92594/20151008/baby-in-egypt-born-with-only-one-eye-and-no-nose-after-being-exposed-to-radiation.htm

2015-10-08 - Math mystery, Shinichi Mochizuki solves proof but nobody can understand it:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/math-mystery-shinichi-mochizuki-and-the-impenetrable-proof/

Quote: "A Japanese mathematician claims to have solved one of the most important problems in his field. The trouble is, hardly anyone can work out whether he's right."

Quote: "To complete the proof, Mochizuki had invented a new branch of his discipline, one that is astonishingly abstract even by the standards of pure maths. 'Looking at it, you feel a bit like you might be reading a paper from the future, or from outer space,' number theorist Jordan Ellenberg, of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, wrote on his blog a few days after the paper appeared."

2015-10-09 - Tuna crabs washing ashore and stranding at beaches near Monterey (California):
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/pelagic-red-crabs-swarm-onto-monterey-bay-shore-first-stranding-since-1982-83/
http://kron4.com/2015/10/08/video-el-nino-causing-tuna-crabs-to-wash-ashore-in-monterey-latest-in-string-of-strange-animal-behaviors-along-coast/

Quote: "Tuna crabs recently started washing ashore by the thousands along the beaches near Monterey, like Asilomar Beach. The problem is that tuna crabs are rarely seen this far north, the water is usually too cold."

2015-10-09 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreaks hit eight lakes in Kansas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151009-50422-USA

Quote: "KDHE says high levels of blue-green algae have been found in Brown County State Fishing Lake, Chisolm Creek Park Lake in Sedgwick County, Harvey County East Park Lake in Harvey County, Hiawatha City Lake in Brown County, McPherson County State Fishing Lake, Melvern River Pond (Not Melvern Lake) in Osage County, Nemaha State Fishing Lake and Plainville Township Lake in Rooks County. KDHE says the water in the lakes should never be consumed by humans, pets or livestock, and should be avoided."

2015-10-09 - Shortage of fresh water threatens to become a global crisis:
http://www.voanews.com/content/shortage-fresh-water-threatens-become-global-crisis/2998113.html

2015-10-09 - Heat wave broils southern California, heat records shattered:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/10/all-time-heat-record-set-amid-triple.html

2015-10-09 - Heat wave hits Colombia, 600,000 chickens die:
http://www.noticiasrcn.com/nacional-pais/cerca-600000-pollos-mueren-ciclo-engorde-ola-calor-el-pais
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noticiasrcn.com%2Fnacional-pais%2Fcerca-600000-pollos-mueren-ciclo-engorde-ola-calor-el-pais&edit-text=&act=url

2015-10-09 - Heat wave bakes Zimbabwe:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151010-50435-ZWE

2015-10-09 - Heat wave hits parts of South Africa:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151010-50433-ZAF

2015-10-09 - Indian states suffering major pest infestation since adopting GM seeds:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-india-cotton-whitefly-idUSKCN0S30QW20151009
http://www.sott.net/article/303667-Indian-states-suffering-major-pest-infestation-since-adopting-GM-seeds

2015-10-09 - Report says CIA did cover up aspects of JFK's assassination:
http://www.trueactivist.com/finally-the-cia-admits-covering-up-jfk-assassination/
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/jfk-assassination-john-mccone-warren-commission-cia-213197

Quote: "While raising no question about the essential findings of the Warren Commission, including that Oswald was the gunman in Dallas, the 2013 report is important because it comes close to an official CIA acknowledgement—half a century after the fact—of impropriety in the agency’s dealings with the commission."

Note: The day JFK died was the day a sperm and an egg met and created the zygote that would be me 9 months later. That's very likely why my mother named me Jon too, though she dropped the 'h' for reasons unknown...

2015-10-09 - Giant skeletons uncovered in Ecuador and Peru Amazon regions sent for scientific testing:
http://www.sott.net/article/303741-Giant-skeletons-uncovered-in-Ecuador-and-Peru-Amazon-regions-sent-for-scientific-testing
http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/giant-7-8-foot-skeletons-uncovered-ecuador-sent-scientific-testing-004119

Quote: "According to a Cuenca news site, since 2013 the team has found half a dozen human skeletons dating to the early 1400s and the mid-1500s which measure between seven and eight feet (213 to 243 centimeters) in height."

2015-10-09 - Gigantic see-through object seen hovering in sky above Manipur (India):
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/exclusive-ufo-sighting-2015-huge-see-through-object-caught-hovering-manipur-photos-649730
http://www.sott.net/article/303750-Gigantic-see-through-object-seen-hovering-in-sky-above-Manipur-India

2015-10-10 - Unknown odor leaks from drain near police station in Saffron Walden (Britain):
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Police-ambulance-possible-chemical-incident/story-27958612-detail/story.html

Quote: "According to one witness on Twitter, fire engines were at the scene as a result of a 'chronic' smell from a drain at the station. Another Twitter user referred to a 'sinister' odour."

2015-10-10 - As southern Siberia basks in heat, flowers bloom again this year:
http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/casestudy/news/n0444-autumn-cancelled-in-southern-siberia-as-altai-basks-in-27c-heat/

Quote: "Is it a freak heat wave or an indisputable sign of global warming? The experts will argue about this but a range of balmy temperatures in October in Siberia certainly begs a few questions: 27C in Altai, 24C in Barnaul, 21C in Novosibirsk, 21C in Tomsk, and 21C in Kemerovo. In the Sayano-Shushenskiy Reserve, a 'second spring' was reported as rhododendron blossomed, evidently tricked by the Indian summer into thinking it was May or June again."

Note: Scroll to bottom for pics of attractive Siberian woman if pics of flowers blooming aren't interesting enough for you. Heheh...

2015-10-10 - Heat wave continues to scorch California, 61 people sickened at parade in Placentia (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151011-50452-USA

Quote: "Temperatures reportedly reached 105 degrees. Incidents like this illustrate the real danger of heat waves like the one we're in the middle of..."

2015-10-10 - Toxic flammable froth spewing regularly from Bellandur Lake in Bangalore (Indis):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20151010-50451-IND
http://www.inverse.com/article/6922-why-is-this-lake-filled-with-noxious-foam
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2015/10/10/toxic-foams-and-fire-bursting-out-of-bellandur-lake-india/

2015-10-10 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreaks hit rivers for the first time in Northern California:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151010-50443-USA

Quote: "Add something new to the list of problems being blamed on the California drought - toxic blue-green algae growing in Northern California rivers. It's hasn't been documented in Sacramento County before."

2015-10-10 - Flood damage keeps busy I-95 closed for fourth consecutive day in South Carolina:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/problems-persist-after-storm-closes-key-east-coast-highway

2015-10-10 - Heavy flooding hits the South Sound area in and around Tacoma (Washington):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151011-50459-USA

2015-10-10 - Flash floods hit Chakpikarong (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151011-50455-IND

2015-10-10 - 100 years of earthquakes, mapped in 3D:
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/10/mapping-100-years-of-earthquakes-in-3d/409894/

2015-10-10 - Shift from fossil fuels risks popping 'carbon bubble', says World Bank:
http://news.yahoo.com/shift-fossil-fuels-risks-popping-carbon-bubble-world-203433539.html

Note: Everybody dying might pop that bubble too!

2015-10-10 - Rare sun dog seen over Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Phantom-Sun-dog-lights-Plymouth-sky-amazing/story-27954494-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303774-Rare-sun-dog-lights-up-Plymouth-UK-skies

2015-10-11 - Hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued again for the Coachella Valley (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/odor-advisory-issued-for-the-coachella-valley/35778214

2015-10-11 - Man, 28, jumps into Lake Powell and disappears in Arizona:
http://www.sltrib.com/home/3052360-155/search-for-missing-lake-powell-cliff

2015-10-11 - Man in his 60s collapses during marathon, heart stops, on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/article38756166.html

2015-10-11 - Historic heat shatters records in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Colorado:
http://www.weather.com/news/climate/news/historic-october-heat-fargo-dakotas-nebraska-colorado
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/western-us-to-encounter-record-challenging-warmth/52929400
http://www.sott.net/article/303811-Record-breaking-heat-to-bake-Western-US-10-20-degrees-above-average

Quote: "Sunday took late-season heat to unheard-of extremes in parts of Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakotas. For much of the region, temperatures were higher than any on record for so late in the year. A few places were so hot that October 11 will go down as the hottest day of all of 2015 – an extraordinary feat in the central and northern Plains, where October is typically part of a rapid transition from summer's heat to winter's chill."

2015-10-11 - September was the second-warmest on record for the Lower 48 in the US:
http://www.wunderground.com/news/record-warm-september-2015-year-to-date-noaa-report

2015-10-11 - Waterspout roars ashore and flips USPS tractor trailer near bridge in coastal Tampa (Florida):
http://6abc.com/weather/video-water-spout-destroys-mail-truck/1028778/
http://www.local10.com/news/funnel-cloud-flips-semitruck-in-manatee-county-troopers-say/35784700
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/waterspout-causes-damage-to-mail-truck-on-florida-bridge/1028326/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/11/waterspout-damages-truck-near-skyway-bridge-tampa/73792370/
http://www.sott.net/article/303808-Waterspout-rips-apart-US-mail-truck-in-Tampa-Bay-Florida
http://www.fox35orlando.com/local-news/32174464-story

Quote: "According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Randall Leaver, 56, of Wesley Chapel, was driving a U.S. Postal contractor semitruck north on I-275 near the 7.5 mile marker when a funnel cloud coming from the west crossed the highway, lifting the truck and turning it on its right side. The truck was picked up again and placed upright by the funnel cloud."

Note: Very polite waterspout, putting the truck back upright again like that!

2015-10-12 - Volcano Tungurahua erupts in Ecuador, spews gas and ash two kilometers into the atmosphere:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11528133
http://www.sott.net/article/303885-Tungurahua-volcano-in-Ecuador-spews-gas-ash-2km-into-the-air

2015-10-12 - White Island volcano rumbling, emitting carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, in the Bay of Plenty (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20151014-50488-NZL

2015-10-12 - Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes off the eastern coast of the North Island (New Zealand):
http://www.sott.net/article/303800-5-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-150km-from-Wellington-New-Zealand
http://www.rt.com/news/318346-new-zealand-earthquake-wellington/

2015-10-12 - Crew member sickens on ferry ship 'Color Magic', medevac'd off, near coastal Gothenburg (Sweden):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Color-Magic-9349863.html

Quote: "On Oct 11, 2015, a crew member of the 'Color Magic' which was underway between Oslo and Kiel on the Kattegat west of Gothenburg fell ill. The Swedish MRCC was informed, and doctors estimated that the man needed to be emedevaced as soon as possible."

2015-10-12 - Lamar Odom found unconscious at brothel, fluid leaking from mouth, in Pahrump (Nevada):
http://myfox8.com/2015/10/13/lamar-odom-found-unconscious-at-nevada-brothel-tmz-reports/

2015-10-12 - Britain faces longest winter in 50 years after earliest ever arrival of Siberian swan:
http://www.sott.net/article/303880-Britain-faces-longest-winter-in-50-years-after-earliest-ever-arrival-of-Siberian-swan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/weather/11926752/Britain-faces-longest-winter-in-50-years-after-earliest-ever-arrival-of-Siberian-swan.html

Quote: "Britain is facing its longest winter in 50 years after the earliest-ever arrival of a Siberian swan which traditionally heralds the start of the season. Each year around 300 Bewick's swans migrate 2,500 miles from Arctic Russia to escape the approaching cold weather which follows closely behind them. They flock to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Slimbridge, Glos, where their arrival has been recorded since 1963. The first bird arrived on Sunday - a full 25 days earlier than last year and the earliest date on record."

Note: Gulf stream stalling? If so then the effects will be seen fairly quickly in Europe, and people used to temperate climes but at Siberian latitudes might want to get prepared for a more Siberia-like climate...

2015-10-12 - El Niño could leave 4 million people in the Pacific without food or drinking water:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/the-el-nino-in-pacific.html

2015-10-12 - Heavy rain and hail sweeps through the Campbelltown and Sutherland areas (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/303810-Storm-creates-havoc-in-southern-Sydney-with-hail-and-damaging-winds
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/sydney-weather-storm-blitzes-southern-sydney-with-hail-and-wind/story-e6frflp0-1227566382691

2015-10-12 - Heavy flooding closes roads on the island of Oahu (Hawaii):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151013-50480-USA

2015-10-12 - Boeing’s 'lightest metal ever' is 99.9% air, will be used for airplanes and vehicles:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boeing-lightest-metal-99-9-air-article-1.2394473

Quote: "The lightest metal known to man is mostly made out of air, according to Boeing. The aircraft company has developed a lightweight metal called Microlattice that is 99.9% air and can be compressed to high levels without breaking. The metal can also absorb high amounts of energy, which allows it to be incredibly flexible."

2015-10-12 - California considering using inmate firefighters with violent pasts:
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/California-Considering-Using-Inmate-Firefighters-with-Violent-Pasts-331968582.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2015/10/12/violent-inmates-being-considered-for-wildfire-crews-in-california/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/10/13/hot-debate-in-california-tinderbox-violent-criminals-may-join-inmate-firefighting-force/

Note: 'Dude, you can't put out the fire by stabbing it!'

2015-10-13 - Woods Hole Research Center concludes methane from melting permafrost could be catastrophic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/woods-hole-warns-about-methane.html

2015-10-13 - Extensive study finds marine food chains at risk of collapse:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/13/marine-food-chains-at-risk-of-collapse-extensive-study-of-worlds-oceans-reveals

2015-10-13 - Four months of heavy snow predicted for UK, worst winter in half a century:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/611100/Winter-2015-Heavy-Snow-record-cold-weather-forecast-UK
http://www.sott.net/article/303921-Four-months-of-heavy-snow-predicted-for-UK-worst-winter-in-half-a-century

2015-10-13 - Sun dog seen off the coast of Whitby (Britain):
http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/reader-photo-rare-sun-dog-image-captured-off-whitby-1-7509938
http://www.sott.net/article/303886-Sun-dog-seen-off-coast-of-Whitby-UK

2015-10-13 - Spectacular photo of sun dogs, solar halo, circumzenithal arc captured in Croatia:
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/wonderful-solar-halo-in-croatia
http://www.sott.net/article/303887-Strange-skys-Spectacular-photo-of-sun-dogs-solar-halo-circumzenithal-arc-captured-in-Croatia-sky

2015-10-13 - Bright green meteor seen flying across Southern California skies:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/10/13/many-southern-california-residents-tweet-seeing-meteor-streak-across-sky/
http://www.sott.net/article/303965-Bright-green-meteor-seen-flying-across-Southern-California-skies

2015-10-13 - Enormous coronal hole opened in sun's atmosphere:
http://www.sott.net/article/303960-Enormous-coronal-hole-opened-in-suns-atmosphere

2015-10-13 - Man slices 100 MPH fastball in half with a samurai sword at batting cage:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/watch-this-samurai-slice-a-100-mph-fastball-in-half-at-the-batting-cages/ar-AAfrkth

2015-10-13 - Man crashes car in ditch, arrested for DUI, says his dog was driving, in Palmetto (Florida):
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-blames-dog-drunk-driving-rap-article-1.2393809
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-accused-of-drink-driving-tells-police-his-dog-was-driving-a6692651.html

2015-10-13 - Mysterious mirage city appears in clouds over Foshan (China):
http://strangesounds.org/2015/10/project-blue-beam-mysterious-mirage-city-appears-in-the-clouds-over-foshan.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303908-Fata-Morgana-Mysterious-mirage-city-appears-in-clouds-over-Foshan-China

Note: Wow, that's freaky as hell! Wish I had some kind of explanation to offer, but I got nothin'...

2015-10-13 - Has Kepler detected a fleet of ancient alien megastructures orbiting a star?http://www.sott.net/article/303907-The-most-mysterious-star-in-our-galaxy
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/

2015-10-14 - Methane found pluming from the ocean floor off the coast of Oregon and Washington:
http://phys.org/news/2015-10-plumes-washington-oregon-warmer-ocean.html
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/10/15/Study-Bubble-plumes-of-methane-escaping-warming-ocean/3021444913904/
http://earthsky.org/earth/warmer-ocean-may-be-releasing-frozen-methane
http://www.babwnews.com/2015/10/methane-plumes-bubbling-from-the-seafloor-raise-climate-concerns/
http://www.natureworldreport.com/2015/10/warming-pacific-releasing-huge-amounts-of-powerful-methane/
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/10/16/is-human-warming-prodding-a-sleeping-methane-monster-off-oregons-coast/

Quote: "Warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface, in a dark ocean in areas with little marine life, might attract scant attention. But this is precisely the depth where frozen pockets of methane 'ice' transition from a dormant solid to a powerful greenhouse gas. New University of Washington research suggests that subsurface warming could be causing more methane gas to bubble up off the Washington and Oregon coast. The study, to appear in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, shows that of 168 bubble plumes observed within the past decade, a disproportionate number were seen at a critical depth for the stability of methane hydrates."

Quote: "According to a report from the Daily Mail, a recent study has revealed that an alarming series of methane plumes are popping up from vents on the sea floor off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Researchers think warming water temperatures roughly a third of a mile below the surface is responsible for the release of the gas."

Quote: "Besides the West Coast, research last year found a huge increase in methane plumes off the East Coast."

Note: 'Subsurface warming' - that's heat from BELOW. At least two volcanoes have erupted off the coast of Oregon too, another sign of heat rising from below. And now we have methane clathrate deposits destabilizing and dissociating off both the East Coast AND the West Coast, to go along with the methane spewing from the ocean floor in the Artic, the methane exploding out of the ground in Siberia as the ancient permafrost melts away, the clathrates dissociating off the coast of New Zealand, the methane that belched from a pond in Canada, people's tapwater being found to be flammable and contaminated with methane in Texas, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and so on.

As the methane blows off the ocean onto land, some of it will adsorb onto matter, causing fires to be much worse than they normally are. In fact, all of the West Coast states had horrific fires this wildfire season, including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California, and this wildfire season was the worst in US history. Expect things to get worse from here on out. Eventually, if the West Coast clathrates really get gushing, the methane may self-ignite as it exits the ocean, turning the ocean into a gigantic flamethrower which spits fire and explosions downwind, which for the Pacific Ocean is generally toward the land...

2015-10-14 - Man, 28, has seizure on fishing ship 'Ocean Beaut' near coastal Ilwaco (Washington), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Ocean-Beaut-I764095.html

Quote: "A boatcrew from the Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment medically assisted a 28-year-old male who was experiencing symptoms of a seizure aboard the 'Ocean Beaut' approximately 12 miles northwest of the Columbia River entrance in the evening of Oct 13, 2015."

2015-10-14 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Kuril Islands (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/318618-quake-russian-kuril-islands/
http://www.sott.net/article/303916-USGS-reports-5-9-magnitude-quake-strikes-off-Russias-Kuril-Islands

2015-10-14 - Red tide detected in the Gulf of Mexico near Sarasota (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151014-50493-USA
http://wfla.com/2015/10/14/red-tide-detected-off-sarasota-coast/
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20151014/ARTICLE/151019812

2015-10-14 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Mediterranean coast in Spain:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151014-50496-ESP

2015-10-14 - Fierce storms batter Italy, landslides and flooding ensue, 5 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151015-50504-ITA

2015-10-14 - Heat wave bakes Phoenix (Arizona), heat record tied:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151015-50500-USA

2015-10-14 - Winter-like pattern to bring coldest weather of season to the eastern US this weekend:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/13/winter-like-pattern-to-bring-coldest-weather-of-season-to-eastern-u-s-this-weekend/
http://www.sott.net/article/303995-Bundle-up-Winter-like-pattern-to-bring-coldest-weather-of-season-to-eastern-US-this-weekend

2015-10-14 - Early-season snow will bring central Germany first taste of winter:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/early-season-snow-germany/52957675
http://www.sott.net/article/303920-Early-season-snow-will-bring-central-Germany-first-taste-of-winter

2015-10-14 - Waterspout forms near Bronte Beach (Australia):
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/water-spout-spotted-off-bronte-beach-20151014-gk8vw4.html
http://www.sott.net/article/303963-Waterspout-forms-off-coast-in-Bronte-Beach-Australia

2015-10-14 - NASA is looking for your ideas on how to live off the land on Mars:
http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-looking-your-ideas-live-land-mars

2015-10-15 - Volcano Colima erupts twice in one day in Mexico:
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mexico-colima-volcano-spectacularly-erupts-into-sunny-sky-650862
http://www.sott.net/article/304108-Mexicos-Colima-volcano-erupts-twice-spewing-ash-and-smoke

2015-10-15 - Mount Sinabung erupts again in Sumatra (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20151016-50514-IDN

2015-10-15 - Millions of people in the US participate in the 'Great Shake Out' earthquake drills:
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_28975829/shakeout-raises-awareness-about-earthquake-preparedness
http://abc7.com/news/californians-prepare-for-earthquake-with-annual-great-shakeout-drill/1034417/
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/10/number_of_participants_in_grea.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/612076/MEGA-EARTHQUAKE-will-SPLIT-continents-killing-40-million-with-tsunamis-THIS-WEEKEND

Note: Heh, the last headline's a bit overdramatic...

2015-10-15 - Heavy storm, flash flooding and mudslide(s) close I-5 near Fort Tejon (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151016-50510-USA
http://santamariatimes.com/semi-submerged-after-mudslide/image_5c290667-4428-5edd-ba4c-f82db38f0049.html
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2015/10/16/southern-california-storm-causes-flash-flooding/
http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/10/15/55068/flash-flood-warnings-issued-in-southern-california/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-5-freeway-remains-closed-more-thunderstorms-expected-20151016-story.html
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/10/15/massive-mudslide-flash-flood-forces-shut-down-of-grapevine-on-i-5-in-both-directions/
http://www.jsonline.com/news/usandworld/national/key-southern-california-interstate-blocked-in-flash-flooding-mjsurnpublicidaporg405302ac5fcb4f8faf3c-333174241.html

Quote: "Emergency crews shoveled mud from a section of Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles after flash flood debris blocked the important roadway, stranded hundreds of vehicles, and forced some motorists to take refuge on top of their cars."

2015-10-15 - Flash flooding hits Corbu (Romania):
http://www.euronews.com/2015/10/13/romania-floods-leave-motorists-stranded/
http://www.sott.net/article/304063-Romania-floods-leave-motorists-stranded

2015-10-15 - El Nino stirs up greater cyclone threat for New Zealand, Tasman dries up:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/more-cyclones-for-pacific.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/climate-change-reporting-in-land-of.html

2015-10-15 - Waterspout filmed over Lake Superior in Michigan:
http://wyrk.com/perfect-waterspout-captured-on-lake-michigan-thursdayvideo/
http://www.sott.net/article/304081-Waterspout-captured-on-Lake-Superior-in-Michigan

2015-10-15 - Meteorite crashes into home in Maldonado (Uruguay):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20151015-50499-URY
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4250891&Itemid=1
http://www.sott.net/article/303979-Meteorite-fell-on-an-Uruguayan-home

2015-10-16 - Volcano Turrialba erupts and spews ash in Costa Rica:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20151017-50538-CRI

2015-10-16 - Volcano Rincon de la Vieja rumbling and spewing smoke in Costa Rica, risk assessment team arrives:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20151017-50527-CRI

2015-10-16 - Man, 66, has heart attack on ferry ship near the island of Porquerolles (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Jean-Nicoli-9161948.html

Quote: "A passenger, aged 66, had suffered a heart attack. Following a conference call between the CROSS Med, the center of maritime medical consultation (CSCM) and the UAS maritime medical coordination (SCMM 83), the decision to evacuate the Patient as soon as possible was taken."

2015-10-16 - Heat wave bakes Brazil, people flee to the beaches:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20151017-50535-BRA

Quote: "The blistering temperature just missed surpassing 2012's record of 43.2 degrees, prompting desperate residents to escape to the region's famed beaches."

2015-10-16 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Moira Lake in Madoc (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151017-50530-CAN

2015-10-16 - Massive dust storm hits Phoenix (Arizona), blackouts ensue:
http://news.sky.com/story/1571129/arizona-dust-storm-cuts-power-to-thousands
http://www.sott.net/article/304174-Massive-dust-storm-rolls-through-Arizona-thousands-without-power

Quote: "Arizona's 3TV reported that the wins were so strong they bent goal posts on a football field in Tempe and a Special Olympics opening ceremony had to be cancelled."

2015-10-16 - Major flooding closes State Route 58 in Tehachapi (California), hundreds of cars trapped:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/10-mile-stretch-vehicles-stuck-165429366.html

2015-10-16 - Heavy storms and flooding hit Italy and Croatia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151016-50522-ITA
http://www.sott.net/article/304070-Extreme-weather-brings-heavy-rain-severe-flooding-to-parts-of-Balkans-Italy
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2015/10/15/extreme-weather-system-brings-heavy-rainfalls-and-severe-flooding-across-parts-of-italy-and-balkans/

2015-10-16 - Philippine Islands on alert for incoming typhoon:
http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-alert-strong-typhoon-141022893.html

2015-10-16 - Funnel cloud, waterspout mix appears in Consiton, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/funnel-clouds-and-waterspouts-signs-of-active-fall-weather-/58562/
http://www.sott.net/article/304165-Funnel-cloud-waterspout-mix-appears-in-Consiton-Ontario

2015-10-16 - Incredibly venomous yellow-bellied sea snake found at beach in Oxnard (California):
http://ktla.com/2015/10/16/incredibly-venomous-yellow-bellied-sea-snake-seen-in-california-for-1st-time-in-30-years/
http://www.fox30jax.com/news/news/national/incredibly-venomous-sea-snake-spotted-california-b/nn47r/?IJJL1M
http://www.sott.net/article/304169-Incredibly-venomous-yellow-bellied-sea-snake-spotted-in-California-for-the-first-time-in-30-years

Quote: "It is believed to be the first yellow-bellied sea snake sighting in the area in 30 years."

2015-10-16 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission cancels nuclear site cancer study:
http://www.sott.net/article/304172-Nuclear-power-kills-Nuclear-Regulatory-Commission-cancelled-its-nuclear-site-cancer-study
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2985492/nuclear_power_kills_the_real_reason_the_nrc_cancelled_its_nuclear_site_cancer_study.html

2015-10-16 - The numbers say that a major global recession has already begun:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/major-global-recession-has-already-begun.html

2015-10-17 - Man goes out on boat, empty 'ghost boat' washes ashore at coastal Wonthaggi, Victoria (Australia):
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/10/18/search-for-man-after-boat-turns-up-in-vic.html
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/missing-fishermans-boat-washes-ashore-at-wonthaggi-20151017-gkboy8.html

Quote: "Leading Senior Constable Paul Turner said the empty boat washed up just off Chisolm Road about 11.30am. 'It's believed to be the same boat that was reported missing with one man on board that had left Newhaven on Thursday,' he said."

2015-10-17 - Man, 31, goes missing while swimming at beach near coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/breaking-news/search-continues-for-missing-swimmer/news-story/a9ded6042632f3e411827daaa05ed0b3?sv=94d5bdefd0f564fd78365a80c9f3cbfd

2015-10-17 - Person has heart attack during game at stadium in Ann Arbor (Michigan):
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/article39646917.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/fan-has-heart-attack-toward-end-of-michigan-st-michigan-game/ar-AAfzsIT

Quote: "It was a busy day in and around Michigan Stadium for medical personnel and police. Brown says 76 people needed treatment, including 12 that were taken to the hospital."

Note: So not just one person having a heart attack, but a full dozen people that needed to be hospitalized...

2015-10-17 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near El Galpon (Argentina), homes collapse, schools destroyed, 1 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20151017-50536-ARG
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/17/us-argentina-quake-idUSKCN0SB0HO20151017
http://www.sott.net/article/304208-5-9-magnitude-earthquake-hits-northwest-Argentina

2015-10-17 - Heavy rain hits the Cuyama Valley (California), flooding ensues, Highway 166 may be closed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151017-50533-USA

2015-10-17 - Typhoon Koppu heads toward the Philippines, catastrophic flooding and high winds expected:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/tropical-storm-koppu-to-streng/52977291
http://www.sott.net/article/304130-Powerful-Typhoon-Koppu-brings-catastrophic-flooding-damaging-winds-to-Philippines-12-24-inches-of-rain-expected

2015-10-17 - Drought declared in 14,708 villages in 20 districts in India:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20151017-50526-IND

2015-10-17 - Hawaii declares state of emergency over homelessness:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20151017-50532-USA

2015-10-17 - Government plans to have all drones be registered:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/report-government-to-require-drone-registration/article/2574352
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/report-government-registration-of-drones-begins/

Quote: "The federal government plans to announce a plan to have all drones purchased in the United States registered with the Transportation Department, according to a report by NBC News."

2015-10-17 - Fleet of UFOs seen floating around over Bakersfield (California):
http://www.ufosightingsdaily.com/2015/10/ufo-armada-over-bakersfield-california.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304242-UFO-fleet-seen-over-Bakersfield-California

2015-10-18 - Woman, 57, has heart attack on cruise ship near coastal Monterey (California), medevac'd off:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/watch-coast-guard-medevacs-woman-having-heart-attack-cruise-ship-n446816
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Grand-Princess-9104005.html
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2613106/

2015-10-18 - Man sickens on boat near coastal Nantucket Island (Massachusetts), medevac'd off:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/10/19/watch-coast-guard-airlifts-sick-captain-from-boat-miles-off-nantucket/x1yW6R0iDcjxxUaZZf7dPJ/story.html

2015-10-18 - Man, 50, has chest pains on ferry ship near coastal Toulon (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Pascal-Paoli-9247510.html

Quote: "On Oct 18, 2015, at 11:15 p.m. the CROSS Med wascontacted by the center of maritime medical consultation for a medical emergency on the 'Pascal Paoli'. A man of 50 was suffering from chest pain on board the ferry, which was located about 180 kilometers east of Toulon."

2015-10-18 - Man goes missing from fishing ship at around midnight in coastal Chesapeake Bay (Virginia):
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/virginia/2015/10/18/man-overbord-fishermans-island/74175632/
http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/coast-guard-searches-man-near-chesapeake-bay-entrance-3016939
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_e0e1a38f-c8c6-5823-87ce-0f35666820ea.html
http://www.nbc12.com/story/30289416/chesapeake-bay-search-underway-for-fishing-boat-captain

2015-10-18 - Man, 55, goes out on boat, goes missing, near coastal Egegik (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/article/20151017/coast-guard-suspends-search-man-missing-bristol-bay
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/search-suspended-for-missing-boater-last-seen-leaving-egegik/article_46444844-75b4-11e5-8ae3-5f089e07f2f4.html

2015-10-18 - USC athletic director Pat Haden collapses on field prior to game at Notre Dame (Indiana):
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/17/9561891/pat-haden-collapses-usc-athletic-director-notre-dame

2015-10-18 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Hihifo (Tonga):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003pie#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/304223-Magnitude-6-0-quake-strikes-41-miles-southeast-of-Hihifo-Tonga

2015-10-18 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Hihifo (Tonga):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003pig#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/304224-Second-earthquake-hits-33-miles-southeast-of-Hihifo-Tonga-magnitude-5-1

2015-10-18 - Magnitude 3.1 earthquake shakes San Ramon (California):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/magnitude-3-1-earthquake-hits-near-san-francisco/

2015-10-18 - Abrupt climate change can occur even before a 2-degree rise in warming:
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/abrupt_climate_change_can_occur_below_2_degree_warming_rise_20151018

Note: Abrupt climate change is already occurring...

2015-10-18 - Food industry warns Of devastating food shortages amid climate inaction:
http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/10/13/food-industry-warns-devastating-food-shortages-amid-climate-inaction

2015-10-18 - NASA shows how quickly the Earth is running out of fresh water:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/nasas-terrifying-new-discovery-shows-how-quickly-the-earth-is-running-out-of-water/story-fnjww010-1227403239209

Quote: "Human activity is leading to the rapid draining of about one third of the planet’s largest underground water reserves and it is unclear how much fluid remains in them, two new studies have found. Consequently, huge sections of the population are using up groundwater without knowing when it will run out..."

2015-10-18 - Typhoon Koppu roars into the Philippine Islands, 2 killed, 16,000 displaced:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/typhoon-leaves-at-least-1-dead-6-missing-in-philippines/ar-AAfyEcp

2015-10-18 - Deadly floods kill 7 in Honduras while Belize receives 10 inches of rain in 36 hours:
http://floodlist.com/america/deadly-floods-honduras-7-killed-comayagua
http://www.sott.net/article/304279-Central-America-flooding-Deadly-floods-kill-7-in-Honduras-Belize-receives-10-inches-of-rain-in-36-hours

2015-10-18 - Winter arrives early in Germany, 11 inches of snow hits the Alps:
http://www.dw.com/en/first-snow-showers-winter-has-arrived-early-in-germany/a-18780737
http://www.sott.net/article/304280-Winter-arrives-early-in-Germany-11-inches-of-snow-in-the-Alps

2015-10-18 - Time bomb waiting to explode, US collapse could be swift, unstoppable and devastating:
http://www.rt.com/op-edge/318986-america-bomb-society-crisis/
http://www.sott.net/article/304232-A-time-bomb-waiting-to-explode-US-collapse-will-be-swift-unstoppable-and-devastating

2015-10-18 - Shooting breaks out at 11:45 PM at ZombiCon in coastal Fort Myers (Florida), 1 killed, 4+ injured:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/zombicon-shooting-kills-1-injures-4-police-say/1038991/
http://abc7ny.com/news/1-killed-4-injured-in-shooting-at-zombie-themed-festival/1038910/
http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Police-say-1-killed-4-injured-in-shooting-at-ZombieCon-333790691.html
http://www.wtvm.com/story/30288092/police-say-1-killed-5-injured-in-shooting-at-zombicon

Quote: "A shooting at the annual ZombiCon gathering in Florida has left one person dead and five more injured, causing a chaotic scene that sent throngs of zombie-dressed revelers running through the streets, police said Sunday."

2015-10-18 - Person builds fully functional RV trailer out of Legos:
http://www.wimp.com/functional-rv-made-lego-bricks/

Quote: "A mobile home that is not only built out of those colorful plastic blocks, but is also fully functional. Everything works, even the kitchen sink. Simply astounding."

2015-10-19 - Man, firefighter, steps off fire truck and collapses, near Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://myfox8.com/2015/10/20/local-fire-departments-rally-around-eden-firefighter-after-collapse/

2015-10-19 - Magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes the Ural Mountains (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20151019-50556-RUS

2015-10-19 - More than 200 earthquakes in a week shake the Bay Area (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-ramon-quake-swarm-20151020-story.html

Quote: "A swarm of more than 200 earthquakes have rumbled through San Ramon in the Bay Area in recent days, including a 3.5 temblor Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey."

Note: Things that make you go 'Hmmm.' I hope this isn't a prelude to something worse/bigger...

2015-10-19 - Responders train for overturned school buses in Tallassee (Alabama):
http://www.kltv.com/story/30300550/full-scale-overturned-bus-exercise-set-for-tues-in-tallassee

Quote: "An overturned school bus with a number of casualties will be the focus of a full-scale exercise Tuesday says the Elmore County Emergency Management Agency. The exercise will include the City of Tallassee and will take place from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. There's no need for the public to be alarmed. This is only an exercise to prepare in case the real thing ever happens."

2015-10-19 - A look at near-term human extinction - everyone dead by 2030?http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/near-term-human-extinction.html

2015-10-19 - Climate models may be wrong as fires cancel forest carbon sinks:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28362-climate-models-may-be-wrong-as-fires-cancel-forest-carbon-sinks/

Note: Human civilization itself will surely produce a buttload of carbon as it burns too. In fact, pretty much everything on the surface of the Earth is going to burn, so I imagine that will indeed be quite a lot of carbon...

2015-10-19 - Indication of harsh winter? Record-breaking number of pink-footed geese land in Angus (Scotland):
http://news.stv.tv/tayside/1330980-record-breaking-number-of-pink-footed-geese-land-in-angus-from-arctic/
http://www.sott.net/article/304334-An-indication-of-approaching-harsh-winter-Record-breaking-number-of-pink-footed-geese-land-in-Angus-Scotland-from-the-Arctic

2015-10-19 - Flooding kills 7 people in northern Oman:
http://floodlist.com/asia/floods-kill-7-people-in-northern-oman
http://www.sott.net/article/304336-Flooding-kills-7-people-in-northern-Oman

2015-10-19 - Lightning strike kills two fishermen in Sri Lanka:
http://nation.lk/online/2015/10/19/lightning-kills-two-fishermen/
http://www.sott.net/article/304337-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-fishermen-in-Sri-Lanka

Note: Renal problems - e.g. kidney problems - have been mysteriously killing many people in Sri Lanka too, mentioned in the 2015-01-18 update. From the full hypothesis: "Renal problems - e.g. problems with kidneys - will escalate, as is already happening with crop workers on the western coast of Central America."

2015-10-19 - Four waterspouts spotted off the coast in the Hamptons (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/waterspouts-spotted-in-atlantic-ocean-off-hamptons-coast-1.10971784
http://www.sott.net/article/304342-4-waterspouts-seen-off-Hamptons-coast-New-York

2015-10-19 - Pathogen-carrying neotropical ticks ride migratory birds into US:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/asfm-pnt093015.php

2015-10-19 - Snake gets loose on transit bus, bus evacuated, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.ktnv.com/news/national/snake-gets-loose-on-philadelphia-bus-causes-evacuation
http://www.kxxv.com/story/30292289/snake-gets-loose-on-philadelphia-bus-leading-to-evacuation
http://www.wbir.com/video/4565994689001/1/Bus-Evacuated-As-4-Foot-Long-Boa-Constrictor-Slithers-Loose

Note: 'Get this mother-f#cking SNAKE off my mother-f#cking BUS!'

2015-10-19 - Scientists discover mushroom in Hawaii that gives some women an orgasm just by smelling it:
http://ktul.com/news/offbeat/scientists-discover-mushroom-that-makes-women-orgasm-just-by-smelling-it

2015-10-20 - Some people design radio-laser atmospheric methane destruction system:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2015/10/lucy-alamo-projects-hydroxyl-generation-and-atmospheric-methane-destruction.html

Quote: "I and some other workers have designed a radio-laser Atmospheric methane destruction system based on the early Russian radio-wave induced conversion of methane to nano-diamonds. This radio-laser system can be installed on nuclear powered boats such as the 40 Russian Arctic ice breakers and start immediate work on destroying the atmospheric methane clouds that are building up in the Arctic."

Note: Sounds good to me! Hydroxyl radicals would react away both methane AND hydrogen sulfide too. This is no real solution though, unfortunately, because even if it works, it will only work on the gases in the atmosphere, which means the oceans and seas will still be thoroughly contaminated and turned into giant poison-spewing factories, and that will eventually wipe out oxygen-using life on Earth, just as has happened before in Earth's past. On the other hand, this could buy us some time, which is obviously better than NOT buying us some time...

2015-10-20 - Powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Vanuatu:
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2234
http://www.sott.net/article/304408-Powerful-7-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-north-east-of-Vanuatu

2015-10-20 - Every major forest biome is dying right now:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_au/read/every-forest-biome-on-earth-is-actively-dying-right-now

2015-10-20 - El Niño fueling most extreme tropical cyclone season on record in the Northern Hemisphere:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/20/el-nino-fueling-most-extreme-tropical-cyclone-season-on-record-in-northern-hemisphere/

2015-10-20 - Lightning strike kills three people at funeral in Kisii (Kenya):
http://citizentv.co.ke/news/tragedy-as-lightening-kills-three-at-kisii-funeral-103615/
http://www.sott.net/article/304340-Tragedy-as-lightning-bolt-kills-three-at-Kisii-funeral-in-Kenya

2015-10-20 - Heavy flooding hits Porto Alegre (Brazil), 1500 people displaced:
http://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-1500-displaced-in-porto-alegre-rio-grande-do-sul
http://www.sott.net/article/304357-1500-displaced-by-floods-in-Porto-Alegre-Brazil

2015-10-20 - Dramatic waterspout sighted off the coast of southwest Nova Scotia (Canada):
http://www.thevanguard.ca/News/Local/2015-10-20/article-4316009/Dramatic-waterspout-sighted-off-southwest-Nova-Scotia/1
http://www.sott.net/article/304481-Dramatic-waterspout-sighted-off-the-coast-of-southwest-Nova-Scotia

2015-10-20 - Massive waterspout descends on the coastal town of Genoa (Italy):
http://www.sott.net/article/304367-Huge-waterspout-descends-on-Italian-coastal-town-of-Genoa
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3280894/Incredible-moment-giant-waterspout-twister-descends-Italian-coastal-town-Genoa.html

2015-10-20 - Hooded warbler headed to Mexico ends up in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2015/10/20/lost-bird-a-big-draw-for-calgary-bird-watchers.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304424-Lost-hooded-warbler-a-big-draw-for-Calgary-birdwatchers

2015-10-20 - Asteroid the size of the Empire State Building to pass close to Earth on Halloween:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/asteroid-size-empire-state-building-164012416.html

Quote: "A massive asteroid is expected to pass by Earth on Halloween in the closest fly-by since 2006. NASA discovered the asteroid, dubbed 2015 TB145 on Oct. 10 using Pan-STARRS 1. The asteroid is described as being 'extremely eccentric' and will come 1.3 lunar distances (310,000 miles) from Earth around 11:14 a.m., at 78,000 mph."

2015-10-20 - Life on Earth started 300 million years earlier than thought:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earth-age-carbon-study_562688dfe4b02f6a900e2320

2015-10-21 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts in Mexico, spews ash cloud 2.5 kilometers into the atmosphere:
http://www.sott.net/article/304532-Mexicos-Popocatepetl-pumps-ash-and-smoke-2500-meters-into-the-sky
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/mexico/11946722/Mexicos-Popocatepetl-volcano-puts-on-spectacular-show.html

2015-10-21 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Fukushima (Japan):
http://www.rt.com/news/319243-japan-earthquake-fukushima-miyagi/
http://www.sott.net/article/304416-5-5-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Japans-Fukushima-Miyagi-regions

2015-10-21 - Dangerous Hurricane Patricia heads toward the west coast of Mexico:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/10/22/extremely-dangerous-category-4-hurricane-patricia-to-slam-west-coast-of-mexico-friday/

2015-10-21 - People dying of unknown cause in Sierra Leone, sparks fear of Ebola:
http://news.yahoo.com/mystery-deaths-sierra-leone-spread-fear-ebola-relapses-141209259.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304494-Sierra-Leone-mystery-deaths-spread-fear-of-Ebola-relapses

2015-10-21 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151021-50581-USA

2015-10-21 - 76 landowners report locusts in New South Wales (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151022-50593-AUS

2015-10-21 - Wildfires turning forests into carbon producers, not carbon sinks:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/wildfires-contribute-to-climate-change.html

2015-10-21 - Southeast Asia fires produce more greenhouse gas than US:
http://news.yahoo.com/se-asia-fires-produce-more-greenhouse-gas-us-053642591.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/10/20/fueled-by-el-nino-carbon-emissions-from-indonesian-peat-fires-are-rising-fast/
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/indonesia-fires-generate-more-emissions-in-one-day-than-the-entire-us-economy-study-finds-a6701661.html

Quote: "Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking Southeast Asia in acrid haze are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each day than all US economic activity, according to an environmental watchdog."

2015-10-21 - Scientist finds 20% of California forests at risk of dying due to drought:
http://www.rt.com/usa/319237-california-forests-could-die/
http://www.sott.net/article/304447-Scientist-finds-20-of-California-forests-at-risk-of-dying-due-to-drought-conditions

2015-10-21 - 30 Arctic snowy owls arrive in Wisconsin, earliest date ever reported and record numbers:
http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/snowy-owls-fly-south-for-the-fall-b99601193z1-335411881.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304558-30-Arctic-Snowy-owls-arrive-in-Wisconsin-earliest-date-ever-reported-and-record-numbers

2015-10-21 - Migrating birds arrive early in Lincolnshire (Britain):
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Migrating-birds-arrive-Lincolnshire-nature/story-27985486-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304571-Migrating-birds-arrive-early-at-nature-reserve-in-Lincolnshire-UK-so-are-we-in-for-an-extra-cold-winter

2015-10-21 - Carbon nanotubes found in children's lungs for the first time:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28370-carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time/

2015-10-21 - A fatal accident waiting to happen - US healthcare:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/10/a-fatal-accident-waiting-to-happen-u-s-healthcare.html

2015-10-21 - Expert that correctly predicted market moves in July, August and September says stocks will crash in November:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/expert-that-correctly-predicted-market-moves-in-july-august-and-september-says-stocks-will-crash-in-November

2015-10-21 - Deer crashes into Augustana College in Rock Island (Illinois):
http://sputniknews.com/videoclub/20151023/1028970125.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304588-Strange-animal-behavior-Deer-breaks-through-window-of-college-dorm

2015-10-21 - Another floating city in the sky appears, this time over Hastings (Britain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/613365/First-China-Now-parallel-universe-floating-city-appears-over-seaside-at-HASTINGS

2015-10-22 - Permafrost warming at accelerating rate in parts of Alaska:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34540414
http://theweek.com/speedreads/584597/expert-calls-permafrost-warming-areas-alaska-unbelievable

Quote: "One of the world's leading experts on permafrost has told BBC News that the recent rate of warming of this frozen layer of earth is 'unbelievable'."

2015-10-22 - Magnitude 4.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Vancouver Island (Canada):
http://www.sott.net/article/304638-Magnitude-4-7-earthquake-registered-off-northern-Vancouver-Island
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/magnitude-4-7-earthquake-reported-off-northern-vancouver-island-1.2093218

2015-10-22 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes coastal Opunake (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/73266933/48-magnitude-earthquake-hits-north-of-opunake
http://www.sott.net/article/304504-4-8-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-north-of-Opunake-New-Zealand

2015-10-22 - Dogs sickening after walks in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk (Britain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/613970/Dogs-mysteriously-fall-ill-after-being-walked-in-notorious-UFO-hotspot-dubbed-UK-Roswell

2015-10-22 - Warm water fish showing up in Alaska:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20151022-50594-USA

Quote: "State fishery biologist Scott Meyer, who is based in Homer, Alaska, is amassing photos from people with bizarre sightings. Those include a 900-pound ocean sunfish near Juneau and warm-water thresher sharks around the coast of Yakutat. 'It's unusual to have these fish caught in near-shore fisheries,' he said. Other strange sightings include Pacific bonito near Ketchikan, albacore tuna around Prince of Wales Island and yellow tail near Sitka."

2015-10-22 - September shatters global heat record for the month:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/record-temperatures-in-september.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/10/september-2015-had-largest-departure-of.html

Quote: "September 2015 broke the monthly global temperature record by the widest margin of any month since 1880, when records begin. The magnitude of this month’s record, combined with the fact that seven months so far this year are now the hottest in history—including the last five in a row—means 2015 is now virtually certain to wind up as Earth’s hottest year ever measured."

2015-10-22 - Strongest El Nino in decades messing with weather and economies:
http://www.sott.net/article/304527-The-strongest-El-Nino-in-decades-is-going-to-mess-with-weather-and-economies
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-21/a-huge-el-nino-is-spreading-all-kinds-of-mayhem-around-the-world

2015-10-22 - El Nino will bring disastrous weather this winter, with increased likelihood of civil unrest:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/el-nino-may-bring-civil-unrest-this-winter-151022.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/304640-El-Nino-will-bring-disastrous-weather-this-winter-increased-likelihood-of-civil-unrest

2015-10-22 - Storm Koppu death toll rises to 54 in the Philippines, more than a million people affected:
http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-storm-koppu-death-toll-rises
http://www.sott.net/article/304519-Storm-Koppu-death-toll-rises-to-54-in-the-Philippines-over-a-million-people-affected-Updated

2015-10-22 - Lightning strike kills 3 soldiers, injures 11 more, in Hakkari Province (Turkey):
http://en.trend.az/world/turkey/2447308.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304548-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-soldiers-and-injures-11-in-Turkey

2015-10-22 - Thunderstorm and large hail pounds the island of Malta:
http://www.sott.net/article/304550-Large-hail-stones-reported-as-thunderstorm-hits-Malta
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-10-22/local-news/Thunder-storm-hits-Malta-large-hail-stones-reported-in-various-localities-6736144062

2015-10-22 - Heavy rain and flash floods hit Athens (Greece), cars washed away:
http://www.ekathimerini.com/202766/article/ekathimerini/news/flash-floods-in-athens-leave-at-least-one-dead
http://www.sott.net/article/304606-Flash-floods-in-Athens-kill-at-least-one-Cars-swept-away-following-heavy-rain

2015-10-22 - Missouri community files class action lawsuit over nuclear contamination:
http://www.rt.com/usa/319322-cancer-cluster-missouri-nuclear-waste/
http://www.sott.net/article/304567-Class-action-lawsuit-filed-by-Missouri-community-over-nuclear-contamination

2015-10-22 - Stormchasers catch impressive time-lapse video of huge Colorado tornado:
http://www.rt.com/usa/319375-colorado-tornado-video-stunning/
http://www.sott.net/article/304535-Stormchasers-catch-impressive-time-lapse-video-of-huge-Colorado-tornado

2015-10-22 - Two-headed snake found near Kansas City (Missouri):
http://abc13.com/pets/family-finds-keeps-two-headed-snake/1000750/
http://www.sott.net/article/304611-Signs-and-Portents-Missouri-family-finds-a-two-headed-snake

2015-10-22 - First conclusive proof 'spooky' quantum entanglement is real:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-22/einstein-was-wrong3a-spooky-entanglement-is-real/6876262

Note: This is why we don't hear other intelligent races in the universe. Once a civilization figures out how to use quantum entanglement for communications, the civilization goes dark, no radio waves, nothing for anyone to detect. Safe, secure, and without lightspeed limitations...

2015-10-22 - Thieves steal cooled human leg from organ donor van in Los Angeles (California):
http://news.sky.com/story/1574578/hunt-for-human-leg-stolen-from-donor-van
http://www.wcvb.com/news/los-angeles-county-officials-say-human-leg-stolen-from-van/35982106
http://kron4.com/2015/10/22/human-leg-stolen-from-organ-donation-van-in-los-angeles/

Note: Now there's a tough item to sell on the down-low. 'Pssst! Hey buddy, need an extra leg? Cheap!'

2015-10-23 - Teacher sickened by 'gas smell' at school, school evacuated, no gas leak found, in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://wiat.com/2015/10/23/birmingham-fire-and-rescue-responding-to-smell-of-gas-at-west-end-academy/

2015-10-23 - September sea surface temperatures the warmest ever recorded:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2015/10/september-2015-sea-surface-warmest-on-record.html

2015-10-23 - Category 5 Hurricane Patricia roars into western Mexico:
http://abc7ny.com/news/monster-hurricane-patricia-makes-landfall-in-mexico-/1047556/
http://abc13.com/weather/patricia-slams-mexico-pacific-coast-as-category-5-hurricane/1046931/
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-patricia-mexico-coast
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2015/10/23/200-mph-winds/74471598/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/Hurricane-Patricia-Pacific-Coast-Mexico-336457161.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/10/23/patricias-epic-bombification-monster-el-nino-climate-change-serves-up-strongest-western-hemisphere-hurricane-ever/

Quote: "Hurricane Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever known to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico after the center of its eye crossed the coast of Jalisco state early Friday evening."

2015-10-23 - Magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes parts of Punjab (Pakistan):
http://arynews.tv/en/5-3-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-pakistan-11km-north-of-dajal/
http://www.sott.net/article/304600-5-3-magnitude-earthquake-jolts-parts-of-Punjab-Pakistan

2015-10-23 - Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes off the Fraser Coast in Queensland (Australia):
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/earthquake-hits-off-queensland-coast-20151022-gkgf8j.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304637-Magnitude-4-earthquake-hits-off-Queensland-coast-Australia

2015-10-23 - Earthquake swarm strikes near Wickiup Reservoir in Klamath County (Oregon):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20151024-50624-USA

2015-10-23 - Hurricane Patricia weakens over Mexico, dumps rain, storm heads toward Texas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20151024-50631-MEX

2015-10-23 - Heavy rain and hail pound West Texas, flooding ensues, RV trailers and mobile home float away:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151024-50629-USA
http://www.sott.net/article/304609-Heavy-rain-and-hail-hits-West-Texas-floats-away-travel-trailers-mobile-home-from-RV-park
http://www.newser.com/article/81dff6b9ce9c4a58a7233e79f3dc611b/heavy-rain-in-west-texas-floats-some-travel-trailers-mobile-home-from-rv-park-nobody-hurt.html

2015-10-23 - Flash flooding hits Pakistan, minibus swept away:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/10/22/Flash-flood-carries-mini-bus-away-in-Pakistan/6531445541483/
http://www.sott.net/article/304644-Flash-flood-sweeps-away-mini-bus-in-Pakistan

2015-10-23 - Canary Islands hit by fierce storms, flash floods, landslides and waterspout:
http://www.thelocal.es/20151023/heading-to-the-canary-islands-then-pack-your-wellies
http://www.sott.net/article/304712-Canary-Islands-hit-by-fierce-storms-flash-floods-landslides-and-waterspout

2015-10-23 - Study says that the warmer it gets, the more the world economy suffers:
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/warmer-it-gets-more-world-economy-suffers-study-n448691

2015-10-23 - Main Street Bridge infested with thousands of spiders in Columbus (Ohio):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national/ohio-bridge-infested-thousands-spiders/nn8b8/
http://www.wowktv.com/story/30336853/bridge-in-ohio-is-infested-with-thousands-of-spiders
http://abc13.com/news/bridge-in-ohio-capital-is-infested-with-thousands-of-spiders/1047989/
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151023/NEWS/151029677/1994/NEWS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGfvpqzR-3k

2015-10-24 - Theory from 1994 postulates that gas eruptions are the CAUSE and not the EFFECT of some earthquakes:
http://www.sott.net/article/172792-Earthquakes-Gases-and-Earthquake-Prediction

Note: The original article appears to be gone, but there's enough quoted at the sott link to be worth reading. I bet they got it right too, as modern tectonic theory does not explain all earthquakes and tsunamis, and the ocean floors are littered with giant craters from previous gas explosions from the sea floor too...

2015-10-24 - Man goes missing from boat on the Mississippi River near Rock Island (Illinois):
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/area-fire-departments-conducting-river-search-late-saturday/article_f64c6dc5-5223-5079-8151-00ef782e9bec.html

2015-10-24 - Man, 71, has heart attack on cruise ship 'Carnival Fantasy' near Mayport (Florida):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Fantasy-8700773.html

Quote: "A Mayport-based U.S. Coast Guard boat crew rescued a sick cruise ship passenger Friday. According to the Coast Guard, the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy requested a medical evacuation for a 71-year-old man who was suffering symptoms of a heart attack."

2015-10-24 - Person has heart problems near ice caves on Mendenhall Lake (Alaska):
http://www.ktoo.org/2015/10/25/fire-department-responds-to-medical-call-near-ice-caves-with-jet-boats/

2015-10-24 - Two new methane-eating organisms discovered:
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/new_methaneeating_organisms_discovered-158192
https://scicasts.com/green-biology/10202-two-new-methane-metabolizing-organisms-discovered/

2015-10-24 - Residents in Mexico return home to find 40 homes flattened by Hurricane Patricia:
http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-flattens-mexico-homes-major-disaster-averted-204335544.html

2015-10-24 - Remnants of Hurricane Patricia dump 20 inches of rain (!) on Texas, flooding ensues, train derails:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151025-50632-USA
http://www.cbs58.com/story/30342674/20-inches-of-rain-falls-in-texas-with-patricia
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/24/us/texas-oklahoma-arkansas-lousiana-flooding/
http://www.wfaa.com/story/weather/2015/10/24/weather-blog-rain/74523686/
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-more-heavy-rain-heightened-flood-threat-051845880.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2015/10/24/texas-to-get-more-heavy-rain-heightened-flood-threat.html

Quote: "Much of Texas was deluged Saturday by pounding, relentless rains -- up to 20 inches, in some locales -- causing dangerous flooding that washed away cars, a train and, possibly, one person."

2015-10-24 - Huge fireball sighted over western Finland:
http://yle.fi/uutiset/huge_fireball_sighted_over_western_finland/8405650
http://www.sott.net/article/304715-Huge-fireball-sighted-over-western-Finland

2015-10-24 - The world's first ocean cleaning system will be deployed in 2016:
http://www.minds.com/blog/view/450715060952633344/the-world039s-first-ocean-cleaning-system-will-be-deployed-in-2016

2015-10-24 - Oryx, a horned antelope, spotted in park in Portland (Oregon):
http://wishtv.com/2015/10/24/exotic-horned-animal-spotted-in-oregon-park/
http://koin.com/2015/10/24/horned-animal-possibly-an-oryx-seen-in-forest-park/

2015-10-24 - Unknown creature found dead in the Parana River in Carmen del Paraná, Itapúa (Paraguay):
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/10/strange-creature-found-in-paraguay/

Quote: "Their initial speculation was that the creature was part human or possibly an ape not from the local area. A medical examiner who examined the photos was unable to determine what it might be."

Note: Possibly a genetic chimera, a blend of two species, and if so then it definitely looks like it's got some human DNA in it. Human-frog chimera?

2015-10-25 - Mount Rinjani erupts on the island of Lombok (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20151025-50643-IDN
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/67-small-eruption-reported-at-indonesias-rinjani-volcano/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/rinjani/news/55057/Rinjani-volcano-Lombok-Island-Indonesia-small-eruption-reported-this-morning.html

Quote: "A small explosive eruption with ash emissions was reported from the volcano this morning. It seems to have occurred from the Baru Jari cone inside the caldera lake (and the site of all recent eruptions of the volcano) at around 10:45 local time."

2015-10-25 - Lightning strike kills two people near Harding (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/KZN-lightning-storm-leaves-two-dead-20151025
http://www.sott.net/article/304846-Lightning-strikes-kill-2-in-South-Africa

2015-10-25 - Storm hits Israel And Egypt, tent, crane and scaffoldings collapse, trees toppled, 8+ killed, dozens injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20151026-50648-EGY
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20151025-50639-ISR
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/202393#.Vi0EPGSrRGF
http://www.sott.net/article/304750-One-dead-dozens-injured-as-thunderstorms-hail-pound-Israel
http://www.sott.net/article/304801-Deadly-flash-floods-kill-7-in-Alexandria-Egypt
http://www.sott.net/article/304848-Tens-of-thousands-of-Israelis-remain-without-power-following-heavy-storm

2015-10-25 - Hail storm pounds Bhutan, 80 acres of crops destroyed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20151026-50656-BTN

2015-10-25 - Remnants of Hurricane Patricia head eastward after deluging Texas:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/remnants-hurricane-patricia-head-east-after-soaking-texas-n451161
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/remnants-of-hurricane-patricia-head-east-after-soaking-texas/

2015-10-25 - Heavy sandstorm hits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan:
http://www.sott.net/article/304786-Heavy-sandstorm-hits-Syrian-refugee-camp-in-Jordan
http://videowall.accuweather.com/detail/videos/trending-now/video/4577836840001/sandstorm-hits-azraq-refugee-camp-in-jordan

2015-10-25 - GMOs and glyphosate are destroying soil ecology making nutrients unavailable to plants and humans:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/10/25/gmo-glyphosate-soil-biology.aspx
http://www.sott.net/article/304810-GMOs-and-glyphosate-are-destroying-soil-ecology-making-nutrients-unavailable-to-plants-and-humans

2015-10-25 - Scientists on the verge of creating light-based computers:
http://qz.com/532580/scientists-have-found-a-way-to-make-light-waves-travel-infinitely-fast/
http://www.sott.net/article/304770-Scientists-on-the-verge-of-creating-light-based-computers

2015-10-26 - School bus driver becomes unresponsive in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2015/10/bridgeport-news-unresponsive-bus-driver/

Quote: "5:42pm–#Bridgeport CT– First responders on the way to Helen Street for an unresponsive school bus driver. No word if any students are on board."

2015-10-26 - Offshore mud volcano erupts in the Sea of Azov:
http://www.rt.com/news/319795-mud-volcano-azov-sea/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/offshore-mud-volcano-erupts-in-sea-of-azov/
http://www.sott.net/article/304873-Offshore-mud-volcano-erupts-off-Taman-Peninsula-Russia

2015-10-26 - Powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near Jarm (Afghanistan), heavy damage in Pakistan and Afghanistan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20151026-50653-AFG
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34636269
http://www.rt.com/news/319689-afghanistan-pakistan-india-quake/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/10/26/earthquake-strikes-pakistan/74611896/
http://www.sott.net/article/304858-Afghanistan-earthquake-death-toll-nears-300

Quote: "More than 260 people were killed when a magnitude-7.5 earthquake centered in Afghanistan rocked neighboring Pakistan and rattled buildings as far away as India."

2015-10-26 - Two more earthquakes strike in the area of recent earthquake swarm(s) in San Ramon (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Small-earthquake-strikes-in-area-of-recent-swarms-6590014.php
http://www.sott.net/article/304853-2-small-earthquakes-strike-in-area-of-recent-swarms-in-San-Ramon-California

2015-10-26 - Parts of Persian Gulf could be too hot for humans by century's end:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/27/parts-of-persian-gulf-could-be-too-hot-for-humans-by-centurys-end/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2015/10/wet-bulb-temperatures-in-persian-gulf.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parts-of-persian-gulf-could-be-too-hot-for-humans-by-centurys-end_562e8d32e4b00aa54a4ac233

Note: I highly doubt there'll be anyone alive on the surface of the Earth by then anyway, so this is more of a problem for bacteria and bugs and fungi and weeds...

2015-10-26 - Three successive hail storms hit Western Australia's eastern wheatbelt, crops destroyed:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-27/three-hail-storms-hit-wa-eastern-wheatbelt-destroy-crops/6885814
http://www.sott.net/article/304901-3-successive-hail-storms-hit-Western-Australias-eastern-Wheatbelt-wreak-havoc-destroy-crops

2015-10-26 - Dog named Trigger shoots owner in the foot with a shotgun during waterfowl hunt in Indiana:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner-foot-indiana-n451776
http://www.wkbw.com/news/us-news-world/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner-during-indiana-waterfowl-hunt
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/dog-named-trigger-shoots-owner-during-indiana-waterfowl-hunt-30486.shtml

2015-10-26 - Venus, Mars and Jupiter in rare alignment this week:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34638603
http://www.sott.net/article/304944-Venus-Mars-and-Jupiter-align-in-rare-event

2015-10-26 - WTF is going to crash into the Earth before long:
http://news.yahoo.com/unidentified-space-junk-labelled-wtf-is-about-to-102543276.html

Quote: "A piece of space junk that has been given the apt name of ‘WTF’ is heading straight for Earth - and will crash into us in less than a month. No one seems to know exactly what the flying object actually is - hence the name - but they are in no doubt we are in its path."

2015-10-27 - Earthquake swarm hits the edge of volcano Kilauea (Hawaii):
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2015/10/27/earthquake-swarm-observed-near-pahala/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/earthquake-swarm-observed-near-southwest-rift-of-kilauea/

2015-10-27 - Drone footage shows Greenland's ice melting away:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-times-drone-greenland_562fd3fee4b06317990fcd78?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/insider/a-drones-vantage-point-of-a-melting-greenland.html

Note: Greenland melting is very likely what is causing that cold 'blob' in the Atlantic Ocean, as the cold fresh water pours into the ocean, and that in turn may be causing the ocean current that normally brings heat to Europe to stall, which could end up plunging much of Europe into a deep freeze. That heat isn't just disappearing though. It's going somewhere, possibly backing up along the East Coast, which would explain the nuclear plants that have had to shut down on the East Coast because the ocean was too hot to cool them...

2015-10-27 - Man, 54, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found, near coastal Bainbridge Island (Washington):
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/coast-guard-crews-search-man-water-near-bainbridge/nn9c6/

Quote: "At about 6:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received an initial report from Bainbridge Island police that a 15-foot empty boat was found adrift. When crews arrived at the scene, they found a fishing pole and an open tackle box."

2015-10-27 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Wanaka (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/73401826/magnitude-43-earthquake-near-wanaka
http://www.sott.net/article/304909-Magnitude-4-3-earthquake-recorded-near-Wanaka-New-Zealand

2015-10-27 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes in the Aegean Sea near the island of Crete (Greece):
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/10/27/greek-island-of-crete-hit-by-earthquake-in-the-aegean-sea/
http://www.sott.net/article/304907-4-3-earthquake-hits-near-Crete-Greece

2015-10-27 - Record-breaking earthquake swarm, more than 400 earthquakes, rattles San Ramon (California):
http://www.livescience.com/52608-record-breaking-california-earthquake-swarm.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304958-Record-breaking-swarm-of-earthquakes-hit-California-city

2015-10-27 - Hurricane Patricia inaugurates a new era of monster storms:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2015/10/patricia-harbinger-of-things-to-come.html

2015-10-27 - Radioactive landfill leaking hazardous waste in Bridgeton (Missouri):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/10/radioactive-danger-in-stlouis.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tcRwtm9NMw

2015-10-27 - Lightning strike kills 3 people in Luapula Province (Zambia):
https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=48257
http://www.sott.net/article/304997-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-in-Zambia

2015-10-27 - Vicious storm hits Kuwait, roads flood, flights disrupted:
http://www.sott.net/article/305027-Thunderstorm-floods-roads-schools-in-Kuwait-flights-suspended
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/thunderstorm-floods-roads-schools-flights-suspended-authorities-on-full-alert-volunteers-rush-to-help/

2015-10-27 - Variegated flycatcher (bird) from South America turns up in Fort Lauderdale (Florida):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-lauderdale-rare-bird-at-cemetery-20151027-story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304982-Completely-lost-Variegated-Flycatcher-from-South-America-turns-up-in-Fort-Lauderdale-Florida

2015-10-27 - Northrop Grumman wins $55 billion Pentagon contract to build next-gen stealth bomber:
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/10/boeing_loses_out_on_bid_to_bui.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/pentagon-awards-northrop-grumman-stealth-bomber-contract
http://fortune.com/2015/10/27/northrop-grumman-lands-55-billion-stealth-bomber-contract/
http://q13fox.com/2015/10/27/pentagon-awards-northrop-grumman-lucrative-stealth-bomber-contract-over-boeing/
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2015/10/27/boeing-lockheed-lose-big-air-force-bomber-contract.html

2015-10-27 - 1953 UFO sighting confirmed by 45 people in South Dakota:
https://screen.yahoo.com/1953-ufo-sighting-confirmed-45-153131628.html

2015-10-28 - In separate incidents, disoriented man found in garden, student has seizure on school bus, man falls down unconscious, in Chelmsford (Massashusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/chelmsford/fire-log-disoriented-man-seizure-bus-possible-overdose-0

2015-10-28 - Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Alaska:
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2321
http://www.sott.net/article/305061-5-6-magnitude-quake-hits-near-Amchitka-Alaska

2015-10-28 - House cat found carrying pneumonic plague in Laramie County (Colorado):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151029-50683-USA
http://www.kgwn.tv/home/headlines/Animal-plague-found-in-Laramie-County-338100842.html
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/pneumonic-plague-found-in-laramie-county-cat/article_4416a702-2f86-52e3-80f9-1642b16a81f6.html

2015-10-28 - Flooding hits Alabama, woman finds shark in her yard:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/30366984/woman-finds-shark-in-yard-after-bad-flooding

2015-10-28 - Severe hailstorm pounds Chinchilla, Queensland (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20151028-50676-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-28/severe-storm-hail-hits-south-east-queensland-chinchilla/6893454
http://www.sott.net/article/304996-Massive-storm-hits-Chinchilla-Australia-golf-ball-sized-hail-reported

2015-10-28 - Meteorite strikes near Lake Baikal, Siberia (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/environment/20151028/1029240610/meteorite-lake-baikal.html
http://www.sott.net/article/304989-Impact-in-Russia-Huge-meteorite-crashes-near-Lake-Baikal-Siberia

2015-10-28 - Seagate ships 8 terabyte drive optimized for recording video:
http://www.cio.com/article/2998887/data-management/seagate-ships-8tb-drive-for-video.html

2015-10-29 - Unknown odor sickens a dozen people at hotel in coastal Palo Alto (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20151030-50713-USA
http://kron4.com/2015/10/29/palo-alto-hotel-guests-asked-to-shelter-in-place-due-to-unknown-order/
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_29046010/palo-alto-unknown-odor-prompts-hazmat-response-at
http://abc7news.com/news/12-people-at-palo-alto-hotel-sickened-by-irritating-odor-/1058789/

Quote: "The odor, which appeared to emanate from an underground garage area, was first reported to authorities at 9:09 p.m. at the hotel on El Camino Real east of University Avenue. Fire officials said a dozen people were 'decontaminated and transported' to the emergency rooms at Stanford Hospital and El Camino Hospital in Mountain View."

Quote: "After a second search still did not find a culprit, the hazmat crews dispersed. While the source of the odor was not known, as of midnight Friday, officials were confident that it had 'vented and dissipated' and posed no additional risk."

Note: No additional risk until another cloud of gas blows through and maybe kills some people...

2015-10-29 - Sixty students suddenly sicken, unknown cause, in Lowell (Massachusetts):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20151030-50702-USA
http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/30384767/students-evacuated-from-lowell-school-after-kids-report-feeling-ill
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_29042860/lowell-middle-school-evacuated-after-dozens-students-fall
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/School-Evacuated-in-Lowell-Massachusetts-Due-to-Carbon-Monoxide-Leak-338349602.html

Quote: "The superintendent said the school called the fire department around 11: 30 a.m.; the fire chief determined there was no carbon monoxide leak, which was originally suspected. 'When I first got to school I had this funny rotten egg smell so I was trying to cover my nose and get back to my class,' one student said."

Note: 'Rotten egg' smell - that's hydrogen sulfide. Lowell's not far from the coast, and the Merrimack River cuts right through the middle of town too. From the full hypothesis: "There will be more unexplained HazMat events, often involving unusual odors."

2015-10-29 - Volcano Turrialba shaken by spasm of eruptions in Costa Rica:
http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/video-watch-costa-rica-volcano-erupts
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/costa-rica-turrialba-volcano-spews-ash-powerful-eruption-video-1526125
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/costa-ricas-turrialba-volcano-shaken-by-spasm-of-eruptions/

2015-10-29 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes coastal Lima (Peru):
http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-earthquake-of-magnitude-43-grades-hits-lima-107967
http://www.sott.net/article/305162-Magnitude-4-3-earthquake-hits-Lima-Peru

2015-10-29 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the island of Barbados:
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/73850/earthquake-recorded-barbados
http://www.sott.net/article/305158-4-4-earthquake-recorded-off-Barbados

2015-10-29 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes in Van Province (Turkey):
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/10/29/48-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-turkeys-eastern-van-province
http://www.sott.net/article/305159-4-8-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-Van-province-Turkey

2015-10-29 - Ten earthquakes shake the North Island (New Zealand), 2 quakes hit the South Island too:
http://www.sott.net/article/305062-Earthquake-swarm-shakes-central-North-Island-New-Zealand

Quote: "Eight quakes rocked the areas around Turangi and Tokoroa between 3.14am and 3.43am, while two other quakes shook near Te Anau and St Arnaud in the South Island."

2015-10-29 - Ozone hole widening at the South Pole, largest it's ever been:
http://www.rt.com/news/320159-ozone-layer-size-australia/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/29/us-environment-ozone-idUSKCN0SN1R920151029
http://www.sott.net/article/305166-Ozone-layer-hole-now-size-of-Russia-Canada-combined-largest-known-to-date
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/u-n-climate-agency-says-ozone-hole-at-south-pole-getting-wider/

Quote: "This year, the hole reached 28.2 million square kilometers: four times the size of Australia or the size of Russia and Canada combined."

2015-10-29 - NASA finds upper atmosphere CO2 levels rising faster than expected in the northern hemisphere:
http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-timed-satellite-carbon-dioxide-trends/40111/

Quote: "NASA has analyzed 14 years worth of data collected by its Thermosphere, Inonosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite, revealing a surprisingly fast increase in carbon dioxide levels in the upper atmosphere. The stats also reveal that the gas is more localized to the Northern Hemisphere than predicted by climate models."

Note: Vast amounts of methane are belching into the atmosphere now, especially in the northern hemisphere. Methane is a lighter-than-air gas so it tends to accumulate in the upper atmosphere where it reacts with hydroxyl radicals and the ozone layer and forms water and CO2, so one would expect to see CO2 levels rising, especially in the northern hemisphere, along with increasing numbers of high-precip events causing major flooding around the world...

2015-10-29 - Massive flooding hits Costa Rica, steets submerged, cars washed away, 2 killed:
http://floodlist.com/america/floods-costa-rica-leave-2-dead-san-jose
http://www.sott.net/article/305069-Floods-leave-2-dead-in-Costa-Rica-floodwater-carries-away-vehicles

2015-10-29 - Deadly flooding hits Ilam and Lorestan provinces in Iran, 6 killed:
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/10/29/435499/Iran-Ilam-khuzestan-dehloran
http://www.sott.net/article/305187-Flash-flooding-kills-6-in-western-Iran

2015-10-29 - Lightning strikes kill three people in India:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/lightning-kills-three-farmers/article7816267.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/305074-Lightning-strikes-kill-three-farmers-in-India

2015-10-29 - Prehistoric 'eco-house' 1,300 years older than Stonehenge discovered by archaeologists:
http://www.sott.net/article/305053-Prehistoric-eco-house-1300-years-older-than-Stonehenge-discovered-by-archaeologists
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/prehistoric-eco-house-1300-years-older-than-stonehenge-discovered-by-archaeologists-a6712716.html

2015-10-30 - Children sickened by unknown cause at school in Murray (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/grant-elementary-school-evacuated

Note: A dozen people were just sickened by an unknown odor at a hotel in coastal Palo Alto (California), and 60 students were sickened by unknown cause at a school in a separate event, 'rotten egg' odor mentioned, in Lowell (Massachusetts), both events mentioned in the 2015-10-29 update. We're creeping closer to the entire-towns-dropping-dead stage of this extinction event...

2015-10-30 - Volcano Lascar erupts in Chile:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20151030-50717-CHL
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/unexpected-eruption-from-chiles-lascar/
http://www.sott.net/article/305201-Unexpected-eruption-from-Lascar-Volcano-in-Chile

2015-10-30 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts in Mexico, spews ash and smoke:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mexico-popocatepetl-volcano-erupts-spewing-ash-smoke-1526502
http://www.sott.net/article/305200-Popocatepetl-volcano-in-Mexico-erupts-spewing-ash-and-smoke

2015-10-30 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreaks hit Milford Lake, Perry Lake and Tuttle Creek (Kansas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20151030-50704-USA

2015-10-30 - Heavy flooding hits San Antonio and Austin (Texas), cars swept away, 6 killed, 2 missing:
http://www.rt.com/usa/320341-texas-tornado-flood-victims/
http://www.sott.net/article/305284-6-dead-2-missing-as-floods-tornadoes-rage-in-Texas
http://www.kctv5.com/story/30393086/possible-tornado-touches-down-in-texas
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Emergency-crews-respond-to-high-water-rescue-6600324.php
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/30394795/the-latest-6-rescued-from-school-bus-near-san-antonio
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/30394795/the-latest-6-rescued-from-school-bus-near-san-antonio

2015-10-30 - Ram with six horns seen on farm in Xinjiang (China):
http://www.sott.net/article/305197-Signs-and-Portents-Ram-with-6-horns-seen-on-a-Chinese-farm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3296799/Genetic-mutant-absolutely-normal-Ram-SIX-horns-spotted-Chinese-farm.html

2015-10-30 - Unknown creature spotted in the sea near Corfu (Greece):
http://www.sott.net/article/305014-Tourist-baffled-by-bizarre-sea-creature-captured-on-camera-near-Corfu-Greece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3291841/Mystery-deep-Tourist-baffled-bizarre-SEA-MONSTER-photobombed-holiday-snaps-Corfu.html

2015-10-30 - US Army tests drone swarms at exercise in New Mexico and Texas:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2999890/robotics/us-army-tests-swarms-of-drones-in-major-exercise.html

2015-10-31 - Man, 59, legendary surfer 'Ace Cool' Cooke, goes missing at coastal Waimea Bay, Oahu (Hawaii):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/coast-guard-ends-search-legendary-surfer-ace-cool-alec-cooke/
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/coast-guard-suspends-search-man-missing-near-waimea-bay-oahu
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/11/01/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-missing-surfer-alex-ace-cool-cooke/

Quote: "Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center received notification from HPD Thursday morning after Cooke’s truck was found at Missions of Saint Peter church near Waimea Bay with his dog and keys still inside. Cooke’s surfboard has been located and recovered by a friend."

2015-10-31 - Man falls off boat and disappears at Pyramid Lake (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/30406001/search-and-rescue-stopped-at-pyramid-lake
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Search-and-Rescue-Underway-for-Boater-at-Pyramid-Lake-339135262.html

2015-10-31 - Woman, 51, found unconscious, blue and unresponsive in canal in Manchester (Britain), revived:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/blue-unresponsive-woman-pulled-canal-10365351