2016 - FEB - Other Stories

2016-02-01 - Hydrogen sulfide found leaking from storm drains in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/firefighters-remedy-foul-odor-in-providence

Quote: "Providence firefighters spent several hours Monday night dealing with a stinky situation outside Rhode Island Hospital. While firefighters found high levels of hydrogen sulfide in some of the storm drains near Dudley and Eddy Streets, they eliminated a potentially hazardous smell from sewer gas. They think a break in the sewer line was to blame."

2016-02-01 - Woman, 61, collapses unconscious on cruise ship near coastal Cape Hatteras (North Carolina), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Norwegian-Breakaway-9606912.html
http://wtkr.com/2016/02/01/coast-guard-medevacs-woman-from-cruise-ship-230-miles-off-cape-hatteras/

2016-02-01 - Volcano Colima erupts in Mexico:
http://www.rt.com/news/330936-mexico-volcano-colima-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/311398-Timelapse-video-captures-spectacular-explosion-of-Mexicos-Colima-volcano

2016-02-01 - Volcano Karymsky erupts, spews ash 3 kilomters high, on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160201-51931-RUS
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/640052/Fears-of-a-big-one-Volcano-explodes-1-8-miles-high-hours-after-massive-earthquake
http://www.sott.net/article/311370-Karymsky-volcano-in-Russias-Kamchatka-region-spews-ash-3km-high-hours-after-major-earthquake

2016-02-01 - Severe thunderstorm heads toward Brisbane (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160201-51930-AUS

2016-02-01 - Mussels and oysters consume microplastic particles similar in size to their phytoplankton prey:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/oysters-are-munching-on-our-microplastics-160201.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/311411-Mussels-and-oysters-consume-microplastic-particles-similar-in-size-to-their-phytoplankton-prey

2016-02-01 - China posts hundreds of never-before-seen high-quality color photos of the moon:
http://www.rt.com/news/330880-chinese-lunar-color-photos/
http://www.sott.net/article/311382-China-posts-hundreds-of-never-before-seen-high-quality-color-photos-of-the-moon

2016-02-01 - Boy steps onto railroad tracks to take selfie, gets hit and killed by train, in coastal Chennai (India):
http://news.yahoo.com/india-train-runs-over-teenager-taking-selfie-094106040.html

Note: And we don't even get to see the selfie?! Harumph!

2016-02-01 - Dutch National Police train eagles to take down drones:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/dutch-police-training-eagles-to-take-down-drones
http://www.sott.net/article/311381-Dutch-National-Police-train-eagles-to-take-down-drones

2016-02-01 - Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, but a couple of other groundhogs disagree, and one died:
http://www.njherald.com/article/20160202/ARTICLE/302029988
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/groundhog_day_2016_the_marmots_have_spoken_and_heres_what_they_say.html

Quote: "The Sussex County ceremony was canceled after reports came in late Monday night that Stonewall Jackson died, according to the NJ Herald."

2016-02-02 - Volcano erupts in Barren Island (India):
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/barren-island/news/56267/Barren-Island-India-steam-ash-plume-and-thermal-anomaly.html
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160203-51963-IND
http://www.sott.net/article/311549-Eruptive-activity-reported-on-Barren-Island-Indian-Ocean

2016-02-02 - Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Kermadec Islands:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/76471644/large-magnitude-66-shake-triggered-ghost-quakes-in-the-north-island-but-why
http://www.sott.net/article/311406-Strong-magnitude-6-6-shake-near-the-Kermadec-Islands-triggered-ghost-quakes-in-North-Island-New-Zealand-but-why

2016-02-02 - Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes in the ocean right off the coast near St. Andrews (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/earthquake-st-andrews-1.3430402

2016-02-02 - Shallow magnitude 3.4 earthquake stikes near Burney (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-34-quake-strikes-near-burney-calif-ilprs1-story.html

2016-02-02 - Two earthquakes in a week shake coastal Cornwall (Britain):
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Second-earthquake-hits-Cornwall-space-week/story-28654669-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311470-Second-earthquake-hits-Cornwall-UK-within-a-week

2016-02-02 - 32 people sickened by unknown cause in Thoubal (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160203-51953-IND

2016-02-02 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Lake Inverell (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160202-51940-AUS

2016-02-02 - Heatwave roasts Queensland (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160202-51936-AUS

Quote: "Queenslanders are doing their best to beat the heat, as high temperatures and staggering humidity affect parts of the state's east coast and southern and central districts. Severe heatwave conditions have set in for a third day with temperatures across the south-east expected to be eight degrees above average."

2016-02-02 - First ever snowfall hits Vietnam:
http://www.sott.net/article/311473-First-EVER-snowfall-in-central-Vietnam-Records-date-back-to-1650
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wrA2oqOqFw

2016-02-02 - Fierce winds cause damage in Newport Harbor (California):
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-0203-newport-harbor-damage-20160201-story.html

2016-02-02 - Rose-coloured sky turns eveything pink in northern Canada and amazes residents:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/iqaluit-turns-pink-1.3402022
http://www.sott.net/article/311456-Rose-coloured-sky-in-northern-Canada-amazes-Iqaluit-residents

2016-02-02 - Scientist in Britain given go-ahead to genetically modify human embryos:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-01/uk-gives-scientist-go-ahead-to-genetically-modify-human-embryos/7131670
http://www.sott.net/article/311395-Scientist-in-Britain-given-go-ahead-to-genetically-modify-human-embryos

2016-02-02 - Japanese taxi drivers pick up ghost passengers in tsunami-hit towns:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/japan-taxi-drivers-pick-ghost-passengers-tsunami-hit-towns-1539387
http://www.sott.net/article/311448-Japanese-taxi-drivers-pick-up-ghost-passengers-in-tsunami-hit-towns

Note: Hey, ghosts have to get from Haunt A to Haunt B somehow!

2016-02-03 - HazMat event, people sickened with coughing and vomiting at daycare in South Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/fire-crews-respond-to-feared-toxic-hazard-at-south/nqH64/

Quote: "Emergency crews responded to a South Austin day care Wednesday morning after reports of people coughing and vomiting. Fears of a possible toxic hazard at the Yours Mine and Our Kids Daycare at 510 Clarke St., near South First Street and Ben White Boulevard, prompted Austin fire crews to respond but no odor was detected."

2016-02-03 - Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Taiwan:
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201602020033.aspx
http://www.sott.net/article/311538-Magnitude-6-8-earthquake-rattles-northeastern-Taiwan

2016-02-03 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake shakes Lost Hills (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-35-quake-strikes-near-lost-hills-calif-45ldzr-story.html

2016-02-03 - Progressive commentary hour with Guy McPherson, Paul Beckwith and Gary Null of PRN:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/progressive-commentary-hour-2022016.html

2016-02-03 - Recent summer temperatures in Europe are likely the warmest in the last 2000 years:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/02/recent-summer-temperatures-in-europe.html

2016-02-03 - Bulgaria goes from -22C to +22C in two weeks, winter turns to summer, records broken:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/from-freezing-to-summer-temperatres-in.html

2016-02-03 - More heavy flooding hits Queensland (Australia):
http://floodlist.com/australia/australia-evacuations-floods-mount-isa-queensland
http://www.sott.net/article/311568-More-flooding-hits-Queensland-Australia

2016-02-03 - Several tornadoes hit the American South, heavy snow hits parts of the Midwest:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/02/03/tornadoes-severe-storms-south/79743394/
http://www.sott.net/article/311539-Several-tornadoes-hit-the-American-South-heavy-snow-in-the-Midwest

2016-02-03 - Mexico enduring coldest winter ever:
http://iceagenow.info/mexico-coldest-winter-in-history/
http://www.sott.net/article/311510-Mexico-enduring-the-coldest-winter-in-its-history

2016-02-03 - Nacreous clouds appearing more frequently, an ominous sign for the ozone layer in the northern hemisphere:
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-are-the-nacreous-clouds-lighting-up-the-winter-skies-2016-2

2016-02-03 - ExxonMobil denies knowing their products could harm the climate:
http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/03/exxon-lawsuit/

2016-02-03 - Earth's magnetic field history:
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-earth-magnetic-field-history-scientists.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311493-Earths-magnetic-field-history

2016-02-04 - Rotten egg odor hits Klamath Falls (Oregon):
http://www.heraldandnews.com/news/klamath-falls-invaded-by-natural-gas-odor/article_78d0ed22-bdab-597b-af8e-3fd5e1e71a8e.html
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message3079589/pg1

Quote: "He said natural gas in the atmosphere was likely caught up in the weather front, and this would explain the smell. But he said he could offer no explanation for where the gas might have originated from."

Note: He doesn't even know if it IS natural gas. Assumptions like that can get you killed these days...

2016-02-04 - Man, 49, has difficulty breathing on ship near coastal Marquesas Keys (Florida), medevac'd off:
http://www.local10.com/news/man-medevaced-from-fishing-vessel-off-coast-of-marquesas-keys

2016-02-04 - Volcano erupts on the McDonald Islands (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/311528-Australian-volcanic-eruption-captured-on-film
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/dramatic-australian-volcanic-eruption-captured-on-film-20160202-gmjtso.html

2016-02-04 - Atlantic Ocean acidifying at a rapid rate:
http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/02/03/atlantic-ocean-now-acidifying-at-a-rapid-rate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/atlantic-ocean-acification_us_56b30e5ae4b08069c7a624df

2016-02-04 - Forests dying off in the interiors of landmasses around the world:
http://phys.org/news/2016-01-landscape-pattern-analysis-reveals-global.html

2016-02-04 - Lightning strike ignites and destroys two trucks on highway between Brandford and Theunissen (South Africa):
https://www.enca.com/south-africa/pictures-trucks-catch-lightning-strike

2016-02-04 - Drought devastates Tharparkar (Pakistan), 139 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20160204-51973-PAK

2016-02-04 - 22 signs that the global economic turmoil we have seen so far in 2016 is just the beginning:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/22-signs-that-the-global-economic-turmoil-we-have-seen-so-far-in-2016-is-just-the-beginning

2016-02-04 - 100-foot Asteroid 2013 TX68 could come within 11,000 miles of Earth on March 5:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888
http://www.space.com/31825-near-earth-asteroid-flyby-2013tx68.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3430366/Asteroid-pass-just-11-000-miles-Earth-March-5th-100ft-rock-come-21-times-closer-planet-moon.html

2016-02-05 - Volcano Sakurajima erupts on coastal island in Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160205-51997-JPN
http://www.rt.com/news/331387-japan-sakurajima-volcano-plant/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/sakurajima-volcano-japan-erupts
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/05/national/volcano-eruption-rocks-kagoshimas-sakurajima/
http://www.wired.com/2016/02/sakurajima-lets-out-a-spectacular-eruption-after-months-of-quiet/
http://gma.yahoo.com/volcano-erupts-japan-triggering-dramatic-lightning-strikes-against-171455077--abc-news-topstories.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/spectacular-eruption-of-japans-sakurajima-volcano-throws-2-2-km-smoke-column-skyward/

Quote: "Japan's Sakurajima volcano, situated about 50km from the Sendai nuclear station, has erupted with the country's meteorological agency issuing an orange warning not to approach it."

2016-02-05 - Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes near coastal Tainan (Taiwan), 17-story building collapses, 18+ killed, hundreds injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160206-52001-TWN
http://abc7.com/news/over-100-missing-14-dead-as-strong-quake-rattles-taiwan/1189668/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/asia/taiwan-earthquake/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35508475
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-quake-taiwan-idUSKCN0VE2EO
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/05/world/asia/05reuters-quake-taiwan.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311657-Multiple-buildings-collapse-in-Taiwan-6-4-earthquake
http://www.whio.com/news/news/national/magnitude-64-earthquake-hits-taiwan-collapses-buil/nqKtZ/
http://abc13.com/news/strong-64-magnitude-earthquake-hits-taiwan-many-trapped-in-toppled-building/1189082/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/05/earthquake-hits-tainan-southern-taiwan-causing-at-least-one-partial-building-collapse

Quote: "Rescuers on Sunday found signs of live within the remains of a high-rise residential building that collapsed in a powerful, shallow earthquake in southern Taiwan that killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds."

Note: MISA Theory keeps on chuggin'...

2016-02-05 - Cloud of hydrogen sulfide hits coastal Dunedin (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76637748/Rotten-egg-smell-plagues-Dunedin-suburb

Quote: "There is something in the air in the Dunedin suburb of Tainui – and that is the smell of rotten eggs. Chris Henderson, Dunedin City Council's wastewater treatment manager, said the smell was possibly caused by the plant's biofilters being waterlogged during recent rain weather."

Note: Or maybe it's blowing in off the ocean, like the hydrogen sulfide that blew in off the ocean and turned the boating town of Jurien Bay (Australia) into a veritable ghost town, mentioned in the 2014-08-09 update...

2016-02-05 - Rotten egg odor hits school in Cicero (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/02/firefighters_investigate_fume_odor_at_cicero-north_syracuse_high_school.html

2016-02-05 - Man, port worker, has 'medical issue' on ship in coastal Port Everglades (Florida), medevac'd off:
http://www.wsvn.com/story/31151290/emergency-crews-rescue-port-everglades-cargo-ship-worker

2016-02-05 - 100+ children sickened by unknown cause, 'flu-like symptoms', at school in coastal Saint Elizabeth Parish (Jamaica):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160205-51987-JAM

Quote: "The Public Health Department is reportedly keeping a close watch on the Sandy Bank Primary School in St Elizabeth following the outbreak of an unknown illness at the institution. Floyd Green, the Jamaica Labour Party caretaker for the South West St Elizabeth, in which the school falls, has claimed that more than 100 students came down with a mysterious flu like illness recently."

2016-02-05 - Methane levels increasing in the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/increasing-winter-methane-levels-in.html

2016-02-05 - CO2 levels hit 405.6 PPM, a level not seen in 15 million years:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/05/co2-rockets-to-405-6-ppm-a-level-not-seen-in-15-million-years/

2016-02-05 - Ozone layer disintegrating over Ireland and Britain:
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=05&month=02&year=2016
http://www.sott.net/article/311608-Ozone-hole-forms-over-the-UK

2016-02-05 - Magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes near Kathmandu (Nepal), 15 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160206-52004-NPL

2016-02-05 - Tornadoes damaged hundreds of homes in the southern US:
http://sputniknews.com/videoclub/20160206/1034317158/tornado-hits-tennessee.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311658-Strong-tornado-rips-through-Tennessee-High-School

2016-02-05 - Waterfall doubles back as gale force winds lash Scotland:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/weather-extreme-events/gale-force-winds-blow-water-back-up-waterfall-160203.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/311668-Waterfall-doubles-back-from-gale-force-winds

2016-02-05 - Drought devastates Zimbabwe, president declares state of emergency:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20160205-51989-ZWE
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/05/448784/Zimbabwe-state-of-disaster-drought-Robert-Mugabe
http://www.sott.net/article/311620-Drought-Zimbabwe-declared-a-state-of-disaster

2016-02-05 - Tonga declares Zika epidemic after five confirmed cases:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-tonga-declares-zika-epidemic-cases.html

2016-02-05 - Puerto Rico declares emergency after 22 people come down with Zika:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160206-52006-PRI

2016-02-05 - Fish rain down from the sky all over Dire Dawa (Ethiopia):
http://www.habesha2day.com/article_read.php?a=226
http://www.sott.net/article/311636-Fish-rain-down-on-Dire-Dawa-Ethiopia

Quote: "While asked his comments on the unusual incident Haromaya University Academician in the field of Meteorology and Climate Mr Efrem Mamo said such incidents are common in areas where ocean currents and winds are heavier than the usual."

Note: I dunno, might happen in coastal communities, but Dire Dawa is more than 100 miles from the ocean, and the ocean is to the east too, and winds generally blow west-to-east due to the rotation of the Earth. On the other hand, they ARE fish, so they had to come from water somewhere, but it's certainly odd that this place isn't anywhere near the ocean...

2016-02-05 - Backyard swamped by unknown green liquid in Kaliningrad (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/331332-green-liquid-kaliningrad-backyard/
http://www.sott.net/article/311609-Backyard-in-Kaliningrad-swamped-by-unknown-acid-green-liquid

2016-02-06 - Volcano Turrialba erupts in Costa Rica:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160208-52025-CRI
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/02/costa-ricas-colossus-turrialba-volcano.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311804-Turrialba-volcano-blows-ash-and-noxious-gases-500-meters-into-the-air-in-Costa-Rica

2016-02-06 - Presumed meteorite hits Natrampalli (India), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20160207-52014-IND
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/one-dies-as-meteorite-falls-in-vellore/article8204671.ece
http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/mysterious-explosion-at-tamil-nadu-college-kills-bus-driver-1274407
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/tamil-nadu-one-killed-three-injured-in-blast-at-engineering-college/

2016-02-06 - Malaria parasites found in a quarter of white-tailed deer in the eastern US:
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/malaria-parasites-found-white-tailed-deer

2016-02-06 - Toxic chemicals found in three water systems in Colorado:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/02/05/us/ap-us-drinking-water-chemicals.html

2016-02-06 - World's largest shark, a Great White named Deep Blue, filmed off the coast near Guadalupe Island (Mexico):
http://abc7ny.com/news/video-worlds-largest-shark-recorded-off-coast-of-mexico/1189796/

Quote: "New video has surfaced of Deep Blue, which is as big as a metro bus, and it's giving scientist a better perspective at the giant that shocked the world when her existence was first revealed."

2016-02-06 - Newly-discovered tarantula species named 'Aphonopelma johnnycashi' after Johnny Cash:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0205/Eight-legged-Johnny-Cash-Tarantula-spider-species-named-for-singer
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article58798768.html

Quote: "A new species of tarantula has been named after the iconic 'man in black.' The species Aphonopelma johnnycashi was discovered in the American southwest near California's Folsom State Prison, of which Mr. Cash once sang, and its males are almost entirely black."

2016-02-07 - Couple, 72 and 62, go out on airboat, go missing, on Lake Okeechobee (Florida), empty 'ghost boat' found:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/boat-from-missing-couple-found-in-lake-okeechobee
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-coast-guard-missing-couple-20160207-story.html
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/coast-guard-searching-for-couple-missing-after-lak/nqLP7/
http://cbs12.com/news/local/coast-guard-searching-for-2-boaters-in-lake-okeechobee
http://www.news-press.com/story/news/2016/02/07/search-lake-o-looks-lost-couple-airboat/79965648/

Quote: "He is a very experienced airboater, a former commercial fisherman and very familiar with the lake. He's not a rookie..."

2016-02-07 - Volcanoes across the globe go ballistic as 2016 arrives:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/earth-changes-intensifying-volcanoes-across-the-globe-go-ballistic-as-2016-arrives/

2016-02-07 - Volcano Santiaguito erupts in Guatemala:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/santiaguito-volcano-eruption-guatemala-february-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311823-New-eruption-at-Santiaguito-volcano-in-Guatemala

2016-02-07 - Mount Soputan erupts several times in North Sulawesi (Indonesia):
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/07/c_135083620.htm
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/mount-soputan-volcano-erupts-in-north-sulawesi-indonesia/
http://www.sott.net/article/311799-Indonesias-Mount-Soputan-volcano-erupts

Quote: "Mount Soputan volcano in North Sulawesi province of Indonesia erupted several times on Sunday, spewing a column of hot ash by up to 2.5 km high, official of disaster management agency said."

2016-02-07 - Arctic continues warming as ice melts and the oceans absorb increasing amounts of heat:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/the-warming-arctic.html

2016-02-07 - Poor water distribution causing drought and flooding in South Africa:
http://floodlist.com/africa/poor-distribution-rainfall-leads-floods-droughts-southern-africa
http://www.sott.net/article/311763-Poor-distribution-of-rainfall-results-in-floods-and-droughts-in-Southern-Africa

2016-02-07 - How and when to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter in February's night sky:
http://www.space.com/31848-brightest-planets-february-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311798-Rare-planetary-alignment-How-and-when-to-see-Mercury-Venus-Mars-Saturn-and-Jupiter-in-Februarys-night-sky

2016-02-07 - Dozens of people get free Bernie Sanders tattoos:
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/branded-bernie-dozens-inked-free-sanders-tat-36757271

2016-02-08 - Porter Ranch well leak symptoms afflicting people in California may be caused by hydrogen sulfide:
http://californianews.cf/what-caused-nosebleeds-in-porter-ranch-new-questions-emerge/
http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20160208/what-caused-nosebleeds-in-porter-ranch-new-questions-emerge

Quote: "Health officials are now raising questions about what caused the bleeding, which they acknowledge is inconsistent with the very few health studies that exist on mercaptans. A better-documented and more hazardous compound found in natural gas ­— hydrogen sulfide — could explain some of the symptoms, independent experts say. And emerging science shows this dangerous chemical compound could be more abundant than originally thought."

Quote: "These are 'classic symptoms' of exposure to hydrogen sulfide, a well-documented toxic compound, said Michael Jerrett, professor and chairman of the UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences. More serious effects of hydrogen sulfide range from fluid in the lungs to respiratory distress and irregular heartbeat."

Note: Say, that's exactly what I've been saying for the last four months, since this gas leak started and people started reporting widespread rotten egg odor and nosebleeds. And hey, don't forget the other serious effects, like brain damage, kidney damage, unconsciousness, strokes, heart attacks, coma and death!

2016-02-08 - Gas spewing from sandy ground in coastal Gaza:
http://www.hidabroot.org/he/article/75095
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/mysterious-bubbling-sand-gaza-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312019-Mysterious-bubbling-sand-filmed-in-Gaza
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hidabroot.org%2Fhe%2Farticle%2F75095&edit-text=

Note: Check out that video. You don't need to understand what they're saying to see what they're gawking at. Israeli scientists detected hundreds of 'gas springs' bubbling methane from the sea floor off their coast in 2012, mentioned in the 2012-11-12 update, a year or two before scientists found the methane clathrates dissociating off the US East and West Coasts, off the coast of New Zealand, etc. Some of that gas is probably migrating up through the ground along the coast in that area now...

2016-02-08 - 'Sewer smell' reported near school in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/3943489-firefighters-investigate-gas-smells

Note: Probably just some poison gas, nothing to worry about, move along!

2016-02-08 - Woman has seizure in car on Stedman Street in Chelmsford (Massachusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/chelmsford/fire-pit-dispute-seizure-vehicle-more-police-log-0

2016-02-08 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts three times in Mexico:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/12147841/Volcanos-eruption-lit-up-by-sunlight.html

2016-02-08 - Magnitude 2.9 earthquake strikes near Mount St. Helens (Washington):
http://mynorthwest.com/11/2909655/29magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-Mount-St-Helens
http://www.sott.net/article/311884-2-9-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-near-Mount-St-Helens-Washington

2016-02-08 - Ocean surface currents and temperatures are not behaving normally:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/the-latest-from-paul-beckwith.html

2016-02-08 - Rare deepwater oarfish captured alive off the coast of Japan:
http://globalnews.ca/video/2504921/rare-oarfish-caught-alive-off-japan/

2016-02-08 - Heavy snowfall hits eastern Turkey, 1,747 village roads closed:
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_heavy-snowfall-leads-to-cancelled-flights-closed-roads-across-eastern-turkey_411690.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311867-1747-village-roads-closed-due-to-heavy-snowfall-in-eastern-Turkey

2016-02-08 - World unprepared for pandemics, says UN, virulent influenza virus could kill 33 million people within 250 days:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/02/millions-could-die-as-world-unprepared.html

2016-02-08 - Meteor explodes in the sky over Copenhagen (Denmark):
http://www.sott.net/article/311809-SOTT-Exclusive-Massive-overhead-meteor-explosion-startles-Denmark-Saturday-night-Meteorites-fall-near-Copenhagen

2016-02-08 - Meteor brighter than full moon filmed over United Arab Emirates:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/fireball-brighter-than-full-moon-united-arab-emirates-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311774-Meteor-fireball-brighter-than-full-moon-filmed-over-United-Arab-Emirates

2016-02-08 - Meteor spotted over Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/breaking-news-rj-brasil-fireball-likely.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311886-Meteor-fireball-seen-over-Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil

2016-02-08 - Drone swarms expected to buzz to forefront in latest Pentagon budget:
http://triblive.com/usworld/nation/9941804-74/carter-drone-unmanned

2016-02-08 - 100-foot asteroid may come so close that it'll be visible in the sky:
http://www.yahoo.com/tech/asteroid-pass-close-earth-ll-see-sky-232554244.html

Quote: "Don’t worry, we aren’t about to go extinct like the dinosaurs. That said, a 30-meter wide asteroid will be passing Earth so close early next month that we might be able to see it in the sky, NASA has announced."

2016-02-09 - Man, 45, rapper DMX, collapses and almost dies in parking lot in coastal Yonkers (New York), resuscitated:
http://fox40.com/2016/02/09/rapper-dmx-found-lying-lifeless-in-ny-hotel-parking-lot/
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/dmx-found-lifeless-in-parking-lot-saved-by-first-responders/1193588/
http://news.yahoo.com/video/rapper-dmx-found-lifeless-hotel-211030592.html

2016-02-09 - Antarctic 'ice safety band' disappearing, may be past the point of no return:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/antarcticas-melting-ice-shelves-could.html

2016-02-09 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Panguna (Papua New Guinea):
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3587
http://www.sott.net/article/311817-Strong-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-Papua-New-Guinea

2016-02-09 - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake shakes coastal Wellington (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76705301/magnitude-57-earthquake-jolts-south-island-felt-from-dunedin-to-auckland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11586408
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/09/wellington-rocked-by-earthquake-measuring-5-7-magnitude/
http://www.sott.net/article/311856-Strong-5-7-magnitude-earthquake-felt-throughout-New-Zealand

2016-02-09 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits Lake Liddell in the Upper Hunter region (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160209-52044-AUS

2016-02-09 - Warmer-than-normal winter helping poisonous caterpillars spread across Spain:
http://nypost.com/2016/02/09/poisonous-caterpillars-are-about-to-overrun-spain/
http://www.thelocal.es/20160208/experts-warn-of-toxic-caterpillar-plague
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weekly-news/spain-news-in-english/136875-toxic-caterpillars-hit-spain-early-after-mild-winter

Quote: "The dangerous caterpillars, which are usually about an inch long, have tiny barbed hairs containing a protein called thaumetopoein, which can cause allergic reactions, foaming at the mouth and vomiting."

2016-02-09 - Storm surge floods parts of Hoboken (New Jersey):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SE-20160209-52041-USA

2016-02-09 - Heavy storm blankets city with foam in coastal Penmarch (France):
https://www.rt.com/news/331902-foam-france-penmarch-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/311910-Raging-storm-Imogen-covers-French-town-with-foam

2016-02-09 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Kuching and Bau districts (Malaysia), 2000+ people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20160210-52051-MYS
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SE-20160210-52050-MYS

2016-02-09 - Unprecedented drought taking a toll in South Africa:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/drought-in-southern-africa.html

2016-02-09 - Lightning strike kills three people in Kapiri-Mposhi (Zambia):
https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=58765
http://www.sott.net/article/311876-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-in-Kapiri-Mposhi-Zambia

2016-02-09 - Video footage of ship being battered by 100-foot waves in the North Sea:
http://www.sott.net/article/311973-Ship-faced-with-terrifying-100-foot-waves-during-North-Sea-storm-caught-on-film
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3440475/Want-feel-sea-sick-Stomach-lurching-video-shows-EXACTLY-like-board-ship-caught-devastating-storm-North-Sea.html

2016-02-09 - The invisible epidemic: radiation and rising rates of thyroid cancer:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/05/the-invisible-epidemic-radiation-and-rising-rates-of-thyroid-cancer/

2016-02-09 - Nikkei drops 918 points in one day, Deutsche Bank denies that it's about to collapse:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-918-point-stock-market-crash-in-japan-and-deutsche-bank-denies-that-it-is-about-to-collapse

Note: Get those sturdy umbrellas ready, cuz it might be raining bankers soon!

2016-02-09 - With rumors flying, scientists are set to make a big announcement on gravitational waves:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/02/09/with-rumors-flying-scientists-are-set-to-make-a-big-announcement-on-gravitational-waves/

2016-02-09 - Giant ants build colony inside 12-year-old girl's head:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/637782/ants-living-in-12-year-old-girl-ear

Quote: "Shocked doctors are trying to discover why up to 15 ants are emerging at a daily rate from inside the girl's head."

Note: Send in some spiders?!

2016-02-10 - Man, Air Force major general, slumps over unconscious onto podium during briefing in coastal Washington DC:
http://sputniknews.com/us/20160211/1034553919/air-force-general-faints-budget-briefing.html
http://www.sott.net/article/311989-F-35-jet-blues-US-Air-Force-general-faints-during-press-briefing

2016-02-10 - Volcano Fuego erupts in Guatemala, fountains lava, spews ash 5 kilometers high:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160210-52062-GTM
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/02/11/08/45/guatemalas-fire-volcano-spews-ash-on-nearby-towns
http://www.sott.net/article/312020-Fuego-volcano-spews-ash-onto-nearby-towns-in-Guatemala
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/guatemalas-fire-volcano-fuego-spews-ash-on-nearby-towns/

2016-02-10 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes in the ocean near La Serena (Chile):
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3599
http://www.sott.net/article/311916-Strong-6-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Chile

2016-02-10 - Earthquake swarm rattles McAdam, New Brunswick (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mcadam-earthquake-swarm-new-brunswick-1.3441895
http://www.sott.net/article/311998-Earthquake-swarm-rattles-village-in-New-Brunswick-Canada

2016-02-10 - Boil water advisory issued over bacteria fears in Flint (Michigan):
http://www.rt.com/uk/332085-flint-boil-water-advisory/
http://www.sott.net/article/311995-Flint-Michigan-issues-boil-water-advisory-over-bacteria-fears

2016-02-10 - Warm weather breaks over a dozen temperature records across Alberta (Canada):
http://www.sott.net/article/312032-Warm-weather-breaks-over-a-dozen-temperature-records-across-Alberta-Canada
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2016/02/09/warm-weather-has-broken-temperature-records-across-alberta-including-edmonton-but-reaction-from-locals-runs-hot-and-cold

2016-02-10 - Lake Poopó has fully evaporated in Bolivia:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Proba_Missions/Proba-V_eyes_Bolivia_s_vanishing_lake
http://www.sott.net/article/312047-Bolivias-vanishing-Lake-Poopo-has-fully-evaporated

2016-02-10 - Even a monster El Nino can’t beat the drought in the Southwest:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/10/even-a-monster-el-nino-cant-beat-the-southwest-drought/

2016-02-10 - Over 50 percent of the world breathes toxic air:
http://www.care2.com/causes/over-50-percent-of-the-world-breathes-in-toxic-air.html

2016-02-10 - Scientists find new cause of strong earthquakes:
http://news.psu.edu/story/391385/2016/02/08/research/researchers-find-new-cause-strong-earthquakes
http://www.sott.net/article/311982-Scientists-find-new-cause-of-strong-earthquakes

Quote: "A geologic event known as diking can cause strong earthquakes -- with a magnitude between 6 and 7, according to an international research team. Diking can occur all over the world but most often occurs in areas where the Earth's tectonic plates are moving apart, such as Iceland, Hawaii and parts of Africa in the East African Rift System. As plates spread apart, magma from beneath the Earth's surface rises into the space, forming vertical magma intrusions, known as dikes. The dike pushes on the surrounding rocks, creating strain."

2016-02-10 - Information about the Cascadia subduction zone and the threat it poses:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/us/cascadia-subduction-zone-earthquakes/index.html

2016-02-10 - NASA releases 360-degree view of Mars from perspective of Curiosity rover:
http://www.sott.net/article/312036-NASA-released-360-degree-view-of-Mars-from-perspective-of-Curiosity-rover
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/02/09/explore-mars-in-this-new-360-degree-video-from-nasa/

2016-02-11 - At least eight people sickened by unknown cause, nausea and vomiting, at daycare in Salem (Oregon):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160212-52078-USA
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/02/11/salem-fire-investigating-possible-hazardous-situation/80246268/

Quote: "Salem Fire investigated a potential hazardous situation at a Head Start preschool program after eight adults began vomiting and experiencing nausea midday on Thursday, officials said."

Note: East of the Willamette River. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-02-11 - 'Chemical incident' sickens 6 people at building in Balcultha (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160211-52075-NZL

2016-02-11 - Quake swarm shakes Mount Rainier (Washington):
http://www.kiro7.com/news/series-of-earthquakes-recorded-under-mount-rainier/78601344
http://www.sott.net/article/312128-Series-of-earthquakes-reported-under-Mount-Rainier-Washington

2016-02-11 - Three tropical cyclones form almost simultaneously in the Southern Hemisphere:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/three-tropical-cyclones-form-simultaneously-southern-hemisphere-ocean.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312024-3-tropical-cyclones-form-at-the-same-time-in-the-Southern-Hemisphere

2016-02-11 - Deep freeze hits 20 states and 65 million Americans:
http://gma.yahoo.com/video/deep-freeze-65-million-americans-234550755.html

2016-02-11 - Japan says that Fukushima clean-up could take up to 40 years:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/asia/japan-inside-fukushima-cleanup/index.html

2016-02-11 - Brain deformations may be caused by Monsanto chemical, not Zika virus:
http://www.naturalnews.com/052943_Zika_virus_hoax_larvacide_chemical_GM_mosquitoes.html

2016-02-11 - Prison hit by deadly riot and fire shortly before midnight in Monterrey (Mexico), 50+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20160211-52077-MEX
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/11/dozens-killed-in-prison-riot-in-monterrey-mexico
http://www.ktvu.com/news/88808759-story
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35551857

2016-02-11 - Blue-green fireball spotted at 6:30 AM in the skies over coastal San Diego (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/02/11/blue-green-fireball-reported-across-the-morning-sky/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/11/mysterious-light-sky/
http://www.sott.net/article/312051-Meteor-sighted-off-the-coast-of-San-Diego

2016-02-11 - Two tigers introduced to breed, male kills the female, at zoo in Sacramento (California):
http://fox40.com/2016/02/10/tiger-killed-at-sacramento-zoo/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/us/tiger-mating-attack-irpt/index.html
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=38468575&nid=157

Note: That's not how you do it!

2016-02-11 - Gravitational waves confirmed in breakthrough research:
http://www.rt.com/news/332162-gravitational-waves-discovery-announcement/
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/gravitational-waves-einstein-s-ripples-spacetime-spotted-first-time
http://www.sott.net/article/312018-We-proved-Einstein-right-Gravitational-waves-confirmed-in-breakthrough-research

Quote: "Scientists at Washington’s National Science Foundation and Moscow State University have confirmed the discovery of Albert Einstein’s gravitational waves. The breakthrough, possibly the biggest in physics in a century, could be the key to new understanding of the universe. Recent rumors of the success in detecting gravitational waves, or as some scientists put it 'very weak spacetime wiggles which propagate at the speed of light' were officially confirmed Thursday."

2016-02-11 - Severed feet inside shoes keep washing ashore on the US and Canadian west coasts:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/76814261/Severed-feet-still-inside-shoes-keep-mysteriously-washing-up-on-US-and-Canada-coasts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/11/severed-feet-still-inside-shoes-keep-mysteriously-washing-up-on-pacific-northwest-shores/

2016-02-11 - Navy tests first 'reversible' clean energy fuel cell storage system, in California:
http://www.cio.com/article/3032735/green-it/navy-tests-first-reversible-clean-energy-fuel-cell-storage-system.html

2016-02-12 - Condamine River bubbling methane near Chinchilla (Australia), bubbling is intensifying:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-14/condamine-river-mysterious-bubbling-intensifying-landholders-say/7139676
http://www.sott.net/article/312262-Condamine-Rivers-mysterious-bubbling-methane-intensifying-in-Queensland-Australia

Quote: "The so-called methane seeps in the Condamine River near Chinchilla were reported in 2012, triggering a series of investigations. But the Government has told the ABC that it does not have sufficient information to identify the cause of the seeps. Professor Damian Barrett, the CSIRO's lead researcher into unconventional gas, has been monitoring the Condamine gas seeps. He confirmed to the ABC that the bubbling had intensified. 'There have been changes in the flux of methane through the river over the past 12 months,' he said. The ABC visited the most prominent methane seep in the river about six kilometres west of the Chinchilla weir, observing large, concentrated bubbles rising to the water's surface."

Note: They also found hydrogen sulfide a few feet deep in the soil in Chinchilla in 2015, mentioned in the 2015-06-11 update...

2016-02-12 - High school student sickens and falls unconscious at school in Huntington (West Virginia):
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/firefighters-respond-to-cardiac-report-at-hhs/article_0d3b34a4-035d-5128-91cc-67c903628ef7.html

2016-02-12 - Magnitude 6.5 earthquake stikes near the coast near Andekanter (Indonesia):
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/powerful-6-5-earthquake/2510050.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312075-USGS-Powerful-6-5-earthquake-strikes-Indonesia
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/powerful-65-earthquake-strikes-indonesia-no-tsunami-warning-issued-usgs

2016-02-12 - Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes near volcano Kilauea on the Big Island (Hawaii):
http://dutchsinse.com/2122016-noteworthy-m4-0-earthquake-strikes-hawaii-puu-oo-volcano-kilauea-volcanic-complex/
http://www.sott.net/article/312203-Magnitude-4-1-earthquake-strikes-Pu-u-O-o-volcano-in-Hawaii

2016-02-12 - Heavy snowfall cripples life in northern Pakistan:
http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/02/heavy-rain-snowfall-cripple-life-in-northern-areas/
http://www.sott.net/article/312086-Heavy-snowfall-cripples-life-in-northern-Pakistan

2016-02-12 - Research finds harmful algae toxins in Alaska marine mammals:
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/research-finds-harmful-algae-toxins-in-alaska-marine-mammals/

2016-02-12 - Global stocks continue to crash as oil plummets and gold skyrockets:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/world-economy-world-now-on-edge-of.html
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/global-stocks-continue-to-crash-as-oil-plummets-and-gold-skyrockets

2016-02-12 - Death Valley comes to life in California, possible 'super bloom':
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/12/majestic-wildflower-display-in-death-valley-heralds-a-potential-super-bloom/

2016-02-12 - Bizarre dragon-like sea creature discovered on beach in New Zealand:
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/bizarre-dragon-like-sea-creature-discovered-new-zealand-beach/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/76730546/waitarere-beach-mystery-from-the-deep-solved--its-a-smooth-skate

2016-02-12 - Pope lands in Mexico City (Mexico) for five-day visit:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-francis-plane-landed-mexico-city-start-pontiffs-36908379

2016-02-12 - Have UFO hunters spotted a ship near an asteroid?
http://www.yahoo.com/makers/have-ufo-hunters-just-spotted-an-alien-ship-085756862.html

2016-02-13 - Volcano Zhupanovsky erupts on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), spews ash plume 10km high:
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/zhupanovsky/news.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312193-Zhupanovsky-volcano-in-Kamchatka-erupts-ash-plume-10km-high

2016-02-13 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Fairview (Oklahoma), third-largest in state history:
http://www.news9.com/story/31215066/earthquake-rocks-central-northern-oklahoma
http://www.sott.net/article/312162-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-Oklahoma-third-largest-in-states-history
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/oklahoma-rattled-by-state-s-third-largest-earthquake-recorded-near/article_64a0daf2-16fc-5478-a3ca-12f2220d9736.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/strong-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-oklahoma-series-of-aftershocks-ripple-through-state/

2016-02-13 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Lakeview (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-35-quake-strikes-near-lakeview-calif-djkhm8-story.html

2016-02-13 - Heavy rain hits the Dominican Republic and Haiti, 8 inches of rain in a day, flooding ensues:
http://floodlist.com/america/floods-dominican-republic-haiti-february-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/312146-Floods-hit-Dominican-Republic-and-Haiti-following-8-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours

2016-02-13 - Arctic blast freezes Central and Eastern Canada, temps hit -45C (-49F):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/extreme-cold-1.3447240
http://www.sott.net/article/312196-Arctic-blast-hits-Central-and-Eastern-Canada-temperatures-minus-45-celsius

Note: Dayum, that's cooooold!

2016-02-13 - Lightning strike kills three people in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa):
http://www.newsghana.com.gh/lightning-kills-three-in-south-africa/
http://www.sott.net/article/312191-Lightning-strike-kills-three-in-South-Africa

Quote: "Particularly in recent years, deaths from lightning are growing in rural areas."

2016-02-13 - Kalamba Lake dries up for first time in history in Kolhapur (India):
http://www.nyoooz.com/kolhapur/354720/kalamba-lake-dries-up-for-first-time-in-history
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolhapur/Kalamba-lake-dries-up-for-first-time-in-history/articleshow/50956398.cms

2016-02-13 - Hawaii declares emergency over mosquito-borne illnesses:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/31213417/hawaii-declares-emergency-over-mosquito-borne-illnesses
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/hawaii-declares-state-of-emergency-over-zika-virus-dengue-fever-outbreak-zika-spreads-in-south-america/

Quote: "The state has been in the midst of a dengue fever outbreak on Hawaii's Big Island, where there were more than 250 confirmed cases. There have been no locally transmitted cases of the Zika virus in Hawaii, Ige said in a news conference Friday. But there's concern that the islands could be at risk because mosquitoes that can carry dengue fever also can carry the Zika virus."

2016-02-13 - Mysterious flashes of light spotted in the sky over coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/strange-lights-sighted-Plymouth-skies/story-28716227-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312216-Strange-orange-flash-sighted-in-Plymouth-UK-skies

Quote: "Reports of mysterious flashing lights have been seen across Plymouth's skyline recently, and no explanation can be found for it."

2016-02-13 - Unexplained flash(es) of light in the sky at midnight puzzle the residents of Petrozavodsk (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/unexplained-flash-of-light-baffles-residents-in-northwestern-russia.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312226-Meteor-Unexplained-flashes-of-light-puzzle-residents-of-Petrozavodsk-Russia

2106-02-13 - Bright green flash spotted in the sky at 5:30 AM over Winnipeg (Canada):
http://mytoba.ca/news/meteor-reported-above-southeast-winnipeg/
http://www.sott.net/article/312212-Bright-green-meteor-reported-above-southeast-Winnipeg-Canada

2016-02-13 - Scientists develop new app that uses your cellphone to detect earthquakes:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-app-mobile-phone-detect-earthquakes-20160212-story.html

2016-02-13 - New form of frozen water may have been discovered:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/uon-anf021216.php
http://www.sott.net/article/312116-New-form-of-frozen-water-discovered

2016-02-13 - Replica Titanic set to sail in 2018:
http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/titantic-cruise-new-version
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/02/titanic_ii_to_set_sail_in_2018.html
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/titanic-ii-take-a-peek-inside-replica-set-to-sail-in-2018-34442700.html

2016-02-14 - 200 students sickened by unknown cause at Ursinus College in Collegeville (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/health/ursinus-college-says-200-students-ill-health-report-released/1200029/
http://www.ibtimes.com/ursinus-college-illness-update-200-students-sick-mystery-stomach-bug-cause-remains-2306985
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/02/14/ursinus-college-to-resume-classes-monday-following-mysterious-illness/

2016-02-14 - Man, 38, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found, near coastal Satellite Beach (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/home/91907851-story
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2016/02/15/80401014/
http://www.floridatoday.com/videos/news/local/2016/02/15/80397122/
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/uscg-searches-for-missing-fisherman-off-satellite-beach/85306866

Quote: "Chamberlain’s girlfriend said he’s a professional fisherman who is experienced and cautious."

2016-02-14 - Within two hours, volcanoes Telica and Momotombo erupt in Nicaragua:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160216-52106-NIC
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/telica-momotombo-eruption-simoultaneous-february-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312326-2-volcanoes-erupt-within-two-hours-in-Nicaragua
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcano-activity/news/56441/Volcanic-activity-worldwide-14-Feb-2016-Semeru-volcano-Dukono-Sinabung-Momotombo.html

Quote: "According to the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (INETER), the Telica volcano, located in the Leon department, erupted at 8:28 a.m. Saturday morning, launching a column of ash and gas some 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the air. At least 20 smaller eruptions were recorded at the volcano in the subsequent hours. Ashfall was reported in some nearby communities. About two hours after the first explosion at Telica, the Momotombo volcano - which had been essentially dormant for 100 years before exploding to life in December - launched a column of ash and gas more than 1,600 feet (500 meters) into the air."

2016-02-14 - Magnitude 5.7+ earthquake strikes near coastal Christchurch (New Zealand), cliff collapses into the sea:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76878466/Sinkholes-bubbling-as-earthquake-shook-east-Christchurch
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/14/injuries-and-cliff-collapse-after-severe-earthquake-strikes-close-to-christchurch
http://www.sott.net/article/312184-Severe-magnitude-5-9-earthquake-hits-Christchurch-New-Zealand
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cliff-collapses-as-5-7-magnitude-quake-rocks-new-zealand-116021400276_1.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/cliff-collapses-as-5-7-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-new-zealand/

2016-02-14 - Oklahoma sees dramatic spike in earthquakes:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/oklahoma-sees-dramatic-spike-in-earthquakes/

Quote: "This year has already seen 140 quakes 3.0 or larger. That's an average of 2.5 earthquakes per day. Before 2008, the average was one and a half per year."

2016-02-14 - Tropical Cyclone Winston targets Tonga:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/tropical-cyclone-winston-targets-tonga-160214091425228.html

2016-02-14 - Whiteface Mountain in New York state records temps of minus 114 with wind chill, colder than Antarctica:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/upstate-ny-mountain-hits-110-degrees-wind-chill-summit-article-1.2531580
http://www.sott.net/article/312252-Whiteface-Mountain-in-New-York-state-records-minus-114-colder-than-Antarctica

2016-02-14 - Migrant birds confused by hot-and-cold winter as hundreds stay in their homelands in Delhi (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/312266-Migrant-birds-confused-by-hot-and-cold-winter-as-hundreds-stay-in-their-Dehli-homelands-India
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-3435358/Delhi-s-migrant-birds-confused-hot-cold-winter-hundreds-stay-homelands-start-courting-three-months-early.html

2016-02-14 - Tens of thousands of sharks spotted off the coast of Florida:
http://www.inquisitr.com/2794877/tens-of-thousands-of-sharks-spotted-off-florida-coastline/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sharks-swamp-florida-coast_us_56c0b758e4b0b40245c70d44
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/video-tens-of-thousands-of-sharks-migrating-off-florida-coast/article/457500
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3446640/Fancy-dip-warm-waters-Florida-coast-Think-Tens-thousands-SHARKS-seen-migrating-swarms-stone-s-throw-beaches.html

2016-02-14 - 'Sun dog' spotted in the sky in Orangeville, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.orangeville.com/news-story/6307028--sun-dog-sparkles-along-dufferin-county-skyline/
http://www.sott.net/article/312236-Sun-dog-sparkles-along-Orangeville-Ontario-skyline

2016-02-14 - Keiser: Deutsche Bank is 'technically insolvent' and running a 'ponzi scheme':
http://www.rt.com/news/332446-keiser-deutsche-bank-technically-insolvent/
http://www.sott.net/article/312223-Keiser-Deutsche-Bank-is-technically-insolvent-and-running-a-ponzi-scheme

2016-02-15 - Unknown gas kills flowers, poisons people, in town in the Irkutsk Region (Russia):
http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0585-mystery-gas-hits-town-in-irkutsk-region-as-flowers-die-and-people-suffer-toxic-poisoning/

Quote: "Dmitry Bogdanov, 26, Oksana's son, said: 'I went out to the street, and almost lost consciousness. I called the ambulance, and they brought me to hospital.' The diagnosis was - acute toxic poisoning."

Quote: "Another resident nearby Olga Voitishenko, 37, a mother of one, said: 'We are afraid that one day we will go to bed and never wake up. I fear for my child.' She invited inspectors from Rospotrebnadzor, in charge of protecting consumer rights in Russia. They could would not identify the gas but said it was 60 times over allowable levels."

Note: Obviously they DID identify the gas, else they couldn't know what the allowable levels are. So they're purposely CHOOSING not to tell the people what the gas is that's poisoning them. It's probably hydrogen sulfide. And that can't be too confidence-inspiring there, to know your government is hiding information from you while you suffer and die. But then all governments are working diligently to hide what's happening from their people, and Russia is no different in that respect than any other country. A big cloud of hydrogen sulfide hit Moscow in late 2014, mentioned in the 2014-11-10 update...

2016-02-15 - 'Chemical smell' and lack of oxygen hit Krasnoyarsk (Russia):
http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0553-clear-the-smog-demand-residents-of-historic-siberian-city/

Quote: "Krasnoyarsk's skies have been black since the start of the New Year, with locals complaining of 'chemical smell', lack of oxygen."

2016-02-15 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes the Auckland Islands off New Zealand:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/494810/earthquake-rocks-New-Zealand
http://www.sott.net/article/312302-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-Auckland-Islands-off-New-Zealand

2016-02-15 - SOTT Earth changes summary for January 2016:
http://www.sott.net/article/312186-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-January-2016-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs

2016-02-15 - Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could last tens of thousands of years:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/02/effects-of-human-carbon-emissions-could.html

2016-02-15 - Heatwave breaks records in California:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/02/15/us/ap-us-california-heat-wave.html

2016-02-15 - Cold blast shatters records in the northeastern US:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/cold-blast-polar-vortex-shatters-records-northeastern-us-valentines-day/55426557
http://www.sott.net/article/312287-Cold-blast-shatters-records-in-northeastern-US-on-Valentines-Day

2016-02-15 - Heavy rain, flooding and landslides hit Papua New Guinea, bridges washed away, 6+ killed:
http://www.fbc.com.fj/world/37545/several-dead-in-png-due-to-heavy-rains
http://www.sott.net/article/312314-Several-dead-in-Papua-New-Guinea-due-to-flooding-and-landslides

2016-02-15 - Fireball spotted in the skies on the US East Coast:
http://www.sott.net/article/312233-Valentines-Day-meteor-fireball-streaks-over-Northeastern-US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_B07iFtnQg

2016-02-15 - Road to WW3: Turkish Army enters Syria after second day of shelling as Saudi warplanes arrive:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/alert-world-war-111-turkish-troops.html

2016-02-15 - DARPA's 130-foot submarine-searching drone takes to the seas in April:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/darpa-planning-april-actuv-launch/

Quote: "Officially scheduled for April 7, DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessell plans to ship out from its Portland, Oregon shipyard and embark on its maiden voyage in the Pacific Northwest city’s frigid Columbia River."

2016-02-16 - HazMat event, four people sickened by unknown fumes in building in Camden (New Jersey):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fumes-Sicken-Firefighters-Maintnence-Man_Philadelphia-368970761.html
http://6abc.com/news/4-firefighters-hospitalized-after-hazmat-incident-in-camden/1202608/

Quote: "Three firefighters and a maintenance man felt dizzy after being overcome by fumes inside Camden's Verizon Building."

2016-02-16 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake and some aftershocks shake Big Pine (California):
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2016/02/16/4-8-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-sierra-nevada-towns.html
http://www.680news.com/2016/02/16/4-8-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-sierra-nevada-towns/
http://www.sott.net/article/312481-4-8-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Sierra-Nevada-towns-in-California

2016-02-16 - Heatwave bakes Gauteng (South Africa):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160216-52115-ZAF

2016-02-16 - Tropical Cyclone Winston roars into Tonga:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20160217-52133-TON

2016-02-16 - Ireland experiences wettest January in 70 years:
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/storms/storm-imogen-to-follow-wettest-january-since-48-34419395.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312462-Ireland-just-had-its-wettest-January-in-70-years

2016-02-16 - Miami (Florida) wakes to tornado warning and wind damage, very unusual:
http://www.rt.com/usa/332654-miami-tornado-mystery-winds/
http://www.sott.net/article/312400-Very-unusual-this-time-of-year-Miami-Florida-wakes-to-tornado-warning-wind-damage

2016-02-16 - Major earthquakes can be triggered by system of small faults linked along a keystone fault:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160216181702.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/312415-Major-earthquakes-can-be-triggered-by-system-of-small-faults-linked-along-a-keystone-fault

2016-02-16 - Bright green fireball spotted in skies on the US East Coast:
http://www.sott.net/article/312388-Green-fireball-streaks-across-US-East-Coast
http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/green-fireball-streaks-across-east-coast-sky/article_0d2df2e2-d52e-11e5-865e-a7a2b37144fc.html

2016-02-16 - Unknown oily substance found on cars and homes in Harrison Township (Michigan):
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-oily-substance-coats-homes-michigan-neighborhood/story?id=37004318
http://www.sott.net/article/312448-Strange-oily-substance-coats-homes-in-Michigan-neighborhood

2016-02-16 - Strange creature, like legless crocodile with dolphin head, washes ashore at Lake Macquarie (Australia):
http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/16/what-the-hell-is-this-creature-that-washed-up-onto-a-beach-5685855/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3448823/Ugly-dragon-like-sea-creature-washes-shore-Lake-Macquarie.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bizarre-sea-creature-looks-like-7379078
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/mysterious-sea-creature-washes-ashore-in-australia-a3181746.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/6934212/What-is-this-bizarre-looking-water-creature-that-has-washed-up-on-the-shores-of-an-Australian-lake.html

Note: Possibly a genetic chimera, a blend of two species...

2016-02-16 - Two-headed cow born in Shaijin (China):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/two-headed-calf-born-tiny-7379080
http://www.sott.net/article/312349-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-calf-born-in-China

2016-02-17 - Children sickened by unknown cause at Britt Elementary School in Snellville (Georgia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160218-52142-USA

2016-02-17 - Hundreds of children sickened by unknown cause, 57 schools closed, in Bangladesh:
http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/mystery-illness-closes-57-schools-in-bangladesh-160215.htm

2016-02-17 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Indonesia:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/6-2-magnitude-earthquake/2524838.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312479-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-Indonesia

2016-02-17 - Of the nine hottest months ever recorded by humans on Earth, all were in the last nine months:
http://www.usnews.com/news/science/articles/2016-02-17/the-heat-goes-on-earth-sets-9th-straight-monthly-record
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/18/scientists-are-floored-by-whats-happening-in-the-arctic-right-now/

Quote: "The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest margin of any month on record."

Note: Looks like most of the heat is in the far north, where methane is belching from the seas. That's a feeback loop kicking into gear there. As the methane is released, the temps rise. As the temps rise, more methane is released. Now that the methane clathrates have started to give up the ghost off the US East and West Coasts and off the coast of New Zealand and various other places too, this feedback loop will intensify and spread. Other consequences of such vast amounts of methane spewing into the atmosphere: 1) the destruction of the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere, resulting in an increasingly white Sun (as opposed to the yellow Sun many of us remember) and rising - and eventually lethal - levels of UV hitting the planet; and 2) more water entering the atmosphere as methane reacts away hydroxyl radicals and ozone, causing more high-precip events, which results in more incidents involving heavy rain and flooding and large amounts of snowfall, which we're already seeing...

2016-02-17 - Study ties US to spike in global methane emissions:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/methane-emissions-in-united-states.html

2016-02-17 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) contaminates municipal water in Ingleside (Texas), warning issued:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160217-52128-USA

Quote: "This is not a water boil advisory; residents should not drink any local water at all. This includes making ice cubes, food preparation, brushing teeth, or any other activity involving the consumption of water."

2016-02-17 - 'Gas smell' hits building in Brainerd (Minnesota):
http://www.brainerddispatch.com/news/3950462-firefighters-investigate-gas-smell

2016-02-17 - Heavy snowfall hits Honduras-Guatemala border, hail and snow hits park in Costa Rica:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivZghJyiLe8
http://www.sott.net/article/312543-Ice-Age-cometh-Heavy-snowfall-on-Honduras-Guatemala-border-Hail-and-snow-in-Irazu-National-Park-Costa-Rica-10-degrees-north-of-equator

2016-02-17 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Córdoba (Argentina), 4 killed:
http://floodlist.com/america/argentina-4-deaths-intense-storm-cordoba
http://www.sott.net/article/312478-Flooding-hits-Cordoba-Argentina

2016-02-17 - Four billion people facing severe water scarcity:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1500323.full

2016-02-17 - Fireball brighter than the full moon lights up the skies over Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20160218-52146-ITA
http://www.thelocal.it/20160218/falling-meteorite-lights-up-northern-italian-sky
http://www.sott.net/article/312533-Fireball-lights-up-skies-over-northern-Italy

2016-02-17 - Fireball spotted in the sky over France:
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160218/alarm-as-great-balls-of-fire-pass-over-french-alps
http://www.sott.net/article/312480-Bright-meteor-fireball-lights-up-sky-over-southern-France

2016-02-17 - Lawsuit filed over Oklahoma’s fracking earthquakes:
http://ecowatch.com/2016/02/17/lawsuit-filed-oklahoma-earthquakes/

2016-02-17 - 21 new numbers that show that the global economy is absolutely imploding:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/21-new-numbers-that-show-that-the-global-economy-is-absolutely-imploding

2016-02-17 - New oxygen-rich layer discovered in the Earth's mantle:
http://rbth.com/science_and_tech/2016/02/16/a-mysterious-new-layer-found-in-earths-mantle_568199
http://www.sott.net/article/312546-A-mysterious-new-layer-found-in-Earths-mantle

2016-02-17 - NASA releases timelapse video showing solar explosions and plasma bursts over past year:
http://www.rt.com/news/332729-sun-timelapse-solar-nasa/
http://www.sott.net/article/312433-NASA-releases-timelapse-video-showing-solar-explosions-and-plasma-bursts-over-past-year

2016-02-17 - 'Eternal' storage disks that can hold 360 terabytes of data created:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3449763/Superman-storage-breakthrough-record-humans-created-save-billions-years.html

Quote: "Each 'memory crystal' has 360 TB/disc data capacity, and thermal stability up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. At 190 degrees, the storage systems can survive 13.8 billion years. And, if stored at room temperature, these disks are essentially immortal."

Quote: "Researchers say it could reveal the 'last evidence' of our civilizations for future societies."

Note: The rat-people or cockroach-people or whatever it is that replaces us will appreciate our work! Might want to store all our data underground on the Moon though because not much of anything is going to survive on the Earth...

2016-02-17 - Pig born with a monkey's face in Cuba:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/pig-born-face-monkey-could-7155060
http://www.sott.net/article/312555-Signs-and-Portents-Pig-born-with-the-face-of-monkey-in-Cuba

Note: Possibly a genetic chimera, a blending of two species...

2016-02-17 - Boy, 16, with no arms or legs told he must prove he's disabled, in Britain:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boy-no-arms-legs-told-7391220

Quote: "Furious dad Steve, 47, said: 'It’s­ absolutely disgusting. He’s a quad amputee for God’s sake. It isn’t like he’s going to get better. He isn’t going to suddenly grow new arms and legs. We were shocked to be asked to attend the meeting.'"

2016-02-17 - Man, 18, poses as doctor, opens his own practice, gets busted, in West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/weird/Palm-Beach-Teen-Accused-of-Posing-as-Doctor-369035141.html

Quote: "'Just because you saw a season of 'Grey's Anatomy' doesn't mean you could practice medicine,' the sheriff's office tweeted Tuesday."

Note: Hey, I bet he watched a lot of Doogie Howser too!

2016-02-18 - Elementary school being hit by hydrogen sulfide, people sickening, in coastal Orleans Parish (Louisiana):
http://theadvocate.com/news/neworleans/neworleansnews/14920866-32/noxious-odors-upset-students-parents-at-bethune-elementary

Quote: "Those tests found nothing amiss, state documents show. But they did not check for hydrogen sulfide gas, which can cause nausea, airway problems and other issues during prolonged exposure, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. State health inspectors, in a later test, found concentrations of that gas, as well as carbon monoxide in the air."

2016-02-18 - Landfill spewing hydrogen sulfide in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/home/93438733-story

Quote: "Part of the landfill is undergoing construction and manager Jim Becker says an outside consultant advised them to mix the construction and demolition debris with household waste as a more affordable approach and it's that combination, he says, that is creating a hydrogen sulfide emission, or rotten egg smell."

2016-02-18 - Gold Bar Park regularly being hit by hydrogen sulfide in Edmonton (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/2529293/gold-bar-park-users-cause-a-stink-over-h2s-concerns/

Quote: "The World Health Organization website says that 'there are no studies on effects of long-term exposure to hydrogen sulfide in animals.'"

Quote: "Bennett said that the lack of data about long-term low dose exposure in humans is also concerning."

Note: That's right, nobody knows what it does to people or animals with long-term chronic exposure, even at low levels. But it's a deadly poison, as deadly as hydrogen cyanide which is what they use to execute people in gas chambers, so there's no way the effects are GOOD. Brain damage, kidney damage, heart damage, who knows. And he's not even thinking about a variety of other problems. For example, hydrogen sulfide will adsorb onto matter and then you can get poisoned by touch. And while the levels they measured are low, it's a heavier-than-air gas which will tend to flow to low-lying areas and then it will concentrate, and the levels in THOSE areas may sometimes cause serious problems and possibly even kill people and animals from time to time. And you won't see it, in the air or when adsorbed onto matter, because it's invisible, and when it's adsorbed onto matter you won't smell it either (but you should never count on smelling it anyway since it causes 'olfactory fatigue' and you quickly stop being ABLE to smell it even if it's present)...

2016-02-18 - Several students sickened by unknown cause, nausea and vomiting, at school in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.wsvn.com/story/31254743/several-people-reported-sick-at-maya-angelou-elementary-school-miami-fire-rescue

Quote: "According to City of Miami Fire, four students were transported to the hospital to be treated for nausea and vomiting, Thursday, just before noon. The school is located at 1850 N.W. 32nd St. in Miami. The students were between the ages of 9 to 11. It remains unknown what made them sick."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-02-18 - Woman, 69, goes missing while diving near coastal Puako (Hawaii):
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/coast-guard-fire-department-searching-missing-diver-puako

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is also water-soluble, so swimming around in poison water isn't apt to be too conducive to living a long life. It's also bubbling up from the ocean floors, which is why so many deep-diving or bottom-dwelling ocean creatures have been dying in recent years. Numerous divers, including a world-class free-diver, have died mysteriously in the water, and numerous people have collapsed dead after contact with water or while just being NEAR water. And since hydrogen sulfide doesn't stick around in the body, nobody is likely to find that as a cause, although a smart ME in Kansas City did figure out that a woman was gassed to death in her home by hydrogen sulfide, but he probably did the autopsy quickly after she was dead, within a few hours, before the hydrogen sulfide had degraded entirely. Mostly it's killing people and they just call it 'Sudden Adult Death Sydrome' or 'untimely death' or 'unexplained' or whatever. In any case, the best way to tell if water is contaminated is by touching it or drinking it - if you don't die then it was safe!

2016-02-18 - No winter for the Arctic in 2016 as NASA marks hottest January ever recorded:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/18/no-winter-for-the-arctic-in-2016-nasa-marks-hottest-january-ever-recorded/

Quote: "There, in the Arctic lands of now-thawing glacial ice and permafrost — over Siberia, over Northern Canada, over Northern Greenland and all throughout the Arctic Ocean zone above 70 North Latitude — temperatures averaged between 4 and 13 degrees Celsius above normal. That’s between 7 and 23 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than usual for the extraordinary period of an entire month."

2016-02-18 - Catastrophic Cyclone Winston bears down on Fiji’s main island in worst case scenario:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/cyclone-winston-in-south-pacific.html
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/fiji-braces-for-severe-tropical-cyclone-winston/news-story/43c5189a3c558343971f4dd4dee9ab45
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/02/19/catastrophic-cyclone-winston-bears-down-on-fijis-main-island-in-worst-case-scenario/

Quote: "The Fijian government has declared a State of Disaster for 30 days beginning Saturday. A nationwide curfew was also imposed from 6pm (5pm AEDT), with only essential emergency services permitted to travel."

2016-02-18 - Rain, hail, flooding and fog hit the United Arab Emirates:
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/rain-hail-floods-and-fog-uaes-wild-weather-in-pictures
http://www.sott.net/article/312586-Rain-hail-floods-and-fog-images-of-wild-weather-in-the-United-Arab-Emirates

2016-02-18 - Lightning strike kills four people in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa):
http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/99f9b7004bbcd354a030a496fb2bb898/Lightning-kills-four-in-KZN-20160219
http://www.sott.net/article/312610-Lightning-kills-four-in-Harding-South-Africa

2016-02-18 - Ice jam causes flooding in Augusta (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/weather/kennebec-river-flooding-part-of-downtown-augusta/38039190
http://www.sott.net/article/312605-Ice-jam-causes-flooding-in-downtown-Augusta-Maine

2016-02-18 - Sea smoke towers over Lake Superior during frigid Arctic outbreak:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/02/18/pic-of-the-week-sea-smoke-towers-over-lake-superior-during-frigid-arctic-outbreak/

2016-02-18 - Rare weather event creates thousands of 'spontaneous snowballs' in Idaho:
http://nypost.com/2016/02/10/weird-weather-creates-thousands-of-spontaneous-snowballs/
http://www.sott.net/article/312589-Rare-weather-event-creates-thousands-of-spontaneous-snowballs-in-Idaho-US

2016-02-18 - Toxic tumbleweed hits Wangaratta (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-18/giant-tumbleweeds-invade-wangaratta/7181600
http://www.rt.com/news/332857-hairy-panic-australia-wangaratta/
http://www.sott.net/article/312499-Toxic-tumbleweed-strikes-panic-in-Australian-town

2016-02-18 - South Korea warns that underground nuclear testing in North Korea could cause eruption of Mount Baekdu:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20160218-52138-PRK
http://www.rt.com/news/332799-korea-volcano-nuclear-test/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12162388/North-Koreas-nuclear-test-could-jolt-volcano-back-to-life.html

2016-02-18 - Mysterious unknown shrieking sound freaking people out in Forest Grove (Oregon):
http://fox8.com/2016/02/18/what-is-that-noise-mysterious-shrieking-sound-puzzles-people-in-oregon-neighborhoood/
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/mysterious-shrieking-sound-frustrates-oregon-community/story?id=36998846

2016-02-18 - Man films presumed meteor in Victoria (Australia):
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/02/19/Australian-man-catches-close-up-footage-of-suspected-meteor/1201455888539/
http://www.sott.net/article/312608-Australian-catches-close-up-footage-of-meteor-fireball

2016-02-18 - Fireball spotted over Euless (Texas):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/another-awesome-fireball-in-the-sky-of-euless-texas.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312601-Meteor-fireball-filmed-over-Euless-Texas

2016-02-18 - Girl born with 3 legs in Delhi (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/312603-Signs-and-Portents-Girl-born-with-three-legs-in-Delhi-India
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3449619/Indian-girl-born-THREE-legs-one-million-condition-successful-operation-remove-extra-limb.html

2016-02-18 - Rare sundogs filmed over Calama and Antofagasta (Chile):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/sundogs-circumzenithal-arc-circumhorizontal-arc-reverse-rainbow-chile-pictures.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312515-Rare-sundogs-over-Calama-and-Antofagasta-Chile

2016-02-18 - The heart has neurons and functions as a second brain:
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/02/18/how-the-human-heart-functions-as-second-brain/
http://www.sott.net/article/312553-The-heart-has-neurons-and-functions-as-a-second-brain

2016-02-18 - Largest container ship in the world sails into Long Beach (California):
http://abc7.com/society/worlds-largest-container-ship-sails-into-port-of-long-beach/1205980/
http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20160218/take-a-look-at-the-largest-megaship-ever-to-dock-at-the-long-beach-port

Quote: "The ship, which brought goods from China, is wider than a football field and as tall as a 20-story building."

2016-02-18 - Donald Trump versus the Pope, Round 1, ding-ding-ding:
http://myfox8.com/2016/02/18/pope-francis-on-trump-building-walls-instead-of-bridges-is-not-christian/
http://abc13.com/news/trump-calls-popes-comments-about-his-christianity-disgraceful/1205863/

2016-02-18 - Woman found with 32 grams of meth in her vagina in Georgetown (Texas):
http://wjla.com/news/offbeat/police-woman-hid-32-grams-of-meth-in-her-vagina

2016-02-19 - Cyclone Winston, the stongest southern hemisphere storm ever seen, roars into Fiji as a Category 5 storm:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/category-5-tropical-storm-winston-makes.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/77096084/cyclone-winston-fiji-in-state-of-disaster-as-category-five-storm-hits
http://www.sott.net/article/312647-Cyclone-Winston-Category-5-storm-strikes-Fiji-with-record-gusts-of-up-to-325km-h-200-mph
http://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/2016/02/20/10/10/emergency-unfolding-in-fiji-as-tropical-cyclone-winston-bears-down
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3455448/Fiji-smashed-tropical-Cyclone-Winston-experts-warn-devastation-winds-220kph-whip-island-nation.html

Quote: "Fiji was slammed by the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere on Saturday and early Sunday."

Quote: "At least one person is dead and entire villages are feared destroyed after the worst tropical cyclone in Fiji's history. Locals, tourists and aid workers are waking to scenes of utter destruction after a category five cyclone battered the South Pacific nation with wind gusts as strong as 325km/h and waves up to 12m high. 'The scale of the destruction is absolutely massive and it's still far too early to tell just how many people's homes and livelihoods have been devastated by this storm,' Australian Red Cross aid worker Susan Slattery told AAP from Suva."

2016-02-19 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Fukushima (Japan):
http://www.rt.com/news/332990-fukushima-earthquake-japan-coast/
http://www.sott.net/article/312579-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-coast-of-Japan-near-Fukushima

2016-02-19 - Abrupt climate change makes the mainstream news:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/abrupt-climate-change-in-mainstream.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/scientists-floored-by-abrupt-climate.html

2016-02-19 - Virgin Galactic unveils new SpaceShipTwo spaceplane:
http://news.sky.com/story/1644556/hawking-helps-unveil-virgin-galactic-space-plane
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/02/19/virgin-galactic-unveils-new-spaceshiptwo-spaceplane.html
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20160219/virgin-galactic-to-roll-out-new-space-tourism-rocket-plane
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/virgin-galactic-to-roll-out-new-model-of-its-spaceshiptwo-space-tourism-rocket-plane

2016-02-19 - Two-headed python born in Wodonga (Australia):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/weird-news/rare-two-headed-python-hatches-survives/nqQMQ/

2016-02-19 - 93-mile-long ancient wall in Jordan puzzles archaeologists:
http://news.yahoo.com/93-mile-long-ancient-wall-jordan-puzzles-archaeologists-122757416.html

2016-02-19 - Harper Lee, author of 'To Kill A Mockingbird', dies at age 89:
http://www.wbtv.com/story/25395652/mockingbird-author-harper-lee-dies-at-89
http://6abc.com/entertainment/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-harper-lee-dies-at-89/1207396/
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html
http://abc13.com/news/the-impact-of-to-kill-a-mockingbird/1208322/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/books/how-to-kill-a-mockingbird-changed-their-lives.html

2016-02-19 - Woman, 81, chases down purse snatchers in her car, rams their getaway vehicle, in Mount Pocono (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2016/02/17/woman-chases-rams-purse-snatchers/
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/81-year-old-chases-robbers-car/2016/02/19/id/715204/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/robbers-arrested-grandma-81-rams-getaway-car-article-1.2537217
http://www.mcall.com/videos/mc-81yearold-woman-chases-down-rams-thieves-with-car-20160219-embeddedvideo.html

2016-02-19 - A 5-dimensional black hole could break the laws of physics as we know them:
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-five-dimensional-black-hole-could-break-general-relativity-2016-2

2016-02-19 - 'Star Trek' quadcopter drone will let you fly the USS Enterprise:
http://www.space.com/31950-star-trek-enterprise-quadcopter-drone.html

2016-02-20 - Hydrogen sulfide regularly hitting large areas in Sioux City (Iowa):
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/sioux-city-looks-to-get-rid-of-rotten-egg-smell/article_b4336202-7580-5210-ba59-bd99ca92a14d.html

Quote: "Mark Simms, the city’s utilities director, said the odor at the York lift station comes from hydrogen sulfide, a naturally occurring chemical in wastewaste that closely resembles rotten eggs."

2016-02-20 - Unknown odor sickens 9 people at Olive Garden in Greece (New York):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160221-52176-USA
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2016/02/20/potential-carbon-monoxide-leak-at-greece-olive-garden.html
http://www.facebook.com/TWCNewsRochester/posts/1076148875748850

Quote: "Crews evacuated a popular restaurant in Greece today because of a potential carbon monoxide leak. It happened at the Olive Garden on Route 104 in Greece. Fire crews left the restaurant as they were trying to find the source of that carbon monoxide leak. Police say a manager at the Olive Garden called 911 after employees complained of a strange odor that made them feel sick. Nine of those employees were taken to the hospital for evaluation."

Note: Somebody ought to tell these fire crews and cops that carbon monoxide is called 'the silent killer' because it's odorless, so if these people smelled 'a strange odor', obviously it wasn't carbon monoxide...

2016-02-20 - SOTT's Earth changes summary for January, Part II:
http://www.sott.net/article/312517-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-January-2016-Part-2-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-BONUS-VIDEO

2016-02-20 - Magnitude 3.4 earthquake shakes coastal Bremerton (Washington):
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/2016/02/20/magnitude-34-earthquake-west-bremerton/80661524/

2016-02-20 - Some early reports of the damage in Fiji from monstrous Cyclone Winston:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35623944
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/02/tropical-cyclone-winston-is-strongest.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312691-Cyclone-Winston-wreaks-destruction-in-Fiji-five-people-killed

Quote: "Cyclone Winston brought winds of over 320km/h (200mph), torrential rain and waves of up to 12m (40ft). It destroyed hundreds of homes and cut electricity lines. There are reports of entire villages flattened. The government has imposed a nationwide curfew and 30-day state of national disaster giving extra powers to police to arrest people without a warrant."

2016-02-20 - Lightning strike kills 3 people in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa):
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/lighting-kills-3-more-in-kzn-1987467
http://www.sott.net/article/312666-Lightning-kills-another-3-people-in-South-Africa-total-of-10-in-a-week

2016-02-20 - Lightning strike kills 7 people, injures 9 more, in Khushab District (Pakistan):
http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/lightning-kills-seven-from-same-khushab-family/
http://www.sott.net/article/312646-7-killed-9-injured-due-to-lightning-strike-in-Pakistan

2016-02-20 - NASA scientist optimistically says we have a decade to act to prevent widespread destruction from climate change:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/times-up.html

Note: Sorry, but that boat has sailed, burst into flame and sunk. The fate of this planet is already sealed. A Permian-Triassic-style extinction event is underway right now...

2016-02-20 - Summer snowfall hits the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-16/snow-surprise-for-tasmanians-after-a-summer-of-weather-extremes/7170776
http://www.sott.net/article/312696-Summer-snowfall-surprise-for-Tasmanians-after-a-season-of-weather-extremes

2016-02-20 - Drought and famine hit Cuanhama (Angola):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20160220-52162-AGO

2016-02-20 - Seven million hectares of forest have disappeared in 20 years in Argentina:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/02/seven-million-hectares-of-forests-have.html

2016-02-20 - Bizarre-looking bug-eyed deepwater fish found off the coast of Victoria (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/312732-Bizarre-deep-sea-fish-found-off-Victoria-coast-Australia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3455680/Strange-bug-eyed-beast-dozens-needle-like-teeth-drool-coming-mouth-pulled-deep-sea-it.html

2016-02-20 - Radioactive water leaks at nuclear plant in Japan:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/21/world/asia/21reuters-japan-nuclear.html

2016-02-20 - Meteor fireball spotted over Morocco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M_QstCzAAY
http://www.sott.net/article/312655-Meteor-fireball-observed-over-Morocco

2016-02-20 - Man goes on random shooting rampage in Kalamazoo (Michigan), 6+ killed, 3 injured:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/police-6-dead-3-injured-in-random-kalamazoo-michigan-shootings/1210421/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/6-people-killed-michigan-restaurant-car-dealership-article-1.2538898

2016-02-21 - Four people sickened by unknown cause on passenger bus in coastal Surrey (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160222-52186-CAN

2016-02-21 - Woman, 21, collapses, almost dies, at airport in Chicago (Illinois), resuscitated:
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Chicago-Police-Officer-Revives-Woman-who-Collapsed-at-OHare-Airport-369607221.html

2016-02-21 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes northern Afghanistan, tremors felt in Kabul:
http://www.rt.com/news/333160-quake-afghanistan-tremors-kabul/
http://www.sott.net/article/312694-5-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northern-Afghanistan-with-tremors-felt-in-Kabul

2016-02-21 - Torrential rainfall and flooding hits Morocco:
http://floodlist.com/africa/morocco-rain-floods-tetouan-chefchaouen
http://www.sott.net/article/312778-Torrential-rainfall-causes-flooding-in-northern-Morocco

2016-02-21 - Rare eruption of Great Geysir, Iceland's most famous hot spring:
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2016/02/21/rare_eruption_of_iceland_s_most_famous_hot_spring_g/
http://www.sott.net/article/312767-Rare-eruption-of-Great-Geysir-Icelands-most-famous-hot-spring

2016-02-21 - Strange trumpet sounds in the sky drives dogs nuts in Quebec (Canada):
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/southwest-quebecers-say-they-hear-strange-trumpets-sounds-in-the-sky-the-dogs-are-going-nuts
http://www.sott.net/article/312782-Strange-trumpet-sounds-in-the-sky-heard-by-people-in-Quebec-The-dogs-are-going-nuts

2016-02-21 - Largest fireball meteor since Chelyabinsk falls over the Atlantic Ocean:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/20/fireball_over_atlantic_ocean_on_february_6_2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312712-Largest-fireball-meteor-since-Chelyabinsk-falls-over-the-Atlantic

2016-02-21 - Bright meteor fireball observed over southern Spain and Portugal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=latLxJKIsto
http://www.sott.net/article/312766-Bright-meteor-fireball-observed-over-southern-Spain-and-Portugal

2016-02-21 - Red rainbow photographed over the Netherlands:
http://www.sott.net/article/312727-Red-rainbow-photographed-over-the-Netherlands
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=21&month=02&year=2016

2016-02-21 - Strange, glowing lights spotted in sky over Buckeye (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/story/31269069/mysterious-lights-spotted-in-valley-skies
http://www.sott.net/article/312748-Strange-glowing-lights-spotted-in-sky-over-Buckeye-Arizona

2016-02-21 - Apollo 10 crew heard unexplained space music on the far side of the moon:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/apollo-10-astronauts-reported-unexplained-music-at-moon_us_56c80662e4b0928f5a6c0679
http://www.sott.net/article/312706-Apollo-10-crew-heard-unexplained-space-music-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon

2016-02-22 - At least three volcanoes erupt in Nicaragua, and a fourth may join them:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/646744/Experts-sent-in-to-monitor-volcano-hotspot-as-THREE-more-magma-mountains-blow-their-tops
http://www.sott.net/article/312888-Experts-sent-in-to-monitor-volcano-hotspot-in-Nicaragua-as-3-more-magma-mountains-erupt

Quote: "Disaster experts are keeping a close eye on a seismic hotspot after three large volcanoes began erupting with fears of a fourth in the offing. Volcano experts from the US, UK, Costa Rica and local geologists are observing activity at four active peaks in Nicaragua after the flurry of explosions."

2016-02-22 - Volcano Bulusan erupts in the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160222-52192-PHL
http://www.mb.com.ph/bulusan-volcano-spews-ash/
http://www.sott.net/article/312804-Bulusan-volcano-in-Philippines-erupts-ejecting-steam-and-ash

2016-02-22 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Coquimbo (Chile):
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/1246781/M5.7-Mon-22-Feb-Off-Coast-of-Central-Chile.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312775-Magnitude-6-earthquake-recorded-off-Coquimbo-Chile

Note: MISA Theory keeps on keepin' on...

2016-02-22 - Huge methane spike in the US may be tied to fracking:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/the-great-methane-monster.html

2016-02-22 - A hellish 2016 Arctic melt season may have already begun:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/22/a-monster-2016-arctic-melt-season-may-have-already-begun/

2016-02-22 - Heatwave heads for New South Wales (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160222-52188-AUS

2016-02-22 - Death toll hits 42 in Fiji after Cyclone Winston, more expected, Zika and dengue fever may be a problem too:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/22/asia/fiji-tropical-cyclone-winston/
http://www.rt.com/news/333340-fiji-cyclone-dozens-dead/
http://www.sott.net/article/312866-Dozens-killed-after-powerful-cyclone-Winston-ravages-Fiji-experts-warn-of-Zika-Dengue-threats
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/recovery-begins-after-super-cyclone.html

2016-02-22 - Heavy snowfall paralyzes daily life in Sivas (Turkey):
http://www.cihan.com.tr/en/sivas-snowfall-turkey-central-turkey-2019068.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/312851-Heavy-snowfall-paralyses-daily-life-in-Sivas-Turkey

2016-02-22 - Flash floods hit eastern Israel:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/rain-wind-prompt-road-closures-as-winter-weather-returns/
http://www.sott.net/article/312839-Flash-floods-hit-eastern-Israel

2016-02-22 - Lightning strike kills family of 5 in Siavonga (Zambia):
http://www.znbc.co.zm/?p=31910
http://www.sott.net/article/312814-Lightning-bolt-kills-family-of-5-in-Siavonga-Zambia

2016-02-22 - Massive surf pounds Hawaii:
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/massive-surf-pounds-hawaii/

2015-02-22 - Tornado activity in Illinois well above average for 2015:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/02/22/illinois-tornado-activity-above-average-for-2015/
http://www.sott.net/article/312840-Tornado-activity-in-Illinois-well-above-average-for-2015

2016-02-22 - No bliss in this ignorance - Fukushima, the great nuclear cover-up:
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2987222/no_bliss_in_this_ignorance_the_great_fukushima_nuclear_coverup.html
http://www.sott.net/article/312869-No-bliss-in-this-ignorance-Fukushima-the-great-nuclear-cover-up

2016-02-22 - Firefighters train for high-rise fires in Milwaukee County (Wisconsin):
http://www.wisn.com/news/firefighters-train-to-battle-high-rise-blazes/38130678

2016-02-22 - 100-foot asteroid to zoom past Earth in two weeks, and 'it's gonna be close':
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_29544877/100-foot-asteroid-zoom-past-earth-two-weeks

2016-02-23 - Man has medical emergency on ship in coastal Ketchikan (Alaska), medevac'd off:
http://juneauempire.com/local/2016-02-23-0

2016-02-23 - Man, firefighter who lives on boat, goes missing in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/mobile_firefighter_missing_in.html
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=10527196

2016-02-23 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Antarctica:
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id3681
http://www.sott.net/article/312885-5-9-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-Antarctica-in-the-Indian-Ocean
2016-02-23 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes near Wasco (California):
http://abc7.com/news/48-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-22-miles-nw-of-bakersfield-/1215589/
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/02/23/57881/4-8-central-valley-earthquake-is-california-s-bigg/
http://www.sott.net/article/312928-4-8-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-California-biggest-in-more-than-a-year

2016-02-23 - Antarctic melt 'faster than previously thought':
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/antaarctic-melt-faster-than-previously.html

2016-02-23 - Sea level now rising at fastest rate in nearly 3,000 years:
http://mashable.com/2016/02/22/manmade-sea-level-rise-flooding/

2016-02-23 - After devastating the Fiji Islands, Cyclone Winston heads toward New Zealand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/cyclone-headed-for-new-zealand.html

2016-02-23 - Tornado rips through RV park in Convent (Louisiana), 2 killed, 30 injured:
http://www.kfvs12.com/story/31296638/2-confirmed-dead-in-convent-rv-park-rescues-ongoing
http://www.kait8.com/story/31296638/2-confirmed-dead-in-convent-rv-park-rescues-ongoing
http://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/apnews/2016/02/24/the-latest-storms-hit-the-south-causing-death-and-damage.html
http://www.wwltv.com/story/weather/2016/02/23/trailers-damaged-serious-injuries-suspected-tornado-rips-convent/80821582/
http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/st-james-parish-officials-investigate-possible-tornado-in-convent/38152198
http://www.sott.net/article/312919-Tornado-season-begins-as-dangerous-storm-system-tears-through-southern-US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpCJMnZVdpM

2016-02-23 - 'Major weather event' hits Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), multiple structures collapse:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-officials-reporting-major-weather-event-in-lancaster-county-multiple/article_2792b9c0-db36-11e5-9311-673431fc072f.html

2016-02-23 - Hutt River not behaving normally in Australia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/the-drought-in-wellington.html

2016-02-23 - 'Pandemic' asks: is a disease that will kill tens of millions coming?
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/22/467637849/pandemic-asks-is-a-disease-that-will-kill-tens-of-millions-coming

2016-02-23 - Strange trumpet sounds heard in the skies after 11:30 PM in Nebraska City (Nebraska):
http://kwbe.com/local-news/sounds-of-the-apocalypse-heard-in-nebraska-city/
http://www.sott.net/article/312895-Strange-sounds-heard-in-Nebraska-City

2016-02-23 - Scientists discover molecular link between sleep and mood:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/scientists-identify-molecular-link-between-sleep-and-mood
http://www.sott.net/article/312844-Scientists-discover-molecular-link-between-sleep-and-mood

2016-02-23 - Coffee may help mitigate liver damage from drinking alcohol:
http://abc7news.com/health/coffee-may-nix-alcohols-effect-on-the-liver/1211085/

Quote: "A medical journal reviewed nine recent studies on coffee. They found drinking two cups of coffee a day reduced the chances of developing cirrhosis by 44 percent."

Note: Woohoo, I drink six cups a day so according to the math that means I've reduced my chances of getting cirrhosis by 132 percent, so now I can take that excess 32 percent and get plastered!

2016-02-24 - Man, 76, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found circling, on Lake Beauclair (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/96824632-story
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/cops-search-for-missing-boater-in-lake-beauclair
http://www.wesh.com/news/-crews-searching-for-missing-boater-near-mount-dora/38174020
http://www.clickorlando.com/web/wkmg/news/cops-search-for-missing-boater-in-lake-beauclair
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/search-underway-for-missing-boater-in-lake-beauclair/111942993
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-missing-boater-lake-beauclair-20160224-story.html

Quote: "The boat was seen going in circles in the lake at 10:45 a.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. FWC officials were able to secure the boat, but no one was on board."

2016-02-24 - Six inmates sicken, unknown cause, at correctional facility near Wilmington (Delaware), near the Delaware River:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160225-52228-USA

2016-02-24 - Mount Sinabung erupts again in Indonesia, 10,000 people evacuated:
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/indonesian-volcano-erupts-spewing-an-avalanche-of-ash
http://www.sott.net/article/313171-Indonesias-Mount-Sinabung-erupts-twice-in-one-day-spewing-ash-and-smoke-3000-meters-high
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2016-02/25/c_135129821.htm
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/970362.shtml
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/10551746/Volcano-Mount-Sinabung-in-Sumatra-Indonesia-erupts-spewing-lava-and-ash.html

Quote: "Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2016 shows volcanic smoking and ashes rising from Mount Sinabung during an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Authorities have repeatedly called on local residents to remain patient in dealing with the impact of Sinabung's eruptions, which some experts have predicted will continue for five more years."

2016-02-24 - Greenland melting rapidly, sending 8000 tons of water into the oceans every second:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/abrupt-climate-change.html

Quote: "Canadian scientists have discovered that the Greenland ice sheet is now pumping vast amounts of water into the oceans at the rate of around 8,000 tonnes every second. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."

2015-02-24 - Arctic heatwave continues:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2016/02/arctic-winter-heatwave.html

Quote: "As discussed in an earlier post, low sea ice extent is fueling fears that this year's maximum extent was already reached on February 9, 2016."

2016-02-24 - New data reveal stunning acceleration of sea level rise:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-data-reveal-stunning-acceleration-of-sea-level-rise/

2016-02-24 - Tornado rips through Waverly (Virginia), 3 killed, 8 injured:
http://www.rt.com/usa/333546-tornado-strikes-virginia-town/
http://www.sott.net/article/313034-More-weird-winter-weather-Tornado-strikes-southeast-Virginia-town-kills-3-injures-8

2016-02-24 - Seven tornadoes hit Louisiana and Mississippi, at least 3 killed, 31 injured:
http://www.rt.com/usa/333420-tornado-slams-and-damages-louisiana/
http://www.sott.net/article/312957-3-killed-at-least-31-injured-as-7-tornadoes-slam-south-Louisiana-and-Mississippi

2016-02-24 - Freak hailstorm pounds Dhaka (Bangladesh), ship capsizes, wall collapses:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160225-52224-BGD

2016-02-24 - Storm dumps 10 inches of snow on Genesee County (Michigan), blackouts ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20160225-52229-USA

2016-02-24 - Giant waves lash Hawaii oceanfront homes in historic surf event:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/monster-swells-slam-hawaii_us_56ce50b8e4b0871f60ea185b
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/31299131/noaa-mondays-historic-swell-strongest-in-50-years

2016-02-24 - Strange trumpet sounds in the sky freak people out in West Island, Montreal (Canada):
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-sky-trumpets-unexplained-though-theories-abound
http://www.sott.net/article/313043-West-Island-Montreal-residents-captivated-and-creeped-out-by-trumpeting-sounds-in-the-sky

2016-02-24 - Newly discovered New Year's Eve meteor shower, the Volantids:
http://www.seti.org/seti-institute/press-release/surprise-meteor-shower-new-years-eve
http://www.sott.net/article/312923-Newly-discovered-New-Years-Eve-meteor-shower-the-Volantids

2016-02-24 - Scientists developing tech that could get a ship to Mars in just 3 days:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/science/scientists-developing-tech-could-get-ship-mars-jus/nqXDp/

2016-02-24 - High school honors student found to be a 23-year-old Ukrainian, in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pennsylvania-high-school-honors-student-ukraine-police/

2016-02-25 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreak hits lake near Canterbury (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160225-52217-NZL

2016-02-25 - Algae blooms hit the coast in Muscat, North and South Batinah and Musandam (Oman):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160225-52219-OMN

2016-02-25 - Heatwave bakes Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160225-52218-MYS

2016-02-25 - Heatwave bakes New South Wales and Sydney (Australia), Sydney sets record for days above 26C:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160225-52216-AUS
http://www.theguardian.com/weather/2016/feb/25/sydney-heatwave-weather-record-set-as-city-sweats-through-40c-scorcher
http://www.sott.net/article/313024-Sydney-heatwave-City-sets-record-for-days-above-26C-as-mercury-hits-41-7C

2016-02-25 - Hailstorm with 4-inch hail pounds Pembroke (North Carolina):
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/02/25/4-inch-hail-pellets-found-in-North-Carolina/1991456427734/?spt=sec&or=on
http://www.sott.net/article/313129-4-inch-hail-pellets-found-in-Pembroke-North-Carolina

2016-02-25 - Heavy rain and flash flooding hit Hunterdon County (New Jersey):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20160226-52232-USA

2016-02-25 - Night-flying, disoriented 'zombie bees' found in Oregon:
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2016/02/zombie_bees_spotted_in_oregon.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3465076/Flight-living-dead-Zombie-bee-parasite-takes-body-insect-discovered-Oregon.html

2016-02-25 - Fireball spotted in the skies from Fort Yukon to Eielson Air Force Base (Alaska):
http://www.sott.net/article/313074-Fireball-reported-over-Alaska
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/interior-alaska-residents-report-fireball-flashed-overhead-wednesday/article_64b53016-dbff-11e5-b2f8-e7bf58a7e7c7.html

2016-02-25 - Northern Lights take the form of a phoenix over Iceland:
http://metro.co.uk/2016/02/23/incredible-picture-shows-northern-lights-take-the-form-of-a-phoenix-5713914/
http://www.sott.net/article/313111-Symbolic-Northern-Lights-take-the-form-of-a-phoenix-over-Iceland

2016-02-25 - Sea of clouds cascades over Mount Lu like a waterfall in Jiangxi Province (China):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/stunning-video-shows-beautiful-sea-7440465
http://www.sott.net/article/313056-Sea-of-clouds-cascading-over-mountain-like-a-waterfall-filmed-in-China

2016-02-25 - Man goes on shooting rampage in Wichita (Kansas), 3 killed, 14 injured:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/rescuers-responding-shooting-kansas-business/story?id=37203872
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/nation-world/national/article62621142.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/us/shooting-at-plant-hesston-kansas.html

2016-02-25 - Tiny 'alien' filmed in Diyarbakir (Turkey):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/tiny-alien-caught-cctv-cameras-7438853
http://www.sott.net/article/313060-Tiny-alien-filmed-in-Diyarbakir-Turkey

2016-02-26 - Atmospheric methane level spikes to 3096 ppb:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/26/2-c-coming-on-faster-than-we-feared-atmospheric-methane-spikes-to-record-3000-parts-per-billion/

2016-02-26 - El Nino: NASA describes what California should expect next:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/el-nino-nasa-describes-california-160958621.html

2016-02-26 - Horrific flooding hits Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://floodlist.com/asia/jakarta-floods-after-119-mm-of-rain-in-24-hours-roads-blocked-40-evacuated
http://www.sott.net/article/313116-Roads-blocked-after-flooding-in-Jakarta-Indonesia

2016-02-26 - Vicious storm rips through Durban (South Africa), 5 killed, 12 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160227-52252-ZAF

2016-02-26 - 14 popular German beers contain 'cancer-causing' levels of glyphosate:
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160226/1035383108/cancer-beer-germany.html
http://www.sott.net/article/313103-Danger-14-popular-German-beers-contain-cancer-causing-levels-of-glyphosate

2016-02-26 - Meteor fireball spotted over Luxembourg and France:
http://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/thursday-morning-meteor-spotted-over-luxembourg-france-56d006741bea9dff8fa7383d
http://www.sott.net/article/313143-Meteor-fireball-spotted-over-Luxembourg-and-France

2016-02-26 - 2 reasons the housing market is on the verge of collapse again:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13467402/1/2-reasons-the-housing-market-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse-again.html

2016-02-26 - The subprime auto loan meltdown is here:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-subprime-auto-loan-meltdown-is-here

2016-02-26 - 13 of the biggest retailers in America are closing down stores:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/economic-recovery-13-of-the-biggest-retailers-in-america-are-closing-down-stores

2016-02-26 - US Air Force unveils image of new B-21 stealth bomber:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/air-force-unveils-b-21-bomber-image/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/national/image-of-secret-bomber-revealed/nqYsp/

2016-02-26 - Dozens of horses escape and run wild in Sevierville and Pigeon Forge (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/herd-of-horses-escapes-leads-police-on-chase-through-pigeon-forge/57251385
http://wate.com/2016/02/26/deputies-chase-after-20-horses-on-the-run-in-sevier-county/

2016-02-26 - Man and shark surf the same wave in Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.grindtv.com/surf/surfer-catches-a-wave-alongside-a-shark-in-florida/

2016-02-26 - Lennie Baker of Sha Na Na dies at age 69:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/02/26/lennie-baker-of-sha-na-na-dies-at-69/80998458/

2016-02-26 - Did this woman photgraph other dimensions?
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/decades-old-mystery-is-this-woman-capturing-other-dimensions-on-film_022016
http://www.sott.net/article/313151-Did-this-woman-film-other-dimensions

2016-02-26 - Watch porn and save some whales!
http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/news/a42102/pornhub-save-the-whales/

2016-02-27 - Volcano Tungurahua erupts in Ecuador, spews ash plume 3 miles high:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160227-52256-ECU
http://www.sott.net/article/313182-Tungurahua-volcano-in-Ecuador-Explosion-produces-ash-plume-5000-meters-tall
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/ecuadors-tungurahua-volcano-rocked-by-large-explosions/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/tungurahua/news/56574/Tungurahua-volcano-Ecuador-strong-vulcanian-explosion-produces-ash-plume-5000-m-tall.html

2016-02-27 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes in the ocean at the Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge:
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-02-27-21-29-43-utc-5-9-10
http://www.sott.net/article/313242-5-9-magnitude-earthquake-at-Western-Indian-Antarctic-Ridge

2016-02-27 - Humongous swarm of beetles overruns beach in coastal Mar de Ajó (Argentina):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160303-52326-ARG
http://yournewswire.com/ominous-biblical-beetle-invasion-plagues-argentina/
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/biblical-beetle-invasion-beaches-argentina-mar-de-ajo-san-bernardo-picture.html
http://www.sott.net/article/313204-Invasion-of-beetles-along-beaches-in-Argentina
http://www.facebook.com/C5N.Noticias/photos/pcb.10154346921660839/10154346920735839/?type=1&theater

2016-02-27 - Storm kills at least 5 people in Durban (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/durban-asseses-damge-after-heavy-storm
http://www.sott.net/article/313247-Five-die-as-storm-hits-Durban-South-Africa

2016-02-27 - Astronomers have pretty good idea where Planet Nine might be:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/space/astronomers-have-an-pretty-good-idea-of-where-planet-nine-might-be/

2016-02-27 - Mesmerizing von Karman vortices (clouds) appear near South Korea:
http://www.sott.net/article/313200-Mesmerizing-von-Karman-vortices-appear-near-South-Korea
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/02/26/mesmerizing-von-karman-vortices-swirl-near-south-korea/

2016-02-27 - Robin flaps wings and helps resuscitate another robin in Saudi Arabia:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/bird-revives-another-after-an-accident/article/458773
http://www.sott.net/article/313220-Robin-revives-another-after-an-accident

2016-02-28 - Hydrogen sulfide seeping from the ground in Durango (Colorado):
http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20160228/COLUMNISTS07/160229570/-1/s

Quote: "The riverside signs begin with the word 'DANGER' in red. When a sign’s salutation reads 'DANGER,' what follows is generally not very cheerful. And so it is along La Posta Road. 'Harmful levels of hydrogen sulfide are seeping from the ground,' the signs say. People and pets 'should avoid or quickly pass through any location in this vicinity where you smell a rotten egg odor.' Exposure could cause nausea, eye and lung irritation and headaches 'even with brief exposure,' the signs caution."

Quote: "'We did some testing with monitoring equipment several years back, and the hydrogen sulfide from that location was so high it actually broke our sensors,' he said."

Note: So deadly poison gas is oozing from the ground there in concentrations so high that it broke their sensors! Okay, Durango, you just went to the top of the list of places I won't be going anytime soon...

2016-02-28 - Massive plume of carbon monoxide hits the West Coast in the US:
http://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/950
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/carbon-monoxide-explosion.html
http://www.sott.net/article/313312-Explosion-of-carbon-monoxide-over-entire-California-state-Precursor-to-big-quake
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/29/carbon-monoxide-spikes-to-34000-parts-per-billion-over-california-on-february-26-what-the-heck-is-going-on/
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/02/what-is-happening-in-california-major-carbon-monoxide-explosion-west-coast-precursor-to-the-big-one-3311388.html

Quote: "Carbon Monoxide Spikes to 27,000+ [ppb] Where 'Usual' is only around 150 [ppb] on West Coast - May Signal Coming MASSIVE Earthquake"

Quote: "The initial symptoms of low to moderate CO poisoning are similar to the flu (but without the fever). They include: Headache, Fatigue, Shortness of breath, Nausea, Dizziness..."

Note: It could mean that a quake or volcanic eruption has already happened too, presumably somewhere west of the West Coast, like out in the ocean. Or possibly a big cloud of methane erupted from the Pacific Ocean somewhere and combusted and this carbon monoxide is the leftovers from that. So all in the last year in California: 1) the largest number of hydrogen sulfide 'odor advisories' I've ever seen were issued, especially in the Salton Sea area; 2) the largest methane leak in US history occurred in Porter Ranch; 3) the water turned pink at a bird refuge in coastal Santa Barbara, caused by bacteria that eat hydrogen sulfide and which ONLY exist in waters containing hydrogen sulfide; and 4) a gigantic cloud of carbon monoxide has hit the coast. Things that make you go, 'Hmmmm.'

2016-02-28 - Mount Io rumbling and quaking in Japan, eruption warning issued:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160228-52262-JPN
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/volcanic-eruption-warning-issued-for-mt-io-in-kyushu
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/28/national/volcanic-alert-issued-mount-io-rumbles-kyushu/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/volcano-warning-issued-for-mt-io-in-southwestern-japan/
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/28/c_135138340.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/313275-Eruption-warning-issued-for-Mount-Io-volcano-in-Japan

2016-02-28 - Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, is still stirring in Hawaii:
http://bigislandnow.com/2016/02/26/volcano-watch-mauna-loa-earths-largest-active-volcano-is-still-stirring/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/647847/Fears-of-IMMINENT-eruption-of-LARGEST-active-volcano-on-Earth
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/02/29/mauna-loa-earths-largest-active-volcano-is-still-stirring/
http://www.sott.net/article/313317-Fears-of-imminent-eruption-of-largest-active-volcano-on-Earth-small-earthquakes-recorded-at-Mauna-Loa-Hawaii

2016-02-28 - A sea-ice-free Arctic looks possible this summer:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/towards-ic-free-arctic.html
http://twitter.com/USGS/status/702962227695890433

2016-02-28 - Runaway greenhouse effect could make the Earth uninhabitable:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/a-hothosue-effect-of-runaway-greenhouse.html

2016-02-28 - Heavy rain and flash floods hit Montego Bay on the island of Jamaica:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160227/photos-houses-and-streets-flooded-mobay-police-and-fire-department-monitoring
http://www.sott.net/article/313316-Flash-floods-hit-Montego-Bay-Jamaica

2016-02-28 - 6,000 emergency and military personnel to conduct Pacific North West megaquake exercise:
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/science/preparing-for-the-really-big-one-cascadia-earthquake-tsunami-drill/
http://www.sott.net/article/313349-6000-emergency-and-military-personnel-to-conduct-Pacific-North-West-megaquake-exercise

2016-02-28 - Man stabs 14 family members to death in the wee hours then hangs himself, in coastal Thane (India):
http://www.wdaz.com/news/3958534-indian-man-kills-14-members-own-family-then-hangs-himself
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/world/article62994397.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/crime/290216/thane-man-butchers-14-of-family-ends-life.html

2016-02-28 - Hubble Telescope delivers image of purty blue nebula:
http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/hubble-telescope-blue-star-bubble-photo/
http://www.sott.net/article/313284-A-blue-nebula-shines-in-deep-space-in-new-Hubble-photo

2016-02-28 - Man chews off his fingertips to hide his identity, in Tallmadge (Ohio):
http://www.13abc.com/home/headlines/370367331.html

2016-02-29 - 180+ infrared videos show methane pollution all across the US:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/methane-pollution-all-across-america.html

2016-02-29 - Changing climate resulting in lower oxygen levels in the air:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/02/climate-change-decreases-oxugen-paul.html

2016-02-29 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/77358271/4-3-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-elderly-Christchurch-residents

2016-02-29 - Lightning strike kills 3 people, injures another, in Lilongwe (Malawi):
http://allafrica.com/stories/201602292168.html
http://www.sott.net/article/313338-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-in-Malawi

2016-02-29 - Lightning strike kills 2 children in Kambowo (Namibia):
http://www.newera.com.na/2016/02/29/lightning-kills-minors/
http://www.sott.net/article/313340-Two-children-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Namibia

2016-02-29 - Flash floods hit Kuching (Malaysia) following nearly a foot of rain in 24 hours:
http://floodlist.com/asia/malaysia-flash-floods-kuching-sarawak-300mm-rain
http://www.sott.net/article/313314-Flash-floods-in-Kuching-Malaysia-following-300-mm-nearly-1-foot-of-rain-in-24-hours

2016-02-29 - Major winter storm heads toward central Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-quebec-snow-storm-1.3468700
http://www.sott.net/article/313381-Major-winter-storm-coming-Tuesday-to-central-Canada

2016-02-29 - Fireplace ban hits the Inland Empire (California) due to poor air quality:
http://www.dailynews.com/environment-and-nature/20160229/no-fireplace-use-allowed-in-greater-la-inland-empire-due-to-poor-air-quality

2016-02-29 - Thousands of cockroaches invade neighborhood in Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/77309332/Thousands-of-cockroaches-invade-Auckland-street

2016-02-29 - Fireball spotted in the skies over Scotland and northern Britain:
http://nypost.com/2016/03/01/mystery-fireball-lights-up-sky-in-scotland/
http://myfox8.com/2016/03/01/video-shows-fireball-believed-to-be-meteor-lighting-up-night-sky-in-scotland/
http://www.sott.net/article/313351-Meteor-fireball-explodes-over-Scotland-emitting-a-powerful-rumble-and-lighting-up-the-night-sky
http://time.com/4242677/meteor-scotland-sky/

2016-02-29 - Sheepdog gives birth to California record 17 puppies in Fairfield (California):
http://wric.com/2016/02/29/world-record-broken-calif-sheepdog-gives-birth-to-17-puppies/
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/02/29/furry-tails-california-sheepdog-welcomes-record-breaking-litter/
http://kxan.com/2016/02/29/world-record-california-sheepdog-gives-birth-to-17-puppies/

2016-02-29 - Wild wolf caught on camera for first time ever in Sweden:
http://www.rt.com/viral/334020-sweden-wild-wolf-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/313380-Wild-wolf-caught-on-camera-for-first-time-in-Sweden

2016-02-29 - Canadian researchers unveil world's first biological supercomputer:
http://sputniknews.com/science/20160228/1035493225/biological-supercomputer-unveiled.html
http://www.sott.net/article/313248-First-ever-biological-supercomputer