Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Event Update For 2017-12-26





The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.



A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.




Category: Variety Pack

2017-12-26 - Sulfur odor blows in off the ocean and hits the coast in and around Manhattan Beach (California):
http://tbrnews.com/news/redondo_beach/what-was-that-sulfur-smell-before-christmas/article_d92c94c0-eb34-11e7-89b0-3b799cc938c5.html

Quote: "Two days before Christmas reports of a natural gas leak spread throughout the South Bay. Calls went out to 911 emergency services in El Segundo, Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach."

Quote: "Professors Doug Capone, PhD, and Jed Fuhrman, PhD, said what people might be smelling is hydrogen sulfide associated with several possible sources such as oil seeps or rotting seaweed."

Note: I'm sure that IS what it was. And as time goes on, these 'odor events' are happening more frequently as the ocean warms and as life dies off in the ocean and as the ocean becomes more polluted and landfill-like. The concentration will rise over time as well. Heck, you might see California start getting hit by monstrous wildfires too, since hydrogen sulfide is extremely flammable. Oh right, California is being hit by monstrous wildfires now. Eventually entire towns will start going up in flames and entire towns of people will start dropping dead, or having 'medical events', or going insane from brain damage, etc. That's just a matter of time now. These increasingly common 'odor events' are harbingers of much worse things to come...

2017-12-26 - Hydrogen sulfide leaks from floor drain at business in Iron Mountain (Michigan):
http://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/news/local-news/2017/12/imfd-investigate-natural-gas-odor/

Quote: "Iron Mountain firefighters were called at 4:20 p.m. Tuesday to investigate a possible natural gas odor at a business on the 1400 block of South Stephenson Avenue. They determined the odor was sewer gas coming from a floor drain and there was no problem, so they returned to the station at 4:40 p.m."

Note: 'Just poison gas spewing from the drain, folks, no problem. We'll be, uhhh, way far away from here if someone dies or you need us for a medical emergency!'

2017-12-26 - Woman, 50, found burned to death outside her home in coastal Thiruvananthapuram (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2017/dec/27/womans-charred-body-found-in-heart-of-the-city-1737679.html

2017-12-26 - RV goes up in flames just before 2 AM and kills man while parked in coastal Cocoa (Florida):
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/rv-fire-leaves-one-man-dead-in-cocoa
http://www.wesh.com/article/fire-engulfs-brevard-county-mobile-home-with-person-inside/14497863
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/orlando/man-killed-in-brevard-county-rv-fire-deputies-say/
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/1-killed-in-west-cocoa-fire-deputies-say/669172643

Quote: "A man was killed after flames broke out in an RV in Brevard County Tuesday morning. Brevard County fire and rescue crews along with Cocoa Fire responded to the blaze just before 2 a.m. Officials said the fire along State Road 520 and Penny Lane was heavily involved."

Note: This is the 642nd RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Transformer explodes and burns at substation in Cleveland (Ohio), blackouts ensue:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/12/transformer_explosion_blamed_i.html
http://fox8.com/2017/12/26/fire-at-substation-leaves-about-40000-without-power-on-clevelands-west-side/
http://nbc4i.com/2017/12/26/widespread-power-outage-reported-on-west-side-of-cleveland/

2017-12-26 - Wind turbine bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, near Woodward (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/article/wind-turbine-catches-fire-near-woodward/14500830
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oklahoma-city/wind-turbine-catches-fire-near-woodward/

2017-12-26 - Utility pole bursts into flame near Reading Lake (Kansas), blackouts ensue:
http://www.kvoe.com/newsedit/21506-power-outage-affecting-lyon-coffey-county-residents

2017-12-26 - Coal mine rocked by methane explosion in Samangan (Afghanistan), 5 killed, several injured:
http://www.tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/explosion-samangan-mine-kills-five-workers
http://www.1tvnews.af/en/news/afghanistan/32724-coal-mine-explosion-kills-five-in-afghanistan

2017-12-26 - Around 150 homes destroyed by fire just after 4 AM in coastal Cape Town (South Africa):
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/hundreds-displaced-after-cape-town-fire
http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/listen-boxing-day-tragedy-as-150-shacks-burn-down-12536073
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/300-lose-homes-after-cape-town-fire-20171226
http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/cape-flats-fire-leaves-300-people-homeless/
 



2017-12-26 - Recycling center erupts in flame in Palm Desert (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/firefighters-work-to-contain-fire-in-palm-desert/677875582

2017-12-26 - Oil tank explodes and burns near Love's Lookout between Mixon and Mount Selman (Texas):
http://www.kltv.com/story/37149501/firefighters-responding-to-possible-oil-tank-explosion-in-mixon-area
http://www.easttexasmatters.com/news/local-news/emergency-crews-responding-to-reports-of-explosion-near-loves-lookout/889592801

2017-12-26 - Refinery explodes and burns in coastal Punto Fijo (Venezuela), 2 injured:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-refinery/explosion-at-major-venezuela-refinery-injures-two-sources-idUSKBN1EM04R

2017-12-26 - Boat bursts into flame at the Port of Camas-Washougal on the Columbia River in Washougal (Washington):
http://www.kptv.com/story/37143609/fire-damages-boat-at-port-of-camas-washougal
http://www.camaspostrecord.com/news/2017/dec/27/fire-decimates-boat-docked-at-washougal-marina/

2017-12-26 - Boat, quad bike and garage destroyed by fire at 4:24 AM at home in Bangor Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2017/12/fire_claims_garage_in_bangor_t.html
http://www.wnem.com/story/37141366/garage-fire-causes-power-outage-in-bay-county

Quote: "The garage itself is a total loss, as are its contents, including a boat and a quad-runner. Two vehicles parked in front of the garage were damaged."

Note: These are the 1088th and 1089th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway in coastal Bulacan (Philippine Islands):
http://www.shaira-santiago.com/fire-totally-consumes-bus-along-nlex-4/
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/637697/fire-totally-consumes-bus-along-nlex/story/
http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/26/17/bus-nasunog-habang-bumabaybay-sa-nlex
http://www.philstar.com:8080/nation/2017/12/26/1771912/bus-catches-fire-nlex
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2017/12/26/bus-40-passengers-razed-nlex-581257
http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2017/12/video-a-bus-burns-while-passing-through-nlex/

Note: This is the 866th bus to burn in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-95 in Lorton (Virginia):
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-interstate-95-in-lorton
http://www.nhregister.com/news/media/Tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-Interstate-95-in-1155126.php
http://www.thehour.com/news/media/Tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-Interstate-95-in-1155126.php
http://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/tractor-trailer-fire-closes-northbound-i--for-hours/article_a5f8f194-eb1f-11e7-9301-0b00aeebc935.html
http://www.princewilliamtimes.com/news/tractor-trailer-hauling-cheese-catches-fire-on-i/article_3cd233f6-eab1-11e7-ad68-cf0b44e9fe96.html
http://www.facebook.com/fairfaxcountyfirerescue/posts/1694397600617685
http://www.facebook.com/insidenova/posts/10155325150940819

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-4 in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.america.easybranches.com/florida/Semi-truck-on-fire-on-I-4--FHP-says-504718
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/east-i-4-at-sr-434-back-open-after-semi-truck-fire/669192390
http://www.topix.com/city/oviedo-fl/2017/12/semi-truck-on-fire-on-i-4-fhp-says
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/traffic/os-semi-truck-fire-20171226-story.html

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on North Lynn Street in Gladewater (Texas):
http://www.cbs19.tv/news/gladewater-officials-on-scene-of-fire/502436901

2017-12-26 - Semi tractor bursts into flame while parked at trucking business in Canton (Ohio):
http://www.indeonline.com/news/20171226/fire-destroys-vehicle-at-canton-township-trucking-company

Note: Two city dump trucks were just destroyed by fire while parked in Canton the day prior too, mentioned in the 2017-12-25 update...

2017-12-26 - Two semi tractors and van destroyed by fire at 5 AM while parked at trucking company in Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/2-semis-catch-fire-at-nashville-trucking-company
http://www.wsmv.com/story/37139643/semi-trucks-van-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.columbiadailyherald.com/news/20171226/semi-trucks-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/37139643/semi-trucks-van-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire
http://www.wsmv.com/clip/14006308/semi-trucks-destroyed-in-nashville-parking-lot-fire

2017-12-26 - Tractor and gas canister go up in flames at 4:38 AM in Boustead Hill (Britain), 2200 feet from the coast:
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/cumbriafire/recent-incidents/

Quote: "Tractor and gas cannister fire in Burgh by Sands(Carlisle) 26 Dec 2017 At 04:38 firefighters were called to a fire at a commercial property in Boustead Hill, Burgh by Sands. The fire involved a gas canister and a tractor. Crews used one hose reel jet and a ground monitor to extinguish the fire."

Note: These are the 2235th, 2236th, 2237th, 2238th, 2239th, 2240th and 2241st tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - Box truck bursts into flame near East Meadow Avenue and Stone Avenue in East Meadow (New York):
http://liherald.com/stories/truck-catches-on-fire-on-east-meadow-avenue,98714

2017-12-26 - Plow truck bursts into flame on street in Skowhegan (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2017/12/26/skowhegan-plow-truck-goes-up-in-flames-for-christmas/

2017-12-26 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Gold Street in Centralia (Washington):
http://www.chronline.com/crime/firefighters-halt-spread-of-motorhome-blaze-on-gold-street-in/article_454e81b4-eb5c-11e7-9348-bfc4a02924e5.html

Note: This is the 643rd RV to burn/explode in 2017...

2017-12-26 - SUV bursts into flame while parked in carpark on Ellen Street in coastal Wollongong (Australia):
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5140666/car-ablaze-outside-the-kids-uni-in-wollongong/

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Buck Lane in Jackson Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.thewestendreporter.com/pickup-truck-fire-100-block-of-buck-lane-jackson-township/

2017-12-26 - Police car bursts into flame on I-75 in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.winknews.com/2017/12/26/car-fire-75-near-golden-gate-pkwy/
http://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2017/12/26/car-fire-along-75-collier-county-distracting-drivers/983085001/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame at 12:33 AM on Higbie Lane in coastal West Islip (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/westislip/police-investigating-west-islip-car-fire

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame while parked at mall in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Crews-deal-with-car-fire-outside-West-Acres-Mall-466661153.html

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on US 52 in Jamestown (North Dakota):
http://www.jamestownsun.com/news/fires/4379471-jrfd-responds-vehicle-fire
http://www.newsdakota.com/2017/12/27/jamestown-rural-fire-department-helps-extinguish-vehicle-fire-christmas-day/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago (Illinois):
http://patch.com/illinois/southside/car-fire-blocks-traffic-dan-ryan

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on I-78 in Greenwich Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pol-i-78-greenwich-township-car-catches-fire-teen-driver-20171226-story.html

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on London Road in Shipston-on-Stour (Britain), near the River Stour:
http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireincidents/2017/12/26/car-fire-london-road-shipston-on-stour/

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on Torridge Mount in Bideford (Britain), near the River Torridge:
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45508&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-26 - Car bursts into flame on the A38 near Plympton (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=45509&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2017-12-26 - Vehicle bursts into flame on County Road M near the Town of Bradford (Wisconsin):
http://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/vehicle-fire-closes-county-m/article_9f7b026e-af7a-5d1e-9fd0-4aee9bc7267c.html

2017-12-26 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked on Hanover Pike in Manchester (Maryland):
http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/cc-camper-fire-20171226-story.html
http://www.usa-headlines.com/headline/manchester-camper-fire-causes-no-injuries

2017-12-26 - Car and garage go up in flames at 3 AM at home in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.lex18.com/story/37139046/house-car-damaged-in-garage-fire
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Garage-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire-in-Lexington-466569153.html

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck and home destroyed by fire on Chadwick Creek Lane near Marshallberg (North Carolina), 450 feet from the coast, nobody there:
http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_129746d4-eb25-11e7-96c5-df6bbe4ec15b.html

2017-12-26 - Vehicles and barn destroyed by fire in Oak Creek (Wisconsin):
http://fox6now.com/2017/12/26/oak-creek-fire-large-barn-blaze-under-control-near-howell-and-elm-no-injuries/

Quote: "There were apparently vehicles and fuel inside the barn."

2017-12-26 - Vehicle, two watercraft and home go up in flames in Badger Canyon (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/crime/article191768239.html

Quote: "The fire also damaged two personal watercraft and a vehicle."

2017-12-26 - Vehicles and auto shop go up in flames near Williams Lake (Canada):
http://www.mycariboonow.com/26791/building-destroyed-boxing-day-blaze/

2017-12-26 - Auto shop and apartments destroyed by fire at 6 AM in Manchester (Ohio):
http://local12.com/news/local/fire-destroys-business-apartment-building-in-manchester

2017-12-26 - Auto shop damaged by fire in Colonie (New York):
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Fire-activity-shuts-down-eastbound-traffic-on-12455590.php

2017-12-26 - Barn destroyed by fire in Roosevelt (Texas):
http://www.kcbd.com/story/37143508/roosevelt-barn-destroyed-by-fire-tuesday-night

2017-12-26 - Barn damaged by fire in Chesterfield Township (New Jersey):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/burlington-county-barn-fire/

2017-12-26 - Mulch fire breaks out shortly after 6 AM at hotel in New Stanton (Pennsylvania):
http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13113715-74/new-stanton-comfort-inn-evacuated-when-mulch-fire-spreads-smoke

2017-12-26 - Gas station under construction destroyed by fire in Antioch (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/26/fire-torches-gas-station-under-construction-in-antioch/

2017-12-26 - Mall heavily damaged by huge fire at 4 AM in Denton (Texas):
http://kxan.com/2017/12/26/4-alarm-fire-rips-through-dentons-historic-downtown-square/
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Fire-Erupts-Inside-Denton-Mini-Mall-466564463.html
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/northeast-tarrant/article191607799.html
http://www.wfaa.com/news/multiple-alarm-fire-inside-denton-mini-mall/502390733
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/fire-damages-several-texas-businesses-in-historic-downtown/article_af7dbf9a-8f1f-5553-848c-b20f451a509f.html

2017-12-26 - Flooring business damaged by fire in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.chicagofirewire.com/national-wire/video-san-jose-ca-firefighters-battle-2-alarm-fire/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-commercial-building-send-plume-of-smoke-12455494.php

2017-12-26 - Mixed-use building heavily damaged by fire in Auburn (Washington):
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/3-alarm-fire-blazes-auburn-heritage-building/281-502525378
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/26/firefighters-battling-large-3-alarm-fire-in-commercial-building-in-auburn/
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/firefighters-battling-massive-blaze-in-downtown-auburn/
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191705629.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191706219.html

2017-12-26 - Home damaged by fire just before 2 AM in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), 2 injured:
http://local21news.com/news/local/update-2-sisters-in-lehigh-valley-burn-unit-after-early-morning-fire-in-lancaster
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/children-ages-and-burned-after-fire-breaks-out-at-lancaster/article_b1393014-ea3e-11e7-9833-d36b17d15610.html

2017-12-26 - Home heavily damaged by fire in Santa Rosa (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7806335-181/house-fire-in-south-santa

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 5 AM in Gainesville (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.wcjb.com/content/news/GFR-Home-a-total-loss-after-fire-466621503.html

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Champaign (Illinois), nobody there:
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2017-12-26/update-investigators-seek-cause-fire-destroyed-champaign-house.html
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/early-morning-fire-declared-total-loss/888482236
http://www.wandtv.com/story/37139798/champaign-firefighters-work-to-put-out-fully-engulfed-home

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Tinton Falls (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2017/12/26/bridle-path-fire/982158001/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire in Atco (New Jersey):
http://6abc.com/atco-home-destroyed-by-fire/2826417/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 11:30 PM in Carnation (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/man-escapes-large-house-fire-in-carnation

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire in Franklin County (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/local/franklin-county-mobile-home-destroyed-in-fire

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 5 AM in Augusta (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/augusta-home-destroyed-in-fire-family-makes-it-out-safely/14503803

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 1:52 AM in Marshfield (Wisconsin):
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2017/12/26/marshfield-home-fire-displaces-family-tuesday/981121001/

2017-12-26 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in North St. Louis County (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/story/37139496/firefighters-rush-to-north-county-home-tuesday-morning

2017-12-26 - Apartment building damaged by fire in coastal Queens (New York), 4 injured:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/people-hurt-fire-breaks-queens-building-article-1.3722132

2017-12-26 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Gladstone (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/25-displaced-by-fire-at-gladstone-apartment-complex/14501399

2017-12-26 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire in Milton (Washington):
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article191725594.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191875714.html
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/138-residents-displaced-after-fire-at-retirement-community/281-502566047

2017-12-26 - Apartment building destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/30-families-displaced-after-fire-at-south-houston-apartment-complex/502417509
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Fire-destroys-more-than-30-units-in-South-12455650.php

2017-12-26 - Condo building destroyed by huge fire in Brookhaven (Pennsylvania):
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/massive-fire-destroys-building-in-delaware-county-condo-complex-20171226.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/delaware-county-condo-complex-evacuated-as-crews-battle-fire/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Consumes-Apartment-Complex-in-Delaware-County-466677863.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Fire-Destroy_s-Delaware-County-Apartments_Philadelphia-466861223.html

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home at 1:37 AM in Hibbing (Minnesota), 3 killed, 1 injured:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/fatal-hibbing-fire-2-adults-killed/
http://kstp.com/news/2-adults-die-2-children-seriously-injured-in-hibbing-fire/4721225/
http://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/12/26/minnesota-house-fire-kills-2-adults-2-children
http://www.startribune.com/hibbing-house-fire-kills-2-adults-badly-injures-2-children/466606123/
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/fires/4379063-hibbing-fire-claims-lives-two-adults-child-two-other-children-injured
http://www.twincities.com/2017/12/26/2-adults-dead-2-children-critical-in-post-christmas-house-fire-in-northern-minnesota/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home just before 3 AM in Lakeville (Minnesota), 1 killed:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/fatal-lakeville-house-fire/
http://www.fox9.com/news/1-dead-in-fire-at-lakeville-minn-home
http://www.startribune.com/1-killed-in-lakeville-house-fire-2-flee-the-flames/466647113/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns home at 7:39 AM in Onawa (Iowa), 1 killed:
http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/man-found-dead-after-house-fire-in-onawa

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire destroys home at 2:15 AM near Lake Lincolndale in Somers (New York), 1 killed:
http://somers.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/woman-killed-as-overnight-fire-engulfs-home-in-somers/729742/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns apartment building in coastal Federal Way (Washington), 1 killed:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article191788784.html
http://komonews.com/news/local/crews-rescue-at-least-one-in-fed-way-apartment-fire
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/federal-way/woman-dies-after-apartment-fire-in-federal-way/281-502605861
http://q13fox.com/2017/12/27/one-woman-dies-in-overnight-fire/

2017-12-26 - Deadly fire burns apartment building at 1:30 AM in Lawndale area in Chicago (Illinois), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/lawndale-fatal-fire-keeler-5th/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Elderly-Man-Killed-in-Lawndale-Apartment-Fire-Nearly-a-Dozen-Displaced-Day-After-Christmas-466574553.html

2017-12-26 - Vacant home burns just after 7 AM in Lansing (Michigan):
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/466434593.html

2017-12-26 - Vacant home burns in Knox County (Tennessee):
http://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/fire-consumes-abandoned-rural-knox-county-home-in-mascot-area/51-502424519
 



2017-12-26 - Humpback whale washes ashore dead at Point Reyes National Seashore (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/scientists-working-to-determine-cause-of-death-for-point-reyes-whale
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/dead-whale-Point-Reyes-humpback-washes-ashore-12455526.php
http://abc7news.com/pets-animals/dead-whale-washes-ashore-at-point-reyes-national-seashore/2827460/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/scientists-examining-beached-whale-at-point-reyes/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Body-of-Humpback-Whale-Washes-up-at-Point-Reyes-National-Seashore-on-Christmas-Eve-466632953.html
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7806081-181/whale-washes-ashore-at-point
http://www.sott.net/article/372314-Dead-humpback-whale-found-at-Point-Reyes-California

Quote: "The whale had a full layer of blubber 4½ to 5½ inches deep and appeared healthy, Halaska said."
 



2017-12-26 - Man, 53, firefighter, has 'medical episode' at fire station, dies shortly later, in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.newson6.com/story/37149071/okcfd-mourns-loss-of-veteran-firefighter
http://okcfox.com/news/local/on-duty-oklahoma-city-firefighter-dies-at-station
http://kfor.com/2017/12/27/oklahoma-city-fire-department-identifies-firefighter-who-passed-away/
http://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-city-firefighter-dies-after-suffering-medical-episode-while-on-duty/14506950
http://www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-city-firefighter-dies-on-duty-officials-confirm/14504044
http://kfor.com/2017/12/26/officials-oklahoma-city-firefighter-dies-on-duty/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oklahoma-city/oklahoma-city-firefighter-dies-on-duty-due-to-medical-condition/
http://www.firerescue1.com/line-of-duty-death/articles/371506018-LODD-Okla-fire-lieutenant-dies-while-working-at-station/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxp-YROIzzQ

Quote: "On Tuesday, White experienced a medical episode while on duty at Fire Station 36 in southeast Oklahoma City."

2017-12-26 - Man, 46, firefighter, suddenly dies at fire station in Kansas City (Kansas):
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article191641654.html
http://www.hutchpost.com/kansas-firefighter-found-dead-in-bed-at-station/
http://www.kctv5.com/story/37142059/kansas-city-ks-firefighter-dies-while-on-duty
http://www.firerescue1.com/fatal-incident/articles/371441018-Kan-firefighter-paramedic-found-dead-in-bed-at-his-station/

2017-12-26 - Woman, 38, found dead in rooftop swimming pool at high-rise in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2017/12/26/hollywood-ending-mysterious-swimming-pool-death-in-koreatown/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/woman-dead-koreatown/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/california/woman-found-dead-in-koreatown-rooftop-pool/

2017-12-26 - Man, 69, dies while snorkeling near coastal Marathon Key (Florida):
http://ccheadliner.com/news/ozark-man-dies-snorkeling/article_59a7999c-eb26-11e7-b5b7-b35d3cf41ee8.html

2017-12-26 - Man, 27, found dead in Spring Lake in Keystone Heights (Florida):
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/clay-county-authorities-looking-for-missing-keystone-heights-swimmer/667865201
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/clay-county/body-found-keystone-heights-spring-lake-missing-man
http://www.wcjb.com/content/news/Mans-body-found-in-Spring-Lake-near-where-swimmer-went-missing--466709333.html
http://www.wokv.com/news/local/body-found-during-search-for-missing-man-clay-county/SzpQMIjUJkXFMItWtrqQOK/
http://jacksonville.com/news/public-safety/2017-12-26/body-found-near-spring-lake-keystone-heights

2017-12-26 - Woman, 62, news anchor Amanda Davis, strokes out at airport, dies shortly later, in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/12/27/cbs46-anchor-amanda-davis-has-a-massive-stroke-is-hospitalized/
http://www.12news.com/news/nation-now/longtime-atlanta-anchor-amanda-davis-hospitalized-for-massive-stroke/502850057
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/longtime-atlanta-tv-news-anchor-amanda-davis-dies-after-massive/article_e11f3ef8-eb57-11e7-b71f-878e602c5fc3.html
http://1063.mobi/prayers-up-atlanta-news-anchor-amanda-davis-suffers-massive-stroke/
http://heavy.com/news/2017/12/amanda-davis-dead-cause-of-death-married-was/

Note: Wow, she looked great for 62. Before I read her age I was trying to guesstimate it, and I was guessing a young-looking late 40s...

2017-12-26 - Man, 58, slumps over dead in car at hospital in coastal Savannah (Georgia):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article191601819.html

2017-12-26 - Woman, 68, found dead in swimming pool at home on Gibson Street in coastal Tewantin (Australia):
http://www.watoday.com.au/queensland/woman-in-her-60s-drowns-in-sunshine-coast-pool-20171226-p4yy1l.html
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/woman-60-drowns-in-backyard-pool-in-tewantin/news-story/83d8614182375ff4dd75d67e9079732f
http://www.westernstarnews.com.au/news/woman-critical-in-coast-near-drowning/3298570/
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/woman-critical-in-coast-near-drowning/3298570/

2017-12-26 - Man, 49, found dead in coastal Golden Bay in Tasman District (New Zealand):
http://www.newsie.co.nz/news/73938-queenstown-man-named-after-body-found.html

2017-12-26 - Woman, 45, doctor, drops dead in apartment in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/45-year-old-woman-doctor-found-dead-in-her-flat-1792759

2017-12-26 - Man, 51, found dead in drain in Zeeburg (Guyana):
http://www.inewsguyana.com/security-guards-body-found-in-zeeburg-drain/

2017-12-26 - Woman, 65, found dead in sugarcane field in Rajshahi (Bangladesh):
http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=113276

2017-12-26 - Man found dead in the water at Burrs Country Park north of Bury (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/burrs-park-bury-man-found-14083494
 



2017-12-26 - Driver has 'medical issue' at 6:30 AM, car crashes into restrooms, in Davenport (Iowa), 1 injured:
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Car-crashes-into-restrooms-in-Davenports-LeClaire-Park-Tuesday-morning-466587703.html
http://www.facebook.com/kwqcnews/posts/10155361793864426

Quote: "Officials say a medical issue was to blame for a car crashing into the restrooms at LeClaire Park in downtown Davenport. The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 26."

2017-12-26 - Man in his 70s has 'medical emergency', car hits two vehicles head-on, in Louisville (Kentucky), 1 injured:
http://www.wave3.com/story/37142378/man-suffers-medical-emergency-veers-into-oncoming-traffic
http://www.wtol.com/story/37142378/man-suffers-medical-emergency-crashes-into-oncoming-traffic

Quote: "A police spokeswoman said a man in his 70s suffered a medical emergency while driving, causing him to veer into oncoming traffic and strike the two other vehicles. He was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition."

2017-12-26 - Passenger bus slams into electric pole and overturns in Maitidevi, Kathmandu (Nepal), 17 injured:
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/17-injured-as-bus-overturned-colliding-with-electric-pole-in-maitidevi/

2017-12-26 - Passenger bus plunges into ravine at 1:45 AM in coastal Quezon (Philippine Islands), 11 injured:
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/12/26/bus-falls-into-ravine-in-quezon-11-hurt/
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/637705/12-hurt-as-passenger-bus-falls-off-ravine-in-quezon/story/
http://tempo.com.ph/2017/12/27/11-hurt-as-bus-falls-into-ravine/
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/955230/quezon-accident-bus-ravine

2017-12-26 - Tanker truck overturns on I-83 near the Inner Harbor in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2017/12/26/overturned-tanker-between-spring-parkway/
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-truck-overturned-20171226-story.html
http://www.wbal.com/article/284658/124/overturned-tanker-truck-closes-i-83-dumps-fuel-oil-into-jones-falls
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/overturned-tractor-trailer-shuts-down-nb-83-at
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2017/12/27/overturned-truck-spills-heating-oil-into-baltimore-stream.html

Quote: "Officials rushed to contain the spill before the oil reached the Inner Harbor; a contractor put up barriers in the water near Pier Six."

2017-12-26 - Tanker truck overturns, hits home, on Murphy Road near Belton (South Carolina):
http://wrbl.com/2017/12/26/gas-tanker-crashes-into-south-carolina-home/
http://wspa.com/2017/12/26/gas-tanker-crashes-into-home-in-anderson-county/
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37140048/hazmat-responding-after-fuel-tanker-overturns-in-anderson-county
http://www.wyff4.com/article/tanker-full-of-aviation-gasoline-overturns-in-front-yard-of-upstate-home/14497952
http://www.independentmail.com/story/news/2017/12/26/tanker-overturns-belton-area-neighborhood/981255001/

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer crashes, bursts into flame, on I-20 in Sweetwater (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.ktxs.com/news/fiery-crash-in-sweetwater-backs-up-traffic-on-i-20_6/677833992
http://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/main-news/fiery-crash-causes-traffic-delay-on-i-20-near-sweetwater/888677815

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer overturns on Route 3 near Sweetland (West Virginia):
http://wjla.com/news/offbeat/tractor-trailer-carrying-beer-overturned-in-west-virginia
http://www.wowktv.com/top-stories/slideshow-two-injured-after-semi-hauling-beer-crashes-1/888668452

Quote: "Crews with the Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department say that the load was 42,000 pounds and that the beer spilled was all Coor's Light."

Note: No loss there!

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer overturns on highway in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.fox23.com/news/overturned-semi-leaks-hazardous-material-onto-tulsa-highway-closes-lanes/669279623
http://ktul.com/news/local/semi-carrying-hazardous-material-overturns-on-idl

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer overturns on Summit Bridge Road near Middletown (Delaware):
http://www.middletowntranscript.com/news/20171226/summit-bridge-road-reopens-after-accident
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/traffic/2017/12/26/overturned-tractor-trailer-closes-summit-bridge-road/981855001/

2017-12-26 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-240 in Memphis (Tennessee):
http://wreg.com/2017/12/26/traffic-alert-overturned-tractor-trailer-on-i-240/

2017-12-26 - SUV veers off road, crashes into home, in Santa Clara (California):
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Two-Injured-After-Vehicle-Barrels-Into-Home-in-Santa-Clara-466709033.html

2017-12-26 - SUV veers off road near River Wilds Golf Club, hits tree and building, in Blair (Nebraska), 1 killed:
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/man-dies-in-crash-near-blair-officials-suspect-medical-condition/article_f0e3c5a0-ea7d-11e7-9de9-a311a933c81b.html
http://www.storiesflow.com/article/3837641712/man-blair-officials-suspect-medical-condition

Quote: "A 66-year-old man from Tekamah died Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash near River Wilds Golf Club in Blair. Richard Barnett was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Kevin Willis, chief deputy of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators suspect a medical condition led to the crash, Willis said."

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck veers off road, slams into home, in Hampton (Connecticut), 1 killed:
http://fox61.com/2017/12/26/1-person-dead-after-pick-up-truck-crashes-into-house-in-hampton/

2017-12-26 - Pickup truck overturns, bursts into flame, on Highway 183 in Austin (Texas):
http://kxan.com/2017/12/27/good-samaritan-helps-driver-escape-south-austin-car-fire/

2017-12-26 - Car veers off road at 12:54 AM, hits tree, explodes into flame, in La Plata (Maryland), 3 killed:
http://wtop.com/charles-county/2017/12/car-crashes-explodes-killing-3-la-plata/
http://wjla.com/news/local/police-3-people-die-after-car-crashes-into-tree-explodes-and-catches-fire-in-maryland
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-3-dead-in-single-car-crash-in-charles-county/2017/12/26/7b929cf6-ea3a-11e7-956e-baea358f9725_story.html

2017-12-26 - Car veers off road at 12:21 AM, hits tree, in McHenry (Illinois), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/12/26/22-year-old-man-dies-after-being-ejected-from-car-in-mchenry-crash/awllnsi/
 



2017-12-26 - Pit bull attacks and injures 5-year-old boy in McKeesport (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/article/child-hospitalized-after-being-attacked-by-neighbors-pit-bull/14507080
 



2017-12-26 - Landslide buries road and cuts off Vals (Austria):
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/christmas-miracle-tens-of-thousand-tons.html
 



2017-12-26 - Boy, 17, collapses, goes into cardiac arrest, resuscitated, at Pelham Middle School in Pelham (New York):
http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudsonvalley/blind-brook-high-school-basketball-player

2017-12-26 - Woman has seizure and stroke at business in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/woman-says-man-saved-her-life-while-christmas-shopping

2017-12-26 - Woman in her 30s pulled unconscious from Memorial Swimming Lake in coastal Millicent (Australia):
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/woman-almost-drowns-millicent-swimming-lake/news-story/62a590768e789a2589ab64950ca567b5

2017-12-26 - Louisiana, sinking fast, prepares to empty out its coastal plain:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/louisiana-sinking-fast-prepares-to.html

Quote: "Louisiana is finalizing a plan to move thousands of people from areas threatened by the rising Gulf of Mexico, effectively declaring uninhabitable a coastal area larger than Delaware."

2017-12-26 - Climate change is happening faster than expected, and it’s more extreme:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/12/26/climate-change-is-happening-faster-than-expected-and-its-more-extreme/
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/26122017/climate-change-science-2017-year-review-evidence-impact-faster-more-extreme

2017-12-26 - It's not the heat that kills you, it's the humidity:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2017/12/22/its-not-the-heat-its-the-humidity/
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/humidity-may-prove-breaking-point-some-areas-temperatures-rise-says-study
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/12/humidity_will_combine_with_heat_to_be_deadly_thanks_to_climate_change.html

2017-12-26 - Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes near Tehran (Iran), 1+ killed, dozens injured:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-earthquake-latest-tehran-dead-injured-capital-a8129531.html
http://www.sott.net/article/372382-One-dead-and-dozens-hurt-as-4-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-Tehran-Iran

2017-12-26 - Magnitude 3.1 and magnitude 3.9 earthquakes strikes near San Jose (California):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/two-quakes-shake-san-jose-area-hours-apart/ar-BBHoSRG
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Magnitude-31-Earthquake-Rattles-South-of-San-Jose-466702573.html

2017-12-26 - Magnitude 2.7 earthquake strikes south of Lake Santeetlah near Robbinsville (North Carolina):
http://wlos.com/news/local/usgs-confirms-earthquake-just-outside-of-robbinsville

2017-12-26 - Severe storm with cricket-ball-sized hail hits area west of Brisbane (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20171226-61135-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-26/showers-and-severe-storms-on-the-cards-in-queenslands-south/9285602
http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/cricket-ball-sized-hail-hammers-areas-west-of-brisbane-as-severe-storms-sweep-through.html
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/cricket-ball-sized-hail-hammers-areas-west-of-brisbane-as-severe-storms-sweep-through-20171226-p4yy1k.html

2017-12-26 - Heavy rain hits Hawaii:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20171227-61145-USA

2017-12-26 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Wellington (New Zealand):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/heavy-rain-in-wellington-amidst-drought.html

Quote: "In Wellington more rain fell in one hour, than it did in the past 48 days."

2017-12-26 - Arctic cold spreads across the US:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/arctic-weather-for-us-and-uk.html

2017-12-26 - Meteor lights up the sky over New England:
http://www.unionleader.com/Fireball-lights-up-night-sky-over-New-England
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/12/27/fireball-new-england-sky/
http://www.sott.net/article/372320-Meteor-fireball-lights-up-night-sky-over-New-England

2017-12-26 - Industry leaders step up to self-regulate methane emissions as BLM delays federal rule until 2019:
http://www.daily-times.com/story/money/business/2017/12/24/industry-leaders-step-up-self-regulate-methane-emissions-blm-delays-federal-rule-until-2019/949997001/

2017-12-26 - Hinkley Point, the dreadful deal behind the world’s most expensive power plant, in Britain:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/dec/21/hinkley-point-c-dreadful-deal-behind-worlds-most-expensive-power-plant
 

4 comments:

  1. I've heard of people being dead in Bury, but this is the first time I read about one.

    Firefighters don't generally have H2S monitors so it's no wonder they didn't make the correct call (and/or didn't know that "sewer gas" IS H2S).

    If I ever visit the Far East, remind me to NEVER take a bus anywhere! Geez! Can you imagine it's almost 2 in the morning and everyone on board is asleep - probably the damn driver too - and the bus plunges down a ravine?! That'll wake you up!

    California's hidden homeless: Teachers, chefs, nurses and other middle class workers living in cars in parking lots because of the state's crazy property prices
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/on-skid-row-christmas-2017-in-worlds.html

    [I posted the video from Desdemona Despair last evening; there's more text in this article that includes it.]

    Thursday, 28 December 2017
    Warnings of a New Year attack in Denver and Los Angeles

    NUCLEAR TERRORISM ON NEW YEAR'S EVE? Denver and Las Vegas said to be locations; FBI National Press Office "Declines comment"
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/warnings-of-new-year-attack-in-denver.html

    An individual allegedly from India, is screaming over social media that he knows of two 300 kiloton nuclear bombs that have been smuggled into the United States through Houston, TX, that have been planted to detonate on New Year's Eve.  One is allegedly in Denver, CO, the other at the Darling Tennis Stadium in Las Vegas, NV. [more]

    Extreme weather - 12/27/2017

    Climate & Extreme Weather News #88 (December 20th-27th 2017)
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/extreme-weather-12272017.html

    It really says something when Jones, who is mostly full of shit, can correctly call out the bullshit on the other side.
    Trump Takes The NWO Down In A Populist Coup

    Seemorerocks: "MSM is attempting to flip the script on the entire FBI, DOJ, Obama Administration Deep State Coup"
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/msm-is-attempting-to-flip-script-on.html

    [~ 5 min. video]

    [more below]


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  2. [so much for that "open internet" we heard so much about]
    Governments are now being censored on You Tube

    The government of Poland is CENSORED on You Tube
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2017/12/governments-are-now-being-censored-on.html

    The Washington Post Ominously Warns That Bitcoin Is Being Used By ‘Extremist Groups’
    http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-washington-post-ominously-warns-that-bitcoin-is-being-used-by-extremist-groups

    Demonization is the first step toward making something illegal.  Over the past couple of months, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have experienced a tremendous surge in popularity.  Personally, I was completely floored the other day when my nephew wanted to ask me questions about investing in Bitcoin.  It seems like the whole world is getting caught up in the cryptocurrency revolution, and needless to say, the powers that be cannot be thrilled about this.  Independently-controlled cryptocurrencies represent an existential threat to the global debt-based central banking system that we have today, and so the elite have a very strong incentive to bring about the demise of Bitcoin and other emerging cryptocurrencies. [more]

    [this underscores Jonny's assertion that the oceans are becoming more "landfill-like"]
    It's known as paradise on earth Bali's palm-fringed Kuta is disappearing under a mountain of garbage as officials remove 100 tons of garbage a day
    http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/12/its-known-as-paradise-on-earth-balis.html

    Bali's palm-fringed Kuta beach has long been a favourite with tourists seeking sun and surf, but nowadays its golden shoreline is disappearing under a mountain of garbage.

    Plastic straws and food packaging are strewn between sunbathers, while surfers bobbing behind the waves dodge waste flushed out from rivers or brought in by swirling currents. [more]

    Sea Level Rise Is Creeping into Coastal Cities. Saving Them Won’t Be Cheap.
    https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28122017/sea-level-rise-coastal-cities-flooding-2017-year-review-miami-norfolk-seawall-cost

    2017:The Year Of Trumptopian Bullshit
    http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/gamblers-are-stoned-literally.html

    This will be known as the year the Idiocracy dialed up to level '11'

    Casino gamblers have taken it as an article of faith for the past two years that markets never go down. This never-failing BTFD mentality has enabled the accumulation of record leverage across every speculative asset class, from Bitcoins to Chinese internet, revenueless Biotech, passive ETFs, Oil futures, and now pot stocks. What else? [more]

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  3. Private prison investors set for giant windfall from Trump tax bill
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/private-prison-investors-set-for-giant-windfall-from-trump-tax-bill/ar-BBHrtr3

    [obviously there's actual pressure on certain people to keep 'em filled, no?]

    Individual investors in US private prisons are poised to collect their most lucrative earnings ever thanks to changes in the tax code signed by Donald Trump, continuing what has been a banner year for the industry since the 2016 election.
    “It’s going to be great for the investors, banks and hedge funds that own shares in private prisons, and are dependent on increased incarceration and criminalization,” said Jamie Trinkle, campaign and research coordinator with the racial and economic justice coalition Enlace.


    Under the new GOP law, investments in so-called “real estate investment trusts” (reits) will see a 25% reduction in tax, from 39.6% down to 29.6%. [more]

    Documentary reveals potential motive in Vegas massacre, exposes police cover up
    https://www.sott.net/article/372417-Documentary-reveals-potential-motive-in-Vegas-massacre-exposes-police-cover-up

    As conspiracy theories run rampant online and in the media about the who, what, and why of the deadliest mass shooting in recent American history, a documentary has just revealed some incredibly telling information. In the new film, police are exposed for covering up the details of the shooting-because the casino allegedly paid them to. [more]

    Twitter deletes account of imprisoned Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi
    https://www.sott.net/article/372407-Twitter-deletes-account-of-imprisoned-Palestinian-activist-Ahed-Tamimi

    Without explanation, the Twitter account belonging to imprisoned Palestinian teenage girl Ahed Tamimi was deleted. Tamimi was arrested and imprisoned by the Israeli military. [more]

    [people should drop social media altogether this year]

    Fast track to enslavement: The runaway train towards full digitization of money and labor
    https://www.sott.net/article/372406-Fast-track-to-enslavement-The-runaway-train-towards-full-digitization-of-money-and-labor

    The other day I was in a shopping mall looking for an ATM to get some cash. There was no ATM. A week ago, there was still a branch office of a local bank - no more, gone. A Starbucks will replace the space left empty by the bank. I asked around - there will be no more cash automats in this mall - and this pattern is repeated over and over throughout Switzerland and throughout western Europe. Cash machines gradually but ever so faster disappear, not only from shopping malls, also from street corners. Will Switzerland become the first country fully running on digital money? [more]

    Dead whale discovered near Port of Long Beach, Califorina
    https://www.sott.net/article/372414-Dead-whale-discovered-near-Port-of-Long-Beach-Califorina

    A whale estimated at 20 to 30 feet long was found dead in a shipping channel near the Port of Long Beach Wednesday night. [more]

    Hazardous tree on the White House lawn
    http://wildfiretoday.com/2017/12/27/hazardous-tree-on-the-white-house-lawn/

    [This tree could have lived for another half century, were it not for an overabundance of local pollution.]

    Planted by Andrew Jackson in memory of his wife who died days after the 1828 election, [my insert from same article: The Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the southern magnolia] it is the oldest tree on the 18 acres surrounding the building. [I have one I planted here 10 years ago in good shape]

    For the last decade or two it has been literally on life support held up by a steel post and a network of cables. The attachment points for the cables are deteriorating and much of the interior of the two trunks are rotten. [more]


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  4. Bizarre whirlpool phenomenon observed in southern seas
    https://www.sott.net/article/372478-Bizarre-whirlpool-phenomenon-observed-in-southern-seas

    Scientists have spotted a bizarre phenomenon reeling through the southern seas: linked swirls of water that resemble giant whirlpools spinning in opposite directions. [more]

    Snowden's new app turns your phone into a portable security system
    https://www.sott.net/article/372496-Snowdens-new-app-turns-your-phone-into-a-portable-security-system

    Your digital security, any sufficiently paranoid person will remind you, is only as good as your physical security. The world's most sensitive users of technology, like dissidents, activists, or journalists in repressive regimes, have to fear not just hacking and online surveillance, but the reality that police, intelligence agents, or other intruders can simply break into your home, office, or hotel room. They can tamper with your computers, steal them, or bodily detain you until you cough up passwords or other secrets.

    To help combat that threat, one of the world's most well-known activists against digital surveillance has released what's intended to be a cheap, mobile, and flexible version of a physical security system. On Friday, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and its president, famed NSA leaker Edward Snowden, launched Haven, an app designed to transform any Android phone into a kind of all-purpose sensor for detecting intrusions. [more]

    Thousands of Puerto Rico police owed overtime call in sick
    http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/12/thousands-of-puerto-rico-police-owed.html

    Millions of starlings engulf Algiers in Algeria almost changing day into night
    http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/millions-of-birds-engulf-algiers-in-algeria-almost-changing-day-into-night.html

    There are phenomena that just look too unreal… like watching a swarm of millions of starlings engulfing the sky over Harrach / Algiers this morning, December 28, 2017 and almost changing day into night for a few minutes in the capital of Algeria:
    [see videos; glad there are so many left!]

    13,000 earthquakes hit Mexico in 3 months from September to November 2017
    http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/13000-earthquakes-hit-mexico-in-3-months-from-september-to-november-2017.html

    About 13,000 earthquakes having magnitudes between M1.2 and M8.2 rattled Mexico between September and November of this year as reported by the National Seismic Service of Mexico. [more]

    Winter wonderland on Planet Mars
    http://strangesounds.org/2017/12/winter-wonderland-on-planet-mars.html

    Have you ever wondered how Mars look like in winter? Fall and winter temperatures bring changes to Mars as the carbon dioxide atmosphere turns to dry ice frost that clings to the surface. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter used its powerful cameras captured detailed pictures of wintry scenes on the Red Planet. [more]

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