Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-01-04

Friday, January 5, 2018

Event Update For 2018-01-04

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

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

2018-01-04 - Oceanic oxygen levels dropping all across the planet:
http://www.ibtimes.com/low-ocean-oxygen-levels-causing-large-scale-death-marine-life-2637597
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/climate-change-is-suffocating-large-parts-of-the-ocean.aspx
http://www.livemint.com/Science/aka2eThIbNjPD4VHpIZsPJ/Oceans-losing-oxygen-can-damage-marine-life-study.html
http://www.esf.edu/communications/view.asp?newsID=7121
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6371/eaam7240

Quote: "In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen to continue dropping even outside these zones as Earth warms."

Quote: "Low oxygen also can trigger the release of dangerous chemicals such as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas up to 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, and toxic hydrogen sulfide."

Note: That's what I said six years ago. And since then the number of rotten-egg-smelling unknown 'gas odor' events has been climbing, especially in coastal areas, but elsewhere too. The oceans and all the traditional sources of hydrogen sulfide have begun spewing more and more hydrogen sulfide into the atmosphere. That's what has wiped out life on this planet before and it's going to do the same thing this time...

2018-01-04 - Hydrogen sulfide blowing around in coastal Goleta (California), meeting scheduled for Jan 10:
http://www.ksby.com/story/37189717/foul-odor-in-goleta-prompts-community-meeting
http://www.edhat.com/news/city-of-goleta-hosts-community-meeting-on-noxious-odors
http://www.independent.com/pr/2018/jan/03/city-goleta-hosts-community-meeting-noxious-odors/

Quote: "A bad smell in West Goleta is the subject of an upcoming meeting. Hydrogen sulfide is creating a rotten egg odor in the Ellwood Canyon Area, where there are natural seeps as well as oil and agriculture work. Goleta city leaders want to tell locals what steps they can take if they smell a noxious odor. The meeting is Wednesday, January 10 at 6 p.m. at Ellwood School."

2018-01-04 - Unknown 'gas odor' hits child development center in Shadyside, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), 2 people hospitalized:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/smell-of-natural-gas-forces-evacuation-of-pitts-child-development-center/676039263

Quote: "Peoples Natural Gas said crews searched the building but did not find a natural gas leak."

2018-01-04 - Unknown 'gas odor' hits area in Allentown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-pol-allentown-gas-odor-lehigh-st-closed-20180104-story.html

Quote: "Two blocks of Lehigh Street in Allentown’s south side were blocked off from traffic Thursday night after a passer-by reported smelling natural gas in the neighborhood. City fire officials found nothing unusual. UGI, the gas company, sent a crew that took several hours more to make a complete check of the area. The gas odor was reported shortly after 6 p.m. on Lehigh Street between Sixth and Eighth streets. Firefighters took readings at houses on the street, but nothing dangerous was found. 'They checked all the homes in those two blocks,' fire Capt. John Christopher said. 'They checked 30 homes and they found no gas inside the structures.'"

Note: They aren't going to detect hydrogen sulfide with natural gas detectors. Ya gotsta use the right tool for the job!

2018-01-04 - Metal recycling plant hit by fire, pile of metal bursts into flame, in Tucson (Arizona):
http://tucson.com/news/local/tucson-firefighters-battle-metal-recycling-plant-fire/article_8a3af554-f1ca-11e7-a176-97df9549ae1e.html
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/tuscon/scrap-metal-fire-burns-near-miracle-mile-i-10/
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/37196879/scrap-metal-fire-burns-near-miracle-mile-i-10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03o_NDQJ3M

Quote: "Emergency calls first described it as a brushfire but when crews arrived, a pile of metal was on fire, according to the department's Facebook page."

2018-01-04 - Metal business damaged by fire in Waterloo (Iowa):
http://www.kwwl.com/story/37191846/2018/01/04/happening-now-fire-crews-respond-to-fire-in-waterloo

Quote: "Right now, crews are working to control the fire on Columbia Street, which seems to be coming from A-Line Iron and Metals."

2018-01-04 - Van bursts into flame at gas station in coastal Vero Beach (Florida), man pulled out unconscious:
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2018/01/04/rescue-personnel-pull-person-burning-van-near-vero-beach-airport/1004529001/

Quote: "Vero Beach police said the man appeared to be unconscious because of a medical issue, likely unrelated to the fire or smoke."

2018-01-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked in underground carpark at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/jan/04/car-fire-sends-smoke-billowing-through-cosmopolita/
http://www.ktnv.com/news/firefighters-put-out-car-fire-in-cosmopolitan-parking-garage

Quote: "The Clark County Fire Department extinguished a car fire today at the Cosmopolitan that sent smoke billowing through the Strip resort’s underground parking garage, officials said. A 911 call about 1 p.m. reported a 'large volume of smoke' coming from the parking structure, officials said. Security cameras confirmed a car was on fire."

2018-01-04 - Two homes destroyed by fire on coastal Oak Island (New York), nobody there:
http://www.richmond.com/news/ap/fire-destroys-houses-in-remote-long-island-bay-community/article_8bda0733-332c-59b5-9e4a-e42491212a68.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2018-01-04/fire-destroys-3-houses-in-remote-long-island-bay-community
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Fire-destroys-3-houses-in-remote-Long-Island-bay-12474012.php

2018-01-04 - Sperm whale found dead near Armona Island (Portugal):
http://theportugalnews.com/news/dead-whale-may-be-sundays-beached-animal/44345
http://www.sott.net/article/373106-Dead-sperm-whale-found-near-Armona-Island-Portugal

2018-01-04 - Two men in their 50s have heart attacks, woman has 'medical emergency', one man and woman die, on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/weather/at-least-2-deaths-reported-as-result-of-monster-storm/2866999/

Quote: "Officials in Suffolk County on Long Island said two men in their 50s suffered heart attacks and a woman had some sort of medical emergency while out in the elements. All were all rushed to the hospital, where one of the men and the woman died."

2018-01-04 - Father and daughter, 81 and 55, found dead in home in Niles (Michigan), 1700 feet from the St. Joseph River:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/father-and-daughter-found-dead-in-niles-home/article_06a9c984-f19a-11e7-b707-435b6db404d8.html
http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Father-and-daughter-found-dead-in-Niles-home-furnace-not-working-468069313.html
http://www.975ycountry.com/2018/01/04/two-found-dead-in-niles/

2018-01-04 - Couple, 20 and 23, found dead in river in Bijnore (India):
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/couple-dead-bodies-floating-uttar-pradesh-bijnor-river-5011316/

Quote: "According to police, the incident may be of honour killing or one of suicide."

Note: There they go, trying to use the simplistic psyops tactic of defining the possibilities. Maybe this couple just went for a swim and lost consciousness or slumped over dead in the water. That's also a possibility, but they don't want anyone considering THAT possibility, so they spell out the possibilities they DO want people to consider. Well, no thanks, I can do my own thinking...

2018-01-04 - Two people found dead in submerged car in canal near Khatima (India):
http://uttarakhandnewsnetwork.com/2018/01/two-dead-honda-city-falls-canal-near-khatima/

2018-01-04 - Five people found dead in minibus in Assam (India):
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/five-bodies-found-in-minibus/1223095
http://www.ptinews.com/news/9376004_Five-bodies-found-in-minibus.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/pti-news/2018/jan/04/five-bodies-found-in-minibus-1744782.html
http://tejbharat.com/five-bodies-found-in-minibus-in-assam/

2018-01-04 - Man, 25, has 'medical condition', SUV veers off road, hits pole, near Pevely (Missouri), 1 injured:
http://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/police_fire/medical-condition-leads-to-pevely-area-wreck/article_9b40cdce-f26a-11e7-af63-8f04f79f58b7.html

Quote: "At about 6:50 p.m., John R. Warden Jr. was driving a 2006 Pontiac Torrent south on Hwy. Z and after suffering a medical condition, the SUV ran off the left side of the road and hit a utility pole, the report said."

2018-01-04 - Man has 'medical emergency', car hits tree, in coastal Quincy (Massachusetts), 1 killed:
http://www.wickedlocal.com/news/20180105/police-man-dies-after-quincy-crash

Quote: "But Quincy police say the crash was caused when the man suffered some sort of a medical emergency, likely a heart attack. The man’s car veered off the road at 1000 Southern Artery, eventually ending up against a tree."

2018-01-04 - Man, 75, has 'medical emergency', car crashes into business, in Edwardsburg (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://www.abc57.com/news/car-drives-into-building-in-edwardsburg

Quote: "The Cass County Sheriff's Department says the driver appears to have had a medical emergency, which may have caused the crash."

2018-01-04 - Small plane makes emergency belly-landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston (West Virginia), engine failure:
http://wchstv.com/news/local/yeager-airport-closed-after-emergency-landing
http://www.wowktv.com/news/emergencies/yeager-airport-closed-after-plane-lands-without-landing-gear/902391045
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Yeager-Airport-cancels-one-flight-others-running-on-time-despite-winter-storm-468038983.html
http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/kanawha_county/small-plane-lands-without-landing-gear-at-yeager-airport/article_298ebb2b-feae-5ed2-8a8d-68350ea7503c.html

2018-01-04 - Tanker truck's brakes malfunction, truck overturns, in McDowell County (North Carolina):
http://wlos.com/news/local/overturned-gas-tanker-temporarily-shuts-down-mcdowell-county-road
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37193706/highway-226s-at-i-40-shut-down-in-mcdowell-co-due-to-overturned-gas-tanker
http://wspa.com/2018/01/04/overturned-tanker-in-mcdowell-co-causing-traffic-delay-at-i-40-nc-226/

2018-01-04 - Tanker truck overturns on highway in Lincoln (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Toppled-tanker-put-crimp-in-Capital-City-traffic-468059733.html
http://www.1011now.com/content/news/Tanker-carrying-ethanol-crashes-at-Lincoln-interchange--468058793.html
http://journalstar.com/news/local/911/reports-tanker-truck-overturned-at-i--u-s-interchange/article_9b52d5bd-c7ce-509a-a4ef-3694ed230f5c.html

2018-01-04 - Tractor trailer crashes into woods, bursts into flame, on I-295 in coastal Carneys Point Township (New Jersey), 1 killed:
http://nj1015.com/tractor-trailer-fire-kills-one-on-route-295/
http://6abc.com/traffic/jackknifed-tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-i-295-sb/2859484/
http://www.nj.com/salem/index.ssf/2018/01/driver_dies_when_tractor-trailer_crashes_bursts_in.html

2018-01-04 - Tractor trailer overturns on the Tydings Bridge over the Susquehanna River in Harford County (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/01/04/i-95-tractor-trailer-tydings-bridge/
http://patch.com/maryland/havredegrace/tractor-trailer-overturns-tydings-bridge
http://www.baltimoresun.com/g00/news/breaking/bs-md-tractor-trailer-crash-20180104-story.html

2018-01-04 - Tractor trailer overturns on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Quakertown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.fox29.com/news/ne-extension-closed-southbound-near-quakertown-after-tractor-trailer-overturns

2018-01-04 - Tractor trailer veers off road, crashes into home, in Iron River (Wisconsin), 1 injured:
http://www.apg-wi.com/ashland_daily_press/paywall/driver-injured-in-iron-river-semi-house-crash/article_91bb61aa-f199-11e7-91b5-dfbd2bce4d90.html
http://www.superiortelegram.com/news/accidents/4383094-one-injured-when-semi-strikes-iron-river-home

2018-01-04 - Car veers over centerline, hits semi head-on, near Paxton (Illinois), 2 killed:
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/courts-police-and-fire/2018-01-04/updated-two-dead-head-crash-near-paxton.html
http://www.rantoulpress.com/news/courts-police-and-fire/2018-01-04/two-dead-wreck-near-paxton.html

2018-01-04 - Five cars crash on Route 356 in Allegheny Township (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/13143312-74/5-car-crash-closes-route-356-near-garvers-ferry-road-in-allegheny-township

Quote: "A five-car wreck on Route 356 early Thursday may have resulted from one driver having a medical emergency, Allegheny Township police said."

2018-01-04 - Car veers off road, crashes into ditch, in Fond du Lac County (Wisconsin), 1 killed:
http://www.great98.net/2018/01/05/1-6-18-fdl-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-whether-crash-victim-suffered-medical-condition-before-crash/

Quote: "The Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether a Fond du Lac woman may have suffered a medical condition prior to a rollover crash this week."

2018-01-04 - Crocodiles attack and kill man, injure woman, at Matopos National Park (Zimbabwe):
http://news.sky.com/story/crocodiles-kill-90-year-old-man-on-inflatable-boat-in-zimbabwe-11196539
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/tourist-killed-crocodile-zimbabwe-john-bowman-rosemary-mitchell-a8144691.html

2018-01-04 - Sinkhole opens near train tracks in Harrington (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5238577/Railway-services-disrupted-mysterious-void-sinkhole.html
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/railway-services-disrupted-by-mysterious-void-sinkhole-36461224.html
http://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/01/05/engineers-working-repair-rare-sinkhole-cumbrian-coast-railway/
http://article.wn.com/view/2018/01/05/Railway_services_disrupted_by_mysterious_void_sinkhole_2/

2018-01-04 - Bridge collapses into the Kimbiri River near Machu Picchu (Peru), 15 injured, 16 people missing:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/264084-peru-bridge-collapse-drops-dozens-into-river-16-missing
http://daily-sun.com/post/279597/Peru-bridge-collapse-drops-dozens-into-river-16-missing
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180104000824

2018-01-04 - Beachfront home partially collapses in coastal Ponte Vedra Beach (Florida):
http://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-news/beachfront-home-collapses-due-to-beach-erosion-in-florida-1

2018-01-04 - Building collapses in Nairobi (Kenya), 2 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/01/04/pipeline-building-collapse-two-killed-six-left-injured_c1692820
http://www.mediamaxnetwork.co.ke/news/398066/two-perish-yet-another-nairobi-building-collapse/
http://independent.ng/building-collapse-kills-2-injure-6/
http://kenya.shafaqna.com/EN/KE/255300

2018-01-04 - Water main breaks, bridge ices up, in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/traffic/broken-water-main-creates-layer-of-ice-on-nw-houston-bridge/504844175

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TomJanuary 6, 2018 at 8:09 AM
Today is a busy one for my granddaughter. She has basketball practice this morning (I just got back from dropping her off), after which she takes her driver's test, and following that she has a 4 hour shift at the supermarket in her town. I have to provide transportation, the car for the test (her parents are both long-haul truckers and are currently out of town), and fill out paperwork for her test. It'll be this afternoon before I can post my usual compilation of tragedy and such.

But here's some for now.

Bushfires destroy buildings in Australia as heatwave melts highway surface
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/bushfires-destroy-buildings-in-australia-as-heatwave-melts-highway-surface/ar-BBHVOsh

Bushfires in Australia destroyed buildings and threatened lives on Saturday as a heatwave in three states brought temperatures strong enough to melt the bitumen on a highway. [more]

Airliners collide at Toronto's Pearson Airport, passengers safe
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airliners-collide-at-torontos-pearson-airport-passengers-safe/ar-BBHVnnx

Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto's Pearson Airport on Friday, after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport authority said. [more]

[geez - now we're not even safe in a plane ON THE GROUND!]

1.4 million Afghan refugees ordered to leave Pakistan after US cuts aid to country
https://www.sott.net/article/373212-1-4-million-Afghan-refugees-ordered-to-leave-Pakistan-after-US-cuts-aid-to-country

Pakistan slams US decision to halt aid: 'our citizens became victims of the war you initiated'
https://www.sott.net/article/373184-Pakistan-slams-US-decision-to-halt-aid-our-citizens-became-victims-of-the-war-you-initiated

Israeli military says teenager Ahed Tamimi faces up to 14 years in jail for slapping soldier
https://www.sott.net/article/373209-Israeli-military-says-teenager-Ahed-Tamimi-faces-up-to-14-years-in-jail-for-slapping-soldier

[oh, but it's okay for them to BOMB children and defenseless women in Gaza, restrict water for everyone there and more]

[more below]

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TomJanuary 6, 2018 at 8:09 AM
Heavy snowfall in Alpine regions leaves 30,000 skiers stranded
https://www.sott.net/article/373218-Heavy-snowfall-in-Alpine-regions-leaves-30000-skiers-stranded

Up to 10,000 tourists were stuck at the Cervinia ski resort in Italy, local media reported.

At Val Thorens in France, Europe's highest ski resort, local media reported that 20,000 skiers staying in the resort were stuck when the main access road was closed due to avalanche risk.
[more]

Antarctic dry valleys experiencing significant shifts in flora and fauna
https://www.sott.net/article/373208-Antarctic-dry-valleys-experiencing-significant-shifts-in-flora-and-fauna

In a study spanning two decades, a team of researchers led by Colorado State University found declining numbers of soil fauna, nematodes and other animal species in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the world's driest and coldest deserts. This discovery is attributed to climate change, which has triggered melting and thawing of ice in this desert since an uncharacteristically warm weather event in 2001. [more]

[see? SOTT publishes this stuff but doesn't GET it]

Sea recedes in unusually strong syzygy in Santa Elena, Ecuador
https://www.sott.net/article/373204-Sea-recedes-in-unusually-strong-syzygy-in-Santa-Elena-Ecuador

After the powerful hailstorm that buried several cars in ice in Biblian, another strange phenomenon occurred on the coast of Ecuador. After several months, the strange phenomenon of the 'disappearing sea' has been reported again by frightened fishermen in Santa Rosa, a small port located in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. Yes, the sea receded 'a little more than normal', stranding at least 800 fishing boats on January 3, 2018 as well as two days before.

Although known as 'Aguaje' or 'Syzygy Tides' to fishermen in Ecuador, the intensity of the creepy natural phenomenon was unprecedented and unusually strong on January 3, 2018. The sea has returned now, but again more slowly than normal. [more]

Saturday, 6 January 2018
Heatwave in Australia

Aussie heatwave: Victoria will resemble 'blast furnace' above 43C
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/01/heatwavve-in-australiav.html

Sessions declares war on states that have legalsied marijuana
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/01/sessions-declares-war-on-states-that.html

As Sessions Cracks Down on Weed, Maker of Fentanyl Is Selling Synthetic THC [more; crony capitalism at work]

[includes this]
Mr. President: FIRE JEFF SESSIONS!

Maine Town Wins Round in Tar Sands Oil Battle With Industry
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05012018/south-portland-maine-oil-sands-pipeline-local-control-environmentalists

A federal judge has handed a win to South Portland, Maine over a pipeline company that wants to send tar sands oil through the city, a proposal seen as opening a path for Canada's crude to reach the East Coast for export.

But the fight is not over. A federal district court judge dismissed on Dec. 29 all but one of the company's claims against the city. The ruling still leaves open a key question: whether the city is violating the U.S. Constitution by blocking the project.

At the heart of the lawsuit is the question of local control and what—if anything—a community can do to block an unwanted energy project. [more]

Dormant Kadovar volcano awakens, first eruption in known history, P.N.G.
https://watchers.news/2018/01/06/dormant-kadovar-volcano-awakens-first-eruption-in-known-history-png/

More than 500 people living on Kadovar Island, East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea have been evacuated following the first eruption of Kadovar volcano in known history. This volcano, dormant until yesterday, is part of the Schouten Islands, and lies off the coast of New Guinea, about 25 km (15 miles) N of the mouth of the Sepik River. The latest activity at this volcano was a period of heightened thermal phenomena in 1976. The Aviation Color Code for the volcano was raised to Orange. 50 - 60 percent of the island is already covered in lava. [more]
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TomJanuary 6, 2018 at 5:06 PM
She passed her driver's test, which should take my chauffeuring job away soon. It was nice while it lasted.

We're heading into the coldest day in PA in quite a while, from tonight through tomorrow night. Brutally low single digits, low of -1 F tonight, with sustained wind of ~ 15 mph, making the wind chill range from 0 to 15 below zero tonight. Unprotected skin can become frostbitten in as little as a half hour. Though sunny by tomorrow afternoon with a high of ~ 18 F, the wind chill will be ~ 9 below zero. Sunday night, a low of 11 F is forecast and the wind is supposed to diminish. Monday, though, it warms up to about freezing, so we have a good possibility of light snow, freezing rain and sleet - which just makes driving treacherous.
Tuesday we finally go back to a downright "balmy" high of ~ 40 F and a low of only 21! Woo-hoo! The end is in sight! My heater has been running non-stop for days now.

Brutal, dangerous cold grips the East Coast
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/brutal-dangerous-cold-grips-the-east-coast/vi-BBHWM8z

[~ 1.5 min. video; followed by others, all short]

'Bomb cyclone' leaves frozen wake of destruction and kills 22 in eastern US
https://www.sott.net/article/373271-Bomb-cyclone-leaves-frozen-wake-of-destruction-and-kills-22-in-eastern-US

Thunderstorms hit eastern Spain resulting in torrential downpours, hail and tornadoes
https://www.sott.net/article/373293-Thunderstorms-hit-eastern-Spain-resulting-in-torrential-downpours-hail-and-tornadoes

At least 22 people have died as a result of the extreme conditions, CBS News reports. The casualties include a girl who was hit with a pickup truck whilst sledding in Richmond, Virginia, and a man who was killed by a snow plow, also in Virginia. [more]

5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks western Iran in same area as deadly November 2017 quake
https://www.sott.net/article/373270-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-western-Iran-in-same-area-as-deadly-November-2017-quake

Wind chill at Mount Washington drops to minus 90 degrees – the temperature tied for the second coldest on Earth
http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/wind-chill-at-mount-washington-drops-to-minus-90-degrees-second-coldest-temperature-on-earth.html

Summit conditions at Mount Washington in New Hampshire were so brutally cold Saturday morning the temperature tied for the second coldest on Earth, according to Mount Washington Observatory. The temperature hit minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit – with a wind chill of minus 90 (minus 68 degrees Celsius). The summit of Mount Washington sits at 6,288 feet above sea level.
[more]

Melted roads and bushfires strike Australia during catastrophic heatwave
https://www.sott.net/article/373261-Melted-roads-and-bushfires-strike-Australia-during-catastrophic-heatwave

Emergency services in southeast Australia are warning people to stay indoors as a dangerous heatwave batters the country, with temperatures so high that the asphalt on some roads has been melting.

The "catastrophic" hot weather caused a 10km stretch of the Hume Highway, near the Victoria state capital Melbourne, to become soft and sticky, causing havoc for motorists trying to enter the city.

Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have now declared a total fire ban after blazes on the outskirts of Melbourne raged out of control, destroying buildings and threatening lives.

It took a team of 300 firefighters, 50 trucks and three helicopters to tackle one fire in Victoria's Carrum Downs on Saturday, which threatened dozens of homes.

And another 49 bushfires are said to have been reported across the state - although many were small and easily extinguished - with 400 residencies losing power. [more]

[the world-wide climate-change predicted extreme weather is here]

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TomJanuary 6, 2018 at 5:08 PM
California flu epidemic: Pharmacies running out of medicines, ER's are packed and death toll is rising
https://www.sott.net/article/373283-California-flu-epidemic-Pharmacies-running-out-of-medicines-ERs-are-packed-and-death-toll-is-rising

So many people have fallen sick with influenza in California that pharmacies have run out of flu medicines, emergency rooms are packed, and the death toll is rising higher than in previous years.

Health officials said Friday that 27 people younger than 65 have died of the flu in California since October, compared with three at the same time last year. Nationwide and in California, flu activity spiked sharply in late December and continues to grow.

State health officials said Friday that there was no region of the state where people were being spared from the flu. [more]

[more on spotting the psychopaths around us]
Study finds psychopaths use these words twice as often as others
https://www.sott.net/article/373248-Study-finds-psychopaths-use-these-words-twice-as-often-as-others

Psychopaths use words related to food, sex and money twice as often as non-psychopaths, a study finds.

Psychopaths are also less likely to use words related to family, religion and social needs.

The trends in word use reflect how psychopaths display excessive selfishness, detachment and emotional flatness. [more]

UN chief issues “red alert” for the world – “We can settle conflicts, overcome hatred and defend shared values. But we can only do that together.”
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/01/un-chief-issues-red-alert-for-world-we.html

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TomJanuary 6, 2018 at 5:08 PM
Munich Re: Series of hurricanes makes 2017 year of highest insured losses ever – “Our experts expect such extreme weather to occur more often in future”
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/01/munich-re-series-of-hurricanes-makes.html

The hurricane trio of Harvey, Irma, and Maria will cost the insurance industry a record amount in 2017: the final insurance bill for those and other natural catastrophes, including a severe earthquake in Mexico, is expected to come to US$ 135bn – higher than ever before. And overall losses – i.e., including uninsured losses – amounted to US$ 330bn, the second-highest figure ever recorded for natural disasters. The only costlier year so far was 2011, when the Tohoku earthquake in Japan contributed to overall losses of US$ 354bn in today’s dollars. [more]

Giant waves flood the beach of El Rodadero in Santa Marta, Colombia – Mini tsunami shocks hundreds of people ba[th]ing at the same time
http://strangesounds.org/2018/01/giant-waves-mini-tsunami-flood-beach-el-rodadero-santa-marta-colombia-photo-video.html

A strange and surprising phenomenon was registered on January 5, 2018, in the tourist resort of El Rodadero in Santa Marta, Colombia where giant waves flooded the beach like a tsunami shocking hundreds of people who were sunbathing at that exact same time. The weird event occurred unexpectedly, without previous notice or signs, which did not allow time for bathers to understand what was really going on. These days El Rodadero is completely full. In July, a similar phenomenon occurred and was called a ‘mini-tsunami’ by authorities. [more; no biggie]

Tropical Cyclone "Ava" hits Madagascar as Category 2 hurricane equivalent
https://watchers.news/2018/01/06/tropical-cyclone-ava-hits-madagascar-as-category-2-hurricane-equivalent/

Tropical Cyclone "Ava" made landfall in Toamasina, Madagascar on January 5, 2018 with maximum sustained winds of 167 km/h (103 mph), an equivalent a Category 2 hurricane on Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Ava is dropping heavy rain on Madagascar for several days now and is expected to continue producing heavy rains, strong winds and flooding as it moves over and along the coast of Madagascar over the next couple of days. [more]

Mapping a World From Hell: 76 Countries Are Now Involved in America's Never-Ending 'War on Terror'
https://www.sott.net/article/373291-Mapping-a-World-From-Hell-76-Countries-Are-Now-Involved-in-Americas-Never-Ending-War-on-Terror

[source: TomDispatch (Tom Engelhardt) - a good read]
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Mike DJanuary 6, 2018 at 7:54 PM
They are stumped as to how a healthy 18 year old girl just dies in her bed, but the Georgetown, TX Po-Po better get used to these types of "suspicious deaths".... http://kxan.com/2018/01/06/police-investigating-suspicious-death-of-18-year-old-in-georgetown/

3.5 earthquake south of San Antonio.... http://kxan.com/2018/01/06/3-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-south-of-san-antonio/

I wonder how long it will be until the ancient Balcones faultline "wakes up"? Probably not long. It runs just west of both San Antonio and Austin.
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TomJanuary 7, 2018 at 6:31 AM
Your area suddenly "going hot," Mike? You're providing (relatively speaking) "local" stories regularly now. Why not send the police a link to JJFH? Maybe then they'll get a clue.

It was so cold here with gusting wind last night that ESPN in Philly, at the last minute of the St. Joe's vs St. Bonaventure basketball game - a barn burner, by the way (the lead traded hands the whole game) - they LOST THE FEED and instead put like 10 commercials in a row and then switched to the Gonzaga game out west! Summamabitch! As i'm typing this @ 7 a.m. it's 0 F.

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