2018-08-01 - Nuclear plant shut down in Sweden because the ocean was too warm for cooling:
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/hot-sea-water-forces-swedish-nuclear-power-plant-to-shut/article24567603.ece
http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/hot-sea-water-forces-swedish-nuclear-power-plant-to-shut/65206634
http://nordic.businessinsider.com/record-summer-heat-forces-swedish-nuclear-reactor-to-be-closed--
Quote: "Unusually high sea water temperature has forced Swedish nuclear power plant to close, authorities said on Monday. The sea water’s temperature outside one of Sweden’s nuclear plants has forced the plant to close down temporarily. As the sea water reached a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, it can no longer be used for a cooling effect."
Note: This is at least the third time this has happened, that I know of. The other two nuclear plants were on the US East Coast...
2018-08-01 - Plastics release methane and other gases when they break down in sunlight:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180801182009.htm
http://earther.gizmodo.com/great-scientists-have-discovered-plastic-emits-methane-1828034218
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-6016583/Degrading-plastics-emit-greenhouse-gases-study.html
http://metro.co.uk/2018/08/01/plastic-bags-dumped-sea-linked-climate-change-new-research-7787466/
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/greenhouse-gases-emitted-by-degrading.html
Quote: "The results of this nearly year-long study were published in PLOS ONE on Wednesday. Turns out plastics aren’t just dangerous for marine life or ocean quality. They’re dangerous for the entire planet—including us—because they emit greenhouse gases like methane and other dangerous gases like ethylene when they interact with the sun."
Note: Haven't we got enough nails in humanity's coffin already?!
2018-08-01 - Girl, 11, pulled in critical condition from swimming pool in Tempe (Arizona):
http://ktar.com/story/2162764/11-year-old-girl-found-at-bottom-of-tempe-pool-in-critical-condition/
2018-08-01 - Man in his 20s goes missing in pond in Canton (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/article/police-search-for-missing-boater-in-canton-pond/22620088
http://www.wcvb.com/article/search-for-missing-boater-at-canton-pond/22620427
http://whdh.com/news/crews-searching-for-missing-boater-in-canton/
2018-08-01 - 22 volcanoes actively erupting around the world, 43 volcanoes with ongoing eruptions:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/22-volcanoes-actively-erupting-43-volcanoes-ongoing-eruptions-volcanic-unrest-worldwide.html
2018-08-01 - Death Valley in California just had the hottest month ever measured anywhere on Earth:
http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/death-valley-hottest-month-ever/index.html
http://www.nbcdfw.com/weather/stories/Hottest-Month-Ever-Recorded-on-Earth-489812301.html
http://earther.gizmodo.com/californias-death-valley-will-have-the-hottest-month-ev-1828001766
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/newsvideo/death-valley-just-recorded-the-hottest-month-ever-on-earth/vi-BBLmNrm
2018-08-01 - Devastating drought and heatwave hammer farmers across northern Europe
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/devastating-drought-heat-wave-hammer-farmers-across-northern-europe/ar-BBLmiqf
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/devastating-drought-heat-wave-hammer.html
Quote: "We haven't seen anything like this for the last 150 years or so..."
2018-08-01 - Heat record after heat record smashed in South Korea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20180802-64117-KOR
http://bnonews.com/site/index.php/2018/08/temperature-in-south-korea-breaks-record-as-portugal-braces-for-extreme-heat/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-ongoing-heatwave-in-portugal-and.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/all-time-heat-records-fall-in-korea.html
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180801_34/
Quote: "The Korea Meteorological Administration said the temperature in Hongcheon, a city in the country's north, reached 41.0°C (105.8°F) at 4 p.m. local time on Wednesday. In Seoul, the temperature hit a local record of 39.4°C (102.9°F). The temperature in Hongcheon smashes South Korea's all-time record, which was set only 8 days prior when the temperature hit 40.2°C (104.3°F) near Yeongcheon. The July 24 temperature in turn broke the record of 40°C (104°F) that was set in 1942. 'This is ridiculous. I think I am living in a tropical country,' resident Cho Hyun-soo told The Korea Times."
2018-08-01 - Heatwave and drought significantly cut wheat harvest in Sweden:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20180802-64104-SWE
http://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-wheat-harvest/swedish-wheat-crop-may-fall-40-pct-on-the-year-on-dryness-heat-idUSL5N1UR2UN
http://www.esmmagazine.com/swedish-wheat-crop-may-fall-40-year-due-heatwave/63120
Quote: "Sweden's wheat harvest could fall by more than 40 percent on the year, hit by dryness and a heatwave, the head of the grain unit of giant Swedish farm cooperative Lantmannen said, joining other producers around the world roiled by adverse weather."
2018-08-01 - Freak hail storm dumps hail on Highway 22 near Longview, Alberta (Canada):
http://lethbridgenewsnow.com/article/613250/hail-highway-22-makes-it-look-december-instead-july
http://www.sott.net/article/392547-Foot-of-hail-on-Highway-22-near-Longview-Alberta-makes-it-look-like-December-instead-of-July
2018-08-01 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of Michigan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180801-64103-USA
2018-08-01 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the island of Grenada:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180803-64130-GRD
2018-08-01 - Record-breaking cold, frost and drought force kangaroo mobs into towns in Australia:
http://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/30/australia/australia-canberra-kangaroo-boom/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/392447-Australias-record-breaking-cold-frost-and-drought-force-Kangeroo-mobs-into-towns
2018-08-01 - Strange species of jellyfish not seen for a hundred years is found in Sweden as exotic species are spotted on both sides of the Atlantic:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/a-strange-species-of-jellyfish-not-seen.html
2018-08-01 - More and more Americans are being forced to live in their vehicles:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-americans-are-living-in-their-vehicles-amid-high-housing-prices/
http://www.sott.net/article/392448-More-and-more-Americans-are-being-forced-to-live-in-their-vehicles
2018-08-02 - Warming oceans threaten fish worldwide as oceans lose oxygen and hydrogen-sulfide-producing bacteria thrive:
http://news.artsci.utoronto.ca/all-news/scientists-draw-new-connections-climate-change-warming-oceans/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5fHbqQywps&t=298s
Quote: "It is widely accepted that an increase in CO2 leads to warming, which then results in less oxygen in our oceans. Less oxygen allows sulfate-eating bacteria to thrive, which produces hydrogen sulfide — a broad-spectrum toxin which is lethal in small concentrations."
Note: Yeah, that threatens more than just fish. The oceans will start belching methane and hydrogen sulfide into the atmosphere and that will wipe out life on land too, exactly as has happened before in Earth's past. In fact, the ocean just belched up some gases the other day off the coast of Oceanside (California), mentioned in the 2018-07-31 update. That wasn't the first 'ocean outgassing event' either, nor even the first one this year. Such events are almost certainly why multiple cities on the coast in California have formed investigatory committees to determine why their cities are being mysteriously hit by hydrogen sulfide. Once this process escalates enough, that will be the end of the human race on this planet. Also, since methane and hydrogen sulfide are both highly flammable, they will cause abnormal fire behavior as they blow in off the coast and adsorb onto and into matter, and then who knows what kind of incredible and destructive fire behavior we might start seeing...
2018-08-02 - Global heatwave is symptom of early stage cycle of civilization collapse:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/nafeez-on-global-heatwave-and-collapse.html
http://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/global-heatwave-is-symptom-of-early-stage-cycle-of-civilisational-collapse-efef3c1dd7eb
2018-08-02 - Heatwave roasts Spain and Portugal, man drops dead:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20180803-64132-ESP
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20180803-64133-PRT
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/720777/heatwave-2018-europe-spain-murcia-man-dead-weather-august-heatstroke
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-fire/portugal-goes-on-high-alert-for-fires-as-temperature-soars-idUSKBN1KN1SF
2018-08-02 - Heatwave in Sweden melts glacier and turns Sweden's tallest mountain peak into its second-tallest mountain peak:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20180803-64137-SWE
http://phys.org/news/2018-08-arctic-sweden-highest-peak.amp
Quote: "Researchers expressed concern Thursday about the rapid pace of climate change, after a glacier on Sweden's Kebnekaise mountain melted so much in sweltering Arctic temperatures that it is no longer the country's highest point. 'It's quite scary,' Gunhild Ninis Rosqvist, a Stockholm University geography professor who has been measuring the glacier for many years as part of climate change research, told AFP."
2018-08-02 - Heatwave and drought cause additional hardship and threaten crops in North Korea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20180804-64144-PRK
http://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/asia/2018-08-02-scorching-north-korea-warns-of-natural-disaster-as-crops-wither/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-heatwave/sanctions-hit-north-korea-warns-of-natural-disaster-brought-by-heat-wave-idUSKBN1KN1JD
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808030019.html
2018-08-02 - Last year was the warmest ever that didn't feature an El Niño, third-warmest overall:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/01/state-of-the-climate-report-noaa-2017-third-warmest
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/2017-was-warmest-year-on-record-without.html
http://www.dw.com/en/us-climate-report-confirms-2017-among-hottest-years-ever/a-44923418
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/atmospheric-carbon-last-year-reached-levels-not-seen-800000-years
2018-08-02 - Hottest rain ever recorded falls at 119F in Imperial (California):
http://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Hottest-Rain-Record-Rain-falls-119F-Imperial-California
Quote: "At the time the rain began, the temperature was an astonishingly high 119°F (48.3°C)—a new world record for the hottest temperature ever measured while rain was falling."
2018-08-02 - Volcano Karymsky erupts on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20180803-64131-RUS
http://www.rt.com/news/434956-karymsky-volcano-eruption-video/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/the-karymsky-volcano-kamchatka-in.html
2018-08-02 - Volcano Mauna Loa rumbling in Hawaii:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/first-kilauea-now-mauna-loa-volcanic.html
http://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/news/u-s-national-news/2927-more-trouble-in-hawaii-second-larger-volcano-begins-rumbling
2018-08-02 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits the Buffalo River (Arkansas):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/buffalo-river-algae-causing-concerns/1342534327
2018-08-02 - Lightning strike kills 4 children and injures 3 others in Yunnan Province (China):
http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-08-02/detail-ifywsspt3616938.shtml
2018-08-02 - Rare tornado touches down and causes damage in Queens (New York):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180803-64138-USA
http://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/apnews/2018/08/03/nyc-twister-queens-tornado-knocks-down-trees-crushes-car.html
2018-08-02 - Tornado touches down and causes damage Charlottesville (Virginia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180803-64129-USA
http://wtop.com/weather-news/2018/08/weather-service-confirms-brief-tornado-in-charlottesville/
2018-08-02 - Massive life-threatening dust storm completely envelops Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.rt.com/usa/435058-dust-cloud-phoenix-storm/
http://www.sott.net/article/392654-Haunting-life-threatening-haboob-completely-envelops-Phoenix-AZ
2018-08-02 - Severe thunderstorm and hail hit Calgary (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20180803-64128-CAN
2018-08-02 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Tyrol (Austria):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180803-64121-AUT
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/997981/Austria-news-flood-shock-video-flash-flood-Tyrol-Europe-weather-latest
http://www.sott.net/article/392647-Flash-floods-barrel-through-Austrian-villages-following-heavy-rain
2018-08-02 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the island of Corsica (France), 5 killed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45043778
http://www.sott.net/article/392651-Flash-flood-in-canyon-kills-five-in-Corsica-France
2018-08-02 - Meteor lights up the sky over Queensland (Australia):
http://www.southburnetttimes.com.au/news/big-green-fireball-lights-up-queensland-sky/3482902/
http://www.sott.net/article/392573-Big-green-meteor-fireball-lights-up-Queensland-sky
2018-08-02 - Rare waterspout caught on video over Kentucky Lake (Kentucky):
http://www.sott.net/article/392549-Rare-waterspout-caught-on-video-over-Kentucky-Lake-Kentucky
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/weather/2018/08/01/waterspout-video-rope-tornado-kentucky-lake/881229002/
2018-08-02 - More late-season noctilucent clouds photographed over Finland and Alaska:
http://www.sott.net/article/392534-More-late-season-Noctilucent-Clouds-photographed-over-Finland-and-Alaska
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=146818
2018-08-02 - Loud 'sky sounds' heard in New York:
http://www.sott.net/article/392664-Loud-sky-sounds-heard-in-New-York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDFkXuFNPY
2018-08-02 - References to 'climate change' removed from USAID report:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/references-to-climate-change-removed.html
Note: It's easy to erase some words. Let's see them erase the EFFECTS of climate change though...
2018-08-02 - Mysterious radio signals picked up by Canadian observatory:
http://www.sott.net/article/392580-Mysterious-radio-signals-picked-up-by-Canadian-observatory
http://sputniknews.com/science/201808021066902657-deep-space-signal-canadian-telescope/
2018-08-03 - Ocean temps the warmest ever recorded off La Jolla (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180802-64115-USA
http://www.forbes.com/sites/priyashukla/2018/08/04/warm-ocean-temperatures-in-san-diego-break-102-year-record/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/sd-me-scripps-pier-20180802-story.html
Quote: "The sea surface temperature at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla hit 78.6 degrees on Wednesday, the highest reading in the pier’s 102-year history, according to UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography."
2018-08-03 - Fraser River in Canada is now so warm it may kill migrating sockeye salmon:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sockeye-salmon-water-temperature-1.4771607
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/fraser-river-is-now-so-warm-it-may-kill.html
2018-08-03 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits five bodies of water in Oxfordshire (Britain):
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16396888.health-warning-after-toxic-algae-found-in-five-oxfordshire-lakes/
Quote: "The Environment Agency has confirmed Croft Lake in Northmoor, near Witney, Baulking Lake in Faringdon, Ladygrove Lakes in Didcot, Jubilee Lake in Bicester and the Bicester Abingdon Marina have all tested positive for the substance which can kill animals and cause a rash in humans."
2018-08-03 - Teen boy found unconscious and in cardiac arrest next to the water at Buccaneer Bay water park in Hudson (Florida):
http://www.rnrfonline.com/teen-rushed-to-local-hospital-after-found-unconscious-at-buccaneer-bay/
Quote: "A frightening scene at Buccaneer Bay today, after patrons discovered an unconscious teenager lying next to the water. Witnesses say a 16-year-old boy appeared to be in cardiac arrest due to a possible drowning."
2018-08-03 - Man, 44, pulled unconscious from the water at Norway Lake in Norway (Maine):
http://www.sunjournal.com/man-saved-by-beach-goers-at-norway-lake/
2018-08-03 - Man, 73, has 'medical episode' and topples into canal in Fresno (California):
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/man-falls-into-canal-saved-by-his-neighbors/1345336984
Quote: "A southeast Fresno man is in critical condition at the hospital Friday, after he fell into a canal. The Fresno County Sheriff's Office said it would be worse if his neighbors weren't there to help. Around 9:30 a.m., Helene Blue called 911 to alert authorities of a man who had fallen into a canal. It happened at the canal by Butler Avenue and De Witt. Blue and her neighbor, Kate Kellenberger, saw the 73-year-old earlier on the path along the canal during their morning walk. When they were walking back, they noticed the man's dog barking at the water. That's when they noticed him face-down in the canal. Authorities don't know what exactly happened, but it's believed he might have had a medical episode."
2018-08-03 - Paul Beckwith, Gary Null and Kevin Hester analyze the rapidly unfolding climate catastrophe:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/kevin-hester-and-paul-beckwith-on-gary.html
2018-08-03 - Andrew Glikson on abrupt climate change and the Orwellian Newspeak of the media:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/andrew-glikson-on-abrupt-climate-change.html
2018-08-03 - Unrelenting heat and humidity will soon make regions uninhabitable:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/unrelenting-heat-humidity-will-soon.html
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/08/peaks-matter.html
2018-08-03 - Heatwave continues to bake Spain and Portugal:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180803-64133-PRT
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180803-64132-ESP
http://kristv.com/news/ap-international-news/2018/08/03/hot-dusty-and-on-fire-portugals-heatwave-breaks-records/
http://www.sott.net/article/392656-Extreme-heat-forecast-to-bake-southern-and-western-Europe-thermometers-could-reach-up-to-48C-in-Spain
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/insane-temperatures-spain-and-portugal.html
2018-08-03 - Lightning strike kills 2 people in Juuka (Finland):
http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/lightning_strikes_kill_1-2_people_a_year_in_finland/10337943
http://www.sott.net/article/392713-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-men-in-Finland
2018-08-03 - Tornado touches down and causes damage near Alonsa (Canada), 1 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180805-64155-CAN
2018-08-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Lynchburg (Virginia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180804-64145-USA
2018-08-03 - Heavy rain, flooding and landslides destroy military camp in Arunachal (India):
http://kashmirreader.com/2018/08/03/close-shave-for-22-soldiers-as-landslides-destroy-camp-in-arunachal/
http://www.sott.net/article/392660-Massive-landslides-after-incessant-rain-destroy-army-camp-in-Arunachal-India
2018-08-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China), 20 killed, 8 missing:
http://sputniknews.com/asia/201808031066934470-floods-china-dead-missing/
2018-08-03 - Disturbing 'suicide challenge' app aimed at teens sparks warning:
http://peekskill.dailyvoice.com/news/disturbing-suicide-challenge-app-aimed-at-teens-sparks-warning/740519/
http://www.wric.com/news/national/grotesque-game-wants-teens-to-hurt-kill-themselves/1343107741
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/08/02/sinister-momo-suicide-challenge-sparks-fear-as-it-spreads-on-whatsapp.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6926762/momo-suicide-game-whatsapp-deaths-uk/
2018-08-03 - Cuprate class of metals known for unique behavior found to carry electrical current in a way never before observed:
http://phys.org/news/2018-08-material-unique-behavior-current.html
http://www.sott.net/article/392628-Cuprate-class-of-metals-known-for-unique-behavior-found-to-carry-electrical-current-in-a-way-never-before-observed
2018-08-04 - Massive sargassum blooms bringing hydrogen sulfide and ammonia to the French Antilles:
http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/swamped-by-toxic-seaweed-the-french-antilles39-cry-for-help
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45044513
Quote: "H2S and NH3: hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, two of the toxic gases identified in the fumes. However, depending on the nature of these sargassums, other toxic components may be active, such as arsenic, which increases fear within the community."
2018-08-04 - Man in his 40s has 'medical issue' and goes into cardiac arrest near boat rental business on Barton Creek near the Colorado River in Austin (Texas):
http://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/crews-respond-to-a-land-rescue-in-south-austin-man-in-critical-condition/269-580466662
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/ems-man-critical-condition-after-unknown-medical-crisis-barton-creek-greenbelt/dw8IZkLAOJfvam33yOdfAI/
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/ems-man-critical-condition-after-unknown-medical-crisis-barton-creek-greenbelt/dw8IZkLAOJfvam33yOdfAI/
Quote: "Initial reports stated that the person was experiencing an unknown medical issue, and was receiving CPR. Around 11:15 a.m., officials tweeted that crews were preparing the patient to be moved from the Greenbelt trail. Resuscitative efforts were still in progress."
Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2018-08-04 - Heatwave continues broiling Spain and Portugal and other parts of Europe, huge toxic algae bloom erupts in the Baltic Sea:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-heatwave-spain-portugal-wildfire-1.4774411
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/temperatures-of-up-to-50-deg-c-in-spain.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-brief-update-on-climate-and-extreme.html
Quote: "Portugal and Spain were sweltering Saturday under an intense heat wave that has produced near-record temperatures in the southern European countries and contributed to wildfires and drought from Greece to Sweden."
Quote: "Authorities on both sides of the Baltic Sea, in Sweden and Poland, have warned against swimming due to a huge bloom of toxic algae spreading because of hot temperatures."
2018-08-04 - Losing Earth - The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change, parts 1-3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP46MNcGFns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk84Ko7IX5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZrvTiyuio
2018-08-04 - We're going to die in record numbers as heatwaves bake the world, first global study shows:
http://www.sciencealert.com/global-warming-heatwaves-mortality-rate-climbing
2018-08-04 - The world is losing the war against climate change:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-growing-recognition-that-world-is.html
2018-08-04 - Tornado touches down and causes damage in Webster (Massachusetts):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180805-64151-USA
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-confirm-tornado-touched-massachusetts-57033366
2018-08-04 - Freak hailstorm and massive temperature drop during heatwave hit Sardinia (Italy):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/998928/Italy-Europe-heatwave-snow-ice-blast-hailstorm-freak-weather
2018-08-04 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of New York:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180804-64146-USA
2018-08-04 - Hurricane Hector heading towards Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/hurricane-hector-heading-towards-hawaii-231603357.html
2018-08-04 - Physicists tied laser beams into knots:
http://www.livescience.com/63250-physics-laser-light-knot.html
2018-08-04 - Amazon's facial recognition technology identified 28 members of Congress as criminals:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/amazon-facial-rekognition-congress-mugshots-aclu
2018-08-05 - Volcano Fuego erupts again in Guatemala:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180807-64187-GTM
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/06/c_137371208.htm
Quote: "The Fuego volcano, whose eruption killed around 300 people about two months ago, erupted yet again on Sunday evening."
2018-08-05 - Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes on the coast of the island of Lombok (Indonesia), buildings damaged, 98+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EQ-20180805-64163-IDN
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/lombok-indonesia-quake-tourists-being-evacuated-from-islands-10592744
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2158395/rescuers-search-survivors-after-earthquake-kills-82
http://abc7.com/82-dead-after-70-earthquake-hits-indonesias-lombok-island/3887450/
http://news.sky.com/story/three-dead-after-strong-earthquake-hits-indonesian-island-of-lombok-11462136
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/indonesia-major-earthquake-rocks-lombok-island-180805123730164.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/106031224/Powerful-enough-to-put-us-on-the-floor-Earthquake-hits-Lombok-Bali
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-06/indonesia-issues-tsunami-warning-after-7.0-quake-off-lombok/10076088
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/tsunami-warning-issued-after-magnitude.html
http://www.rt.com/news/435154-tsunami-warning-lombok-indonesia/
Quote: "Indonesia on Monday (Aug 6) sent rescuers fanning out across the holiday island of Lombok and evacuated more than 2,000 tourists after a powerful earthquake killed at least 98 people and damaged thousands of buildings. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake sparked terror among tourists and locals alike, coming just a week after another deadly tremor surged through Lombok and killed 17 people."
2018-08-05 - Worst drought in 400 years devastates Australia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-worst-drought-in-australian-history.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/climate-change/cost-of-hay-to-feed-animals-sending-farmers-broke/news-story/013ef510afc617d4d329722fc2f3ad8a#.vhxxl
Quote: "Scientific analysis of Australia’s drought extremes has shown the current crisis is likely to be the worst in 400 years."
2018-08-05 - Woman, 30, found unconscious at Lake Michigan beach in Michigan City (Indiana):
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/laporte/laporte-newsletter/laporte-news/michigan-city-medical-emergency-workers-find-woman-collapsed-on-a/article_754cfafc-9ab3-59af-b22c-8304df44361e.html
http://www.facebook.com/NWICrimeWatch/posts/2110576782307012
Quote: "Authorities say an unidentified 30-year-old woman has been hospitalized after she was found unconscious Sunday afternoon on a public beach. Tony Drzewiecki, a spokesman for the Michigan City Fire Department, said emergency workers found the 30-year-old about 1 p.m. Sunday on at the water's edge of a public, but unguarded beach just north of the Michigan City Senior Center. She was transported to Franciscan Health where she is breathing on her own, but remains in critical condition. Drzewiecki said there is no evidence at this time to indicate she had been in distress in the water."
2018-08-05 - Woman has seizure, falls into ravine, in Alum Rock Park in coastal San Jose (California), 1 injured:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/06/alum-rock-park-hiker-coast-guard-helicopter-rescue/
http://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/hiker-rescued-from-alum-rock-park-after-having-seizure-falling-into-ravine/1349021561
Quote: "Several agencies worked together to rescue an injured woman from Alum Rock Park in San Jose Sunday morning. The rescue began late Saturday night and included crews from the Coast Guard, San Jose Fire Department, and California State Park. The hiker reportedly had a seizure, fell into a ravine, and suffered leg and rib injuries."
2018-08-05 - Man, 37, disappears into Lake Down in Windermere (Florida):
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/divers-continue-to-search-for-swimmer-who-never-resurfaced-from-windermere-lake/806872030
http://www.news965.com/news/local/divers-continue-search-for-swimmer-who-never-resurfaced-from-windermere-lake/n5wq9QFfYr9H6zGcnZjERJ/
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/search-on-after-man-disappears-in-windermere-waters-officials-say
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/crews-search-windermere-lake-for-man-who-fell-from-boat/806872030
2018-08-05 - Boy, 13, collapses on Holyhead Road in Ketley (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/65567
Quote: "One 13 yr old male collapsed, crews gave oxygen therapy until arrival of the ambulance service..."
2018-08-05 - Ocean temperatures extremely warm around Cornwall (Britain):
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/sea-temperatures-cornwall-actually-higher-1855200
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/sea-temperatures-in-cornwall-higher.html
2018-08-05 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Skaneateles Lake (New York):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180807-64184-USA
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/new_algae_outbreak_on_skaneateles_lake_has_residents_worried.html
http://cnycentral.com/news/local/state-dec-algae-found-on-skaneateles-lake-was-toxic
2018-08-05 - Five-year drought raises questions over Israel's water strategy:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/5-year-drought-raises-questions-over-Israel-s-13131489.php
2018-08-05 - Lightning strike kills woman, injures person, near Eskilstuna (Sweden):
http://www.thelocal.se/20180805/swedish-woman-killed-by-lightning
http://www.sott.net/article/392791-Woman-on-morning-walk-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Sweden-another-person-seriously-injured
2018-08-05 - Lightning strikes killed 35,384 people from 2000 to 2015 across India:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/aug/05/lightning-kills-500-in-tn-in-five-years-ndma-asks-states-to-prepare-action-plan-1853512.html
http://www.sott.net/article/392821-Lightning-claimed-35384-lives-from-2000-to-2015-across-India
2018-08-05 - Typhoon Shanshan is forecast to cause waves as high as 17.34 meters (56.9 feet) near Japan on August 9:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/typhoon-alert-for-japan-and-fukushima.html
2018-08-05 - Massive waterspout filmed off the coast of Pantelleria (Italy):
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/waterspout-spotted-sweeping-across-sea-114130193.html
http://www.sott.net/article/392789-Massive-waterspout-filmed-off-coast-of-Pantelleria-Italy
2018-08-05 - Two waterspouts filmed off the coast of Taiwan:
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3500136
http://www.sott.net/article/392852-Two-waterspouts-filmed-off-Taiwan
2018-08-05 - Flea infestation halts postal delivery on street in Sacramento (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/04/us-postal-service-suspends-mail-delivery-on-sacramento-street-due-to-fleas/
Note: 'Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds...but oh sh#t, fleas, GTFO!'
2018-08-05 - Two elderly men escape nursing home to rock out at heavy metal music festival in Wacken (Germany):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/08/06/elderly-men-escape-nursing-home-attend-heavy-metal-festival/
http://www.dw.com/en/elderly-men-escape-nursing-home-to-go-to-wacken-metal-festival/a-44955305
Quote: "You’re never too old. Two elderly men escaped their nursing home Friday to attend the world’s largest heavy metal festival, according to a German news report."
2018-08-06 - Unknown odor blows through neighborhood in North Baton Rouge (Louisiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/entergy-multiple-reports-of-suspicious-odor-in-air-not-a-gas-leak-
http://www.kplctv.com/story/38824908/strange-smell-reported-near-airline-prescott-no-gas-leak-found
http://www.kxxv.com/story/38824908/strange-smell-reported-near-airline-prescott-no-gas-leak-found
Quote: "A portion of North Baton Rouge was blocked off due to multiple reports of a suspicious odor in the air Monday night. Reports of the odor began around 7:45 p.m. Monday evening. At 10:20 p.m., a spokesperson with the Baton Rouge Fire Department said the smell was dissipating, but response teams were unable to find the source. Entergy says crews searched in the area near Shelley Street and Evangeline Street, and while there was an odor in the air, it's not from gas."
2018-08-06 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits area near the coast in Onekawa (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12102567
Quote: "About a dozen Onekawa Industrial area businesses were evacuated this morning after reports of a gas leak in the area. Fire and Emergency in Napier were called just before 10.15am and three appliances went to the scene which centred around Niven St, Edmundsen St, Wakefield St and Thorn Place. Cordons were set up and traffic diverted while staff and occupants of buildings in the immediate area were evacuated, including a large number from the Quality Bakers in Niven St. Using gas detectors crews moved through the area but at the end of a detailed search of buildings and sites came up with nothing."
2018-08-06 - Insurers fleeing California and other western states as fires escalate:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-property-insurers-cancel-policies-because-of-risk/
http://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1026668775070949376
Quote: "Residents of U.S. towns damaged by wildfires may need to prepare for another repercussion: insurers that decide to cancel policies because of increased risks from more frequent fires. Facing mounting losses, some property insurers are pulling back from selling policies in California and other western states where wildfire risk is elevated. In California alone, damages had mounted to at least $12 billion by early 2018, while the state's Carr fire likely added another $1.5 billion in insured losses."
Note: "See yas, buh bye, good luck with that whole getting-destroyed-by-fire thing!'
2018-08-06 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #132, August 1st-6th, 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/extreme-weather-update-08062018.html
2018-08-06 - Man has 'medical emergency' on hiking trail in Menifee (California):
http://iesportsnews.com/menifee-medical-emergency-prompts-rescue-by-helicopter-of-a-male-hiker-sunday/
Quote: "Riverside County Firefighters responded to an adult male having a medical emergency on a hiking trial near Keller Road and Kasper Lane in Menifee."
2018-08-04 - Losing Earth - The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change, part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbm9IED7NbA
2018-08-06 - Heatwave killing people in Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180715-63903-JPN
Quote: "The heatstroke death toll has topped 100 in Tokyo's 23 wards this year for the first time in three years, officials at the metropolitan government's medical examiners' office said Monday. "
2018-08-06 - Heatwave kills 29 people in South Korea, 3 million livestock deaths, food prices rise:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/at-least-29-people-dead-more-than-3.html
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/south-korea-sets-all-time-record-high-temperature-amid-deadly-heat-wave/70005657
2018-08-06 - High UV levels reported around the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFzhJY92Rhs
2018-08-06 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Agawam Mill Pond (Massachusetts):
http://wareham.wickedlocal.com/news/20180806/algae-bloom-in-agawam-mill-pond-spurs-stay-out-request-from-wareham-health-board
2018-08-06 - Softball-sized hail pounds parts of El Paso County (Colorado), 2+ zoo birds killed, 8 people injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HS-20180807-64179-USA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-6033927/Hail-hurts-14-people-kills-2-birds-Colorado-zoo.html
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/14-people-hurt-3-animals-killed-by-softball-sized-hail-in-colorado/
http://www.kctv5.com/story/38824404/hailstorm-leaves-two-animals-dead-14-people-injured-at-colorado-zoo
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/colorado-springs-area-nailed-by-baseball-sized-hail-zoo-visitors-injured-zoo-animals-killed-home-and-car-damages-flash-floods.html
http://weather.com/news/news/2018-08-06-hail-colorado-springs-zoo
http://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/06/hail-storms-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-injuries/
http://www.denverpost.com/2018/08/06/softball-hail-el-paso-county-colorado/
Quote: "A severe hail storm that pounded parts of El Paso County Monday afternoon sent eight people who were visiting the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to the hospital with hail related injuries, killed three zoo birds and injured other animals. Softball-size hail was reported about three miles south of Colorado Springs and hail at the zoo broke out windows and skylights."
Quote: "'It was hail the size I've never seen before,' she told The Post. 'Basically chunks of ice ... It's frightening.'"
2018-08-06 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Yamagata Prefecture (Japan), thousands evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FF-20180806-64171-JPN
2018-08-06 - 'World weather issues' cause rise in grain prices with lowest global yield in five years:
http://www.fwi.co.uk/business/grain-prices-rise-wheat-crop-predicted-lowest-five-years
http://www.sott.net/article/392932-World-weather-issues-see-rise-in-grain-prices-with-lowest-global-yield-in-five-years
2018-08-06 - Four tropical storms swirling in the Pacific Ocean:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/unusual-activity-four-tropical-systems-swarm-the-pacific-ocean-with-hurricane-hector-and-tropical-storms-ileana-and-john-as-well-as-invest-94e-following-weeks-of-below-average-tropical-activity.html
2018-08-06 - Meteor explodes over Thule Air Base in Greenland, government oddly silent:
http://nypost.com/2018/08/06/air-force-silent-after-two-kiloton-meteor-hits-earth-near-base/
http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/08/mysterious-meteor-explodes-over-base-and-air-force-is-strangely-quiet/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41HrRIEAGGQ
2018-08-06 - Unknown mineral discovered inside meteorite:
http://www.sott.net/article/392888-Unknown-mineral-discovered-inside-meteorite
http://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/18734-new-alien-mineral-discovered-inside-russian-uakit-meteorite
2018-08-06 - US government to fork out half a trillion dollars to service its debt in 2018:
http://srsroccoreport.com/the-u-s-government-to-fork-out-a-half-trillion-to-service-its-debt-in-2018/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/us-govt-will-fork-out-half-trillion.html
2018-08-06 - Sheriff Arpaio tells Sacha Baron Cohen that he might have to accept an amazing blowjob from Donald Trump:
http://decider.com/2018/08/06/sheriff-joe-arpaio-accept-blowjob-trump/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz0TA9MWiJg
Quote: "Baron Cohen’s character then asks Arpaio, 'If Donald Trump calls you up after this and says, "Sheriff Joe, I want to offer you an amazing blowjob," would you say yes?' Arpaio hesitates for only a second and then says, 'I may have to say yes.'"
2018-08-07 - Unknown rotten egg odor on two days blows through Kuna (Idaho):
http://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/city-stinky-pond-is-source-of-kuna-odor/277-581755093
http://www.idahopress.com/kuna/news/kuna-officials-point-to-pond-as-culprit-of-strange-odor/article_36fed146-bd2b-59f9-842b-8d538235a10f.html
http://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/can-you-smell-that-smell-mysterious-odor-alarms-kuna-residents/277-581354853
http://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article216259580.html
http://kpic.com/news/offbeat/dispatch-multiple-calls-for-bad-smell-in-kuna
http://wow1043.com/what-is-that-stench-in-kuna/
Quote: "Intermountain Gas has received more than 100 calls reporting a gas odor in and around Kuna, according to the Kuna Fire Department. The cause of the odor has not been determined yet. The Kuna Fire Department first received reports of the gas odor at 6 a.m. Monday. Intermountain Gas investigated and found there were no breaches or leaks in their system. By 1 p.m. Monday, the smell had gone away, but reports started again around 3 a.m. Tuesday and lasted until 11 a.m."
Quote: "Intermountain Gas technicians have responded to roughly 100 calls about a natural gas-like odor."
Quote: "In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, The L & R Group said results from a third-party tester to determine if its facility is the source of the smell have been inconclusive. The company also said: 'While our facility does produce odors under certain conditions, we have never had any complaints of smell outside a two-mile radius of our facility. Based on historical information it is unlikely that the smell at our facility is traveling as much as twenty miles, as reported by some.'"
Note: So some people wanna blame a wastewater pond, but independent testing has been unable to verify that, and the company who owns the pond thinks that it's unlikely any odor from their pond could travel 20 miles. So, back to rotten egg odor from unknown source...
2018-08-07 - Unknown foul odor hitting Mérida, Yucatan (Mexico), near the coast:
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2018/08/mysterious-foul-odor-plagues-meridas-southwest-side/
2018-08-07 - Earth at risk of being driven into a hothouse state from which it cannot recover:
http://phys.org/news/2018-08-earth-hothouse-state.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/08/07/health/hothouse-earth-warming-intl/index.html
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/theres-worse-climate-news-than-the-mendocino-complex-fire.html
http://wdef.com/2018/08/07/are-devastating-wildfires-a-new-normal-its-actually-worse-than-that-climate-scientist-says/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-devastating-wildfires-a-new-normal-its-actually-worse-than-that-climate-scientist-says/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6032581/Runaway-global-warming-just-decades-away-say-scientists.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/hothouse-earth-climate-change-global-warming-greenhouse-gas-sea-level-arctic-ice-a8481086.html
Quote: "A group of leading climate scientists warned in an article published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the Earth is at risk of being driven into 'hothouse' state from which it cannot recover."
Note: That's not a risk, it's a certainty. Enough self-reinforcing feedbacks have ALREADY been activated that the Earth entering a hothouse state is unavoidable - we are irrelevant now, and soon enough we'll be eradicated too. Extinction incoming...
2018-08-07 - Warming Earth causing plants, trees and soil to absorb less methane:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/asrc-wsi080118.php
http://phys.org/news/2018-08-wetter-soil-methane-gas-absorption.html
http://www.carbonbrief.org/methane-uptake-from-forest-soils-has-fallen-77-per-cent-three-decades
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180806152021.htm
http://www.earth.com/news/climate-change-forests-methane/
Quote: "Trees, plants and soil play a vital role in absorbing and preventing many of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming from entering the earth's atmosphere. But a new paper from researchers at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York finds that the existing effects of global warming are decreasing the soil's ability to absorb methane gas--one of the major drivers of global temperature increases--and creating a positive feedback loop between the effects of global warming and the variables that cause it."
Note: And there's yet another self-reinforcing feedback. As the world warms, the plants, trees and soil absorb less methane, so more methane accumulates in the atmosphere, which causes more warming, which causes less methane to be absorbed AND causes more methane to be released, which causes more methane to accumulate in the atmosphere, etc, etc. This is only one of the degrading methane sinks. Another big methane sink involves hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere, and the amount of hydroxyl radicals in the atmosphere is also in decline...
2018-08-07 - Atmospheric methane levels hit a peak of 3046 ppb:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-peak-methane-reading-of-3046-ppb.html
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/08/peaks-matter.html
Quote: "On the morning of August 6, 2018, mean global methane levels were as high as 1896 ppb at 293 mb. More importantly, peak levels that afternoon were as high as 3046 ppb, as illustrated by the image."
Note: Methane is a lighter-than-air gas, so it tends to accumulate in the upper atmosphere, and it's highly flammable. One has to expect that to have some effect on planes...
2018-08-07 - Boy, 16, has 'medical emergency' and loses consciousness while diving off coastal Long Key (Florida):
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article216240830.html
Quote: "A 16-year-old boy scuba diving off Long Key suffered an unknown medical emergency and became unresponsive Tuesday morning."
2018-08-07 - Boy, 17, has 'medical emergency' on hike near Three Creek Lake near Bend (Oregon):
http://www.ktvz.com/news/teen-with-medical-issue-rescued-near-three-creek-lake/778726231
http://kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/375004
Quote: "A 17-year-old from Washington state suffered a serious medical emergency during a hike near Three Creek Lake west of Bend on Tuesday, prompting a rescue effort and an air ambulance flight to St. Charles Bend, authorities said."
2018-08-07 - Ice continues disappearing in the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-disappearance-of-old-ice-in-arctic.html
Note: From 17,000 cubic kilometers in 1980 to around 4,500 cubic kilometers now, so about 70% gone, though with the 90F+ temps in the Arctic this year, we may see that the ice volume has taken a huge hit this year. In any case, it's mostly gone and the trend obviously ends with it all gone, and then all hell will break loose...
2018-08-07 - Heatwave continues broiling Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180715-63903-JPN
Quote: "More than 70,000 people have been taken to hospitals across Japan since late April with symptoms of heatstroke. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency says the number is the largest on record for a single year. The Agency says 71,266 people were rushed to hospital between the end of April and last Sunday. The number is nearly double that of a similar period last year."
2018-08-07 - July the hottest ever recorded in Sydney (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6028239/Sydney-sweats-warmest-July-record-state-endures-devastating-drought.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/brace-for-impact-australia.html
2018-08-07 - Volcano Kilauea eruption destroying roads and trails in parts of Hawaii:
http://mauinow.com/2018/08/06/sink-holes-cracks-riddle-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park/
http://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/ongoing-volcanic-activity-wreaks-havoc-throughout-volcanoes-national-park/1349374154
Quote: "Although seismicity decreased over the weekend, frequent tremors over the past 30 days (more than 18,000) have caused damage throughout the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Much of the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has been closed three months due to hazards caused by seismic activity released by energy from collapse events at the summit of Kilauea Volcano. Park rangers say those magnitude 5.0 and higher riddle Highway 11, other park roads, overlooks and trails with dangerous sink holes and cracks."
2018-08-07 - North America's first EF-4 tornado of the year strikes Manitoba (Canada):
http://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/2018-08-06-north-america-first-ef4-tornado-in-canada-not-united-states
http://www.sott.net/article/393013-North-Americas-first-EF-4-tornado-of-the-year-strikes-Manitoba-Canada
2018-08-07 - Destructive flood risk in the US West could triple when climate change left unchecked:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/06082018/global-warming-climate-change-floods-california-oroville-dam-scientists
2018-08-07 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Hesse (Germany):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180809-64209-DEU
2018-08-07 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Bankura (India), 50 homes destroyed, 1 killed:
http://www.thestatesman.com/india/west-bengal-bankura-flooded-heavy-rains-one-dead-2500-affected-1502670187.html
http://www.sott.net/article/393002-One-dead-over-50-houses-destroyed-and-2500-affected-by-flooding-in-Bankura-India-Nearly-9-inches-of-rain-in-24-hours
2018-08-07 - Climate change omitted from list of White House research and development priorities:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/climate-change-omitted-from-list-of.html
2018-08-07 - Woman helps man short on cash at gas station, finds out it's Keith Urban, in Medford (New Jersey):
http://katv.com/news/entertainment/woman-helps-man-short-on-cash-finds-out-hes-keith-urban
http://fox59.com/2018/08/07/woman-helps-man-pay-for-food-at-gas-station-finds-out-hes-keith-urban/
http://www.wfmynews2.com/video/news/nation-world/woman-helps-man-short-on-cash-finds-out-hes-keith-urban/83-8212411
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/woman-helps-man-short-on-cash-finds-out-hes-keith-urban/
2018-08-07 - US Navy wants to fire a slime cannon at boats to stop them escaping:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2176224-us-navy-wants-to-fire-a-slime-cannon-at-boats-to-stop-them-escaping/
2018-08-08 - California had its hottest month on record as Death Valley had the world's hottest month ever:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/08/08/california-heat-july-state-hottest-month-ever-recorded/934540002/
2018-08-08 - Heatwave was so intense that it fried leaves off trees in California:
http://www.laist.com/2018/08/08/this_heat_wave_in_la_was_so_bad_it_burned_leaves_off_the_trees.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=025w9pjNOzY
2018-08-08 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Utah Lake (Utah):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180809-64211-USA
http://fox13now.com/2018/08/08/utah-lake-on-warning-level-over-toxic-algal-bloom/
2018-08-08 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Zoar in Oxford (Connecticut):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180809-64212-USA
http://www.thehour.com/local/article/Blue-green-algae-found-at-Oxford-beach-13141922.php
http://www.chron.com/local/article/Blue-green-algae-found-at-Oxford-beach-13141922.php
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=207033189701&story_fbid=10156161271839702
2018-08-08 - Woman, 66, has 'medical emergency' while rafting on the Sheenjek River (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/woman-medevaced-from-sheenjek-river/article_b5f37924-9ba1-11e8-ad19-9b984e5f30e9.html
Quote: "A 66-year-old woman was medically evacuated Wednesday morning after Alaska State Troopers were notified a member of a Sheenjek River rafting party was experiencing a medical emergency."
2018-08-08 - Woman, 59, goes for jog, has 'medical emergency' and collapses, on Ariel Drive in Hamlin Township (Michigan), 700 feet from Hamlin Lake:
http://www.minews26.com/content/woman-suffers-medical-emergency-while-out-for-a-run/
Quote: "First responders were called after a woman who was out for a run, suffered a medical emergency. EMS crews responded to Ariel Drive in Hamlin Township following the report of a subject down in the road with CPR in progress. The 59 year old woman from Ohio has been out for a run when she suffered an unknown medical emergency."
2018-08-08 - Construction worker has 'medical emergency' in excavated area in Toledo (Ohio):
http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Toledo-Fire-and-Rescue-working-with-construction-worker-suffering-medical-emergency-490377951.html
http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2018/08/08/Toledo-fire-crews-respond-to-construction-site-incident/stories/
Quote: "The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department responded to an incident involving a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon. According to a post from the department's Twitter page just after 2:00pm, "#ToledoFire crews on-scene, Lagrange & Water St for a below grade (approx 35ft) rescue for a construction worker who had a medical emergency."
2018-08-08 - Shallow magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes in the Greenland Sea, followed by a magnitude 4.6 earthquake:
http://ustribune.news/2018/08/07/magnitude-5-8-moderate-earthquake-hits-greenland-sea/
http://www.sott.net/article/393076-Shallow-M5-8-earthquake-strikes-Greenland-sea-followed-by-M4-6
2018-08-08 - Heatwave kills 8 people in Spain:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180803-64132-ESP
2018-08-08 - EU hit by worst fruit and vegetable crisis in 40 years due to erratic seasons and extreme weather:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/08/european-vegetable-sector-in-most-serious-crisis-since-1978/
http://www.sott.net/article/393029-EU-worst-fruit-and-veg-crisis-for-40-years-due-to-erratic-seasons-and-extreme-weather
2018-08-08 - Drought hits British Columbia (Canada), hundreds of fires erupt:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/record-drought-in-northwestern-british.html
2018-08-08 - As horrifying drought devastates Australia, farmers given permission to kill kangaroos:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/australia-relaxes-kangaroo-protections-as-new-south-wales-battles-drought/ar-BBLE7w8?li=BBnba9K&ocid=U506DHP
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/australia-farmers-get-permission-to.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/recent-australia-droughts-may-be-worst.html
2018-08-08 - Lightning strike injures two boys at park in El Mirage (Arizona):
http://apnews.com/84882d727cc7468381ea8dd29ab58603
2018-08-08 - Saharan dust arrives in Southwest Florida after a six-thousand-mile journey from Africa, again:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/38840099/weather-blog-saharan-dust-arrives-in-southwest-florida
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/saharan-dust-southwest-florida-map.html
http://www.sott.net/article/393078-Saharan-dust-causes-orange-haze-above-Southwest-Florida
2018-08-08 - China slams 25-percent tariff an American cars and motorcycles:
http://www.motor1.com/news/261696/china-car-motorcycle-tariff-increase/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/china-slams-25-percent-tariff-184919063.html
2018-08-09 - Volcano Nevados de Chillan erupts in Chile:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180810-64225-CHL
http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/09/watch-volcanic-eruption-caught-on-camera-from-a-ski-lift-
http://abc7news.com/video-chairlift-carries-skier-toward-erupting-volcano/3915305/
http://globalnews.ca/video/4378364/chilean-volcano-erupts-as-chairlift-carries-skiers-to-mountains-peak
http://www.sott.net/article/393112-Volcano-in-Chile-erupts-as-chairlift-carries-skiers-to-mountains-peak
2018-08-09 - Magnitude 5.9+ earthquake hits Lombok Island (Indonesia), death toll from previous earthquake tops 300:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EQ-20180805-64163-IDN
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Third-strong-earthquake-shakes-Lombok-as-death-toll-tops-300-490459321.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1001035/bali-earthquake-lombok-bali-buildings-collapse
http://journaltimes.com/third-strong-earthquake-shakes-lombok-as-death-toll-tops/article_7ae0e301-c273-5860-89f5-d0f534ac58b1.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-indonesia-earthquake-20180809-story.html
http://www.newsday.com/news/world/indonesia-earthquake-aftershocks-1.20374852
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/09/world/asia/indonesia-quake-death-toll.html
Quote: "The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from an earlier quake topped 300. The strong aftershock, measured at magnitude 5.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey, caused panic, damage to buildings, landslides and injuries."
2018-08-09 - Before and after pics of the drought in Tamworth (Australia):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-pictiure-is-worth-thousand-words.html
2018-08-09 - Massive mudslide roars through the village of Grugnay (Switzerland):
http://www.rt.com/news/435580-swiss-alps-mudslides-valais/
http://www.sott.net/article/393159-Watch-as-dramatic-mudslide-roars-through-village-in-Swiss-Alps
2018-08-09 - Flooding death toll reaches 76 in Assam (India):
http://www.nagalandpost.com/ChannelNews/Regional/RegionalNews.aspx?news=TkVXUzEwMDEzNzM4Mg==
http://www.sott.net/article/393079-Flood-death-toll-reaches-76-in-Assam-India-90000-still-affected
2018-08-09 - Heavy rain, flooding and landslides kill 22 in Kerala (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/393108-Flood-landslips-kill-22-across-Kerala-India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/idukki-dam-opens-flood-gates-after-26-years-following-rising-water-levels-due-to-heavy-rains/articleshow/65334875.cms
2018-08-09 - Heavy rain and flooding collapses homes and bridges in Turkey:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/vice-president-oktay-interior-minister-soylu-visit-flood-hit-ordu-135624
http://www.sott.net/article/393106-Flash-floods-cause-bridges-and-houses-to-collapse-mud-rivers-to-flow-in-Turkey
2018-08-09 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 22+ people in Niger:
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Niger_floods_leave_22_dead_and_thousands_homeless_999.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/niger-floods-leave-22-dead-and.html
2018-08-09 - Two cases of mad cow disease reported in Darkhan-Uul Province (Mongolia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180810-64220-MNG
2018-08-09 - Two-headed calf born in village in Xianyang City (China):
http://www.sott.net/article/393213-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-calf-born-in-north-west-China
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/china/article-6032059/Freaky-mutant-calf-TWO-HEADS-shocks-residents-Chinese-village.html
2018-08-09 - Unknown many-tentacled creature washes up at beach in Kiên Giang Province (Vietnam):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6977409/sea-creature-vietnam-video/
http://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sLTBa_1533805204
2018-08-09 - SeaWorld letting 125 employees go:
http://www.chronicleonline.com/news/state/seaworld-eliminating-positions-despite-attendance-jump/article_39b408df-cff7-590b-9261-fb4d7c51b619.html
http://www.chieftain.com/business/seaworld-eliminating-positions-despite-attendance-jump/article_ecddc5d3-34e9-5a3c-bd3c-aa393eb72ac1.html
2018-08-10 - High UV levels reported around the world:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TUod0kxlvc
2018-08-10 - Edge of Extinction - Consequences of an Ice-Free Arctic Ocean:
http://guymcpherson.com/2018/08/edge-of-extinction-consequences-of-an-ice-free-arctic-ocean/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4P4FRAS6Tw
2018-08-10 - Volcano Marano continues erupting on Ambae Island (Vanuatu), entire island being evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VA-20180719-63951-VUT
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-08/10/content_58375797.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/10/c_137381366.htm
Quote: "The explosions and spewing of volcanic ash including the associated risks of lava flow and other related volcanic hazards based on the observation and monitoring of the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazard Department (VMGD) showed it was too risky for the people of Ambae to continue to live on their island. There are no signs of slowing down of the volcano and there has been strong magmatic activity of the volcano measured through seismic stations on the island."
2018-08-10 - Volcano Katla shaken by two dozen earthquakes in Iceland:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20180810-64221-ISL
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/nearly-two-dozen-quakes-at-gigantic.html
2018-08-10 - Earthquake swarm of 153 earthquakes strikes near Yellowstone:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/10/enormous-swarm-earthquakes-hit-near-yellowstone-supervolcano.html
2018-08-10 - New rifts, cracks and sinkholes open on Volcano Tungnafellsjökull (Iceland):
https://occasion-to-be.com/new-rifts-cracks-and-sinkholes-open-up-around-tungnafellsjokull-volcano-in-iceland/
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/new-rifts-cracks-and-sinkholes-open-up-around-tungnafellsjokull-volcano-in-iceland.html
2018-08-10 - Storm Nadine pounds northern Germany:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180811-64234-DEU
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1001856/germany-weather-forecast-storm-nadine-berlin-frankfurt-airport
Quote: "Storm Nadine has lashed Germany, delivering heavy rains and gusts as strong as 140kph. Several people have been hurt by the storm which roads, rail routes and even a major airport closed. The northern part of Germany was ravaged by the thunderstorm overnight, with strong winds and heavy rains causing trees to block roads, triggering their closure and leaving dozens of people stranded overnight. Many found shelter in their own cars or in sleeper carriages made available by rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB)"
2018-08-10 - Death toll rises to 27+ from heavy rain and flooding in Kerala (India):
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1777584/3-flash-floods-kill-27-south-india/
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/flooding-kills-29-in-south-india-idukki.html
2018-08-10 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the western area of the country of Georgia:
http://georgiatoday.ge/news/11791/Heavy-Rain-Creates-Problems-in-West-Georgia
http://www.sott.net/article/393298-Heavy-rainfall-creates-problems-in-west-Georgia
2018-08-10 - Price of potatoes to soar 900% in Belgium as drought and high temps kill crops:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/the-chips-are-down-in-belgium-as-heatwave-hits-supply-of-frites
http://www.sott.net/article/393221-Price-of-potatoes-to-soar-900-in-Belgium-as-drought-and-high-temps-kill-crops
2018-08-10 - Experts warn that the scariest stock market signals are flashing red:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/experts-warn-that-the-scariest-stock-market-signals-are-flashing-red
2018-08-11 - Unknown stench hitting areas in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/foul-stench-could-be-flowing-up-from-river/
http://online--news.com/2018/08/11/foul-stench-could-be-flowing-up-from-aberdeen-river/
http://www.todays-news.co.uk/newsitem/foul-stench-could-be-flowing-up-from-aberdeen-river
2018-08-11 - Ocean temperature hits 81 degrees at Solana Beach (California), San Diego sets high temp record for the day:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sd-me-solana-beach-temp-20180811-story.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-ocean-is-cooking-off-coast-of.html
http://mashable.com/2018/08/10/record-ocean-heat-southern-california/
2018-08-11 - Man in his 50s pulled unconscious from the water at beach in coastal Tugun (Australia):
http://www.mygc.com.au/man-in-serious-condition-after-near-drowning/
2018-08-11 - Man collapses at supermarket in Cinderford (Britain):
http://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/air-ambulance-called-gloucestershire-supermarket-1887984
Quote: "The air ambulance was called when a man collapsed in a Gloucestershire supermarket on Saturday. Paramedics raced to the Mid Counties Co-op in Cinderford late this afternoon."
2018-08-11 - Lombok Island in Indonesia lifted 10 inches by quake that killed nearly 400:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesian-island-lifted-10-inches-deadly-quake-023437212.html
2018-08-11 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of New Jersey:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180812-64245-USA
2018-08-11 - Massive dust, wind and rain storm hits Southern Nevada, blackouts ensue:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/12/massive-dust-wind-and-rain-storm-hits-southern-nevada-causing-mass-power-outage/
2018-08-11 - Powerful storm rips roof off train station in Mannheim (Germany):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6050221/Dramatic-moment-brutal-storm-rips-roof-clean-German-train-station.html
http://www.sott.net/article/393305-Storm-rips-roof-clean-off-at-train-station-in-Mannheim-Germany
2018-08-11 - Tropical Storm Yagi heads toward eastern China:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/11/tropical-storm-yagi-heading-toward-southeast-china-landfall-expected-august-12/
2018-08-11 - Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup cancer trial:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-monsanto-cancer-lawsuit/jury-orders-monsanto-to-pay-290-million-in-california-roundup-cancer-trial-idUSKBN1KV2HB
2018-08-11 - Air pollution killing lots of people on this planet:
http://undark.org/breathtaking/
2018-08-12 - Foul smell blows through coastal Widnes and coastal Runcorn (Britain):
http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/news/16414906.residents-report-vile-smells-in-widnes/
2018-08-12 - Strong and shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake and dozens of other earthquakes strike the coast in the North Slope area in Alaska:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/12/strong-and-shallow-m6-4-earthquake-hits-northern-alaska-60th-earthquake-since-02-14-utc/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/magnitude-6-5-earthquake-strikes-central-alaska-153356466.html
http://www.sott.net/article/393435-Another-shallow-magnitude-6-earthquake-hits-Alaska-2nd-in-under-24-hours
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alaskas-north-slope-hit-by-strongest-quake-noted-in-region/ar-BBLPAnz
http://www.earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-08-12-21-15-02-utc-6-0-11
Quote: "Alaska's North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state's seismologist said. At 6:58 a.m. Sunday, the magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck an area 42 miles (67 kilometers) east of Kavik River Camp and 343 miles (551 kilometers) northeast of Fairbanks, the state's second-biggest city. The agency says the earthquake had a depth of about 6 miles (9.9 kilometers.)"
Quote: "The previous most powerful quake in the North Slope was in 1995 at magnitude 5.2, West told the newspaper."
2018-08-12 - Girl, 11, suffers brain hemorrhage while swimming in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/girl-11-suffers-brain-haemorrhage-swimming-family-holiday-090108729.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6051493/New-Zealand-girl-Alyssa-Ledbetter-suffers-brain-haemorrhage-United-States.html
2018-08-12 - Man, Stryper lead guitarist Oz Fox, has seizure and collapses on stage in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://loudwire.com/stryper-guitarist-oz-fox-hospitalized-onstage-seizure-fall-las-vegas/
http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/strypers-oz-fox-suffered-a-seizure-band-to-perform-as-three-piece-in-australia/
http://www.metalinsider.net/news/stryper-guitarist-oz-fox-suffered-a-seizure-band-issues-statement
http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Onstage_Emergency/63370/p1/
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/stryper-oz-fox-seizure/
2018-08-12 - SOTT Earth changes summary for July 2018, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/393348-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-July-2018-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
2018-08-12 - BBC Panorama documentary on global dimming and abrupt climate change:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/global-dimming.html
http://vimeo.com/138779240
2018-08-12 - Long Valley Caldera in California contains a vast amount of magma:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/long-valley-caldera-supervolcano-california-magma-rising-video.html
2018-08-12 - Magnitudes 5.4 and 5.1 earthquakes strike northern Albania, homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180812-64246-ALB
http://www.kiro7.com/news/world/northern-albania-hit-by-51-magnitude-earthquake/811035467
2018-08-12 - Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Baffin Island:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/earthquake-in-arctic.html
2018-08-12 - Record drought and heatwave in Denmark causes 40% drop in crop yield, $1 billion in losses and a wave of bankruptcies:
http://www.reuters.com/article/agriculture-drought-denmark/danish-crop-harvest-to-fall-40-percent-due-to-drought-idUSL5N1V02OH
http://www.sott.net/article/393364-Record-drought-in-Denmark-causes-40-drop-in-crop-yield-1billion-in-losses-and-wave-of-bankruptcies
2018-08-12 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Roath Park Lake in coastal Cardiff (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-45157158
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/pictures-show-extent-toxic-blue-15019033
2018-08-12 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180813-64256-PHL
2018-08-12 - Death toll from flooding reaches 34 in Kerala (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180812-64249-IND
http://watchers.news/2018/08/11/kerala-hit-by-worst-floods-in-almost-100-years-facing-worst-in-history-india/
2018-08-12 - Comet that looks like a skull to fly by earth again this fall:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/dead-comet-that-looks-like-a-skull-to-fly-by-earth-again-this-fall/vi-BBLK0Ig
2018-08-12 - Cost of living rising in the US at fastest rate in a decade:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401321-cost-of-living-rises-at-quickest-rate-in-10-years
http://www.sott.net/article/393328-Cost-of-living-rising-at-its-fastest-rate-in-decades
2018-08-13 - Foul smell blows through Braintree (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/16415857.residents-kicking-up-a-stink-over-bad-smell-across-braintree/
http://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/16415857.residents-kicking-up-a-stink-over-bad-smell-across-braintree/
2018-08-13 - How climate change is causing hotter, longer and drier wildfire seasons in British Columbia (Canada):
http://thenarwhal.ca/how-climate-change-is-making-b-c-s-wildfire-season-hotter-longer-dryer/
2018-08-13 - Red tide continues devastating sea life in Florida, governor declares emergency:
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article216656400.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/08/14/us/florida-red-tide/index.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/08/13/state-of-emergency-red-tide/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/08/14/florida-governor-declares-emergency-red-tide/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/state-emergency-declared-florida-amid-toxic-red-tide/story?id=57164849
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/08/14/florida-gov-rick-scott-declares-state-of-emergency-amid-red-tide-crisis/23502283/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/14/red-tide-along-floridas-gulf-coast-leads-gov-scott-to-declare-state-emergency.html
2018-08-13 - Very high UV levels measured around the US and Canada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IvTDJDgMp8
2018-08-13 - Boy, 9, pulled in critical condition from swimming pool at luxury hotel on the waterfront in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2018/08/13/good-samaritan-speaks-out-about-rescuing-9-year-old-boy-from-lumiere-place-hotel-pool/
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/9-year-old-boy-in-critical-condition-after-near-drowning-at-lumiere-place-hotel-pool/63-583371573
http://www.kmov.com/story/38868017/investigation-underway-after-boy-9-swept-underwater-at-lumiere-hotel
http://fox2now.com/2018/08/12/first-responders-called-to-lumiere-hotel-for-near-drowning/
2018-08-13 - 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, trailing 2016 and 2015:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/2017-was-one-of-three-warmest-years-on.html
http://www.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/bulletin-of-the-american-meteorological-society-bams/state-of-the-climate/
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams/2017
2018-08-13 - Views of Greenland melting from a plane:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-melt-seasonin-greenland.html
2018-08-13 - Death toll from deadly earthquake on Lombok Island in Indonesia passes 430:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/national-business/article216582615.html
2018-08-13 - Flash flooding threat continues for the US East Coast after wet weekend:
http://www.yahoo.com/gma/flash-flooding-threat-continues-east-coast-wet-weekend-102607084--abc-news-topstories.html
2018-08-13 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Philippine Islands, 6+ killed:
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2018/08/13/flood-kills-six-in-philippines-tens-of-thousands-displaced/
http://www.sott.net/article/393400-Flood-kills-6-in-the-Philippines-over-59000-displaced
http://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/at-least-3-dead-more-than-a-million-affected-in-philippine-floods/50000262-3718371
http://watchers.news/2018/08/13/massive-floods-kill-6-people-displace-59-100-and-affect-1-1-million-philippines/
2018-08-13 - Downpours and flooding to hit the central US this week:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/downpours-flooding-to-pummel-the-central-us-this-week/ar-BBLUfh2
2018-08-13 - Waterspouts filmed off French and Spanish coasts:
http://www.euronews.com/2018/08/13/watch-tornadoes-spotted-off-french-and-spanish-coasts
http://www.sott.net/article/393403-Tornadoes-filmed-off-French-and-Spanish-coasts
2018-08-13 - As Venezuela disintegrates, real-life Pirates of the Caribbean emerge:
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/as-venezuela-disintegrates-a-new-breed-of-pirates-threatens-the-caribbean
http://www.newsweek.com/return-pirates-caribbean-piracy-jumps-163-percent-amid-venezuela-crisis-1071105
http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/13/venezuelan-pirates-spread-fear/
2018-08-14 - Yellowstone emanating carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide in Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1003199/Yellowstone-volcano-gas-poison-USGS-warning-yellowstone-national-park
http://www.longroom.com/discussion/1139273/yellowstone-volcano-gas-warning-usgs-warns-of-poisonous-gas-emissions-in-national-park
Quote: "Yellowstone volcano is the subject of much speculation over whether there will be a major eruption in the future - but now National Park’s authorities have a more pressing issue to worry about as experts warned of toxic gases venting from the supervolcano."
Quote: "The two killers are poisonous levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen sulphide (H2S), which are concentrating around ground levels."
2018-08-14 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates high school in Tempe (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2018/08/14/corona-del-sol-students-teachers-evacuated-due-strange-odor-tempe/987138002/
Quote: "Corona del Sol High School students were evacuated to the football field Tuesday morning due to a 'strange odor,' officials said. Tempe Fire Department was called about a possible gas leak but crews were unable to locate any source for the odor, Tempe Fire said."
Note: Probably just some poison gas around randomly in the atmosphere, but hey, nobody died! This time...
2018-08-14 - Methane explosion damages sprinkler system near school in Rush (Colorado), 1 injured:
http://www.krdo.com/news/methane-explosion-reported-at-miami-yoder-school/781531206
http://gazette.com/news/methane-gas-explodes-at-eastern-el-paso-county-school-burning/article_959ac54a-a017-11e8-8665-4b55b775e197.html
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Methane-explosion-injures-1-in-Rush-490870301.html
Quote: "The El Paso County Sheriff's Office says a methane explosion happened Tuesday afternoon at the Miami-Yoder School. The good news is that no students were injured, according to the sheriff's office. The methane was built up inside a sprinkler system about 150 feet south of the school, the sheriff's office said, and when a worker went to open a valve, the explosion occurred. It's not clear how methane got into the sprinkler system."
Note: Methane is water-soluble, so sprinkler system, water-soluble methane, probably got into the sprinkler system via contaminated water. Either that or it's in the ground there...
2018-08-14 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes near the South Sandwich Islands:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/a-magnitude-61-earthquake-south.html
2018-08-14 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Valle Vista (California):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/earthquake-44-quake-strikes-inland-empire-region/ar-BBLWIgd
2018-08-14 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes south of Coalinga (California):
http://kmph.com/news/local/usgs-35-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-south-of-coalinga
2018-08-14 - Rare mountain tornado touches down near Eagle Nest (New Mexico):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/08/11/rare-mountain-tornado-touches-down-and-tears-it-up-in-new-mexico/#2e56ed472ae8
http://www.sott.net/article/393560-Rare-mountain-tornado-touches-down-near-Eagle-Nest-New-Mexico
2018-08-14 - Pennsylvania experiencing one of the most dramatic outbreaks of rain in a non-tropical storm setting:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/14/pennsylvania-experiencing-one-of-the-most-dramatic-outbreaks-of-rain-in-a-non-tropical-storm-setting/
2018-08-14 - Heavy rain and flooding cause serious damage in upstate New York:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/flash-floods-cause-severe-damage-230700222.html
2018-08-14 - Ebola outbreak spreads to second province in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20180801-64102-COG
2018-08-14 - Significant rise in the number of mosquito disease danger days:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/significant-rise-in-mosquito-disease-danger-days-in-u-s-report-warns/
2018-08-14 - Catholic priests abused 1,000 children in Pennsylvania, report says:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/%E2%80%98they-hid-it-all%E2%80%99-catholic-priests-abused-1000-children-in-pennsylvania-report-says/ar-BBLVZRR
2018-08-14 - Firefighters try to rescue parrot from roof, it tells them to f#ck off, in London (Britain):
http://www.newsweek.com/firefighter-sent-rescue-parrot-roof-told-f-bird-1072174
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45179970
2018-08-15 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates buildings in Greeley (Colorado):
http://1310kfka.com/2018/08/buildings-evacuated-in-downtown-greeley-for-odor/
http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/buildings-evacuated-due-to-unidentified-odor-in-downtown-greeley/
Quote: "Greeley Fire Lt. Christopher Ellmer said people described the smell differently, including natural gas, propane and a chemical or animal smell. Officials did not detect any natural gas at the scene, Ellmer said."
Quote: "Similar incidents in May and January hit downtown Greeley. The source of the smells never was identified."
2018-08-15 - The odds of an El Niño winter is growing stronger according to NOAA forecasters:
http://www.wxyz.com/weather/the-odds-of-an-el-nino-winter-is-growing-stronger-according-to-noaa-forecasters-
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/odds-of-el-nino-winter-is-growing.html
2018-08-15 - Volcano rumbling on Kuchinoerabu Island (Japan), residents told to prepare for evacuation:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VA-20180815-64275-JPN
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/japanese-authorities-are-preparing-to.html
Quote: "The Meteorological Agency on Wednesday raised the alert level for a volcano on Kuchinoerabu Island, urging residents there to prepare for possible evacuation. The level now stands at the second-highest of four on a scale of five, up from two, which only restricts entrance to areas close to the crater, the agency said. The decision to raise the alert level comes after increased seismic activity was observed on the island, which is in Kagoshima Prefecture. It warned people to stay alert against possible pyroclastic flows and falling volcanic rocks."
2018-08-15 - Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes near coastal Tanaga Volcano (Alaska):
http://www.sfgate.com/earthquakes/article/Magnitude-6-6-earthquake-strikes-Tanaga-alaska-13159231.php
http://www.sott.net/article/393601-Magnitude-6-6-earthquake-strikes-near-Tanaga-Volcano-Alaska
2018-08-15 - Tropical Storm Leepi hits Kyushu Island (Japan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20180815-64281-JPN
2018-08-15 - Rare tornado touches down in northern China and ravages villages:
http://www.untvweb.com/news/violent-tornado-touches-down-in-north-china-ravaging-villages/
http://www.sott.net/article/393613-Rare-tornado-touches-down-in-north-China-ravaging-villages
2018-08-15 - Death toll from flooding, landslides and bridge collapses rises to 67 in Kerala (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180812-64249-IND
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/death-toll-rises-to-67-in-kerala-floods.html
2018-08-15 - Roundup weed killer chemical glyphosate found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats, researchers say:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/roundup-weed-killer-chemical-found-142747757.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/health/herbicide-glyphosate-cereal-oatmeal-children.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/monsanto-roundup-chemical-cereal-cheerios-quaker-oats-2018-8
2018-08-16 - Unknown chemical odor hits large coastal area in and around Newport Beach and Huntington Beach (California):
http://abc7.com/mysterious-odor-reported-in-several-oc-cities/3978833/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-orange-county-odor-20180817-story.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/mysterious-odor-plaguing-residents-prompting-municipal-finger-pointing/story?id=57245174
http://www.newsdump.com/article/mysterious-odor-plaguing-residents-prompting-municipal-fingerpointing
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-ln-orange-county-odor-20180817-story.html
http://www.ocregister.com/2018/08/17/did-you-smell-a-chemical-odor-in-orange-county-thursday/
http://ktla.com/2018/08/17/residents-complain-of-mysterious-foul-odor-in-orange-county/
http://www.ocweekly.com/something-stinks-in-costa-mesa-and-its-not-just-city-hall/
http://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-smell-20180817-story.html
Quote: "The odor is affecting cities like Orange, Anaheim Hills, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Huntington Beach, according to Patrick Chandler, spokesperson for the South Coast Air Quality Management District."
Quote: "Fire officials in the region say they fielded complaints of nausea."
Quote: "Strong odors of unknown origin have permeated the region periodically for the past several years. In some cases, officials said they believed the smell was coming from offshore. Occasionally, an odor is carried several miles inland, “where it drops down and that’s when people start smelling it,” Costa Mesa fire Capt. Chris Coates said during a similar episode in March 2016. Mysterious smells recurred later in 2016 and in 2017, causing frustrated residents and city officials to demand answers. In each case, officials have said the odors pose no immediate danger to life, though residents have reported headaches, nausea and sore throats."
2018-08-16 - Abrupt thaw of permafrost beneath lakes will release large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoaf-to081618.php
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180816143035.htm
http://www.climatechange.ie/abrupt-thaw-of-permafrost-beneath-lakes-could-significantly-affect-climate-change-models/
2018-08-16 - In separate incidents, two men, 18 and 82, have heart attacks on the same cruise ship near coastal Wilmington (North Carolina):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Anthem-Of-The-Seas-9656101.html
http://wtkr.com/2018/08/17/coast-guard-conducts-double-medevac-from-cruise-ship-off-coast-of-n-c/
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/coast-guard-performs-double-medevac-from-cruise-ship-off-nc-coast/291-585244903
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2018/08/18/multiple-medical-emergencies-aboard-royal-caribbeans-anthem-seas/1028496002/
Quote: "The crew reported that an 18-year-old male passenger was suffering symptoms of a heart attack and needed medical assistance."
Quote: "The Anthem of the Seas contacted the Coast Guard again Thursday evening to request the medevac of an additional passenger, an 82-year-old male, who was also suffering symptoms of a heart attack."
2018-08-16 - Magnitude 5.2+ earthquake strikes near Montecilfone (Italy):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180817-64292-ITA
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-quake/central-italy-magnitude-53-quake-causes-minor-damage-idUSKBN1L12CV
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1004433/italy-earthquake-foggia-naples-napoli-rome
2018-08-16 - Death toll from heavy rain, flooding and landslides reaches 80 in Kerala (India), more rain on the way:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180812-64249-IND
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-floods-rescue-efforts-hampered-by-lack-of-boats/articleshow/65432768.cms
2018-08-16 - Noctilucent clouds TRIPLE compared to last August:
http://www.sott.net/article/393600-Mystery-in-the-mesosphere-Noctilucent-clouds-TRIPLE-compared-to-last-August
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=147310&PHPSESSID=vq5bqnva8a4k7pqf90kgad8vl6
Note: More methane entering the atmosphere from the warming planet, which breaks down at high altitude into water and CO2 and causes more noctilucent clouds. Not a mystery...
2018-08-16 - Water use in fracking soars faster than the rise in fossil fuels produced, study says:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082018/fracking-environmental-impacts-data-water-usage-oil-natural-gas-sand-pollution-study
2018-08-16 - Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/08/14/garbage-from-washington-states-booming-pot-industry-clogs-gutters-sewers-and-landfills/
2018-08-16 - Aretha Franklin dies of pancreatic cancer at age 76 in Detroit (Michigan):
http://people.com/music/aretha-franklin-dead-at-76/
http://people.com/music/aretha-franklin-dead-early-motherhood-life/
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Slideshow-Remembering-the-life-of-Aretha-Franklin-13161291.php
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/aretha-franklin-queen-of-soul-dies-at-age-76/3943285/
http://6abc.com/entertainment/aretha-franklin-queen-of-soul-dies-at-age-76/3943285/
2018-08-17 - Unknown foul smell blows through coastal San Diego (California):
http://sandiegoinformer.com/172118/funky-unknown-smell-reported-over-san-diego/
http://www.10news.com/news/-funky-unexplained-smell-reported-over-san-diego-communities
http://twitter.com/NWSSanDiego/status/1030708039324782592
http://www.facebook.com/ABC10News/posts/2213331928709277
Quote: "The most recent incident of a foul odor floating around San Diego came nearly three weeks ago in Oceanside. In that instance, Oceanside Police said ocean outgassing had caused the smell."
Note: An unknown chemical odor just blew through coastal Huntington Beach, coastal Newport Beach and surrounding areas the day before too, mentioned in the 2018-08-16 update...
2018-08-17 - Death toll from heavy rain and flooding rises to 324 in Kerala (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180812-64249-IND
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/eclipse/hundreds-dead-in-indian-state%E2%80%99s-worst-monsoon-in-decades/vp-BBM3t1C
http://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/heavy-rains-leave-324-dead-in-southern-india/50000262-3722365
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1783678/3-320-dead-india-flood-crisis/
Quote: "More than 324 people have died in the worst flooding in nearly a century in the south Indian state of Kerala. Roads are damaged, mobile phone networks are down, an international airport has been closed and more than 220,000 people have been left homeless after unusually heavy rain in the past nine days."
2018-08-17 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #133, August 6th-17th, 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/extreme-weather-report-08172018.html
2018-08-17 - Volcano Sabancaya erupts in Peru:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180818-64308-PER
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1004689/peru-volcano-sabancaya-eruption
http://www.sott.net/article/393730-Sabancaya-volcano-in-Peru-erupts-putting-nations-second-biggest-city-on-alert
2018-08-17 - Volcano Anak Krakatau continues erupting in Indonesia, plus much more:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/18/the-watchers-news-brief-august-17-2018/
2018-08-17 - Deep magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Raba (Indonesia):
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/earthquake-indonesia-raba-quake-no-tsunami-10627604
http://www.sott.net/article/393760-Deep-M6-6-earthquake-hits-north-east-of-Raba-Indonesia
2018-08-17 - Very shallow M6.4 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Iwo Jima (Japan), preceded by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake just a minute earlier:
http://ktelegram.com/off-the-coast-of-japan-recorded-a-powerful-earthquake-24-channel/18226/
http://www.sott.net/article/393674-Very-shallow-M6-4-earthquake-hits-Ogasawara-region-Japan-preceded-by-another-mag-6-just-a-minute-earlier
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/a-magnitude-64-252km-se-of-iwo-jima.html
2018-08-17 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes along the coast of Costa Rica:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/the-8th-major-quake-in-5-days-struck.html
2018-08-17 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lakewood Park Lake and Webster Lake (Kansas):
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/2-Kansas-lakes-closed-due-to-blue-green-algae-491105341.html
2018-08-17 - Lightning strike kills 3 people and injures another in Jharkhand (India):
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/3-killed-by-lightning-in-jharkhand-5311673/
http://www.sott.net/article/393688-3-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Jharkhand-India
2018-08-17 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Toronto (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180818-64306-CAN
2018-08-17 - Oil set for longest losing run since 2015 amid economic fears:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-set-for-longest-losing-run-since-2015-amid-economic-fears/ar-BBM2q5c
2018-08-17 - In a warming world, the fight for water can push nations apart, or bring them together:
http://qz.com/1353831/in-a-warming-world-the-fight-for-water-can-push-nations-apart-or-bring-them-together/
2018-08-18 - Man, 63, has 'medical issue' on hike near Little Three Creek Lake near Sisters (Oregon):
http://www.ktvz.com/news/hiker-with-medical-issue-rescued-south-of-sisters/783354598
http://snewsi.com/id/18377003679/Hiker-with-medical-issue-rescued-south-of-Sisters
Quote: "A report of a hiker with a potentially serious medical issue needing assistance Saturday afternoon prompted a rescue operation near Little Three Creek Lake south of Sisters, Deschutes County sheriff's deputies said. Dispatchers with 911 got a call around 2:40 p.m. from a hiker advising that a member of their group, Dennis Crowell, 63, of Bend, was experiencing a medical issue, said sheriff's Deputy Joshua Westfall, assistant search and rescue coordinator."
2018-08-18 - Atmospheric methane update in the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/update-on-methane-emissions.html
2018-08-18 - As sea level rises, coastal megacities like Mumbai face catastrophe:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/08/15/as-waters-rise-coastal-megacities-like-mumbai-face-catastrophe/
2018-08-18 - Warming climate causing unstable and increasingly freakish weather:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/08/16/europes-freak-weather-explained/
Quote: "Climate change does not just mean that everything is gradually getting warmer: It is also changing the major circulations of our atmosphere and ocean. This is making the weather increasingly weird and unpredictable."
2018-08-18 - Rare August tornado touches down and causes damage in Jackson (Mississippi):
http://www.wcbi.com/rare-august-tornado-strikes-jackson-metro/
http://www.sott.net/article/393836-Rare-August-tornado-strikes-Jackson-Metro-Mississippi
2018-08-18 - Lightning strike kills man at Sunken Meadow State Park on Long Island (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/08/18/deadly-lightning-strike-in-queens/
http://www.sott.net/article/393867-Man-fatally-hit-by-lightning-on-Long-Island-New-York
2018-08-18 - Waterspout filmed over Lake Michigan in Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://fox11online.com/news/state/waterspout-captured-over-lake-michigan
http://www.sott.net/article/393777-Waterspout-videoed-over-Lake-Michigan
2018-08-18 - Despite renewables growth, there has never been an energy transition:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/08/17/despite-renewables-growth-there-has-never-been-an-energy-transition/
2018-08-19 - Heatwave kills 3,232,000 livestock across South Korea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20180724-64008-KOR
Quote: "The continuing heat wave has claimed the lives of millions of livestock across the country. Nonghyup Property and Casualty Insurance said that, as of Wednesday, it had received reports of the deaths of three-million-232-thousand livestock due to the hot weather this year resulting in an estimated total loss of 17-point-three billion won."
2018-08-19 - Magnitude 6.9 and 6.3 earthquakes shake Lombok Island (Indonesia), 1+ killed:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-earthquake-lombok-island-second-magnitude-a8498406.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/fresh-6-9-magnitude-quake-rocks-indonesia-s-lombok-island-10631902
http://metro.co.uk/2018/08/19/lombok-hit-by-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-hours-after-first-quake-caused-landslides-7857629/
http://www.sott.net/article/393866-Lombok-in-Indonesia-struck-by-6-9-magnitude-earthquake-HOURS-after-first-6-3-quake-caused-landslides
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/pacific-grim-very-powerful-magnitude-72.html
Quote: "The latest tremors arrived two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake killed 460 people on the island and caused damage worth more than 5 trillion rupiah (£268 million)."
2018-08-19 - Deep magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes in the ocean between Fiji and Tonga:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/724188/earthquake-fiji-tsunami-submarine-earthquake-tonga-pacific-ring-of-fire-latest-news
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1005411/fiji-earthquake-map-where-8-2-quake-hit-is-there-tsunami-warning
http://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/19/magnitude-8point2-quake-strikes-in-the-pacific-no-damage-reported-on-fiji.html
http://www.msn.com/g00/en-us/news/world/82-magnitude-quake-strikes-in-south-pacific/ar-BBM6rMP
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/four-more-major-quakes-hit-pacific-rim.html
http://watchers.news/2018/08/19/very-deep-m8-2-earthquake-hits-fiji-region-two-m6-aftershocks/
2018-08-19 - Person has 'medical emergency' and gets into standoff with police in coastal Surfside Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/police-stand-off-in-surfside-beach/1381847171
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/38915379/update-medical-emergency-not-burglary-triggered-stand-off-outside-surfside-home
Quote: "Police say a medical emergency was the cause of a nearly 3 hours stand-off between authorities and residents outside a Surfside home Sunday."
2018-08-19 - Man, 41, jumps into the water and disappears into Tims Ford Lake (Tennessee):
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/crews-search-for-missing-boater-at-tims-ford-lake
http://www.wsmv.com/news/search-ongoing-for-missing-boater-on-tims-ford-lake/article_82ff4312-a3e0-11e8-96ac-e7740ce97d57.html
2018-08-19 - Man jumps into the water and disappears into Lake Huron in Owen Sound (Canada):
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/news/local-news/police-searching-for-boater-who-never-surfaced-from-harbour
Quote: "Police said Sunday they were still searching for a man who jumped from a boat into Owen Sound harbour along with a family friend Saturday to rescue a family pet but the man 'failed to surface'."
2018-08-19 - Methane leaks from US coal mines have the annual global warming impact of 13 million cars:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/methane-leaks-from-us-coal-mines-have.html
2018-08-19 - Typhoon Rumbia rolls into Anhui Province (China), 7+ killed, 1800 homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20180819-64320-CHN
http://watchers.news/2018/08/19/nine-killed-3-5-million-affected-as-typhoon-rumbia-wreaks-havoc-across-central-and-eastern-china/
2018-08-19 - Late-season hailstorm wipes out some crops in central Nebraska:
http://nebraska.tv/news/ntvs-grow/late-season-hail-wipes-out-some-nebraska-crops
http://www.sott.net/article/393906-Late-season-hailstorm-wipes-out-some-crops-in-central-Nebraska
2018-08-19 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180820-64325-USA
2018-08-19 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 19+ people in Niger:
http://www.sott.net/article/393903-Floods-in-Niger-leave-19-dead-and-65000-affected
2018-08-19 - Ebola outbreak spreading and killing people in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20180801-64102-COG
Quote: "The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed 49 lives since the start of the month, the government has said, and the World Health Organization expects more cases. The gradually increasing death toll, with a further 2,000 people feared to have come into contact with the virus, adds to the woes of a country already facing violence, displacement and political uncertainty."
2018-08-19 - Air conditioning use emerges as one of the key drivers of global electricity-demand growth:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/air-conditioning-use-emerges-as-one-of.html
2018-08-19 - Two-headed snake hatched in Pittston (Pennsylvania):
http://www.psdispatch.com/news/64119/two-headed-snake-born-at-the-pet-zone-in-pittston
http://www.sott.net/article/393822-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-snake-hatched-in-Pittston-Pennsylvania
2018-08-19 - Unknown predator kills 10+ sheep in Tamanad (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180819-64319-IND
Quote: "Mysterious animal fear loomed large again in the state last night after at least 10 sheep were found dead in Tamanad village under Jagannath Prasad block in Ganjam district. The sheep carcasses were found in one local, Neera Nayak's cattle shed in the village. Neera who has reared cattle in large scale went on an inspection of his shed this morning and found the dead sheep with deep nail indentations on their neck parts pointing at predator attack. Pug marks very similar to that of the mysterious animal were also seen by the side of the carcasses. Locals called up forest officials and sought their help to tackle the situation following the incident. Notably, people were left in a state of panic in Ganjam district in August last year also, after seven domestic animals, including four lambs and three sheep fall prey to mysterious animal in Kunchudu village under Buguda block. Earlier in July in the same year, separate hunting by predators in Badapathara and Kupati village left a number of sheep dead."
2018-08-19 - Kevin Spacey's new movie makes $126 total on its first day in theaters:
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/19/kevin-spaceys-new-film-billionaire-boys-club-opens-to-incredibly-low-126-following-sexual-misconduct-allegations.html
2018-08-20 - Mysterious foul odor blows through Memphis (Tennessee):
http://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/mysterious-foul-odor-kept-midtown-residents-indoors-over-weekend/817968135
2018-08-20 - Some ground in the Arctic no longer freezing, even in the winter:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/08/news-arctic-permafrost-may-thaw-faster-than-expected/
Quote: "In April he sent a team of workers out with heavy drills to be sure. They bored into the soil a few feet down and found thick, slushy mud. Zimov said that was impossible. Cherskiy, his community of 3,000 along the Kolyma River, is one of the coldest spots on Earth. Even in late spring, ground below the surface should be frozen solid. Except this year, it wasn't."
Quote: "Already, three of the last four years have been earth's hottest on record, with 2018 on schedule to be number four. And the poles are actually warming far faster, with areas 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Norway reaching 90 degrees Fahrenheit this July. If significant quantities of permafrost start thawing early, that would only make things worse."
2018-08-20 - Person goes into cardiac arrest at Devil's Lake State Park (Wisconsin):
http://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/devil-s-lake-visitors-revive-hiker/article_32b566e3-82ae-5523-86bc-98af83429678.html
Quote: "Devil’s Lake State Park visitors trained in emergency response revived a hiker Sunday. Baraboo District Ambulance Service and Baraboo Fire Department were dispatched to the park Sunday for a medical emergency on Balanced Rock Trail. An initial report indicated a man was down and CPR had been started."
2018-08-20 - Teacher has 'medical event' at school in coastal Tauranga (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12110881
http://www.globalheadlines.uk/news/23137472/Relief-teacher-at-Greenpark-School-had-medical-event-in-classroom.html
Quote: "Greenpark School Board of Trustees chairman Wayne Gribble said an ambulance was called to the school mid-morning after the male relief teacher suffered a medical event."
2018-08-20 - High atmospheric methane levels over New Zealand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/methane-emissions-in-new-zealand.html
2018-08-20 - Arctic Sea Ice Report with Margo and Robin:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/i-have-just-come-off-alivestream-with.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecQglt4ynsw
2018-08-20 - Warming planet making heatwaves and rains more severe as weather patterns stall:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-weather/heatwaves-rains-may-become-more-severe-as-weather-stalls-study-idUSKCN1L50ZH
Quote: "Scorching summer heatwaves and downpours are set to become more extreme in the northern hemisphere as global warming makes weather patterns linger longer in the same place, scientists said on Monday."
2018-08-20 - Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers' crops, cattle:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/19/drought-takes-toll-on-missouri-farmers-crops-cattle.html
2018-08-20 - Drought continues in Australia, town in New South Wales mobbed by thirsty emus:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/australia-drought-new-south-wales-town.html
2018-08-20 - Sandstorm hits southeastern Iran, 95 people have breathing problems:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180822-64340-IRN
2018-08-20 - Two tornadoes hit the North Island (New Zealand), dozens of homes damaged:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/20/large-waterspout-turns-tornado-tearing-roofs-off-homes-and-downing-power-lines-new-zealand/
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12110348
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/106427727/tornado-cleanup-begins-in-new-plymouth
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/106424116/tornados-damage-homes-in-central-new-plymouth-and-ohope
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/364538/tornado-aftermath-more-storms-forecast-for-new-plymouth
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=274733&cat=1033
http://www.sott.net/article/393914-Tornado-filmed-in-New-Plymouth-New-Zealand
2018-08-20 - Typhoon Soulik approaching southern Japan, landfall expected in South Korea:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/20/typhoon-soulik-approaching-southern-japan-landfall-expected-in-south-korea/
2018-08-20 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Calabria (Italy), 10+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180821-64334-ITA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6080029/At-eight-people-dead-flash-floods-sweep-gorge-packed-hikers-southern-Italy.html
http://www.sott.net/article/393986-At-least-10-hikers-are-killed-with-more-missing-as-avalanche-of-water-sweeps-down-gorge-in-Italy-after-heavy-rain
http://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/flash-flood-hits-hikers-in-gorge-in-southern-italy-5-dead/1383205969
http://www.foxsports.com/other/story/flash-flood-hits-hikers-in-gorge-in-southern-italy-8-dead-082018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/flash-flood-italy-hikers-dead-1.4792343
2018-08-20 - Flooding death toll rises to nearly 400 in Kerala (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180812-64249-IND
http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/hundreds-dead-in-south-india-floods/news-story/96377e2ced9201f2398d0984b20674b7
Quote: "The death toll in Kerala rose on Monday to nearly 400 after its worst flood in a century, as authorities handed out medicine and disinfectants to ward off disease in thousands of relief camps. Dozens of people are missing and 1.2 million are sheltering in the camps, state officials said, as water receded and a huge clean-up gathered pace."
2018-08-20 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 12+ people in Karnataka (India):
http://watchers.news/2018/08/20/deadly-floods-hit-the-indian-state-of-karnataka-tourists-bookings-canceled/
2018-08-20 - Tropical sea bird spotted far from home on Onota Lake (Massachusetts):
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/tropical-sea-bird-spotted-far-from-home-on-onota-lake,548167
2018-08-21 - Arctic’s strongest sea ice, near Greenland, breaks up for the first time on record:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/arctics-strongest-sea-ice-breaks-up-for-first-time-on-record
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/21/arctics-strongest-sea-ice-breaks-first-time/
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/21/arctics-oldest-thickest-sea-ice-breaks-up-for-first-time-on-record.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/margos-latest-and-most-importnat-sea.html
http://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-sea-ice-melting-2597774041.html
2018-08-21 - New report warns that dire climate warnings not dire enough:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/we-are-climbing-rapidly-out-humankinds-safe-zone-new-report-warns-dire-climate
http://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/148cb0_a0d7c18a1bf64e698a9c8c8f18a42889.pdf
2018-08-21 - Man falls into the River Hull on Alfred Gelder Street in coastal Hull (Britain), another man given oxygen therapy too:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Alfred Gelder Street, Hull. Tue 21 Aug 2018 13:09 (No:18796) One adult male fallen in water, rescued by Fire Service using raking ladder, throw bag and line. Fire Service also administered oxygen therapy to one adult male passer by who had assisted. Passer by transported to hospital via ambulance."
2018-08-21 - Mud volcano erupts on the island of Trinidad:
http://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/21/devils-woodyard-volcano-erupts-again/
http://www.sott.net/article/394082-Devils-Woodyard-volcano-on-Trinidad-erupts-again-at-the-same-time-as-major-quake-hits-off-Venezuela
2018-08-21 - Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes on the northeastern coast of Venezuela:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180822-64342-VEN
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/powerful-earthquake-hits-venezuela-caracas-being-evacuated/
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/A-powerful-magnitude-7-3-earthquake-shook-13173009.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/strong-quake-rocks-venezuela-buildings-evacuated-in-capital/2018/08/21/46fc7544-a5a0-11e8-ad6f-080770dcddc2_story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-venezuela-earthquake-20180821-story.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/world/americas/earthquake-venezuela.html
Quote: "The 7.3 quake was the largest to strike Venezuela since 1900, according to the U.S. Geological Survey."
2018-08-21 - Arctic sea ice thinning in the East Siberian Sea:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/ice-is-thinning-in-east-siberian-sea.html
2018-08-21 - Summer weather is getting 'stuck' due to Arctic warming:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/summer-weather-is-getting-stuck-due-to.html
Quote: "What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic..."
2018-08-21 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Seneca Lake (New York):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180823-64358-USA
http://www.mpnnow.com/news/20180822/harmful-algae-bloom-found-on-seneca-lake
2018-08-21 - Category 4 Hurricane Lane heads toward Hawaii, stores empty out as people stock up:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/hurricane-lane-hawaii-wxc/index.html
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/08/unable_to_evacuate_hawaii_resi.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/residents-prepare-as-hurricane-near-hawaii-strengthens/ar-BBMglJV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUUN6KnDF5U
Quote: "Buses around Honolulu have been picking up residents in need and taking them to shelters. All public schools canceled classes until further notice and many state employees have been asked to stay home."
2018-08-21 - Flooding in India declared calamity of severe nature, death toll rises to 410:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/death-toll-rises-to-410-in-india-floods.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/india-floods-declared-calamity-of.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/one-of-worst-floods-in-indias-history.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/kerala-india-more-than-1m-people-flee-to-relief-camps-to-escape-floods
2018-08-21 - Think rivers are dangerous now? Just wait:
http://www.wired.com/story/think-rivers-are-dangerous-now-just-wait/
2018-08-21 - Maersk to send a container ship through the Arctic for the first time:
http://www.krtv.com/story/38926178/maersk-to-send-first-container-ship-through-arctic
2018-08-21 - Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has claimed 50 lives in August with 91 cases of haemorrhagic fever reported:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/the-new-ebola-outbreak-in-eastern-dr.html
2018-08-21 - Hubble releases most detailed image of universe yet:
http://www.rt.com/news/436432-hubble-telescope-nasa-galaxies/
http://www.sott.net/article/393979-Hubble-releases-most-detailed-image-of-universe-yet
2018-08-22 - Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change:
http://apnews.com/4adc5a2a2e6b45df953ebcba6b63d171
http://www.kurv.com/big-oil-asks-government-to-protect-it-from-climate-change/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-protect-oil-facilities-from-climate-change-coastal-spine/
http://www.krmg.com/news/national/big-oil-asks-government-protect-from-climate-change/NwgHYhlYBoAPiGpAQe1i6H/
Note: 'Save us from the monster we created so we can keep making the monster even stronger!'
2018-08-22 - Man in his 40s in critical condition after being pulled from the water at beach in coastal Waikiki (Hawaii):
http://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/man-in-his-40-s-in-critical-condition-after-near-drowning-at-waikiki-beach/1385855332
2018-08-22 - 'Big One' talk swirls as 69 earthquakes hit the Pacific's Ring of Fire in 48 hours:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/22/big-one-talk-swirls-as-69-massive-earthquakes-hit-pacifics-ring-fire-in-48-hours.html
2018-08-22 - Shallow magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Vanuatu:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/6-7-magnitude-earthquake-hits-vanuatu-10640088
http://www.sott.net/article/394063-Shallow-M6-7-earthquake-hits-Vanuatu
2018-08-22 - Magnitude 6.2+ earthquake strikes in the ocean 171 miles west of Coos Bay (Oregon):
http://sputniknews.com/us/201808221067383578-quake-oregon-usgs/
http://katu.com/news/local/62-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-off-oregon-coast
http://komonews.com/news/local/62-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-off-oregon-coast-08-22-2018
http://www.sott.net/article/394076-Shallow-magnitude-6-3-earthquake-strikes-off-the-coast-of-Oregon-3rd-major-quake-worldwide-within-12-hours
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/the-third-major-quake-of-day-is-little.html
2018-08-22 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Laos, 46 killed, 97 missing:
http://www.ecns.cn/news/society/2018-08-22/detail-ifyxikfc9639199.shtml
2018-08-22 - Erratic weather forces early harvest and causes 20% losses for pumpkin farmers in the Netherlands:
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/199241/Dutch-pumpkin-harvest-starts-three-to-four-weeks-earlier
http://www.sott.net/article/394074-Third-year-of-extremes-Erratic-weather-forces-early-harvest-and-causes-20-losses-for-Dutch-pumpkin-farmers
2018-08-23 - Mount Etna erupts mightily in Sicily (Italy):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180825-64384-ITA
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mount-etna-sicily-italy-volcanic-action-today-2018-08-24/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/mount-etna-roars-into-action-with-ash-and-lava-37249202.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article217267995.html
2018-08-23 - Peter Wadhams on climate change and the politics of climate change:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/wide-ranging-interview-with-peter.html
2018-08-23 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near coastal Tanaga Volcano (Alaska):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1007340/alaska-earthquake-tanaga-volcano-eruption-usgs
http://www.sott.net/article/394157-Magnitude-6-3-earthquake-shakes-Alaska-as-state-is-hit-by-35-tremors-in-2-days
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/another-major-quake-hits-pacific-rim.html
2018-08-23 - Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Guerrero (Mexico):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/earthquakes-around-world.html
2018-08-23 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Prior Lake (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180824-64366-CAN
2018-08-23 - Hurricane Lane dumping huge amounts of rain onto Hawaii:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=TC-20180823-64359-USA
http://6abc.com/weather/hurricane-lane-weather-update-5-hawaii-tourists-rescued-from-flooded-home/4042743/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hurricane-lane-oahu-hawaii-storm-fema-heavy-rain-flood-landslides-a8505536.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hurricane-lane-is-the-biggest-weather-threat-to-hawaii-in-decades/ar-BBMjYi5
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/hawaii-braces-for-hurricane-lane.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/hurricane-lane-hawaiis-worst-storm-in.html
http://6abc.com/weather/hurricane-lane-soaks-hawaii-photos/4041314/
Quote: "he storm was about 300 miles south of Honolulu and expected to soak the Big Island before heading toward Maui and Oahu. A direct strike is not needed to see a significant impact from such a strong hurricane, Goldstein said. More than 30 inches of rain is possible in some areas, which could mean flooding, dangerous surf of 20 feet, and a storm surge of up to 4 feet above normal levels."
2018-08-23 - Waterspout filmed off Hilo as Hurricane Lane passes Hawaii island:
http://www.khon2.com/weather/waterspout-forms-off-hilo-as-hurricane-lane-passes-hawaii-island/1392278818
http://www.sott.net/article/394284-Waterspout-filmed-off-Hilo-as-Hurricane-Lane-passes-Hawaii-island
2018-08-23 - Death toll from Ebola outbreak rises to 61 in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20180801-64102-COG
2018-08-23 - Global wheat supply falls to crisis levels, countries begin stockpiling:
http://electroverse.net/global-wheat-supply-falls-to-crisis-levels/
http://www.sott.net/article/394239-Global-wheat-supply-falls-to-crisis-levels-Countries-begin-stockpiling
2018-08-23 - Rat problem escalating in major cities in Germany:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180824-64371-DEU
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/european-heatwave-has-caused-rat.html
2018-08-23 - Fracking in Pennsylvania is too close to residents for safety:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/pennsylvania-fracking-too-close-to-homes-2598355101.html
2018-08-23 - The 5 previous times this stock market indicator has reached this level stock prices have fallen ny at least 50 percent:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-5-previous-times-this-stock-market-indicator-has-reached-this-level-stock-prices-have-fallen-by-at-least-50-percent
2018-08-24 - Hydrogen sulfide kills off life, especially oceanic life, when too much CO2 enters the atmosphere:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6404/804
Quote: "Yao et al. report sulfur isotopic data from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, an interval around 55 million years ago when atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and global temperatures were also high. They found widespread anoxia and resulting high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide, which is toxic to marine organisms. Similar effects could have severe negative effects on ocean ecosystems."
Quote: "Of particular interest is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), where the carbon dioxide input into the atmosphere was similar to the IPCC RCP8.5 emission scenario. Here we present sulfur-isotope data that record a positive 1 per mil excursion during the PETM. Modeling suggests that large parts of the ocean must have become sulfidic. The toxicity of hydrogen sulfide will render two of the largest and least explored ecosystems on Earth, the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones, uninhabitable by multicellular organisms. This will affect many marine species whose ecozones stretch into the deep ocean."
Note: They're comparing the projections of the planet's atmosphere of today with what happened in the extinction event 55 million years ago. They should look even farther back in time, to what happened in the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago. The Permian-Triassic extinction, sometimes called the 'Great Dying', was Earth's deadliest, killing off more life, by far, than any other extinction event. Anoxic conditions and hydrogen sulfide were widespread throughout the oceans in that extinction event as well. The IPCC's projections are preposterously conservative, which means that we won't merely be seeing an extinction event comparable to the one 55 million years ago (which would still be plenty bad enough to wipe out the human race) but one far worse than that, one comparable to the Permian-Triassic extinction event, or possibly even worse than that, because as we die off there will be several hundred nuclear reactors melting down too, which obviously wasn't a factor 252 million years ago...
2018-08-24 - Australian graziers fear unexplained pasture dieback:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-02/unexplained-dieback-qld-creeping-pasture-killer-on-the-move/9898250
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/australian-graziers-fear-unexplained.html
Quote: "Graziers fear unexplained pasture dieback has become a 'creeping cancer' that's moving into some of Queensland's best cattle country, yet researchers are still clueless about what is causing it."
Quote: "It's very common [and] it's widespread on the coast."
Quote: "While so far the condition has been largely coastal, there is evidence the dieback is moving south and west, but researchers are still unsure what is causing the condition."
Note: So stuff started mysteriously dying along the coast and now the die-off is spreading inland. Imagine that!
2018-08-24 - Sea lice outbreak hits beaches in Ocean City (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/08/24/sea-lice-outbreak-in-ocean-city/
http://www.wboc.com/story/38958346/outbreak-of-sea-lice-on-ocean-city-beaches
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bs-md-oc-sea-lice-20180823-story.html
http://patch.com/maryland/annapolis/sea-lice-outbreak-makes-ocean-city-beach-goers-miserable
2018-08-24 - Woman has 'medical episode' on Whites Road in coastal Cleethorpes (Britain), 1200 feet from the ocean:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Whites Road, Cleethorpes. Fri 24 Aug 2018 14:34 (No:19072) Female suffering medical episode. Fire Service assisted female back to home address."
2018-08-24 - Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes in Peru near the border with Brazil and Bolivia:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1007897/peru-earthquake-Puerto-Maldonado-Brazil-USGS
http://www.sott.net/article/394244-Breaking-News-Massive-7-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Peru-on-border-with-Brazil-and-Bolivia
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1007897/peru-earthquake-Puerto-Maldonado-Brazil-USGS
http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-234766-5-.htm#234766
2018-08-24 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Parachute (Colorado):
http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/Locals-feel-earthquake-in-Parachute-491685371.html
http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/Parachute-earthquake-felt-across-Western-Slope--491672511.html
http://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/491672591.html
http://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/491685381.html
2018-08-24 - How wildfires can affect climate change, and vice versa:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/23082018/extreme-wildfires-climate-change-global-warming-air-pollution-fire-management-black-carbon-co2
2018-08-24 - Hurricane Lane brings heavy rain and catastrophic flooding to Hawaii:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1008404/hurricane-lane-damage-pictures-big-island-maui-oahu-storm-path-news
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/hurricane-lane-churns-toward-hawaii-big.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/hawaii-lane-tropical-storm-latest-forecast-path-track-live-updates-today-2018-08-25/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/08/23/weather-updates/hurricane-lane-continues-to-weaken-as-it-creeps-closer-to-isles/
http://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/us/tropical-storm-lane-hawaii-wxc/index.html
Quote: "Lane dumped more than 40 inches of rain in some parts of the Big Island over several days, sending residents fleeing life-threatening flash flooding and landslides."
2018-08-24 - Lightning strike kills girl in Toledo (Belize):
http://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2018/08/24/9-year-old-killed-by-lightning-in-toledo/
http://www.sott.net/article/394255-Girl-killed-by-lightning-in-Toledo-Belize
2018-08-24 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 23 people with over 70,000 affected in Sudan:
http://floodlist.com/africa/sudan-flooding-july-august-2018
http://www.sott.net/article/394247-Flooding-leaves-23-dead-over-70000-affected-in-Sudan
2018-08-24 - Potentially hazardous 500-foot asteroid due to hurtle close to Earth:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/potentially-hazardous-500-foot-asteroid-set-to-hurtle-very-close-past-earth-a3919226.html
http://www.sott.net/article/394320-Potentially-hazardous-500-foot-asteroid-due-to-hurtle-close-to-Earth
2018-08-24 - Poll discovers that 70 percent of Americans want single-payer healthcare to happen:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/medicare-for-all-shock-poll-discovers-that-70-percent-of-americans-want-single-payer-healthcare-to-happen
2018-08-24 - Undercover investigation finds widespread business in giraffe parts, even in the Big Apple:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/undercover-investigation-finds-widespread-business-in-giraffe-parts-even-in-the-big-apple/ar-BBMlBBP
2018-08-25 - Volcano Manam erupts again, powerfully, in Papua New Guinea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180825-64380-PNG
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/august-plethora-of-major-quakes-and.html
http://strangesounds.org/2018/08/unusually-strong-eruption-at-manam-volcano-sends-ash-column-15-km-50000-feet-asl-and-forces-2000-people-to-flee-in-png.html
https://watchers.news/2018/08/26/high-impact-eruption-at-manam-volcano-2-000-people-flee-from-lava-flows-ash-up-to-15-km-a-s-l-png/
2018-08-25 - Man found unconscious in swimming pool in Manhattan (Kansas):
http://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/drowning-man-rescued-by-manhattan-locals/1396310747
2018-08-25 - Man has 'medical emergency' and goes into cardiac arrest in the water in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/man-hospitalized-after-water-rescue/1395799330
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/38961069/73-year-old-in-unknown-condition-after-drowning
http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/local/myrtle_beach/man-hospitalized-after-possible-drowning-in-myrtle-beach/article_45393d8e-a896-11e8-bb5a-a31b38b535cf.html
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/article217339120.html
Quote: "A beachgoer is in the hospital after having a medical emergency in the waters off Myrtle Beach. According to Lt. Jonathan Evans with Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue, lifeguards were alerted to a man in the water at around 1:30 Saturday. The went into the water to rescue the man. Evans says Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue Ocean Rescue units responded to assist. The man was in cardiac arrest at the time and rescuers began CPR."
2018-08-25 - Man jumps into Lake Erie and disappears near Mentor (Ohio):
http://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/coast-guard-fire-crews-searching-for-missing-man-in-lake-erie-near-mentor/95-587588877
2018-08-25 - Drought afflicting 10 states in the US:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1007979/US-drought-weather-forecast-latest-fires
Quote: "According to Drought.gov – the official monitor of droughts in the US – 10 states are facing 'extreme' or 'exceptional' droughts, the highest categories in the ranking system. The website says 'droughts are affecting substantial areas of western Oklahoma, eastern Kansas, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Missouri and southern California'. There are also severe droughts present in eastern Oregon, Oklahoma, southern Iowa, southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, North Dakota and South Dakota. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: 'Abnormal dryness and drought are affecting over 131 million people across the United States.' As a result, many farmers are on the brink of 'financial ruin' due to their inability to grow crops."
2018-08-25 - Waterspout filmed over lake in Odisha (India):
http://odishatv.in/odisha/whirlwind-caught-on-cam-in-chilika-317611
http://www.sott.net/article/394369-Waterspout-filmed-over-lake-in-Odisha-India
2018-08-25 - Giant Hyalomma ticks found for the first time in Sweden:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180826-64388-SWE
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-08/25/content_60232048.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/25/c_137418394.htm
http://twitter.com/XHNews/status/1033391915759267840
Quote: "'They are very quick and they are hunters so they do not wait for their prey but actively look for a host to attack. When they are filled up with blood they can grow to become two or three centimeters long. They are giant ticks,' Grandi told Swedish Radio."
Note: Just what the end of the world needed - some aggressive invasive disease-carrying jumbo-sized super-ticks!
2018-08-25 - Senator John McCain dies of brain cancer at age 81 at his ranch near Sedona (Arizona):
http://abc7ny.com/politics/john-mccain-dies-after-brain-cancer-battle/4042755/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sen-john-mccain-independent-voice-gop-establishment-dies-81-n790971
http://www.wbtw.com/news/special-reports/john-mccain-senator-and-former-presidential-candidate-dies-at-81/1396061610
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-mccain-maverick-of-the-senate-and-former-pow-dies-at-81/2018/08/25/d9219b7e-a7b8-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/warmonger-john-mccain-dies.html
2018-08-26 - Police officer has 'medical emergency' in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-officer-hospitalized-20180826-story.html
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/baltimore-city-officer-suffers-medical-emergency-while-on-duty
http://twitter.com/FOXBaltimore/status/1033791185783939073
Quote: "A city police officer was rushed to a hospital Sunday afternoon after experiencing a 'medical emergency' in West Baltimore, police confirmed."
2018-08-26 - Two people have 'medical events' in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://wjla.com/news/local/police-investigate-two-drownings-in-myrtle-beach-08-27-2018-162111203
Quote: "In addition, two 'medical events' were reported on Friday. One was reported in Cherry Grove and the other near 20th Avenue South in Myrtle Beach. McSpadden says those two incidents were not drownings."
2018-08-26 - Magnitude 5.9+ earthquake strikes near Kermanshah (Iran), 3 killed, hundreds injured:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/26/shallow-m6-0-earthquake-hits-iran/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180826-64392-IRN
http://bdnews24.com/world/2018/08/26/strong-quake-hits-northwest-iran-killing-one-and-wounding-58
2018-08-26 - Florida’s red tide crisis shows how global warming is making the world an ugly place:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/floridas-red-tide-crisis-shows-how.html
2018-08-26 - Sea level rise already causing billions in home value to disappear:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/08/23/sea-level-rise-already-causing-billions/
2018-08-26 - Drought wipes out Queensland grain crops, forces tons to be imported from Western Australia to help farmers:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/queensland-has-to-import-grain-to-help.html
2018-08-26 - Powerful hailstorm damages cars in Greensburg (Indiana):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20180827-64402-USA
http://www.wthr.com/article/felt-gunshots-hitting-windows-greensburg-residents-look-back-weekend-hail-damage
http://www.sott.net/article/394456-Felt-like-gunshots-hitting-the-windows-Residents-of-Greensburg-Indiana-look-back-at-weekend-damage-caused-by-baseball-size-hail
2018-08-26 - Death toll from catastrophic flooding hits 445 in Kerala (India):
http://ewn.co.za/2018/08/26/flood-toll-in-india-s-kerala-rises-to-445
http://www.sott.net/article/394383-Worst-flooding-in-a-century-kills-106-across-Kerala-state-in-India-UPDATE-Death-toll-rises-to-445
2018-08-26 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Taiwan, 6+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180827-64400-TWN
2018-08-26 - After August heatwave, snow hits parts of Austria and Germany:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/austria-germany-covered-40cm-snow-13142737
http://www.sott.net/article/394442-Parts-of-Austria-and-Germany-covered-in-40cm-of-snow-as-temperatures-drop-15-degrees-after-August-heatwave
2018-08-26 - Ebola continues spreading and killing people in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20180801-64102-COG
Quote: "Since the appearance of the new outbreak, last Wednesday, August 1, there have been more than 111 cases between the two Congolese provinces where Ebola was found. The probable death toll from the Ebola virus has increased to 72, since the appearance of the second outbreak in 2018 of this disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)"
2018-08-27 - Landfill spewing hydrogen sulfide and sickening people along the Mississippi River in River Ridge suburb of coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wwltv.com/article/news/local/jefferson/residents-say-odor-from-jp-landfill-causing-health-problems/289-588117507
http://www.wwltv.com/video/news/local/jefferson/river-ridge-residents-say-foul-smell-is-making-them-nauseous-turning-air-filters-black/289-8233011
Quote: "Retired Jefferson Parish Deputy Nancy Pearson is concerned about the higher levels of hydrogen sulfide gas that may be coming from the landfill."
Quote: "People who live in the River Ridge area continue to complain about the odor coming from the landfill, and they say it is causing them health problems, such as nose bleeds and respiratory and eye irritation."
2018-08-27 - Unknown odor causes workers' eyes to burn at office building in Concord (California), near the coast:
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/08/27/firefighters-hazmat-staff-respond-to-concord-incident/
Quote: "At 11:16 a.m., crews responded to a call from workers who left the Concord Gateway office building, 1850 Gateway Blvd., after an unknown odor led some to experience burning eyes, ConFire public information officer Steve Hill said. After an inspection Monday afternoon, no obvious sign of hazardous material was found and crews left by 2:35 p.m., Hill said."
2018-08-27 - Firefighter, man, goes into cardiac arrest at site of fire in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/myrtle-beach-fire-lieutenant-expected-to-make-full-recovery-after-cardiac-arrest-while-fighting-fire/1402244636
http://wpde.com/news/local/myrtle-beach-firefighter-to-make-full-recovery-following-major-cardiac-event
Quote: "A Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue lieutenant is expected to recover after suffering a cardiac arrest. Lt. Michael Beck suffered a severe cardiac event while fighting a structure fire around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to a video posted to the department's Facebook page."
Note: That was the day after one man had a 'medical emergency' in the water at a beach in Myrtle Beach, one man died after being pulled from the water at a beach in Myrtle Beach, and two different people had 'medical events' in Myrtle Beach. Two other men have died in the water at beaches in Myrtle Beach this month too, and a child also died in a swimming pool at a hotel 500 feet from the ocean in Myrtle Beach this month...
2018-08-27 - Nuclear plant almost shuts down due to high temps in the Danube River in Hungary:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20180829-64434-HUN
http://www.intellinews.com/danube-temperature-close-to-danger-level-at-hungary-s-paks-nuclear-power-plant-147497/
Quote: "The third block of Hungary's sole nuclear power plant came close to being shut down last week as the temperature of the Danube reached extreme levels, Hungarian media reported on August 27."
2018-08-27 - Man has 'medical emergency' in trench at construction site in Blue Springs (Missouri):
http://www.kmbc.com/article/worker-suffers-medical-emergency-on-job-site-becomes-trapped-in-a-trench-in-blue-springs/22843807
Quote: "Emergency rushed to help a worker who became trapped in a trench in Blue Springs after a medical emergency Monday."
2018-08-27 - Person has 'medical incident' at beach in coastal Sheringham (Britain):
http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/air-ambulance-lands-on-beach-at-sheringham-after-medical-incident-reported-1-5668815
Quote: "A spokesman for the charity confirmed that the helicopter had been called to reports of a medical incident at 12.47pm, but said there were no further details available at this time."
2018-08-27 - July was the 403rd consecutive month with global temperatures above average and the 4th hottest on record:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/burn-baby-burn-july-was-403rd.html
2018-08-27 - How global warming is making 'red tide' algae blooms even worse:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/how-global-warming-is-making-red-tide.html
Note: Not just red tide blooms, but blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms too...
2018-08-27 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Canandaigua Lake (New York):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180828-64414-USA
2018-08-27 - California climate change report shows rise in wildfires, sea levels and snow drought:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/California-Climate-Change-Report-Shows-Rise-in-Wildfires-Sea-Levels-and-Snow-Drought-491847441.html
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/27/heatwaves-wildfires-rising-seas-predictions-study-climate-change/
Quote: "The report projects a 300 percent increase in wildfires over the next 30 to 50 years, a trend that seemingly already has started with record-breaking wildfire numbers in the past two years. So far this year, 1 million acres have been charred, three times the five-year average, and scientists predict that will increase 77 percent by 2100."
Note: On the plus side, nobody will be around in 2100 to deal with all the fires!
2018-08-27 - Heatwave bakes Gambia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/first-hand-from-west-africa.html
2018-08-27 - Flooding has killed 993 people this year across 5 states in India:
http://weather.com/en-IN/india/monsoon/news/2018-08-27-monsoon-flood-death-toll
http://www.sott.net/article/394455-Monsoon-floods-this-year-kill-993-people-across-5-states-of-India
2018-08-27 - Three feet of rain in 24 hours results in flooding across Taiwan:
http://floodlist.com/asia/taiwan-floods-rainfall-august-2018
http://www.sott.net/article/394505-Floods-leave-7-dead-thousands-displaced-in-Taiwan-3-feet-of-rain-in-24-hours
2018-08-27 - NASA map shows glowing particle clouds over Earth from wildfires and hurricanes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/08/27/nasa-releases-stunning-snapshot-of-the-world-on-fire/
http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/08/27/nasa-aerosol-map-shows-clouds-dust-carbon-and-more-over-earth/1109618002/
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation-now/2018/08/27/nasa-aerosol-map-glows-fire-sand-and-storms/1113377002/
2018-08-27 - Summer high-altitude snow hits parts of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/08/27/summer-snow-falling-in-northern-rockies/
2018-08-27 - Meteor flashes through the night sky over Missouri:
http://www.kmov.com/story/38974486/fireball-seen-over-st-louis-area-monday-night
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/ams-receives-more-than-200-reported-sightings-of-fireball-in-missouri-night-sky
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/28/doorbell-camera-captures-fireball-flashing-through-sky-in-missouri.html
http://www.sott.net/article/394532-Meteor-fireball-seen-over-St-Louis-area-Monday-night
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article217439200.html
2018-08-27 - Public servants banned from talking about climate change in Ontario (Canada):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/ontario-public-servants-banned-from.html
http://www.blogto.com/city/2018/08/doug-ford-climate-change/
Note: Don't wanna spook the herd!
2018-08-28 - Unknown gas odor hits school in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://cw34.com/news/local/school-district-building-evacuated-over-gas-smell
http://cbs12.com/news/local/school-district-building-evacuated-over-gas-smell
Quote: "Authorities briefly evacuated the Palm Beach County School District building Tuesday afternoon to investigate the smell of gas."
2018-09-28 - Sargassum seaweed problem that began in 2011 is intensifying, killing sea life and causing hydrogen sulfide releases across the Caribbean:
http://newrepublic.com/article/150775/humans-created-new-natural-disaster
Quote: "Problems with Sargassum only started to arise in 2011. Seemingly out of nowhere, the seaweed began to amass in huge quantities on 'beaches across the Caribbean, trapping sea turtles and filling the air with the stench of rotting egg,' according to a report in the journal Science. The foul odor stems from hydrogen sulfide, which the seaweed releases when it rots on land."
Quote: "Sargassum researchers do appear confident in two things, though. The first is that these algal blooms constitute a new type of natural disaster—one that, like hurricanes, can be expected every single year. The second is that this new risk is not entirely natural. Humans have made these blooms far more likely."
Note: Similar to the red tide and cyanobacteria blooms that have also been escalating in recent years around the world. Both the climate and the biosphere are changing rapidly now, and in ways that are detrimental to human survival…
2018-08-28 - Man goes into cardiac arrest at detention center in coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6108293/Medical-incident-NSW-detention-centre.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/medical-incident-nsw-detention-centre-231508812--spt.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/villawood-detainee-rushed-to-hospital-after-suspected-heart-attack
Quote: "A male detainee at Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre has been rushed to hospital after a medical episode, sources say. It's believed the detainee may not have survived but this is still to be confirmed through official channels. A source told AAP a man was taken from the detention centre to a nearby hospital after suffering suspected cardiac arrest on Tuesday."
2018-08-28 - Arctic sea ice extent status - not looking good:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/nicholas-humphrey-on-2018-arctic-melt.html
2018-08-28 - Guy McPherson’s lecture in Woodstock (New York):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/guy-mcpherson-in-woodstock.html
2018-08-28 - Mount Etna continues erupting in Italy:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/video/smoke-and-lava-billow-from-italys-mount-etna/vp-BBMz9a2
2018-08-28 - Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near New Caledonia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TS-20180829-64431-NCL
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/106675451/strong-quake-strikes-in-pacific-ocean
http://www.sott.net/article/394599-Shallow-M7-1-earthquake-strikes-off-New-Caledonia
2018-08-28 - Shallow magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Indonesia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6105249/6-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Indonesias-West-Timor.html
http://www.sott.net/article/394519-Shallow-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-of-Indonesias-West-Timor
2018-08-28 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near La Verne (California):
http://kdvr.com/2018/08/29/magnitude-4-4-earthquake-shakes-southern-california/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/4-4-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Southern-13189730.php
http://www.sott.net/article/394601-Magnitude-4-4-earthquake-shakes-Southern-California
2018-08-28 - Lightning strike kills man in Maryville (Missouri):
http://www.kq2.com/content/news/Lightning-strike-kills-Maryville-man-491923231.html
http://www.sott.net/article/394611-Lightning-strike-kills-man-in-Maryville-Missouri
2018-08-28 - Lightning strike injures woman at Denny's in DeLand (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-lightning-strike-deland-dennys-20180828-story.html
2018-08-28 - Tornado tears through dairy farm in Brandon (Wisconsin):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180830-64442-USA
2018-08-28 - Hailstorm seriously damages crops in Comstock (Minnesota):
http://www.agweek.com/business/agriculture/4491391-hail-storm-wreaks-havoc-comstock-minn-crops
http://www.sott.net/article/394626-Severe-hailstorm-wreaks-havoc-on-crops-in-Comstock-Minnesota
2018-08-28 - Hawaii’s rain from Hurricane Lane, topping 50 inches, was among the most extreme in US records:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/hawaiis-rain-from-hurricane-lane.html
2018-08-28 - Meteor lights up the sky over Western Australia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CO-20180829-64423-AUS
http://www.sott.net/article/394574-Meteor-fireball-filmed-over-Western-Australia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6106521/Mystery-surrounds-incredible-flash-light-lit-skyline-Australias-west-coast.html
http://www.kesq.com/news/odd-news/australian-meteor-scientists-search-for-fireball-remnants/787751752
http://www.communitynews.com.au/hills-gazette/news/perth-residents-report-seeing-fireball-meteor-sky-hearing-explosion-york/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/giant-burning-fireball-stuns-aussies-in-western-australia/news-story/475255315b8bb8a20934655cdc6b635d
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/08/29/perth-australia-fireball-meteor/
Quote: "A mystery ball of light zoomed over parts of Australia before exploding and baffling witnesses who shared their disbelief on social media. A huge bang was reportedly heard by residents in Western Australia after a giant, mysterious ball of light beamed across the night sky. Social media went nuts with reports from baffled Aussies who said the 'flaming object' ominously lit up the sky at about 7.40pm local time last night. Some said the object appeared to explode and 'continuing off into the clouds'. Several residents reported hearing a 'huge bang' which took place about the time there was a 'flash in the sky'."
2018-08-28 - Kansas residents in Wichita drank contaminated water for over six years while the state kept silent about chemical tests:
http://www.rt.com/usa/436984-kansas-water-contaminated/
http://www.sott.net/article/394536-Dont-drink-the-water-Kansas-residents-drank-contaminated-water-for-over-six-years-while-the-state-kept-silent-about-chemical-tests
2018-08-29 - Hydrogen sulfide, e.g. sewer gas, evacuates corrections facility building in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://weartv.com/news/local/escambia-county-corrections-office-building-evacuated
http://www.northescambia.com/2018/08/escambia-corrections-evacuated-over-odor-believed-to-be-sewer-gas
http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/08/29/escambia-county-corrections-office-building-evacuated-sewer-gas/1134437002/
http://twitter.com/pnj/status/1034913236825427968/photo/1
Quote: "The Escambia County Corrections Office building was evacuated on Wednesday around 11:30 a.m. after officials say staff reported a strong smell thought to be sewer gas."
2018-08-29 - Unknown gas odor causes partial evacuation at school in Boerne (Texas):
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2018/08/29/portion-of-boerne-middle-school-evacuated-due-to-gas-odor
http://www.ksat.com/news/part-of-boerne-middle-school-south-evacuated-due-to-gas-odor
Quote: "Boerne Middle School officials via Twitter Wednesday afternoon reported a gas odor prompted a partial evacuation of the campus."
2018-08-29 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #134, August 17th-28th, 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/extreme-weather-update-08282018.html
2018-08-29 - 100,000 lightning strikes recorded in 12 hours across France:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1010000/france-weather-storms-lightning-map-meteo-france
http://www.sott.net/article/394612-100000-lightning-strikes-recorded-across-France-in-12-hours
2018-08-29 - Lightning strikes kill 11 people in western Rwanda:
http://www.journalducameroun.com/en/lightning-strike-kills-four-in-western-rwanda/
http://www.sott.net/article/394703-Lightning-strikes-kill-11-in-western-Rwanda
2018-08-29 - At water-starved Lake Mead and Lake Powell, 'the crisis is already real,' scientists say:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2018/08/28/scientists-colorado-river-water-crisis-lake-powell-mead/1088871002/
2018-08-29 - Flooding death toll rises to 30 in Cambodia:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-death-toll-30
http://www.sott.net/article/394684-Flood-death-toll-up-to-30-in-Cambodia
2018-08-29 - How harmful air pollution gets to our brains:
http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/harmful-air-pollution-gets-brains-175400592.html
2018-08-29 - Fisherman catches ultra rare 'ghost lobster' off the coast of Maine:
http://nypost.com/2018/08/30/ghost-lobster-caught-off-maine-coast/
http://www.sott.net/article/394748-Fisherman-catches-ultra-rare-ghost-lobster-off-coast-of-Maine
2018-08-29 - 'Gatsbying' is all the rage on the social media platform Instagram lately:
http://www.mandatory.com/living/1462571-gatsybying-is-the-latest-way-to-impress-a-crush-on-instagram
Quote: "This pop culture phenomenon is the latest trend among millennials on the photo-sharing platform."
Note: It's hard to keep up - I'm still Taylor Swifting!
2018-08-30 - Unknown foul odor sickens people in Derby (Britain):
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/726540/Derby-sick-mystery-smell-Derbyshire-reports-live
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1010602/Derby-smell-news-updates-why-does-derby-smell-like-sick-derbyshire-news
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/city-baffled-mystery-sick-smell-13164718
http://inews.co.uk/news/uk/why-does-derby-smell-of-sick/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-45356366
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcaSV-Es8hA
Quote: "Why does the whole of Derby smell like rotten egg?"
2018-08-30 - Unknown rotten egg odor regularly hitting Bristol (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/mysterious-rotten-egg-smell-bristol-1953624
Quote: "There is a mysterious 'rotten egg' smell in Emersons Green - and residents are not happy. The strange odour, which has been described as smelling similar to sewage and rotting eggs, was first reported around two weeks ago the Environmental Agency. However, people have been complaining about the odour online for at least six months. One resident said they only noticed the stench early in the morning."
2018-08-30 - White House staffer has seizure at the White House in coastal Washington DC:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/404417-ambulance-arrives-at-white-house-to-attend-to-staffer
http://www.whec.com/news/white-house-staffer-suffers-seizure-ambulance-rushed-to-west-wing/5051358/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6115745/Ambulances-arrive-White-House-staffer-suffers-seizure.html
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/08/white-house-staffer-suffers-seizure-ambulance-not-president-donald-trump/
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-staffer-transported-from-west-wing-after-suffering-seizure
http://www.850wftl.com/ambulance-at-white-house-after-a-reported-medical-emergency/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=268914272540&story_fbid=10155660601347541
http://rwnofficial.com/breaking-ambulances-just-arrive-at-the-white-house-in-an-emergency-situation/
http://www.rt.com/usa/437289-white-house-emergency-ambulance/
Quote: "There is a medical emergency at the White House right now. Sarah Sanders informs us that a staffer has suffered a seizure and is being taken for evaluation by ambulance from the West Wing doors."
2018-08-30 - Peter Wadhams on the melting ice in the Arctic and Antarctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/peter-wadhams-on-arctic-ice.html
2018-08-30 - Enough heat to melt interior Arctic Ocean ice is building beneath the surface:
http://news.yale.edu/2018/08/29/archived-heat-has-reached-deep-arctic-interior-researchers-say
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/evidence-that-there-is-enough-energy-to.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/research-arctic-ice-is-melting-from.html
2018-08-30 - Hailstorm and heavy rain damage crops in Koboko District (Uganda):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20180901-64470-UGA
2018-08-30 - Severe storms lead to widespread flooding and high water rescues across the US Midwest, 110,000 lose power:
http://watchers.news/2018/08/30/midwest-severe-storms-lead-to-widespread-flooding-and-high-water-rescues-leave-110-000-without-power/
2018-08-30 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 3 people in Nasarawa (Nigeria):
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/flood-3-killed-in-nasarawa/
http://www.sott.net/article/394706-Floods-kill-3-in-Nasarawa-Nigeria
2018-08-30 - 'Trumpeting sounds' heard in Dallas (Texas):
http://www.sott.net/article/394773-Trumpeting-sounds-heard-in-Dallas-Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1sMLqPIyAo
2018-08-30 - Trumpet sounds heard in the skies of Bavaria (Germany):
http://www.sott.net/article/394776-Is-it-aliens-or-something-Trumpet-sounds-heard-in-the-skies-of-Bavaria-Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErSJfEdUw4
2018-08-30 - 'Weird sound from sky' heard in Penang (Malaysia):
http://www.sott.net/article/394775-Weird-sound-from-sky-heard-in-Penang-Malaysia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWcprOVDbt8
2018-08-30 - We have taken the fish out of the ocean and replaced them with plastic:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/we-have-taken-fish-out-of-ocean-and.html
2018-08-30 - Cat infected with the plague in Big Horn (Wyoming):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=BH-20180830-64439-USA
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/08/a-cat-in-big-horn-wyoming-has-been.html
2018-08-30 - Exxon climate fraud investigation nearing end:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/29082018/exxon-investor-fraud-investigation-climate-change-accounting-new-york-attorney-general-smoking-gun
2018-08-30 - F-35 program officials covering up life-threatening flaws in aircraft:
http://sputniknews.com/military/201808301067582105-usa-f35-plane-flaws-report/
http://www.sott.net/article/394697-F-35-program-officials-covering-up-life-threatening-flaws-in-aircraft-according-to-POGO
2018-08-31 - Drought projected to continue in Australia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/australias-bleak-prognosis-for-spring.html
2018-08-31 - Heavy rain and flash flooding hit Berks County (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180901-64468-USA
2018-08-31 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180901-64476-JPN
2018-08-31 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Nagaland (India), 12+ killed:
http://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/12-dead-3-000-displaced-360-locations-cut-off-in-nagaland-flood-1328415-2018-08-31
http://www.sott.net/article/394798-12-dead-3000-displaced-and-360-locations-cut-off-by-floods-in-Nagaland-India-4-inches-of-rain-in-one-hour-recorded
2018-08-31 - Heavy rain and flooding kill 6 people in Laos:
http://www.sott.net/article/394801-Flood-kills-6-in-northern-Laos
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/31/c_137432968.htm
2018-08-31 - Super Typhoon Jebi, Earth's strongest storm of the year, heads for Japan:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/08/31/super-typhoon-jebi-earths-strongest-storm-2018-heads-japan/1160663002/
http://www.sott.net/article/394870-Super-Typhoon-Jebi-the-Earths-strongest-storm-of-the-year-heads-for-Japan%20[would%20have%20been%20better%20named%20Jedi,%20Obi-wan]
2018-08-31 - Rare waterspout captured on video off the coast of Whitstable (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/whitstable/news/video-rare-waterspouts-spotted-in-kent-188995/
http://www.sott.net/article/394878-Rare-waterspout-captured-on-video-off-coast-of-Whitstable-UK
2018-08-31 - Twenty-pound rodents causing problems in Louisiana:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/08/louisiana-residents-vs-20-pound-swamp.html
Quote: "No, it has nothing to do with offshore drilling, climate change or hurricanes. We’re talking millions of 20-pound swamp rats eating away at wetlands, swamplands and forests, eroding shorelines and making them vulnerable to those other threats. It’s become such a problem that the state of Louisiana is paying private citizens to kill these rats, called nutria, in an attempt to win the battle for the shore."
2018-08-31 - An astounding number of people are on psychiatric medications:
http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/how-many-people-are-on-psychiatric-drugs/
http://www.sott.net/article/394842-An-astounding-number-of-people-are-on-psychiatric-medications
2018-08-31 - Emerging market currencies collapse to record lows as global financial chaos accelerates:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/economic-doom-returns-emerging-market-currencies-collapse-to-record-lows-as-global-financial-chaos-accelerates
2018-08-31 - Man, 49, pulled from the water in critical condition in the Cayuga Inlet near Cayuga Lake (New York):
http://ithacavoice.com/2018/08/man-flown-to-trauma-center-after-falling-into-creek-by-agway/
2018-08-31 - Climate change may cause insects to gobble more crops, study finds:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082018/insect-damage-agriculture-food-crops-climate-change-wheat-corn-rice-study
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/global-warming-may-cause-insects-gobble-more-crops-study-finds-n905186
http://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/31/09/06/global-warming-will-cause-explosion-in-insect-numbers
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6405/916
Quote: "Insects are going to love it when the world turns hotter in the coming years. Not only will they spread more disease — they will eat more crops, researchers reported Thursday. That’s because as temperatures rise, insects become more active and reproduce more, which makes them hungrier, the researchers reported in the journal Science. These increasingly voracious insects will hit North America and Europe right in the breadbasket, the researchers predicted."
2018-08-31 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Vancouver Lake (Washington):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180831-64462-USA
http://www.kptv.com/story/38997340/health-advisory-issued-for-vancouver-lake-due-to-elevated-levels-of-cyanotoxins
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/08/health_officials_warn_of_toxic.html
http://katu.com/news/local/toxic-blue-green-algaey-warning-issued-for-vancouver-lake
2018-08-31 - Unknown foul odor hits Glenealy (Ireland), 5 miles from the coast:
http://www.independent.ie/regionals/wicklowpeople/news/residents-baffled-by-foul-stench-in-glenealy-village-37261118.html
2018-08-31 - Unknown odor sickens people at business in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://okcfox.com/news/local/hazmat-investigating-chemical-smell-at-oklahoma-city-business
http://www.koco.com/article/chemical-smell-prompts-hazmat-response-at-okc-building/22888397
http://twitter.com/koconews/status/1035596108825673728/photo/1
Quote: "A hazardous materials team investigated a chemical smell Friday at an Oklahoma City business after several people became ill."
2018-08-31 - As the Arctic warms and the tundra melts, lakes bubbling up carbon dioxide and methane:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20180901-64466-NPO
http://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2018/08/30/nasa-discovers-bubbling-lakes-in-the-remote-arctic-a-sign-of-global-warming/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/08/lakes-in-arctic-from-melting-permafrost.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/09/as-arctic-thaws-nasa-releases-video-of.html
Quote: "NASA has released videos of bubbling lakes in the remote Arctic tundra, where warming continues to release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates. The international research team, funded by NASA as part of their Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE), recently published their results in Nature Communications. What they found are bubbling lakes as greenhouse gases are released from the previously frozen ground, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions and a warming positive feedback."
Quote: "Large releases of carbon are not decades or centuries away, they are rapidly happening today and with it, changing the landscape of the Arctic."
Note: That's not just a feedback, that's an end-of-the-world feedback. More CO2 and methane are emitted, which causes more warming, which melts more tundra and permafrost, which releases more CO2 and methane, and so on and so on. In the Great Dying, the CO2 levels were about 1000 PPM. Because of the vast amounts of ancient carbon and methane stored in the permafrost, this feedback all by itself will get us to that level, which means mostly everything will die on this planet, just as happened before, and it won't take decades or centuries. This is also just one of the many feedbacks in play now. Even if every human being blew their brains out today, and every power plant was shut down, and every car was left rotting unused in a field, this one feedback all by itself would now still get the planet to Great Dying levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. We are thus irrelevant and before long we will also be nonexistent…
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