Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-01 - Unknown odor evacuates Huff Elementary School in Elgin (Illinois), less than 1 mile from the Fox River:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-elgin-school-evacuated-odor-st-1102-story.html
Quote: "Huff Elementary School in Elgin was evacuated Thursday morning after a 'suspicious odor' was detected, but emergency personnel were unable to determine the source."
2018-11-01 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, people sickened, plane returns to airport in Ronkonkoma (New York):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Plane-Islip-Fumes-Cabin-12-Treated-499313281.html
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/fumes-frontier-flight-macarthur-airport-1.22732843
http://patch.com/new-york/sachem/plane-diverted-back-macarthur-airport-after-fumes-fill-cabin
http://www.wspa.com/news/myrtle-beach-bound-flight-returns-to-ny-airport-after-takeoff-due-to-cabin-odor/1567380359
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/myrtle-beach-bound-flight-returns-to-ny-airport-shortly-after-takeoff-due-to-odor-in-cabin/1567149904
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2018/11/01/flight-bound-myrtle-beach-forced-land-after-reports-fumes-cockpit/
http://wpde.com/news/local/myr-bound-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-jfk
Quote: "A Frontier Airlines flight with 218 people aboard declared an emergency and returned to Long Island MacArthur Airport because of an odor that wound up sickening some on board, officials said on Thursday."
Quote: "Jamie Atkinson of the Sayville-based Community Ambulance Company, which services the airport, said five passengers were transported to Long Island Medical Center in Patchogue, and another 15 were evaluated or treated at the scene but declined to be taken to a hospital."
2018-11-01 - Underground explosions reported in Centre County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/underground-explosions-reported-and-investigated-in-centre-county/1567098900
Quote: "We've been getting reports Thursday of underground explosions in the Bellefonte area. Penn State seismic professor Andy Nyblade is investigating this. He tells WTAJ these events have not risen to the level of an earthquake. His best guess so far is that it could be mines that are collapsing underground. He says people have been reporting the noises to police for several months now. The biggest one appears to have happened Thursday afternoon around 2:29 p.m. It happened in some fields right near the Centre County Prison."
2018-11-01 - Person found dead in burning vehicle at 6:57 AM at Camarillo Airport in Camarillo (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/11/01/1-dead-vehicle-fire-extinguished-camarillo-airport/1844911002/
http://amp.vcstar.com/story/news/2018/11/01/1-dead-vehicle-fire-extinguished-camarillo-airport/1844911002/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=76276576343&story_fbid=10155978882321344
Quote: "A person was found dead Thursday morning after a vehicle fire was extinguished at the Camarillo Airport, officials said."
2018-11-01 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Sissonville (West Virginia):
http://wchstv.com/news/local/crews-responding-to-large-junk-yard-fire-in-sissonville
http://wvah.com/news/local/crews-responding-to-large-junk-yard-fire-in-sissonville
http://newschamber.com/west-virginia/metro-valley/4361158/crews-responding-to-large-junk-yard.html
2018-11-01 - Car dealership devastated by massive fire in Chesapeake (Ohio), 300 feet from the Ohio River:
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Fire-at-car-dealership-in-Chesapeake-Ohio-499313251.html
http://wchstv.com/news/local/fire-destroys-multiple-vehicles-at-car-dealership-in-chesapeake
http://wvah.com/news/local/fire-destroys-multiple-vehicles-at-car-dealership-in-chesapeake
http://www.irontontribune.com/2018/11/01/blaze-engulfs-auto-dealership/
Quote: "The building sustained heavy damage, and some vehicles were destroyed."
2018-11-01 - Van bursts into flame while boarding ferry ship in coastal Tsawwassen (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/4620782/van-fire-tsawwassen-bc-ferry/
http://rock101.com/news/4620782/van-fire-tsawwassen-bc-ferry/
http://globalnews.ca/video/4620437/vehicle-fire-delays-tsawwassen-bc-ferry-sailing
Quote: "A vehicle fire caused a delay for passengers on a ferry to Vancouver Island Thursday morning. A van burst into flames while boarding the 10:15 a.m. sailing of the Queen of Alberni, which was travelling from Tsawwassen to Duke Point, B.C."
2018-11-01 - Many cars destroyed by fire in underground parking lot in suburb of Geneva (Switzerland), near Lake Geneva:
http://vaaju.com/switzerland/big-fire-in-geneva-suburb-lancy-destroy-cars-in-underground-parking/
Quote: "A large fire destroyed an underground parking lot in Geneva's suburb of Lancy on early Thursday. Many cars were fired, said a firefighter responsible for the news agency Keystone-SDA."
2018-11-01 - Recycling center fire rages in coastal Meppel (Netherlands), houseboats evacuated:
http://nltimes.nl/2018/11/01/fire-meppel-recycling-company-houseboats-evacuated-0
http://navva.org/netherlands/nation/large-fire-at-recycling-company-in-meppel-local-residents-evacuated/
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, eight cars burn, on Fremlin Place in coastal Avondale, Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/108090190/cars-on-fire-at-avondale-car-yard-in-auckland
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12153977
2018-11-02 - Scrap metal, cars, truck and machinery go up in flames at auto salvage yard in Belton (Britain), 900 feet from the River Torne:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Sandtoft Industrial Estate Road 1, Belton. Fri 2 Nov 2018 11:48 (No:24503) Fire involving scrap metal, cars and lorry spread to machinery in yard. Two hose reels, two BA. In use."
2018-11-02 - Landfill fire breaks out in Bridgeton (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-bridgeton-landfill/article_278da642-def8-11e8-b09e-d33d2021d61f.html
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/all-clear-given-after-fire-erupts-at-bridgeton-landfill/63-610793093
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2018/11/02/small-fire-burning-at-bridgeton-landfill.html
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fire-at-bridgeton-landfill-is-extinguished-authorities-say-no-contamination/article_5d82a931-07ad-5b61-9796-87eaab6c2ecc.html
Quote: "A fire broke out at the Bridgeton Landfill on Friday afternoon. Firefighters extinguished an infrastructure that caught fire around 5:30 p.m. at the site. As flames shot to the surface as a fire burned beneath, Karen Nickel remains concerned about what's going on below."
2018-11-02 - Distillery rocked by explosion in coastal Clarke's Beach (Canada), 200 feet from the ocean, 3 injured:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/clarkes-beach-fire-explosion-1.4888902
http://vocm.com/news/crews-respond-to-incident-at-newfoundland-distillery-in-clarkes-beach/
http://www.cbncompass.ca/news/local/explosion-at-newfoundland-distillery-co-under-investigation-256058/
2018-11-02 - E-toilet explodes in coastal Mumbai (India), 1 injured:
http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/explosion-in-e-toilet-at-ghansoli-one-seriously-injured-watch/308640
2018-11-02 - Wildfire rages near Lake Hawea (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20181103-65291-NZL
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108328110/Brave-pilots-save-four-homes-from-Lake-Hawea-blaze
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/fire-lake-hawea-under-control
2018-11-02 - Mobile sinkhole-like phenomenon that reeks of rotten eggs destroying everything in its path near the San Andreas Fault near the Salton Sea (California):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6343583/The-bubbling-stinking-mud-pool-cause-chaos-San-Andreas-fault.html
http://watchers.news/2018/11/02/salton-buttes-lava-domes-niland-mud-volcano-california/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-niland-mud-pot-20181101-story.html
http://weather.com/news/news/2018-11-01-california-mud-geyser-moving
Quote: "It is the beginning of the San Andreas fault, where experts fear 'The Big One' could begin. But a small, bubbling pool of mud that stinks of rotting eggs near the Salton Sea is causing concern. Dubbed 'the slow one', experts studying the phenomenon say it is similar to a 'moving sinkhole' - and is speeding up, destroying everything in its path."
Quote: "It’s bubbling not from boiling water, but carbon dioxide being created from deep underground the earth’s surface."
Note: That rotten egg smell is probably hydrogen sulfide. It's certainly not carbon dioxide, which is odorless...
2018-11-02 - Acidifying oceans have kickstarted a feedback loop that acidifies the oceans even faster, seafloors now disintegrating:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-positive-feedback-at-bottom-of-ocean.html
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/23/1804250115
Quote: "Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating. According to a study published this week in PNAS, this sets off a feedback loop that acidifies the ocean even more quickly, a process that is already killing off foundational marine life species such as coral and threatening the balance of all ocean ecosystems on which we depend."
2018-11-02 - Bus driver, man, has seizure, bus crashes into van, three cars and wall, in coastal Anstruther (Scotland):
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/bus-crashes-garden-after-drivers-13525693
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-record/20181103/282265256436212
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3436798/bus-crash-fife-seizure-five-cars-van/
Quote: "Bad crash on the Pittenweem Road. Unfortunately the poor bus driver had a seizure but thankfully he’s ok and no-one was hurt. It could have been so much more catastrophic than a demolished wall."
Category: Fires And Explosions
2018-11-03 - Metal recycling center hit by fire at 6 AM, pile of scrap metal burns, on Boulder Bridge Land in Royston (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/firefighters-expected-to-remain-at-barnsley-scrapyard-blaze-for-most-of-the-morning-1-9426742
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/investigation-launched-into-cause-of-barnsley-scrapyard-blaze-1-9426986
Quote: "Firefighters are still tackling a huge blaze at a scrap metal yard in Barnsley. Crews were called to CK Beckett, Boulder Bridge Lane, Royston, where a pile of scrap metal was on fire at around 6am on Saturday."
2018-11-03 - Transformer explodes and burns, fire spreads to metal recycling business, in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://wdef.com/2018/11/03/transformer-explosion-leads-commercial-fire/
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/39411124/transformer-explosion-causes-fire-at-chattanooga-recycling-center
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/transformer-explosion-causes-fire-power-outages-in-chattanooga
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2018/11/3/379283/Transformer-Explosion-Leads-To.aspx
Quote: "According to Captain Evan Rose, a transformer blew up at a substation adjacent to P.S.C. Metals at 980 West 19th Street."
2018-11-03 - Luxury car dealership hit by fire, seven cars, showroom and warehouse destroyed, in Romford area in coastal London (Britain), nobody there:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46089074
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chadwell-heath-fire-more-100-13532114
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/imperials-car-delearship-fire-1-5764038
http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/chadwell-heath-fire-car-dealership-2181250
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1040595/london-news-romford-fire-car-dealership-chadwell-heath-east-london
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2018/november/125-firefighters-tackle-fire-in-romford-car-lot/
http://metro.co.uk/2018/11/04/firefighters-drive-fleet-of-luxury-cars-away-from-huge-dealership-blaze-8104814/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/740463/chadwell-heath-fire-high-road-romford-car-dealership-london-fire-brigade-latest
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/firefighters-drive-fleet-of-luxury-cars-away-from-huge-dealership-blaze-5992780.html
Quote: "A major fire broke out at a car dealership which sells luxury cars including Ferraris, Bentleys and Lamborghinis last night with more than 100 firefighters attending the scene at the height of the blaze which has been described as “very difficult to tackle”."
Quote: "Seven vehicles, the car show room and the warehouse were 'completely damaged' by the fire, according to London Fire Brigade. The damage caused by the blaze is expected to run into millions of pounds."
2018-11-03 - Car dealership heavily damaged by fire in Alma (Michigan):
http://www.themorningsun.com/news/local/fire-damages-alma-car-dealership/article_3d7a0b5a-dfcd-11e8-af24-271a713a6053.html
http://www.wnem.com/news/crews-battle-fire-at-alma-car-dealership/article_24542898-dfc5-11e8-9687-63e90e5570d5.html
http://wwmt.com/news/state/crews-battle-fire-at-alma-car-dealership
2018-11-03 - Several cars destroyed by fire at auto shop on the waterfront in coastal Poole (Britain):
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17199511.firefighters-called-to-fire-at-poole-quay/
http://twitter.com/DWFireRescue/status/1058755563591557120
Quote: "Emergency services attended a large fire that destroyed several cars in Poole this afternoon."
2018-11-03 - At least eight vehicles go up in flames at 5:21 AM while parked in storage lot in coastal Brisbane (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/03/fire-engulfs-multiple-cars-in-peninsula-parking-lot-blaze/
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/03/fire-engulfs-multiple-cars-in-peninsula-parking-lot-blaze/
http://thedailynewsregister.com/fire-engulfs-multiple-cars-in-peninsula-parking-lot-blaze/
http://www.topix.com/county/san-mateo-ca/2018/11/fire-engulfs-multiple-cars-in-peninsula-parking-lot-blaze
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1110998065/fire-engulfs-multiple-cars-in-peninsula-parking-lot-blaze
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=63095136336&story_fbid=10161382847841337
Quote: "Eight vehicles in a vehicle storage lot were on fire when crews arrived, according to authorities, and firefighters had to shuttle water to the 'remote' lot to put out the fire. The fire involved about 12 vehicles, and several others suffered heat damage."
2018-11-03 - Car explodes and burns in parking lot at store on Mill Way in coastal Sittingbourne (Britain), 1100 feet from the coast, 1 injured:
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne/news/woman-taken-to-hospital-after-car-explodes-192757/
2018-11-03 - Factory complex devastated by massive fire in coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20181104-65302-AUS
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/eighty-firefighters-battle-multibuilding-blaze-in-sydneys-west/news-story/0f85237b36236246a1fc100d0662fc3e
http://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/03/17/01/factory-engulfed-by-western-sydney-blaze
http://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/smoke-billowing-from-factory-in-western-sydney-as-dozens-fight-fire-20181027-p50cdz.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/eighty-firefighters-battle-multibuilding-blaze-in-sydneys-west/news-story/0f85237b36236246a1fc100d0662fc3e
Quote: "A massive fire has engulfed a factory complex in Sydney’s west, with 100 firefighters working to bring the blaze under control. It is expected that fire crews will continue to work throughout the night to bring the fire under control. Currently there are 100 firefighters on the scene with aerial and ground trucks controlling the flame which has taken hold of large building complex in Seven Hills."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-04 - Unknown gas odor hits Summergangs Road in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Summergangs Road, Hull. Sun 4 Nov 2018 07:58 (No:24736) Report of a smell of gas in the area. Gas detection equipment in use; nothing detected. Incident left with gas board representative."
2018-11-04 - Large amount of wood goes up in flames on Lakeside Grove in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Lakeside Grove, Hull. Sun 4 Nov 2018 19:46 (No:24846) Large amount of wood on fire. One hose reel in use."
Note: About 4 miles from the unknown gas odor in Hull...
2018-11-04 - Wildfire closes Highway 9 near the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/04/rincon-fire-santa-cruz-county-blaze-keeping-highway-9-closed-through-sunday/
2018-11-04 - Wildfire rages southwest of Toowoomba (Australia):
http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/eight-crews-plane-battle-1000-hectare-rural-blaze/3568059/
2018-11-04 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at restaurant in Hanover (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/minivan-goes-up-in-flames-in-hanover/
http://www.facebook.com/117184351675800/posts/2109686335758915/
2018-11-04 - SUV bursts into flame at 1:30 AM while parked inside Jiffy Lube on Riverside Street in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.wmtw.com/article/portland-fire-crews-respond-to-fire-inside-jiffy-lube/24629543
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/all-hands-on-deck-for-portland-firefighters-in-early-morning-blaze/97-611092034
http://www.wabi.tv/content/news/Portland-Fire-crews-respond-to-fire-inside-Jiffy-Lube-499584601.html
Quote: "They are now investigating how it started, but say it may be difficult to determine because it started inside the car."
2018-11-04 - Update on the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/update-on-pine-island-glacier-in.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfSa1hLzGo
2018-11-04 - The evidence of global warming is too scary for most humans to cope with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6dPXpeglS4
2018-11-04 - Volcano Ebeko erupts on the Kuril Islands (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/environment/201811041069488955-ebeko-volcano-kuril-islands-ash/
http://www.sott.net/article/399820-Volcano-Ebeko-on-Kuril-Islands-Russia-spews-ash-2-8-miles
http://sivpost.com/in-the-kuril-islands-awoke-the-volcano-ebeko/30709/
2018-11-04 - Powerful storms pound Italy for days, 29+ killed, millions of trees wiped out:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20181029-65226-ITA
http://www.channel3000.com/news/world-news/death-toll-rises-to-29-in-italys-historic-storms-flooding/843691739
http://www.abc17news.com/news/national-world/death-toll-rises-to-29-in-italys-historic-storms-flooding/843695454
http://www.kxly.com/news/world-news/death-toll-rises-to-29-in-italys-historic-storms-flooding/843691705
http://www.keyt.com/news/national-world/death-toll-rises-to-29-in-italys-historic-storms-flooding/843695666
http://www.sott.net/article/399854-Sicily-devastated-as-Italy-struck-by-worst-flooding-in-decades-at-least-10-dead-UPDATE
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-65-billion-sea-wall-did-not-stop.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/well-need-at-least-century-to-return-to.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/death-toll-sweeping-italy-rises-to-29.html
http://watchers.news/2018/11/04/severe-storms-italy-november-2018/
http://www.rt.com/news/443068-italy-flood-sicily-dead/
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-05 - Regional four-engine passenger plane hit by engine fire during flight, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Perth (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6356665/Plane-makes-emergency-landing-Perth-Airport-reportedly-catches-fire.html
http://www.habaritimes.online/2018/11/06/plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-perth-airport-after-it-reportedly-catches-on-fire/
http://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/emergency-landing-at-perth-airport-after-in-flight-engine-shutdown-20181106-p50e90.html
Quote: "A light plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after it reportedly caught on fire mid-flight."
Note: This is the 181st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-05 - SUV bursts into flame at 2 AM and burns man to death in Delhi (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/man-charred-to-death-in-car-fire/article25431138.ece
http://www.eenaduindia.com/news/delhi/2018/11/05232859/Man-burnt-to-death-inside-SUV-in-Delhi.vpf
http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/rohini-west-delhi-delhi-man-gets-burnt-to-death-inside-tata-sumo-after-it-catches-fire-1943336
http://flipboard.com/topic/northindia/man-in-delhi-gets-burnt-to-death-inside-his-suv-after-it-catches-fire/f-d9a99459da%2Fndtv.com
http://tennews.in/man-in-delhi-gets-burnt-to-death-inside-his-suv-after-it-catches-fire/
http://www.siasat.com/news/delhi-man-burnt-death-inside-suv-delhi-1428662/
Quote: "A man was burnt to death on Monday after an SUV he was in caught fire in west Delhi, police said. Police said the incident occurred around 2 a.m. when some passers-by informed Delhi Fire Service Control Room and the local police about a fire in TATA Sumo SUV at Gram Sabha Puth Kala in Rohini."
2018-11-05 - Underground electrical fire breaks out near the university of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/fire-knocks-out-verizon-service-university-pennsylvania
http://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/city-officials-say-911-calls-are-being-impacted-damaged-verizon-cables
2018-11-05 - Underground electrical fire breaks out at hospital on Liverpool Road in Chester (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/electrical-fire-in-chester_05-11-2018_20-50-05
2018-11-05 - Huge landfill fire breaks out at 12:55 AM and spreads to shanties in Delhi (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-massive-fire-at-a-garbage-dump-in-delhis-jangpura-1942860
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/massive-fire-at-garbage-dump-in-delhi-s-jungpura-no-injuries/story-JMzisy1OnTn66Ntd0GAwGM.html
http://www.oneindia.com/videos/massive-fire-at-garbage-dump-in-delhis-jangpura-watch-video-356344.html
2018-11-05 - Concrete plant rocked by explosion in coastal Dartmouth (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181106-65326-CAN
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/explosion-reported-burnside-industrial-park-194224300.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/explosion-burnside-dartmouth-1.4892713
http://canadianews.org/world/2018/11/05/484227-explosion-reported-in-burnside-industrial-park.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/4631719/fire-police-crews-at-explosion-at-cement-plant-in-dartmouth/
2018-11-05 - Chemical factory devastated by huge fire near coastal Mumbai (India), 4 injured:
http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/massive-fire-at-chemical-factory-in-mumbais-ambernath-4-injured-1943266
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/massive-fire-in-chemical-factory-in-ambernath-near-mumbai/article25428584.ece
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/massive-fire-in-chemical-factory-in-ambernath-near-mumbai-118110500924_1.html
http://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/061118/major-fire-breaks-out-at-factory-in-ambernath.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w_mH3aJaEM
2018-11-05 - Woman has 'medical emergency' and collapses at Trump rally near the Mississippi River in Cape Girardeau (Missouri):
http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-11-05/the-latest-trump-urges-supporters-to-vote-knocks-media
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/11/05/cape-girardeau-medical-emergency-president-trump-rally-amazing-grace/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1041368/Midterm-elections-Donald-Trump-Fort-Wayne-Indiana-rally-medical-emergency-crowd-doctor
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/415102-trump-pauses-missouri-campaign-rally-after-woman-collapses
http://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-trump-urges-supporters-vote-knocks-media-164544035--election.html
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Trump-pauses-speech-as-woman-gets-medical-help-499748181.html
Quote: "President Donald Trump says he's hoping a supporter will be fine after a medical incident at his final rally ahead of Tuesday's midterm election. Trump paused his stump speech for roughly five minutes after being alerted to a medical emergency in the crowd of thousands."
Quote: "He is in the Mississippi River town to tout Missouri's Republican attorney general, Josh Hawley, who is challenging Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill."
Note: President Oblivious has no clue what's going on, even as the Earth stalks him (and everyone else). A Secret Service agent, man, 42, stroked out in July at Trump's Turnberry Resort golf course on the coast in Scotland. A White House staffer had a seizure in late August at the White House. A person had a 'medical incident' on a park bench right outside the White House. Other people have had 'medical events' at rallies. A yacht burst into flame right outside Trump Tower in Chicago. At least three different fires have burned Trump Towers, two of the fires in coastal Manhattan, one of those with a fatality. The First Lady's plane came down smoking in October in Maryland, not quite three weeks ago. Think Trump will catch on to what's happening before the Earth expunges him or his sons or his daughter or his wife? Extremely doubtful...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-06 - Seven students sickened by unknown cause at school in Pontiac (Michigan), 1300 feet from the Vermilion River:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20181107-65350-USA
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20181107/st-marys-evacuated-after-purported-gas-leak
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/students-at-st-mary-s-in-pontiac-treated-after-gas/article_2eeb6fb9-dcc9-538a-8dbd-04851167615c.html
Quote: "Seven students from St. Mary’s Catholic School in Pontiac were treated at a local hospital and released Tuesday, but officials still are unsure what caused the students to feel ill."
Quote: "While initially believed to be a gas leak, Jacob Campbell, deputy chief of the Pontiac Fire Department, said that neither the PFD nor any other department or agency detected gas when summoned."
Quote: "The municipal fire department arrived on scene with Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Ambulance Service and immediately began to triage patients and investigate the school utilizing four-gas monitors. Such monitors have a chemical sensor each for the percent of oxygen, the percent of lower explosive limit, the concentration of carbon monoxide, and concentration of hydrogen sulfide."
Note: So not a gas leak, and for once they actually did have hydrogen sulfide detectors. But hydrogen sulfide is water-soluble. Where does this school get its water supply from? An outdoor reservoir or a river or lake? Which kids drank from the water fountains? The ones that got sick? Hydrogen sulfide gas will also adsorb onto and into matter and then even though it's not floating around in the air, you can still get poisoned by touching contaminated stuff and then eating something with contaminated hands. So if hydrogen sulfide gets sucked into a school through the HVAC system overnight while nobody is there, it won't be in the air come morning - it'll be an invisible molecular coating on bannisters and locker locks and door handles and walls and inside porous materials like clothing and wood and carpet and drapes. And hydrogen sulfide detectors won't detect it in that form, nor when it's in the water, only when it's gas dispersed in the air...
2018-11-06 - Underground electrical fire and explosion blows several manhole covers off near city hall in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://wdef.com/2018/11/06/underground-electrical-fire-blocks-off-chattanooga-city-hall/
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/underground-electrical-fire-forces-chattanooga-city-hall-to-evacuate-tuesday
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/11/06/explosion-by-city-hall-in-tennessee-result-of-underground-fire-officials-say/
http://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/officials-explosion-by-city-hall-result-of-underground-fire/1576361848
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2018-11-06/officials-explosion-by-city-hall-result-of-underground-fire
http://www.thedailytimes.com/news/state_region/officials-explosion-by-city-hall-result-of-underground-fire/article_e6c03f58-93dd-53cb-bf2c-63708f326f89.html
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/39427035/city-hall-evacuated-after-reports-of-an-explosion
http://www.therepublic.com/2018/11/06/tn-underground-explosion/
Quote: "A reported explosion near a Tennessee city hall has been identified as the result of an underground electrical fire. Chattanooga Fire spokesman tells news outlets that Chattanooga’s city hall was temporarily evacuated Tuesday a nearby explosion blew several manhole covers off and smoked up city hall."
2018-11-06 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 2 AM in coastal Brisbane (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/11/06/fire-recology-brisbane-san-francisco-smoke/
http://abc7news.com/fire-at-brisbane-recycling-center-prompts-smoke-warning-for-sf-residents/4631123/
http://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/06/firefighters-battling-blaze-at-recycling-center-in-brisbane/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Fire-at-garbage-facility-sending-smoke-into-13366667.php
http://www.ktvu.com/news/fire-at-recology-facility-in-brisbane-smoke-visible-from-miles-away
http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Update-Smoldering-Fire-Burning-At-Recycling-13366826.php
http://www.sfexaminer.com/brisbane-recycling-facility-fire-causing-smoky-skies-sf/
2018-11-06 - Metal recycling plant hit by fire at 2:31 AM, palletized batteries burn, in Canning Town area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2018/november/fire-at-metal-recycling-plant-canning-town/
Quote: "Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a metal recycling plant in Bidder Street, Canning Town. Approximately eight to ten tonnes of palleted batteries were damaged by fire."
2018-11-06 - Huge cracks open in the ground and destroy roads in Polavaram (India):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/crack-road-polavaram-construction-site-india-video-pictures.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/cave-in-at-polavaram-road-officials-blame-mudcrack-but-experts-differ/articleshow/66506368.cms
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/road-cracks-near-polavaram-site-causes-panic-andhra-officials-deny-earthquake-rumours-91045
2018-11-06 - WWF report reveals devastating human impact on planetary health:
http://sdg.iisd.org/news/wwf-report-reveals-devastating-human-impact-on-planetary-health/
2018-11-06 - Doomsday by 2021?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/11/doomsday-by-2021.html
2018-11-06 - Volcano Fuego erupts in Guatemala:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20181108-65352-GTM
2018-11-06 - Earthquake swarm hits the island of Tenerife (Spain), 17 quakes within 1 hour near Mount Teide:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/earthquake-swarm-hits-the-island-of-tenerife-canary-islands-17-tremors-hit-the-island-within-1-hour.html
Category: Fires And Explosions
2018-11-07 - Wildfire breaks out alone I-5 near Ashland (Oregon):
http://mailtribune.com/news/top-stories/firefighters-battling-blaze-near-california-border
http://katu.com/news/local/wildfire-near-the-california-oregon-border
2018-11-07 - Barge full of scrap cars erupts in flame on the Fraser River in coastal Surrey (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/4640794/fraser-river-barge-catches-fire-again/
Quote: "The same barge that caught fire on the Fraser River on Oct. 30 briefly caught fire again Nov. 7."
Quote: "There have been two similar barge fires at the Schnitzer Metal Recycling facility near the Pattulo Bridge — one in August and the other on Oct. 9."
Note: On the day the scrap car barge went up in flames on the Fraser River on October 9th, a tractor trailer also burst into flame on a bridge over the Fraser River just a few miles away, both events mentioned in the 2018-10-09 update...
2018-11-07 - Fishing ship 'Enterprise' bursts into flame in coastal Macduff Harbour (Scotland), nobody aboard:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Enterprise-9198795.html
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1603928/fire-crews-tackle-fire-on-boat-at-macduff-harbour/
http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/blaze-on-board-fishing-boat-docked-at-north-east-harbour1/
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/1604046/firefighters-called-to-blaze-on-a-fishing-boat-docked-at-a-north-east-harbour/
Quote: "Three fire appliances and a height vehicle were called to the fire on board the 'Enterprise – BF 1' at Macduff Harbour on Nov 7, 2018, shortly after 7.30am."
2018-11-07 - Two boats destroyed by fire at 2:22 AM while docked in coastal Stuart (Florida):
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-martin-county/fire-destroys-boats-in-martin-county
http://cbs12.com/news/local/multiple-boats-catch-fire-in-martin-county
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2018/11/07/boats-burn-stuart-marina-salerno-pines-boat-basin/1917424002/
http://www.facebook.com/MartinCountyFireRescue/posts/331604577392504
2018-11-07 - Yacht 'MV Entourage 2' bursts into flame near coastal Cairns (Australia):
http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/passengers-rescued-from-motor-cruiser-as-vessel-goes-up-in-flames/news-story/122ec31019a45c8f1989753b1e571557
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/passengers-rescued-from-motor-cruiser-as-vessel-goes-up-in-flames/news-story/122ec31019a45c8f1989753b1e571557
http://www.whitsundaycoastguardian.com.au/news/passengers-rescued-from-motor-cruiser-as-vessel-go/3569962/
http://www.suratbasin.com.au/news/passengers-rescued-from-motor-cruiser-as-vessel-go/3569962/
http://www.star1027.com.au/news/local-news/93070-yacht-fire-sparks-rescue
http://www.4ca.com.au/news/local-news/86110-yacht-fire-sparks-rescue
Quote: "Four people have been rescued from a burning motor yacht off the coast of Cairns this afternoon. Smoke billowing from the 20 metre vessel called MV Entourage 2 could be seen from the Cairns Esplanade after the fire broke out at 4.15pm."
Note: These are the 1054th, 1055th, 1056th, 1057th and 1058th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-07 - Van bursts into flame at 2 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, on Mill Lane in Henley (Britain):
http://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/home-destroyed-after-van-fire-spreads-in-henley/
2018-11-07 - Grain storage facility devastated by huge fire, multiple buildings destroyed, in coastal Kent (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/2-alarm-fire-at-commercial-building-south-of-kent
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/fire-crews-working-to-put-out-blaze-at-kent-commercial-property/
http://q13fox.com/2018/11/07/video-shows-crews-fighting-huge-fire-at-kent-feed-store/
2018-11-07 - Market heavily damaged by fire at 2 AM in Gikomba, Nairobi (Kenya):
http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Gikomba-market-on-fire/1056-4840284-ymdfd6/index.html
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/11/07/fire-razes-shops-at-gikomba-market_c1846710
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/11/08/another-mystery-fire-razes-parts-of-gikomba-market-traders-expect-more_c1847172
http://mpasho.co.ke/gikomba-market-fire-images/
Quote: "In June this year, at least 16 people were killed and more than 60 injured when another fire gutted a section of the market. In 2017, traders lost property valued at about Sh15 million when another huge fire destroyed a section of the market."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-08 - Hydrogen sulfide kills 50 pigs, sickens two men, at pig farm in Getty Township (Minnesota):
http://wjon.com/two-men-sick-50-pigs-dead-after-noxious-fumes-exposure/
http://www.theosakisreview.com/news/4526663-fumes-sauk-centre-pig-barn-sicken-two-workers
http://www.startribune.com/toxic-fumes-kill-50-pigs-sicken-2-workers-near-sauk-centre/500046391/
http://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/noxious-fumes-from-discovery-of-dead-pigs-sickens-workers-in-stearns-county
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/category/news/3974552-toxic-fumes-at-farm-kill-50-pigs-sicken-2-workers/
Quote: "Authorities said hydrogen sulfide gases caused the illness to the two men and the death of the pigs."
2018-11-08 - Unknown odor sickens 12 people at school in Sacramento (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20181109-65370-USA
http://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento-firefighters-respond-to-hazmat-situation-at-st-francis-high-school/103-612686536
Quote: "Emergency personnel are at St. Francis Catholic High School in Sacramento responding to a hazmat situation Thursday. Around 10 a.m., authorities received a call regarding an odor at St. Francis High School. After arriving, firefighters declared the situation a major casualty incident due to the number of potential patients. A total of five ambulances are at the scene. 10 students and two teachers are being treated on the scene; all are expected to go to the hospital. An announcement from the school at the scene clarified that there was no gas and no leak. They also acknowledged that the school was being very precautious, that students were safe, and that the day will proceed as normal."
2018-11-08 - Man burns to death in burning car on Highway 100 in coastal Laguna Vista (Texas):
http://ktxs.com/news/texas/man-dies-in-evening-car-fire-in-laguna-vista
http://valleycentral.com/news/local/man-dies-in-evening-car-fire-in-laguna-vista
http://newschamber.com/texas/south-texas/5163205/man-dies-in-evening-car-fire-in-laguna.html
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=60424456156&story_fbid=10155449407301157
Quote: "One man died in a car fire in Laguna Vista on Wednesday evening. Tony David, Chief of Police for the Laguna Vista Police Department, said that just after 6:30 p.m., authorities were called out to a report of a vehicle fire on State Texas Highway 100, west of Laguna Heights. David said when authorities arrived on the scene, the fire had fully engulfed the vehicle and the man was found dead. Authorities have not released his name but said he is believed to be an older individual and a local resident in Laguna Vista."
2018-11-08 - Person found dead in burning pickup truck near Richey Road and Davis Road in Pelzer (South Carolina):
http://www.wspa.com/news/coroner-called-to-deadly-vehicle-fire-on-richey-road-in-pelzer/1582215823
http://www.wyff4.com/article/coroner-investigating-deadly-car-fire-in-greenville-county/24862063
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/greenville-county-coroner-one-death-confirmed-in-vehicle-fire-in/article_d38cf7ce-e3c9-11e8-9ad4-4bbf719dab47.html
2018-11-08 - Massive wildfire erupts at 6:30 AM and rages into Paradise (California), thousands sent fleeing, most of Paradise destroyed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181108-65366-USA
http://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/08/highway-70-being-shut-down-wildfire-in-feather-river-canyon/
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/us/california-camp-fire-hospital-evacuation/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/wildfire-destroys-most-of-california-town-of-paradise
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-residents-evacuated-california-wildfire-grows-59061936
http://www.wric.com/news/national/state-of-emergency-declared-in-california-fire/1581724093
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Evacuations-ordered-across-Butte-County-as-Camp-13374840.php
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paradise-camp-fire-butte-county-northern-california-evacuations-today-2018-11-08-live-updates/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/california-fire-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-where-active-smoke-visible-space-a8625121.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/wildfire-chars-more-5-000-acres-rural-northern-california-n934086
http://www.kcra.com/article/butte-count-wildfire-burns-18000-acres-thousands-evacuated-from-paradise/24838602
http://earther.gizmodo.com/explosive-northern-california-is-consuming-80-acres-of-1830318601
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/us/gallery/camp-fire-california-wildfire/index.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fire-santa-rosa-20181108-story.html
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221378080.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-wildfire-1.4897389
Quote: "The wildfire ignited around 6:30 a.m. in the Camp Creek Road area near Highway 70 in the Feather River Canyon."
Quote: "Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town."
Quote: "Paradise resident Kevin Winstead said the whole lower side of the town was burning. 'Not one home will be left standing,' he said."
Quote: "As she fled, Gina Oviedo described a devastating scene in which flames engulfed homes, sparked explosions and toppled utility poles. 'Things started exploding," Oviedo said. "People started getting out of their vehicles and running.'"
Quote: "A fire official says the Northern California town of Paradise has been 'pretty much' destroyed. CalFire Capt. Scott McLean says a wind-whipped wildfire destroyed thousands of structures but he said they won't have an exact count until they can get into the area."
Quote: "California is experiencing one of its worst fire years ever, with 251,610 hectares burned as of last Sunday in areas covered by Cal Fire, nearly twice the amount during the same period of 2017 and nearly triple the five-year average."
2018-11-08 - Wildfire breaks out and grows rapidly to 8,000+ acres in coastal Ventura County (California), evacuations ensue:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Brush-Fire-Erupts-to-100-Acres-Near-Newbury-Park-500086241.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/08/camp-fire-hill-fire-images-destruction-california-wildfires/1936406002/
http://www.ibtimes.com/california-wildfires-hill-fire-shuts-highway-101-butte-county-blaze-burns-structures-2731097
http://www.keyt.com/news/fire/hill-fire-in-newbury-park-shuts-down-us-101-to-camarillo/852578025
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/08/brush-fire-newbury-park-santa-rosa/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fire-santa-rosa-20181108-story.html
http://weather.com/news/news/2018-11-08-california-wildfire-impacts
http://www.ktvu.com/news/371703178-video
Quote: "The wind-driven Hill Fire has quickly burned between 8,000 and 10,000 acres in Ventura County, forcing a complete freeway closure of the 101, evacuations and keeping residents on edge. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for Camarillo Springs, Vallecito Trailer Park, Cal State Channel Islands' campus and Dos Vientos. Voluntary evacuations are being urged for Pount Magu Naval Base."
2018-11-08 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 30 vehicles burn, in Mebane (North Carolina):
http://www.wxii12.com/article/firefighters-battle-fire-involving-30-vehicles-at-mebane-salvage-yard/24853423
Quote: "Firefighters battled a fire involving 30 vehicles at a Mebane salvage yard on Thursday evening. Crews with the Haw River Fire Department were dispatched to Mickey's Auto Salvage just after 3 p.m for a report of a fire. When they arrived, they encountered about 30 vehicles on fire near the back of the property, which is located off of U.S. Highway 70 in Mebane."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-09 - Office building rocked by hydrogen sulfide explosion in bathroom in Amarillo (Texas):
http://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/firefighters-responding-to-reports-of-explosion-at-potter-randall-appraisal-district
http://ktxs.com/news/texas/firefighters-responding-to-reports-of-explosion-at-potter-randall-appraisal-district
http://www.myhighplains.com/news/amarillo-hazmat-team-at-situation-on-5700-block-of-hollywood-road/1583560842
http://www.kgncnewsnow.com/afd-on-scene-of-a-report-of-an-explosion-at-the-prad-building/
Quote: "After responding to reports of an explosion at the Potter-Randall Appraisal District offices, firefighters discovered high levels of hydrogen sulfide."
Quote: "After not being able to determine the source of the gas, AFD's Hazardous Materials Team was called to the scene. The Hazmat Team arrived and monitored the building with more specific monitoring equipment, however, they were unable to determine the cause of the explosion or the source of the gas."
2018-11-09 - Unknown gas odor hits property on Hughenden Avenue in High Wycombe (Britain):
http://bucksfire.gov.uk/latest-incidents/
Quote: "Friday 9 November, 5.34am Smell of gas, Hughenden Avenue, High Wycombe. One appliance and crew from High Wycombe attended. Firefighters checked the property but did not locate a gas leak."
Note: Lots of vehicles have been bursting into flame recently in High Wycombe too...
2018-11-09 - Pakistani Air Force C-130 cargo plane bursts into flame and makes emergency landing at airbase in Rawalpindi (Pakistan):
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/392020-c-130-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-at-paf-base-nur-khan
http://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/391730-c-130-aircraft-caught-fire-at-nur-khan-airbase
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1843849/1-c-130-aircraft-crash-lands-nur-khan-airbase-rawalpindi/
http://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/11/paf-aircraft-makes-emergency-landing-at-nur-khan-airbase/
Quote: "A C-130 aircraft, which was on a routine training mission, made an emergency landing at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Nur Khan after catching fire on Friday."
2018-11-09 - Twin-engine plane smokes and crashes near Readburn Road in the Town of Tompkins (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/plane-crash-reported-in-delaware-county/article_f9a46b20-e461-11e8-ad6c-fb59e0f4f19e.html
http://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/small-plane-crashes-in-tompkins-at-least-one-dead/article_34c5f454-811a-5f3c-a4cb-6d8bb5b59406.html
http://wbng.com/news/local-news/2018/11/09/one-person-killed-in-small-plane-crash-in-delaware-county/
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/binghamton/news/2018/11/10/one-dead-in-delaware-county-plane-crash
http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo-man-dies-in-plane-crash-in-catskills/1587325813
Quote: "A small plane has reportedly crashed in Delaware County. A caller reported that a small plane was seen trailing smoke from its wing in the area of Readburn Road in the town of Tompkins around 3 p.m., according to scanner reports."
Note: These are the 182nd and 183rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-09 - Wildfire explodes in size to 90,000+ acres, death toll rises to at least 9 as fire destroys Paradise (California):
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/09/us/paradise-california-camp-fire/index.html
http://6abc.com/at-least-9-dead-as-fire-incinerates-n-california-town/4652880/
http://www.khq.com/story/39454916/death-toll-hits-6-in-n-california-fire
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/At-least-five-dead-as-Camp-Fire-lays-waste-to-13378522.php
http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-order-evacuations-camp-fire-threatens-8000-acres/story?id=59065896
http://news.sky.com/story/five-die-in-their-cars-as-wildfires-spread-and-malibu-is-evacuated-11549372
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/there-s-no-more-typical-wildfire-season-california-it-may-n934521
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-wildfires-3-blazes-destroying-homes-forcing-massive-evacuations-n934436
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/6-fatalities-confirmed-after-massive-camp-fire-pretty-much-destroyed-paradise-california/70006585
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/9-dead-35-missing-and-death-toll-set-to.html
http://6abc.com/noaa-satellite-imagery-shows-california-fires-from-space/4657030/
http://abc7ny.com/6-dead-in-massive-northern-california-wildfire/4655588/
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/09/us/california-fires.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46155767
Quote: "By Friday night, the blaze had grown in size to an area of about 90,000 acres in Butte County and was just 5 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Some 52,000 people have been evacuated and more than 6,700 structures in the effected area have already been destroyed."
Quote: "A Northern California sheriff says only one of the nine people who died in a wildfire was found inside a home. Butte County Sheriff Korey Honea said Friday that three people were found outside homes and four people inside vehicles. He said another victim was found near a vehicle but outside it."
Quote: "The sheriff says they have taken 35 reports of missing people."
Quote: "As of Friday evening, 6,713 structures have been destroyed, making it the most destructive individual fire in California history. Previously, the most destructive fire was the Tubbs fire which destroyed 5,636 structures in October of 2017."
Quote: "There's no more typical California wildfire season. It may be year-round, experts warn."
Note: So it took less than 36 hours for this fire to become the most destructive fire in California history...
2018-11-09 - Wildfire breaks, explodes in size to 35,000 acres, rages into coastal Malibu (California), celebrities sent fleeing, homes destroyed:
http://6abc.com/caitlyn-jenner-scott-derrickson-lose-homes-in-socal-wildfire/4657842/
http://6abc.com/weather/photos-woolsey-fire-hill-fire-burn-in-ventura-county/4653730
http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/kardashian-rainn-wilson-alyssa-milano-malibu-fire-1203024558/
http://variety.com/2018/biz/news/malibu-fire-out-of-control-1203024940/
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-malibu-gridlock-fire-evacuation-20181109-story.html
http://abc7ny.com/i-thought-i-was-going-to-die-woman-drives-through-flames-to-flee-malibu-wildfire/4657381/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/pair-southern-california-wildfires-growing-intensity-forcing-evacuations/story?id=59079366
http://6abc.com/entertainment/woolsey-fire-destroys-paramount-ranch-set-used-for-westworld-mash/4655986/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/la-me-ln-woolsey-fire-oak-park-20181109-story.html
http://whdh.com/news/wildfire-torches-famed-movie-site-sends-celebrities-fleeing/
http://fortune.com/2018/11/09/california-wildfires-woolsey-fire-malibu-evacuation/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/09/woolsey-fire-75k-homes-evacuated/
Quote: "A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has scorched a historic movie site recently used by the HBO series 'Westworld' and forced numerous celebrities to join the thousands fleeing flames that have claimed homes and prompted the total evacuation of the celebrity enclave Malibu."
Quote: "The fire barreled into Malibu on Friday afternoon with destructive force, burning dozens of hillside homes in its march to the Pacific Ocean and more than doubling in size from 14,000 acres to 35,000 acres in the span of several hours. The fire destroyed houses in Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Bell Canyon and other Ventura County communities and showed no signs of slowing as evacuation orders and anxiety continued to spread."
2018-11-09 - Shallow magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Svalbard, high methane levels ensue:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/a-shallow-powerful-magnitude-68-struck.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/high-methane-emissions-after-yesterdays.html
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-10 - Hunter burns to death in tree stand fire in Carroll County (Missouri):
http://www.kmmo.com/2018/11/11/deer-hunter-dies-in-tree-stand-fire-in-carroll-county-on-saturday/
2018-11-10 - Underground fire and explosion blow manhole cover off beneath car in coastal Bronx (New York), 5 injured:
http://abc7ny.com/5-injured-including-officers-in-bronx-manhole-explosion/4658259/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/11/10/bronx-manhole-explosion-injures-5-people/
http://nypost.com/2018/11/10/manhole-explosion-injures-five-including-two-cops-in-the-bronx/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Explosion-Bronx-Police-Officers-Hurt-Civilians-Hurt-500185421.html
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2018/11/10/five-injured-in-bronx-manhole-explosion
http://bronx.news12.com/clip/14684626/officials-manhole-explosion-injures-7-people-in-melrose
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du5LVS0JL2g
2018-11-10 - Wildfire grows to 105,000 acres in and around Paradise (California), death toll rises to 23:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181109-65377-USA
http://abc7ny.com/23-dead-in-massive-northern-california-wildfire/4655588/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deaths-suspected-california-wildfires-winds-set-pick-back-n934846
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/11/10/the-latest-camp-fire-continues-to-destroy-has-burned-over-100000-acres/
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Deadly-California-Fire-Levels-Town-in-Less-Than-a-Day-500197631.html
http://www.necn.com/news/national-international/Deadly-California-Fire-Levels-Town-in-Less-Than-a-Day-500197631.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/us/california-wildfires-camp-woolsey-hill/index.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/paradise-california-wildfire-1.4900604
Quote: "Fourteen more bodies were discovered Saturday in cars, charred housed, as a wildfire tore through the Northern California community. Twenty-three people in total have been found dead, Butte County Sheriff's spokesperon confirmed Saturday night, making the Camp Fire the third deadliest fire recorded in California history. Entire neighborhoods are leveled by the so-called Camp Fire and at least 110 are still missing. None of the victims have been identified due to the condition of the remains, the sheriff said."
Quote: "The blaze that started Thursday outside the hilly town of Paradise has grown to 105,000 acres and destroyed more than 6,700 buildings, almost all of them homes, making it California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began."
Quote: "Paradise, with a population of 27,000, was destroyed by the fire."
2018-11-10 - Wildfire grows to more than 70,000 acres in and near coastal Malibu (California), firenado spotted, 2 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181109-65377-USA
http://abc7ny.com/2-killed-in-socal-fire-that-has-doubled-in-size/4652984/
http://6abc.com/weather/woolsey-fire-whips-up-terrifying-firenado/4663543/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/09/california-fires-malibu-evacuations-latest-news-updates-today
http://www.foxnews.com/us/southern-california-fires-burn-mobile-homes-malibu-mansions
http://www.sfexaminer.com/woolsey-fire-california-expands-kills-2-now-covers-70000-acres/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/at-least-2-dead-in-californias-woolsey-fire-la-coroner-says
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ventura-county-fires-20181110-story.html
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/10/woolsey-fire-doubles-to-70000-acres/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/woolsey-fire-burns-mobile-homes-malibu-mansions
Quote: "Karen Foshay shot footage of the firenado -- which she described as a 'fire hurricane' -- writing on Instagram that it was 'one of the most terrifying events I have experienced.' Foshay said the firenado formed in Malibu along Pacific Coast Highway. 'Let's get out of here,' somebody can be heard saying in the video as the crew begins to retreat."
2018-11-10 - Bay Area air quality in California reaches Beijing levels forcing pedestrians to walk with surgical masks:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/yes-its-so-bad-bay-area-air-quality-reaches-beijing-levels-forcing-pedestrians-to-walk-with-surgical-masks.html
2018-11-10 - Man, 49, has heart attack while piloting small plane, plane crashes near Guthrie Center (Iowa), all 4 aboard killed:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-iowa-plane-crash-20181110-story.html
http://klewtv.com/news/nation-world/small-plane-crashes-in-iowa-killing-everyone-on-board
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/small-plane-crashes-iowa-killing-people-board-59107182
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/11/10/iowa-plane-crash-heart-attack-guthrie-center-four-killed/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/iowa-plane-crash-kills-four-after-pilot-suffers-heart-attack-police-say
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Official-4-killed-in-plane-crash-en-route-to-hunting-trip-500204272.html
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Iowa-authorities-say-4-dead-in-crash-of-small-plane-in-Iowa-500205632.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/ap-news/2018/11/10/small-plane-crashes-in-iowa-killing-all-4-people-on-board.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/11/10/guthrie-county-plane-crash-kills-four-des-moines-traffic-control-pilot-heartattack-emergency-landing/1956366002/
http://www.khq.com/story/39458590/teenage-girl-among-4-killed-after-small-plane-crashes-in-central-iowa
Quote: "Four people were killed in a plane crash Friday in Guthrie County after the pilot had a heart attack, the deadliest aviation incident in Iowa since 2007, authorities said."
Quote: "A small plane crashed in central Iowa, killing all four people on board, after the pilot apparently had a heart attack and a student pilot was to attempt an emergency landing, authorities said Saturday."
Quote: "The sheriff’s office identified those killed as the pilot, 49-year-old Edward Ralph Anderson, of Le Mars; 28-year-old Tyler Douvia, of Merrill; and 36-year-old Patrick Kellen and 15-year-old Samantha Clark, both of Le Mars."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-11 - Greenland expelling significant amounts of methane into the atmosphere as Greenland's ice melts away from global warming:
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35054-7
http://www.altmetric.com/details/51025496
Quote: "During a 2016 field expedition to the West Greenland Ice Sheet, a striking observation of significantly elevated CH4 concentrations of up to 15 times the background atmospheric concentration were measured directly in the air expelled with meltwater at a subglacial discharge point from the Greenland Ice Sheet. The range of hourly subglacial CH4 flux rate through the discharge point was estimated to be 3.1 to 134?g CH4 hr-1. These measurements are the first observations of direct emissions of CH4 from the subglacial environment under the Greenlandic Ice Sheet to the atmosphere and indicate a novel emission pathway of CH4 that is currently a non-quantified component of the Arctic CH4 budget."
Note: And there's yet another self-reinforcing feedback - more methane entering the atmosphere warms the planet yet more, resulting in more melting ice in Greenland, which releases more methane, and so on and so on. Greenland is already losing a billion TONS of ice PER DAY from global warming...
2018-11-11 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Irkutsk (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/europe/201811111069703386-air-france-boeing-emergency-landing/
http://www.thelocal.fr/20181111/air-france-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-sibera
http://www.news24.com/World/News/smoke-forces-air-france-shanghai-flight-to-divert-to-siberia-20181111
http://newshour.online/2018/11/11/smoke-forces-air-france-shanghai-flight-to-divert-to-siberia/
http://kozweek.com/flew-to-shanghai-smoke-inside-the-passenger-boeing-was-the-reason-for-landing-in-irkutsk/6971/
http://kozweek.com/boeing-began-to-smoke-on-the-way-from-paris-to-shanghai-and-the-villages-in-irkutsk/7019/
http://chelorg.com/2018/11/11/flight-air-france-extra-villages-in-irkutsk-because-of-the-smoke/
Quote: "An Air France Boeing 777 en route from Paris to Shanghai with 280 on board changed its course and made an emergency landing at the Irkutsk Airport in Russia after smoke appeared inside the plane."
Note: This is the 184th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-11 - Wildfire grows to 111,000 acres in and around Paradise (California), death toll rises to 29, 220+ people still missing:
http://www.kcra.com/article/death-toll-in-butte-county-wildfire-rises-to-29/24838602
http://patch.com/california/chico/california-wildfires-latest-25-dead-6800-structures-destroyed
http://www.newsweek.com/camp-fire-death-toll-29-after-more-remains-discovered-tied-deadliest-wildfire-1211129
http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-order-evacuations-camp-fire-threatens-8000-acres/story?id=59065896
http://www.kmov.com/news/sheriff-people-unaccounted-for-death-toll-at-in-massive-northern/article_2ac66d26-8f48-5414-bdd9-3954e7b9beae.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/11/california-fires-global-supertanker-joins-fight-against-camp-fire/1970166002/
http://www.krdo.com/news/national-world/california-officials-start-grim-search-for-the-dead-in-blackened-ruins/856988250
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/latest-death-toll-northern-california-fire-now-23-59120998
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/228-people-now-missing-at-least-31-dead.html
http://www.newsday.com/news/nation/california-paradise-fire-1.23239548
http://globalnews.ca/news/4653177/california-wildfire-devil-winds/
http://www.apnews.com/5e09baf857b84dc784a4b210ac09ee2b
Quote: "The death toll from wildfires raging in California rose to 31 on Sunday after six more people were found killed in what was poised to become the deadliest wildfire in state history. Officials said the bodies of five people were found in their burned-out homes and the sixth was found in a vehicle in northern California’s Camp Fire, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea told reporters on Sunday evening. More than 200 people are still unaccounted for, Honea said."
Quote: "The Camp Fire became the most destructive wildfire in California history less than 48 hours after igniting. The death toll matches the 1933 Griffith Park Fire, which is the state's deadliest fire. The fire had charred 111,000 acres and was 25 percent contained as of Sunday evening, according to Cal Fire."
Quote: "Cal Fire said 6,713 structures have been destroyed -- 6,453 homes and 260 commercial buildings. Those numbers are expected to increase 'significantly,' Cal Fire said Sunday."
2018-11-11 - Tow yard hit by fire at 12:50 AM, multiple vehicles burn, in Charles Town (West Virginia):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/west_virginia/fire-at-charles-town-impound-yard-damages-vehicles/article_1163d6c2-c91a-50cb-bd0c-b3e6e541562f.html
Quote: "No one was injured Sunday morning after multiple vehicles at a tow and impound yard in Charles Town caught fire, authorities said. The fire was reported at 12:50 a.m. Sunday at Creamer’s Wrecker Service in the 200 block of East North Street, Charles Town Police Cpl. Jonathan DeSarno said."
2018-11-11 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame near the Port of Redwood City in coastal Redwood City (California):
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/fire-at-recycling-plant-causes-large-plume-of-black-smoke/article_6e1e49ae-150d-537f-b509-1edfdde23fa0.html
2018-11-11 - Metal recycling center hit by fire in Benoni South (South Africa):
http://benonicitytimes.co.za/332441/factory-fire-benoni-south-contained/
Quote: "Officers discovered the holding area of Benoni Metal Waste on fire..."
2018-11-11 - Recycling center fire breaks out, pallets, plastic, vehicle and mobile home burn, in Horizon City (Texas):
http://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/massive-fire-at-recycling-plant-in-horizon/855947572
http://elpasoheraldpost.com/massive-fire-northeast-of-horizon-city-scorches-property-filled-with-pallets-bins-and-plastics/
Quote: "The fire virtually consumed all inside the fenced-in property, which had a mobile home and a vehicle, as well as countless pallets, pallet bins, bales of plastic material, and at least 200 blue trash bins with the words ‘Lower Valley Water District’ imprinted on the side."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-12 - Death toll rises to 42 in wildfire that devastated Paradise (California), now the deadliest wildfire in California history:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181108-65366-USA
http://www.foxnews.com/us/the-latest-death-toll-in-n-california-wildfire-jumps-to-42
http://abc7ny.com/death-toll-climbs-to-42-in-northern-california-wildfire/4672777/
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/us/california-wildfires-woolsey-camp-hill-missing/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-order-evacuations-camp-fire-threatens-8000-acres/story?id=59065896
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-wildfire-still-raging-near-l-could-burn-another-week-n935361
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Camp-Fire-Butte-County-Northern-California-Death-Toll-500273371.html
http://www.wtae.com/article/at-least-42-dead-in-northern-california-wildfire-making-it-deadliest-wildfire-in-state-history/25030474
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/11/12/camp-fire-becomes-californias-deadliest-wildfire-with-least-killed/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/12/california-wildfire-latest-camp-woolsey-fires-refugees
http://watchers.news/2018/11/12/camp-fire-deadliest-and-most-destructive-california/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/death-toll-42-and-rising-californias.html
Quote: "Authorities have reported 13 more fatalities from a blaze in Northern California that destroyed a town, bringing the total death toll so far to 42 and making it the deadliest wildfire in recorded state history."
Quote: "In some cases, there were only charred fragments of bone, so small that coroner's investigators used a wire basket to sift and sort them. The search for bodies was continuing."
Quote: "Cal Fire officials say the Camp Fire burning in Butte County has grown to 117,000 acres and is 30 percent contained."
Note: So in a span of only 13 months California has seen its largest wildfire (October of 2017) AND its deadliest fire AND its most destructive fire (this fire). We may very well end up looking back on this year as the beginning of the end for California because there's no reason to think things will get better and every reason to expect that things will get much worse...
2018-11-12 - Wildfire grows to 93,662 acres in and near coastal Malibu (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/home/santa-ana-winds-expected-to-pick-up-as-crews-continue-battling-woolsey-fire
http://www.presstelegram.com/2018/11/12/increased-winds-expected-to-affect-woosley-firefighting-efforts/
Quote: "On its fifth day Monday, the fire burned 93,662 acres and is thirty percent contained with full containment not expected until Thursday, according to Cal Fire."
2018-11-12 - Wildfire breaks out along the 118 Freeway near Simi Valley (California), another new wildfire too:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20181112-65424-USA
http://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/12/2-new-fires-erupt-near-thousand-oaks-simi-valley/
http://abc7.com/new-fire-breaks-out-along-118-freeway-in-simi-valley-area/4674951/
http://ktla.com/2018/11/12/brush-fire-breaks-out-near-118-freeway-simi-valley-burns-10-acres/
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/brush-fire-burning-near-118-freeway-in-simi-valley
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-wildfires-video-los-angeles-video-fire-ca-la-santa-susana-pass-freeway-helicopter-a8632556.html
2018-11-12 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire just before 5 AM, several vehicles burn, on Covington Highway in DeKalh County (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/news/local/cars-catch-fire-dekalb-county-auto-salvage-yard/x2bfsTOIAq7nIfbGzg6QcM/
http://www.cbs46.com/news/several-vehicles-burn-in-fire-at-auto-salvage-yard/article_04a8c016-e665-11e8-8837-3391186f227f.html
Quote: "Several vehicles at a Dekalb County auto salvage yard are destroyed after an overnight fire. The fire began early Monday morning at the business on Covington Highway near Redan Road."
2018-11-12 - Fireworks factory explodes and burns in Guadix (Spain), 3 killed, 3 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181113-65426-ESP
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/three-killed-in-explosion-at-spain-fireworks-factory
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2018/11/12/breaking-two-feared-dead-as-town-rocked-by-explosion-at-fireworks-factory-in-spain/
2018-11-12 - Factory warehouse explodes in Kongcun (China), 6 killed, 5 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181113-65427-CHN
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/nov/12/six-killed-in-factory-explosion-in-china-1897193.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/six-killed-in-factory-explosion-in-china-118111200770_1.html
http://www.india.com/news/agencies/six-killed-in-factory-explosion-in-china-3425408/
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1126985.shtml
2018-11-12 - Ghost ships containing corpses increasingly showing up in Japanese waters:
http://www.oann.com/ghost-ships-wash-ashore-in-japan-japanese-coast-guard/
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/11/12/ghost-boats-believed-from-n-korea-wash-up-on-japan-shores.html
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/ghost-boats-believed-from-north-korea-wash-up-on-japan-shores-1.4173165
Quote: "The Japanese coast guard claims to have found 89 North Korean vessels floating in Japan’s territorial waters so far this year. This is an increase from 59 ghost ships discovered by Japanese sailors in 2017. The majority of the ships are poorly-equipped fishing vessels, which are found abandoned, filled with crew members’ corpses, or wreck after becoming lost-at-sea."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-13 - Hydrogen sulfide hits apartment building and sickens dog in Toronto (Canada):
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/11/13/gas-leak-emmett-jane-eglinton/
http://www.680news.com/2018/11/13/gas-leak-emmett-jane-eglinton/
Quote: "An investigation has been launched to find the cause of a potential gas leak in a residential building near Jane and Eglinton. Emergency services were called just before 2:30 p.m. to 85 Emmett Avenue to reports of a strong odour in the building and that a dog had died in a third-floor apartment. Residents of the third floor were evacuated as a precaution. Toronto police originally said the dog had died, but now say the canine is recovering from inhaling the fumes. The gas has been identified as hydrogen sulfide and no injuries to humans have been reported."
2018-11-13 - Woman in her 30s ignites at home on Acklam Road in Middlesbrough (Britain), near the coast, husband burned too:
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17220661.neighbours-rushed-to-aid-of-woman-after-hearing-mans-screams/
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2018-11-13/woman-suffers-life-threatening-injuries-in-middlesbrough-fire/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-46201239
Quote: "Several people came to the aid of the woman, who was outside of her Acklam Road home after reportedly suffering burns during an incident at the property said to have happened at around 12.40pm this afternoon. One witness said: 'It was horrendous, I’ve never seen anything like it, her clothing had come away and people were trying to put her out and cool her burns.' Another said he had seen smoke before realising that the woman was on fire. He added: 'She is a mother of young children, I think in her 30s.'"
2018-11-13 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills person while parked on Sawtelle Road in Oakland (Maine):
http://www.centralmaine.com/2018/11/13/authorities-investigating-fatal-oakland-fire/
http://www.pressherald.com/2018/11/13/authorities-investigating-fatal-oakland-fire/
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/fire-in-camper-kills-one-man-in-oakland/97-614376635
http://bangordailynews.com/2018/11/14/news/mid-maine/oakland-man-dies-after-blaze-sweeps-through-camper/
http://fox23maine.com/news/local/man-killed-after-fire-sweeps-through-camper-in-oakland
http://www.wmtw.com/article/1-killed-in-oakland-maine-fire-update/25079259
2018-11-13 - Tractor starts itself while parked in barn, takes off and crashes out of barn and bursts into flame, in Sankt Johann am Wimberg (Austria):
http://vaaju.com/austriaeng/parked-tractor-started-itself-and-rolled-towards-houses/
Quote: "It was around 9:40 when the car parked at the barnyard probably started due to short circuit and began to move. It was in the forefront. The tractor broke through the barn door, driving about 25 to 30 meters above the driveway, before pushing towards the owner's garage and finally fired. The landlord's mother became aware of the fire by making noise and contacting her 46-year-old son. This warned the fire department. To prevent the flames spreading to the building, he pulled the burning tractor a few meters from the garage. As a result, he could prevent a fire in the barn."
Note: This is the 2379th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-13 - Two mysterious explosions alarm people in Doncaster (Britain):
http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/early-morning-mystery-explosions-heard-across-doncaster-1-9439702
http://www.sott.net/article/400641-Two-mystery-explosions-heard-across-large-parts-of-Doncaster-UK
2018-11-13 - Wildfire death toll rises to 48 in and around Paradise (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181108-65366-USA
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/13/california-camp-fire-woolsey-lates
http://www.axios.com/california-camp-fire-death-toll-rises-to-48-cb87a5a7-f4c2-431c-8b3d-085eaecb048a.html
http://www.wric.com/news/national/sheriff-california-wildfires-death-toll-rises-to-48/1595345178t
http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-order-evacuations-camp-fire-threatens-8000-acres/story?id=59065896
http://nypost.com/2018/11/13/death-toll-rises-to-48-as-california-camp-fire-rages-on/
http://fox59.com/2018/11/13/sheriff-california-wildfires-death-toll-rises-to-48/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-fire-deaths-1.4904399
http://twitter.com/ABC/status/1062532535081553920/video/1
Quote: "The deaths from the Camp fire, the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history, increased to 48, as authorities brought in additional resources to recover the dead."
2018-11-13 - Climate change may practically sterilize male insects:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59vbqk/climate-change-may-practically-sterilize-male-insects
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07273-z
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-14 - Drilling and fracking sites leaking methane, hydrogen sulfide and other pollutants across the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico:
http://www.desmogblog.com/2018/11/14/methane-sharon-wilson-earthworks-permian-basin-fracking
Quote: "We also stopped at other sites where the smell of rotting eggs, a sign of the hazardous gas hydrogen sulfide, suggested more leaks were likely to be found."
Quote: "We drove for miles with the smell of rotten eggs permeating the car. At some of the sites, the smell was so strong I became queasy. Methane is colorless and odorless, but if powerful-smelling hydrogen sulfide is leaking from drilling sites, methane likely is as well."
2018-11-14 - Man burns to death behind strip mall on North Beach Street in Fort Worth (Texas):
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article221640480.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/11/14/homeless-man-found-dead-burned-behind-vacant-strip-mall-north-fort-worth
2018-11-14 - Pickup truck goes up in flames at 1:45 AM at property on Nighthawk Drive in Osoyoos (Canada), near Osoyoos Lake:
http://www.saobserver.net/news/human-remains-found-in-south-okanagan-vehicle-fire/
http://globalnews.ca/news/4668210/homeless-man-dies-in-osoyoos-truck-fire/
http://infotel.ca/newsitem/body-found-in-south-okanagan-pickup-truck-fire/it57333
http://www.keremeosreview.com/news/human-remains-found-in-osoyoos-vehicle-fire/
http://www.oliverchronicle.com/human-remains-found-after-truck-fire/
Quote: "A truck fire in the driveway of an Osoyoos home has claimed the life of a man believed to be a 54-year-old who often used the truck to sleep in. Early Tuesday morning, at approximately 1:45 a.m., emergency crews were called to a home on Nighthawk Drive in Osoyoos for a vehicle on fire."
2018-11-14 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap cars burn, in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/11/14/multiple-cars-catch-fire-cleveland-auto-salvage-yard/
2018-11-14 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap cars burn, in Piqua (Ohio):
http://www.dailycall.com/news/49172/junk-car-fire-keeps-firefighters-busy
2018-11-14 - Landfill fire breaks out at 5 AM near Bundaberg (Australia):
http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/rubbish-on-fire-at-local-dump/3575202/
2018-11-14 - Wildfire death toll rises to 56 in and around Paradise (California), deadliest US fire in a century:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/californias-camp-fire-leaves-56-dead-sheriff-says
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-paradise-fire-deaths-20181114-story.html
http://www.khq.com/story/39484194/sheriff-death-toll-rises-to-56-in-california-wildfire
http://q13fox.com/2018/11/14/56-dead-130-missing-camp-wildfire-northern-california-paradise/
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/Butte-sheriff-Death-toll-rises-to-56-in-wildfire-500550101.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/california-fires-camp-woolsey-containment-evacuations-death-toll-2018-11-14-live-updates/
http://www.wsls.com/news/national/california-braces-for-more-wildfire-casualties
Quote: "The fire has killed at least 56 people, destroyed more than 10,300 structures and scorched 138,000 acres in Butte County. It was 35% contained as of Wednesday evening, according to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection officials."
2018-11-14 - Modest warming risks 'irreversible' ice sheet loss, study warns:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/11/12/modest-warming-risks-irreversible-ice-sheet-loss-study-warns/
2018-11-14 - SOTT earth changes summary for October 2018, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/400534-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-October-2018-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
2018-11-14 - Underwater volcano erupting near the island of Mayotte:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/there-is-a-new-volcanic-island-emerging-near-mayotte-and-this-new-hotspot-could-be-the-reason-behind-the-earthquake-swarm-rattling-the-island-since-mai-2018.html
Quote: "Since May 2018, the island of Mayotte has been rattled by hundreds of earthquakes. The latest hit on November 7, 2018. Meanwhile, scientists think they have found what’s behind the seismic series in the Indian Ocean. According to them, A NEW VOLCANIC ISLAND IS EMERGING FROM BELOW."
2018-11-14 - Volcano Sakurajima erupts strongly on the coast in Japan:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/spectacular-mount-sakurajima-japan.html
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-15 - Unknown odor sickens students at school in West Point (Utah), near the Great Salt Lake:
http://www.ksl.com/article/46428314/west-point-junior-high-evacuation-lifted-after-strange-odor-was-reported
Quote: "Some students complained about feeling nauseous and one student was transported to a hospital as a precaution, he added. Crews checked for levels of carbon monoxide in the gym and with students, but were unable to find anything, he added. After an hour of searching, crews allowed students back into the gym. 'We're not sure at this point really anything on what caused the smell,' Williams said."
2018-11-15 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits school on East Red River Street in Victoria (Texas):
http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/39488037/vfd-responds-to-reports-of-gas-odor-at-st-joseph-high-school
Quote: "The Victoria Fire Department responded to reports of gas odor at St. Joseph High School in Victoria around 8 am Thursday morning. According to authorities at the scene, they could only find a faint scent, and after investigating could not find a leak."
2018-11-15 - Underground explosions and fires blow multiple manhole covers off in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland19.com/2018/11/15/underground-fire-blows-off-manhole-cover-cleveland-public-square-video/
http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/fire-investigating-multiple-exploding-manhole-covers-near-public-square
http://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cleveland/manhole-covers-blown-off-by-underground-explosions-in-downtown-cleveland-photos/95-615038416
http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2018/11/16/heres-what-one-of-the-manhole-cover-explosions-in-downtown-cleveland-last-night-sounded-like
http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/why-did-the-manhole-covers-explode-in-downtown-cleveland-last-night
http://fox8.com/2018/11/15/cleveland-firefighters-battle-underground-electrical-fire-near-public-square/
2018-11-15 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame at 10 PM in Houston (Texas):
http://www.lmtonline.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pile-of-recycled-materials-catches-fire-in-Hobby-13397998.php
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pile-of-recycled-materials-catches-fire-in-Hobby-13397998.php
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pile-of-recycled-materials-catches-fire-in-Hobby-13397998.php
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pile-of-recycled-materials-catches-fire-in-Hobby-13397998.php
Quote: "A fire broke out on a pile of recycled materials at a plant in the Hobby area Thursday night, according to Metro Video. Firefighters began attacking the blaze around 10 p.m. at a metal recycling plant on Hansen and Redford."
2018-11-15 - Wildfire death toll rises to 63 in and around Paradise (California), missing count soars to 631:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181108-65366-USA
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/us/california-fires/index.html
http://weather.com/news/news/2018-11-12-california-wildfires-camp-woolsey
http://www.ktvn.com/story/39446732/deadly-camp-fire-now-135000-acres-still-35-contained
http://q13fox.com/2018/11/15/death-toll-grows-to-63-in-northern-californias-camp-fire/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/northern-california-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-63-sheriff-says
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/california-inferno-toll-rises-to-63-600.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/officials-order-evacuations-camp-fire-threatens-8000-acres/story?id=59065896
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/11/15/terrible-toll-camp-fire-deaths-rise-63-missing-soars-631/
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fires-in-california-camp-woolsey-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-death-toll-map-2018-11-15-latest/
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/15/camp-fire-63-dead-631-deemed-missing-second-point-of-origin-for-inferno-explored/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-wildfires-thursday-1.4906959
Quote: "Air quality is so bad in San Francisco the city shut down its iconic cable cars and closed schools."
Note: If even a tenth of those missing people end up being dead people, that'll push the death toll past 120...
2018-11-15 - Wildfire breaks out just before 4 AM in Santa Paula (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/15/overnight-santa-paula-brush-fire/
http://www.pe.com/2018/11/15/new-fire-breaks-out-in-ventura-county/
http://www.sbsun.com/2018/11/15/new-fire-breaks-out-in-ventura-county/
http://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/15/new-fire-breaks-out-in-ventura-county/
http://firenewsfeed.com/incident/2207089
2018-11-15 - Passenger bus explodes into flame in Gwanda District (Zimbabwe), 31+ killed, 30 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20181117-65466-ZWE
http://www.zimlive.com/2018/11/brooklyn-express-bus-driver-tells-of-moment-fire-engulfed-his-bus/
http://nypost.com/2018/11/16/passengers-trapped-40-killed-in-bus-fire-in-zimbabwe/
http://www.koin.com/news/more-than-40-killed-in-bus-accident-in-zimbabwe/1600994188
Note: This is the 647th bus to burn in 2018...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-16 - Very high methane levels in the Arctic, off the charts elsewhere:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/methane-levels-in-arctic.html
2018-11-16 - Underground explosions shatter pavement, break windows, blow two manhole covers off, in Melrose (Massachusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/melrose/melrose-manhole-explosion-blows-out-windows-shakes-area
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/11/16/authorities-investigating-manhole-explosion-melrose/QqtmE84dLh3C5MTRKpb5TO/story.html
http://www.boston25news.com/news/firefighters-respond-to-manhole-explosion-in-melrose/874299979
http://www.wcvb.com/article/two-manholes-explode-cause-damage-to-building-sidewalk/25187192
http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2018/11/authorities_investigate_manhol.html
http://whdh.com/news/manhole-explosions-blow-out-windows-in-melrose/
Quote: "The force of the blasts were so intense, it caused windows on nearby buildings to shatter, sidewalks to crumble and even broke part of a cast iron manhole cover apart."
2018-11-16 - California struggling in the era of the megafire:
http://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2018/11/scenes-from-a-battleground-california-struggles-in-the-new-era-of-megafire/
2018-11-16 - Wildfire death toll rises to 71 in and around Paradise (California), missing count rises to more than 1000:
http://abc7ny.com/california-fire-death-toll-hits-71-over-a-thousand-still-missing/4672777/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/15/california-camp-fire-missing-death-toll
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/16/california-wildfires-firefighters-need-2-more-weeks-contain-blaze/2025660002/
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fires-in-california-camp-woolsey-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-death-toll-map-2018-11-16-latest/
http://www.newsandtribune.com/cnhi_network/dead-more-than-now-missing-in-california-fires/video_1e344383-2dc6-512f-92bd-552ae1c70c2e.html
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/71-confirmed-dead-in-northern-california-wildfire-1-000-people-unaccounted-for-sheriff-says/1602718566
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/california/Camp-Fire-Death-Toll-Hundreds-Still-Missing-in-Northern-California-500673901.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/camp-fire-death-toll-jumps-to-71-sheriff-says
Quote: "At least 71 people are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with over 1,000 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the victims of the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century. The list of the people who are unaccounted for is at 1,011, although officials say some of those numbers could be duplicates."
2018-11-16 - Wildfires in Northern California cause the worst air quality in the world:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46242253
http://fortune.com/2018/11/16/northern-california-officially-worlds-worst-air-quality-californias-fires-continue-rage/
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Smoke-still-plagues-Bay-Area-skies-a-week-after-13394932.php
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/california-has-worst-air-quality-in.html
http://sf.curbed.com/2018/11/16/18098586/air-quality-masks-sf-epa-camp-fire-smoke
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/hazardous-air-from-california-fires.html
http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/california-bad-air-wildfires
Quote: "The AirNow website ranks the air around San Francisco and Oakland as 'very unhealthy', meaning everyone in the area could experience more serious health effects. Around Elk Grove and Sacramento, it is classed as 'hazardous' - the whole population is likely to be affected, their website states."
2018-11-16 - Passenger train engine bursts into flame near coastal Chennai (India):
http://newstodaynet.com/index.php/2018/11/16/sapthagiri-express-engine-catches-fire-after-leaving-chennai/
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/nov/17/fire-in-sapthagiri-express-engine-affects-services-delays-eleven-trains-and-suburban-services-1899288.html
2018-11-16 - Three snow plow trucks destroyed by fire before 5:30 AM while parked at facility in Fallowfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/article/snow-plows-destroyed-as-fire-tears-through-maintenance-shed-in-washington-county/25158781
Quote: "Three snow plows, worth more than $300,000, were destroyed when a fire broke out inside the Fallowfield Township maintenance shed early Friday morning."
2018-11-16 - Passenger plane hit by odor, plane makes emergency landing in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article221810935.html
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/14302042-74/pitt-cheerleaders-safe-after-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-charlotte-nc
http://www.ajc.com/news/national/plane-carrying-pitt-cheerleaders-forced-make-emergency-landing-after-odor-fills-cabin/pmHuv5XKZXf6WVtyFikjXN/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/american-airlines-flight-out-of-charlotte-forced-to-turn-back-after-odor-fills-cabin/874059210
http://www.wtae.com/article/fire-forces-pitt-cheerleaders-flight-back-to-airport/25173251
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/16/north-carolina-flight-emergency-landing-pitt-fans/
Quote: "The aircraft reversed course and turned back toward Charlotte Douglas International Airport 'shortly after takeoff this morning due to an odor in the cabin,' American Airlines spokeswoman Crystal Byrd told the Tribune-Review Friday afternoon."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-17 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates store in Cedar Rapids (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Gas-leak-prompts-evacuation-at-Cedar-Rapids-Hy-Vee-500763941.html
Quote: "A spokesperson at Hy-Vee's corporate offices was certain the alleged leak did not come from inside the store but said she too was unaware of the scent's exact origin."
Quote: "At last check, around 8:45 p.m., a MidAmerican spokesperson said the energy company's employees on scene had yet to determine where the odor was coming from or what exactly it might be."
2018-11-17 - Mysterious explosions alarm people in Salisbury, New Brunswick (Canada):
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/mysterious-explosions-in-n-b-cause-concern-for-nearby-residents-1.4182214
2018-11-17 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, 100 tons of scrap metal burn, in Coseley (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/35-firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-15428837
Quote: "The fire saw 35 crew on scene at G E Johnson Metals in Havacre Lane. More than 100 tonnes of scrap metal were well alight when officers arrived and 10 firefighters are still at the site."
2018-11-17 - Refinery heavily damaged by fire in Moscow (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/russia/444233-moscow-oil-refinery-fire/
http://www.themeditelegraph.com/en/green-and-tech/casualties/2018/11/17/fire-shuts-unit-moscow-oil-refinery-e9fzXIdRrIP38JJVIvAqQK/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/400854-Fire-breaks-out-at-Moscow-refinery-with-10-meter-high-flames-and-black-plumes-of-smoke
Quote: "The facility is owned by Gazprom Neft and has been repeatedly criticized for its alleged emissions of pollutants and hazardous substances. People frequently complain about the smell and excessive concentrations of hydrogen sulfide are frequently reported in the area."
2018-11-17 - Car dealership heavily damaged by fire at 4 AM in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.ktsm.com/news/local/el-paso-news/epfd-investigates-overnight-fire-at-south-central-el-paso-car-dealership/1603882759
2018-11-17 - High-rise under construction, 'The 42', tallest building in the city, erupts in flame in Kolkata (India):
http://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kolkata-s-tallest-building-the-42-catches-fire-1390674-2018-11-17
http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/kolkatas-tallest-building-the-42-catches-fire-no-casualties-reported-watch/315851
2018-11-17 - Two garbage trucks go up in flames while parked at landfill in Rocky Mount (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/franklin/two-garbage-trucks-catch-fire-in-rocky-mount
Quote: "Fire crews responded Saturday afternoon to a call about multiple vehicles on fire in Rocky Mount. Two garbage trucks were on fire on Route 220 at the Landfill Garage next to the county animal shelter."
2018-11-17 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at business in coastal St. John’s (Canada):
http://www.thewesternstar.com/news/regional/fire-destroys-camper-in-st-johns-saturday-night-260361/
http://www.thetelegram.com/news/fire-destroys-camper-in-st-johns-saturday-night-260361/
http://canadianews.org/world/2018/11/18/498636-fire-destroys-camper-in-st-johns-saturday-night.html
http://vocm.com/news/trailer-destroyed-by-fire-off-brookfield-road/
http://ntv.ca/camper-fire/
2018-11-17 - As El Niño sets in, will global biodiversity collapse in 2019?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/11/as-el-nino-sets-in-will-global-biodiversity-collapse-in-2019.html
2018-11-17 - Warm salty water from the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly invading the Arctic Ocean:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/conditions-in-arctic.html
2018-11-17 - Vegetation in Barents Region disturbed by mid-autumn thaw:
http://thebarentsobserver.com/en/ecology/2018/11/autumn-spring-arctics-new-season
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-18 - Wildfire death toll rises to 77 in and around Paradise (California), missing count drops to around 1000:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181108-65366-USA
http://www.foxnews.com/us/latest-sheriff-list-of-missing-after-fire-drops-to-1000
http://abc7news.com/camp-fire-death-toll-rises-to-77-more-than-10000-homes-burned/4713071/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-11-18/the-latest-california-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-77
http://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/paradise/camp-fire-death-toll-increases-to-77-before-possible-rain-updates/103-615674998
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/fires-in-california-camp-woolsey-paradise-wildfire-evacuations-death-toll-map-2018-11-18-latest/
Quote: "Authorities say one more set of human remains was found Sunday, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 77. A state incident report released Sunday evening says the flames destroyed more than 10,500 homes."
Quote: "A Northern California sheriff says the list of names of those unaccounted for after a deadly wildfire has dropped to around 1,000. Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says that's about 300 less than what was posted at the start of Sunday."
2018-11-18 - Government concealing death toll in California?
http://www.someonesbones.com/blog/government-conceals-california-death-toll/
Quote: "According to our sources, an anonymous White House official and a pair of California firefighters, the Trump administration and CAL FIRE are acting in collusion, underreporting a catastrophic death toll because 'they don’t want people to freak out and panic,' said our White House source. He said CAL FIRE has found the charred remains of 480 people, and that number increases hourly."
Note: Well, they're concealing the actual end of the world, so concealing one small aspect of the end of the world would not exactly be surprising...
2018-11-18 - Smoke days are now California’s snow days:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/smoke-days-are-now-californias-snow-days/ar-BBPNWwS
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/smoke-days-are-now-californias-snow-days.html
2018-11-18 - Global warming on track to make world uninsurable, warns insurance giant IAG:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/global-warming-on-track-to-make-world.html
2018-11-18 - Cattle suffer regular acute and severe panic attacks for no apparent reason in Groningen (Netherlands):
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/farmers-in-groningen-north-holland-are.html
Quote: "'It is as if the cows can smell something,' says Hilma. 'You can see that a couple reacts at the same time, they put their heads in the air, and then the panic hits. They are terrified, they are really sweating with fear. They may be running for a quarter of an hour, but the whole day they will still suffer. They remain very anxious and alert.'"
2018-11-18 - Yacht bursts into flame on the Elk River near coastal Chesapeake City (Maryland):
http://www.cecildaily.com/police_and_fire_beat/five-jump-into-elk-river-to-escape-boat-fire/article_042f6ba9-cfe0-5dcb-99c4-178a2bb8c68c.html
http://firststateupdate.com/2018/11/happening-now-five-in-the-water-after-boat-fire-near-chesapeake-city/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/its-abandon-ship-when-power-boat-burns-in-maryland/2018/11/19/afcbc066-ebbe-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html
http://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2018/11/19/five-escape-powerboat-fire-on-elk-river
2018-11-18 - At least two boats go up in flames while docked at Pier One Marina in coastal Toms River (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/ocean-county/2018/11/18/fire-leaves-boats-smoldering-toms-river/2051558002/
http://www.jerseyshoreonline.com/toms-river/two-boats-catch-fire-cause-under-probe/
http://ocscanner.news/2018/11/18/toms-river-boat-fire/
2018-11-18 - Boat, pickup truck, golf cart and warehouse destroyed by fire in Leesburg (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20181118/fire-destroys-old-warehouse-in-north-leesburg
Quote: "'I had a 1984 Club Car golf cart that should have been in a museum,' he said as he watched firefighters bring the inferno under control. Also in the warehouse was his dad’s 1979 Ford F150 and a boat with 80 gallons of fuel on board."
2018-11-18 - Yacht destroyed by fire on trailer near storage facility at Woodman Point in coastal Munster (Australia):
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/luxury-yacht-gutted-by-fire-at-woodman-point-ng-b881025179z
http://www.15minutenews.com/article/156123585/luxury-yacht-gutted-by-fire-at-woodman-point/
http://www.facebook.com/perthnow/posts/10156770664276192
Quote: "Fire has gutted a luxury yacht on a boat trailer at Woodman Point, causing an estimated $200,000 damage."
2018-11-18 - Boat bursts into flame, burns and sinks, on The Broads in Barton Turf (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barton-turf-boat-fire-in-staithe-road-1-5784752
http://www.technologybreakingnews.com/2018/11/boat-sinks-into-water-after-getting-caught-on-fire-in-the-broads/
http://the-norfolk-broads.co.uk/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=22&Topic=42423&srow=2&erow=5
Note: These are the 1080th, 1081st, 1082nd, 1083rd, 1084th and 1085th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2018...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-19 - Killing plants is the fastest way to end the world:
http://truthout.org/articles/killing-plants-is-the-fastest-way-to-end-the-world/
Quote: "Humans have already added CO2 to the atmosphere comparable to that which occurred during the 'Great Dying,' the end-Permian extinction event that occurred 252 million years ago, annihilating a majority of life on Earth. That event took 20,000 years, whereas humans have taken barely 250 years since the broad use of the combustion engine to dramatically increase CO2 levels in the atmosphere. Studies have shown that the current rate of CO2 injection into the atmosphere by humans is now mirroring the rate that this took place during the Great Dying. Species are already disappearing as fast as they did during Earth’s previous mass extinction events."
Note: That's what I've been saying all along - what is happening now is a repeat of the Great Dying, the Permian-Triassic extinction. The Earth is at the beginning of the SECOND Great Dying right now. There is no chance that human beings survive such an extinction event. Bacteria definitely will survive, roaches probably will, rats might or might not, and humans definitely won't. The dying of the insects is a huge indicator that we're in a second Great Dying. The Great Dying was one of the few extinction events where even insects took a significant hit. And now insects are dying all around the Earth again. At this point we're just seeing who dies in what specific manner and in what order as the human race and most other species are expunged from the planet. Also, we're seeing who gets killed off without even knowing what's going on. So far that's probably 99.999% of everyone...
2018-11-19 - 26 students and one adult sickened in gym at school with nosebleeds, respiratory problems, loss of consciousness, seizures, nausea in coastal Fort Lauderdale (Florida):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20181120-65499-USA
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article221897920.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/11/19/cardinal-gibbons-high-students-fall-ill/
http://www.local10.com/news/local/fort-lauderdale/8-students-fall-ill-at-cardinal-gibbons-high-school
http://www.foxnews.com/health/multiple-students-sickened-during-thanksgiving-prayer-in-school-gym-florida-fire-officials-say
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-cardinal-gibbons-substance-exposure-20181119-story.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Unknown-Substance-Sends-Multiple-Students-From-Fort-Lauderdale-School-to-Hospital-500843891.html
http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/26-students-fell-simultaneously-ill-florida-high-school-students-want-answers-183307496.html
Quote: "One adult and 26 students fell ill 'almost simultaneously' Monday at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, authorities said."
Quote: "A total of 27 people – 26 students and one adult – reportedly fell ill on Monday during a Thanksgiving prayer hosted in a Fort Lauderdale high school gym. It was not immediately clear what caused them to fall ill inside Cardinal Gibbons High School, but those most seriously sickened experienced seizures and passed out, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported."
Quote: "One thing all of the victims had in common is they were all in the gym shortly before they got sick. Fire Rescue can only speculate that something might have been released into the air, and quickly dissipated after all the doors had been opened."
Quote: "Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan told the news outlet that some students had seizures, while others had nosebleeds, shortness of breath and others passed out."
Note: HVAC unit might have sucked some hydrogen sulfide blowing by outdoors into the gym. The speed with which these people were affected and all of the symptoms are highly indicative of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. Hydrogen sulfide doesn't stick around long either, which would explain why they couldn't detect anything when they eventually showed up. This school is also very close to the ocean. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2018-11-19 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in Lancaster (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/news/local/lancaster/rohrerstown-elementary-evacuated-for-gas-odor/1607279703
http://local21news.com/news/local/rohrerstown-elementary-briefly-evacuated-due-to-gas-odor
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/natural-gas-smell-prompts-evacuation-of-rohrerstown-elementary-school/article_7e612f4a-ec39-11e8-8553-674c64efc3a3.html
http://www.wdac.com/2018/11/20/smell-of-natural-gas-prompts-school-evacuation/
Quote: "Rohrerstown Elementary School was briefly evacuated Monday afternoon for a smell of natural gas. Students and staff were removed from the building just after 3 p.m. They were allowed to return for normal dismissal after the building was inspected and cleared by emergency officials, the Hempfield School District said."
2018-11-19 - Passenger plane engine bursts into flame at airport in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12162982
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/108716859/fire-in-plane-at-auckland-airport-extinguished
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/376336/fire-in-plane-at-auckland-airport-extinguished
http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/crews-extinguish-fire-on-plane-at-auckland-airport/ar-BBPTahV
2018-11-19 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane returns to Vienna (Austria):
http://www.tellerreport.com/news/--air-traffic--smell-forces-lufthansa-machine-to-return-to-frankfurt-.H1PbPfg07.html
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1851446/3-austrian-airlines-jet-turns-back-due-smoke-cockpit/
http://www.thelocal.de/20181120/plane-flying-from-vienna-to-frankfurt-turns-back-due-to-smoke-in-cockpit
http://www.jacarandafm.com/news/news/austrian-airlines-jet-turns-back-due-smoke-cockpit/
Quote: "An Austrian Airlines plane flying from Vienna to Frankfurt had to turn back shortly after take-off due to smoke in the cockpit, the carrier said on Tuesday."
Quote: "Incidents of this kind occur again and again. Just over a week ago, a Lufthansa plane landed in Geneva because of a suspicious odor in the cockpit."
Note: These are the 185th and 186th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-19 - Underground explosion and fire hit coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/west-village/manhole-explosion-bleecker-broadway-streets-fdny
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Manhole-Fire-Greenwich-Village-NYC-500871281.html
2018-11-19 - Underground electrical explosion and fire shoot flames from manhole along street in coastal Bournemouth (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-46269122
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/17234973.fire-in-underground-link-box-in-wallisdown-road-causes-power-cut/
2018-11-19 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #145, November 5-19, 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/extreme-weather-update-11192018.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5lS_s6bETw
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-20 - Volcanoes and glaciers combine as powerful methane producers:
http://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/lu-vag111918.php
http://www.oilandgas360.com/glaciers-and-volcanoes-combine-to-release-large-amounts-of-methane/
http://www.newsweek.com/iceland-volcano-and-glacier-are-releasing-huge-amounts-methane-scientists-1224024
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6409297/Is-worlds-GASSIEST-volcano-Icelandic-glacier-creates-methane-136-000-cows.html
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/icelandic-glacier-and-gassy-volcano-are-releasing-a-surprising-amount-of-methane/
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/11/20/iceland-volcano-and-glacier-are-releasing-huge-amounts-of-methane/
2018-11-20 - SUV bursts into flame and kills 42-year-old man on street in coastal Gujarat (India):
http://www.rushlane.com/another-ford-endeavour-catches-fire-12288313.html
http://www.wheelsgreed.com/ford-endeavour-catch-fire-india-13116/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/builder-dies-as-car-goes-up-in-flames/articleshow/66715440.cms
http://www.nyoooz.com/news/vadodara/1260512/gujarat-builder-charred-to-death-as-suv-catches-fire-on-road/
Quote: "In an unfortunate incident, well known local businessman and builder Mihir Panchal was burnt to death in his Ford Endeavour SUV. As per local media, the incident took place at about 11 AM. Locals say 42 year old Mihir was travelling in his Ford Endeavour SUV, when the car caught fire. Mihir noticed that the car’s engine was on fire. He tried to get the car on the side of the road and stopped. By the time he stopped, there was a blast in the car. The entire front of the car was engulfed in flames in this blast. TV9 Gujarat reports that Mihir was wearing a seat belt when the car halted. And as the car had stopped functioning, the seat belt was jammed. Because of this, Mihir was not able to remove the seat belt and get out of the car."
Quote: "The most unfortunate happening was Mihir’s inability to escape the car. Local media report suggests that Mihir was wearing the seatbelt which got jammed and Mihir could not escape the car. Another possible reason can be the burnt wiring harness leading to malfunction the central locking system and the power windows."
2018-11-20 - RV trailer goes up in flames at 2:12 AM and kills man while parked in Josephine County (Oregon), separate fire 45 minutes later too:
http://kobi5.com/news/one-person-reportedly-killed-in-josephine-county-trailer-fire-90145/
Quote: "Rural Metro Fire said at about 2:12 in the morning, they responded to a camping trailer that was on fire in the 500 block of Sunny Valley Loop east of Interstate 5. The person staying in the trailer wasn’t able to escape and died."
2018-11-20 - Kia And Hyundai vehicles continue mysteriously bursting into flame:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/investigations/more-reports-of-kia-hyundai-vehicles-catching-fire
2018-11-20 - Underground electrical explosion and fire injure several workers before 5 AM in coastal Long Beach (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/20/long-beach-underground-vault-explosion-injuries/
http://lbpost.com/news/four-injured-in-electrical-vault-explosion-in-long-beach/
http://ktla.com/2018/11/20/5-injured-in-electrical-vault-explosion-in-long-beach/
http://abc7.com/5-injured-in-long-beach-electrical-vault-explosion/4724972/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Long-Beach-Vault-Explosion-500920201.html
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/four-injured-in-vault-explosion-in-long-beach
http://www.presstelegram.com/2018/11/20/underground-electrical-vault-explosion-injures-5-in-long-beach/
2018-11-20 - Underground electrical explosion and fire damages car in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/explosion-at-at-t-building-rocks-downtown-bakersfield-power-outages/article_06e4340e-ed2d-11e8-a1be-7fd6e01d223a.html
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/reports-of-a-fire-in-central-bakersfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Ftax_Qu_I
Quote: "A loud explosion rocked a busy downtown corner of Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon, shooting billowing flames into the air and causing widespread power outages. The ground shook along Eye and 20th streets across from Dagny's coffee shop around 5 p.m. near the AT&T building. Bakersfield firefighters said the explosion came from an underground transformer."
2018-11-20 - Wildfire death toll rises to 81 in and around Paradise (California), missing count rises to 870:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/the-latest-california-wildfire-missing-list-rises-to-870
http://www.ktvn.com/story/39446732/deadly-camp-fire-now-135000-acres-still-35-contained
http://www.1011now.com/content/news/California-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-81-500975442.html
http://www.woodtv.com/news/national/death-toll-in-northern-california-wildfire-rises-to-81/1610404254
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/california-fires-latest-2018-11-20-camp-woolsey-paradise-recovery-search-rescue-live-updates/
http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/national_news/the-latest-california-wildfire-death-toll-rises-to/article_442c7b91-f663-522a-955f-6e7d5e47884a.html
Quote: "Honea says two more sets of human remains were found Tuesday, bringing the total number killed in a devastating California wildfire to 81. The blaze that started Nov. 8 leveled Paradise, destroying more than 13,000 homes."
Quote: "A California sheriff says the list of names of those unaccounted for after a deadly wildfire has increased to 870."
2018-11-20 - Wildfire smoke from wildfires burning in California reaches all the way to New York City (New York):
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/us/california-wildfires-new-york-city-trnd/index.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/21/california-fires-smoke-new-york-east-coast-arrival
2018-11-20 - Recycling center hit by fire, huge pile of cardboard burns, in coastal Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/brisbane-recycling-plant-fire-burns-for-hours-20181121-p50hal.html
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-21 - Massive peat fires in Indonesia spewing huge amounts of CO2 and methane into the atmosphere:
http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-researchers-peat-burning-sumatra-causes-severe-haze-singapore-1121
Quote: Every several years, a series of climatic changes called an El Niño affects the Pacific Ocean regions, causing significant drought and fires. During the 2015 El Niño, Indonesia experienced an intense fire season which lasted from September through October, emitting an abundance of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere and causing massive smoke plumes to form over neighboring countries, including Singapore."
Quote: "Harvey and Kai, who have been conducting research in the region since 2014, sampled and carbon dated the carbonaceous aerosol from September of 2014 to October of 2015. The results of their study found that the carbon level of the smoke plume had an intermediate age ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 years old. This confirmed that approximately 85 percent of the smoke was come from burning peatlands."
Quote: "Tropical peatlands may contain as much carbon as the amount consumed in nearly a decade of global fossil fuel use, and raging peat fires in Indonesia alone have been estimated in some years to contribute 10 to 40 percent as much greenhouse gas to the atmosphere as all the world’s fossil fuel burning."
2018-11-21 - Mysterious flash of light or explosion seen in the sky along the coast in Southern California:
http://ktla.com/2018/11/20/mysterious-flash-of-light-prompts-social-media-frenzy-from-san-diego-to-victorville/
http://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/20/mysterious-flash-of-light-prompts-social-media-frenzy-in-san-diego/
http://www.sott.net/article/401125-Mysterious-light-flash-seen-in-sky-from-San-Diego-to-Los-Angeles
2018-11-21 - California has already spent more than half a billion dollars fighting wildfires:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/21/us/california-wildfires-firefighting-cost/index.html
http://www.kcra.com/article/6-things-you-need-to-know-about-cal-fires-emergency-funding/23464141
Quote: "Cal Fire Deputy Director Michael Mohler said the agency has requested additional funds 'seven out of the last 10 years.' 'This is the earliest we've made this request,' he told CNN affiliate KCRA."
Quote: "The state's firefighting costs soared from $242 million in the 2013 fiscal year to an estimated $773 million in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, according to Cal Fire records."
Quote: "'There is no longer a fire season,' Cal Fire Deputy Director Michael Mohler said. 'It’s a fire year.' Mohler said firefighters are seeing fire behavior they’ve never seen before, which he attributed to climate change. 'We’re seeing explosive, critical fire growth when we get a start,' Mohler said. 'We’re seeing tornadic activity on fires. We’ve never seen that.'"
2018-11-21 - Wildfire death toll rises to 83 in and around Paradise (California), missing count at 563:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/death-toll-northern-california-fire-rises-83-number-missing-drops-n939196
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/california-fires-containment-search-rescue-air-2018-11-21-camp-woolsey-paradise-live-updates/
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-california-fires-woolsey-hill-camp-camp-fire-death-toll-increases-to-83-1542853636-htmlstory.html
http://www.ktvn.com/story/39446732/deadly-camp-fire-now-135000-acres-still-35-contained
http://www.khq.com/story/39523648/wildfire-death-toll-rises-to-83-563-missing
2018-11-21 - Wildfire breaks out and rages out of control near coastal Port Stephens (Australia):
http://www.2gb.com/warning-issued-after-out-of-control-bushfire-erupts-in-nsw/
http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/5772727/emergency-air-support-called-in-as-wind-fans-fire-towards-salt-ash/
http://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/22/15/52/port-stephens-bushfire-warning-emergency-alert
2018-11-21 - Underground electrical explosion and fire cause blackouts in Soquel (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181123-65549-USA
http://patch.com/california/capitola/reported-explosion-soquel-post-office
http://www.kion546.com/news/pg-e-transformer-blows-in-soquel-thousands-without-power/880580044
2018-11-21 - Underground fire breaks out in coastal Miri (Malaysia):
http://dayakdaily.com/miri-residents-suffer-underground-fire-scare/
2018-11-20 - Underground explosion rocks mine in coastal Zonguldak (Turkey), 3 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/3-miners-killed-in-mine-explosion-in-turkeys-zonguldak-139067
http://bianet.org/english/labor/202824-3-workers-lose-their-lives-in-explosion-in-mine-in-zonguldak
2018-11-21 - Taxi bursts into flame inside the Battery Tunnel in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://nypost.com/2018/11/21/taxi-erupts-into-flames-inside-battery-tunnel/
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/car-fire-carey-tunnel-halts-182332269.html
http://www.boropark24.com/car-fire-in-the-hugh-l-carey-tunnel-causes-delays/
Quote: "Hours earlier, the Brooklyn Bridge was temporarily closed when three cars burst into flames following a four-car crash on the Brooklyn-bound side. One person died and six others were injured in that fiery wreck."
Note: A man just slumped over dead next to the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn too, mentioned in the 2018-11-19 update...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-22 - Strong sulfur smell reported at coastal glacier Sólheimajökull (Iceland):
http://icelandreview.com/news/2018/11/22/sulphur-smell-solheimajokull-glacier
http://grapevine.is/news/2018/11/22/mysterious-sulphur-smell-gathering-at-solheimajokull/
http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2018/11/22/solheimajokull_glacier_under_investigation_followin/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/a-mystery-in-iceland-unfolding-as.html
Quote: "A strong odour of sulphur has been gathering at Sólheimajökull, but there is no clear answer regarding a possible cause for the stench, as scientists have not detected any signs of increasing volcanic activity in the area. RÚV reports that the smell of sulphur is very powerful around Sólheimajökull, a glacier offshoot and popular tourist spot in Iceland. The reason for the buildup of the odour has been attributed to a lower pressure system in the area and a lack of wind, but what is creating the smell in the first place is still a mystery."
2018-11-22 - Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at record levels, rising, and no end in sight:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/climate-heating-greenhouse-gases-at-record-levels-says-un
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-un-report-greenhouse-gases-carbon-dioxide-methane-sea-level-rise-global-warming-a8646426.html
http://www.texomashomepage.com/news/un-weather-group-greenhouse-gases-in-air-rose-again-in-2017/1612575805
http://fortune.com/2018/11/22/global-co2-level-climate-change-wmo/
http://greennews.ie/ghg-levels-atmosphere-new-record-wmo/
Quote: "The main greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change have all reached record levels, the UN’s meteorology experts have reported. Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are now far above pre-industrial levels, with no sign of a reversal of the upward trend, a World Meteorological Organization report says."
Quote: "The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of CO2 was 3-5m years ago, when the temperature was 2-3C warmer and sea level was 10-20 metres higher than now..."
2018-11-22 - Underground heat source melting Antarctica from below:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UGE-20181124-65564-ATA
http://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-radioactive-heat-source-antarctica-slowly-melting-ice-111141751.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/mysterious-radioactive-heat-source-slowly-melting-ice-230604778.html
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-mysterious-geothermal-heat-source-is-melting-antarctica-from-below
Quote: "Kilometers beneath the ice of Antarctica, a radioactive heat source is slowly melting it from underneath, researchers believe. Researchers flew planes over the ice using radar to 'see' three kilometers beneath the ice, where the hot material seems to be slowly melting the ice. The researchers believe the heat source is radioactive rocks and hot water from inside Earth's crust. While Antarctica isn't going to melt away overnight, it could have important knock-on effects when combined with climate change, according to new measurements by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)."
2018-11-22 - Red tide outbreak hits the coast of Alabama:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20181123-65556-USA
http://whnt.com/2018/11/22/red-tide-found-in-gulf-off-alabama-shore/
http://www.wkrg.com/news/local-news/red-tide-found-in-gulf-off-baldwin-county-shore/1611551116
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2018-11-22/red-tide-found-in-gulf-off-alabama-shore
2018-11-22 - Pantless man in his 40s goes berserk at Whataburger, gets arrested and drops dead, in Houston (Texas), near the coast:
http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Naked-man-wh-501120971.html
http://abc13.com/pants-less-man-dies-after-terrorizing-whataburger/4743451/
https://6abc.com/naked-man-dies-after-terrorizing-whataburger-in-sw-houston/4747324/
http://www.click2houston.com/news/naked-man-dead-after-incident-at-whataburger-in-sw-houston
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-dies-in-Houston-police-custody-after-13415338.php
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-dies-in-Houston-police-custody-after-13415338.php
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2018/11/23/partially-naked-man-dies-police-custody-after-attacking-whataburger-employees
http://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/naked-man-arrested-for-assaulting-whataburger-customers-then-dies-at-hospital-hpd-says/285-616996604
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oho4gVdZgHI
Quote: "Police said a naked man was in 'crisis' when he allegedly terrorized Whataburger employees in southwest Houston and later died after officers detained him."
2018-11-22 - Man, 52, runs around screaming, gets arrested, has 'medical event' and dies, in Portland (Oregon), 2200 feet from the Willamette River:
http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/officers-on-leave-after-man-dies-following-welfare-check-cause-under-investigation/283-617065472
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2018-11-23/portland-police-officers-on-leave-after-man-dies-at-hospital
http://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/11/23/a-man-died-after-being-restrained-by-portland-police-on-thanksgiving/
http://katu.com/news/local/man-dies-at-the-hospital-after-being-detained-near-psu-police-investigate
http://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Portland-police-officers-on-leave-after-man-dies-13416159.php
http://patch.com/oregon/portland/portland-police-officers-leave-after-man-dies-hospital
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=189547
Quote: "Police said a man died after suffering a medical event during a welfare check Thursday night in downtown Portland. Portland State University campus police responded to Southwest 6th Avenue and Mill Street around 8:20 p.m. for a report of a man yelling and running in the streets. According to scanner traffic, the man was screaming for help and saying someone had a gun for at least 20 minutes before police arrived."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-23 - Trump administration releases dire climate report warning of increasingly devastating wildfires, extreme economic costs and deadly health impacts:
http://nca2018.globalchange.gov/
http://www.gq.com/story/white-house-black-friday-climate-report
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/23/health/climate-change-report-bn/index.html
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article222091650.html
http://www.msn.com/g00/en-us/news/us/a-grave-climate-warning-buried-on-black-friday/ar-BBQ1DzR
http://nypost.com/2018/11/23/federal-report-sounds-alarm-on-climate-change-after-trump-mocks-it/
http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/11/global-warming-report-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-gov-tom-wolf-opinion.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-usa/us-report-says-climate-change-will-batter-economy-in-clash-with-trump-idUSKCN1NS19D
http://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/11/23/major-trump-administration-climate-report-says-damages-are-intensifying-across-country/
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2018/11/24/alaska-experiencing-some-of-the-most-extreme-climate-changes-in-the-united-states-says-new-report/
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/What-the-New-Climate-Report-Says-About-New-England-501175041.html
Quote: "Residents of the western United States should prepare for a potential tripling of large wildfires in the coming decades, a new federal report on climate change revealed Friday. And, it warned, the region should also expect additional water shortages, heat wave deaths, and smoke pollution."
2018-11-23 - Person found dead in burning car at 2:30 AM near airport in Quebec (Canada):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crimeincanada/body-found-inside-burned-car-on-service-road-near-trudeau-airport/ar-BBQ0KgH?li=AAggNb9
http://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/montreal/body-found-inside-burned-car-on-service-road-near-trudeau-airport/
http://www.canada-headlines.com/article/body-found-inside-burned-car-on-service-road-near-trudeau-airport
2018-11-23 - Small plane bursts into flame at flight school in Blue Bell (Pennsylvania):
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/ambler/plane-fire-blue-bell
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/lansdale/s/gk6f3/plane-fire-blue-bell
http://flipboard.com/@Patch4kcv/plane-on-fire-in-blue-bell/a-URr36HBqT3WtEYVavyKsIA%3Aa%3A2429204041-696b30c9b7%2Fpatch.com
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=177618848924242&story_fbid=2242785669074206
Quote: "A plane caught fire at the flight school in Blue Bell on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred at Fly Advanced, on the 1500 block of Narcissa Road, at 12:09 p.m., according to Montco PA Active Incidents. The cause of the fire is not yet clear."
Note: This is the 187th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-11-23 - Factory explodes and burns, 15 nearby homes knocked down, 355 more homes damaged, in Jilin Province (China), 2 killed, 57 injured:
http://apnews.com/51968da808e24b3fa6dd7c10d849a097
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/2-killed-24-injured-in-explosion-in-china/articleshow/66780864.cms
http://www.theprogressnews.com/news/world/explosion-at-chinese-factory-kills-knocks-down-houses/article_a402d05d-1e71-5363-92bf-479c3add0135.html
http://lompocrecord.com/news/world/explosion-at-chinese-factory-kills-knocks-down-houses/article_17bf5b0d-e98d-5b68-a0fb-e032b1c5ec6f.html
Quote: "Chinese authorities say an explosion at a factory in the country’s northeast has killed two people and injured 57 others. The government of Dongfeng County in Jilin province said the explosion Friday night at the factory that made industrial machinery knocked down 15 houses and damaged 355 others."
2018-11-23 - Thundersnow, bushfires, heatwaves, dust storms - what is going on with Australia's weather?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-22/dust-storm-thundersnow-what-is-going-on-with-the-weather/10538450
http://www.sott.net/article/401322-Thundersnow-bushfires-heatwaves-dust-storms-What-is-going-on-with-Australias-weather
2018-11-23 - Sodom and Gomorrah possibly destroyed by asteroid:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1048943/Sodom-and-Gomorrah-asteroid-impact-book-of-genesis-bible-archaeology
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/744147/sodom-and-gomorrah-bible-genesis-asteroid-explosion-tall-el-hammam
http://www.inquisitr.com/5174290/ancient-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-real-destroyed-by-massive-asteroid-explosion-say-archaeologists/
Quote: "Archaeologists state the cities were located on the northeastern edge of the Dead Sea, now called Middle Ghor. What is interesting is that in the sites, scientists have discovered strange minerals which they say are the result of a super-heated asteroid exploding in the region. Radiocarbon dating ages this asteroid explosion at around 3,700 years ago – which would fit in with the biblical timeframe."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-24 - Landfill fire breaks out in Kalyan (India):
http://www.afternoondc.in/city-news/another-blaze-at-kalyan-dumping-ground/article_236223
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/kalyan-dump-yard-fire-blazes-for-6-hours/story-rYzegKbZFvHnjf1lk22SGI.html
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/major-fire-broke-out-at-adharwadi-dumping-ground-in-kalyan-news-photo/1064741278
2018-11-24 - Dump truck bursts into flame while parked inside building in Rochester (Minnesota):
http://www.kaaltv.com/news/firefighters-respond-to-a-dump-truck-on-fire-incident/5155697/
http://www.kimt.com/content/news/Dump-truck-fire-in-Rochester-Friday-night-501172381.html
http://www.facebook.com/KIMTNews3/posts/10156877363584855
2018-11-24 - Vehicles and garage destroyed by fire in Lockwood area in Billings (Montana), 500 feet from the Yellowstone River:
http://www.kulr8.com/story/39535018/structure-fire-in-lockwood-saturday-night
http://ktvq.com/news/2018/11/25/fire-destroys-garage-in-lockwood/
http://www.kpvi.com/news/regional_news/saturday-night-fire-destroys-lockwood-garage/article_7b34bcc0-95f5-54de-a231-f901a78bd27d.html
Quote: "Lockwood Fire Chief John Staley says an unattached garage with several vehicle and lots of equipment caught on fire."
2018-11-24 - 145 pilot whales strand and die on coastal Stewart Island (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20181126-65586-NZL
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46339763
http://time.com/5462995/145-pilot-whales-die-stranded-new-zealand/
http://news.sky.com/story/145-pilot-whales-die-after-stranding-off-nz-coast-11563939
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/asia/pilot-whale-beaching-new-zealand.html
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/145-pilot-whales-die-in-stranding-on-new-zealand-beach/
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/up-to-145-pilot-whales-dead-after-mass-stranding-on-new-zealand-beach/ar-BBQ5YZS
Quote: "A group of up to 145 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a beach on Stewart Island in New Zealand."
Quote: "In separate incidents, 12 pygmy whales and a sperm whale were also beached in New Zealand over the weekend."
2018-11-24 - Fin whale and 3 turtles found dead on beach in coastal Truro (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20181125/carcass-of-well-known-fin-whale-washes-ashore
2018-11-24 - Small planes regularly crashing in New South Wales (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-24/plane-crash-drought-farm-regional-gyrocopter-police/10550174
Quote: "Throughout October and November there have been four serious light aircraft crashes in regional New South Wales, leading to five deaths and putting two other people in hospital. Four men died on the same day on late October, only hours apart, beginning with a gyrocopter crash in Orange killing two."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-25 - Campervan goes up in flames and kills man, 66, on Station Drive in coastal Ardersier (Scotland):
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1618442/man-dies-in-campervan-blaze-in-ardersier/
http://www.thelancasterandmorecambecitizen.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
http://www.prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
http://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/17255899.man-dies-after-campervan-fire/
2018-11-25 - Wildfire death toll hits 88 in and around Paradise (California), missing count at 203, fire finally fully contained:
http://www.chicoer.com/2018/11/26/88-dead-203-still-unaccounted-for-in-camp-fire-aftermath/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/25/california-wildfire-camp-fire-contained/2107829002/
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/11/25/california-wildfire-that-killed-at-least-85-people-fully-contained/23600179/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-camp-fire-butte-county-fully-contained-firefighters-reflect-on-experience-today-2018-11-25/
http://www.kmov.com/news/catastrophic-northern-california-fire-is-finally-contained-death-toll-at/article_c369e4a4-bd5f-5c95-964f-9722e0ae9d15.html
http://waow.com/news/national-news-from-the-associated-press/2018/11/26/the-latest-fema-distributes-20m-after-california-wildfire/
http://www.ktvn.com/story/39446732/deadly-camp-fire-now-135000-acres-still-35-contained1
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article222160460.html
Quote: "The fire destroyed a total of 153,336 acres, 13,972 homes, 528 commercial buildings and 4,293 other structures."
Quote: "A Northern California sheriff says no additional remains were found Monday, but the wildfire’s death toll rose to 88 after investigators determined that three separate sets of human remains contained remains for more than one person."
2018-11-25 - Wildfire breaks out and burns out of control near Deepwater and Baffle Creek (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20181126-65583-AUS
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46339175
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-25/bushfire-forces-evacuation-deepwater-baffle-creek/10553038
http://www.sott.net/article/401471-Queensland-bushfires-Hundreds-evacuated-amid-unprecedented-weather-conditions
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/like-a-war-zone-residents-evacuated-as-fire-sends-flames-12-metres-into-air-20181125-p50i9l.html
http://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/australia/queensland-bushfire-sparks-warning-for-people-in-deepwater-and-baffle-creek-to-evacuate-immediately/ar-BBQ4a4M
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/bushfires-rage-across-queensland-amid.html
http://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-courier-mail/20181126/281668256028649
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=131855023499821&story_fbid=2269509459734356
Quote: "Queensland Fire and Emergency Services inspector Andrew Sturgeous said it was 'not a run-of-the-mill fire by any means'. 'This fire and the fire weather we're experiencing is not something we see … it's a very rare event,' he said. 'This extreme heatwave that we're experiencing across the state, in particular the northern parts of the state, is an extreme weather event.'"
Note: Queensland's starting to look a lot like California!
2018-11-25 - Underground electrical fire breaks out, and building rocked by explosion too, in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/11/25/carbon-monoxide-explosion/
http://pix11.com/2018/11/25/4-buildings-evacuated-following-small-explosion-on-upper-west-side/
Quote: "A malfunctioning underground Con Edison transformer right outside the building was smoldering, smoke and gas spread into the basement of Equinox."
2018-11-25 - Extreme weather is turning the Arctic brown:
http://www.msn.com/g00/en-us/weather/topstories/extreme-weather-is-turning-the-arctic-brown/ar-BBQ7xmV?i10c.encReferrer=&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=17
Quote: "Arctic browning driven by extreme climatic events halves the ability of widespread Arctic heathlands to take up carbon dioxide..."
Note: And there's another feedback - the warming planet makes the Arctic browner, which helps heat up the planet more, and so on and so on...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-26 - Unknown rotten egg odor from unknown source blows through coastal Joppa (Maryland):
http://patch.com/maryland/belair/rotten-egg-smell-joppa-not-hazardous-officials
Quote: "Multiple 911 calls have been received regarding what has been described as a 'rotten egg odor,' Harford County government officials reported around 8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26."
Quote: "'We have received several reports of a foul odor in the Joppatowne area,' the fire company reported. 'It is believed that the odor is from an unknown source outside of the county,' Joppa-Magnolia said in a statement before 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 26."
Note: They can't know it's not hazardous when they don't even know what it is...
2018-11-26 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://fox8.com/2018/11/26/utility-company-investigates-exploding-manhole-in-downtown-cleveland/
http://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/authorities-respond-to-possible-underground-electrical-explosion-after-manhole-cover-popped-off
2018-11-26 - Wood recycling business destroyed by huge fire in Burton (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/11/dozens_of_firefighters_battle.html
Quote: "The business shreds pallet, tree debris, and other items and turns them into mulch."
2018-11-26 - Recycling center damaged by fire in coastal Dundee (Scotland):
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/firefighters-wearing-breathing-apparatus-tackle-blaze-at-dundee-recycling-plant/
2018-11-26 - Half of all Coloradans live in wildfire-prone areas:
http://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/About-900000-more-Coloradans-live-in-fire-risk-areas-than-previous-years-501297742.html
http://www.wyomingnews.com/news/from_the_wire/million-coloradans-now-live-in-areas-at-risk-of-wildfire/article_72a364ce-f1d0-11e8-8a0d-4b0355edb606.html
2018-11-26 - Humpback whale sightings decline significantly around Hawaii:
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/11/26/hawaii-news/clues-sought-for-decline-in-hawaii-humpback-whale-sightings/
Quote: "Researchers are gathering to compare clues on the reasons behind a significant decline in the number of sightings of North Pacific humpback whales in their traditional breeding grounds in waters around Hawaii. The trend doesn’t necessarily mean the iconic giants are dying off, or that they’re not still migrating to the islands. But the apparent disappearance of many whales from a historically predictable location is causing concern and some researchers believe there’s a link between warmer ocean temperatures in Alaska and the effect that has on the whales’ food chain."
Note: The decline in sightings doesn't mean the iconic giants AREN'T dying off either...
2018-11-26 - Amazon rainforest deforestation 'worst in 10 years', says report:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-worst-in-10-years-says-brazil/article/537592
http://www.sott.net/article/401467-Amazon-rainforest-deforestation-worst-in-10-years-says-report
Note: Can we wipe out the rainforest before the Earth wipes US out? The race is on!
2018-11-26 - Climate change helping to sink parts of the Netherlands quicker than expected:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/11/22/climate-change-helping-to-sink-parts-of-the-netherlands-quicker-than-expected/
2018-11-26 - Huge sandstorm engulfs Zhangye (China):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20181127-65598-CHN
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-27/100m-high-sandstorm-hits-chinese-city-zhangye/10557510
http://sputniknews.com/environment/201811271070156567-china-sandstorm-beijing-smog-levels/
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-china-46341184/huge-sandstorm-hits-chinese-city-of-zhangye
http://www.asiaone.com/china/watch-rare-sandstorm-hits-chinese-city-zhangye
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-27 - Unknown rotten egg odor once again blows through Bristol (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/residents-report-rotten-egg-smell-2264360
Quote: "The Environment Agency (EA) is investigating an 'unpleasant odour' in Bristol after receiving a number of complaints last night (November 26). The smell was reported in the Lyde Green area and one resident said it smelled like 'rotting eggs' and made his nose feel like it was burning."
Quote: "At the end of August and the beginning of September, a strange odour likened to rotting eggs or sewage was reported across the city."
2018-11-27 - Unknown gas smell evacuates school in Austin (Texas):
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/murchison-middle-school-resumes-classes-after-gas-smell-caused-evacuation
2018-11-27 - Three reports show we are heading toward the end of the world:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/its-getting-hot-in-here-three-reports-show-we-are-heading-towards-the-end-of-the-world.html
Note: We're already at the beginning of the end of the world. Things will just get progressively worse from here on out until there are no more living people on the surface of the Earth...
2018-11-27 - National climate plans, when you add everything up, will take us way beyond 3, potentially 4 degrees Celsius warming:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/world-faces-impossible-task-at-post.html
Note: It'll be way worse than that. They aren't factoring in the escalating methane feedbacks or most of the myriad other feedbacks. The fact is, if we turned off every power plant on the planet, today, and every car, plane and ship was left to rot, today, and every human being blew his or her head off with a shotgun, today, the warming would nevertheless continue and accelerate to way beyond 4C warming. We're not quite inconsequential - our burning coal and oil keeps 'global dimming' going, which is actually helping short-term even as it makes things more horrifyingly bad long-term. But all we have left to us now is short-term. 'Long-term' is not something with which we need to be concerned, since the human race won't be around on this planet for that...
2018-11-27 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars and scrap metal burn, in Denver (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/11/27/fire-sends-heavy-black-smoke-over-north-denver/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-large-fire-at-recycling-plant-in-north-denver
http://www.9news.com/article/news/local/denver-area-scrap-yard-fire-causes-massive-smoke-plume/73-618075425
http://gazette.com/news/large-fire-at-denver-recycling-plant/article_dd9934ae-f27d-11e8-ae5e-075857180414.html
http://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/27/denver-recycling-plant-fire-2/
Quote: "A massive plume of smoke was visible northeast of downtown Denver near 48th Avenue and Washington Street on Tuesday afternoon. The fire was burning at Denver Scrap Metal and Recycling at 4920 Washington St and has since been contained, according to the Denver Fire Department."
2018-11-27 - At least 80 wildfires break out across Queensland (Australia), people sent fleeing, heatwave broils the region:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181126-65583-AUS
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/27/queensland-bushfires-intensify-as-heatwave-hits-the-state
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/wildfire-razes-vast-tracts-of-northeast-australia/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/qld-residents-plan-flee-fire-boat-010658059--spt.html
http://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/story/5783292/extreme-weather-fuelling-infernos/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-28/queensland-bushfires-in-pictures/10562398
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/an-early-summer-monster-inferno-has.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/monster-dust-storms-torrential-rains.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46366964
Quote: "People have been pulled from the path of a monster bushfire after refusing to flee from the erratic and dangerous inferno that’s destroyed homes and razed thousands of hectares in central Queensland. Hundreds of firefighters are battling more than 80 fires across the state in unprecedented conditions with scorching temperatures predicted for Wednesday. Emergency services warn a 'horrendous' combination of climate, heat and fire were aligning to create extreme conditions 'never seen before in Queensland'. Andrew Sturgess, Predictive Services Inspector, QFES, said there was the potential for fire storms and house losses. 'We’ll see fire behaviour that we have never seen before,' Sturgess said."
Quote: "Thousands of Australians have been told to evacuate their homes as powerful bushfires threaten properties in Queensland. The state's fire danger warning has been raised to 'catastrophic' - the highest level - for the first time."
Note: Sheesh, just think how bad things could be in a few weeks once summer begins!
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-28 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 19 cars burn, on Severn Road in coastal Hallen (Britain), 1000 feet from the ocean:
http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/south-gloucestershire-incidents/2341-fire-at-scrapyard
Quote: "A total of 19 cars were destroyed by the fire on the site. The cause of the fire is thought to be accidental."
2018-11-28 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in Center City area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Underground-Fire-Center-City-Outages-Philadelphia--501491351.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/28/officials-underground-fire-leaves-residents-without-power-in-center-city/
2018-11-28 - Recycling center hit by fire just after 7 AM, large pile of wood burns, in Baton Rouge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/2018/11/28/firefighters-respond-smoldering-fire-large-wood-pile-recycling-facility/
http://www.brproud.com/news/local-news/st-george-fire-dept-responds-to-smoldering-fire-at-organic-recycling/1624512697
2018-11-28 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home in coastal Redmond (Washington):
http://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/firefighters-quell-redmond-house-fire/
Quote: "Firefighters responded to a home off Northeast 114th Way in Redmond to find heavy smoke coming from the garage with a car on fire."
2018-11-28 - Home destroyed by garage fire at 1:42 AM on Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri):
http://www.lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/lake-of-the-ozarks-woman-s-new-home-destroyed-by/article_f2e578a8-f3fa-11e8-8f3c-c711a934443b.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/camdenton-home-a-total-loss-after-early-morning-fire/1624905150
Quote: "A local woman’s home was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning, less than three years after her home at the same site was destroyed by catastrophic flooding at Lake of the Ozarks."
Note: Don't tell me people are still parking vehicles in attached garages!
2018-11-28 - A conversation with Peter Wadhams on Arctic Sea ice loss:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/arctic-sea-ice-loss-with-peter-wadhams.html
2018-11-28 - Volcano Fuego continues erupting in Guatemala:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20181108-65352-GTM
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1052361/guatemala-volcano-eruption-fuego-2019-volc-n-ash-plume-today-pictures-acatenango
2018-11-28 - Mysterious seismic waves rippled around the planet on November 11:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/11/strange-earthquake-waves-rippled-around-world-earth-geology/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/11/what-caused-mysterious-strange-seismic.html
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/a-mysterious-seismic-wave-rolled-around-the-world-for-more-than-20-minutes-and-yet-it-seems-no-human-felt-them.html
Quote: "'I don't think I've seen anything like it,' says Göran Ekström, a seismologist at Columbia University who specializes in unusual earthquakes. The waves are similar to those typically seen after large earthquakes, which are known to travel great distances – but, no such earthquake took place."
2018-11-28 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Sydney (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20181128-65600-AUS
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20181128-65600-AUS
http://sputniknews.com/environment/201811281070218463-Storm-Swamps-Sydney-NE-Australia-Burns/
http://watchers.news/2018/11/28/sydney-storm-november-28-2018/
Quote: "Sydney residents are being urged to 'batten down the hatches' as torrential rain floods the city. The New South Wales capital received over 100mm of rain in mere hours on Wednesday morning, around 20mm more than the usual average for the whole of November."
Quote: "Transport bosses have implored Sydneysiders to 'leave work early' to avoid what is set to be a horror commute home following the largest November storm for more than three decades. Flooded tracks, roads and underpasses as well as fallen trees have led to the closure of the entire light rail system and some trains on the north shore."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-29 - Unknown rotten egg odor reported near Meyerland Plaza in Houston (Texas):
http://www.click2houston.com/news/odor-in-meyerland-plaza-area-being-investigated
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Major-natural-gas-leak-reported-in-Meyerland-13431137.php
http://abc13.com/hfd-trying-to-find-source-of-strange-odor-on-southwest-side/4789423/
Quote: "CenterPoint Energy officials said the mysterious odor wafting throughout the Meyerland area Thursday was not related to natural gas. Earlier today, Houston Fire Department hazmat crews and Bellaire authorities had been trying to locate the source of an odor initially believed to be a gas leak."
2018-11-29 - UN says 2018 will be Earth's 4th-warmest year on record, predicts a 5-9 degree temperature rise this century:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/29/global-warming-2018-4th-hottest-year-record/2154183002/
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/11/29/past-four-years-hottest-on-record-data-shows/
Quote: "The past four years – 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 – are the four warmest years since records began in 1850. Overall, the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the WMO."
2018-11-29 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in Yorktown (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/peninsulanow/fire-in-yorktown-causes-traffic-mess/291-618749184
2018-11-29 - Steel business hit by fire, pile of scrap metal burns, in Saskatoon (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/scrap-metal-fire-saskatoon-1.4925203
http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/steel-plant-staff-give-firefighters-a-hand-with-grappling-hook-1.4197697
http://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/saskatoon/scrap-metal-deck-fires-keep-saskatoon-firefighters-busy/
2018-11-29 - Many wildfires continue burning and threatening homes across Queensland (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-30/queensland-fire-emergency-continues-amid-hot-and-dry-conditions/10567540
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/towns-in-danger-as-over-100-fires-ravage-queensland/news-story/c84d60ff4703f2cba44a320ad52a05b0
Quote: "As Queensland's bushfire threat eases, authorities are warning people to remain on high alert, with hot and dry conditions forecast to continue into next week and 114 fires still burning."
2018-11-29 - Cars and service department destroyed by fire at car dealership near many lakes in Leesburg (Florida):
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20181129/fire-guts-leesburg-chevy-dealers-service-department
http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20181130/arson-not-suspected-in-fire-at-leesburg-chevrolet-dealership
Quote: "The showroom and other parts of the dealership were not damaged, but there were five or six cars in the service department that were destroyed or heavily damaged."
2018-11-29 - Cars and garage destroyed by fire in Lily (Kentucky), 1 injured:
http://www.wymt.com/content/news/Man-burned-airlifted-to-hospital-after-garage-fire-501584801.html
Quote: "Authorities are not sure how the fire started but said there were cars kept inside the building that may have fueled the fire. One man was burned and was airlifted from the scene. Officials said he was not in the building when they arrived. They believe he may have tried to enter the building after the fire started."
2018-11-29 - Three duplexes destroyed by huge fire in coastal Sea Isle City (New Jersey), 700 feet from the ocean, 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Missing-Body-Found-Sea-Isle-City-Fire-501647911.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/30/elderly-womans-body-found-following-massive-fire-in-sea-isle/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/11/29/firefighters-battle-massive-blaze-thats-spread-to-several-homes-in-sea-isle/
http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/news/fires/article_15c1a98c-f3fb-11e8-b466-97ad183c984a.html
http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20181129/large-fire-severely-damages-jersey-shore-homes-3-injured
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Sea-Isle-City-Fire-501561801.html
http://6abc.com/crews-are-battling-a-house-blaze-in-sea-isle-city/4790229/
Quote: "The Sea Isle Fire Department says that three buildings were destroyed — six units total in the blaze. One of the homes experienced a near total collapse."
2018-11-29 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #146, November 19th-26th, 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/11/extreme-weather-report-11262018.html
Category: Variety Pack
2018-11-30 - Car goes up in flames and burns driver to death, injures passenger, in coastal Palm Bay (Florida):
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2018/11/30/car-fire-kills-driver-palm-bay-burns-passenger/2168661002/
http://www.wopular.com/car-fire-kills-driver-palm-bay-burns-passenger
Quote: "A motorist was killed in a car fire in Palm Bay on Friday night, firefighters said. The blaze happened in a parked car in an area near some bushes on J.A. Bombadier Boulevard near Bucket Road Southwest, said Palm Bay Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Alex Barna. The car ignited while two people were inside about 7 p.m., he said."
2018-11-30 - Person found dead in burning vehicle inside burning garage in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.wxyz.com/news/body-found-burned-beyond-recognition-inside-vehicle-detroit-s-east-side
2018-11-30 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man on Alsop Town Road in Spotsylvania Courthouse (Virginia):
http://www.fredericksburg.com/news/crime_courts/spotsylvania-man-dies-in-camper-fire/article_6f1d96fc-f587-11e8-93dd-cbde9a50866b.html
2018-11-30 - Magnitude 7.0 earthquake causes major damage in coastal Anchorage (Alaska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EQ-20181130-65637-USA
http://www.mrt.com/news/us/article/6-7-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-buildings-in-13434467.php
http://www.wftv.com/news/breaking-news/alaska-earthquake-70-magnitude-quake-rocks-anchorage/880945472
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/national-international/70-Magnitude-Earthquake-Rocks-Anchorage-501666281.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/11/30/alaska-earthquake-photos-and-video-destruction/2164608002/
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/unstable-planet-anchorage-alaska-is-devastated-by-a-giant-7-0-earthquake-is-the-west-coast-next
http://khqa.com/news/nation-world/67-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-buildings-in-anchorage-11-30-2018
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2018/11/30/large-earthquake-strikes-southcentral-alaska/
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/BREAKING-Massive-earthquake-shakes-Alaska-501647481.html
http://abc7chicago.com/alaska-earthquakes-crack-anchorage-roads-cause-fires-damage/4798756/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/12/a-massive-79-quake-reduced-by-usgs-to.html
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/us/alaska-earthquake/index.html
2018-11-30 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Cleveland (Ohio):
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/11/cleveland-firefighters-respond-to-smoke-coming-out-of-manholes-in-public-square.html
Quote: "Crews responded earlier this month to three separate incidents in which underground explosions blew off manhole covers near West 2nd Street, according to Cleveland 19 and News5Cleveland."
2018-11-30 - California wildfires released huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article222445465.html
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/California-wildfires-Staggering-toll-on-forests-13432888.php
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/CAMP-FIRE-Carbon-Dioxide-Emissions-Perhaps-a-Record-Says-US-Interior-Secy-501710341.html
Quote: "U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says wildfires in California in 2018 released roughly the same amount of carbon emissions as were produced in a year to provide electricity to the state. Zinke, citing figures from the U.S. Geological Survey, said Friday that the fires released roughly the equivalent of about 68 million tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. That's more than 15 percent of all emissions produced by California in a year. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the figure is strikingly high and likely a record for carbon emissions from wildfires in California history. This year included California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire — a blaze earlier this month that took out the town of Paradise and killed at least 88 people."
Note: Everything on the surface of the Earth is going to burn, including (but not limited to) all of human civilization. So how are we going to reduce carbon emissions? Even if we reduce emissions a little bit here or there, it'll be minuscule compared to the gargantuan amount of carbon that will be emitted as everything on the surface of the planet goes up in flames. Obviously, by the time the entire surface of the planet is burning there won't be many if any human beings left alive to care about the atmosphere and the habitability of the planet. This is yet another feedback: the more stuff that burns, the hotter things get and the more stuff that burns, and so on and so on.
The rising frequency and intensity of fires around the world is already clearly discernible to anyone with eyes to see. Massive peat fires have started burning in Indonesia, burning peat thousands of years old - that's ancient carbon. Unusual peat fires not seen before have broken out in Greenland as the permafrost melts there. The deadliest fire in Portugal's history ripped through forests there last year, burning dozens of people to death in their cars as they tried to flee. The deadliest high-rise fire in modern history killed dozens of people last year in Britain. Northern Sweden burned fiercely this year near the Arctic circle, something not seen before. Mammoth fires have begun tearing through Siberia each year as the permafrost melts and methane domes in the ground explode and burn there. Canada's had multiple consecutive years of massive wildfires, not unlike California. Both Washington and Oregon have experienced devastating fires in the last two or three years. The Amazon forest has been increasingly burning in the last several years in Brazil. Australia's wildfires appear to be worsening. The burning of the Earth has begun. It will only get worse from here on out, until every human being has been eradicated from the surface of the planet. And then things will REALLY get bad, but that won't be our concern, since we'll be ashes at that point and on our way to becoming part of a layer of coal for some future species to burn as fuel to power their civilization...
2018-11-30 - At least 144 wildfires continue to rage as heatwave broils Queensland (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20181126-65583-AUS
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/120-bushfires-rage-across-northern-australia-18342757
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/state-remains-on-high-alert-as-120-bushfires-rage/3589769/
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/state-remains-on-high-alert-as-120-bushfires-rage/news-story/10786a7b3997ce37951335769fa92d20
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/fire-on-the-beach-campers-terrifying-blaze-photos/3591531/
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/no-relief-for-queensland-bushfire.html
http://strangesounds.org/2018/11/catastrophic-wildfire-queensland-australia-video-pictures.html
Quote: "With severe to extreme heatwave conditions set to continue and 144 bushfires still burning, Queensland authorities are warning people to remain on high alert into the weekend and next week. On November 30, 2018, Queensland firefighters are still battling 144 bushfires burning across the state which already saw 200 fires this week. The government rated the danger as 'catastrophic' on November 28, for the first time in the history of the state."
Note: Look at the map in the last link. Around 80%+ of the fires are clustered along the coastline...
2018-11-30 - US life expectancy falls, first three-year period of decline since World War I:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/11/us-life-expectancy-falls-driven-by.html
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