Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-01 - Person found dead and on fire just before 6 AM along Murphy Street in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/2018/12/01/burned-body-found-shreveport/
http://www.ksla.com/2018/12/01/burned-body-found-n-shreveport/
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/body-found-burned-in-shreveport/1632078163
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/crime/2018/12/01/burned-body-found-north-shreveport/2174280002/
http://www.fox8live.com/2018/12/02/burned-body-found-shreveport/
2018-12-01 - Industrial estate rocked by explosion and fire on Transfesa Road in Paddock Wood (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-46411684
http://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/pictures-show-extent-paddock-wood-2281581
http://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/police-fire-crews-confirm-cause-2281731
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-12-01/breaking-oil-tanker-explosion-rocks-an-estate-near-tonbridge/
2018-12-01 - Brush fire breaks out and burns 2000+ acres in the Florida Everglades in Broward County (Florida):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-broward-brushfires-20181201-story.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article222488280.html
2018-12-01 - Wildfire rages near coastal Tinnanbar in Queensland (Australia):
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/vegetation-fires-burn-fraser-coast/3591716/
http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/fifth-day-tinnanbar-fire/3592037/
2018-12-01 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near the Tanimbar Islands (Indonesia):
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/6-3-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-eastern-indonesia-no-tsunami-warning-1956469
http://www.sott.net/article/401891-6-3-Magnitude-earthquake-strikes-Tanimbar-Islands-Indonesia-no-tsunami-warning-issued
2018-12-01 - Hundreds of aftershocks shake Alaska after the big magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit coastal Anchorage (Alaska):
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/us/alaska-earthquake/index.html
http://www.wcvb.com/article/alaska-hit-by-smaller-earthquakes-since-friday/25366931
http://strangesounds.org/2018/12/alaska-hit-by-more-than-230-small-earthquakes-since-november-30-2018.html
2018-12-01 - Tornado rips through Taylorville (Illinois), many buildings damaged, 20+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20181203-65657-USA
http://fox2now.com/2018/12/02/taylorville-il-got-41-minute-warning-of-december-tornado/
http://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/2018-12-02-illinois-tornadoes-taylorville-1dec18
http://www.ilnews.org/news/outdoorsenvironment/taylorville-tornado-will-be-bad-memory-in-a-year-first/article_20e78c66-f688-11e8-a453-ab77863fd6dc.html
http://herald-review.com/news/local/public_safety/taylorville-buildings-damaged-in-storm-it-looked-like-a-war/article_b2dd56a7-c879-53c0-ac13-900a3ea8c821.html
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181202/taylorville-begins-long-road-to-tornado-cleanup
Quote: "The National Weather Service says a rare wintertime tornado that struck Taylorville in central Illinois was half-a-mile-wide and stayed on the ground for at least 10 miles (16 kilometers)."
Quote: "The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has now assessed the damage in Taylorville IL and neighboring Hewittville, and 506 structures were impacted, 66 had major damage, 34 were completely destroyed, and 406 others are damaged but in habitable condition."
2018-12-01 - Tornado touches down and rips apart classic car business in Staunton (Illinois):
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro-east-tornado-damage-includes-country-classic-cars-business-that/article_01f621b3-40ca-5b43-ae00-cb913bd933b5.html
http://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/first-a-fire-now-a-tornado-has-hit-a-classic/article_4055e85b-595c-597a-97a6-37bf8a417253.html
http://fox2now.com/2018/12/02/major-damage-multiple-injuries-after-tornadoes-touch-down-in-central-illinois/
Quote: "First, in August 2017, a massive fire that took 13 local fire departments to extinguish scorched 143 classic cars. The Noel family reopened in March of this year. But on Saturday, a tornado touched down and appeared to rip apart what had been rebuilt after the fire. The dealership is about 40 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis."
Note: Got a tornado warning on my phone, but they missed my area and touched down on the other side of the Mississippi River in Illinois. Not normal to have big tornado outbreaks like this in December. But what's normal anymore?! The fire that destroyed this classic car business last year was mentioned in the 2017-08-08 update...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-02 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes in Coventry (Britain):
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-explosion-police-statement-15499028
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-explosion-fire-service-statement-15498702
http://www.sott.net/article/402189-Loud-boom-rattles-windows-causes-plaster-to-fall-from-ceilings-in-Coventry-UK
Quote: "Police say the cause of a 'loud bang' heard across Coventry remains a mystery. They said that despite 'extensive enquiries' they have been 'unable to locate the source of the noise'."
Quote: "Many people reported their homes and windows shook, while plaster fell from the ceiling of a house in the CV3 postcode area of the city. The 'explosion' was heard as far away as Willenhall and Bedworth."
2018-12-02 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Azle (Texas):
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article222528855.html
http://www.topix.com/city/azle-tx/2018/12/large-fire-at-azle-scrapyard-rises-to-second-alarm-on-sunday-afternoon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KACeiyGLkc
2018-12-02 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 4:21 AM, 20 cars burn, on River Road in Barking area in coastal London (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2018/december/fire-at-a-scrapyard-barking/
Quote: "Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to a fire at a scrapyard on River Road, Barking. Three shipping containers and 20 scrap cars were damaged by fire."
2018-12-03 - Landfill erupts in flame, again, near coastal Philipsburg on the island of St. Maarten:
http://sxmislandtime.com/landfill-the-dump-on-fire/
http://smn-news.com/st-maarten-st-martin-news/30695-landfill-the-dump-on-fire.html
2018-12-02 - Wildfire damage likely to exceed $1.6 billion in coastal Malibu (California):
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-malibu-woolsey-destruction-map/
http://ktla.com/2018/12/03/woolsey-fire-destroyed-over-400-homes-in-malibu-a-total-market-value-of-at-least-1-6-billion/
2018-12-02 - Freak weather hits the US, floods and mudslides in California, deadly tornado thunderstorms in the Plains, black-ice pile-up in Indianapolis:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/12/us-stormy-weather-floods-and-mudslides-in-california-deadly-tornado-thunderstorms-in-plains-black-ice-pile-up-in-indianapolis.html
2018-12-02 - Unable to bury climate report, Trump and deniers launch assault on the science:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/30112018/fact-check-trump-climate-science-denial-national-assessment-sanders-global-warming
2018-12-02 - Farmers, don't count on technology to protect agriculture from climate change:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/29112018/climate-change-agriculture-risk-farm-technology-science-report
2018-12-02 - New study calls for global 'Stratospheric Aerosol Injection' by 2030s:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-02/mind-chemtrails-new-study-calls-global-stratospheric-aerosol-injection-2030s
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-call-for-stratospheric-aerosol.html
Note: Whoever wrote that study should take a gander at our increasingly alien skies once in a while, because this has already begun and has been going on for at least the last 20 years. I don't know that they're spraying sulfates, but they're definitely spraying a whole lot of something. The grid patterns are indicative of shielding too. Look at the shielding on the door of your microwave - it's a grid. Grids are effective at blocking radiation. In the case of microwaves, the grid blocks most microwave radiation so you can see your food. In the case of the grids sprayed into the sky, they block some of the incoming solar radiation. Same concept, just writ large. But wouldn't they tell us if they were doing that? Nope, because that would lead to too many questions, and all of those questions eventually lead to the fact that it's the end of the world. Gotta keep the unobservant masses as sedated as possible while they die...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-03 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits Timonium (Maryland), near the coast:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/ph-tt-odor-timonium-20181203-story.html
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/12/03/baltimore-county-fire-investigating-natural-gas-odor-in-county/
http://patch.com/maryland/timonium/firefighters-investigating-odor-timonium-area-officials
Quote: "A natural gas odor noted in 'multiple reports' in Timonium cleared on its own late Monday morning, fire department spokeswoman Elise Armacost said. Armacost said the county was not able to determine the cause of the odor, but 'it dissipated on its own.'"
2018-12-03 - Unknown rotten egg odor reported outside school on Lakeside Boulevard in Hopatcong (New Jersey), 700 feet from Lake Hopatcong:
http://patch.com/new-jersey/hopatcong-sparta/gas-smell-reported-hudson-maxim-school
Quote: "A gas smell was reported at Hudson Maxin School Monday morning, but there is no cause for concern, principal Katherine McFadden said. The smell was coming from outside the building, McFadden said."
2018-12-03 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in Lexington (South Carolina):
http://wach.com/news/local/midlands-middle-school-evacuated-due-to-gas-like-smell
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article222553095.html
Quote: "The district made an announcement on their Facebook page that the school has evacuated after staff members smelled a 'gas-like smell.'"
2018-12-03 - Workers have breathing problems for second time in a week, unknown cause, at Intel plant in Hillsboro (Oregon):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20181204-65670-USA
http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/12/emergency_crews_back_at_intel.html
http://pamplinmedia.com/ht/117-hillsboro-tribune-news/413631-314928-update-six-hospitalized-after-possible-toxic-exposure-at-intel
http://nbc16.com/news/local/hillsboro-fire-responds-to-incident-at-intel-campus
Quote: "Emergency responders were back at Intel's Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro on Monday, treating employees for mysterious respiratory issues for the second time in less than a week. Metro West Ambulance said it transported six people to nearby hospitals for what Intel described as 'treatment of minor breathing difficulty.' Public safety officials described their conditions as 'non-critical.' Metro West public information officer Jan Lee said emergency responders examined 35 people altogether, all with 'very minor symptoms.' Initial reports from Intel said just three people went to the hospital Monday -- Lee said the final total was six."
2018-12-03 - Extremely high levels of methane in the atmosphere in the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/extremely-high-levels-of-methane-going.html
2018-12-03 - Tent goes up in flames at 1:30 AM and burns person to death at the Geelong Showgrounds in coastal Geelong (Australia):
http://www.bay939.com.au/news/local-news/100150-tent-blaze-kills-showgrounds-camper
http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/camping-ground-horror-victoria-dead-body-found-in-burntout-tent/news-story/1f567b0945be292dfd486dca00f27307
2018-12-03 - Two underground electrical fires break out in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/electrical-fire-blamed-for-two-uws-manhole-fires/4817678/
http://abc7ny.com/underground-electrical-fire-blamed-for-2-manhole-fires-on-upper-west-side/4817567/
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/video/21034780/fdny-crews-firefighters-battle-underground-fire-manhole-manhattan-raw-news
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3unzwzKPpnY
2018-12-03 - Huge wildfire erupts near coastal Mumbai (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20181204-65679-IND
http://www.latestly.com/india/news/mumbai-forest-fire-massive-blaze-breaks-out-near-goregaon-film-city-no-casualties-reported-520368.html
http://www.firstpost.com/india/fire-breaks-out-in-aarey-colony-in-mumbais-goregaon-area-two-water-tankers-rushed-to-spot-5664541.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-ash-from-goregaon-forest-fire-may-make-breathing-difficult-say-activists-2692319
http://www.ptinews.com/news/10219876_Huge-fire-breaks-out-near-Mumbai-s-Aarey-Colony-forest.html
2018-12-03 - Shipping containers go up in flames in shipping yard in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://newsx.tv/2018/12/03/massive-fire-in-navi-mumbai-yard/
http://www.timesnownews.com/videos/news/india/massive-fire-in-navi-mumbai-yard/16862
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU1YgySOjdE
2018-12-03 - Insurance company wiped out by wildfire that destroyed Paradise (California):
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/04/us/camp-fire-insurance-company-liquidation/index.html
Quote: "California's Camp Fire didn't just kill dozens of people and destroy thousands of homes. It also left an insurance company in financial ruins, unable to pay millions of dollars to policyholders."
2018-12-03 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in coastal Fort Myers (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/39579266/car-fire-burns-fort-myers-home
http://www.nbc29.com/story/39579266/car-fire-burns-fort-myers-home
Quote: "A car fire spread to a Fort Myers home on Fountain Avenue in the Florimond Manor neighborhood Monday. The car caught fire in the garage. The flames then spread to the house. The house is a complete loss, firefighters said."
Note: People still park vehicles near their homes? In coastal cities?! Also see the many egrets that flew into cars and died along I-75 near Fort Myers on this day...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-04 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits coastal Runcorn (Britain), people sickened, odor lasts for a day:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/strange-smell-disgusts-families-nobody-15512531
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsliverpool/strange-smell-disgusts-families-and-nobody-knows-what-it-is/ar-BBQyPhp
Quote: "An area frequently blighted by putrid smells was hit with a 'rotting egg' stench for 24 hours - but no one knows why. Over 100 Runcorn residents took to Facebook on Tuesday night to complain about a 'vile egg/sewer' odour that could be detected across the whole town. Exasperated locals claimed it lasted all day and made them feel physically sick. It disappeared today, but mystery surrounds the source of the smell."
2018-12-04 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in New Delhi (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/spicejet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-delhi-airport/693269.html
http://www.news18.com/news/india/spicejet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-delhi-airport-after-smoke-detected-in-baggage-compartment-1960695.html
http://www.latestly.com/agency-news/spicejet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-delhi-airport-522096.html
http://www.zeebiz.com/companies/news-spicejet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-delhi-airport-74313
http://www.ptinews.com/news/10222107_SpiceJet-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-Delhi-airport.html
Quote: "A Jodhpur-bound SpiceJet plane, carrying 60 passengers, made an emergency landing at the airport in New Delhi on Tuesday, reportedly after smoke was detected in the baggage compartment, a source said."
Note: This is the 188th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-04 - Megamall rocked by explosion and fire in coastal Kuching (Malaysia), 3 killed, 20+ injured:
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/12/04/explosion-rocks-kuchings-cityone-megamall-three-killed-29-hurt/
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/explosion-megaone-kuching-sarawak-malaysia-shopping-mall-injured-10995924
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/several-injured-after-explosion-at-kuching-shopping-mall
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2176370/three-killed-and-24-injured-malaysian-shopping-centre
2018-12-04 - Two vehicles and home go up in flames at 3 AM on West Catawba Avenue in Mount Holly (North Carolina), 1 injured:
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/wake-up-charlotte/pastor-hurt-in-mount-holly-house-fire-officials-say/275-620648391
http://myfox8.com/2018/12/04/pastor-seriously-hurt-after-home-next-to-north-carolina-church-catches-fire/
http://www.wbtv.com/video/2018/12/04/pastor-seriously-hurt-home-destroyed-fire/
Quote: "The pastor suffered a heart attack and was unconscious for several minutes before being transported, according to a Facebook post from the North Carolina Association of Free Will Baptists..."
Quote: "It originated out of the carport area of the home and destroyed two vehicles on the property."
2018-12-04 - Two barns destroyed by fire at 2:30 AM in Grant Park (Illinois), around 50,000 chickens killed:
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/50k_hens_die_in_fire_at_egg_pr.html
http://wgntv.com/2018/12/04/large-fire-reported-at-mussmans-back-acres-egg-farm/
http://www.circa.com/story/2018/12/04/nation/massive-fire-breaks-out-at-illinois-egg-farm
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-12-05/company-50-000-or-more-hens-died-in-egg-farm-fire
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/business/article222602400.html
2018-12-04 - Australia cuts wheat harvest forecast to 10-year low on drought:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/climate-change-in-australia.html
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-cuts-wheat-harvest-forecast-to-10-year-low-on-drought-20181204-p50k02.html?fbclid=IwAR0Da7ZRNks2as0DhRblHq9z5v3pqqy8FqQFd5BNz2e4zTnGV-u56Nu1H8s
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-05 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Bristol (Britain):
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/easyjet-flight-forced-land-bristol-2297259
Quote: "An easyJet plane was forced to land at Bristol Airport after a smoke smell filled the cabin yesterday (December 5). The EZY7123 flight had been scheduled to land in Alicante at 8.15pm, after departing from Liverpool just after 4.30pm."
Note: This is the 189th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-05 - Transformer bursts into flame in basement of high-rise building near Trump Tower in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/fire-breaks-out-5th-avenue-high-rise-fdny-said
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grcz6i9cvn0
2018-12-05 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in Braintree (Massachusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/braintree/braintree-manhole-firing-causing-mass-power-outages
2018-12-05 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/electrical-fire-ellesmere-port-caused-15508835
2018-12-05 - Metal business damaged by fire in Iuka (Mississippi):
http://www.wtva.com/content/news/Fire-crews-respond-to-Tishomingo-factory-fire-502039811.html
Quote: "Multiple fire crews responded to a fire at Ferrous Metal Processing Co. in Iuka Wednesday night."
2018-12-05 - Recycling center devastated by huge fire at midnight in coastal Bangkok (Thailand):
http://thethaiger.com/news/bangkok/huge-fire-in-bangkok-guts-recycling-plant
http://www.aseanbreakingnews.com/2018/12/bangkok-recycling-plant-gutted-in-stubborn-fire/
http://theworldnews.net/th-news/huge-fire-in-bangkok-guts-recycling-plant
http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/huge-fire-breaks-recycling-plant-lat-krabang-236071
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30359877
2018-12-05 - Plastics factory rocked by explosion in coastal Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 5+ killed, 66 injured:
http://www.mrt.com/news/world/article/Explosion-at-Dominican-plastics-company-kills-4-13447201.php
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/Explosion-at-Dominican-plastics-company-kills-4-13447201.php
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181207-65707-DOM
http://www.hastingstribune.com/dead-injured-in-blast-at-dominican-plastics-company/article_903b83fe-e0d8-5a40-a365-9c1c8fd9de20.html
http://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2018/12/05/gas-explosion-rocks-several-districts/
http://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/182411/dominican-rep-factory-explosion-kills-three-in-santo-domingo-dec-5
http://sputniknews.com/latam/201812061070428840-dominican-republic-blast-casualties/
2018-12-05 - Wildfire breaks out and threatens homes on coastal Kangaroo Island (Australia):
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/emergency-warning-for-kangaroo-island-fire
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-06/fires-burning-on-kangaroo-island-and-at-two-wells/10591098
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/watch-and-act-alerts-issued-as-cfs-battle-grass-stubble-fires/news-story/8c35a795b0af84c3aacd8f3412c0f04a
2018-12-05 - Arctic ice unexpectedly thinning and contracting:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-arctic-sea-ice-is-thinning-and.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJpP4ojr-J0
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-06 - Mystery gas(es) baffle the town of Louisa (Virginia):
http://www.thecentralvirginian.com/mystery-gas-baffles-town-of-louisa-2/
Quote: "Investigators continued to puzzle this week over how smells and dangerous levels of gas turned up in the air in the town of Louisa, and possibly in the public water supply. The town and the Louisa County Water Authority released a statement Tuesday pointing to natural gas and methane as possible culprits in the Nov. 29 water scare. Officials also suggested a build-up of sewer gas could have been at fault."
Quote: "The focus of the past week has been on the town’s water, but Jim Moore, Virginia Health Department Office of Drinking Water field director, cautioned that no gas was ever identified in water. 'We never got any confirmation it was in the water, although the circumstantial evidence suggests it was,' he said. 'I don’t think they had the capacity to detect it in the water.'"
Quote: "Firefighters found gas in the air, using a device called a four-gas detector that is designed to pick up hints of butane, propane, natural gas or methane. They presumed it was coming from nearby water. They initially detected gas in a drain inside Walgreens, on East Main Street, and later near a fire hydrant. Gas readings also rose after they turned on the water in a sink."
2018-12-06 - Extreme methane levels update with Margo:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/more-data-from-cams-shows-extremely.html
Quote: "Margo shows the continued high levels of methane being released throughout the Northern Hemisphere and gathering over the Arctic."
2018-12-06 - Greenhouse gases accelerating like a speeding freight train in 2018:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/12/05/greenhouse-gas-emissions-accelerate-like-a-speeding-freight-train-in-2018/
2018-12-06 - Greenland ice melt rapidly accelerating:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/06/world/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-unprecedented-rate-climate-change-wxc/index.html
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0752-4.epdf
Quote: "Greenland's massive ice sheets contain enough water to raise global sea levels by 23 feet, and a new study shows that they are melting at a rate 'unprecedented' over centuries -- and likely thousands of years. The study, published Thursday in the scientific journal Nature, found that Greenland's ice loss accelerated rapidly in the past two decades after remaining relatively stable since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. Today, Greenland's ice sheets are melting at a rate 50% higher than pre-industrial levels and 33% above 20th-century levels, the scientists found."
2018-12-06 - After two years of mammoth wildfires, Californians now in danger from mudslides and landslides:
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/us/california-mudslide-danger-wildfires/index.html
Quote: "After two years of colossal wildfires, California is now a checkerboard of dangerous burn zones threatening to turn into mudflow disasters. A record 1.8 million acres have turned black this year in the Golden State, from Redding to Riverside County, Cal Fire reports. Now, meteorologists and first responders view each coming rainstorm for its potential to trigger mudslides below slopes stripped bare by blazes."
2018-12-06 - As wildfires drive insurance premiums up, will homeowners be able to keep up?
http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/personal-finance/article222446300.html
2018-12-06 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap vehicles burn, in Cayce (South Carolina);
http://www.wistv.com/2018/12/07/crews-work-contain-fire-scrap-yard-lexington-county/
http://www.wistv.com/video/2018/12/07/road-back-open-after-scrap-yard-fire/
http://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/huge-flames-as-large-fire-breaks-out-at-cayce-recycling-center/101-621935328
http://www.swlexledger.com/single-post/2018/12/07/Another-fire-at-American-Scrap-near-Cayce-closes-parts-of-Charleston-Hwy-Thursday-night
http://www.facebook.com/WIS10/posts/update-the-scrap-yard-fire-has-been-put-out-and-the-roadways-are-back-open-https/10156991207925763/
http://snewsi.com/id/18482620787/Road-back-open-after-scrap-yard-fire
Quote: "Officials say several scrap metal vehicles had caught on fire."
Quote: "Last year in May, a fire was reported at that same location there in Cayce."
2018-12-06 - Locusts devouring crops in Kenya:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20181206-65706-KEN
Quote: "Locusts have destroyed crops on thousands of acres of land in Turkana and damaged vegetation that livestock feed on, reversing gains made in attaining food security. The hard-hit areas include Kibish Sub-County and the vast Turkana North region where several hectares of food crop have been damaged despite efforts by the county government to control the spread of the pest. Turkana North MP Christopher Nakuleau Thursday said more than 250,000 people in the region face starvation after the pests wreaked havoc on the crops and vegetation."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-07 - Rotten egg odor emanating from sewer evacuates school in Rapid City (South Dakota):
http://www.newscenter1.tv/sewer-smell-prompts-temporary-evacuation-at-robbinsdale-elementary/
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/robbinsdale-elementary-students-evacuated-due-to-strong-odor-of-natural/article_24f91599-1340-5093-a90c-e86134c64331.html
Quote: "A strong gas smell caused Robbinsdale Elementary in southeastern Rapid City to briefly evacuate Friday, but no gas leak was detected. Rapid City Area Schools officials sent parents a text at about 9:15 a.m. that said Robbinsdale students were being moved to South Middle School 'due to a strong odor of natural gas or sewer backup.'"
Quote: "School officials notified parents about a strong odor, thought to either be a gas leak or a backed up sewer. And it turned out that the worrisome smell was from the sewer."
Note: Rotten egg odor coming from the sewer had to be hydrogen sulfide. Obviously people are confusing that smell with the smell of the odorant added to natural gas, which is understandable since the odorant added to natural gas is actually made with hydrogen sulfide...
2018-12-07 - Unknown odor sickens people and evacuates school in Catonsville (Maryland):
http://patch.com/maryland/catonsville/emergency-response-catonsville-middle-school-prompted-odor
http://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/catonsville-middle-school-evacuated-for-unusual-odor
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-county/ph-ca-at-cms-evacuated-120718-story.html
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/strange-burning-odor-evacuates-catonsville-middle-school/25440307
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/12/07/fire-department-investigates-unusual-odor-at-catonsville-middle-school/
Quote: "EMS crews examined an estimated two dozen students and several faculty members who fell ill. No one immediately went to the hospital. 'Watery eyes, itchy throat, a headache, upset stomach, achy stuff,' described student Sayna Straty."
Note: Less than 1 mile from the Patapsco River and less than 8 miles from the coast...
2018-12-07 - Steel plant explodes and burns in Hai Phong (Vietnam), 1 killed, 11 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181208-65732-VNM
2018-12-07 - Market devastated by fire in Harare (Zimbabwe)
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pictures-fire-guts-part-of-harares-gulf-complex/
http://www.myzimbabwe.co.zw/videos-pics/36797-breaking-massive-fire-burns-gulf-complex-in-harare-watch-video.html
Quote: "Property worth millions of dollars was destroyed Friday morning when a fire razed part of Harare’s Gulf Complex. The facility, located in downtown Harare, is popular with those looking for reasonably priced imports from countries such as China. The fire is the latest in a number of such unexplained infernos that have caused havoc in the capital and elsewhere around the country."
2018-12-07 - Second-largest Ebola outbreak in history spreads to Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20180801-64102-COG
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ebola-spreads-major-congo-city-amid-worries-over-vaccine-supply-n945336
http://abcnews.go.com/International/2nd-deadliest-ebola-outbreak-history-spreads-major-city/story?id=59677369
Quote: "The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city. Butembo, a bustling city of almost a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is reporting an increasing number of cases of Ebola virus disease in the country's current epidemic. There has been a 'significant increase' in infections there over the past three weeks, with a total of 25 confirmed cases thus far, according to Thursday's bulletin from the country's health ministry."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-08 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at 4 AM in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/jet-makes-emergency-landing-in-tulsa
http://www.newson6.com/story/39609536/passenger-jet-makes-emergency-landing-at-tulsa-international-airport
Quote: "We are told it was a Swift Air Flight and they had to land in Tulsa because of smoke in the cockpit."
Note: This is the 189th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-08 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame in the wee hours, fire gets huge, in Spanaway (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-spanaway-auto-parts-store
http://patch.com/washington/across-wa/spanaway-auto-shop-devastated-fire
2018-12-08 - Three transformers go up in flames outside business in Kempton (South Africa):
http://kemptonexpress.co.za/187941/three-transformers-alight-in-cbd/
2018-12-08 - Air conditioning fire breaks out at airport in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20181208-65728-NZL
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109202116/Passengers-trapped-for-six-hours-at-Auckland-International-Airport-finally-free
http://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/travelers-suffer-six-hour-nightmare-at-auckland-airport.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12173669
Quote: "The last of the stranded passengers left Auckland Airport after a six-hour ordeal that followed a fire and evacuation of the international terminal around 6pm on Saturday evening."
2018-12-08 - Fire station and vehicles go up in flames at 6:30 AM in Blissfield (Michigan), nobody there:
http://whoradio.iheart.com/content/2018-12-09-three-firefighters-injured-battling-blaze-at-their-own-station/
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/12/08/blissfield-fire-station-fire/38696899/
http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Blissfield-Fire-department-catches-fire-502238102.html
http://www.lenconnect.com/news/20181208/blissfield-township-fire-hall-damaged-by-fire
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2018/12/08/blissfield-michigan-fire-department-reportedly-burning/stories/20181208099
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/police-fire/2018/12/09/blissfield-michigan-fire-department-leans-on-neighbors/stories/20181209134
Quote: "Officials said that the damage to the fire station was extensive and it damaged two ambulances and all of the station's fire trucks."
Quote: "Damage to the building included the bay area, where the trucks park, the fire station’s roof, and several of the station’s vehicles. One ambulance was a total loss, Chief Fruchey said. Five other trucks, including the station’s second ambulance, ladder truck, tanker, and brush truck are out of service because of fire damage."
2018-12-08 - Man in his 50s has 'medical issue' and loses consciousness while working on car at home in Greenfield Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/39611179/man-suffers-medical-issue-while-working-on-vehicle-in-greenfield-township
http://snewsi.com/id/18482694260/Man-Suffers-Medical-Issue-while-Working-on-Vehicle-in-Greenfield-Township
Quote: "Rescuers in Greenfield Township responded to a call Saturday afternoon for a man who suffered a medical issue. It reportedly happened while he was working on a vehicle in a wooded area behind his home on Williams Rd. A family member came home to find the man unresponsive. The victim, who is in his 50s, was exposed to the elements in the snow and mud. He was in serious condition when he was flown by medical helicopter to UPMC Hamot Trauma Center."
2018-12-08 - Person has 'medical incident' at home in coastal Margate (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/emergency-crews-descend-on-street-195009/
http://newsitn.com/police-fire-and-ambulance-crews-in-sweyn-road-in-margate/amp/
Quote: "A large presence of emergency services has been seen in a seaside town. Police vehicles, what appears to be a fire engine, and ambulance crews have been pictured in Sweyn Road in Margate this evening. South East Coast Ambulance Service confirmed it had been called to a 'medical incident' at a private address."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-09 - Mysterious fireball hits news anchor after popping sound on live TV in Pakistan:
http://www.rt.com/news/445875-fireball-pakistan-news-anchor/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/viewers-left-stunned-after-ball-13709629
http://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/pakistani-anchor-gets-hit-by-ball-of-fire-on-live-tv-watch-viral-video-1403781-2018-12-06
http://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/top-stories/pakistani-anchor-gets-hit-by-ball-of-fire-on-live-tv-watch-viral-video/ar-BBQzIsG
http://www.latestly.com/social-viral/pakistani-news-anchor-hit-by-ball-of-fire-on-live-tv-video-goes-viral-525611.html
http://www.newsflare.com/video/262082/other/tv-viewers-left-startled-after-a-ball-of-fire-hit-a-news-anchor-during-a-live-debate-on-a-news-channel-in-pakistan
http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/live-news-report-takes-bizarre-turn-as-presenter-hit-by-mystery-fireball/news-story/03a581cdf5f0524cd91352ba66b044be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GLM87uotpI
Quote: "The anchor gets visibly shaken by the burst sound and is hit by the fire just a few seconds later. He immediately gets out of the frame while the panelist answers his question and tries to save himself from the fire."
2018-12-09 - RV goes up in flames and kills person while parked at home in Cleburne (Texas):
http://www.fox4news.com/news/authorities-investigate-fatal-rv-fire-in-cleburne
http://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/cleburne-fire-death-under-investigation/article_e1ce7006-fcce-11e8-9dac-93cc57a0d99e.html
Quote: "Cleburne police detectives are trying to figure out what caused a fatal recreational vehicle fire early Sunday morning. According to police, firefighters found a body inside the charred remains of the RV which was parked behind a home on the 300 block of Myers."
Note: This is the 505th RV to burn/explode in 2018, and this is the 18th deadly RV fire in 2018...
2018-12-09 - Person found dead in burning car near Lion Lake in Flathead County (Montana):
http://flatheadbeacon.com/2018/12/10/law-enforcement-investigating-deadly-car-fire/
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/breaking_news/20181210/unidentified_person_dies_in_hungry_horse_area_vehicle_fire
http://krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/2018/12/10/body-found-after-car-fire-in-flathead-county/
http://kxlf.com/news/montana-news/2018/12/10/body-found-after-vehicle-fire-near-hungry-horse/
http://ktvh.com/news/2018/12/10/body-found-after-vehicle-fire-near-hungry-horse/
http://nbcmontana.com/news/local/one-dead-after-vehicle-fire-in-flathead
Quote: "An unidentified person died late Saturday afternoon in a vehicle fire near Lion Lake in the Hungry Horse area, according to a Flathead County Sheriff’s Office press release."
2018-12-09 - Small plane bursts into flame on runway at airport in Medford Township (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/burlington/2018/12/small-plane-catches-fire-at-nj-airport-after-pilot-starts-engine.html
http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2018/12/10/small-plane-catches-fire-runway-medford-nj-airport-flying-w/2265687002/
http://www.southjerseylocalnews.com/news/plane-catches-fire-at-flying-w-airport/article_dc867ee8-a103-5a4a-8d1f-24c3d2a1df9c.html
Quote: "A private plane caught fire on a runway Sunday morning, officials said. Emergency crews were called to Flying W Airport just before 9:30 a.m. for a report of an airplane fire, according to a news release issued Monday by the Medford Township Police Department."
Note: This is the 190th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-09 - Golf cart bursts into flame at 5:30 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in South Bristol (New York), 500 feet from Canandaigua Lake, nobody there:
http://fingerlakes1.com/2018/12/09/multiple-departments-dispatched-to-reported-fire-in-naples/
Quote: "The home was vacant. First responders say it was a seasonal property. Preliminary investigation suggests that the fire was started by a golf cart, which was stored in a garage."
2018-12-09 - Ten fires of unknown origin break out along the Snake River in Whitman County (Washington):
http://klewtv.com/news/local/10th-suspicious-fire-along-the-snake-river
2018-12-09 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, big pile of scrap metal burns, near port in coastal Tampa Bay (Florida):
http://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/overcast-skies-make-it-hard-for-crews-to-battle-recycling-yard-fire/67-622381608
http://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/crews-battle-large-recycling-plant-fire-as-storms-hit-tampa/1648979889
Quote: "A fire broke out Sunday morning at the Trademark Metals Recycling facility near the Port of Tampa Bay. Hillsborough Fire Rescue crews were dispatched just before 10 a.m. to the two-alarm fire on Port Sutton Road. There, they found a 25-foot pile of metal burning."
2018-12-09 - Scary unexplained booming explodey sounds heard in southeastern Pennsylvania:
http://www.sott.net/article/402447-Cannons-Strange-booming-sounds-heard-in-Southeastern-Pennsylvania
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODsoz8Cg42A
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-10 - Unknown odor evacuates school in Enfield (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Odor-Prompted-Evacuation-of-Enfield-High-School-502341131.html
http://patch.com/connecticut/enfield/suspicious-odor-prompts-brief-enfield-high-school-evacuation
Quote: "Enfield High School was evacuated Monday morning because of a suspicious odor and school officials expect students and staff to be able to return soon."
2018-12-10 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.kitv.com/story/39619122/whats-the-smell-false-alarm-at-washington-middle-sends-out-hazmat-team
http://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/crews-rush-to-washington-middle-school-after-strange-odor-reported/1651581854
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGD4d6-4nDI
Quote: "The call came in as a 'gas leak,' but it was not confirmed. Honolulu Fire Department checked all classrooms that reported the smell, but did not find the source."
Quote: "First responders rushed to Washington Middle School Monday morning after a report of a gas leak. The alarm came in at 9:17 a.m. According to the Department of Education, two classrooms were temporarily relocated as firefighters searched for the source. But school officials say the odor dissipated quickly, and crews were not able to determine where it came from."
2018-12-10 - Unknown odor evacuates school in Shenandoah (Iowa):
http://www.kmaland.com/news/strange-smell-sends-shen-students-home-early/article_7f3d6552-fcc2-11e8-ba14-973c692f2486.html
2018-12-10 - Underground electrical explosion and fire shoots flames from manhole at 1:40 AM in Manchester (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/moment-flames-started-erupting-out-15530031
2018-12-10 - Passenger plane fills with smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Kolkata (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20181211-65767-IND
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/watch-smoke-inside-indigo-plane-passengers-evacuated-by-emergency-slide-1960873
http://scroll.in/video/905377/watch-smoke-fills-the-cabin-during-a-flight-forcing-the-plane-to-make-an-emergency-landing
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/smoke-engulfs-aircraft-indigo-flight-makes-safe-emergency-landing-in-kolkata/articleshow/67037475.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indigo-flight-makes-emergency-landing-at-kolkata-after-smoke-alert-passengers-safe/story-LvQ1V8xqoBrqpJiKryyBcK.html
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/after-smoke-alert-in-cabin-indigo-flights-makes-emergency-landing/ar-BBQMVtP
http://dailyaddaa.com/Read/after-smoke-alert-indigo-flight-makes-emergency-landing-53591.html
Quote: "An IndiGo Airbus A320 Neo with 136 passengers on board made a safe emergency landing in Kolkata on Monday night after the aircraft was filled with smoke while flying to the city from Jaipur. After landing, some passenger were evacuated using emergency chutes."
Note: This is the 191st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-10 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, 27 junk cars and building burn, in Willimantic (Connecticut):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20181211-65762-USA
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Crews-Respond-to-Fire-at-Willimantic-Recycling-Center-502384002.html
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/windham/fire-breaks-out-at-willimantic-recycling-plant-late-monday-afternoon/1651259623
http://www.wfsb.com/news/video-evacuations-underway-as-crews-battle-fire-at-willimantic-recycling/video_a82e028f-8def-54ef-832f-604659642cdf.html
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Crews-Respond-to-Fire-at-Willimantic-Recycling-Center-502384002.html
http://fox61.com/2018/12/10/crews-work-to-put-out-fire-at-willimantic-salvage-yard/
http://twitter.com/AlessandraNBC/status/1072241192375595009/photo/1
Quote: "Scrivener tells us the fire torched nearly 30 cars, as well as a building."
2018-12-10 - RV and camper fires surging in and around Missoula (Montana):
http://nbcmontana.com/news/local/missoula-rural-fire-district-reports-increase-in-motorhome-fires
http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-rural-fire-concerned-after-surge-in-rv-and-motor/article_80ae3f21-abdd-55ec-8771-b756dc84c2ff.html
http://snewsi.com/id/18482794598/Missoula-Rural-Fire-crew-see-surge-in-RV-fires
2018-12-10 - Wildfire breaks out in swampy area in coastal Port Stephens (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-11/bushfire-threatens-vital-koala-habitat-in-port-stephens/10605160
Quote: "An entire koala population in Port Stephens could be wiped out after a fire devastated their habitat near Port Stephens, an animal rescue group fears. An estimated 16 hectares of the Mambo Wetlands, north of Newcastle, was scorched on Monday night, according to Port Stephens Koalas."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-11 - Rotten egg odor blows through Austin and Pflugerville (Texas):
http://patch.com/texas/north-austin/reports-gas-odor-across-austin-blamed-outlying-oil-fields
http://ktxs.com/news/texas/afd-responding-to-calls-about-gas-odor-across-austin
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/afd-responding-to-calls-about-gas-odor-across-austin
http://twitter.com/AustinFireInfo/status/1072569204484771841
Quote: "Numerous residents on Tuesday called to report the odor of gas across Austin that fire officials have blamed on oil fields in outlying communities. 'Nothing has been found by any of the units for the calls we've responded to,' fire officials wrote on Twitter. 'Appears to be moving north into the Pflugerville area. Most likely odor from Lockhart/Luling oil fields.'"
Note: What makes natural gas 'sour' is hydrogen sulfide, which is removed from gas and oil at refineries. So this is highly likely to be hydrogen sulfide escaping from sour gas in the ground in the area. If the concentration of the gas in the air reaches 0.1% then everyone who gets hit by it is going to fall over dead after one or two breaths. Also see the man in his 60s found dead under a bridge in Austin on this day...
2018-12-11 - Unknown stench blows through the Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2018/12/odor-investigated-in-lehigh-valley-to-see-who-dealt-it.html
Quote: "The social media chatter arose Tuesday night about an odor of feces in the air earlier in the day, and it remained a mystery Wednesday with a state investigation underway."
2018-12-11 - Arctic ice continues its relentless decline:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/12/11/the-arctic-is-in-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
Quote: "Over the last three decades of global warming, the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic has declined by a stunning 95 percent, according the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card."
2018-12-11 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets big, in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azfamily.com/news/crews-fight-fire-at-scrapyard-in-central-phoenix/article_9c65438e-fdd5-11e8-bb35-374ba8da0052.html
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2018/12/11/phoenix-fire-department-crews-battle-large-scrapyard-fire/2285910002/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/massive-scrapyard-fire-burns-in-west-phoenix/ar-BBQPFlv
http://newschamber.com/arizona/central-arizona/8177006/massive-scrapyard-fire-burns-in-west.html
http://snewsi.com/id/18482868782/Massive-scrapyard-fire-burns-in-west-Phoenix
http://www.wopular.com/massive-scrapyard-fire-burns-west-phoenix-1
2018-12-11 - Landfill fire breaks out in Rome (Italy), toxic smoke hits the city:
http://news.sky.com/story/rubbish-dump-blaze-wafts-pungent-fumes-over-rome-11577943
http://www.wwlp.com/ap-top-news/fire-at-rome-waste-treatment-plant-sparks-fears-precautions/1652280539
http://www.euronews.com/2018/12/11/italy-black-acrid-smoke-spreads-across-rome-after-a-fire-in-a-rubbish-dump-in-the-north-of
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-rome-fire/blaze-at-rome-rubbish-dump-throws-acrid-black-smoke-over-city-idUSKBN1OA0ZK?feedType=RSS&
http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/national/17290515.romes-waste-troubles-turn-into-emergency-after-blaze/
http://www.thelocal.it/20181211/fire-in-rome-smoke-from-toxic-waste-blaze-spreading-over-the-city
2018-12-11 - Landfill fire breaks out at 12:57 AM on Landers Lane in Rainham (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2018/december/fire-at-a-landfill-site-rainham/
2018-12-11 - Wildfire cleanup cost to be at least $3 billion in California:
http://time.com/5477461/california-wildfires-cleanup-3-billion/
Quote: "State and federal authorities estimated Tuesday that it will cost at least $3 billion to clear debris from 19,000 homes and businesses destroyed by three California wildfires last month. The disaster relief officials said the cleanup costs will far surpass the record cleanup expense of $1.3 billion the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers spent on debris removal in Northern California in 2017."
Note: So more than double the previous record set waaaaay back in 2017...
2018-12-11 - Hypoxic dead zones found in urban streams, not just on the coasts:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181211144644.htm
Quote: "A new study finds that hypoxic dead zones occur in nutrient-laden urban streams, not just in coastal waters. The research shows that intense storm flows can erode some stream channels to become a series of pools that trap nutrient-laden runoff. The elevated nutrient levels in the water spur greater consumption of dissolved oxygen by bacteria, causing the pools to become hypoxic until the next storm flushes them out."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-12 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in coastal Chelsea (Massachusetts):
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Phoenix-Charter-Academy-Chelsea-Natural-Gas-Leak-502573991.html
Quote: "A Chelsea, Massachusetts school was evacuated Wednesday morning due to a possible natural gas leak. Fire crews responded to Phoenix Charter Academy after reports of a gas-like odor. The school was evacuated for inspection and students were allowed back into the building afterward."
2018-12-12 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts on River Street in Hyde Park area in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/boston/boston-manhole-fire-prompts-outage
2018-12-12 - Two workers die after being found unconscious in smoking generator building at McMurdo Station on Ross Island in Antarctica:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20181214-65798-ATA
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/12/us/antarctica-technicians-killed-mcmurdo-station/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/12/antarctica-two-technicians-dead-mcmurdo-station-ross-island
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-antarctic-casualties/two-technicians-die-at-u-s-research-station-in-antarctica-idUSKBN1OC02G
http://www.sott.net/article/402750-Two-technicians-dead-after-being-found-unconscious-at-US-research-station-in-Antarctica
2018-12-12 - Mysterious unexplained explosions in the wee hours alarming people in Elgin (Illinois):
http://patch.com/illinois/elgin/mystery-boom-sound-wakes-elgin-residents-puzzles-officials
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181210/elgin-residents-have-been-hearing-loud-booms-they-want-city-state-to-fix-problem
Quote: "Mysterious 'boom' sounds that wake Elgin residents in the middle of the night and even shakes their homes has city and transportation officials scratching their heads and searching for a cause."
Quote: "The noise is often heard during the early morning hours and is loud enough to wake nearby residents."
2018-12-12 - Two transformers burst into flame and cause blackouts in Lebanon County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.abc27.com/news/local/lebanon/two-transformer-fires-knock-out-power-in-parts-of-lebanon-county/1654236071
http://fox43.com/2018/12/11/power-outage-in-parts-of-lebanon-city-likely-caused-by-transformer-fire/
2018-12-12 - Transformer explodes and burns near school, ignites brush fire, in Norwich (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Firefighters-Responding-to-Report-of-Transformer-Explosion-New-School-in-Norwich--502592811.html
2018-12-12 - California wildfire insurance claims hit $9 billion and are expected to increase:
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/12/12/wildfires-california-uninsurable/
http://abc7.com/insurance-claims-from-california-fires-hit-$9-billion/4886368/
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_3689bed9-eace-5a6c-896f-e3fe2f7f8197.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/12/12/insurance-camp-fire-woolsey-fire/
http://weartv.com/news/nation-world/insurance-claims-at-9-billion-from-california-fires
http://ktla.com/2018/12/12/insurance-claims-from-latest-california-wildfires-hit-9-billion-and-are-expected-to-rise/
http://www.redding.com/story/news/2018/12/12/camp-woolsey-hill-fires-insurance-claims-9-billion-california/2294566002/
Quote: "Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday. About $7 billion in claims are from the Camp Fire that destroyed the Northern California city of Paradise and killed at least 86 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in at least a century. The rest is for the Woolsey and Hill fires in Southern California."
Quote: "Insurance claims for this year’s California wildfires have topped $9 billion. Now there is a concern that insurance companies could stop insuring Californians."
2018-12-12 - We're running out of time on climate change:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-face-the-inescapable-truth-were-running-out-of-time-on-climate-change/2018/12/06/d8452156-f99f-11e8-863c-9e2f864d47e7_story.html
2018-12-12 - From insects to starfish, we're edging toward biological annihilation:
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/12/11/biological-annihilation-planet-loss-mode
http://www.sott.net/article/402796-Biological-Annihilation-A-Planet-in-Loss-Mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFkCHDBsf10
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-13 - Sewer gas, e.g. hydrogen sulfide, reported outside Whately Elementary School in South Deerfield (Massachusetts), 5100 feet from the Connecticut River:
http://www.westernmassnews.com/news/start-of-whately-elementary-school-delayed-due-to-gas-odor/article_6c55ec02-fed9-11e8-a87d-7391bf5eaa50.html
http://www.masslive.com/news/2018/12/odor-of-natural-gas-at-whately-elementary-school-delays-start-of-classes.html
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/firefighters-investigating-gas-odor-at-whately-elementary-school/1657291038
http://www.recorder.com/Odor-delays-start-of-school-at-Whately-Elementary-22155709
Quote: "According to Superintendent Darius Modestow, someone had dialed 911 around 8:15 Thursday morning after they detected a strong smell of gas outside of the building. Students and employees were not allowed to enter the building while officials investigated the source of the smell. Gas company officials also arrived on scene, later stating that it was not a natural gas smell, but of sewer gas."
Note: Yet another example of people confusing the smell of hydrogen sulfide with the additive added to natural gas, at least when the hydrogen sulfide is at low concentrations. The people who've gotten hit by more concentrated clouds of hydrogen sulfide - 0.1% or higher - may or may not have confused the two. We can't ask them though, because they're all dead...
2018-12-13 - Mysterious explosion reported in Bakersfield (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20181215-65812-USA
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/loud-explosion-noise-heard-across-east-bakersfield-leaves-residents-authorities-confused
Quote: "A loud boom that was heard across East Bakersfield last night has residents and authorities confused as to where it came from."
2018-12-13 - RV trailer goes up in flames at 2 AM and kills person in Cook County near Lenox (Georgia):
http://www.wtxl.com/news/body-found-inside-burning-camper-in-cook-county/article_e28af47a-ff0c-11e8-8454-eb63f258c65c.html
http://valdostatoday.com/news-2/local/2018/12/early-thursday-fire-in-cook-one-dead/
http://wfxl.com/news/local/cook-county-resident-found-dead-after-fire
2018-12-13 - Passenger plane damaged by engine explosion, plane makes emergency landing in Bradley (Connecticut):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20181214-65795-USA
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Delta-Flight-Makes-Emergency-Landing-at-Bradley-Airport-After-Engine-Explosion-502747681.html
Quote: "A Delta flight from Bradley International Airport destined for Atlanta had to turn around after an in-flight emergency. Telemundo CT reporter Miguel Santiesteban, who was on board the plane at the time, said passengers heard what sounded like an explosion and a few minutes later the pilot announced they would be making an emergency landing due to an engine explosion. The plane returned to Bradley Airport."
Note: This is the 192nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-13 - Metal recycling center heavily damaged by fire at 3:45 AM in Rochester (New York):
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/12/13/cairn-street-fire-rochester/2298308002/
http://www.rochesterfirst.com/news/local-news/firefighters-at-work-on-a-large-warehouse-fire-on-cairn-street-rochester/1656946678
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/crime-safety/2018/12/13/crews-battling-3-alarm-fire-at-scrap-yard
2018-12-13 - Metal recycling center hit by massive fire, buildings and cars burn, in Harris County (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/article/news/local/massive-scrap-yard-fire-in-north-harris-county-ruled-accidental/285-623436200
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Fire-destroys-auto-shop-in-north-Harris-County-13465985.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXAUKZ3sYSU
Quote: "Officials say several buildings and cars were burned."
2018-12-13 - Large section of East Antarctica being melted by warming ocean water:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/12/11/east-antarctica-glacial-stronghold-melting-as-seas-warm/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/east-antarctica-glacial-stronghold-melting-amid-climate-change
Quote: "A group of glaciers spanning an eighth of the East Antarctica coastline are being melted by the warming seas, scientists have discovered. This Antarctic region stores a vast amount of ice, which, if lost, would in the long-term raise global sea level by tens of metres and drown coastal settlements around the world."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-14 - Unknown rotten egg odor evacuates school in Lansing (Michigan):
http://www.wilx.com/content/news/All-clear-at-Lansing-Eastern-502776371.html
Quote: "They left the building and were sent to the Don Johnson Fieldhouse while Consumers checked on the building for a possible gas leak. Now, all students and staff are back in the building after being given an 'all clear' from Consumers Energy. Consumers confirmed that there was not an actual gas leak at the school."
2018-12-14 - Car goes up in flames and kills man at Buffalo Wild Wings near the Hamilton Mall in coastal Mays Landing (New Jersey):
http://nj1015.com/body-found-in-burning-car-at-mays-landing-restaurant/
http://www.phillyvoice.com/man-found-dead-burning-car-buffalo-wild-wings-near-atlantic-city/
http://www.nj.com/atlantic/2018/12/man-found-dead-in-car-that-burst-into-flames-in-buffalo-wild-wings-lot.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/Car-Fire-In-Buffalo-Wild-Wings-Parking-Lot-502824511.html
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/crime/breaking_crime_news/man-found-dead-in-mays-landing-car-fire/article_1a5a1f33-b9e0-5609-919a-8695278dd4ae.html
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Car-Fire-In-Buffalo-Wild-Wings-Parking-Lot-502824511.html
http://newjersey.news12.com/story/39648460/man-dies-in-car-fire-outside-of-restaurant
http://twitter.com/KeeleyFox29/status/1073964910655217664
Quote: "Just before 6 p.m., responding officers found the car fully engulfed in flames in the parking lot of the Buffalo Wild Wings on Black Horse Pike near the Hamilton Mall. The man’s body was found inside. Authorities have not identified the man and are still investigating."
Quote: "NBC10 reports that an automobile crash has been ruled out as a potential cause of the fire."
2018-12-14 - Three RV trailers go up in flames and kill person at auto shop in Rice (Minnesota), near the Mississippi River:
http://wjon.com/one-dead-in-rice-camper-fire/
http://knsiradio.com/news/local-news/fatal-fire-rice
http://kstp.com/news/one-dead-after-camper-fire-in-rice-/5180067/
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/12/14/1-killed-in-rice-camper-fire/
http://www.sctimes.com/story/news/local/2018/12/14/1-dead-after-camper-fire-friday-morning-rice/2316599002/
2018-12-14 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, big pile of scrap metal and cars burns, in Helena (Montana):
http://helenair.com/news/local/update-emergency-crews-extinguish-fire-at-pacific-steel/article_9f6f8260-cce5-52b0-8884-4f45baa47199.html
2018-12-14 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, dumpsters and cars burn, in East Hampton (Connecticut), nobody there:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Fire-Breaks-Out-at-East-Hampton-Junkyard-and-Recycling-Center-502831261.html
http://www.wfsb.com/news/dumpster-fire-spreads-to-vehicles-at-scrap-yard/article_6d3fe082-000a-11e9-ac8f-032e792ecba4.html
Quote: "According to officials, the fire began in a dumpster at Fowler's Auto Wrecking Inc. at 24 Old Coach Road. Officials said the fire spread to some vehicles on the property. Several other towns were called in for mutual aid with tankers."
2018-12-14 - Auto shop damaged by fire and explosion in suburb of coastal Sydney (Australia), 6 injured:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/six-people-injured-in-sydney-car-yard-fire/ar-BBQYrmV
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/injuries-after-explosion-in-sydneys-west/news-story/8369fcbcdc240f697343d1b36d29987b
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/car-repairs-business-explosion-in-sydneys-west-injures-six-people/news-story/fd3c1ece4e55a39aa2196cfaca96aff6
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/six-injured-in-explosion-at-car-repairs-factory/video/f06168d8a44ba34746fe3e393815b75f
2018-12-14 - SOTT Earth changes summary for November 2018, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/402879-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-November-2018-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-15 - Person found dead in burning car at 1:30 AM in parking lot at the Sumner County Board of Education in Gallatin (Tennessee):
http://fox17.com/news/local/body-found-in-vehicle-after-fire-in-front-of-sumner-co-boe
http://www.newschannel5.com/news/unidentified-body-found-inside-vehicle-after-car-fire-is-extinguished
http://www.wkrn.com/news/body-found-in-burning-vehicle-outside-sumner-county-board-of-education/1661263548
http://www.wsmv.com/news/body-found-in-burned-car-outside-sumner-co-board-of/article_0e74ba4e-00a2-11e9-8ce4-ff72f48d5ba6.html
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/sumner/gallatin/2018/12/15/body-discovered-burning-vehicle-sumner-county-board-education-parking-lot/2322020002/
2018-12-15 - Six-year-old girl's clothes ignite and burn her in apartment in Scarborough (Canada):
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/12/15/child-rushed-to-hospital-with-burns-after-her-clothing-catches-fire.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/girl-burns-clothing-fire-pharmacy-teesdale-1.4947971
Quote: "Const. David Hopkinson, spokesperson for the Toronto police said that the girl’s clothing was on fire when emergency crews arrived. The fire was extinguished and paramedics said the girl was rushed to a burn centre with serious injuries. Hopkinson said police do not know what caused the girl’s clothes to catch fire."
2018-12-15 - Landfill fire breaks out near the Clutha River in Balclutha (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/balclutha-landfill-fire-under-control
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/12/balclutha-landfill-on-fire.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/109394367/fire-at-balclutha-transfer-station
2018-12-15 - Car parts factory heavily damaged by fire in Prachinburi Province (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1594690/b400m-blaze-guts-car-parts-factory
2018-12-15 - Zoo building heavily damaged by huge fire in Chester (Britain):
http://triblive.com/usworld/world/14409640-74/visitors-evacuated-animals-moved-after-fire-at-british-zoo
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/chester-zoo-open-again-after-15557743
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/15/large-fire-breaks-out-at-chester-zoo
http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2018/12/15/chester-zoo-staff-working-to-locate-animals-after-fire-tears-thr/
http://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/gallery/gallery-fire-chester-zoo-monsoon-15557543
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chester-zoo-fire-latest-update-evacuation-visitors-public-safety-a8684826.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chester-zoo-fire-blaze-latest-donate-birds-fish-frogs-insects-killed-a8686241.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-46579083
2018-12-15 - Pelicans and other birds found dead at beach in coastal North Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/bird-deaths-being-investigated-in-north-myrtle-beach
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/birds-found-dead-on-the-beach-in-north-myrtle-beach-officials-investigating/1661688756
Quote: "Several dead birds have been found on the beach in North Myrtle Beach and city officials want to address rumors about the birds."
Quote: "According to Dowling, two pelicans and other types of birds have been found at several different locations on the beach."
2018-12-15 - Girl, 16, pulled unconscious from swimming pool in Bonaero Park (South Africa):
http://www.arrivealive.co.za/news.aspx?i=38115&s=0&page=16-Year-old-suffers-non-fatal-drowning-in-pool-in-Bonaero-Park-east-of-Johannesburg
http://twitter.com/i/web/status/1074038210521649156
2018-12-15 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts near Mexico City (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180924-64767-MEX
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-16 - Unknown foul odor hits Beavercreek, Sugarcreek Township and Bellbrook (Ohio):
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/local/cause-greene-county-strange-odor-not-yet-determined/mLZJvx2Q5OT36l02HMNv5K/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/cause-greene-county-strange-odor-not-yet-determined/mLZJvx2Q5OT36l02HMNv5K/
2018-12-16 - Oilfield site hit by fire, saltwater disposal tank burns, near Meyersville (Texas):
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/saltwater-disposal-tank-catches-fire-near-meyersville/article_e6c759da-0186-11e9-a021-c76a472b5e6a.html
Quote: "A saltwater disposal tank that has caught fire twice in the past 18 months burned again Sunday, creating black smoke that could be seen miles away."
2018-12-16 - Two snow plow trucks, seven pickup trucks and shed destroyed by fire at 4:30 AM in Hamilton County (Iowa), nobody there:
http://whotv.com/2018/12/16/fire-destroys-hamilton-county-shed-and-road-trucks/
http://www.radioiowa.com/2018/12/16/fire-leaves-hamilton-county-short-of-trucks-to-plow-snow/
http://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2018/12/blaze-destroys-hamilton-co-shed/
http://www.yourfortdodge.com/2018/12/17/fire-leaves-hamilton-county-short-of-trucks-to-plow-snow/
http://www.freemanjournal.net/news/local-news/2018/12/blaze-destroys-maintenance-shed/
Quote: "A fire early Sunday morning destroyed a shed housing most of the road equipment for Hamilton County. The county lost seven pickup trucks and two snow plow trucks. There were no injuries in the fire."
2018-12-16 - Food delivery robot bursts into flame at university in coastal Berkeley (California):
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article223207330.html
http://www.dailycal.org/2018/12/14/kiwibot-catches-fire-outside-mlk-student-union/
Quote: "About 2 p.m. Friday, a KiwiBot — one of the more than 100 robots that deliver food throughout the campus and city — caught fire outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union..."
2018-12-15 - SUV and pickup truck destroyed by fire while parked at home in Ojai (California):
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/ojai/2018/12/16/fire-ojai-residence-sunday-engulfs-two-vehicles-sends-dark-smoke-skyward/2331963002/
http://www.vcstar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/communities/ojai/2018/12/16/photos-sundays-vehicle-fire-ojai/2332403002/
2018-12-16 - Man and woman, 50 and 45, die in the water at the same beach in coastal Malvan (India):
http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/man-drowns-during-swimming-competition-of-chivala-beach/articleshow/67120375.cms
Quote: "A 50-year-old Ghatkopar resident who had gone to Malvan for a swimming competition drowned in the sea on Sunday. This is the second death of a participant of the competition on the same beach in the past two days."
Quote: "Another participant died at the same beach during practice on Saturday."
Quote: "On Saturday, a woman participant from Nashik, Surekha Galande, 45, drowned at Chivala beach while practising for the competition."
2018-12-16 - Volcano Soputan erupts on Sulawesi Island (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20181216-65825-IDN
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-volcano-eruption-latest-thick-ash-danger-population-a8685556.html
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/indonesias-soputan-volcano-erupts/video/c642759a442af69654f224b4dbdade05
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/indonesias-soputan-volcano-erupts/video/c642759a442af69654f224b4dbdade05
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/17301433.indonesian-volcano-erupts-sending-thick-ash-into-sky/
http://www.sott.net/article/402975-Indonesian-volcano-eruption-sends-ash-7500-metres-into-sky
http://watchers.news/2018/12/16/soputan-eruption-december-16-2018/
Category: Fires And Explosions
2018-12-17 - RV goes up in flames and kills man near the Chena Marina in Fairbanks (Alaska):
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/man-dies-in-fairbanks-trailer-fire/article_2be7987e-0266-11e9-8a82-6f3977c14ae0.html
http://www.ktva.com/story/39664643/man-found-dead-outside-burning-motorhome-near-fairbanks
http://www.theeagle.com/news/nation/man-found-dead-outside-burning-motorhome-near-fairbanks/article_d3694c86-8cad-5da0-b434-80d2fcea83fc.html
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Man-found-dead-after-Fairbanks-RV-fire-503090632.html
Note: This is the 19th deadly RV fire in 2018...
2018-12-17 - Woman in her 50s found dead in burning car in suburb of coastal Cork (Ireland):
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/foul-play-ruled-out-in-death-of-woman-found-in-burning-car-37639049.html
http://www.eveningecho.ie/corknews/Body-discovered-in-a-burnt-out-car-at-Inniscarra-afe2343b-c657-4e34-8ea1-fcf35aa7da76-ds
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/body-of-woman-found-in-burning-car-in-cork-field-1.3734717
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-probe-discovery-of-body-in-burnt-out-car-37635588.html
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/body-found-car-fire-field-13747109
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/1218/1017777-ballincollig-body-fire/
2018-12-17 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Newark (New Jersey):
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/-LaGuardia-Bound-Plane-Makes-Emergency-Landing-at-Newark-After-Cockpit-Smoke-Reported-FAA-502950121.html
Quote: "A LaGuardia-bound plane made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after the flight crew reported smoke in the cockpit, the Federal Aviation Aviation Administration said."
Note: This is the 193rd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-17 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes across large area near the coast in Maine:
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/homes-shake-after-mysterious-noise-in-new-gloucester/97-1c677db2-a275-42a9-bc6b-dda3e0a2a025
Quote: "Doyle also remarked that it was not just New Gloucester that heard the strange sounds and felt the earth rumbling. There were reports out of North Yarmouth, Windham, Casco, Raymond, Gray and within a 30 mile radius."
2018-12-17 - Underground electrical explosion causes blackouts on Wappenbury Road in Wood End (Britain):
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-power-cut-explosion-15565564
2018-12-17 - Deadly fire rips through hospital in coastal Andheri, Mumbai (India), 8+ killed, dozens injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20181217-65853-IND
http://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/fire-at-hospital-in-mumbai-some-people-feared-trapped-1963912
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/6-mth-old-among-8-killed-28-critical-in-andheri-hosp-fire/articleshow/67136680.cms
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/12/17/hospital-fire-in-india-kills-at-least-six-injures-129.html
http://scroll.in/latest/906061/mumbai-one-person-killed-as-fire-breaks-out-at-government-hospital-in-andheri
http://www.siasat.com/news/death-toll-andheri-hospital-fire-rises-8-1446828/
Quote: "8 persons died, 28 critical and 145 were injured in a blaze that erupted in ESIC Kamgar Hospital after 4pm on Monday.Firefighting operations went on for over three hours.The possible cause of the fire was a short circuit in a window AC unit on the ground floor of the five-storey structure."
2018-12-17 - Three fire trucks and fire station destroyed by fire in Deputy (Indiana), nobody there:
http://www.wave3.com/2018/12/17/so-indiana-fire-department-fully-engulfed-flames/
http://www.wlky.com/article/fire-breaks-out-at-deputy-indiana-fire-station/25605306
http://lex18.com/news/covering-the-nation/2018/12/18/southern-indiana-fire-house-equipment-destroyed-in-fire/
Quote: "Four trucks were inside the station when the fire started. Firefighters were able to get one out of the building, but then they were overcome with smoke. The fire burned for an hour before they could get it under control. 'It’s looking like we lost all three of our large trucks,' Stidham said. 'We got our brush truck out -- it’s our newest truck.'"
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-18 - Unknown rotten egg stench blows through Port Allen and other parts of West Baton Rouge Parish (Louisiana):
http://digbr.com/downtown-stinks-latest-theories-on-the-mystery-stench/
http://www.wbrz.com/news/mystery-stench-strikes-west-baton-rouge-parish/
http://snewsi.com/id/18483246080/Mystery-stench-strikes-West-Baton-Rouge-Parish
http://newschamber.com/louisiana/fl-parishes/8797727/mystery-stench-strikes-west-baton-rouge.html
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/louisiana/mystery-stench-strikes-west-baton-rouge-parish/
Quote: "'It smelled rotten, like rotten eggs,' said West Baton Rouge Museum tour guide Karen Marionneaux. 'At the museum the doors are open with people in and out all the time. We noticed it right away.'"
Quote: "Described as 'awful, foul, and sulfurous' by several reports, the mysterious stench is apparently much worse than the aromas regularly produced by nearby industrial operations."
2018-12-18 - Unknown chemical odor evacuates building at university in Winnipeg (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/university-manitoba-evacuation-smell-1.4951484
Quote: "University of Manitoba students and staff were forced outside Tuesday morning after a chemical odour raised concerns and drew hazmat inspectors to the south Winnipeg campus."
Quote: "The cause of the smell was never determined, the city said."
2018-12-18 - Man dies after being found on fire near Family Dollar store in Flagstaff (Arizona):
http://azdailysun.com/news/man-declared-dead-after-being-caught-on-fire/article_87830874-e583-5895-b661-aef96bd9aa63.html
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2018/12/19/flagstaff-man-found-fire-police-investigating-his-death/2363634002/
http://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/flagstaff-man-dead-after-officers-find-him-on-fire/75-7408118e-bf43-4ad3-9150-227aba2a18ef
2018-12-18 - Man, 86, found dead and burned in field along River Street in Stearns County (Minnesota):
http://kstp.com/news/stearns-county-sheriff-86-year-old-man-found-dead-in-burned-field/5184651/
http://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/86-year-old-man-found-dead-burned-in-central-minnesota-field
Quote: "According to Sheriff Don Gudmundson, Edwin Opatz was found dead in the field after the department was called to the area near the 10600 block of River Street. Authorities said the preliminary investigation revealed Opatz was burning grass earlier that day."
2018-12-18 - RV trailer goes up in flames just after 2:30 AM and kills person in Vita (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/4774631/camper-fire-in-vita-man-turns-fatal/
http://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/human-remains-found-after-fatal-camper-fire
http://canoe.com/news/provincial/human-remains-found-after-fatal-camper-fire/wcm/3758ad5c-0654-450a-bcbe-a9977b353e36
http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/human-remains-found-following-camper-trailer-fire-in-vita-man-1.4223213
http://www.chrisd.ca/2018/12/18/vita-fatal-camper-fire-manitoba/
http://power97.com/news/4774631/camper-fire-in-vita-man-turns-fatal/
2018-12-18 - Carbon-inundated oceans to cause salmon to lose their sense of smell:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6507801/Salmon-lose-sense-smell-rising-carbon-emissions.html
http://www.knkx.org/post/study-ocean-acidification-will-interfere-crucial-sense-smell-juvenile-salmon
http://player.fm/series/environment-1250219/study-ocean-acidification-will-interfere-with-crucial-sense-of-smell-in-juvenile-salmon
http://www.upi.com/Salmon-to-lose-sense-of-smell-as-CO2-levels-rise/5981545153996/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181218092953.htm
Quote: "Salmon are losing their powerful sense of smell because of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the ocean, according to new research. When carbon dioxide in the air is soaked up by a body of water it breaks apart and makes the ocean more acidic. Scientists found that this increased acidity has a significant affect on how salmon process smells and is causing them to get lost on their trips back to their breeding grounds and making them easy prey for predators."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-19 - Huge magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Japan in 1993 shook up seafloor methane and resulted in massive fires:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1061127/earthquake-news-japan-experts-uncover-post-earthquake-okushuri-tsunami-fires-methane-gas
http://infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/top-stories/the-bizarre-purpose-tsunami-fires-broke-out-after-japan-earthquake/
Quote: "But the mystery of ships spontaneously bursting into flames following the tsunami crashing into the harbour- with winds from the tsunami driving the blaze further inland has never been solved. As a second tsunami wave hurtled toward shore, it generated powerful winds that pushed the burning boats to the coastal area, spreading the fire into the city. But now, researchers and experts in Japan have claimed that a build-up methane gas on the floor of the Sea of Japan were disturbed by the earthquake was a likely cause of the fires that swept through the area."
Quote: "Using previously 'inaccessible' footage from Japanese broadcaster NHK, Yuji Enomoto, a professor emeritus at Shinshu University in Japan, explained how witnesses at the time described rising mists and seawater 'foaming' before the fires took place. One witness said: 'The offshore area looked shining white and bubbling.' Researchers from the university say the bubbles that witnesses described seeing in 1993 represented methane that was formerly embedded in the seafloor, but was dislodged by the ground sliding. The once-trapped methane bubbles were then squeezed up and out into the air by the tsunami front, which transported them to the shore."
Quote: "The researchers held tests that found when electrostatic energy generated a charge of 0.28 millijoules, the methane would catch fire. The team concluded that methane electrostatically ignited when the wind violently drove released methane into Aonae Harbor's quay. Methane bubbles that had accumulated on the decks of the fishing boats sparked."
Quote: "Professor Enomoto told Live Science that tsunami fires are an 'understudied hazard' - and pointed out significant quantities of methane remain buried in coastal regions of Japan."
Note: There are huge amounts of methane off the US East and West coasts too, and all around India, and in many other areas around the planet. There's more than three times as much energy stored in oceanic methane deposits than all the energy in coal, oil and natural gas deposits on the planet COMBINED. Once the coastal methane deposits start dissociating at a rapid rate, which is just a matter of time, the oceans may turn into gargantuan flamethrowers. A rising number of 'ocean outgassing' incidents have been occurring already in California, concurrent with California being ravaged by increasingly devastating wildfires, so this process has already begun, at least in California, although obviously things will get much much worse...
2018-12-19 - Mysterious unexplained house-shaking explosions on the rise across the US:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/12/mystery-booms-and-rumblings-are-increasing-in-the-us-and-nobody-knows-why.html
2018-12-19 - Galahs, magpies and pigeons dropping dead out of the sky in Lower Lakes (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20181220-65887-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-20/galahs-falling-from-the-sky-in-milang-south-australia/10637842
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/galahs-and-other-birds-falling-out-of-the-sky-as-biosecurity-sa-tests-for-toxins/ar-BBRcrkp
http://www.facebook.com/abcadelaide/posts/10161423401810604
http://www.justdial.com/JdSocial?postid=1545270064404000
Quote: "A large number of dead galahs have shown signs of possible poisoning after 'literally falling out of the sky' in South Australia's Lower Lakes region."
Quote: "Ms Hope said she had since heard reports of galahs being found in Murray Bridge and at Goolwa, and hoped the Government took it further to test the environment and find out where the 'chemicals were coming from'. She said in the past week the deaths had crossed species into magpies and pigeons, while a large bird of prey, possibly a wedge-tailed eagle, had been found in an advanced state of decomposition. 'It's face down and has died in the same way. It's really tragic.' She said corellas had just started to arrive in the region but that the galahs came first in larger numbers than usual. It seems they're coming down to the lake because it's so dry up north, but the first flock that came down has become nothing within a couple of weeks. Earlier this year some 200 galahs were found dead in the town of Burra in the state's mid-north. An investigation by the Department for Environment and Water was unable to find a cause of death."
2018-12-19 - Woman, 31, and boy, 11, found unconscious in swimming pool at home, in critical condition, in coastal Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6514723/Child-woman-fighting-lives-nearly-drowning-Brisbane.html
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/child-rushed-to-hospital-in-critical-condition-aft/3606443/
Quote: "Boy, 11, and a woman, 31, are fighting for life after they were BOTH found face-down in a backyard swimming pool..."
2018-12-19 - Discovery of recent Antarctic ice sheet collapse raises fears of a new global flood:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/discovery-recent-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-raises-fears-new-global-flood
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/12/18/discovery-of-recent-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-raises-fears-of-a-new-global-flood/
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-20 - Methane leaking from gas wells in the Montney Basin (Canada):
http://www.energeticcity.ca/2018/12/methane-gas-continues-to-leak-in-montney-basin-finds-recent-study/
http://www.pembina.org/media-release/methane-leaks-images
Quote: "A new video has been released showing methane leaking from gas wells in the Montney Basin."
2018-12-20 - RV goes up in flames and kills man in Cobble Hill on coastal Vancouver Island (Canada):
http://www.victoriabuzz.com/2018/12/man-dies-after-trailer-fire-in-cobble-hill-thursday-night/
Quote: "A motor home fire in Cobble Hill has claimed the life of one man on Thursday night, according to Shawnigan Lake RCMP."
Note: This is the 519th RV to burn/explode in 2018, and this is the 20th deadly RV fire in 2018...
2018-12-20 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off at 3 AM in Brentwood (California):
http://patch.com/california/brentwood/sewer-explosion-blows-manhole-cover-brentwood
http://www.dailynews.com/2018/12/20/small-explosion-in-brentwood-sewer-blows-off-manhole-cover/
2018-12-20 - Coal mine rocked by deadly methane explosion in the eastern Czech Republic, 13 killed, 10 injured:
http://apnews.com/88de72be94b44cfca8adad14ea0396d5
http://time.com/5486514/czech-mine-explosion-death-toll/
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/12/21/death-toll-czech-mine-explosion-increases/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181221-65888-CZE
http://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-12-21/death-toll-in-czech-mine-explosion-increases-to-13
http://www.macon.com/news/business/article223411320.html
2018-12-20 - Electrical substation damaged by fire near train station in Ashford (Britain):
http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/news/incidents/?entryid2=18795
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/travel-chaos-after-fire-near-ashford-international-station-195757/
2018-12-20 - Scrap metal fire breaks out near Anton Road in coastal Hemmant (Australia):
http://newsroom.psba.qld.gov.au/Content/Local-News/Brisbane-/Article/Hemmant-east-Brisbane-scrap-metal-fire-as-at-7-40pm-Thurs-20-Dec/1017/1053/14543
Quote: "Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) crews are currently on scene at a scrap metal fire burning near Anton Road, Hemmant."
2018-12-20 - At least 50 cows suddenly drop dead near Landaduali in coastal Ganjam District (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20181220-65883-IND
http://kalingatv.com/state/50-cows-mysteriously-found-dead-in-ganjam/
http://strangesounds.org/2018/12/at-least-50-cows-suddenly-drop-dead-in-coastal-india.html
Quote: "At least 50 cows were mysteriously found dead near Landaduali village under Aska block in Ganjam District on Thursday. The incident has triggered panic among the locals. According to reports, five cowmen of the village were engaged in grazing over hundreds of cows this morning. The cattle were seen grazing just like another day, but their behaviour changed after a few minutes and they suddenly fell to the ground. Farmers and concerned residents rushed to the area to find out how such a tragedy could have happened with their cattle."
2018-12-20 - Catastrophic hailstorm pounds Sydney (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20181221-65893-AUS
http://tendaily.com.au/news/australia/a181220plf/snow-for-christmas-fast-moving-hailstorm-lashes-sydney-20181220
http://www.sott.net/article/403242-Hockey-ball-size-hailstones-smash-Sydney-Australia%20[videos]
Quote: "Insurers are bracing for a flood of claims after Sydney's 'catastrophic' hailstorm yesterday, which saw many parts of the city pelted with hail up to 8 centimeters wide. The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared the storm a catastrophe and said claims so far had been mostly about damage to motor vehicles, including smashed windscreens. Residents have also been ringing their insurers about damage to tiled or metal roofs and flooding. ICA spokesman Campbell Fuller said the financial impact of the storms would be significant."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-21 - Earth has seen CO2 spike before - it didn’t end well:
http://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-21/lessons-on-global-warming-from-prehistoric-end-permian-extinction
Quote: "During the end-Permian, chemical traces suggest, green sulfur bacteria proliferated, gassing other living things with toxic hydrogen sulfide."
Note: Volcanic eruptions burned up a crapload of oil, gas and coal in the Siberian Traps 250-ish million years ago. That caused huge amounts of CO2 to enter the atmosphere from all the burning of the fossil fuels. The oceans heated up and went anoxic. Then the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that produce hydrogen sulfide went nuts reproducing and poisoned the oceans and the atmosphere, and pretty much everything died. The same thing is happening now, with just one difference: instead of volcanoes burning up tons of oil, gas and coal in one (large) geographic area, this time it's human civilization doing it anywhere and everywhere. But the Earth doesn't care who or what burns the stuff or why it burns - the Earth reacts WHEN it burns.
So we have taken the recipe for extinction from the Permian-Triassic and replaced the volcano ingredient with human civilization. Other that that, everything's the same, although we've probably burned up the oil, gas and coal FASTER than the volcanic eruptions did, so things may be worse this time around. In any case, the human race won't survive the current extinction event, nor will most species that currently exist on this planet. Oxygen-free 'dead zones' are already spreading throughout the oceans. Unexplained rotten egg odors are hitting random areas around the planet - that's hydrogen sulfide. A repeat of the Permian-Triassic extinction event is already well under way...
2018-12-21 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, plane returns to Brussels (Belgium):
http://www.aviation24.be/airlines/lufthansa-group/brussels-airlines/airbus-a320-amare-returns-to-brussels-smell-in-the-cabin/
Quote: "On 21 December, a Brussels Airlines Airbus A320 (OO-SNF) with distinctive Amare livery operating flight SN3779 to Tenerife South Airport headed back to Brussels about one hour into the flight. Crew and passengers noticed a strange smell in the cabin. The crew performed a normal landing at Brussels Airport’s runway 19."
2018-12-21 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Times Square in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/manhole-fire-closes-carmines-in-times-square-for-friday/4942545/
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Carmines-Fire-Restaurant-Times-Square-503313911.html
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/3998185-manhole-fire-in-front-of-carmines/
http://snewsi.com/id/18483401987/Manhole-fire-traffic-snarls-near-Times-Square-no-injuries
http://dailynews.news/east-side-west-side-morning-fires-reported-in-madison-ave-skyscraper-and-theater-district-manhole/
http://ny.eater.com/2018/12/21/18151670/carmines-fire-times-square-nyc
2018-12-21 - Van and home destroyed by fire just before 2:30 AM in coastal Tequesta (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.wpbf.com/article/tequesta-woman-opens-up-about-fire-that-destroyed-home/25660144
http://cbs12.com/news/local/overnight-house-fire-in-tequesta-injures-one
http://www.wpbf.com/article/elderly-woman-injured-in-early-morning-house-fire-in-tequesta/25650976
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/tequesta/crews-respond-to-overnight-house-fire-in-tequesta
Quote: "The whole house is gone. Her handicap van gone, all the wheelchairs and all my children's gifts that I had. I was going to mail them out this morning."
2018-12-21 - Race car and garage destroyed by fire at 4:50 AM, another race car and home damaged, in Paradise Hills area in coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-paradise-fire-20181221-story.html
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Family-Evacuated-as-Garage-Fire-Spread-to-Paradise-Hills-Home-503317781.html
http://www.10news.com/news/local-news/fire-erupts-at-home-in-paradise-hills-122118
Quote: "Silva said one resident told him the two cars were used for racing. One inside the garage was destroyed and the other in the driveway was damaged. Damage was estimated at $180,000 to the garage and a small portion of the house and attic, fire spokeswoman Mónica Muñoz said. Damage to the contents of the home and garage were estimated at $40,000."
2018-12-21 - Fire air pollution reduces global terrestrial productivity:
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07921-4
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-22 - Island volcano Anak Krakatau erupts in Indonesia, tsunami hits beaches, 281+ killed, hundreds injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=TS-20181223-65914-IDN
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2018-12/24/content_74307750.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/23/asia/tsunami-indonesia/index.html
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Indonesia-Tsunami-Sunda-Strait-503393181.html
http://abc7chicago.com/tsunami-set-off-by-volcanic-eruption-kills-222-in-indonesia/4953747/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/least-20-dead-indonesian-tsunami-230729622--spt.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8047859/krakatoa-eruption-death-toll-latest-indonesia-tsunami/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1062970/Indonesia-Tsunami-pictures-Anak-Krakatoa-volcano-Sumatra-Java-ring-of-fire
http://www.tivysideadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/17316587.indonesia-tsunami-leaves-at-least-168-dead-and-745-injured/
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/17316587.indonesia-tsunami-leaves-at-least-168-dead-and-745-injured/
http://nypost.com/2018/12/22/tsunami-leaves-20-dead-in-indonesia-after-volcano-eruption/
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/23/world/gallery/indonesia-tsunami/index.html
Quote: "Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the latest tolls Monday morning were 281 dead and 1,016 injured. The tally of missing is 57 but the numbers are expected to rise."
2018-12-22 - Underground fire breaks out in potash mine in Solikamsk (Russia), 9 miners burned alive:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/workers-burned-alive-1190ft-underground-13767943
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/749627/Solikamsk-mine-fire-russia-trapped-explosion-workers-underground
http://www.dw.com/en/russia-potash-mine-fire-kills-nine-workers/a-46847627
http://www.wtrf.com/news/9-russian-miners-trapped-by-salt-mine-fire/1671564460
http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/14437488-74/9-workers-killed-in-russia-mine-fire
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/12/22/russian-miners-trapped-by-salt-mine-fire/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/23/c_137692180.htm
2018-12-22 - Man, 32, sickens on passenger plane, dies after plane lands in Bhubaneswar (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/bhubaneshwar-news/indigo-flight-diverted-to-bhubaneswar-as-man-falls-sick-dies-in-hospital-1966653
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/dec/22/kolkata-bengaluru-flight-lands-in-bhubaneswar-due-to-medical-emergency-patient-dies-1915131.html
Quote: "An IndiGo flight going from Kolkata to Bengaluru made an emergency landing in Bhubaneswar today after a passenger fell ill, news agency ANI reported. The passenger, a resident of Malda in West Bengal, was immediately taken to Bhubaneswar's Capital Hospital after the plane landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport, officials said. Rajkumar Karmakar, 32, died during treatment in hospital, officials said. He had complained of uneasiness 45 minutes after the plane took off at 10.10 am from Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport, according to news agency Press Trust of India."
2018-12-22 - Passenger, 5, has 'medical emergency' on passenger plane, plane makes emergency landing in Ahmedabad (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/medical-emergency-forces-dubai-yangon-emirates-flight-to-land-in-ahmedabad-1966771
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/flight-makes-emergency-landing-to-save-5-yr-old/articleshow/67211948.cms
http://www.sify.com/news/emirates-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-at-ahmedabad-airport-news-national-smwwJrceecied.html
http://www.oneindia.com/india/medical-emergency-forces-emirates-plane-to-land-ahmedabad-2826548.html
Quote: "An Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai to Yangon in Myanmar made an emergency landing at Ahmedabad Airport on Saturday due to a medical emergency to a 5-year-old passenger."
2018-12-22 - Passenger has 'medical emergency' on passenger plane, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Katunayake on the island of Sri Lanka:
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_18B/Dec22_1545491186CH.php
Quote: "Dec 22, Colombo: An Etihad Airways A380 plane with more than 500 people on board has made an emergency landing early this morning in Sri Lanka's international airport in Katunayake after declaring a medical emergency onboard. The Etihad Airways Flight en route to Sydney from Abu Dhabi has reportedly made a landing in Colombo airport after a passenger experienced a medical emergency."
2018-12-22 - Heatwave set to bake Australia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20181224-65929-AUS
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/temps-forecast-to-reach-45-deg-c-in.html
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/21/heatwave-to-hit-australia-after-christmas-with-45-degrees-in-the-south
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-23 - Arctic ice melt rate triples since 1986, 14,000 tons of ice now melting PER SECOND:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20181224-65935-ARC
http://www.tampabay.com/nation-world/melting-arctic-ice-is-now-pouring-14000-tons-of-water-per-second-into-the-ocean-scientists-find-20181221/
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-12/24/content_74305695.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/24/c_137694093.htm
http://www.ecns.cn/news/2018-12-24/detail-ifzaxhck8716577.shtml
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/12/arctic-loses-more-than-billion-tons-of.html
Quote: "New research showed that the Arctic loses 14,000 tons of water each second, as melting of the ice in the areas around the North Pole tripled, news agency NTB reported Sunday. The research was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters and was conducted by scientists from Chile, Canada, the United States, the Netherlands and Norway. 'We do not have to wait until the end of the century to see the problems associated with sea level rise. The problems are here now,' said Jason Box, professor of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)."
2018-12-23 - Risks of 'domino effect' of tipping points greater than thought, study says:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/risks-of-domino-effect-of-tipping-points-greater-than-thought-study-says
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/12/20/risks-of-domino-effect-of-tipping-points-greater-than-thought-study-says/
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6421/1379
Quote: "Policymakers have severely underestimated the risks of ecological tipping points, according to a study that shows 45% of all potential environmental collapses are interrelated and could amplify one another."
2018-12-23 - Intensifying climate change protests could rival Vietnam War activism:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-18/climate-change-protests-to-rival-vietnam-war-activism/10627548
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-extinction-rebellion.html
Note: Better protest quick because soon enough there won't be anyone left alive to protest...
2018-12-23 - Person found dead in burning car at midnight on Powell Road in Augusta (Georgia):
http://www.wfxg.com/2018/12/23/richmond-co-coroner-body-found-car-that-was-fire/
http://www.wjbf.com/news/csra-news/dead-body-found-in-burned-car/1672757795
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Richmond-County-Coroner--503411781.html
Quote: "The Richmond County Coroner’s Office responded to a call of a body found in a burnt car. According to Coroner Mark Bowen, when the Augusta Fire Department arrived at the 1900 block of Powell Road around midnight and found that a car was engulfed in flames. Once the fire was extinguished, a body was found inside. Due to the condition of the body being found from the fire, it could not be identified."
2018-12-23 - Paper recycling facility erupts in flame, fire gets big, in Kingsessing area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/3-alarm-fire-rages-in-southwest-philadelphia/4956094/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Firefighters-Battling-Warehouse-Fire-in-Southwest-Philly-503417611.html
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/12/23/3-alarm-warehouse-fire-in-kingsessing-shuts-down-amtrak-service-in-the-area/
http://www.sunherald.com/news/business/article223512645.html
2018-12-23 - Tire recycling center hit by fire, 3000 cubic meters of tires burn, in Beauceville (Canada):
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/tire-fire-in-beauceville-more-than-3000-cubic-metres-of-tires-burned
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/beauceville-fire-tire-yard-smoke-air-quality-royal-mat-quebec-city/120344
http://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/more-than-3000-cubic-metres-of-tires-catch-fire-in-quebecs-beauce-region/wcm/f3067cc2-223a-4f8c-a2d6-9ac76f350ca9
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/smoke-covers-beauceville-as-used-tires-catch-fire-outside-royal-mat-plant-1.4957800
2018-12-23 - Car dealership destroyed by fire at 12:30 AM, transformer explodes, in Kingwood (Texas):
http://montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/fire-destroys-kingwood-honda-dealership/
http://abc13.com/dealership-fire-causes-transformer-to-explode/4953379/
http://www.click2houston.com/news/fire-spreads-at-car-dealership-building-in-kingwood
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/video/21038413/houston-tx-firefighters-battle-kirkwood-honda-car-dealership-fire-raw-news
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-24 - Unknown chemical odor sickens man just after 5 AM at Riverside Apartments in Gaston (Oregon), 200 feet from the Tualatin River:
http://pamplinmedia.com/fgnt/36-news/415509-317599-man-hospitalized-after-chemical-smell-in-gaston-apartments-pwoff
http://www.koin.com/news/gaston-apartments-evacuated-over-chemical-smell_20181224201604/1673821131
http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bomb-squad-dispatched-to-hazmat-incident-in-gaston/283-f4fd0df7-e7af-4981-a4d1-8e5022e0a762
Quote: "A 55-year old man was found barely responsive in his apartment in Gaston amid what a spokesman for the Washington County Sheriff's Office described as a 'strong chemical smell' on Monday morning, Dec. 24, resulting in his hospitalization and the evacuation of the entire block. Several hours later at approximately 8:30 a.m., the apartment building had been determined safe and no hazardous chemicals were located, according to the WCSO."
Quote: "Deputies said the origin of the chemical smell could not be determined."
2018-12-24 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, plane makes emergency landing at coastal JFK Airport (New York):
http://pix11.com/2018/12/24/jetblue-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-nyc-on-christmas-eve-due-to-unusual-odor-officials/
http://www.bostonherald.com/2018/12/24/authorities-boston-based-flight-grounded-by-strange-odor/
http://aviation.globalincidentmap.com/eventdetail.php?ID=27246
Quote: "A JetBlue plane headed to Mexico City on Christmas Eve made an emergency landing at Kennedy Airport because of an 'unusual odor,' according to Port Authority officials. Plane No. 483 was headed from Boston to Mexico City on Monday when the pilot smelled a strange odor, officials said."
2018-12-24 - Fire erupts at coastal Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, another fire at coastal Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and another fire burns auto shop and cars near the coast in Syosset (New York):
http://pix11.com/2018/12/24/fire-breaks-out-at-sagamore-hill-national-site-visitor-center-fire-department/
http://loudlabs.com/news/new-york-city-new-york/nassau-county-li-syosset-fire-consumes-row-of-parked-cars-in-nyc-suburb-4437/
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/sagamore-hill-fire-1.24940397
Quote: "Fires broke out at the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site’s visitor center, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a nearby auto body shop on Monday, according to local police."
Quote: "The first fire was reported at 9:02 a.m. at the visitor center, Bayville Fire Department officials said."
Quote: "Two hours later, and about 2 miles away, firefighters responded to Cold Spring Harbor, Bayville Fire Department officials said."
Quote: "Around noon, and another 4 miles southwest, officials responded to a fire at an auto body shop on Oak Drive, Syosset police said. At least seven vehicles appeared to have been badly damaged in the fire."
Quote: "The three fires do not appear to be connected, according to the Nassau County Police Department."
Note: The fires were definitely connected by general geographic area, timeframe, proximity to the coast and the atmosphere...
2018-12-24 - Barge hauling scrap cars erupts in flame at 2 AM while docked on the Mississippi River in Marrero (Louisiana):
http://www.wbrz.com/news/new-orleans-barge-fire-sends-smoke-into-nearby-communities/
http://www.fox8live.com/2018/12/24/barge-fire-blows-smoke-into-some-west-bank-communities/
http://www.nola.com/crime/2018/12/crane-needed-to-fight-barge-fire-inundating-new-orleans-area-neighborhoods-with-smoke-monday.html
http://www.wwltv.com/article/news/barge-carrying-cars-catches-fire-on-river-near-marrero/289-675a5569-685a-4dc9-bfde-bc04d1f32641
http://www.wdsu.com/article/barge-fire-that-broke-out-overnight-sends-smoke-into-several-west-bank-areas-officials-say/25670889
http://snewsi.com/id/18483525297/Barge-fire-that-broke-out-overnight-sends-smoke-into-several-west-bank-areas-officials-say
http://wgno.com/2018/12/24/marrero-barge-fire-send-smoke-billowing-into-the-air/
Quote: "The fire continues to burn, producing smoke that has blown into the west bank neighborhoods. The smoke can be seen from downtown New Orleans. Roberts said the barge is loaded with old scrap cars. He said that a fire boat is on the river using foam to try to contain the blaze and reduce the smoke."
Note: This is the 1176th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2018...
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-25 - Car bursts into flame at 5:30 AM and burns 45-year-old man to death near his home in Greater Noida (India):
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/techie-on-way-home-after-night-shift-burnt-to-death-in-moving-car/story-0q3Bp4Z6afimStHRpIugZN.html
http://www.ndtv.com/noida-news/greater-noida-techie-45-dies-after-moving-car-catches-fire-in-noida-1967924
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/engineer-killed-as-running-car-catches-fire-in-greater-noida/703899.html
http://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2018/12/25/des15-ncr-car-fire-death.html
Quote: "'The man was identified as Pavan, who was working in a private company here. He was returning after a night shift when the incident took place at 5.30 am. He was only half a kilometre short of reaching home,' police said."
2018-12-25 - Truck goes up in flames at 2:45 AM and kills man while parked in Delhi (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/driver-charred-to-death-in-sleep-as-truck-catches-fire/articleshow/67248700.cms
Quote: "A truck driver was charred to death after his parked vehicle caught fire near north Delhi's Narela on Tuesday. The driver was sleeping in the cabin of his truck when the vehicle went up in blaze at 2.45am."
2018-12-25 - Cargo plane bursts into flame at airport in Mattala on the island of Sri Lanka:
http://www.newsfirst.lk/2018/12/26/fire-on-a-plane-at-the-mattala-airport/
http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Antonov-flight-at-MRIA-delays-takeoff-as-engine-catches-fire-160299.html
Quote: "However, sources at the MRIA said the plane's engine caught a minor fire just before the takeoff."
2018-12-25 - Hot air balloon ignites at 6:15 AM and makes emergency landing in the Yarra Valley (Australia):
http://www.citynews1130.com/2018/12/25/hot-air-balloon-with-16-aboard-lands-safely-after-fire/
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/hot-air-balloon-forced-landing-after-fire/ar-BBRqyUp
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/26/hot-air-balloon-catches-fire-over-yarra-valley-with-16-passengers-onboard
http://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/fire-forces-hot-air-balloon-to-make-emergency-landing/cjq4hha6i003g0hny3w3bfeqq
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/boxing-day-horror-as-hot-air-balloon-catches-fire-mid-flight-with-12-people-on-board-before-crash-landing-in-a-paddock/ar-BBRqXr9
http://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1077767500828295168
Note: These are the 194th and 195th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-25 - At least 25 boats and RVs destroyed by fire at 3 AM, 25+ more damaged, while parked at business in Pflugerville (Texas):
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/fire-at-pflugerville-business
http://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/fire-breaks-out-christmas-morning-at-pflugerville-storage-unit/269-624794227
http://www.kvue.com/video/news/local/community/fire-occurs-at-storage-unit-in-pflugerville-christmas-morning/269-8382686
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/multiple-rvs-catch-fire-overnight-in-pflugerville
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/380293290-video
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/380335542-video
Quote: "According to Anderson about 25 RV's and boats were destroyed. 'Around the property probably another 25-plus that sustained some sort of damage,' he said. "
Note: They don't specify the breakdown, but there were probably more RVs than boats, so I'll just call it 15 RVs and 10 boats. These are the 1178th-1187th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2018, and these are the 522nd-536th RVs to burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-25 - SUV bursts into flame while parked at home on Belvedere Lane in Lakewood Township (New Jersey), near the coast:
http://nj1015.com/car-completely-engulfs-in-flames-outside-lakewood-home/
2018-12-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, near Williamsport (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2018/12/26/garage-fire-spreads-to-home-in-lycoming-county/
http://fox56.com/news/local/total-loss-lycoming-co-home-in-flames-after-vehicle-fire-spreads
Quote: "Officials were called to the home on 2774 Route 654 around 5:30 p.m. to a car fire under a car port. The fire then spread to the residence."
2018-12-25 - A year of climate change evidence, notes from a science reporter’s journal:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/24122018/climate-change-evidence-reports-2018-year-review-ipcc-arctic-emissions-gap-national-assessment
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-26 - Car goes up in flames and burns person to death along road in Seremban (Malaysia):
http://www.malaymail.com/s/1706522/body-found-in-burned-out-car-in-seremban
2018-12-26 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, huge pile of scrap metal burns, in Fort Worth (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/12/26/firefighters-battle-scrap-metal-fire-fort-worth/
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article223602750.html
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Scrap-Pile-Fire-Causing-Large-Amounts-of-Smoke-Residents-Advised-to-Stay-in-Place-503530401.html
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/fire-1/2018/12/26/large-fire-burning-fort-worth-scrap-yard-area-residents-told-stay-inside
2018-12-26 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, vehicles and buildings destroyed, in Alorton (Illinois):
http://fox2now.com/2018/12/26/multiple-fire-departments-called-to-metro-east-junkyard-fire/
http://www.kmov.com/news/multiple-metro-east-fire-departments-called-to-battle--alarm/article_d7965b82-097e-11e9-a0fe-87625b7b5301.html
Quote: "It's believed that along with vehicles on the lot, several structures on in the junkyard were destroyed by the fire."
Note: Alorton is in Illinois on the other side of the Mississippi River from St. Louis...
2018-12-26 - Recycling center destroyed by fire in Waseca County (Minnesota):
http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/waseca-county-recycling-center-destroyed-by-fire/article_fd6b4aea-095e-11e9-a9f4-1f36f13bac01.html
http://www.southernminn.com/waseca_county_news/news/article_f7852b38-524a-5251-b154-e50745a8029e.html
http://knuj.net/2018/12/27/fire-destroys-waseca-county-solid-waste-facility-on-wednesday/
http://www.keyc.com/story/39697455/fire-at-waseca-county-recycling-center
2018-12-26 - Warning issued as extreme heatwave scorches parts of Australia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20181224-65929-AUS
http://www.triplem.com.au/story/vic-emergency-has-issued-a-heat-event-warning-advice-for-the-northern-country-123145
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/26/australia-heatwave-2018-weather-new-year
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/28/australia-heatwave-brings-catastrophic-fire-conditions-as-temperature-records-broken
Quote: "Australia's post-Christmas heatwave continues to sweep across the country, with a near record-breaking 49C [120F] forecast for Western Australia, and fire danger, health and air quality warnings issued across the nation."
Quote: "Beachgoers hoping to cool off in the sea were also advised to take care, after four people drowned in coastal waters in two days on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day."
Quote: "Marble Bar in WA reaches 49.3C [120.7F) as parts of SA and Victoria issued bushfire warning, and extreme weather forecast to continue into next week..."
2018-12-26 - Antarctic sea ice declining quickly:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/12/antarctica-sea-ice-12262018.html
2018-12-26 - Woman and boy, 31 and 11, die after being pulled unconscious from swimming pool near coastal Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6531903/Two-die-pulled-Qld-pool.html
http://theworldnews.net/au-news/child-and-woman-die-in-hospital-after-being-pulled-from-pool-last-week
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/child-and-woman-die-in-hospital-after-being-pulled-from-pool-last-week-20181227-p50ohj.html
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/27/man-dies-at-grampians-mackenzie-falls-in-fifth-drowning-since-christmas-eve
Quote: "A woman and a boy who were pulled unconscious from a pool north of Brisbane last week have died in hospital."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-27 - Boat goes up in flames at 5:12 AM and kills man in Austin (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/20181227/man-found-dead-in-north-austin-after-boat-fire-officials-say
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/first-responders-find-man-dead-after-boat-fire-in-north-austin
http://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/man-found-dead-in-burning-boat-parked-at-home-in-central-austin/1676390968
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2018/12/27/man-found-dead-in-central-austin-boat-fire-
http://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/man-found-dead-in-burning-boat-parked-at-texas-home/1676765949
http://talk1370.radio.com/articles/man-found-dead-after-boat-fire-central-austin-home
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/body-found-after-boat-fire
Quote: "A man was found dead inside a boat that was on fire Thursday morning in a North Austin neighborhood, authorities said. Austin Fire Department arson investigator Andy Reardon said his office was called at 5:12 a.m. to the fire in the 900 block of East 56th Street, which is near Airport Boulevard and Interstate 35. The boat had been parked outside a home, and when the fire was put out, firefighters found the man’s body inside."
Note: This is the 1191st boat/ship to burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-27 - Passenger plane hit by smoke at airport in Bengaluru (India):
http://www.deccanherald.com/city/smoke-jet-flight-cabin-710222.html
http://www.ndtv.com/bangalore-news/jet-airways-flight-grounded-at-bengaluru-airport-after-smoke-alert-all-71-passengers-safe-1968973
http://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/aviation/jet-airways-passengers-moved-different-plane-following-reports-smoke/story/304680.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/smoke-in-jet-airways-mangalore-bound-flight-all-passengers-safe-118122700823_1.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/jet-shifts-71-fliers-to-another-flight-after-smoke-in-plane/articleshow/67277000.cms
http://www.catchnews.com/national-news/karnataka-smoke-arises-from-jet-airways-plane-from-bangalore-to-mangalore-before-take-off-passengers-safe-144180.html
Quote: "Panic gripped the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Thursday morning after 71 passengers from a Mangaluru-bound Jet Airways aircraft were disembarked following a thick cloud of smoke inside the cabin."
Note: This is the 196th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-27 - Power plant rocked by explosions and fire in coastal Queens (New York), blackouts ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20181228-65979-USA
http://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/us/ny-fires-con-ed-power-plant/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/nyregion/blue-sky-queens-explosion.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/power-plant-explosion-turns-nyc-sky-neon-blue
http://wdef.com/2018/12/27/transformer-fire-reported-at-nyc-power-plant-lights-up-night-sky/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/sky-turns-blue-green-across-new-york-city-after-transformer-explosion/25696700
http://www.wtae.com/article/new-york-city-sky-turns-eerie-blue-after-reported-electrical-fire-at-power-plant/25696706
http://www.kcra.com/article/new-york-city-sky-turns-eerie-blue-after-reported-electrical-fire-at-power-plant/25696706
http://nypost.com/2018/12/28/cops-couldnt-hide-their-shock-during-transformer-explosion-it-doesnt-look-good/
Quote: "The explosions lit up the sky in shades of blue visible as far as Manhattan and New Jersey. The tremors shook buildings and rattled windows, sending people running into the streets. Residents reported temporary power outages."
2018-12-27 - Building explodes and burns at landfill in Sioux City (Iowa), 2 injured:
http://www.ksfy.com/content/news/2-men-injured-in-explosion-at-Sioux-City-landfill-503574931.html
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/two-injured-in-sioux-city-landfill-explosion/article_7ade5d7d-4c3b-5ef2-8911-2f710f50228c.html
http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/fire-crews-respond-to-fire-at-landfill
2018-12-27 - Underground electrical explosion blows pavement apart in Porterville (California):
http://www.recorderonline.com/news/underground-explosion-on-christmas-eve-causes-brief-power-outage/article_1a10d406-0993-11e9-90d6-b781577020cf.html
2018-12-27 - Record-shattering heatwave continues to broil parts of Australia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=HT-20181224-65929-AUS
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-27/bureau-of-meteorology-says-heat-records-broken-in-outback/10670438
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/12/27/australia-heat-wave-temperatures-soar-above-120-degrees-near-record/2423556002/
http://www.wbir.com/article/news/nation-now/record-shattering-heat-wave-scorches-australia-as-temperatures-reach-120-degrees/465-9d2fc910-d155-4b5f-8993-9907aa5a6ca8
http://strangesounds.org/2018/12/temperature-anomaly-australia-sandals-pavement-melting-extreme-heatwave-scorches-across-australia.html
Quote: "A record-shattering heat wave continued to scorch Australia on Thursday as temperatures soared above 120 degrees in some spots. The extreme heat has spurred on health warnings, air quality alerts and fire bans across the nation. High temperatures are forecast to be in the 105- to 120-degree range into the weekend in many locations. Nighttime won't offer much relief, either, as temperatures will remain well above normal. Though heat isn't unusual in Australia this time of year, the level and duration of the heat wave are extreme."
Quote: "The Northern Territory has already had a brutally hot month: 'Forget frying an egg on the footpath, in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, you could roast a whole chook in the main square, as the town heads toward its 28th day above 104 degrees this December,' the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported."
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-28 - Unknown sewage-like smell blows through Horsham (Britain):
http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/mystery-smell-wafts-across-horsham-1-8752205
http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/mystery-smell-wafts-across-horsham-1-8752205
Quote: "Horsham’s East Street has also been plagued by a mystery ‘sewage-like’ smell in the past. But the origins of the current smell remain a mystery at the present time."
2018-12-28 - Fiery lava-ish flammable liquid spewing from the ground in village in Tripura (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UGE-20181229-66000-IND
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/12/a-volcanic-lava-type-inflammable-liquid.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/lava-type-eruption-creates-panic-in-tripura-village-118122900054_1.html
Quote: "A volcanic lava type inflammable liquid spontaneously bursting into flames during earthquakes is triggering panic in parts of India and Bangladesh..."
Quote: "This is the third such incident reported this year the state which is very close to Chittagong in Bangladesh. Earlier in mid-April, at two spots, namely Baishnavpur and Ghagrabasti of Sunroom, lava-like liquid erupted along with fire and gas."
2018-12-28 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man while parked on Two Islands Road in coastal Parrsboro (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/man-55-dead-after-camper-trailer-fire-in-parrsboro-1.4961582
http://www.novanewsnow.com/news/parrsboro-man-loses-life-in-fire-271885/
http://www.trurodaily.com/news/local/parrsboro-man-loses-life-in-fire-271885/
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/news/parrsboro-man-loses-life-in-fire-271885/
http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/parrsboro-man-loses-life-in-fire-271885/
2018-12-28 - Metal recycling erupts in flame in Monongahela (Pennsylvania), 600 feet from the Monongahela River:
http://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-monongahela-scrapyard/article_651f43b2-0ab3-11e9-ba87-87dca62be578.html
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/monongahela-fire-fire-at-scrap-yard-sends-black-smoke-into-air/895554282
2018-12-28 - Brush fire breaks out in coastal Kailua-Kona (Hawaii):
http://www.khon2.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battling-brush-fire-in-kona-shelter-is-open/1678526185
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2018/12/28/brushfire-reported-shelter-opened-at-old-kona-airport-gym/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/12/29/breaking-news/cause-of-small-brush-fire-on-hawaii-island-undetermined/
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2018/12/29/firefighters-battling-brush-fire-kona/
http://bigislandnow.com/2018/12/29/firefighters-extinguish-30-acre-brush-blaze/
2018-12-28 - Airbus fuselage factory heavily damaged by fire in Augsburg (Germany):
http://www.dw.com/en/airbus-jet-delays-likely-after-fire-at-german-plant/a-46890711
http://www.msn.com/en-xl/europe/top-stories/airbus-jet-delays-likely-after-fire-at-german-plant/ar-BBRy1q8
Quote: "The plant primarily delivers fuselages for civil and military aircraft to Airbus, and the company said it believes 'virtually all Airbus models' will now be delayed."
2018-12-28 - It was a year of deadly wildfires and that's likely the new normal:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/it-was-year-deadly-wildfires-s-likely-new-normal-n948366
Quote: "From northern Sweden to Southern California, wildfires swept the globe in 2018. But it wasn’t simply the size of the blazes that was notable but the timing, proximity to cities and resulting death toll, experts said. Fires are typically associated with the hot, dry months of summer, but increasingly, firefighters are getting little reprieve during the traditional off-season. 'We’re starting to look at wildfire as a nonseasonal event,' said Omar Baddour, chief of climate data for the World Meteorological Organization."
Quote: "Our fire seasons are becoming fire years..."
Category: Fires And Explosions
2018-12-29 - Car bursts into flame while parked at mobile home, fire spreads to home, in Hemet (California), 2 killed:
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/state/california/article223739205.html
http://www.pe.com/2018/12/29/2-people-die-in-mobile-home-fire-in-hemet/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/2-Dead-Hemet-Mobile-Home-Fire.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2018-12-30/2-die-in-southern-california-mobile-home-fire
http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/2018/12/28/news/two-people-die-in-mobile-home-park-fire-in-hemet/64045.html
http://www.facebook.com/NBCLA/posts/the-fire-started-as-a-car-fire-but-then-spread-to-the-mobile-home/10156394048911028/
Quote: "Hemet Fire Chief Scott Brown says the incident was reported Saturday night at Sierra Dawn Estates as a car fire in a carport, but by the time firefighters arrived it had spread to the mobile home."
Note: Not really much different from the cars bursting into flame and killing drivers while they drive, except this car was parked and the fire just happened to kill two people NEAR the car instead of IN the car...
2018-12-29 - Car goes up in flames and kills 45-year-old woman off Route 302 near Ripley Falls (New Hampshire):
http://www.wcax.com/content/news/NH-police-Body-found-in-burning-car-foul-play-ruled-out-503716161.html
http://www.wmtw.com/article/person-found-dead-after-car-fire-in-white-mountains-update/25711717
http://www.wmur.com/article/person-found-dead-after-car-fire-in-harts-location/25709635
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2018-12-30/police-body-found-in-burning-car-foul-play-ruled-out
http://www.unionleader.com/news/safety/body-found-in-burning-car-in-hart-s-location/article_7034488d-ddc6-551d-b33f-669985cf0f2a.html
http://www.hastingstribune.com/police-body-found-in-burning-car-foul-play-ruled-out/article_0fa37990-8d69-5dfc-8006-8933de469298.html
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/state/police-body-found-in-burning-car-foul-play-ruled-out/article_040887e1-e9de-5616-8fb1-1607d7f784b5.html
Quote: "State Fire Marshal Paul Parisi said an autopsy done Monday identified the victim as 45-year-old Carolyn Bishop, of Cornish, New Hampshire. The cause of death was thermal injuries. Fire crews arrived Saturday at the scene off of Route 302. The body was found after the fire was put out. Parisi said the investigation into the origin and cause of the fire is active. No foul play is suspected."
2018-12-29 - Cooper Nuclear Station hit by fire along the Missouri River near Brownville (Nebraska):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20181229-66019-USA
http://nebraska.tv/news/local/utility-extinguishes-fire-at-nebraska-nuclear-power-plant
http://journalstar.com/news/local/crews-put-out-fire-at-cooper-nuclear-station/article_17a76d20-24c0-56aa-bf75-bc72d242f843.html
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/crew-extinguishes-fire-at-cooper-nuclear-station/article_ffbadbe6-f1e9-5bde-9a56-233eb72d9931.html
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/12/30/nebraska-utility-extinguishes-fire-cooper-nuclear-power-plant/2446465002/
http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/utility-extinguishes-fire-at-nebraska-nuclear-power-plant/article_6185b0f9-fb4a-56ce-bd87-d011522d103f.html
http://www.knopnews2.com/content/news/NPPD--503670051.html
Quote: "Crews put out a fire at Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville on Saturday morning. The plant's safety workers discovered the fire while investigating hazardous gas in the basement of the facility at about 9 a.m., according to a Nebraska Public Power District news release. The fire was in a piping system and was extinguished just after 9:45 a.m."
Quote: "It wasn’t clear Saturday afternoon what sort of gas was detected, Becker said."
2018-12-29 - Recycling center hit by fire at 6:40 AM, pallets burn, in Montebello (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/12/29/montebello-recycling-center-fire/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/4001472-fire-at-recycling-center-in-montebello-sends-plume-of-smoke-into-sky/
http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/video/4001472-fire-at-recycling-center-in-montebello-sends-plume-of-smoke-into-sky/
http://www.facebook.com/CBSLA/posts/10156992450180859
Quote: "Montebello fire crews responded to the 1500 block of Chapin Road around 6:40 a.m. for the second-alarm fire. Officials say wooden pallets were on fire at the center."
2018-12-29 - Recycling center hit by fire, large pile of trash burns, in Escondido (California):
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Large-Rubbish-Pile-Catches-Fire-at-Escondido-Trash-Facility-503623731.html
2018-12-29 - Car dealership damaged by fire at 5 AM near East Lake Street in Minneapolis (Minnesota):
http://kstp.com/news/car-dealership-fire-south-minneapolis/5193485/
2018-12-29 - Brush fire breaks out near coastal Whangarei (New Zealand):
http://www.newsie.co.nz/news/133879-firefighters-battle-to-put-out-scrub-fire-northland.html
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-30 - Mysterious explosion alarms people around Winona Lake (Indiana):
http://wsbt.com/news/local/local-officials-puzzled-by-unidentified-loud-explosion-cause-unknown
http://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/indiana-police-cant-find-mysterious-source-loud-explosion-noise/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10156109348715823&id=92957620822
2018-12-30 - Town of Wupperthal devastated by massive blaze in South Africa:
http://ewn.co.za/2018/12/31/wupperthal-fire-destroys-dozens-of-homes
http://www.enca.com/news/fire-destroys-parts-wupperthal
http://twitter.com/ewnreporter/status/1079599369903583233/photo/1
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-12-31-fire-razes-historic-wupperthal-moravian-mission-station-in-western-cape/
Quote: "Moravian Reverend Martin Abrahams says 55 homes have been destroyed, along with the community hall, the school hostel, a restaurant, shopping centre & the parsonage of the church minister."
2018-12-30 - Multiple cars destroyed by fire while parked at auto business in Duryea (Pennsylvania):
http://wnep.com/2018/12/30/multiple-vehicles-burn-in-luzerne-county/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=154467244588975&story_fbid=1978780378824310
Quote: "According to Avoca Fire Department, the fire sparked just before 11 a.m. Sunday at Copart Auto along McAlpine Street in Duryea. Photos shared on the fire department's Facebook page show flames engulfing the cars."
2018-12-30 - Warehouse heavily damaged by fire at 7 AM in coastal Miami (Florida), nobody there:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Fire-Rips-Through-Warehouse-in-Southwest-Miami-Dade-503686131.html
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/firefighters-work-to-extinguish-large-warehouse-blaze-in-miami-dade/
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/miami-dade/warehouse-catches-fire-in-southwest-miami-dade-county
http://wsvn.com/news/local/large-warehouse-catches-fire-in-sw-miami-dade/
Quote: "One member of MDFR, Lt. Filipe Lay, noted the smell in the air was 'not the typical smoke odor' found in a fire."
2018-12-30 - Woman in her 30s found unconscious in swimming pool at home in coastal Mermaid Waters (Australia):
http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/woman-hospitalised-after-almost-drowning-in-gold-coast-home-pool/news-story/ece4aea00eda1dfb7313ccdad576acc8
2018-12-30 - Mount Agung erupts again on the island of Bali (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20181230-66024-PHL
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mount-agung-on-indonesias-bali-erupts-again
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/12/30/mount-agung-erupts-again.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/12/december-volcano-uptick-mount-agung.html
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/agung/news/72659/Agung-volcano-Bali-Indonesia-sudden-new-explosion-early-this-morning-leads-to-ash-fall-but-no-major-.html
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/mount-agung-volcano-erupts-again-with-alert-status-at-secondhighest-level/news-story/9dd37a45578d6d9269754632c1d4297d
Category: Variety Pack
2018-12-31 - Car carrier ship 'Sincerity Ace' goes up in flames in the Pacific Ocean 1,800 miles northwest of Hawaii:
http://www.apnews.com/0fbfc63b351f4e41a00b80cc231f61ba
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Sincerity-Ace-9519092.html
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2019/24681/car-carrier-major-fire-pacific/
http://gcaptain.com/coast-guard-responding-to-significant-fire-on-vehicle-carrier-in-pacific/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/car-carrier-fire-pacific-crew-abandon-ship-60097074
http://www.stripes.com/news/coast-guard/coast-guard-responds-to-car-carrier-on-fire-in-pacific-1.562722
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/national/car-carrier-on-fire-in-pacific-some-crew-abandon-ship/897023163
http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/good-samaritans-respond-to-car-carrier-fire-in-the-north-pacific
http://www.citynews1130.com/2018/12/31/car-carrier-on-fire-in-pacific-some-crew-abandon-ship/
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1068491/car-carrier-on-fire-in-pacific-some-crew-abandon-ship
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/12/31/us/ap-us-fire-at-sea.html
http://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/nelson-mail/20190102/281788515186684
Quote: "A Panamanian car carrier heading from Japan to Hawaii caught fire in the Pacific Ocean, with some crew members abandoning the ship and the U.S. Coast Guard and other vessels heading to its rescue Monday. The Coast Guard said in a statement that crew members launched a life raft and four of the 21 mariners aboard left the Sincerity Ace wearing life jackets. The agency could not confirm if they reached the life raft. The remaining 17 crew members stayed on board to fight the fire."
Note: This is the 1199th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2018...
2018-12-31 - Storage facility destroyed by huge fire in Croydon suburb of coastal London (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20181231-66050-GBR
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2018/december/self-storage-warehouse-fire-croydon/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46725579
http://www.rt.com/uk/447853-croydon-fire-london-warehouse/
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/31/more-than-100-firefighters-tackle-croydon-blaze
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/croydon-self-storage-fire-shurgard-latest-update-building-destroyed-customers-cause-a8706871.html
Quote: "Hundreds of customers at a self-storage warehouse in south London are likely to have lost their possessions after a fire completely destroyed the building."
2018-12-31 - Wildfire burns out of control, threatens homes and sends people fleeing in Darlington (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20190101-66052-AUS
http://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/fire-fighters-bring-darlington-blaze-under-control-20190101-p50p44.html
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/western-australia/fire-fighters-bring-darlington-blaze-under-control-20190101-p50p44.html
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1115993575/evacuations-under-way-with-darlington-bushfire-threatening-property
2018-12-31 - Huge dust storm rolls through Dubbo (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20190101-66054-AUS
http://www.theflindersnews.com.au/story/5832496/yet-another-dust-storm-experts-explain-why-theyre-happening/
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5832496/yet-another-dust-storm-experts-explain-why-theyre-happening/
Quote: "Another day, another dust storm - experts say the long-running drought is to blame for the frequency of these weather events during the past few months. A dust storm swallowed the Dubbo region on the last day of 2018 - it took away the view, the air quality and it also robbed the city of its New Year's Eve fireworks display."
2018-12-31 - Man has 'medical emergency' on coastal Schoolhouse Beach (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9123451-181/chp-chopper-rescues-man-suffering
Quote: "In a dramatic helicopter rescue Monday CHP saved a man who suffered a medical emergency while hiking on Schoolhouse Beach. The man, whose name has not been released, was visiting Sonoma County from Nebraska and hiking on the beach when he found himself unable to move, CHP pilot and paramedic Shaun Bouyea said."
2018-12-31 - Doomiest graphs of 2018:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/12/doomiest-graphs-of-2018.html
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