http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html
The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.
A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-13 - Recycling plant hit by fire, 100 tons of waste burn, on Nathan Way in Thamesmead (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2020/march/fire-at-recycling-plant-thamesmead/
2020-03-13 - US military bans domestic travel for soldiers and defense employees due to coronavirus pandemic:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/41895231/us-military-bans-domestic-travel-due-to-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/13/pentagon-bans-domestic-travel-troops-families-coronavirus-spreads.html
http://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/03/14/dod-bans-all-domestic-travel-for-troops-employees-in-response-to-coronavirus-threat/
http://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-department-of-defense-bans-travel-employees-20200314-qhhfqqpjxnatdefpgysnb4niaq-story.html
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/dod-announces-restrictions-on-domestic-travel-for-service-members-civilians-effective-monday-1.622392
Quote: "The Deputy Secretary of Defense said in a new memorandum the U.S. Military is banning domestic travel from March 16-May 11 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The memorandum said the Pentagon has banned all travel unless it is determined to be mission-essential, necessary for humanitarian reasons, or warranted due to extreme hardship."
Quote: "The new rules apply to all Defense Department military and civilian personnel assigned to military bases or facilities inside the U.S. and its territories. The memo also applies to family members of those personnel."
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus cases rise to 4 in Missouri, state of emergency declared:
http://www.newstribune.com/news/missouri/story/2020/mar/13/gov-mike-parson-declare-state-emergency-missouri/820556/
http://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/gov-parson-missouri-has-new-covid--cases-state-of/article_71302e92-6579-11ea-8848-331a3aa22342.html
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 85 overnight to 514 with 11,364 confirmed cases in Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200229-70725-IRN
http://www.france24.com/en/20200313-iran-reports-85-new-virus-deaths-taking-total-to-514
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 250 overnight to 1,266 with 17,660 confirmed cases in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2020/03/13/Italy-records-its-highest-one-day-death-toll-after-250-die-from-coronavirus.html
Quote: "Italy on Friday recorded its highest one-day death toll yet from cases of the new coronavirus, according to official data. There were 250 deaths recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,266, with 17,660 infections overall, a rise of 2,547 since Thursday evening."
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus pandemic to change lifestyles indefinitely:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/get-ready-for-your-lifestyle-to-change-indefinitely-because-of-this-coronavirus-pandemic
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus infects eight firefighters in San Jose (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-number-of-infected-san-jose-firefighters-doubles/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-update-san-jose-firehouse-coronavirus-outbreak-grows-to-six-firefighters/
Quote: "Four more San Jose firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to eight, the city said in a report Friday."
2020-03-13 - Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus, 12 states shutter schools, cruise lines stop cruising:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/13/coronavirus-updates-us-testing-death-toll-stocks-school-closures/5032550002/
http://www.newspressnow.com/coronavirus/trump-declares-virus-pandemic-a-national-medical-emergency/article_72104b66-6570-11ea-b684-5fbef1e560bc.html
2020-03-13 - Louisiana postponing presidential primary due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/louisiana-postpones-presidential-primary-due-to-coronavirus-128514
2020-03-13 - Singapore and Australia suggest warmer weather may not help with coronavirus pandemic:
http://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/12/asia/coronavirus-flu-weather-temperature-intl-hnk/index.html
2020-03-13 - Person has 'medical incident' and collapses unconscious 50 feet from where 3 boys stab another boy to death, in coastal Redcliffe (Australia):
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/teen-dead-after-fight-leads-to-car-park-stabbing-in-brisbane-s-north-20200314-p54a0i.html
http://theworldnews.net/au-news/everything-unfolded-quite-quickly-teen-dead-after-car-park-stabbing
Quote: "Mr Mihan said paramedics found another person unconcious in a bush about 15 metres away, though paramedics and police were considering this to be an unrelated medical incident."
2020-03-13 - Several global tipping points may have arrived:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/several-global-tipping-points-may-have-arrived-green-insight
http://www.yahoo.com/news/several-global-tipping-points-may-112346028.html
2020-03-13 - Global warming continues accelerating:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/global-warming-on-a-rampage/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/0ONWbloc/global-warming-on-a-rampage
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/2c-crossed.html
2020-03-13 - Bears coming out of hibernation early due to climate change:
http://www.inquisitr.com/5941484/bears-climate-change/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/bears-coming-hibernation-early-due-043555224.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-bears-come-out-of-hibernation-month-early/
http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51836206
Quote: "Part of the reason that they hibernate is to wait for their food sources to replenish. Now, the animals are adapting to the warmer weather faster than the resources they depend on, which means their nutritional sources are not readily available, leaving them desperate to find different things to eat."
2020-03-13 - Two yachts go up in flames on the Miami Rive in coastal Miami (Florida), 1 injured:
http://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/1-hurt-after-yachts-catch-fire-on-miami-river-in-nw-miami-dade/
Quote: "A person suffered burn-related injuries after a large fire engulfed two yachts on the Miami River in Northwest Miami-Dade. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and City of Miami Fire Rescue responded to the scene in the area of Northwest 21st Street and 34th Avenue, just before 5 p.m., Friday."
Note: These are the 330th and 331st boats/ships to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-03-13 - Passenger train bursts into flame in coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20200313-70777-IRL
2020-03-13 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on the Southern Expressway near Kottawa Town on the island of Sri Lanka:
http://colombogazette.com/2020/03/13/sltb-bus-catches-fire-on-southern-expressway/
http://www.hirunews.lk/236390/passenger-bus-catches-fire-on-southern-expressway
http://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/03/13/minister-calls-for-report-on-second-expressway-bus-fire/
http://www.dailymirror.lk/caption_story/Expressway-bus-on-fire/110-184917
http://english.fastnews.lk/86781
Note: This is the 103rd bus to burn in 2019...
2020-03-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame just before 2:30 AM on I-10 in Gadsden County (Florida):
http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Eastbound-I-10-down-to-one-lane-in-Gadsden-County-568765761.html
http://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-eastbound-lane-on-i-10-in-gadsden-county
2020-03-13 - Semi tractor bursts into flame while parked at property on Wichita Road in Griswold (Iowa):
http://www.kjan.com/index.php/2020/03/griswold-fire-called-to-a-semi-tractor-trailer-fire/
2020-03-13 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 3:30 AM on Earl Martin Drive in Elmira (Canada):
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/9906445-elmira-transport-truck-fire-causes-150-000-in-damage/
Note: These are the 393rd, 394th and 395th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-03-13 - Campervan bursts into flame on Orchard Close in Northwich (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/camper-van-fire-in-northwich_13-03-2020_16-09-36
2020-03-13 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on Peachey Road in Bergen (New York):
http://www.thebatavian.com/billie-owens/car-fire-25-feet-from-house-reported-on-peachey-road-bergen/552289
2020-03-13 - Car bursts into flame at 6:13 AM on I-43 near Milwaukee (Wisconsin):
http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/03/13/43-south-mequon-road-shut-down-after-car-fire/5040426002/
http://www.tmj4.com/traffic/southbound-i-43-lanes-at-mequon-road-closed-after-vehicle-fire
http://fox6now.com/2020/03/13/traffic-alert-vehicle-fire-shuts-down-southbound-i-43-near-mequon-road/
2020-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on the M25 near Stapleford Tawney (Britain):
http://www.essexlive.news/news/live-m25-traffic-traffic-held-3945979
2020-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on the A1 near Darrington (Britain):
http://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/transport/a1-shuts-west-yorkshire-due-car-fire-2450152
2020-03-13 - Car bursts into flame on street in Briantspuddle (Britain):
http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/18303961.emergency-services-called-car-fire-briantspuddle/
2020-03-13 - Truck repair business building devastated by massive blaze in Galivants Ferry (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/large-warehouse-fire-reported-in-horry-county
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/03/14/investigation-underway-after-massive-fire-industrial-building-galivants-ferry/
http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/crews-respond-to-fire-in-galivants-ferry/article_fd7103ec-65a4-11ea-952e-0f37c724bd64.html
http://www.wbtw.com/home/building-goes-up-in-flames-in-horry-county/
http://twitter.com/hcfirerescue/status/1238650374719971329
Quote: "Neighbors said the building belonged to a business that fixed trucks, and was full of chemicals and propane."
2020-03-13 - Barn destroyed by fire just after 5 AM near Pickford (Michigan), 120 hogs killed:
http://www.9and10news.com/2020/03/13/pickford-fire-destroys-barn-kills-hogs/
2020-03-13 - Barn destroyed by fire on Scotch Valley Road in Frankstown Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/03/century-old-barn-destroyed-by-fire/
2020-03-13 - Business damaged by HVAC fire at 12:30 AM on Central Avenue in Cortland (New York):
http://www.wxhc.com/breaking-news-cortland-city-firefighters-on-the-scene-of-a-structure-fire-on-elm-street/
2020-03-13 - Theater heavily damaged by fire in Port Gibson (Mississippi):
http://www.wlbt.com/2020/03/14/several-agencies-respond-fire-port-gibson-theater/
2020-03-13 - Auto paint warehouse heavily damaged by fire at 1:30 AM in coastal Bangkok (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1878720/fire-guts-bangkok-auto-paint-warehouse
2020-03-13 - Garage destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM at home on Northview Avenue in Smelterville (Idaho), 1800 feet from the Coeur d'Alene River:
http://shoshonenewspress.com/news/2020/mar/13/fire-crews-respond-to-garage-fire/
2020-03-13 - Mobile home damaged by garage fire near Redcoat Loop and Sumpter Drive in Bismarck (North Dakota):
http://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-garage-fire-in-north-Bismarck-568785291.html
2020-03-13 - Home heavily damaged by garage fire at 11:45 PM on Olympia Drive in Decatur (Illinois):
http://www.wandtv.com/news/fire-causes-thousands-of-dollars-in-damages-to-garage-attic/article_21a4a70e-6506-11ea-911c-1f493f02687d.html
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/firefighters-respond-to-decatur-house-fire
2020-03-13 - Home heavily damaged by fire on West Proctor Street in Peoria (Illinois), nobody there:
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20200313/electrical-fire-leaves-house-uninhabitable-in-south-peoria
2020-03-13 - Home destroyed by fire on Leaf Wood Court in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Fire-completely-destroys-home-of-retired-Colorado-Springs-officer-and-founding-member-of-Shield-616-568760841.html
2020-03-13 - Home destroyed by fire in coastal Port St. Lucie (Florida):
http://www.tcpalm.com/picture-gallery/news/local/st-lucie-county/2020/03/14/port-st-lucie-house-fire/5050373002/
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2020/03/14/fire-destroys-home-port-st-lucie-no-one-injured/5050306002/
2020-03-13 - Home destroyed by fire at 3:40 AM on Eureka Drive in the Studio City area in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/overnight-fire-burns-a-hillside-home-in-studio-city/2328390/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/fire-rips-through-large-hillside-studio-city-home/
2020-03-13 - Home destroyed by fire at 4:45 AM on James River Road in Cheylan (West Virginia):
http://wchstv.com/news/local/house-destroyed-by-fire-in-kanawha-county
2020-03-13 - Apartment building damaged by fire on Sophia's Place West in Wilton (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/03/13/emergency-responders-go-fire-housing-complex-near-new-castle/5048003002/
http://www.delawareonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/03/14/apartment-fire-controlled-near-new-castle/5048158002/
2020-03-13 - Deadly fire burns home just after 2:30 AM on Bunkham Road in Fairview Heights (Illinois):
http://fox2now.com/news/deadly-fire-under-investigation-in-fairview-heights/
2020-03-13 - Deadly fire destroys home on 221st Street in coastal Queens (New York), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://nypost.com/2020/03/13/queens-village-apartment-fire-turns-deadly-killing-1/
http://abc7ny.com/firefighters-discover-1-dead-in-queens-village-fire/6009685/
2020-03-13 - Deadly fire burns duplex at former Air Force base in Forsyth Township (Michigan), firefighter killed:
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Firefighters-battling-a-house-fire-in-KI-Sawyer-568792531.html
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/03/14/firefighter-deah-ki-sawyer-base-forsyth-township/5050307002/
2020-03-13 - Two women, 30 and 40, found dead in well in Kota (India):
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/raj-two-women-drown-in-well-in-kota/1761219
2020-03-13 - Two people die in the Chitrotpala River near Patkura (India):
http://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/two-youths-drown-in-river-in-k---pada.html
http://www.uniindia.com/two-youths-drowned-in-chitroptala-river/east/news/1916785.html
2020-03-13 - Man found dead in hot tub in Cave Creek (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale-breaking/2020/03/13/phoenix-fire-department-man-found-dead-hot-tub-cave-creek/5046296002/
Quote: "A man was found dead in a hot tub in Cave Creek on Friday, the Phoenix Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to a call in the area of Cave Creek Road and Tatum Boulevard on Friday afternoon, where they found a man in a hot tub, department Capt. Rob McDade said."
2020-03-13 - Man, 71, falls off boat and dies in pond in York County (South Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/03/13/year-old-man-drowns-york-county/
http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article241185226.html
2020-03-13 - Man found dead near Highway 73 in Medina (Wisconsin):
http://madison.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/dead-man-found-in-field-in-dane-county-sheriff-s/article_b7e76b4c-d7ef-596b-b0c5-4a5edd8cdff1.html
http://www.channel3000.com/body-found-in-medina-field-dane-county-sheriffs-office-says/
2020-03-13 - Man, 36, drops dead at jail in Brunswick County (North Carolina):
http://www.wect.com/2020/03/13/brunswick-county-inmate-dies-custody/
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/03/13/brunswick-county-inmate-dies-while-in-custody/
http://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20200313/holden-beach-man-dies-in-brunswick-county-jail
2020-03-13 - Man, 32, goes into cardiac arrest at jail, dies shortly later, in Davidson County (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/news/inmate-found-dead-in-cell-at-hill-detention-center/article_833e9082-6575-11ea-adc1-af5f46b4a119.html
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/03/13/inmate-found-dead-cell-hill-detention-center/5046732002/
2020-03-13 - Man found dead outside home in Shuniah (Canada), near Lake Superior:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/special-investigations-unit-investigates-after-male-found-dead-outside-shuniah-home-1.5497086
2020-03-13 - Woman in her 30s found dead in canal near Marina Martinique in coastal Jeffreys Bay (South Africa):
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-03-13-womans-body-found-in-jeffreys-bay-canal/
2020-03-13 - Boy, 17, dies in pond near Eroor (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/teenager-drowns-near-eroor/article31064595.ece
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/kerala-class-xii-student-drowns-in-eroor-pond/articleshow/74622138.cms
Quote: "The deceased was identified as Abhijit Sabu, 17, of Udayamperoor. The Hill Palace police said the teenager was an expert swimmer, yet could not avoid the tragedy."
2020-03-13 - Man, 67, found dead at George’s Quay in coastal Dundalk (Ireland):
http://www.talkofthetown.ie/body-discovered-in-georges-quay-area-of-dundalk/
http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/home/525347/breaking-investigation-underway-following-the-discovery-of-a-body-in-dundalk.html
2020-03-13 - Woman found dead at home on New Road in coastal Limerick (Ireland):
http://www.thesun.ie/news/5204478/womans-body-found-limerick-house/
2020-03-13 - Man found dead near Gibbet Street in Halifax (Britain):
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/people/police-probe-unexplained-death-after-mans-body-found-halifax-field-2449606
2020-03-13 - Man, early 30s, found dead near Ludwell Valley Park in coastal Exeter (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/man-found-dead-exeter-woods-3948768
2020-03-13 - Small plane crashes in Newhall Pass near Sylmar (California), 2 killed:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/small-plane-crash-reported-on-5-freeway-in-santa-clarita-area/
http://www.dailynews.com/2020/03/13/fire-crews-look-for-survivors-after-plane-crash-in-granada-hills/
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/breaking-news/search-underway-for-reported-plane-crash-near-5-freeway-in-newhall-pass-317608
http://www.avpress.com/news/two-dead-in-sylmar-plane-crash/article_2945631e-65b4-11ea-ae52-8bd6af33be7b.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/2020/03/14/485373/two-dead-in-southern-california-small-plane-crash/
http://fox40.com/news/california-connection/2-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-los-angeles-county/
http://ktla.com/news/local-news/2-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-in-hills-west-of-newhall-pass/
http://www.bcdemocrat.com/2020/03/13/us-california-small-plane-crash/
2020-03-13 - Small plane crashes in field in coastal Douglas on the Isle of Man:
http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/plane-crash-at-mount-rule-in-douglas/
2020-03-13 - Freight train derails in Etna (Maine):
http://q961.com/train-derailment-in-etna-maine-under-investigation/
2020-03-13 - Tractor trailer crashes off overpass in Winston-Salem (North Carolina):
http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/tractor-trailer-crashes-off-highway-overpass-spills-200-gallons-fuel/QRF7VO62Q5AG3LOCWIQPQWX3H4/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-plunges-from-highway-onto-research-parkway-closes-road/article_4dd43b76-08e5-551d-92fb-8c67f0859164.html
http://www.krmg.com/news/national/tractor-trailer-crashes-off-highway-overpass-spills-200-gallons-fuel/A9jWmr1v786b0Ww85pUgjI/
http://www.wokv.com/news/national/tractor-trailer-crashes-off-highway-overpass-spills-200-gallons-fuel/A9jWmr1v786b0Ww85pUgjI/
http://www.wxii12.com/article/winston-salem-police-tractor-trailer-crash-research-parkway/31473523
2020-03-13 - Tractor trailer overturns on California Avenue in Bakersfield (California), 1 injured:
http://www.kget.com/news/local-news/semi-truck-overturns-knocks-out-power-in-southwest-bakersfield/
2020-03-13 - Tractor trailer overturns on Highway 50 in Fallon (Nevada):
http://foxreno.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-full-of-pigs-rolls-over-on-hwy-50-in-fallon
2020-03-13 - SUV veers off road, crashes into pole and tree, in Hampton (New Jersey):
http://www.njherald.com/news/20200313/hampton-crash-shuts-down-route-519
2020-03-13 - Pickup truck veers over centerline at 1:30 AM, hits car head-on, near Millerton Lake (California), 4 killed:
http://kmph.com/news/local/4-killed-in-head-on-crash-near-millerton-lake
2020-03-13 - Car crashes into median before 5:30 AM on I-495 in Marlborough (Massachusetts), 1 killed:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/13/metro/man-dead-after-crashing-into-guardrail-i-495-marlboro/
http://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2020/03/driver-seriously-injured-in-single-car-crash-on-interstate-495-in-marlboro.html
http://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1238408981749665794
2020-03-13 - Car veers off road and crashes at 6:30 AM, bursts into flame, on I-695 near coastal Dundalk (Maryland), 1 killed:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/dundalk-interstate-695-fatal-crash-latest/
http://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/woman-dies-after-crashing-becoming-trapped-in-burning-car-on-i-695
2020-03-13 - Sinkholes open on beach in coastal Ryde on the Isle of Wight (Britain):
http://iwradio.co.uk/2020/03/13/warning-after-sink-holes-appear-on-ryde-beach/
2020-03-13 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens, on Main Street in Upper Leacock Township (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/sinkhole-opens-on-main-street-in-upper-leacock-township/article_7ddcab08-656e-11ea-baef-0303ad9d5997.html
2020-03-13 - Suspected tornado tears through RV park near Orla (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.newstimes.com/news/texas/article/Tornado-tears-through-West-Texas-RV-Park-1-15130790.php
2020-03-13 - Worst storm since 1994 brings widespread flooding and sandstorms to Egypt, at least 20 killed:
http://watchers.news/2020/03/13/dragon-storm-egypt-march-2020/
2020-03-13 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Damascus (Syria):
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=53343&SEO=torrential-rains-cause-flooding-in-syrias-capital
http://www.sott.net/article/430686-Torrential-rains-cause-flooding-in-Syrias-capital
2020-03-13 - Scientists tracked 300,000 trees only to find rainforests are losing their power to help humanity:
http://qz.com/africa/1817537/scientists-say-rainforests-are-losing-their-power-to-remove-co2/
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scientists-tracked-300-000-trees-201414194.html
2020-03-13 - Unfixable boot ROM security flaw in millions of Intel chips could spell utter chaos for DRM, file encryption, etc:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/05/unfixable_intel_csme_flaw/
Good morning Jonny, everyone - and welcome to a new week. Last week was crazy (with DST beginning, the full moon & Fri. 13th), so we'll see how this next one pans out. It begins with many schools closed, people in "non-essential" jobs and businesses being furloughed, and the daily rise in actual cases of COVID-19.
ReplyDeletei enjoy reading the news articles you post that are puzzling to most (who don't understand or even know about JJFH), like the one about the man collapsing into shrubbery a short distance away from a knife-attack on a teen by other teens, not to mention all the weird accidents and two men dropping dead in jail cells.
Arctic tundra is 80 per cent permafrost. What happens when it thaws?
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/11/arctic-tundra-is-80-per-cent-permafrost-what-happens-when-it-thaws/
if the Arctic continues to warm as quickly as climatologists are predicting, an estimated 2.5 million square miles of permafrost — 40 per cent of the world’s total — could disappear by the end of the century, with enormous consequences. The most alarming is expected to be the release of huge stores of greenhouse gases, including methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide that have remained locked in the permafrost for ages. Pathogens will also be released.
The disintegration of subterranean ice that glues together the peat, clay, rocks, sand, and other inorganic minerals is now triggering landslides and slumping at alarming rates, resulting in stream flows changing, lakes suddenly draining, seashores collapsing, and water chemistry being altered in ways that could be deleterious to both humans and wildlife.
In one notable case . . . Heavy metals in the permafrost, such as mercury, were flushed downstream along with silt and peat, tainting the river system for miles downstream.
Scientists are also finding that hundreds of sumps excavated by the oil and gas industry in the 1970s and 1980s are now thawing. Toxic petroleum waste that was supposed to be permanently contained in 200 frozen pits in the Mackenzie Delta, for example, is migrating into nearby freshwater ecosystems. [more]
Sunday, 15 March 2020
Geoengineering News
Geoengineering Watch
Global Alert News, March 14, 2020, #240 (Dane Wigington)
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/geoengineering-news.html [~ 55 min.]
[2nd part follows]
[more evidence that this virus has been engineered]
ReplyDeleteChina’s Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US?
Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China Itself?
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/who-made-coronavirus.html [~ 1.3 min. lead-in video]
The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan [i call this the "party line"]. But there appears to be some evidence to dispute that in that adjacent provinces in China, where wild bats are more numerous, have not experienced major outbreaks of the disease. Because of that and other factors, there has also been considerable speculation that the Coronavirus did not occur naturally through mutation but rather was produced in a laboratory, possibly as a biological warfare agent.
Several reports suggest that there are components of the virus that are related to HIV that could not have occurred naturally. If it is correct that the virus had either been developed or even produced to be weaponized it would further suggest that its escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab and into the animal and human population could have been accidental. Technicians who work in such environments are aware that “leaks” from laboratories occur frequently.
There is, of course and inevitably, another theory. There has been some speculation that as the Trump Administration has been constantly raising the issue of growing Chinese global competitiveness as a direct threat to American national security and economic dominance, it must might be possible that Washington has created and unleashed the virus in a bid to bring Beijing’s growing economy and military might down a few notches. It is, to be sure, hard to believe that even the Trump White House would do something so reckless, but there are precedents for that type of behavior. In 2005-9 the American and Israeli governments secretly developed a computer virus called Stuxnet, which was intended to damage the control and operating systems of Iranian computers being used in that country’s nuclear research program. Admittedly Stuxnet was intended to damage computers, not to infect or kill human beings, but concerns that it would propagate and move to infect computers outside Iran proved to be accurate as it spread to thousands of PCs outside Iran, in countries as far flung as China, Germany, Kazakhstan and Indonesia.
Inevitably there is an Israeli story that just might shed some light on what has been going on in China. Scientists at Israel’s Galilee Research Institute are now claiming that they will have a vaccine against coronavirus in a few weeks which will be ready for distribution and use within 90 days. The institute is claiming that it has been engaged in four years of research on avian coronavirus funded by Israel’s Ministries of Science & Technology and Agriculture. They are claiming that the virus is similar to the version that has infected humans, which has led to breakthroughs in development through genetic manipulation, but some scientists are skeptical that a new vaccine could be produced so quickly to prevent a virus that existed only recently. They also have warned that even if a vaccine is developed it would normally have to be tested for side effects, a process that normally takes over a year and includes using it on infected humans.
If one even considers it possible that the United States had a hand in creating the coronavirus at what remains of its once extensive biological weapons research center in Ft Detrick Maryland, it is very likely that Israel was a partner in the project. Helping to develop the virus would also explain how Israeli scientists have been able to claim success at creating a vaccine so quickly, possibly because the virus and a treatment for it were developed simultaneously. [more; also]
[3rd piece next; continues this article]
Breaking/Exclusive: US Brought COVID-19 to China with Fake Army Team for Military Games, Evidence Mounting [~ 5 min.]
ReplyDeleteThe US team did so badly that they were called “Soy Sauce Soldiers” by the Chinese. In fact, many never participated in any event and stayed near the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where the disease is said to have originated only days after the US left the area.
Zhao is not the only high-profile political figure to voice suspicions about the timing of the Games and the introduction of the coronavirus in Wuhan. Former Malaysian PM Matthias Chang offered similar speculation back in January, zeroing in on the event as the launch point for what he deemed a biological war waged by the US against China. [more; and]
COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US
Not only did the virus not originate at the seafood market, it did not originate in Wuhan at all, and it has now been proven that it did not originate in China but was brought to China from another country. Part of the proof of this assertion is that the genome varieties of the virus in Iran and Italy have been sequenced and declared to have no part of the variety that infected China and must, by definition, have originated elsewhere.
It would seem the only possibility for origination is the US because only that country has the “tree trunk” of all the varieties. And it may therefore be true that the original source of the COVID-19 virus was the US military bio-warfare lab at Fort Detrick. This would not be a surprise, given that the CDC completely shut down Fort Detrick, but also because, as I related in an earlier article, between 2005 and 2012 the US had experienced 1,059 events where pathogens had been either stolen or escaped from American bio-labs during the prior ten years – an average of one every three days. [more]
UK policy is to use coronavirus to CULL the elderly
UK's Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/uk-policy-is-to-use-coronavirus-to-cull.html
A Telegraph journalist has suggested coronavirus could ‘prove mildly beneficial’ to the UK economy by killing off elderly Britons.
You’ve heard, by now, of America’s bizarre, dismal lack of a response to Coronavirus. But Britain’s lack of a response is even crazier. Yes, really. America’s not responding because it’s a broken society with no public goods: it can’t. But Britain’s not responding because it doesn’t think it should — a conclusion reached by one of the most surreal cocktails of arrogance, pseudoscience, and crackpot punditry the modern world has ever seen. [more incl. this Zero Hedge article]
[4th installment follows]
UK's Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity
ReplyDeleteOne possible flaw in their logic with encouraging roughly 40 million people to catch COVID-19 (which, even with a fatality rate of even 1 means 400,000 dead) - is that Chinese scientists have observed coronavirus patients relapsing and not walking away from the disease with natural immunity.
"For those patients who have been cured, there is a likelihood of a relapse," Zhan Qingyuan, the director of pneumonia prevention and treatment at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said during a press conference last month.
“The antibody will be generated,” said Zhan.
“However, in certain individuals, the antibody cannot last that long.” [more]
Coronavirus survivors may suffer from reduced lung function
https://www.sott.net/article/430736-Coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function
Dr. Owen Tsang Tak-yin, medical director of the authority's Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, said that of about a dozen discharged patients examined, two or three were unable to function as they had previously.
"They gasp if they walk a bit more quickly," Tsang told reporters Thursday, according to the news outlet. "Some patients might have around a drop of 20 to 30 percent in lung function [after recovery]."
Lung scans of nine infected patients at the hospital suggested they had suffered organ damage. [more]
Intense storms hits northwestern India, causing severe crop damage and claiming lives of at least 28 people
https://watchers.news/2020/03/15/intense-storms-hits-northwestern-india-causing-severe-crop-damage-and-claiming-lives-of-at-least-28-people/
Very heavy rains accompanied by lightning and destructive hailstorms hit northwestern India, particularly Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, this week, causing severe crop damage and claiming the lives of at least 28 people. Meteorologists said the storms were triggered by a western disturbance -- extratropical cyclonic storm originating in the Mediterranean Sea. The storms are following one of the coldest winter seasons on record. Delhi has already recorded its wettest March on record. [more]
Graph of the Day: U.S household debt, 1945-2018
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/graph-of-the-day-u-s-household-debt-1945-2018.html
As can be seen in Figure 1, nominal household debt has increased quite steadily since WWII, with the very notable exception of the 2008-2012 period. Indeed, debt increased in all but 8 of the 227 quarters between 1951Q1 and 2008Q3, and in no case did it decline for two quarters in a row; growth versus a year earlier was positive in literally every quarter.
[more]
[5th snippet below]
What if some of the conspiracy theories are true?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/430743-What-if-some-of-the-conspiracy-theories-are-true
"Conspiracy theory", what does the term mean? For most people it means a stupid belief based upon paranoia, imagination and a refusal to accept evident facts. This is perfectly understandable because that is precisely how the term is used by the State, the mainstream media (MSM), large swathes of academia, many in the scientific, business and financial communities, the legal profession, politicians and numerous "personalities."
For want of a better expression, let's call this nexus between the institutions of the State and representatives of the orthodox view the Establishment. If you only get your information from Establishment sources it is difficult to see how you could possibly think conspiracy theory meant anything other than a form of lunacy. Quite clearly, according to the Establishment, conspiracy theory is crazy.
Global problems are largely created as a result of the policies and actions of the global Establishment which is responsive to its owners, the capital collectivists. They always strives to capitalise upon these manufactured crises by offering their preferred solutions. These solutions invariably lead towards the further centralisation of power, the seizing of new powers or the extension of existing legislation.
All evidence which exposes the contrived globalist narratives is called conspiracy theory or disinformation. Evidence which proves international scientific bodies have falsified reports is easily dismissed as "conspiracy theory." The existence of volumes of evidence which proves numerous casus belli throughout history were false flag attacks is completely ignored. Proven scientific fraud on a global scale is considered fantasy.
The people labeled conspiracy theorists are pointing out that these are the same people who are proposing, and leading us quickly towards, global governance which means global government. They lie, they cheat, they steal and they deceive. They think nothing of launching wars, falsifying evidence to cause wars, killing millions, spreading disease, brutalising populations, ruthlessly censoring critics and assassination. Moreover, the people we imagine our leaders, the ones we think we elect to make decisions, are simply representatives of the capital collectivists pulling their strings.
"Conspiracy theory" isn't a belief system. It is nothing but a term used to discredit people who ask the wrong questions. [more]
Ex-CIA official: Syria already won war, US lost more than it realizes
https://www.sott.net/article/430741-Ex-CIA-official-Syria-already-won-war-US-lost-more-than-it-realizes
[the U.S. doesn't win wars very often, since WWII (which was largely due to Russia), only their military industrial complex "wins" no matter how it actually turns out]
"The United States, thanks to its hesitant policy during the [Barack] Obama administration and its erratic one under President Donald Trump, has forfeited most of its influence in Syria and over its future," McLaughlin wrote.
"With the US drawdown and the changing mission definition — now oddly one of protecting Syria's negligible oil — Washington has left the region and Syria's other players uncertain of its intentions and doubtful of its seriousness and staying power," he continued.
He concluded, "Strategically, the US has probably lost more than we can now realize." [more]
[6th part underneath]
PROVEN: Biden won the democratic nomination by cheating
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/430747-PROVEN-Biden-won-the-democratic-nomination-by-cheating
It's not just that he sold out to billionaires in order to be able to compete with Bernie Sanders who refused to do that and didn't need to, but it's the case also because Biden lied shamelessly in order to win overwhelmingly the black vote in South Carolina where most of the Democrats are Blacks — he had to misrepresent to black voters not only his policies but himself in order to achieve his first-ever (and crushing) win of a state primary in his long career of three campaigns for the U.S. Presidency. And, so, that's what he did, and he won his first-ever state primary outside of his own state of Delaware — he played South Carolina's Blacks for suckers, and they swallowed his bait in one huge gulp, and the billionaires (virtually all of them white) then created for him the campaign that suddenly turned everything around in his favor — all of this being based upon lies. [more]
Pipeline owner agrees to pay $60M over 2015 California spill
https://www.sott.net/article/430730-Pipeline-owner-agrees-to-pay-60M-over-2015-California-spill
On May 19, 2015, oil gushed from a corroded pipeline north of Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles. The spill blackened popular beaches for miles, killed or fouled hundred of seabirds, seals and other wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.
It was the worst California coastal oil spill since 1969. Nearly 3,000 barrels of oil were released, or about 100,000 gallons.
Federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.
Plains operators working from a Texas control room more than 1,000 miles away had turned off an alarm that would have signaled a leak and, unaware a spill had occurred, restarted the hemorrhaging line after it had shut down, which only made matters worse, inspectors found. [more; way to go!]
UK policy is to use coronavirus to CULL the elderly
UK's Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/uk-policy-is-to-use-coronavirus-to-cull.html
A Telegraph journalist has suggested coronavirus could ‘prove mildly beneficial’ to the UK economy by killing off elderly Britons.
You’ve heard, by now, of America’s bizarre, dismal lack of a response to Coronavirus. But Britain’s lack of a response is even crazier. Yes, really. America’s not responding because it’s a broken society with no public goods: it can’t. But Britain’s not responding because it doesn’t think it should — a conclusion reached by one of the most surreal cocktails of arrogance, pseudoscience, and crackpot punditry the modern world has ever seen. [more incl. this Zero Hedge article]
UK's Coronavirus Strategy: Just Let It Happen And Hope For Herd Immunity
One possible flaw in their logic with encouraging roughly 40 million people to catch COVID-19 (which, even with a fatality rate of even 1 means 400,000 dead) - is that Chinese scientists have observed coronavirus patients relapsing and not walking away from the disease with natural immunity.
"For those patients who have been cured, there is a likelihood of a relapse," Zhan Qingyuan, the director of pneumonia prevention and treatment at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, said during a press conference last month.
“The antibody will be generated,” said Zhan.
“However, in certain individuals, the antibody cannot last that long.” [more]
[7th section follows]
Coronavirus survivors may suffer from reduced lung function
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/430736-Coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function
Dr. Owen Tsang Tak-yin, medical director of the authority's Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, said that of about a dozen discharged patients examined, two or three were unable to function as they had previously.
"They gasp if they walk a bit more quickly," Tsang told reporters Thursday, according to the news outlet. "Some patients might have around a drop of 20 to 30 percent in lung function [after recovery]."
Lung scans of nine infected patients at the hospital suggested they had suffered organ damage. [more]
Intense storms hits northwestern India, causing severe crop damage and claiming lives of at least 28 people
https://watchers.news/2020/03/15/intense-storms-hits-northwestern-india-causing-severe-crop-damage-and-claiming-lives-of-at-least-28-people/
Very heavy rains accompanied by lightning and destructive hailstorms hit northwestern India, particularly Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, this week, causing severe crop damage and claiming the lives of at least 28 people. Meteorologists said the storms were triggered by a western disturbance -- extratropical cyclonic storm originating in the Mediterranean Sea. The storms are following one of the coldest winter seasons on record. Delhi has already recorded its wettest March on record. [more]
Graph of the Day: U.S household debt, 1945-2018
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/graph-of-the-day-u-s-household-debt-1945-2018.html
As can be seen in Figure 1, nominal household debt has increased quite steadily since WWII, with the very notable exception of the 2008-2012 period. Indeed, debt increased in all but 8 of the 227 quarters between 1951Q1 and 2008Q3, and in no case did it decline for two quarters in a row; growth versus a year earlier was positive in literally every quarter.
[more]
[#8 next]
What if some of the conspiracy theories are true?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/430743-What-if-some-of-the-conspiracy-theories-are-true
"Conspiracy theory", what does the term mean? For most people it means a stupid belief based upon paranoia, imagination and a refusal to accept evident facts. This is perfectly understandable because that is precisely how the term is used by the State, the mainstream media (MSM), large swathes of academia, many in the scientific, business and financial communities, the legal profession, politicians and numerous "personalities."
For want of a better expression, let's call this nexus between the institutions of the State and representatives of the orthodox view the Establishment. If you only get your information from Establishment sources it is difficult to see how you could possibly think conspiracy theory meant anything other than a form of lunacy. Quite clearly, according to the Establishment, conspiracy theory is crazy.
Global problems are largely created as a result of the policies and actions of the global Establishment which is responsive to its owners, the capital collectivists. They always strives to capitalise upon these manufactured crises by offering their preferred solutions. These solutions invariably lead towards the further centralisation of power, the seizing of new powers or the extension of existing legislation.
All evidence which exposes the contrived globalist narratives is called conspiracy theory or disinformation. Evidence which proves international scientific bodies have falsified reports is easily dismissed as "conspiracy theory." The existence of volumes of evidence which proves numerous casus belli throughout history were false flag attacks is completely ignored. Proven scientific fraud on a global scale is considered fantasy.
The people labeled conspiracy theorists are pointing out that these are the same people who are proposing, and leading us quickly towards, global governance which means global government. They lie, they cheat, they steal and they deceive. They think nothing of launching wars, falsifying evidence to cause wars, killing millions, spreading disease, brutalising populations, ruthlessly censoring critics and assassination. Moreover, the people we imagine our leaders, the ones we think we elect to make decisions, are simply representatives of the capital collectivists pulling their strings.
"Conspiracy theory" isn't a belief system. It is nothing but a term used to discredit people who ask the wrong questions. [more]
[number 9, number 9, number 9 . .]
Ex-CIA official: Syria already won war, US lost more than it realizes
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/430741-Ex-CIA-official-Syria-already-won-war-US-lost-more-than-it-realizes
[the U.S. doesn't win wars very often, since WWII (which was largely due to Russia), only their military industrial complex "wins" no matter how it actually turns out]
"The United States, thanks to its hesitant policy during the [Barack] Obama administration and its erratic one under President Donald Trump, has forfeited most of its influence in Syria and over its future," McLaughlin wrote.
"With the US drawdown and the changing mission definition — now oddly one of protecting Syria's negligible oil — Washington has left the region and Syria's other players uncertain of its intentions and doubtful of its seriousness and staying power," he continued.
He concluded, "Strategically, the US has probably lost more than we can now realize." [more]
PROVEN: Biden won the democratic nomination by cheating
https://www.sott.net/article/430747-PROVEN-Biden-won-the-democratic-nomination-by-cheating
It's not just that he sold out to billionaires in order to be able to compete with Bernie Sanders who refused to do that and didn't need to, but it's the case also because Biden lied shamelessly in order to win overwhelmingly the black vote in South Carolina where most of the Democrats are Blacks — he had to misrepresent to black voters not only his policies but himself in order to achieve his first-ever (and crushing) win of a state primary in his long career of three campaigns for the U.S. Presidency. And, so, that's what he did, and he won his first-ever state primary outside of his own state of Delaware — he played South Carolina's Blacks for suckers, and they swallowed his bait in one huge gulp, and the billionaires (virtually all of them white) then created for him the campaign that suddenly turned everything around in his favor — all of this being based upon lies. [more]
Pipeline owner agrees to pay $60M over 2015 California spill
https://www.sott.net/article/430730-Pipeline-owner-agrees-to-pay-60M-over-2015-California-spill
On May 19, 2015, oil gushed from a corroded pipeline north of Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County, northwest of Los Angeles. The spill blackened popular beaches for miles, killed or fouled hundred of seabirds, seals and other wildlife and hurt tourism and fishing.
It was the worst California coastal oil spill since 1969. Nearly 3,000 barrels of oil were released, or about 100,000 gallons.
Federal inspectors found that Plains had made several preventable errors, failed to quickly detect the pipeline rupture and responded too slowly as oil flowed toward the ocean.
Plains operators working from a Texas control room more than 1,000 miles away had turned off an alarm that would have signaled a leak and, unaware a spill had occurred, restarted the hemorrhaging line after it had shut down, which only made matters worse, inspectors found. [more; way to go!]
Panic has definitely arrived in Austin. The run on grocery stores has been so extreme that our largest chain, HEB, announced yesterday that they will only be open from 8 to 8 so they can stock shelves more efficiently during closed hours. Or have more time to do so. I heard that the Walmart Supercenters made the same decision.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I went to my nearest HEB to just get a handful of items I wanted, but didn't really need because I've been prepared for several weeks now. I thought that if I showed up right at 8AM I would be able to get in and out with my 4 or 5 items pretty quickly. WRONG! At 8:01 the parking lot was already what I estimated to be 95% full. So I said, "Forget this!" I'm just glad that I didn't NEED to go in like all those other poor bastards. I later heard that the store was only letting people in twenty at a time. So there was a long line out the door. I didn't see the line because I didn't bother driving up close enough to see it.
Whew! Sometimes it really pays to no be a clueless effing moron and to be ahead of the curve!
[welcome to the Ides of March everyone]
ReplyDelete[from a stable genius - meaning he's about as smart as a barn]
Trump disbanded NSC pandemic unit that experts had praised
https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus “came out of nowhere” and “blindsided the world.”
They’ve been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump administration’s decision in 2018 to dismantle a National Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation.
“It would be nice if the office was still there,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, told Congress this week. “I wouldn’t necessarily characterize it as a mistake (to eliminate the unit) [really?]. I would say we worked very well with that office.”
Trump’s elimination of the office suggested, along with his proposed budget cuts for the CDC, that he did not see the threat of pandemics in the same way that many experts in the field did.
“One year later I was mystified when the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like COVID-19,” Beth Cameron, the first director of the unit, wrote in an op-ed Friday in The Washington Post.
She said the directorate was set up to be the “smoke alarm” and get ahead of emergencies and sound a warning at the earliest sign of fire — “all with the goal of avoiding a six-alarm fire.”
It’s impossible to assess the impact of the 2018 decision to disband the unit, she said. Cameron noted that biological experts remain at the White House, but she says it’s clear that eliminating the office contributed to what she called a “sluggish domestic response.” She said that shortly before Trump took office, the unit was watching a rising number of cases in China of a deadly strain of the flu and a yellow fever outbreak in Angola. [more]
[et tu Cruz?]
While in self-quarantine, Sen. Ted Cruz critical of Trump administration's handling of coronavirus testing
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/while-self-quarantine-sen-ted-cruz-critical-trump-024410696--abc-news-topstories.html
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has been a loyal supporter of President Donald Trump, but he was critical of the administration’s response to the ongoing public health crisis over novel coronavirus and its rollout of tests, saying it was "undoubtedly" too slow. [more]
[2nd piece follows]
[signs that this thing isn't going away soon]
ReplyDeleteAmerica should prepare to hunker down even more as coronavirus spreads, Fauci says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-prepare-hunker-down-even-144800729.html
No more 24-hour Walmarts due to panic buying, chaos at airports as Americans flood back into the country and places of comfort such as bars, restaurants and movie theaters may soon be off limits as the coronavirus spreads across the United States.
"I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Elderly people and those with underlying conditions need to be especially cautious. [more]
[say g'bye to nona]
Italians over 80 'will be left to die' as country overwhelmed by coronavirus
https://www.yahoo.com/news/italians-over-80-left-die-151225888.html
Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin propose.
Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear. [more]
[as a result of so many "little people" being side-lined by our present COVID-19 problem in the U.S., through no fault of their own, many won't be able to pay rent or mortgages, and so may be added to the already burgeoning homeless population]
[here in Chester Co. where i live - no more nightlife!]
Pennsylvania expands social distancing effort to Bucks, Chester counties
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-expands-social-distancing-effort-144342468.html [~ 2.5 min. news video]
[statement that "utilities will still be delivering electricity" is a bit misleading since, if you don't pay your bill at the end of the month (short 2 weeks pay now), the utility may cut you off! i emailed a state senator about this but have received no reply yet]
$1.5 Trillion Fed injection sparks outrage among struggling workers
https://www.sott.net/article/430755-1-5-Trillion-Fed-injection-sparks-outrage-among-struggling-workers
This week, the Federal Reserve injected $1.5 trillion into wall street to help mitigate the losses from the coronavirus outbreak, a total which is more than double the $700 billion given to banks during the 2008 financial crisis.
Large numbers of people who live paycheck to paycheck will be missing out on work in the coming months, and some of them could even lose their jobs, while the wealthy CEOs and stockholders who are benefiting from the $1.5 trillion bailout have multiple houses and safe bunkers to retreat to in times like this. [more; ain't 'our' country great!]
Philadelphia, Suburbs See Biggest Spike Yet in Coronavirus Cases
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/where-coronavirus-cases-have-been-reported-in-the-philly-area/2318340/ [on-going live updates]
Cases of the new coronavirus have been reported in Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania, Burlington and Camden counties in New Jersey and New Castle County in Delaware
A police officer, a university professor and a pediatric cardiologist are among those who have tested positive for COVID-19
People are being urged to practice personal hygiene measures to prevent the further spread of the virus
Pennsylvania officials revealed the most dramatic spike in novel coronavirus on Sunday, even as the state takes more drastic measures to stem the spread.
The total number of cases across Pennsylvania is now at 63, rising by 16 cases from the day prior, according to the state department of health. The new cases include another positive in Bucks County, one in Delaware County, one in Lehigh County and four in Montgomery County. The state reported two new cases in Philadelphia, though city officials put that figure at four new cases. [more]
[I wonder how the loss off all the tax revenue from side-lined businesses & workers will impact state and local governments?]
Cases spreading in Missouri now too. They just opened a drive-thru testing facility yesterday in the county here. It's not for everyone though. You have to have a fever of 101F and some kind of breathing issues, or something like that.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if the stores are emptying here or not - been five days or so since the last grocery store trip. We didn't do any panic buying, per se, but we did place a series of Amazon orders which included some of the modern era's new currency: toilet paper!
I think if we had to, we could hunker down for six months or so, although I'm not a huge fan of powdered milk OR black coffee. I guess either one is better than dying though!
Looking into the near future, this is a more significant event than 9-11. I'm seeing economic armageddon, global chaos and bank failure, as environmental decline continues for the ocean, the atmosphere and the biosphere with the aerosol masking effect jacking temps this spring & summer with stronger storms of longer duration, massive crop failure, food scarcity, rioting and mayhem until most are dead. The survivors will wish they had died, being on a modern-day dead planet.
ReplyDeleteThink how surreal it's going to get.
This Is Now A Slaughter! Italy Records 368 Deaths in 24 Hours Or 15 Italians Dying Every Hour
ReplyDeletehttps://strangesounds.org/2020/03/italy-coronavirus-368-deaths-24-hours-15-italians-dead-every-hour.html
Italy records 368 deaths in 24 hours: 15 Italians now dying every hour
Moreover, the numbercases of COVID-19 in Italy has surged higher again:
“Some 3,590 more cases of the coronavirus were reported in a 24-hour period, nearly 100 more than the increase as the day before. The additional infections reported Sunday represent the country’s biggest day-to-day increase.“
This brings the total number of people with the new coronavirus to 24,747 and the number of deaths to 1,809. Italy has the largest outbreak outside of China.
There are only pharmacies and grocers open right now in Italy. And that’s the most extreme measure any nation other than China has taken to stem the rapidly spreading virus.
But Covid-19 is straining Italy’s health care system, especially in the country’s northern provinces.
Some hospitals in the Lombardy region are unable to admit new patients.
Moreover, many hospitals are struggling to find intensive care beds for critically ill patients, and there is a lack of protective masks for health workers. [more]
last comment for today - "interesting times" ahead
ReplyDeleteCoronavirus: Prepare For National Lockdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efaDuE-XEi4&feature=emb_rel_end [~ 45 min.]
Harry Shearer's Le Show for 3/15/2020
https://harryshearer.com/le-shows/march-15-2020/ [~ 1 hr]