Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-04-29

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Event Update For 2020-04-29

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

2020-04-29 - Heatwave broils the US Southwest:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/record-heat-bakes-southwest-as-officials-close-beaches-pools-over-coronavirus-fears/731566

2020-04-29 - Car goes up in flames shortly before 4 AM and kills man on Chatsworth Street in coastal Sunderland (Britain):
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/man-body-car-fire-sunderland-18168027
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8269075/Police-launch-investigation-mans-body-inside-burned-car.html
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/body-found-burnt-out-car-sunderland-street-police-launch-investigation-2553399

Quote: "Emergency services were called to Chatsworth Street in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, shortly before 4am this morning to reports of a vehicle on fire. After crews from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service extinguished the blaze, the body of a man was found inside a Vauxhall Astra car."

2020-04-29 - Car goes up in flames at home and kills man in Nairobi (Kenya):
http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-05-05-buruburu-man-who-died-in-car-fire-was-alive-as-he-burned-report/
http://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/52670-questions-surrounding-buru-buru-man-burned-alive-car-video
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nairobi/Police-probe-man-death-Buruburu-car-fire/1954174-5537952-d4bgf3z/index.html
http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/news/man-burns-to-death-inside-his-subaru-car-in-buruburu
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2020/04/man-burnt-to-death-in-his-car-in-buru-buru-estate/
http://allafrica.com/stories/202004300066.html

2020-04-29 - SUV goes up in flames and seriously burns man near Mohawk Boulevard and Creek Drive in Tulsa (Oklahoma):
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/authorities-investigate-after-person-injured-in-car-fire
http://www.fox23.com/news/local/man-found-burned-after-car-fire-north-tulsa/JEDVQ7BBANFCJLB2KBSDC4MIAU/
http://www.krmg.com/news/local/man-found-burned-after-car-fire-north-tulsa/sQfTDjFGVNF0JcDa0wlVxH/
http://www.khits.com/story/5ea9a6861a66996deec99e09/tulsa-police-investigating-after-burn-victim-found-near-oxley-nature-center
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/badly-burned-man-with-potentially-life-threatening-injuries-found-next-to-charred-vehicle-at-mohawk/article_12fc6cfa-ad63-554c-9319-14b3d8213431.html
http://ktul.com/news/local/tfd

Quote: "Tulsa police and fire crews are investigating a car fire that injured one person. Authorities say a passerby called 911 after seeing a car on fire near Mohawk Boulevard and Creek Drive. The victim was found outside the burning vehicle. Authorities say the victim has life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital."

2020-04-29 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/large-fire-sparks-at-phoenix-scrapyard

2020-04-29 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, several cars burn, in Round O (South Carolina):
http://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/colleton-county-news/fire-destroys-several-cars-at-a-salvage-yard-in-round-o/

2020-04-29 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire at 1:06 AM, at least 12 cars burn, in coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.driven.co.nz/news/massive-fire-destroys-12-cars-at-west-auckland-yard/
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/massive-explosion-fireball-auckland-car-yard
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/massive-inferno-rips-through-auckland-car-yard-after-explosion-up-to-15-cars-on-fire.html

Quote: "Fire and Emergency NZ northern shift manager Carren Larking said multiple calls were received about the fire since 1.06am. 'Some people said it was just a grass fire, some said it was a transformer on fire but on arrival we found 12-15 cars on fire in a car wrecker's yard.'"

2020-04-29 - US buys 100,000 body bags to add to the 100,000 requested from the Department of Defense:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-buys-more-body-bags-preparing-for-worst-case-cornavirus-scenario-11588172780

2020-04-29 - Coronavirus deaths and infections surge in Germany as lockdown restrictions are eased:
http://www.the-sun.com/news/753568/germany-bring-back-coronavirus-lockdowns-cases-surge/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11505630/germany-bring-back-coronavirus-lockdowns-cases-surge/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8269107/Germany-sees-rate-infection-increase-easing-lockdown.html

Quote: "Germany faces the prospect of returning to a stricter lockdown after a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths."

Note: Easing restrictions right after deaths and infections start declining is like surrendering right after you turn the tide of battle in your favor. 'We're winning! Time to surrender!'

2020-04-29 - IMF chief says coronavirus could cause economic crash worse than the Great Depression:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/imf-chief-says-coronavirus-could-cause-economic-crash-worse-than-the-great-depression

2020-04-29 - Torrential rains from Kenya to Pakistan continue to fuel the biggest locust plague the world has ever seen:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/04/torrential-long-rains-from-kenya-to.html

2020-04-29 - Whale washes ashore dead at beach in coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/dead-whale-washes-up-at-beach-near-bird-rock/2315728/

2020-04-29 - Thousands of seabirds washing up dead or starving on beaches in Scotland:
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/north-east/2170915/thousands-of-birds-wash-up-on-north-east-beaches/
http://strangesounds.org/2020/04/seabirds-mass-death-scotland-beaches.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/04/thousands-of-birds-are-washing-up-on.html

2020-04-29 - Firefighter, man, 43, fights fire then goes home, goes into cardiac arrest and dies, in Jackson (Maine):
http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/maine-firefighter-43-medical-emergency-following-a-fire-call/
http://www.firehouse.com/lodds/news/21136335/me-fire-lieutenant-suffers-fatal-cardiac-arrest-after-call
http://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/detail?fatalityId=4911

Quote: "We regret to pass on that Lieutenant Harold 'Eddie' Moore, Jr. of the Jackson Fire Department, in Maine (SW of Bangor) has died in the Line of Duty. He was 43 years old and leaves his wife and son. He responded to a fire on Tuesday afternoon April 28th, 2020 and suffered a cardiac arrest at home later that evening."

2020-04-29 - Person slumps over dead in vehicle at Walmart in Hixson (Tennessee):
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/apr/29/body-found-vehicle-hixson-walmart/521814/

2020-04-29 - Person found dead near Forge Pond in Westford (Massachusetts):
http://patch.com/massachusetts/westford/body-found-forge-pond
http://westford.wickedlocal.com/news/20200429/mans-body-found-near-westford-pond

2020-04-29 - Man, 36, found dead in Center Hill Lake (Tennessee), empty 'ghost boat' found first:
http://www.wate.com/news/body-of-missing-angler-recovered-from-center-hill-lake/

2020-04-29 - Man, 66, found dead in Lakeview Lake near Lawrence (Kansas), empty 'ghost boat' found first:
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/Body-found-in-Lakeview-Lake--570057871.html

2020-04-29 - Person found dead near Jack Wright Pass near Wellington (Nevada):
http://carsonnow.org/story/04/29/2020/douglas-county-sheriffs-office-investigates-body-found-hiker-near-jack-wright-pass
http://foxreno.com/news/local/hiker-finds-human-remains-in-southern-douglas-county
http://www.kkoh.com/2020/04/30/body-found-in-douglas-county/

2020-04-29 - Man found dead along Export Road in Rockford (Illinois):
http://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/mans-body-found-in-rockford/
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/A-male-body-found-in-Rockford-Wednesday-afternoon-570052901.html

2020-04-29 - Person drops dead at home in coastal Corozal (Belize):
http://www.breakingbelizenews.com/2020/04/29/body-found-in-corozal-2/

2020-04-29 - Woman, 29, found dead in apartment in coastal Mumbai (India):
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/mumbai-air-hostess-found-dead-in-apartment/1819885
http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/29-year-old-air-hostess-found-dead-in-mumbai-apartment/story-EHqZ19jJ6cgOp7tZLI1CKO.html

2020-04-29 - Man, 65, falls into canal and dies in Bamunakotuwa on the island of Sri Lanka:
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_20A/Apr30_1588225128CH.php

2020-04-29 - Person found dead in the Umgeni River in coastal Durban (South Africa):
http://www.iol.co.za/news/pics-decomposed-body-found-floating-in-kzn-river-47381620

2020-04-29 - Man, 33, falls off apartment building and dies just after 5 AM in coastal Magaluf on the island of Majorca (Spain), possible toppler:
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/anthony-ennis-magaluf-balcony-fall-21947836
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11507892/irishman-falls-death-apartment-magaluf/
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irishman-30s-dies-after-falling-from-balcony-in-magaluf-39168219.html

2020-04-29 - Man, 27, rugby star, drops dead at home in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11514754/jordan-cox-dead-rugby-league/

Quote: "Rugby League star Jordan Cox has been found dead at his home, aged 27. The former Hull KR and Warrington forward was discovered at his home in Hull earlier today. Police are treating his death as non-suspicious and it is not believed to be related to the coronavirus outbreak."

2020-04-29 - Bicycle crashes into tree in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), EMS medic goes into cardiac arrest at the scene:
http://www.ems1.com/medical-emergency/articles/pittsburgh-medic-goes-into-cardiac-arrest-while-responding-to-bicycle-crash-jiGSwiX3Yg6FBhZA/

Quote: "Police said a medic from Rescue 1 suffered cardiac arrest during the rescue, was resuscitated and was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition."

2020-04-29 - Canadian military helicopter crashes into the Mediterranean near Greece, 1 killed, 5 missing:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20200430-70875-GRC
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2020/04/29/military-helicopter-missing-in-sea-between-italy-and-greece.html
http://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-military-helicopter-reported-missing-while-operating-in-mediterranean
http://www.dw.com/en/one-body-recovered-five-missing-in-canadian-helicopter-crash-in-greece/a-53297836
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/29/canadian-military-helicopter-reported-missing-while-operating-in-mediterranean.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52480925

2020-04-29 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-15 in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://news3lv.com/news/local/southbound-i-15-closed-at-st-rose-parkway-due-to-semi-rollover-crash
http://twitter.com/NHPSouthernComm/status/1255626893094608898

2020-04-29 - SUV crashes into guardrail and overturns at 6:15 AM near Sylacauga (Alabama), 1 killed:
http://www.wrbl.com/news/alabama-news/suv-crash-on-hwy-280-claims-the-life-of-valley-woman/

2020-04-29 - SUV veers off road just before midnight, crashes into tree, on Sidneys Road in Walterboro (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/colleton-county-news/man-dies-after-being-ejected-from-suv-during-crash-in-walterboro/
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/man-succumbs-to-injuries-after-being-ejected-during-walterboro-crash
http://www.facebook.com/abcnews4/posts/2890475171007847

2020-04-29 - Pickup truck veers over centerline at 6:45 AM, hits tractor trailer head-on, in Florence County (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/person-killed-after-pick-up-truck-crosses-center-line-strikes-semi-truck-head-on-in-florence-co/

2020-04-29 - Pickup truck veers off road, crashes into tree, near Beaver Lake in Asheville (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://my40.tv/news/local/driver-killed-in-single-vehicle-crash-investigation-underway

2020-04-29 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree, on Linden Road in Pinehurst (North Carolina), 1 killed:
http://sandhillssentinel.com/man-dies-in-pinehurst-car-crash/

2020-04-29 - Car veers off road, crashes into pizzeria, in Lauderdale Lakes (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/04/30/woman-hospitalized-after-car-slams-into-lauderdale-lakes-pizza-restaurant/

2020-04-29 - Sinkhole opens near the Pantheon in Rome (Italy):
http://ilglobo.com/news/sinkhole-opens-up-in-front-of-romes-pantheon-48684/
http://www.this-is-italy.com/3-metre-deep-sinkhole-opens-near-rome-pantheon/
http://www.sott.net/article/433515-Sinkhole-opens-up-at-Pantheon-Rome

2020-04-29 - Huge heart-shaped sinkhole found in Hunan Province (China):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8265733/Newly-discovered-sinkhole-shaped-like-HEART-China.html

2020-04-29 - Water main breaks, road collapses under cars, in Allentown (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/photos-allentown-water-main-break/collection_3b1c3d24-8a44-11ea-9f0b-0bd2aa8d62af.html
http://www.wfmz.com/video/large-water-main-break-shuts-down-allentown-streets-causes-sinkhole/video_dd771ff7-8357-5a73-a873-36091619bce7.html

2020-04-29 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Silver Lake in Boise (Idaho):
http://idahonews.com/news/local/harmful-algal-bloom-found-in-silver-lake-near-boises-lake-harbor-area

2020-04-29 - Lightning strike kills two women in Tamil Nadu (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/lightning-strike-kills-two-women-in-tamil-nadu/articleshow/75453042.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/433499-Lightning-strike-kills-two-women-in-Tamil-Nadu-India

2020-04-29 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Ethiopia and Somalia, 83,000 people displaced:
http://watchers.news/2020/04/28/flood-ethiopia-somalia-april-2020/

2020-04-29 - Heavy rain and flooding hit northern Laos, 3 killed, 4 missing:
http://floodlist.com/asia/laos-flash-floods-north-april-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/433494-3-dead-4-missing-after-flash-floods-hit-north-Laos

2020-04-29 - Pentagon decides not to fix supersonic speed issue with F-35C fighter jets:
http://www.rt.com/usa/487261-f-35-supersonic-speed-issue/
http://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/04/24/the-pentagon-will-have-to-live-with-limits-on-f-35s-supersonic-flights/

6 comments:

TomMay 1, 2020 at 7:51 AM
There goes April, Jonny - it flew by (because most of us haven't been out much and the days go by in a blur).

A Funny Ironic Video
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/funny-ironic-video-pandemic.html [~ 3.5 min.]

The Government has made an ad about its response to the pandemic…

And it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

About One-Fifth Of All The Jobs In The U.S. Are Already Gone, And This Economic Depression Is Just 6 Weeks Old
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/about-one-fifth-of-all-the-jobs-in-the-u-s-are-already-gone-and-this-economic-depression-is-just-6-weeks-old

In all of U.S. history we have never seen anything like this. I have been sitting at my desk for quite a while searching for the proper words to convey the gravity of what we are facing, and to be honest it has been quite a struggle. On Thursday, we learned that another 3.8 million Americans filed initial claims for unemployment benefits last week. That was much higher than many experts were anticipating, because by now the initial surge of unemployment caused by the coronavirus lockdowns should have started to fade quite a bit. But instead, the job loss tsunami continues to roll on, and at this point a total of 30.3 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits over the past six weeks. [more]

BREAKING: Funeral Directors in COVID-19 Epicenter Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic, Fear Numbers are 'Padded' [incl. ~ 10 min. video]
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/breaking-funeral-directors-in-covid-19-epicenter-doubt-legitimacy-of-deaths/

Project Veritas today released another video featuring conversations with funeral home directors and their staff throughout New York City questioning the number of deaths officially attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. [more]

If flu deaths were counted like COVID-19 deaths, the worst recent flu season evidently killed 15,620 Americans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/flu-deaths-were-counted-covid-053449918.html

The U.S. now has more than 63,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, and most experts say that's almost certainly an undercount. Still, if you compare that number to the 2017-18 flu season, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates killed 61,000 people, it looks like COVID-19 might be similar to a bad flu — President Trump has made this point, as have many conservative media personalities. But the data so far show that this new coronavirus is much more lethal than the flu, and Dr. Jeremy Samuel Faust has an explanation.[more]

Decomposing Bodies Found in Trucks Parked in Front of Brooklyn Funeral Home
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/decomposing-bodies-brooklyn-trucks-funeral-home-new-york.html

“Bodies are coming out of our ears.”

The funeral home director used the trucks for overflow storage, but only after he had filled his chapel with more than 100 corpses. [more]

Guess Who's Growing Your Meat? [Corbet Report]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WpuZM8PDR0&t=0s [~ 19 min.]

[2nd part follows]

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TomMay 1, 2020 at 7:52 AM
Warning of Giant Tsunami to Hit Japan… And Fukushima Will Be Submerged Again
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/tsunami-japan-warning-fukushima-hit-again-video.html

The Japanese government says a tsunami of up to 30 meters (100 feet) could hit the country’s northeast in the case of a massive earthquake.

A government report predicts that if a magnitude 9 level earthquake occurs in the Kuril or Japan trenches off the coast of Hokkaido to the Tohoku region, it could be devastating for many areas in northeastern Japan. [more]

Manaus fills mass graves as Covid-19 hits the Amazon – “They were just dumped there like dogs. What are our lives worth now? Nothing.”
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/04/manaus-fills-mass-graves-as-covid-19-hits-the-amazon-they-were-just-dumped-there-like-dogs-what-are-our-lives-worth-now-nothing.html

Day and night, the dead are delivered into the tawny Amazonian earth – the latest victims of a devastating pandemic now reaching deep into the heart of the Brazilian rainforest.

On Sunday 140 bodies were laid to rest in Manaus, the jungle-flanked capital of Amazonas state. On Saturday, 98. Normally the figure would be closer to 30 – but these are no longer normal times. [more]

Trump seizes on pandemic to speed up opening of public lands to industry
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-seizes-pandemic-speed-opening-093017631.html

The Trump administration has ratcheted up its efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic to overhaul and overturn Obama-era environmental regulations and increase industry access to public lands.

The secretary of the interior, David Bernhardt, has sped efforts to drill, mine and cut timber on fragile western landscapes. Meanwhile, the EPA, headed by the former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler, has weakened critical environmental laws and announced in March that it would cease oversight of the nation’s polluters during the Covid-19 crisis. [more]

Thousands of Fish Wash UP ALIVE on Beach in Acapulco, Mexico (Video)
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/thousands-fish-beach-acapulco-mexico-video.html

Mother Nature is just terrible with us this year!
Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing. [more; 20 min. video]

Friday, 1 May 2020
Covid-19 News - 31 April,2020 [uh, date?]
President Trump Confirms "High Degree Of Confidence" That COVID-19 Originated In Wuhan Lab: Live Updates
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/05/covid-19-news-31-april2020.html [Zero Hedge]

[3rd piece below]

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TomMay 1, 2020 at 7:53 AM
Contact Tracing With The Clintons
https://pleasestoptheride.com/contact-tracing-with-the-clintons/ [~ 7.25 min.]

'And then, boom': Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens
https://www.yahoo.com/news/then-boom-outbreak-shows-shaky-215051818.html

Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas' reopening on Friday.

Only a handful of the 50,000 residents here, right on the border with Oklahoma, had tested positive for the coronavirus. None had died. The mayor of Paris, Texas — a pit stop for drivers passing through to snap a selfie with the city's miniaturized Eiffel Tower — had drive-thru virus testing in the works, just to give locals peace of mind. Some wore masks but many saw little reason to bother.

Then an outbreak at a nursing home turned up over the weekend.

Now at least 65 people are infected, and everything has changed. A courier drove 11 hours through the night to pick up testing kits and stores are second-guessing reopening as Lamar County becomes a cautionary tale of the fragility of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to get Texas back in business faster than many states. And on the eve of every retailer, restaurant and movie theater being allowed to let customers back in the door, Texas set a single-day record high for fatalities Thursday with 50. [more]

Florida officials are no longer publishing the state's medical examiners' coronavirus death data
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-officials-no-longer-publishing-154807861.html

The Florida Department of Health has withheld coronavirus death data compiled by the state's medical examiners for more than a week, the Tampa Bay Times reported on Wednesday.

The health department prevented Florida's medical examiners from publishing their death tally on their own after the Times found a discrepancy between their count and the department's count, the report said.

Dr. Stephen Nelson, the chairman of Florida's Medical Examiners Commission, said state officials told him they would remove the cause of death and the case descriptions from the medical examiners' death data, the Times reported. [more]

[4th section awaits]

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TomMay 1, 2020 at 7:53 AM
Flooding and damaging winds along East Coast as record heat moves into Texas Friday
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/flooding-damaging-winds-along-east-coast-record-heat-112400962--abc-news-topstories.html

A major storm system moved through the eastern half of U.S. Thursday into Friday, bringing flooding rain and damaging winds.

In just hours Thursday, more than 3 inches of rain fell from Virginia to New York, producing flash flooding. In Wisconsin and Michigan, rainfall totals topped 5 inches.

Some of the highest wind gusts were in the Northeast, with winds up to 71 mph in Salem County, New Jersey.

At the Philadelphia International Airport, winds gusted to near 50 mph and in Chester County, Pennsylvania, wind gusts reached 63 mph. [more]

SUVs Get Parked in the Sea, Revealing Scope of U.S. Auto Market Glut
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/suvs-parked-sea-reveal-scope-001910162.html

The length of almost two football fields, the cargo ship Jupiter Spirit arrived in Los Angeles’ harbor on April 24 after an almost three-week journey from Japan, ready to unload its cargo of about 2,000 Nissan Armada SUVs, Rogue crossovers and Infiniti sedans in a quick, half-day operation.

But when the ship, operated by Nissan Motor Co.’s freight arm, got about a mile offshore, its captain was ordered to drop anchor. And there the ship remained for almost a week -- a floating symbol of an unprecedented logjam as nearby storage lots covering hundreds of acres overflowed with vehicles that Americans suddenly have little desire to purchase. [more]

Sliding glaciers ‘a new threat’ as global warming melts ice
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sliding-glaciers-threat-global-warming-180916675.html

Global warming is increasing the risk of catastrophic glacier detachments, geologists have warned.

Meltwater generated by warmer summers is posing a new threat “that we are only just beginning to understand”, according to researchers who investigated what unleashed a torrent of ice and rock that slid for seven miles through a valley in Alaska.
[more; that was back in 2013, others followed elsewhere]

High microplastic concentration found on ocean floor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/high-microplastic-concentration-found-ocean-230116107.html

Scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor.

The contamination was found in sediments pulled from the bottom of the Mediterranean, near Italy. [more]

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TomMay 1, 2020 at 8:20 AM
[some end of the work week headlines from Rice Farmer]
News Links, May 1, 2020
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Renewed Calls to Dethrone the Dollar

Trump told Saudi: Cut oil supply or lose U.S. military support - sources

'We Are Putting Lives in Danger': Recruiters Urge Boot Camp Closures Amid Pandemic

Armed protesters demonstrate inside Michigan state capitol

ReOpen Maryland protesters against stay-at-home restrictions plan drive across state Saturday

Protesters Set Up 'Pritzkerville' Tent City At Daley Plaza To Demand Governor Cancel Rent And Mortgage Payments

Energy demand set to fall the most on record this year amid coronavirus pandemic, IEA says

Chinese Oil Giant CNOOC Cuts US Shale, Canada Oil Sands Output

COVID-19: The Beginning of the End for Oil?

Tyson Foods temporarily pauses operations at beef facility in Dakota City

COVID-19: India's Harvests Also Locked Down

A global mask shortage may leave farmers and farm workers exposed to toxic pesticides

UN warns coronavirus fallout will lead to the next pandemic – global starvation

Why the US is facing a hospital bed shortage

A new way of measuring ice melt in Antarctica, Greenland sounds alarm about global sea level rise

Coronavirus may lurk deep in lungs after patients recover, study suggests [gain of function]
Coronavirus patients discharged from hospital could still carry the virus deep in their lungs, undetected by conventional testing methods, a Chinese study has found.

Sensitive new test detects antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in only 10 minutes

Mysterious Blood Clots Are COVID-19's Latest Lethal Surprise

[Lying] US intel says virus not manmade, still considers Chinese lab
US intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was "not manmade or genetically modified."

Trump claims China will 'do anything' to stop his re-election as coronavirus row escalates

Jared Kushner sparks controversy after praising administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic as 'a great success story'

Tests in recovered patients found false positives, not reinfections, experts say (Korea)

The Pandemic Is Deepening America's Many Divides

Senior Chinese official challenges Trump over coronavirus response, says US wasted weeks

China software, retail sectors decimated

'No Consequences for Negligence That Kills': McConnell Wants Corporate Immunity From Covid-19 Lawsuits

U.S. economy faces hard slog back from pandemic, Fed chief says

10 Years To Recover For Bottom 50% Of Households [yeah, right]

Larry Summers as Joe Biden Advisor Adding to 'Major Trust Gap' Between Dem Nominee and Progressives

Washington May Take Stake In Struggling U.S. Oil Companies

No income and number 88,000 in line: This is what it's like to be unemployed in America

Upcoming Jobs Report: What Will the Unemployment Rate Be?

J. Crew is preparing for a bankruptcy filing that could come this weekend

US consumer spending plunged 7.5% in March, reflecting impact of coronavirus

Nice $200,000 Pensions If You Can Get Them. Bailout Time?

Mayor: LA 1st major US city offering all residents tests

NYC subway halting overnight service for virus cleaning

Reopening America: A state-by-state breakdown of the status of coronavirus restrictions
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