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
2020-05-14 - Unknown odor causes evacuation on the Rickenbacker Causeway in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.islandernews.com/news/what-caused-the-rickenbacker-to-close-thursday/article_d0e2d240-9693-11ea-9a07-8bd2ce55234a.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/officers-investigate-unknown-hazardous-odor-on-rickenbacker-causeway/2233461/
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/miami/news/0P3ONH1O/officers-investigate-unknown-hazardous-odor-on-rickenbacker-causeway
http://spotonflorida.com/southeast-florida/1430606/what-caused-the-rickenbacker-to-close.html
Quote: "Fire rescue units responded Thursday to reports of an unknown hazardous odor on the Rickenbacker Causeway, resulting in the evacuation of several bystanders. The incident took place around noon, according to a City of Miami Fire Rescue officer. A hazmat team was on the scene investigating the unknown odor, and bystanders were offered shelter as the investigation unfolded."
Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the Rickenbacker Causeway...
2020-05-14 - Car goes up in flames and kills man on Back River Drove along the River Brue in Glastonbury (Britain):
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/man-dies-injuries-after-car-4137571
http://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/18453711.man-dies-injuries-sustained-car-fire-glastonbury/
Quote: "An Avon and Somerset police statement reads: “We were called to attend a car fire in Back River Drove, Glastonbury, at about 6pm on Thursday (May 14). Sadly, a man was found inside the car and despite the efforts of paramedics, he died from his injuries. His death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.'"
2020-05-14 - Underground electrical fire causes blackouts in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/comed-vault-fire-sends-thick-smoke-into-downtown-streets-cuts-power-to-buildings/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/14/21259377/power-outages-metra-delays-loop-vault-fire
http://abc7chicago.com/power-outages-in-south-loop-caused-by-electrical-fire/6183277/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/comed-vault-fire-prompts-hazmat-situation-downtown/vp-BB146gCX
2020-05-14 - Wildfires rage through at least 8,500 acres and close I-75 in coastal Naples (Florida):
http://www.winknews.com/2020/05/14/fire-damage-spreads-as-windy-weather-conditions-expands-brush-fire-in-collier-county/
http://cbs12.com//news/local/wildfires-in-naples-area-force-evacuations-close-interstate-75
http://weather.com/news/news/2020-05-14-florida-wildfires-close-interstate-force-evacuations
http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-wildfire-forces-mandatory-evacuations-naples/story?id=70675309
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/wildfires-shut-stretch-of-interstate-75-in-southwest-florida/2233098/
http://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/05/14/florida-wildfires-in-naples-area-force-evacuations-closes-interstate-75/
http://abc7news.com/florida-wildfire-forces-evacuations-near-naples/6181584/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/us/florida-wildfires-evacuations/index.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/2020/05/14/wildfires-east-of-naples-fl-force-evacuations/
Quote: "The two biggest fires merged and are currently at an 8,500-acre spread that was 10% contained as of 7:15 p.m. Thursday, per Florida Forest Service."
Quote: "Several homes were damaged or destroyed, according to WINK."
Quote: "The year has been exceptionally torrid, with South Florida seeing June-like temperatures in April."
2020-05-14 - Brush fire breaks out near coastal Rotonda West (Florida):
http://www.yoursun.com/englewood/firefighters-working-on-brush-fire-east-of-rotonda/article_9a6b9f84-9603-11ea-bd12-2bf21e8b3576.html
2020-05-14 - Brush fire breaks out in coastal East Providence (Rhode Island):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/crews-battle-brush-fire-near-east-providence-seekonk-border
http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/fire-breaks-out-near-east-providence-seekonk-line/
2020-05-14 - Brush fire breaks out near the Jordan River in Murray (Utah):
http://www.abc4.com/news/firefighters-battle-brush-fire-near-jordan-river/
Quote: "The fire happened near the Jordan River at 4500 South and 700 West in Murray, according to fire officials."
Note: Also see the vacant warehouse that went up in flames in Murray on this day...
2020-05-14 - California now faces overlapping threats, coronavirus and fire season:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/california-now-faces-overlapping-threats-coronavirus-and-fire-season
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/0P3N4HW5/california-now-faces-overlapping-threats-coronavirus-and-fire-season
2020-05-14 - Jilin city in China goes into partial lockdown over coronavirus cluster that appeared after 73 days of no new cases:
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3084203/chinas-jilin-city-goes-partial-lockdown-contain-coronavirus
http://www.sott.net/article/434403-Chinas-Jilin-city-goes-into-partial-lockdown-over-coronavirus-cluster-that-appeared-after-73-days-of-no-new-cases
2020-05-14 - Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Tonopah (Nevada), felt hundreds of miles away:
http://watchers.news/2020/05/15/nevada-earthquake-may-15-2020/
http://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/6-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-nevada-shaking-felt-hundreds-of-miles-away/740300
Note: This was one of the ten biggest Nevada quakes ever recorded and the biggest since at least 1954...
2020-05-14 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on street in Dermott (Arkansas):
http://searkweather.com/dermott-ar-fd-battled-bus-fire-on-maple-st-main-st/
Note: This is the 128th bus to burn in 2020...
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame before 2:30 AM on I-24 in Chattanooga (Tennessee):
http://fox17.com/news/local/truck-carrying-explosives-catches-fire-on-i-24-closing-interstate-thursday-morning
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/42128094/update-tractortrailer-carrying-explosives-catches-fire-i24-partially-reopened
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/may/14/tractor-trailer-carrying-explosives-catches-fire-shuts-down-part-interstate-24-overnight/522949/
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/5/14/409021/TractorTrailer-With-Dangerous.aspx
http://www.wgowam.com/news/trailer-fire-causes-delays-for-more-than-16-hours-2/
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=293533434992538
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-80 near Barkeyville (Pennsylvania):
http://www.thederrick.com/police_and_fire/no-injuries-in-semi-fire/article_ad0b1c66-1ac0-58a0-8a31-79bd8bb537ed.html
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on highway in Cruzeiro do Oeste (Brazil):
http://www.time24.news/2020/05/a/truck-loaded-with-cardboard-catches-fire-on-pr-232-video.html
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the A939 five miles north of Grantown (Scotland):
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/2203738/emergency-services-called-after-lorry-trailer-fire-on-highland-road/
Note: These are the 675th, 676th, 677th and 678th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-05-14 - Garbage truck bursts into flame, fire spreads to other vehicles, at Woodlake Apartments on Reed Creek Highway in Hartwell (Georgia):
http://www.thehartwellsun.com/local/garbage-truck-fire-spreads-other-vehicles
2020-05-14 - Van bursts into flame off High Street in Slough (Britain):
http://www.sloughexpress.co.uk/news/slough/158559/fire-crew-called-to-put-out-van-fire-near-slough-high-street.html
2020-05-14 - Minivan bursts into flame while parked at home on Terrace Street in Vicksburg (Mississippi):
http://www.vicksburgnews.com/fire-destroys-minivan-on-terrace-street/
2020-05-14 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Bethlehem Hill Road in Bell Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.explorejeffersonpa.com/1emergency-crews-respond-to-vehicle-fire-in-bell-township/
http://www.connectradio.fm/2020/05/15/pickup-truck-catches-fire-in-near-mahaffey/
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home on Cain Avenue in Sioux Falls (South Dakota):
http://www.keloland.com/news/local-news/no-injuries-from-afternoon-fire-in-western-sioux-falls/
http://kelo.com/news/articles/2020/may/14/garage-fire-wednesday-afternoon-in-sioux-falls/1017984/
Quote: "Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a fire at 1:17 p.m. in the 5800 block of Cain Avenue. Crews found a car fire in the garage."
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in Watertown (South Dakota):
http://www.mykxlg.com/news/local/watertown-fire-rescue-responds-to-vehicle-fire/article_03b91af6-9696-11ea-bc8b-135e4f8e0fb7.html
http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/local_news/fire-destroys-car-in-parking-lot/article_b25edf8c-96be-11ea-9c87-cf1d11d2b527.html
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame on Cassat Road in Tredyffrin Township (Pennsylvania):
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/te/no-one-hurt-tredyffrin-car-fire
http://www.newsbreak.com/pennsylvania/berwyn/news/0P3sog3O/no-one-hurt-in-tredyffrin-car-fire
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame at home in Fayetteville (Arkansas):
http://www.5newsonline.com/video/news/local/car-caught-fire-fayetteville-neighborhood/527-dcb32e27-97e7-424e-b05a-e4f678c7f5e8
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked in underground parking lot near Armdale Road and Kencourt Drive in Mississauga (Canada):
http://www.insauga.com/car-fire-in-underground-parking-lot-in-mississauga
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in coastal Sharjah (UAE):
http://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2020/05/14/vehicle-fire-in-al-taawun-contained
http://www.thenational.ae/uae/transport/fire-crews-tackle-blaze-as-vehicle-erupts-into-flames-1.1019364
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame on road in Pontblyddyn (Britain):
http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/18449782.car-bursts-flames-pontblyddyn/
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame on Duxbury Gardens (street) in Chorley (Britain):
http://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/dramatic-pictures-show-car-engulfed-18254294
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame on Beechwood Road in Challney (Britain):
http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/news/fire-crews-called-after-car-4131718
2020-05-14 - Car bursts into flame on Queens Road in Keynsham (Britain):
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/car-bursts-into-flames-4135031
2020-05-14 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 410 in Brampton (Canada):
http://www.inbrampton.com/vehicle-fire-causing-delays-on-410-in-brampton
2020-05-14 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Ravenscar Road in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Ravenscar Road, Grimsby. Thu 14 May 2020 08:00 (No: 008688) Vehicle completely destroyed by fire, 1 hose reel."
2020-05-14 - Car and home destroyed by massive fire at 2:30 AM on Koelle Boulevard in Secaucus (New Jersey):
http://patch.com/new-jersey/secaucus/house-destroyed-dramatic-secaucus-fire-thursday-morning
Quote: "A car and entire home were destroyed by a massive fire early Thursday morning at the corner of Koelle Blvd. and Huber Street in Secaucus."
2020-05-14 - Vehicle and home destroyed by garage fire in Amherst (New York):
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/massive-garage-fire-in-amherst-causes-nearly-400-000-in-damage
Quote: "The homeowner reported a fire that started in the attached garage was spreading to the home."
Quote: "Officials say the fire caused a total of $370,000 in damage with $200,000 to the structure, $100,000 to the contents, $60,000 to the vehicle in the garage, and $10,000 to the second structure."
2020-05-14 - Barn destroyed by fire near Ada (Ohio):
http://www.hometownstations.com/news/fire-destroys-barn-outside-of-ada/article_c9439838-9622-11ea-8164-c717d54b400b.html
2020-05-14 - Strip mall heavily damaged by fire on East Valley Boulevard in El Monte (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/3-alarm-fire-breaks-out-in-el-monte-strip-mall-causing-partial-collapse/
2020-05-14 - Rubber factory heavily damaged by fire in Franca (Brazil):
http://www.industrialfireworld.com/555021/fire-collapses-roof-of-brazilian-rubber-factory
2020-05-14 - Garage erupts in flame, fire spreads to three businesses, in Kewanee (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Multiple-buildings-damaged-in-fire-in-downtown-Kewanee-570487011.html
Quote: "There is severe damage to that structure, the billiards hall, a beauty salon and massage therapy business."
2020-05-14 - Garage destroyed by fire at home on Manchester Road in coastal Wantagh (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/wantagh/wantagh-home-catches-fire-police-investigating
2020-05-14 - Garage destroyed by fire at home on Prospect Avenue in Beaver Dam (Wisconsin):
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/beaver-dam-fire-department-responds-to-garage-fire-on-prospect-avenue/article_f9e1ce86-bdc3-5e52-b9d0-15dc52695190.html
2020-05-14 - Mobile home heavily damaged by fire shortly before 2 AM on West Inverness Street in Peoria (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20200514/early-morning-fire-damages-residence-in-north-peoria-mobile-home-park
2020-05-14 - Home damaged by fire at 1:08 AM on Harvard Road in coastal Portsmouth (Virginia), 9 animals killed:
http://www.wtkr.com/news/9-animals-killed-after-house-fire-in-portsmouth
2020-05-14 - Home damaged by fire near Northwest 87th Avenue and 28th Drive in Coral Springs (Florida), near the coast:
http://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/2-displaced-after-house-fire-in-coral-springs/
2020-05-14 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Melbourne Street in Houston (Texas):
http://abc13.com/2-firefighters-hurt-in-fire-at-hoarder-home-puppies-rescued/6182725/
2020-05-14 - Home destroyed by fire on coastal Whitemarsh Island (Georgia), nobody there:
http://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/developing-structure-fire-on-turners-rock/
2020-05-14 - Home destroyed by fire at 11 PM on Pennsylvania Avenue in New Castle (Pennsylvania), nobody there:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/renovation-house-fire-new-castle/
2020-05-14 - Home destroyed by fire on 41st Street in Indian River County near coastal Vero Beach (Florida):
http://www.tcpalm.com/picture-gallery/news/local/indian-river-county/2020/05/14/fire-engulfs-indian-river-county-home-4200-block-41st-street/5191652002/
2020-05-14 - Home destroyed by fire at 5:30 AM, fire spreads to two more homes, on Nolan Street in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.ktsa.com/three-san-antonio-homes-damaged-by-early-morning-fire/
2020-05-14 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire on Foster Street in Lowell (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/raging-fire-engulfs-multi-family-home-in-lowell/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/firefighters-face-heavy-smoke-at-burning-home-in-lowell/32478313
2020-05-14 - Multi-family home heavily damaged by fire on Burrill Avenue in coastal Lynn (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/blaze-tears-through-multi-family-home-in-lynn/
2020-05-14 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire on 30th Street in Highland (Illinois):
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/highland-apartment-fire-displaced-residents/63-0c5c176d-cfa4-4181-857f-7dd553099e09
2020-05-14 - Townhome complex heavily damaged by fire at 12:20 AM on Canfield Terrace in Frederick (Maryland):
http://www.wfmd.com/2020/05/14/2-alarm-fire-destroys-townhouse/
2020-05-14 - Deadly fire burns home on South Union Avenue in the Englewood area in Chicago (Illinois), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/fatal-fire-englewood-69th-union/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/14/21258690/man-dies-englewood-fire-union
2020-05-14 - Deadly fire destroys waterfront home on Fairview Beach Road in coastal Pasadena (Maryland), 1 killed:
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/fatal-fire-fairview-beach-road-pasadena/32477918
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/breaking-woman-dies-in-pasadena-fire-2-firefighters-injured
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ac-cn-pasadena-fire-20200514-n6tdsb64jzd6hnosnuqigok2qm-story.html
http://www.fireengineering.com/2020/05/14/488066/two-pasadena-md-firefighters-hurt-attempting-rescue-in-fatal-fire/#gref
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/05/14/fire-reported-at-pasadena-home/
2020-05-14 - Deadly fire burns apartment building on West Valencia Road in Tucson (Arizona):
http://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2020/05/14/tfd-one-person-found-dead-in-fire-at-southside-apartment-complex/
http://www.kold.com/2020/05/14/one-person-found-dead-following-apartment-fire-citys-south-side/
2020-05-14 - Vacant warehouse burns on South Commerce Drive in Murray (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/fire-engulfs-vacant-warehouse-in-murray-cause-still-unknown
http://kjzz.com/news/local/fire-engulfs-vacant-warehouse-in-murray-cause-still-unknown
2020-05-14 - Eels and crabs found dead in coastal Safety Bay (Washington):
http://www.soundtelegraph.com.au/news/sound-southern-telegraph/dozens-of-eels-and-small-crabs-found-dead-in-safety-bay-waters-ng-b881548606z
Quote: "About 50 dead eels and a small number of crabs were found today along an area of coast known as the Pond in Safety Bay. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions are investigating the 'fish kill' near Bent Street, Safety Bay."
2020-05-14 - Two boys, 13 and 14, die in pond in Bokaro (India):
http://www.uniindia.com/couple-of-teenage-boys-drown-in-pond-in-bokaro/east/news/1996412.html
2020-05-14 - Two men, 20 and 22, die in canal in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://www.uniindia.com/two-youths-drown-while-bathing-in-up-s-auraiyya/north/news/1995697.html
2020-05-14 - Update on man found dead in lake in Kiski Township (Pennsylvania) - died of cardiac event then toppled off canoe into water:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/05/13/person-dies-after-drowning-in-armstrong-county-lake/
Quote: "A man in his 50s is dead after suffering a cardiac event while in a canoe. On Wednesday, a body was found in the Apollo-Spring Church Sportsmens Club lake in Kiski Township, the county coroner said in a release."
2020-05-14 - Man, 39, falls into the Roanoke River and dies in Northampton County (North Carolina):
http://www.wavy.com/news/north-carolina/authorities-find-body-of-man-who-drowned-in-roanoke-river-while-fishing/
http://rrdailyherald.com/news/19909/body-found-after-days-of-searching-the-roanoke-river/
2020-05-14 - Man, 30 to 40, found dead in the Willamette River in Salem (Oregon):
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2020/05/14/male-body-recovered-willamette-river-salem/5196184002/
2020-05-14 - Man found dead in the South Umpqua River near Templin Beach in Roseburg (Oregon):
http://kpic.com/news/local/body-of-unidentified-man-found-in-south-umpqua-river
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/05/man-found-dead-in-s-umpqua-river-deputies-say.html
http://www.nrtoday.com/news/local/unidentified-body-found-in-south-umpqua-river/article_c9bc9801-122b-58b9-9312-77f9663fa22f.html
http://fox26medford.com/man-found-dead-in-south-umpqua-river/
2020-05-14 - Woman, 61, found dead near Fremont (Nebraska):
http://www.ketv.com/article/police-road-blocked-off-after-body-discovered-in-fremont/32477585
http://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Woman-s-body-found-near-Nebraska-recreational-area-15270958.php
http://www.omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/womans-body-found-near-fremont-lakes-law-enforcement-investigating/article_88c8865f-a2dd-5f6d-800f-b9b10113063d.html
http://www.theindependent.com/news/state_and_regional/womans-body-found-near-nebraska-recreational-area/article_833dc673-b5d4-5c25-bbbd-fa1133d9501b.html
2020-05-14 - Man, 39, found dead outside Libertyville (Iowa):
http://ktvo.com/news/local/jefferson-county-sheriff-searching-for-missing-keota-man
2020-05-14 - Man in his 50s found dead in car in Rougemont (North Carolina):
http://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/deputies-investigating-after-body-found-in-car-in-orange-county/
http://www.newsoforange.com/community/article_3bebb51e-962d-11ea-9393-3ff709d98eb0.html
2020-05-14 - Air Force soldier found dead in barracks at Kunsan Air Base (South Korea):
http://www.kunsan.af.mil/News/Article/2186395/initial-press-release-airman-found-dead-in-dorms-on-kunsan/
2020-05-14 - Man found dead near canal along School Lane in Hopwas (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/body-found-hopwas-near-tamworth-18254301
2020-05-14 - Small plane crashes near Teshekpuk Lake (Alaska), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/aviation/2020/05/15/pilot-dies-passenger-hurt-in-plane-crash-on-north-slope/
2020-05-14 - Small plane makes emergency crash-landing along Redington Road in Tucson (Arizona):
http://kvoa.com/news/top-stories/2020/05/14/small-plane-forced-into-emergency-landing-on-east-side/
http://www.kold.com/2020/05/14/plane-makes-emergency-landing-redington-road/
2020-05-14 - Passenger bus and heavy truck collide head-on in Madhya Pradesh (India), 8 killed, 56 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20200514-70902-IND
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer veers off road, crashes into tree, bursts into flame, on US 101 near coastal Coos Bay (Oregon), 1 killed:
http://theworldlink.com/news/local/coos-bay-man-dies-in-single-vehicle-truck-accident/article_16febf8c-96c6-11ea-afb4-83325ce708b7.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/05/semi-driver-dies-after-driving-off-us-101-north-of-bandon-hitting-tree.html
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer overturns and hits pole on US 101 near coastal Brinnon (Washington):
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/semi-rollover-blocking-both-lanes-of-highway-101-near-brinnon/
http://www.ptleader.com/stories/overturned-semi-near-brinnon-blocks-highway-101,69258
2020-05-14 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-20 in Abilene (Texas):
http://ktxs.com/news/local/traffic-alert-westbound-i-20-closed-at-elmdale-road-due-to-18-wheeler-rollover
2020-05-14 - SUV slams into tree, bursts into flame, on Hudson Road in Aiken County (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://wach.com/news/local/driver-killed-after-hitting-tree-in-aiken-county
2020-05-14 - Car plows into three more cars in Schenectady (New York), 3 injured:
http://dailygazette.com/article/2020/05/14/thursday-schenectady-crash-sends-three-to-hospital
http://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/schenectady/accident/0P3bzoN4/thursday-schenectady-crash-sends-three-to-hospital
Quote: "The crash happened just before noon at State Street and Washington Avenue when one car slammed into three others at the intersection after a possible medical event, according to information available."
2020-05-14 - Car veers off road, crashes into trees, on Pate Pond Road in Washington County (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.wjhg.com/content/news/Vernon-Man-Dead-After-Fatal-Crash-In-Washington-County-570463551.html
2020-05-14 - Middle-aged man pulled unconscious and in cardiac arrest from lake at Lake Waterford Park in coastal Pasadena (Maryland):
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ac-cn-fire-department-water-rescue-20200514-ft2m622jmzfrtef2bohresridm-story.html
Quote: "Anne Arundel County Fire Department’s water rescue unit performed CPR on a man pulled out of Lake Waterford Park in Pasadena on Thursday morning, fire officials say. Firefighters on the county’s special operation team were already in the area fighting a fire that killed a woman when they received the call."
2020-05-14 - Very shallow magnitude 4.3 earthquake strikes near Burra (Australia), South Australia's biggest quake in a decade:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-14/earthquake-near-burra-felt-across-south-australia/12249222
http://www.sott.net/article/434399-Very-shallow-M4-3-earthquake-near-Burra-was-South-Australias-biggest-in-a-decade
2020-05-14 - Hailstorm brings fist-sized hail to General Terán, Nuevo León State (Mexico):
http://www.sott.net/article/434463-MASSIVE-hail-pummels-General-Teran-Nuevo-Leon-State-Mexico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABkgEKcR3QE
2020-05-14 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Central Aceh (Indonesia):
http://floodlist.com/asia/indonesia-centralaceh-flashfloods-may-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/434406-Cars-dragged-through-streets-as-flash-floods-hit-Central-Aceh-Indonesia
2020-05-14 - Heavy rain and flooding displace 10,000 people in Burundi:
http://floodlist.com/africa/burundi-floods-late-april-may-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/434407-10000-displaced-by-floods-since-late-April-in-Burundi
2020-05-14 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Mogadishu (Somalia), 4+ killed:
http://floodlist.com/africa/somalia-floods-mogadishu-may-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/434425-4-dead-after-heavy-rain-floods-Mogadishu-Somalia
2020-05-14 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the north and central regions of Kenya, death toll rises to 237:
http://floodlist.com/africa/kenya-floods-north-central-regions-may-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/434426-Floods-hit-north-and-central-regions-of-Kenya-as-death-toll-rises-to-237
2020-05-14 - Waterspout filmed in Gautier (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/video/2020/05/14/waterspout-gautier-mississippi-thursday-morning/
http://www.sott.net/article/434461-Waterspout-filmed-in-Gautier-Mississippi
2020-05-14 - Meteor lights up the sky over parts of the US Southeast:
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Fireball-flash-lights-up-early-morning-sky-off-Georgia-coast-570472081.html
http://www.sott.net/article/434450-Meteor-fireball-lights-up-sky-over-parts-of-southeast-US
2020-05-14 - McConnell Patriot Act expansion would hand AG Barr unprecedented spy powers:
http://www.rt.com/usa/488586-senate-blocks-surveillance-amendment/
http://www.sott.net/article/434405-US-Senate-backs-warrantless-spying-on-Americans-browser-history-votes-down-anti-surveillance-amendment
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/13/if-doesnt-give-you-chills-i-dont-know-what-will-mcconnell-patriot-act-expansion
Good morning Jonny and all JJFH readers.
ReplyDeletei forgot to mention how the Willamette River claimed another life yesterday, so here it is again today! Two bodies in consecutive days.
Once again PA all over the place, with a car fire on a road right up the street from my old home.
What's up with Pasadena, MD - two JJFH events on this day (about 6.5 miles apart)?
Typhoon Vongfong leaves a trail of destruction in the Philippines as the situation in evacuation centres becomes a nightmare due to social distancing with Covid-19 and a dengue fever outbreak
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/05/typhoon-vongfong-leaves-trail-of.html
Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong) has left a trail of destruction in the central Philippines as it continues to hit other parts of the country, adding to the woes of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who had to be evacuated amid the coronavirus lockdown. In Eastern Samar, where it made its first landfall on Thursday, the storm caused “unimaginable” damage to infrastructure, Governor Ben Evardone said on Friday. Among the damaged facilities were schools that have been converted into COVID-19 quarantine centres.
Several major roads were blocked by floodwater and debris. In a radio interview, Evardone said that many areas in the province were left without power and communication lines were down. “As of now, the storm has subsided but electricity and communications lines are down in some of the towns. Even the radio facility of the province was destroyed,” he said. He added that the situation in evacuation centres was a nightmare for maintaining physical distancing to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. The volatile situation has been further aggravated by a dengue outbreak in the province. [more]
Saturday, 16 May 2020
Paul Cottrell and Judy Mikovits in discussion
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/05/paul-cottrell-and-judy-mikovits-in.html [~ 170 min.]
BBN: Extinctions Galore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DSlHuK01I [14.3 min.]
Grand Solar Minimum: The Sun Has Entered Its ‘Lockdown’ Period Which Could Cause Freezing Weather, Famine, Increased Earthquakes and Catastrophic Volcanic Eruptions
https://strangesounds.org/2020/05/sun-solar-minimum-freezing-famine-earthquake-eruptions.html
The sun is currently in a period of “solar minimum,” meaning activity on its surface has fallen dramatically.
Experts believe we are about to enter the deepest period of sunshine “recession” ever recorded as sunspots have virtually disappeared.
So far this year, the sun has been “blank” with no sunspots 76 percent of the time, a rate surpassed only once before in the Space Age — last year, when it was 77 percent blank. [more] [we'll still be warming this year despite GSM]
[2nd part below]
Goodbye summerlike warmth? Soggy and cool conditions to return to eastern US
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/goodbye-summerlike-warmth-soggy-cool-103853399.html
After a tease of summerlike warmth, AccuWeather meteorologists say a soggy and cooler pattern will dominate the East Coast next week.
After many locations across the mid-Atlantic and Northeast ended the first third of May with temperatures 3.5 to 5.5 degrees Fahrenheit lower than normal, conditions soared to summerlike levels across the Eastern Seaboard on Friday.
Several locations, including Philadelphia, recorded their first 80-plus degree day of the year. Philadelphia's high of 85 on Friday marked the latest into the year the first 80-plus day had been recorded since 1997. Typically, the first 80-plus-degree day of the year occurs for the city in early April.
"It will turn warmer during the start of the Memorial Day weekend as drier conditions return," Samuhel said. [more]
Ozone layer: Concern grows over threat from replacement chemicals
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ozone-layer-concern-grows-over-140827322.html
Substances used for air conditioning in almost all new cars are building up in the environment and may pose a threat to human health, researchers say.
These "ozone friendly" chemicals have been introduced to replace products that were damaging the ozone layer.
Now widely used across industry, these alternatives do not break down in the environment. [more; "there you go"]
Phone location data shows millions of Americans have already started leaving home and traveling more in the past week
https://www.yahoo.com/news/phone-location-data-shows-millions-161125385.html
The data, gathered by location analytics firm Cuebiq, shows that millions more Americans have started leaving home and traveling to different counties in recent weeks as states reopen.
Meanwhile, people are moving less in eight states that remain shut down. [more; yep, tryin'-a get back to "normal"]
[no wonder the jet stream is so far south!]
April 2020 temperatures very high
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/05/april-2020-temperatures-very-high.html
Temperatures in April 2020 were very high. The image below shows very high temperature anomalies over the Arctic. [more]
'Keep it closed': Second wave of COVID-19 could wreak havoc if U.S. border opens, epidemiologist says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/canada-us-border-closed-covid-19-202647570.html
Talks between Canada and the United States seem to be heading towards extending the suspension on non-essential travel between the neighbouring countries due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The shutdown is now expected to last through at least June 21, and as some U.S. states and Canadian provinces reboot their economies, it has left many wondering when it will be safe to cross the borders.
A leading Canadian epidemiologist thinks the longer the wait, the better. [more]
[3rd piece awaits]
Gilead to end coronavirus drug trials, adding to access worry: researchers
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/gilead-end-coronavirus-drug-trials-195535591.html
Preliminary results from a trial conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health showed that remdesivir cut hospital stays by 31% compared to a placebo. The NIH is now studying remdesivir alone compared to remdesivir in combination with Olumiant, an anti-inflammatory drug approved for rheumatoid arthritis and sold by Eli Lilly and Co. [more]
Intense Bow Echo from Tornado Warned Storm Hits Corinth, New York
https://www.yahoo.com/news/intense-bow-echo-tornado-warned-044100875.html
A severe tornado warned thunderstorm hit the vicinity of Corinth, New York, on May 15, resulting in a powerful bow echo.
Footage shows two storm chasers driving through the bow echo, an arched line of thunderstorms, as powerful galls and rain assault the vehicle. “Oh my God!” one of the chasers exclaims.
Erik James Creighton, a storm chaser in the video, wrote to Storyful: “The event lasted about 2 minutes at most intense portion. I haven’t seen a gust front quite like that one before. Definitely my most intense yet.” [more; see video!]
'This has to be some kind of mistake': Mother issues warning after son diagnosed with COVID-19-related 'mystery illness'
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/anthony-lawson-covid-19-mystery-illness-163631668.html
“What is this mystery illness? ... How does a healthy kid, an athlete, end up in organ failure?” Lawson said. “It was shocking it could do this amount of damage in a matter of hours.” [more]
Sorrento finds a coronavirus antibody that blocks viral infection 100% in preclinical lab experiments
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/sorrento-finds-coronavirus-antibody-blocks-130034416.html
Therapeutics company Sorrento has made what it believes could be a breakthrough in potential treatment of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that leads to COVID-19. The company released details of its preclinical research on Friday, announcing that it has found an antibody that provides "100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection of healthy cells after four days incubation." The results are from a preclinical study that still has to undergo peer review. It was an in vitro laboratory study (meaning not in an actual human being), but it's still a promising development as the company continues to work on production of an antibody "cocktail" that could provide protection against SARS-CoV-2 even in case of mutations in the virus. [more]
Where to Worry About Catching Covid-19, and Where Not To
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/where-worry-catching-covid-19-133003827.html
The two drivers of the spread of the disease are close contact and crowding in closed spaces, said Muge Cevik, a virologist at the University of St. Andrews in the U.K. It spread through homeless shelters and nursing and care homes, where people were crowded with many others. It spread through people’s households, and through meat packing plants.
Cevik has been collecting and reviewing papers from around the world on disease transmission. “There are some trends emerging,” she says. “Spending time dining together, being in public transport,” might risk spreading the disease, but “going to a market briefly, for five minutes or a transient encounter while you walk or run past someone, those are low risks.”
The data show that nine percent of infected people are responsible for 80% of the transmissions, she says. Why? For one thing, the disease is apparently very infectious but only for a short window, and perhaps only in some cases. Contact tracing studies show people are most infectious right around the onset of symptoms, as well as a couple of days before and after. If someone in that stage goes to a party, or church service, or to work in a meat packing plant or nursing home, many other people will probably get sick. [more]
[some Saturday morning headlines from RF]
ReplyDeleteNews Links, May 16, 2020
Rice Farmer
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/
Foxconn's first-quarter profit tumbles almost 90% on coronavirus fallout
Coronavirus forces HSBC to cut global growth forecasts, again
W.T.O. Chief Quits Suddenly, Adding to Global Turmoil
China ready to put Apple, other U.S. companies in 'unreliable entity list': Global Times
US Industrial Production Declines Most in 101 Years
GDPNow Forecasts the US Economy Shrank by a Record 42%
Germany Plunges Into Recession With Biggest Slump in Decade
Russia: No Indication US Willing to Extend New START After Expiration
China Rejects US Talk of Sanctioning Iran at UN
US on track to pull troops from Afghanistan despite turmoil
Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
Another 1,000 Texas Oil & Gas Jobs Vanish
The Great EROEI Scam: Are renewables a good idea?
U.S. oil & gas rig count plunges to record low for second week: Baker Hughes
India's farmers gather record wheat crop, but cannot move it
Hunger could be more deadly than coronavirus in poorer countries
Soaring Prices, Rotting Crops: Coronavirus Triggers Global Food Crisis
Radiation From Cellphones, Wi-Fi Is Hurting the Birds and the Bees; 5G May Make It Worse
The coronavirus pandemic is causing a mental health crisis, the UN warns
Lawsuit: US plan for Indiana forest could taint water supply
Modern sea-level rise linked to human activities, Rutgers research reaffirms
New research by Rutgers scientists reaffirms that modern sea-level rise is linked to human activities and not to changes in Earth's orbit. [everything humans do has an effect]
Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 300,000: Reuters tally
[minuscule compared to 8 billion population]
COVID patients given malaria drug didn't see significant improvements: studies
Japan lifts emergencies for most regions; New Zealand ends lockdown
You can catch coronavirus through your eyes. A virologist fears that's how he got it.
New Documents From the Sham Prosecution of Gen. Michael Flynn Also Reveal Broad Corruption in the Russiagate Investigations
How the COVID-19 Bailout Gave Wall Street a No-Lose Casino
'The American friends': New court files expose Sheldon Adelson's security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
Globalization and Financialization Are Dead, and so Is Everything That Depended on Them
Long-struggling JC Penney files for bankruptcy as coronavirus crushes hopes for a quick turnaround
One in 4 restaurants won't re-open after pandemic, study says
The big chains will be the last survivors without more stimulus relief, Jim Cramer warns
Study finds 44% of U.S. unemployment applicants have been denied or are still waiting
Here's What Collapsed, Spiked, or Hung On in 12 Charts of Retail Sales (Yes, Department Stores Were Already Toast)
Lockdown-flouting speakeasies popping up throughout Manhattan
Watch: Gaffes Pile Up During Bumbling Biden "Virtual Roundtable"
The candidates are a senile neoliberal and a know-nothing narcissist. The choice is a sign of America in terminal decline. -- RF
CDC reports 1,384,930 coronavirus cases, 83,947 deaths
Sixth confirmed Amazon worker dies amid calls for the company to release data on coronavirus infections
Social distancing in US drops significantly from height of COVID-19 pandemic, poll finds
With over 200 possible cases, doctors warn reports of rare, coronavirus-linked child inflammatory illness likely to rise
Texas sees 1,000 new coronavirus cases 5 days in a row
[a nice story]
ReplyDeletePeople Power! How a Berks County woman used Facebook to rescue an egg farmer's 80,000 hens amid the coronavirus
https://www.sott.net/article/434524-People-Power-How-a-Berks-County-woman-used-Facebook-to-rescue-an-egg-farmers-80000-hens-amid-the-coronavirus
[spooky stories]
Haunted house? These people feel they are in isolation with ghosts.
https://www.sott.net/article/434476-Haunted-house-These-people-feel-they-are-in-isolation-with-ghosts
Mr. Dunlap and Ms. Cohl, a 27-year-old writer and editor, used to find themselves in a routine late-night tug of war over the too-small comforter they shared. Several weeks ago, Mr. Dunlap woke late at night to the sensation of what he assumed was Ms. Cohl adjusting the blanket at his feet to spread it evenly across the bed. When the movement stopped and he didn't feel his girlfriend climb into bed beside him, he called out to her. She didn't answer.
Then she came back in from the bathroom.
"It was so weird, dude," Mr. Dunlap said. "It was so weird."
[more; that would freak me out]
Economic carnage: 100,000 businesses have permanently collapsed under the pandemic
https://www.sott.net/article/434519-Economic-carnage-100000-businesses-have-permanently-collapsed-under-the-pandemic
More than 100,000 small businesses have permanently shuttered within just two months as pandemic lockdowns devastated the nation's economy landing 36 million Americans out of work, according to a new survey this week.
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois, Harvard University, Harvard Business School and University of Chicago discovered at least 2 percent of the nation's small businesses are now gone after conducting a representative survey of more than 5,800 enterprises between May 9-11. [more]
Air travel won't return to pre-crisis levels until 2023, IATA chief warns
https://www.sott.net/article/434532-Air-travel-wont-return-to-pre-crisis-levels-until-2023-IATA-chief-warns
"We are aiming at reopening and boosting the domestic market by end of the second quarter, and opening the regional or continental markets — such as Europe, North America or Asia-Pacific — by the third quarter, and intercontinental in the fall," he said.
"So for summer we hope that you will see flights within Europe coming back, with I hope interesting prices and very safe processes of control." [more]
Severe floods hit Santa LucÃa, El Salvador
https://www.sott.net/article/434528-Severe-floods-hit-Santa-Lucia-El-Salvador [~ 80 sec. video]
Extreme hailstorm slams Piornal, Spain on May 15
https://www.sott.net/article/434513-Extreme-hailstorm-slams-Piornal-Spain-on-May-15 [~ 6 min. video]
Heavy rainfall floods homes, streets in Louisiana and Texas - nearly 16 inches of rain recorded
https://www.sott.net/article/434512-Heavy-rainfall-floods-homes-streets-in-Louisiana-and-Texas-nearly-16-inches-of-rain-recorded [many videos and pics]
More rain is in the forecast. [more]
[2nd part next]
Rare wake lows, heat bursts observed during Oklahoma storms
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/434510-Rare-wake-lows-heat-bursts-observed-during-Oklahoma-storms
A wake low is a rare weather phenomenon that typically prompts the National Weather Service to issue high wind warnings
Wake lows develop in the wake of a storm as pressure drops. As pressure drops the pressure gradient tightens and strengthens the winds.
To break it down even further, after storms pass the air cools and sinks but the pressure closer to the earth's surface pushes the air molecules closer together causing them to heat up once again.
That process is called adiabatic warming.
The change in air pressure causes wind as the air moves from higher to lower pressure.
When a wake low forms it can trigger high wind gusts as the drop in pressure creates a stronger pressure gradient.
That was the cause of the strong winds in the Oklahoma City metro area.
The second weather phenomenon that occurred in two separate locations was a heat burst.
A heat burst is a downdraft of hot and dry air that typically occurs in the evening and overnight hours.
In the tweet above you can see that the temperature went way up, the dewpoint went way down. and the wind speeds picked up.
So we saw hot, dry air being pushed down causing some stronger winds which meet the criteria for a heat burst. [more]
Kilauea volcano has growing lake that could lead to explosive eruption in Hawaii
https://www.sott.net/article/434503-Kilauea-volcano-has-growing-lake-that-could-lead-to-explosive-eruption-in-Hawaii
Currently, the water has an area larger than five football fields combined and is approximately 100 feet (30 meters) deep, according to NASA's Earth Observatory.
The water has also changed color from the original chalky green to a rusty brown, due to chemical reactions happening in the water.
As for how the water could affect a future eruption of the volcano, Swanson said it could contribute to an explosive eruption, since one of the main factors behind a big volcanic explosion is the amount of water and other gases that get caught up inside the magma. [more]
[looks like something out of Close Encounters ..]
Giant red sprites filmed above electric storm over Texas
https://www.sott.net/article/434501-Giant-red-sprites-filmed-above-electric-storm-over-Texas
When Did Coronavirus Arrive in the U.S.? Here's a Review of the Evidence.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/did-coronavirus-arrive-u-heres-141643064.html
The U.S. first identified cases among travelers who had flown in from Wuhan, China, in the middle of January. [more]
Saudi Oil Rush Threatens to Disrupt Stabilizing U.S. Market
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudi-oil-rush-threatens-disrupt-172012215.html
An armada of tankers filled with Saudi Arabian crude steaming toward the U.S. threatens to prevent America’s oil glut from draining, which is only just beginning.
Over 30 ships are set to arrive on the U.S. Gulf Coast and West Coast during May and June, according to ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The more-than 50 million barrels of Saudi crude on the water threaten to upend a positive supply development: U.S. crude stockpiles declined for the first time since January and inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma storage hub contracted by the most in months.
The U.S. is facing a tsunami of Saudi oil -- the lingering effect of a price war between Riyadh and Russia back in March -- that led the Middle East nation to slash pricing of its grades to multi-year lows and flood the market. The wave of supply occurred even as the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning to rapidly weigh on petroleum demand. A fifth of global consumption is still seen disappearing this quarter alone.
[more]