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
2020-08-04 - Port area devastated by mammoth explosion in coastal Beirut (Lebanon), dozens killed, thousands injured:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/world/satellite-images-beirut-explosion-before-after-trnd/index.html
http://www.npr.org/2020/08/04/898969935/massive-explosion-rocks-beirut-damaging-buildings-and-shattering-windows
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/many-injuries-and-widespread-damage-reported-in-huge-beirut-explosion-39422780.html
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/massive-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut/article_36b2bfc8-0820-5043-96b3-25ea56df0aed.html
http://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-08-04/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanons-capital-beirut
http://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-live-updates-dle-intl/h_5c7535382a3b52e8b61755434e1e15ad
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/massive-explosion-shakes-lebanons-capital-beirut
http://twitter.com/Lobnene_Blog/status/1290670636063481864
Quote: "As journalist Habib Battah notes, the port handles billions of dollars' worth of imports, 'including national wheat silos.'"
Quote: "'Homes shattered for miles,' Battah says. 'Damages will be massive and could not come at worse time when everyone is broke and hungry.' Battah says his 'whole body' was moved by the explosion's shock wave — despite being 10 miles away from the port."
Quote: "The blast near Beirut's port sent up a huge mushroom cloud-shaped shockwave, flipping cars and damaging distant buildings. It was felt as far as Cyprus, hundreds of miles away, and registered as a 3.3 magnitude earthquake in the Lebanese capital."
Quote: "US Embassy in Beirut asks people to wear masks due to reports of toxic gases..."
Note: No idea what toxic gases they're talking about, but this city is on the coast though, so it could be hydrogen sulfide, or some byproduct of the explosion and fire here, or both. From what I gather, what happened here is a fireworks warehouse went up in flames and the fire then spread to a warehouse containing 2750 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate fertilizer, the same stuff Timothy McVeigh used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. I warned about fireworks facilities exploding and igniting, and this is far from the first. From the full hypothesis: "Ammo depots will be hit with explosions and fires, including the civilian versions like fireworks factories."
If they'd been paying attention to what I'm saying, they wouldn't have put a fireworks facility next to a gigantic pile of ammonium nitrate and they'd still have a city. If they were just minimally rational people, they wouldn't have had a gigantic pile of ammonium nitrate in a highly populated area to begin with either, just as a general principle. The force of this explosion was a little more than 1/7th that of the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, or around 1,375 times the force of the explosion that destroyed the Murray Building in Oklahoma City, to give a sense of the scale of this explosion...
2020-08-04 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in Xiantao (China), 6 killed, 4 injured:
http://nypost.com/2020/08/04/explosion-at-chinese-chemical-factory-kills-6-injures-4/
http://www.scmp.com/video/china/3095985/least-six-killed-factory-explosion-chinas-hubei-province
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8591513/Six-people-killed-Chinese-chemical-factory-near-Wuhan-exploded.html
2020-08-04 - Pharmaceutical company explodes and burns in coastal Visakhapatnam (India):
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/visakhapatnam-blast-updates-explosion-at-vijayshree-pharma-company/2044275/
http://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/fire-breaks-outside-pharmaceutical-company-in-visakhapatnam20200804151419/
http://in.news.yahoo.com/fire-breaks-outside-pharmaceutical-company-visakhapatnam-094417096.html
2020-08-04 - Oil tank battery erupts in flame in Midland County (Texas):
http://www.cbs7.com/2020/08/05/authorities-responding-to-tank-battery-fire-in-midland-county/
2020-08-04 - Underground electrical fire and explosion blow manhole cover off in Birmingham (Britain):
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/dramatic-moment-gas-pipe-explodes-18711738
2020-08-04 - Hotel, apartments and plaza under construction destroyed by huge fire at 4:20 AM on Smith Avenue North in St. Paul (Minnesota):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20200804-71075-USA
http://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/fire-rages-in-st-paul/89-bfbad978-7405-4e6e-bca3-01eaf15b5249
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2020/08/04/huge-fire-at-kaeding-apartment-hotel-project.html
http://www.twincities.com/2020/08/04/major-fire-underway-at-downtown-st-paul-building-under-construction/
http://www.startribune.com/fire-heavily-damages-69m-project-in-downtown-st-paul/572002092/
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/08/04/massive-fire-burning-in-downtown-st-paul/
http://kstp.com/news/large-downtown-st-paul-fire-august-4-2020/5815937/
http://twitter.com/StPaulFireDept/status/1290614494754942976
2020-08-04 - Tropical Storm Isaias causes widespread damage on the US East Coast as it spirals northward, 5+ killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/weather/hurricane-isaias-carolinas-tuesday/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tropical-storm-isaias-racing-east-coast-powerful-winds/story?id=72162281
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2020/08/04/isaias--again-a-tropical-storm--spawns-wild-inland-weather
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/roofs-ripped-off-including-childcare-center-as-isaias-strikes/2490541/
http://www.sott.net/article/439245-Hurricane-Isiais-hits-South-and-North-Carolina
2020-08-04 - Home explodes and burns on West Spurgeon Street in Fort Worth (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-fire-department-responding-to-house-explosion/2419578/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/08/04/fort-worth-fire-possible-house-explosion-1-person-critical/
http://www.fox4news.com/news/1-hospitalized-with-severe-burns-after-fort-worth-home-explosion
Note: This is the 66th residential explosion in 2020...
2020-08-04 - Tanker ship 'Moritz Schulte' bursts into flame while docked in coastal Antwerp (Belgium):
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2020/30501/lpg-tanker-engine-room-fire-antwerp/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Moritz-Schulte-9220794.html
http://mfame.guru/engine-room-fire-onboard-lpg-tanker/
Quote: "Fire erupted in engine room of a PLG tanker MORITZ SCHULTE, berthed in Atwerp at Industrial Dock, ESSO Refinery, in the morning Aug 4. ESSO and city fire engines responded, fire was extinguished, one person treated for smoke inhalation."
2020-08-04 - Boat bursts into flame at dock in coastal McClellanville (South Carolina):
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-boat-fire-at-mcclellanville-dock
http://www.counton2.com/news/latest-news/awendaw-mcclellanville-fire-district-responded-to-a-marine-fire-tuesday-morning/
http://www.wtma.com/news/crews-respond-to-boat-fire-at-mcclellanville-dock/
2020-08-04 - Houseboat destroyed by fire at 2 AM on Shuswap Lake (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/7250872/shuswap-houseboat-destroyed-overnight-fire/
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/we-lost-everything-that-doesnt-matter-21-people-from-saskatoon-escape-boat-fire-in-b-c
http://globalnews.ca/news/7253759/shuswap-houseboat-fire-investigation/
Note: These are the 701st, 702nd and 703rd boats/ships to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-04 - Private bus bursts into flame in coastal Hawera (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/122354630/crews-battle-house-bus-fire-in-hwera
Note: This is the 184th bus to burn in 2020...
2020-08-04 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on I-85 near airport in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.ajc.com/news/traffic-alert-tanker-truck-fire-blocks-i-85-near-atlanta-airport/6BKKTCATORG47JJE52CJT3IPLU/
2020-08-04 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at 5:30 AM on the N25 near coastal Cork (Ireland):
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/firefighters-battle-blaze-on-diesel-tanker-on-cork-waterford-road-1.4321607
http://www.echolive.ie/corknews/Watch-Traffic-remains-heavy-in-Cork-city-after-truck-fire-on-N25--871f7f55-d05f-4aea-9e2c-f7b636781530-ds
http://www.96fm.ie/news/96fm-news-and-sport/cork-county-council-issue-statement-following-fuel-tanker-fire/
2020-08-04 - Two semi tractors and two RV trailers go up in flames at 5 AM while parked in truck yard in coastal Surrey (Canada):
http://www.northdeltareporter.com/news/surrey-firefighters-battle-truck-trailer-fires-in-brownsville/
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/large-fire-engulfs-vehicles-at-surrey-truck-yard-1.5050434
Quote: "'This is under investigation,' he said. Pegios said two travel trailers were 'fully gutted,' two semis were ablaze as well."
2020-08-04 - Tractor bursts into flame at farm in Wooton St Lawrence (Britain):
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18628180.tractor-went-flames-basingstoke/
http://www.romseyadvertiser.co.uk/news/basingstoke/18628180.tractor-went-flames-basingstoke/
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/regional/basingstoke/18628180.tractor-went-flames-basingstoke/
2020-08-04 - Tractor (combine) bursts into flame near Colchester Road in Ardleigh (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i8381/
http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/colchester/18630408.incredible-pictures-show-huge-fire-ripping-ardleigh-field/
Note: These are the 1113th, 1114th, 1115th, 1116th, 1117th and 1118th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-04 - Ambulance bursts into flame on the A39 at Winnards Perch, St Columb (Britain):
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/passing-motorist-tackles-ambulance-fire-4395677
2020-08-04 - RV, RV trailer, vehicles and home destroyed by fire in Lockwood (Montana):
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/fire-destroys-home-in-lockwood/article_40ad5f27-2e97-5eeb-afa5-3e547449442d.html
http://www.ktvq.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-house-fire-in-lockwood
Quote: "A fire that began in the garage of a Lockwood home Tuesday destroyed several vehicles including a motor home, caused a partial collapse of the roof and spread into the attic of the house."
2020-08-04 - RV bursts into flame at 2:40 AM while parked in the Bemowo area in Warsaw (Poland):
http://www.polishnews.co.uk/warsaw-a-fire-in-a-motorhome-in-bemowo-the-flames-damaged-the-window-in-the-block/
Note: These are the 245th and 246th RVs to burn in 2020...
2020-08-04 - Van bursts into flame on Ruskin Avenue in Feltham area in coastal London (Britain), 2 injured:
http://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/watch-van-explodes-feltham-sending-18713576
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2020-08-04/van-explodes-on-residential-street-in-feltham
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/incredible-footage-shows-van-explosion-18714517
2020-08-04 - Minivan bursts into flame on Pleasant Street in coastal Nantucket (Massachusetts):
http://www.ack.net/news/20200804/car-fire-extinguished-on-pleasant-street-tuesday
2020-08-04 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-44 in Jasper County (Missouri):
http://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/joplin-news-first/truck-burns-on-i-44-west-at-tara-motel-exit/
2020-08-04 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on street in Sarnia (Canada):
http://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2020/08/04/1truck-fire-not-deemed-suspicious/
2020-08-04 - Four cars go up in flames shortly after midnight while parked at apartments on South Maple Street in Econdido (California):
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-08-04/fire-in-escondido-carport-damages-at-least-4-vehicles
2020-08-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://okcfox.com/news/local/firefighters-fight-garage-fire-undetermined-cause
Quote: "Reports say the fire was contained to the car while smoke filled the garage and upstairs apartment."
2020-08-04 - Car bursts into flame at 2:33 AM on East Ham Street in Eudora (Arkansas):
http://searkweather.com/eudora-ar-fd-battled-early-tuesday-car-fire-close-to-trailer-on-e-ham-st/
2020-08-04 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home on French Street in Ladysmith (Canada):
http://www.ladysmithchronicle.com/news/downtown-ladysmith-vehicle-fire-quickly-extinguished/
2020-08-04 - Car bursts into flame at 3:24 AM on Tom Roberts Avenue in Conder (Australia):
http://www.ewn.com.au/traffic/caution-car-fire-conder-act-481265.traffic
2020-08-04 - Car bursts into flame on Linley Road in Alsager (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-alsager_05-08-2020_8-22-15
2020-08-04 - Horse trailer bursts into flame while being towed, on I-15 near Pocatello (Idaho):
http://www.eastidahonews.com/2020/08/woman-animals-safe-after-horse-trailer-catches-fire-explodes-on-i-15/
2020-08-04 - SUV and garage destroyed by fire on West Cactus Run in Green Valley (Arizona):
http://kvoa.com/news/2020/08/04/crews-respond-to-garage-fire-in-green-valley/
http://twitter.com/GVFDPIO/status/1290729817696960512
2020-08-04 - Vehicles and home destroyed by fire in Leetonia (Ohio):
http://www.salemnews.net/news/local-news/2020/08/leetonia-home-destroyed-by-fire/
Quote: "The fire destroyed the garage and some of the vehicles parked outside in the driveway."
2020-08-04 - Restaurant heavily damaged by fire on South Irby Street in Florence (South Carolina):
http://wpde.com/news/local/decades-old-florence-restaurant-badly-damaged-by-fire
http://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/crews-respond-to-fire-at-the-lamplighter-restaurant-in-florence/
2020-08-04 - Plastics business heavily damaged by fire on East Virginia Street in Evansville (Indiana):
http://www.14news.com/2020/08/04/section-virginia-st-evansville-closed-due-fire/
2020-08-04 - Around 60 shipping containers go up in flames at storage yard in Aveley (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i8380/
2020-08-04 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Bittersweet Road in Mishawaka (Indiana), 3 dogs killed, nobody there:
http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/three-dogs-die-in-mishawaka-house-fire/article_b3f26c82-d684-11ea-951a-c7e5d23dbd4d.html
http://www.wndu.com/2020/08/04/three-dogs-die-in-granger-house-fire/
2020-08-04 - Home destroyed by fire on West Mills Road in Industry (Maine), nobody there:
http://www.sunjournal.com/2020/08/04/fire-destroys-house-garage-in-industry/
2020-08-04 - At least nine homes destroyed by fire as Tropical Storm Isaias rolls ashore in coastal Ocean Isle Beach (North Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/08/04/hcfr-crews-help-battle-multiple-house-fires-ocean-isle-beach-after-isaias-makes-landfall/
http://www.wral.com/ocean-isle-beach-residents-in-disbelief-over-destruction-caused-by-fire-during-hurricane/19221569/
Quote: "Some of the worst damage was caused by a fire that started at the height of the storm. The wind-driven flames wound up destroying nine homes on the island."
2020-08-04 - Three people found dead in the Potomac River and Anacostia River in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/police-pull-3-bodies-potomac-river/65-9506189b-c53b-4602-8b7c-c28685a60d2a
2020-08-04 - Man dies while diving in coastal Big Sur (California):
http://kion546.com/news/2020/08/04/missing-diver-found-after-4-day-search-in-big-sur/
2020-08-04 - Woman found dead in the Kern River near Bakersfield (California):
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/hwy-178-is-closed-as-authorities-investigate-body-found-in-river
http://www.kget.com/news/traffic-alert-highway-178-closed-as-bakersfield-police-investigate-body-found-in-kern-river/
http://www.kget.com/news/local-news/traffic-alert-highway-178-closed-as-bakersfield-police-investigate-body-found-in-kern-river/
http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/body-found-in-the-river-closes-hwy-178-in-both-directions-at-the-mouth-of-the-canyon
2020-08-04 - Man found dead in drainage basin near golf course in Upper Freehold Township (New Jersey):
http://midjersey.news/2020/08/05/njsp-investigating-body-found-in-retention-basin-next-to-cream-ridge-golf-course/
2020-08-04 - Man found dead in ravine near McKittrick Bridge in Greenville County (South Carolina):
http://www.wyff4.com/article/mans-body-found-down-ravine-in-greenville-county-deputies-say/33498919
2020-08-04 - Man has 'medical emergency' and drops dead in Lancaster County (Virginia):
http://www.wric.com/news/local-news/man-found-dead-by-neighbor-in-lancaster-county/
Quote: "Lancaster County Chief Deputy Bill Webb said he believes the man died of a medical emergency."
2020-08-04 - Woman, 30 to 50, found dead near I-95 in coastal Fort Pierce (Florida):
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/04/womans-body-found-i-95-st-lucie-county/
http://www.wpbf.com/article/dead-womans-body-found-along-the-side-of-i-95-in-st-lucie-county/33511299
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/womans-body-found-on-side-of-nterstate-95-southbound-in-st-lucie-county
2020-08-04 - Woman found dead near Beasley Street in Kinston (North Carolina):
http://wcti12.com/news/local/investigation-underway-after-womens-body-found-in-kinston
2020-08-04 - Woman, 56, found dead in field in coastal Tununak (Alaska):
http://alaska-native-news.com/abi-investigates-death-of-woman-in-tununak/50386/
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2020/08/04/troopers-investigating-after-womans-body-found-in-southwest-alaska-village/
2020-08-04 - Man drops dead at home in Muskogee County (Oklahoma):
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/retired-judge-found-dead-tuesday/article_c54c90f2-d6c5-11ea-a358-f3935a019c9d.html
2020-08-04 - Man, 31, found dead in the Whanganui River in coastal Whanganui (New Zealand):
http://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/422740/body-found-in-whanganui-river-police
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12353727
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300074590/man-who-drowning-in-whanganui-river-named
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300073964/rhui-put-on-whanganui-river-after-body-pulled-out
2020-08-04 - Person falls off kayak and dies in coastal Hove (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18627321.body-found-search-missing-hove-kayaker/
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/body-found-hove-beach-believed-be-missing-kayaker-2932629
2020-08-04 - Man, 51, has 'medical event', SUV crashes into fence, in Kitchener (Canada), 1 killed:
http://www.kitchenertoday.com/police-beat/man-passes-away-following-collision-in-kitchener-2614593
Quote: "Waterloo Regional Police believe a Kitchener man suffered a medical event prior to a single-vehicle collision in the city on Tuesday evening. The 51-year-old was taken to hospital, where he later passed away."
2020-08-04 - Small plane crashes and burns near Heathfield (Britain), 1 killed:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pilot-dead-light-aircraft-crash-sussex-field-a9653671.html
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/gallery/duxford-seafury-plane-crash-pictures-18716287
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/duxford-plane-crash-update-pilot-18716112
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1318488/sussex-news-plane-crash-light-aircraft-crash-landing-fire-emergency-latest-heathfield
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/04/light-plane-crashes-east-sussex/
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18628006.pilot-dies-heathfield-plane-crash-east-sussex/
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/plane-crashes-field-near-heathfield-2932565
http://www.knutsfordguardian.co.uk/news/national/18627179.emergency-services-scene-light-plane-crash-east-sussex/
2020-08-04 - Tractor trailer crashes into median, bursts into flame, on I-77 near Mossy (West Virginia):
http://www.wowktv.com/news/i-77-north-in-fayette-county-closed-due-to-truck-fire/
http://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/i-77-north-in-fayette-county-closed-due-to-truck-fire/
http://woay.com/update-i-77-reopens-after-truck-fire/
2020-08-04 - Tractor trailer overturns on the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge near coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.silive.com/news/2020/08/truck-fire-on-verrazzano-narrows-bridge-closes-brooklyn-bound-upper-level.html
2020-08-04 - Pickup truck veers over centerline, hits SUV head-on, in Tulsa (Oklahoma), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.krmg.com/news/local/woman-killed-crash-71st-street/MJS6EGSYNNBZDCZIKTTO6IRYYE/
http://tulsaworld.com/news/local/one-killed-another-critically-injured-in-head-on-collision-near-71st-street-bridge/article_136d3ee1-77f3-54fa-9545-77522aef1049.html
2020-08-04 - Car veers over centerline, hits SUV head-on, in New Berlin (New York), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/one-person-killed-in-crash-in-new-berlin/
2020-08-04 - Car veers off road, crashes into woods, in coastal Eastham (Massachusetts), 1 injured:
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20200805/passenger-injured-in-route-6-crash-in-eastham
2020-08-04 - Rising temperatures will cause more deaths than all infectious diseases:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/04/rising-global-temperatures-death-toll-infectious-diseases-study
http://www.yahoo.com/news/rising-temperatures-cause-more-deaths-070002305.html
http://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/death-rate-rising-temperatures/
2020-08-04 - Sudden oak death killing many trees on the US West Coast:
http://www.sott.net/article/439253-Sudden-oak-death-has-reached-epidemic-proportions-on-US-West-Coast
2020-08-04 - Zombie cicadas spotted in West Virginia:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/zombie-cicadas-infected-mind-controlling-fungus-west-virginia/
http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/zombie-cicadas-spotted-united-states-180700719.html
2020-08-04 - More heavy rain and flooding hit Yemen, 20 killed:
http://floodlist.com/asia/yemen-floods-august-2020
http://www.sott.net/article/439248-More-floods-leave-at-least-20-dead-in-Yemen
Here's one for ya. We got through the tropical storm with just a little water in the basement (through an old window well cover). Took no more than 5 minutes to mop up. Well, yesterday it was a beautiful sunny day, no wind, no precip and BANG, at 4:15 p.m. our power goes out (for like 4.5 hours! WTF!? All around me (including a hospital) was w/o power, so maybe they took everyone off, fixed a blown transformer or something and restarted us by 8:45 p.m. Up and runnin' nah!
ReplyDeleteToday's post is indicative of our dire circumstances that will further degrade to the point of uninhabitability (is that even a word?) as we traverse the year.
Food Prices Rise To Dangerous Levels As “A Second Wave Of Layoffs” Hits The U.S. Economy
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/food-prices-rise-to-dangerous-levels-as-a-second-wave-of-layoffs-hits-the-u-s-economy
You may have noticed that food prices have started to go up very aggressively. I repeatedly warned my readers that this is precisely what would happen, and more price increases are on the way. Fear of COVID-19 has sparked a tremendous amount of extra demand as Americans have feverishly stocked up their pantries, and at the same time the virus has made it very difficult for the major food companies to keep up. Over the past several months we have seen a large number of food production facilities close down temporarily, food supply chains have been thrown into a state of chaos, and grocery stores have found it increasingly difficult to keep their shelves full. Many years ago I remember sitting in an Econ 101 class as a very young college student, and one of the things that I learned was that prices are going to rise when supply goes down and demand goes up. So it was inevitable that grocery store prices would become more painful, and the latest numbers that have been released by the BEA are definitely quite alarming…
According to data released last week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, almost all kinds of food have seen an increase in its price since February. Beef and veal prices are up a staggering 20.2% since before the pandemic, while other staples like eggs (10.4%), poultry (8.6%) and pork (8.5%) have also seen significant increases. [more]
Thursday, 6 August 2020
It's that time of the year again: Fires fueled by strong Mediterranean winds have raced across the Marseille region of France, leaving at least 22 people injured, destroying businesses and forcing the evacuation of 2,700 tourists
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/08/its-that-time-of-year-again-fires.html
[TOURISTS? You still have tourists?!]
Fires fueled by strong Mediterranean winds have raced across multiple towns in the Marseille region of France, leaving at least 22 people injured, destroying several businesses and forcing the evacuation of 2,700 tourists, nursing home residents and others. Some 1,800 firefighters, backed by planes and helicopters, battled the worst fire through the night around the town of Martigues. They were still working Wednesday to extinguish it more than 14 hours after it broke out Tuesday, according to the local fire service. Its flames spread quickly from a wooded area toward the sea, eight kilometers (five miles) away, sweeping through residential areas and multiple campgrounds. [more]
Explosions in North Korea Kill 9 and Injure at least 30
https://strangesounds.org/2020/08/north-korea-explosion-video-death-injuries.html
On August 3, 2020, a gas explosion lit up the sky of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, North Korea, killing 9 and injuring at least 30 residents.
No fire trucks appeared [to] extinguish the resulting fires, which reportedly raged for one and a half hours.
A source in the area told Daily NK today that gasoline stored in a house in the city’s Tapsong District somehow ignited at around 6:10 PM. This led to the explosion of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder which triggered the explosion of 10 other LPG cylinders attached to nearby houses. [more]
[2nd piece follows]
Tropical Storm Isaias Floods Cars and Homes, Spawns Deadly and Destructive Tornadoes and Knocks Out Power to Hundreds of Thousands From the Carolinas Into Virginia and Maryland
ReplyDeletehttps://strangesounds.org/2020/08/tropical-storm-isaias-deadly-tornadoes-flooding-pouwer-outage-usa-east-coast-video.html
Isaias (pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs) made landfall at 11:10 p.m. Monday at the South Carolina-North Carolina border as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph. It was racing toward the northeast, and tropical storm warnings were raised as far north as Maine. [more; this article details the damage to the south of PA]
Isaias moves into Canada after lashing much of Eastern U.S. and leaving at least 12 people dead
https://watchers.news/2020/08/05/hurricane-isaias-2020-aftermath-damage-casualties/
Post-tropical cyclone Isaias has moved into southeastern Canada after bringing heavy rains, powerful winds, and multiple tornadoes across much of the Eastern U.S., where more than three million people were affected by widespread power outages and at least nine people died. The storm barreled through the Caribbean, hitting Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas, and Florida from July 30 to August 3. It then made a historic landfall in North Carolina on August 4 as the first such storm to touch down in the state since 2011 Irene. At least 1 person died in Puerto Rico and 2 in the Dominican Republic.
As of 09:00 UTC on Wednesday, August 5, 2020, the storm was located near Lac-Croche in Quebec, packing maximum sustained winds of around 64 km/h (40 mph), moving north-northeast at 45 km/h (28 mph), according to the last advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center. [more]
[here's a fun, light read, if interested]
US Universities With Haunted Dorms
https://strangesounds.org/2020/08/us-universities-with-haunted-dorms.html
Outbreak of Life-Threatening Nervous System Condition Mostly Affecting Children Expected in 2020 – And Like Corona, Patients Require Intensive Care and Ventilator Support
https://strangesounds.org/2020/08/outbreak-acute-flaccid-myelitis-afm-usa-children.html
This is expected to be another “outbreak year” for a rare but serious neurologic condition.
Because spikes in confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, have occurred in the United States every two years since 2014.
In a Vital Signs report released Tuesday, the CDC noted that 90% of the 238 cases of AFM diagnosed in 2018 – the most recent and largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history – involved children around 5 years old.
There is no cure for AFM, and the disease can progress rapidly over the course of hours or days, leading to permanent paralysis and life-threatening respiratory failure in previously healthy patients. [more]
Great Lakes hit by first waterspout outbreak of 2020
https://watchers.news/2020/08/06/great-lakes-hit-by-first-waterspout-outbreak-of-2020/
The Great Lakes witnessed their first waterspout outbreak of the 2020 season as dozens of tornadoes were reported over the lakes for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. [more]
[3rd section below]
[i don't know about all this, read it and decide for yourself]
ReplyDeleteThursday, 6 August 2020
Beirut attack: Who did it? Mossad did it
MOSSAD ATTACK? BEIRUT SUFFERS DEVASTATING 9/11-LEVEL TERRORIST ATTACK — Who Did It And Why?
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/beirut-attack-who-did-it-mossad-did-it.html [Fort Russ]
Bottom Line: This type of terrorist operation is how the Zionist leaders of Israel always victimize innocent men, women and children to compel a targeted nation-state to give into their odious and/or insane demands. (Remember 9/11!) However, it is never the people of Israel who are behind these never-ending atrocities; rather, it ‘s the Neocon Zionists who are strategically positioned throughout the Zio-Anglo-American Axis. These perennial terrorists will stop at nothing until their cataclysmic Greater Israel project is completed. [more]
Hal Turner on the Beirut (nuclear) blast yesterday
RADIATION Levels Spike 10X in Mediterranean After Massive Beirut Blast
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/hal-turner-has-changed-what-he-said.html
Hal Turner has changed what he said last night.
"The explosion in Beirut was, in fact, and Israeli attack. The Israeli strike on Beirut was an attack on Iranian armed vessels. Mossad authenticated the Intel."
I don't mind sharing that because lots of others are saying it too. Hal's sources are not the only ones, it seems. [RW]
Veterans Today says Israel hit Beirut with nuclear missile
Israel Hits Beirut with Nuclear Missile, Trump and Lebanese Govt. Confirm (continually updating)
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/veterans-today-says-israel-hit-beirut.html
” First explosion was caused by Gabriel anti ship missile of Israel. The second explosion was caused by Israeli Delilah missile from F16. Our country is in complete jeopardy with this lazy and corrupt regime.” [more]
17.5 million affected, 630 killed by floods in South Asia
https://www.sott.net/article/439328-17-5-million-affected-630-killed-by-floods-in-South-Asia
So far almost 17.5 million people have been affected and more than 630 killed by major floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal according to government figures. Half of Bangladesh's districts are underwater, leaving nearly 1 million families stranded and cut off in their villages. Flooding and landslides in Nepal have left almost 200 people dead or missing. In India, almost 12 million people are affected by the floods mainly in the northern states of Assam and Bihar.
Feroz Salah Uddin, Secretary General, Bangladesh Red Crescent said: "This is one of the biggest monsoon floods we have faced in many years and the worst may be yet to come as we face growing risks of malaria, dengue, diarrhea as well as this worsening COVID-19 pandemic." [more]
[4th part next]
Thousands of hectares of forest in Algeria ravaged by fire - 1,216 wildfires in 2 months
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/439327-Thousands-of-hectares-of-forest-in-Algeria-ravaged-by-fire-1216-wildfires-in-2-months
The country's forestries agency said it had recorded 1,216 fires between June 1 and August 1, destroying some 8,778 hectares, the official APS news agency reported Sunday. On Thursday, Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad set up a monitoring unit to track forest fires and efforts to prevent and control them. The blazes peaked late last month with 66 fires reported on July 27, and civil defence helicopters were called in to extinguish them, the forestry service said.
Algeria has repeatedly experienced forest fires in recent years, but the results of a 2019 enquiry that sought to establish causes were never released. A study by the geography journal Mediterranee found that a lack of forests and creeping desertification were making the fires particularly disastrous.
[more]
Flood situation worsens in Bihar, India with 6.6 million currently affected
https://www.sott.net/article/439326-Flood-situation-worsens-in-Bihar-India-with-6-6-million-currently-affected
The flood situation in Bihar deteriorated on Wednesday as waters from overflowing rivers originating in Nepal inundated fresh areas and the number of affected people rose to 66.60 lakh across 16 districts, a government bulletin said. [more]
Two men killed by lightning strike while cutting tree limbs in Wilmington, North Carolina
https://www.sott.net/article/439325-Two-men-killed-by-lightning-strike-while-cutting-tree-limbs-in-Wilmington-North-Carolina
Wilmington police say two men were killed after they were struck by lightning while cutting tree limbs Wednesday morning.
A nearby house also suffered damage from the strike, including a small attic fire, but no one was injured. [more]
Three cranes collapse at India's biggest container port near Mumbai
https://www.sott.net/article/439324-Three-cranes-collapse-at-Indias-biggest-container-port-near-Mumbai
Three cranes collapsed at India's largest container port on the outskirts of Mumbai due to strong winds on Wednesday, police and port officials said. [more; no injuries]
Heavy rainfall batters Mumbai, India - nearly 8 inches in 4 hours, flooding stops trains
https://www.sott.net/article/439303-Heavy-rainfall-batters-Mumbai-India-nearly-8-inches-in-4-hours-flooding-stops-trains
This is the heaviest spell of rain in the financial capital since 2005, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray told NDTV.
[more; video]
6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu - USGS
https://www.sott.net/article/439286-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-Vanuatu-USGS
[some Thursday headlines from RF]
ReplyDeleteNews Links, August 6, 2020
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/
Record drop in Swedish GDP is still better than most of Europe
Now for the hard part: Argentina must fix economy after debt deal
Gold strides further above $2,000/oz, dollar weakens
As dollar slides, some investors fret about its status as world's reserve currency
Making Money Coming and Going: Why Wall Street Loves Serial Defaulter Argentina
Airline stocks soar after GOP senators push for $25 billion in additional industry aid [it won't help]
American trucks land in Israel to support Iron Dome testing ahead of US Army delivery
NATO Tense as China Makes First Arms Sales in Europe
Trump Confirms 4,000 US Troops to Withdraw From Afghanistan by November Vote
Teheran-Damascus Agreement Prompts Israeli, US Deterrence
IG report: Turkey still aiding Islamic State
U.S. prosecutors do not charge Portland protesters with antifa ties
Thousands protest in Turkey against domestic violence
China poised to power huge growth in global offshore wind energy
US Crude Oil Production Plunged Most Ever, Natural Gas Followed: The Great American Oil & Gas Bust, Phase 2
Iran: decades of unsustainable water use has dried up lakes and caused environmental destruction
Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average [including other reasons, maybe]
The U.S. has the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world: 'The numbers don't lie,' Dr. Fauci says [they DEFINITELY DO!]
Brazil death toll from COVID-19 rises to 97,256: health ministry
What the huge COVID-19 testing undercount in the US means
Beirut Blast Wrap-up
Image cloaking tool thwarts facial recognition programs
Trump's Tantrum Against TikTok Is No Laughing Matter
A United State of Delusion
The Bogus "Recovery," Stress and Burnout
Dr. Fauci says his daughters need security as family continues to get death threats [stop lying about the numbers/tests]
Pompeo's plan for a hierarchy of human rights could serve to undermine them all – including religious freedom