Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-01 - Study suggests there is a 90% chance of human civilization collapsing within decades:
http://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzn5a/theoretical-physicists-say-90-chance-of-societal-collapse-within-several-decades
http://www.ibtimes.sg/scientists-predict-theres-90-chance-civilization-end-will-collapse-within-decades-49295
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8571787/Human-civilization-stands-90-chance-collapse-decades-physicists-claim.html
http://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/1220141/civilisation-irreversible-collapse-20-years-doomsday-study/
http://futurism.com/the-byte/physicists-90-percent-chance-civilization-collapse
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63657-6
Quote: "As per their prediction, civilization has only a 10 percent chance to survive, which they described as the most 'optimistic scenario.'"
Note: These particular scientists come to this conclusion based on resource consumption and deforestation. Other scientists have come to this same conclusion in different ways. They're all right. The human race is on the way out. Our hourglass is running out of sand and the planetary-scale forces now in play have gained such momentum that our fate is sealed...
2020-08-01 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 3:42 AM on Neasden Lane in Neasden (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2020/august/recycling-plant-fire-neasden/
http://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/neasden-fire-live-updates-60-18702265
2020-08-01 - Underground electrical explosion causes power outage in Pella (Iowa):
http://www.oskaloosa.com/news/local_news/underground-cable-explosion-causes-injuries-power-outage/article_dd3a8e88-d406-11ea-9fe2-abb1aa24d409.html
2020-08-01 - Wildfire breaks out, grows to 12,000+ acres, causes evacuations, destroys 1 home, in Riverside County near Beaumont (California):
http://abc7.com/apple-fire-riverside-county-cherry-valley-brush/6347211/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/southern-california-wildfires-apple-fire-evacuations
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/02/residents-forced-evacuate-apple-fire-burns-control-california/
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-31/apple-fire-in-riverside-county-triggers-evacuations
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/07/31/evacuations-ordered-as-apple-fire-burns-60-acres-in-cherry-valley-threatens-homes/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/riverside-county-cherry-valley-wildfires-brush-fire-evacuations/2406223/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southern-california-wildfire-spreads-amid-scorching-temperatures-forces-evacuations-n1235584
Note: Beaumont, that sounds familiar. Oh, right, an RV burst into flame on I-10 in Beaumont the day before, mentioned in the 2020-07-31 update. And the day before that, an RV burst into flame on Highway 60 near Beaumont, mentioned in the 2020-07-30 update...
2020-08-01 - Wildfires rage for months across Paraná River delta wetland in Argentina:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/argentina-delta-fire
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/30/argentina-delta-fires-rage-out-of-control-parana-river
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/08/south-america-on-fire.html
Quote: "Forest fires have raged for months across Argentina’s delta wetland, threatening a major ecosystem with total destruction, experts warn. Severe drought led to the Paraná River shriveling to its lowest level in decades, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. As the shrinking river has caused economic damage -- grounding several ships and forcing companies to reduce cargo loads in order to navigate the shallower depths -- it also has allowed increased fire activity in the delta. Fires have raged for months now, with infernos visible from miles away, the Guardian reported."
Quote: "'Everything is burning, it’s completely out of control,' Leonel Mingo, a spokesperson for Greenpeace Argentina, told the Guardian. 'Once a fire reaches that scale, it becomes virtually impossible to stop.'"
2020-08-01 - Wildfires surging in the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/fires-brazils-amazon-rainforest-surge-133655559.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment/fires-in-brazils-amazon-rainforest-surge-in-july-worst-in-recent-days-idUSKBN24X3SW
2020-08-01 - Man has 'medical emergency' in the water and loses consciousness, in critical condition, in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/man-in-critical-condition-after-being-found-unconscious-in-water-off-virginia-beach-oceanfront/291-728d322b-1924-4e9a-8b19-a77211024bb5
Quote: "According to a police department spokesperson, he lost consciousness while swimming. Police, EMS, and Lifeguards responded and provided life-saving services to the adult male. The spokesperson said their initial investigation indicates that the man may have had some sort of medical emergency, which caused him to lose consciousness. The man was transported to a local hospital where he's listed in critical condition."
2020-08-01 - Deadly heatwave forecast to bring temps of up to 122F to the southwestern US:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-heatwave-forecast-southwestern-us-152723243.html
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/deadly-heatwave-forecast-for-southwestern-us-forecasters-warn/ar-BB17snqv
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/heatwave-us-arizona-california-nevada-weather-record-temperatures-climate-a9649701.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53618473
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-02 - Car goes up in flames and kills person on highway near coastal Nelligen (Australia):
http://aboutregional.com.au/one-person-dead-in-car-fire-near-nelligen/
Quote: "The Live Traffic NSW website reported that one person was trapped in a car that was on fire. A spokesperson for NSW Police confirmed that the person, who is yet to be identified, was found dead at the scene. 'Officers from the South Coast Police District were called to the Kings Highway at Nelligen following reports that a car was on fire on the side of the road. The sole occupant of the vehicle, who is yet to be formally identified, was declared deceased at the scene.'"
2020-08-02 - Electrical substation damaged by explosion in coastal Nags Head (North Carolina), blackouts ensue:
http://www.obxtoday.com/top-stories/explosion-rocks-substation-in-nags-head-cutting-power-to-thousands/
http://www.outerbanksvoice.com/2020/08/02/substation-explosion-leaves-thousands-without-power/
2020-08-02 - Wildfire grows to 31 square miles near Beaumont (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20200803-71069-USA
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/wildland/news/21148567/ca-wildfire-prompts-nearly-8k-to-evacuate
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/over-7000-people-evacuated-due-to-apple-fire-in-southern-california/33490801
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-31/apple-fire-in-riverside-county-triggers-evacuations
http://www.wtae.com/article/over-7000-people-evacuated-due-to-apple-fire-in-southern-california/33490801
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2020/aug/03/californias-apple-fire-the-wildfire-in-pictures
http://time.com/5874743/apple-fire-wildfire-california-covid-19/
http://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/apple-fire-rages-on
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53632779
2020-08-02 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Pikeview Reservoir (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/2020/08/02/toxic-blue-green-algae-found-at-pikeview-reservoir/
2020-08-02 - Man, 39, has 'medical emergency' while swimming in Lake Cumberland at park, dies shortly later, in Pulaski County (Kentuckt):
http://www.wtvq.com/2020/08/02/lexington-man-dies-in-pulaski-county-park/
http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/kentucky/update-lexington-swimmer-dies-at-pulaski-county-park/article_c8096952-d5d3-11ea-bce3-bb27dd779dff.html
Quote: "A 39-year old Lexington man died in Pulaski County Park on Sunday afternoon after suffering some kind of medical emergency, according to a report in the Commonwealth Journal."
Quote: "The man apparently was in the water when the incident happened. Family members pulled him to shore where he was pronounced dead around 1:30 p.m., according to the report."
2020-08-02 - Man, 38, has 'medical episode' on jet ski and topples into the water, in serious condition, at coastal Sands Point (New York):
http://dailyvoice.com/new-york/suffolk/news/man-suffers-medical-episode-while-jet-skiing-on-long-island-police-say/791855/
http://talkofthesound.com/2020/08/04/new-rochelle-police-aids-long-island-jet-skier-who-suffered-medical-episode/
http://patch.com/new-york/portwashington/jet-skier-rescued-near-sands-point-airlifted-hospital
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/port-washington-sound-rescue-1.47693829
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=766184260814114&id=438601136905763
Quote: "The 38-year-old man from Queens suffered a medical episode while jet skiing in Sands Point at approximately 6:50 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2 when he was found face down in the water by a witness."
2020-08-02 - Woman becomes distressed while swimming, dies shortly later, off coastal Centre Island (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/oysterbay/distressed-swimmer-near-centre-island-dies-hospital
Quote: "Nassau County police were called around 9 a.m. Saturday for a report of a male and female on a boat in the rear of Montecito Drive. The female became distressed while swimming in the water and a police helicopter was sent to help. She was taken to a hospital and a doctor declared her dead around 10:30 a.m. Saturday."
2020-08-02 - Man, 64, dies after being found unconscious in the water at coastal Island Beach State Park (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2020/08/03/florida-man-dies-while-swimming-off-island-beach-state-park/5575688002/
http://whyy.org/articles/fisherman-dies-after-rescued-from-ocean-off-island-beach-state-park/
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/lakeland/news/1611039134048/florida-man-dies-while-swimming-off-island-beach-state-park
Quote: "A man from Florida died Saturday afternoon after possibly suffering a medical episode while swimming in the park, authorities said."
2020-08-02 - Man, 40, jumps into the water then loses consciousness within moments, dies shortly later, off coastal Crab Island (Florida):
http://www.fox10tv.com/news/us_world_news/fort-walton-beach-man-dies-saturday-after-reportedly-diving-into-waters-near-crab-island/article_cf49a94c-d5a2-11ea-a99c-4f3a2f42ecc5.html
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/fort-walton-beach/news/1610896455384/fort-walton-beach-man-dies-saturday-after-reportedly-diving-into-waters-near-crab-island
http://weartv.com/news/local/man-40-dies-after-diving-into-shallow-waters-at-crab-island
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20200803/fort-walton-beach-man-dies-after-diving-into-water-at-crab-island
Quote: "Witnesses say 40-year-old Craig Hanrahan dove off the center console boat around 3:15 p.m. and was seen floating face down moments later."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-03 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 30-40 cars burn, on London Road in Daventry (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-53647752
http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackling-blaze-daventry-scrapyard-huge-plume-smoke-visible-miles-2932083
http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/pictures-daventry-scrapyard-fire-large-plume-smoke-billowing-across-northamptonshire-2932093
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackling-blaze-daventry-scrapyard-huge-plume-smoke-visible-miles-2932083
http://www.northantslive.news/news/northamptonshire-news/live-huge-fire-burns-daventry-4392114
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/1611302769933/daventry-scrapyard-fire-about-40-cars-and-vans-catch-fire
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/police-rule-out-arson-possible-cause-massive-blaze-daventry-scrapyard-2932412
Quote: "A large fire at a scrapyard has sent a huge plume of black smoke into the sky and caused a main road to be closed. The blaze at Intapart car parts on London Road in Daventry broke out at about 20:00 BST and has led to the A45 into the town from the M1 being shut. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue has warned residents to keep windows closed and motorists to avoid the area. Smoke from the fire can been seen more than 30 miles away in Leicestershire, according to social media reports."
Quote: "Between 30 and 40 cars at the site were on fire."
2020-08-03 - Recycling center erupts in flame at 3:20 AM on Loveridge Road in Pittsburg (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/03/firefighters-extingiush-blaze-at-contra-costa-county-recycling-center/
2020-08-03 - Wildfire grows to 32 square miles near Beaumont (California), smoke blows all the way to Phoenix:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/apple-fire-california-smoke-phoenix-arizona-wildfire-hot-weather-heat-firefighters-riverside-county
2020-08-03 - Wildfire grows to 11,400 acres near Kanab (Utah):
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/fire-burns-over-11-000-acres-along-utah-arizona-border/article_4b9dffaa-bc09-56ba-805a-84bf3aadd1af.html
2020-08-03 - Wildfire breaks out on Bird Island in Flathead Lake (Montana):
http://missoulian.com/news/local/cskt-fire-burns-on-bird-island/article_8fb86e07-17b2-5765-99e6-c4d730fc5db6.html
http://www.ktvq.com/news/fire-watch/wildfire-reported-on-flathead-lakes-bird-island
2020-08-03 - Killer heatwaves are turning apocalyptic in Death Valley, Iraq, and Kuwait with temperatures of up to 127F:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/08/dangerous-heatwaves-extreme-temperatures-usa-iraq-kuwait-death-valley-phoenix.html
2020-08-03 - Person has 'medical event' at beach in coastal Patea (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/122339869/person-flown-to-hospital-following-medical-at-south-taranaki-beach
http://newzealand.shafaqna.com/EN/AL/694588
Quote: "The Taranaki Rescue Helicopter has transported a person to hospital after a medical event at a South Taranaki beach. Fire and Emergency New Zealand were asked to set up a landing zone for the chopper in Patea at 11.10am on Tuesday."
2020-08-03 - Man goes into cardiac arrest at beach in coastal Portmarnock (Ireland):
http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/young-lifeguards-praised-fantastic-job-18710294
http://extra.ie/2020/08/03/news/irish-news/dublin-beach-man-resuscitated
Quote: "Four young lifeguards have been praised for doing a 'fantastic job' after they were called in to help out a middle-aged man at a North Dublin beach today. The man was attended to by the lifeguards, who gave him CPR before Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene."
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
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-05 - Land Rover and Jaguar showroom and vehicles destroyed by huge fire at 1:30 AM in Stockport (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/huge-blaze-land-rover-jaguar-18724000
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/devastating-blaze-land-rover-jaguar-18724180
http://www.am-online.com/news/dealer-news/2020/08/06/blaze-tears-through-sytner-s-landmark-stockport-jlr-dealership
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2020-08-06/cars-destroyed-after-huge-fire-at-land-rover-and-jaguar-showroom-in-stockport
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/stockport-fire-huge-blaze-at-land-rover-and-jaguar-dealers-as-smoke-and-flames-fill-night-sky/ar-BB17D09h
Quote: "A huge blaze tore through a car showroom on an industrial estate in the early hours of this morning in Stockport. Explosions could be heard as the fire ripped through the Guy Salmon Land Rover and Jaguar showroom in the early hours of this morning, according to local reports. A fire service spokesman said the fire involved a 'number of vehicles' and a building."
Quote: "The Guy Salmon Land Rover and Jaguar showroom in Stockport looked more like a 'car graveyard' in the aftermath of the fire this morning."
2020-08-05 - Wildfires rage through towns near coastal Marseille (France), 22 injured, thousands evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=WF-20200805-71079-FRA
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-wildfires-marseille-injured-evacuated-fire-latest-a9656011.html
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/marseille-wildfires-france-martigues-evacuations-a4516876.html
http://www.dw.com/en/thousands-evacuated-in-france-as-forest-fires-rage-near-marseille/a-54443041
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/fire-ravages-campsite-near-marseille/vi-BB17B4Fk
http://metro.co.uk/2020/08/05/22-people-injured-wildfire-rages-southern-france-13086783/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/08/its-that-time-of-year-again-fires.html
Quote: "Wildfires have torn through several towns near Marseille in France, leaving at least 22 people injured and forcing the evacuation of 2,700 people. Around 1,800 firefighters supported by planes and helicopters battled the worst fire through the night around the town of Martigues."
2020-08-05 - More than 1,200 wildfires in two months burn across Algeria:
http://north-africa.com/2020/08/algeria-thousands-of-hectares-of-forests-in-algeria-ravaged-by-fire/
http://www.sott.net/article/439327-Thousands-of-hectares-of-forest-in-Algeria-ravaged-by-fire-1216-wildfires-in-2-months
2020-08-05 - Crane bursts into flame at business near Magna (Utah):
http://gephardtdaily.com/local/unified-fire-crews-assist-kennecott-with-heavy-equipment-fire/
http://www.newsbreak.com/utah/magna/news/1612303516435/fire-destroys-crane-at-kennecott-worth-750k
Quote: "A follow-up tweet at 11:30 a.m. said: 'A crane doing maintenance work caught fire, the crane is a total loss. Estimated at $750K. Fire is out.'"
2020-08-05 - Three-quarters of adults with COVID-19 have heart damage:
http://www.emsworld.com/news/1224673/jama-three-quarters-adults-covid-19-have-heart-damage
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/07/27/Three-quarters-of-adults-with-COVID-19-have-heart-damage-after-recovery/5451595856303/
http://www.livescience.com/covid-19-causes-heart-damage-healthy-people.html
2020-08-05 - Naked man attacks businesses with hammer at 2:28 AM, acts agitated, injures himself, in Bakersfield (California):
http://www.kget.com/news/crime-watch/naked-man-arrested-for-breaking-windows-with-a-hammer/
Quote: "Bakersfield police arrested a naked man who broke business windows with a hammer in southeast Bakersfield overnight. Multiple businesses were damaged on East Brundage Lane, near Highway 58 around 2:27 a.m. Wednesday. The man was arrested for felony vandalism and was transported to an area hospital for treatment on a self-inflected wound and agitated behavior, according to BPD."
2020-08-05 - Half-naked man, 30, attacks two Walmart employees then strips naked and flees, in Breaux Bridge (Louisiana):
http://www.wafb.com/2020/08/06/video-half-naked-man-caught-camera-punching-walmart-employees-breaux-bridge/
http://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/national/caught-on-video-half-naked-man-punches-72-year-old-walmart-employee/
http://fox2now.com/news/national/half-naked-louisiana-man-caught-on-video-punching-72-year-old-walmart-employee/
http://kdvr.com/news/national/half-naked-man-caught-on-video-punching-72-year-old-walmart-employee/
http://www.wane.com/news/crime/caught-on-video-half-naked-man-punches-72-year-old-walmart-employee/
http://whnt.com/news/caught-on-video-half-naked-man-punches-72-year-old-walmart-employee/
Quote: "Police say Zenon strikes a second victim, a 68-year-old man, before stripping to his 'birthday suit' and fleeing the store Zenon was apprehended a short while later and issued an order of protective custody while he undergoes an evaluation at a local hospital, Cantu said."
2020-08-05 - Naked man walks in traffic, man gets out of car and punches him, in Russia:
http://www.the-sun.com/news/1267320/naked-man-street-russia-punch/
http://nypost.com/2020/08/06/naked-man-blocking-traffic-gets-knocked-out-by-fed-up-driver/
http://www.tmz.com/2020/08/06/naked-man-blocking-traffic-knocked-out-cold/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-06 - Much of the last intact ice shelf in Canada collapses:
http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Canada-s-last-intact-ice-shelf-collapses-due-to-15467608.php
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/canadas-intact-ice-shelf-collapses-due-warming-72242095
http://www.kold.com/2020/08/07/canadas-last-intact-ice-shelf-collapses-due-warming/
http://www.wdio.com/weather/canadas-last-intact-ice-shelf-collapses-due-to-warming/5820221/
http://time.com/5877629/canada-milne-ice-shelf-collapse/
Quote: "Much of Canada's remaining intact ice shelf has broken apart into hulking iceberg islands thanks to a hot summer and global warming, scientists said. Canada's 4,000-year-old Milne Ice Shelf on the northwestern edge of Ellesmere Island had been the country's last intact ice shelf until the end of July when ice analyst Adrienne White of the Canadian Ice Service noticed that satellite photos showed that about 43% of it had broken off. She said it happened around July 30 or 31. Two giant icebergs formed along with lots of smaller ones, and they have already started drifting away, White said. The biggest is nearly the size of Manhattan — 21 square miles (55 square kilometers) and 7 miles long (11.5 kilometers). They are 230 to 260 feet (70 to 80 meters) thick."
2020-08-06 - Unusually warm temps destabilizing glacier, people evacuated from the town of Courmayeur (Italy):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20200806-71087-ITA
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/06/italian-homes-evacuated-risk-mont-blanc-glacier-ice-planpincieux
http://www.thelocal.it/20200806/tourists-evacuated-from-italian-alps-over-fear-of-falling-ice-mont-blanc
Quote: "The movement of the glacial mass was due to 'anomalous temperature trends', the experts said."
2020-08-06 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane returns to Norwich (Britain):
http://www.the-sun.com/news/1263360/mid-air-emergency-forces-aberdeen-flight-to-turn-back/
Quote: "Smoke was smelt on board but we don’t know where it was coming from."
2020-08-06 - Small plane bursts into flame on the runway at airport in Novato (California):
http://www.marinij.com/2020/08/06/plane-fire-at-marin-county-airport-shuts-down-runway/
Quote: "A small plane caught fire Thursday morning at the Marin County Airport in Novato, triggering a temporary closure of the runway."
Note: These are the 37th and 38th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-06 - Car bursts into flame at 1:15 AM while parked at home, fire spreads, 2 homes destroyed, 3 more damaged, in coastal Ocean Isle Beach (North Carolina):
http://abc11.com/homes-catch-fire-at-ocean-isle-beach-days-after-isaias/6357030/
http://www.wral.com/person-airlifted-to-unc-hospitals-after-another-large-fire-at-ocean-isle-beach/19222272/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/several-homes-catch-fire-ocean-isle-beach-days-after-isaias/3773O6URLBHV3GSZ4RCYMJ32EU/
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/06/crews-respond-massive-overnight-fire-ocean-isle-beach/
http://www.wect.com/2020/08/06/crews-respond-massive-overnight-fire-ocean-isle-beach/
http://twitter.com/hcfirerescue/status/1291263638720970754
Quote: "The fire is believed to have started from a car parked underneath the home."
Quote: "At least one person was injured Thursday when a second massive fire ravaged several homes at Ocean Isle Beach only days after the first."
Quote: "Mayor Debbie Smith said two homes were a total loss and three were damaged."
2020-08-06 - Massive landfill fire rages in Jackson (Alabama):
http://www.wkrg.com/local-news/fire-reported-at-clarke-county-landfill/
2020-08-06 - Wildfire breaks out in the Andes Mountains near Cusco (Peru), 7 killed:
http://andina.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-forest-fire-under-control-in-manu-buffer-zone-808908.aspx
http://www.oann.com/peruvian-forest-fire-rips-through-andes-mountains-killing-7/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-07 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits coastal Crystal River (Florida):
http://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/mystery-gas-smell-baffles-residents-officials/article_691f5f6c-d8c8-11ea-b13a-6f87443ff228.html
Quote: "If you live anywhere in the vicinity of Crystal River — from roughly Rock Crusher Road to U.S. 19 — you probably caught an unpleasant odor of gas Friday morning. The Chronicle received numerous phone calls from residents who wanted to know where the smell was coming from. Tom Fletcher, battalion chief for Citrus County Fire Rescue, said he also got calls and so decided to check it out. Bottom line: it’s a mystery."
2020-08-07 - Underground electrical fire and explosion causes street closures in York (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/08/manhole-explosion-in-york-forces-street-closures.html
http://www.abc27.com/news/local/york/several-streets-closed-after-manhole-explosion-in-york/
2020-08-07 - Landfill fire breaks out in coastal Chula Vista (California):
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2020-08-07/chula-vista-crews-fighting-landfill-fire
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1157584893/chula-vista-crews-fighting-landfill-fire
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/riverside/chula-vista-crews-fighting-landfill-fire/
2020-08-07 - Wildfire breaks out and spreads to golf course in Surrey (Britain):
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/07/fire-crews-battle-huge-wall-of-flames-blaze-in-surrey
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/08/surrey-fire-service-major-incident-100-homes-evacuated-chobham-common
2020-08-07 - At least 21 wildfires break out in Bulgaria, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20200808-71092-BGR
http://www.novinite.com/articles/205624/Bulgaria%3A+State+of+Emergancy+Declared++in+Harmanli%2C+Haskovo%2C+Dimitrovgrad+and+Topolovgrad%2C+Part+of+Maritsa+Motorway+is+Closed
Quote: "The regional governor of Haskovo, Dr. Stefka Zdravkova, declared a state of emergency in four municipalities - Harmanli, Haskovo, Dimitrovgrad and Topolovgrad. The reason for the decision is the fires that broke out today in the area. 6 large and 15 smaller fires were registered."
2020-08-07 - Man, 31, slumps over dead in minivan, minivan lightly crashes into fence, in Ogden (Utah):
http://www.standard.net/police-fire/ogden-man-found-dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-fence-cause-unknown/article_08f640ad-2331-51a0-8f37-a4c3927320ed.html
Quote: "A 31-year-old man who was en route to visit friends Friday was found dead, slumped over the steering wheel after his minivan crashed into a fence. 'As he was pulling into the driveway, his car hit the fence,' Ogden Police Lt. John Cox said. 'They went out to see who hit the fence and found him slumped over the wheel.' A resident there said they had talked to the man an hour before."
Quote: "The crash damaged the fence but not the minivan, and no one else was injured, Cox said."
2020-08-07 - Man has 'medical incident' and collapses near Slessor Gardens in coastal Dundee (Scotland):
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/medical-incident-at-slessor/
Quote: "A man was taken to Ninewells Hospital after a medical incident near Slessor Gardens."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-08 - Industrial building rocked by explosion and fire at port in coastal Newhaven (Britain):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12348973/newhaven-fire-sussex-explosion-blaze/
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/08/08/breaking-news-massive-explosion-near-brighton-reported/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-newhaven-explosion-sparks-huge-22489216
http://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/huge-black-smoke-cloud-rises-18738102
http://metro.co.uk/2020/08/08/explosion-seaside-port-sees-thick-black-smoke-pouring-sky-13101724/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1320344/East-sussex-fire-Newhaven-seaside-port-beach-road-smoke-fire-fighters-emergency-video
2020-08-08 - Chemical factory heavily damaged by fire in coastal Gujarat (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/08/massive-fire-at-chemical-factory-in-gujarats-valsad-2180819.html
http://twitter.com/ANI/status/1292017582594170880
2020-08-08 - Battery recycling center heavily damaged by massive fire in the Campbellfield suburb of coastal Melbourne (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-09/fire-at-battery-recycling-factory-in-campbellfield/12538948
http://www.9news.com.au/national/campbellfield-fire-over-sixty-firefighters-battle-huge-blaze-at-melbourne-battery-factory/4b9f60da-e1d5-4f4c-80a9-47611c3452ce
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=288551949100356
2020-08-08 - In separate incidents, two train cars carrying wood pellets burst into flame in coastal Vancouver (Canada):
http://www.nsnews.com/news/north-van-emergency-crews-respond-to-rail-car-fires-1.24183383
Quote: "Firefighters responded to a call at the 2100 block of McKeen Avenue just before 10 p.m. Friday night for reports that a rail car that was transporting wood pellets was on fire. Around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, crews were called back to the industrial area after a 911-caller reported lots of smoke in the area. When crews got there, another rail car with wood pellets on board was on fire."
2020-08-08 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, in the Shippan area in coastal Stamford (Connecticut):
http://www.stamfordfire.com/2020/08/08/shippan-vehicle-fire-extends-to-house/
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Residential-structure-damaged-by-fire-in-Shippan-15471008.php
http://www.nhregister.com/local/article/Residential-structure-damaged-by-fire-in-Shippan-15471008.php
2020-08-08 - Man loses consciousness after snorkeling in coastal Worbarrow Bay (Britain):
http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/18639147.dorset-incidents-add-record-rescue-numbers-weekend/
Quote: "Paramedics and coastguards were called to Worbarrow Bay on Saturday, when a man fell unconscious after a snorkelling trip."
2020-08-08 - Woman has 'medical incident' at Kennywood Park along the Monongahela River in West Mifflin (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/08/09/kennywood-guest-hospitalized-after-non-ride-related-medical-incident/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/video/kennywood-guest-taken-to-hospital-after-non-ride-medical-incident/vp-BB17KHeR
http://news.yahoo.com/kennywood-guest-taken-hospital-non-123618457.html
2020-08-08 - Man acts erratically, damages car, gets arrested and dies, in DeKalb County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-dies-after-being-detained-by-dekalb-police/85-3f940418-e62f-40b5-9fa0-7344d158fcb9
Quote: "DeKalb Police now say officers used only minimum restraints on a man who ultimately died in their custody - an effort to keep him from hurting himself after he allegedly exhibited 'erratic behavior.' Police said the man, who has not been identified, began 'striking and damaging the police car' of an off-duty officer in the drive-thru of a Burger King on Evans Mill Road shortly after 3 p.m."
2020-08-09 - Unknown rotten egg odor blows through coastal Port Moody (Canada):
http://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/what-is-the-mysterious-smell-wafting-through-port-moody-1.13211800
http://www.tricitynews.com/news/mystery-smell-not-dangerous-port-moody-fire-chief-says-1.24183884
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/what-is-the-mysterious-smell-wafting-through-port-moody-1.5059093
Quote: "Port Moody Fire Rescue has not responded to a request for more information from CTV News, including how people have described the stench. On social media, one man said it smelled 'like rotten eggs.'"
Quote: "Fortis was also called and the natural gas company said it was not a natural gas leak, according to Coulson. 'They eliminated that possibility early on.'"
Quote: "Port Moody residents who woke up Sunday with a noxious smell pervading their homes and yards can rest assured the stink wasn’t dangerous, says the Port Moody fire department. But Chief Ron Coulson told The Tri-City News he still doesn’t know what caused the smell that wafted through College Park and Glenayre late Saturday night through Sunday."
Note: If they don't know what it was then they can't know that it's not dangerous...
2020-08-09 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits property on Wymark View in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Wymark View, Grimsby. Sun 9 Aug 2020 18:36 (No:014613) Concerns for smell of gas in property. Gas detection in use by Fire Service and no gas located."
2020-08-09 - Man, 55, gets into the water at beach and has 'medical episode', in serious condition, in coastal Eastney (Britain):
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/man-55-serious-stable-condition-after-having-medical-episode-water-eastney-beach-2937445
http://www.pressreader.com/uk/portsmouth-news/20200811/281569473081377
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=114450942417&story_fbid=10158583520292418
Quote: "We were called just before 8pm yesterday, August 9, to Eastney Esplanade after a 55-year-old man suffered a medical episode in the water."
Note: Right across the English Channel from France, where people and animals have been getting killed by hydrogen sulfide along the Brittany Coast...
2020-08-09 - Woman has 'medical incident' at coastal Bossiney Cove Beach (Britain):
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/update-after-woman-airlifted-hospital-4412961
Quote: "We were called on Sunday at 2.23pm about a medical incident at Bossiney Cove beach, near Tintagel."
2020-08-09 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Sparta (North Carolina), strongest North Carolina earthquake since 1916:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/us/north-carolina-earthquake-charlotte/index.html
http://www.wxii12.com/article/51-magnitude-quake-rocks-north-carolina/33555174
http://www.newsbreak.com/north-carolina/sparta/news/1614383214262/did-you-feel-it-usgs-reported-a-magnitude-51-earthquake-near-sparta-nc-sunday-morning
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article244834402.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/us/nc-earthquake.html
Quote: "In fact, it was the strongest earthquake in the state since 1916, according to the National Weather Service, when a 5.2 magnitude quake occurred near Skyland, just outside of Asheville."
2020-08-09 - SOTT Earth changes summary for July 2020, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/439515-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-July-2020-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnC8yOJ7EbQ
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-10 - Passenger plane spits fire from engines after loud bang, plane makes emergency landing in Manchester (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/manchester-airport-jet2-plane-flames-18747234
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/jet2-flight-circles-skies-after-18746937
http://metro.co.uk/2020/08/10/loud-bang-flames-seen-coming-plane-take-off-manchester-13110215/
http://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/manchester-airport-flight-jet-2-18746874
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jet2-statement-plane-forced-return-18747006
Quote: "A Jet2 plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Manchester Airport. People reported hearing a 'loud bang' not long after the plane took off. Some on the ground reported seeing 'flames coming out of one of the engines'."
2020-08-10 - Passenger plane hit by smoke at airport in Roanoke (Virginia):
http://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/08/10/passengers-evacuated-after-smoke-found-in-plane-cockpit-at-roanoke-blacksburg-regional-airport/
http://roanoke.com/news/local/smoke-in-cockpit-disrupts-flight-preparing-to-depart-roanoke/article_143e7d62-d43e-52ff-9946-78bb05b369d5.html
http://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/incident-at-roanoke-blacksburg-regional-airport-firetrucks-surround-american-airlines-plane/
http://www.wsls.com/video/news/2020/08/10/smoke-found-in-plane-cockpit-at-roanoke-airport/
Quote: "Passengers on a flight heading to Philadelphia from Roanoke were evacuated due to smoke in the cockpit, according to a Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport spokesperson."
Note: These are the 39th and 40th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-10 - Minibus bursts into flame and burns person to death, many others injured, on expressway near coastal Lagos (Nigeria):
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/08/one-roasted-to-death-others-injured-as-fire-guts-bus-on-lagos-ibadan-expressway/
Quote: "A yet-to-be-identified passenger was Monday, roasted to death while many other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries, when a commercial bus with number plate LSD-715XV, suddenly went up in flames on the Ogun State axis of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway."
2020-08-10 - Waste facility hit by fire, 90 tons of waste burns, near Grantham (Britain):
http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/firefighters-tackle-huge-fire-for-14-hours-at-county-waste-transfer-station-near-grantham-9119199/
2020-08-10 - Co-generator plant damaged by fire at JFK Airport in coastal Queens (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/fdny-responds-to-fire-at-jfk-airport/6364744/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-fire-jfk-building-20200811-zsenfwgk5bfpfaimt3dccvfqke-story.html
2020-08-10 - Crane bursts into flame at shipping terminal in coastal Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/08/jersey-city-and-bayonne-fire-departments-fight-crane-fire-at-container-port.html
http://www.nj.com/galleries/DMUTAMCO5VD2JJPJRNSWUFCTJY/
2020-08-10 - Mount Sinabung erupts powerfully in Indonesia:
http://news.yahoo.com/indonesias-mt-sinabung-blasts-tower-071953004.html
http://gulfnews.com/photos/news/photos-indonesias-mt-sinabung-blasts-tower-of-smoke-and-ash-into-sky-1.1597055043029
http://mb.com.ph/2020/08/10/indonesias-mt-sinabung-blasts-tower-of-smoke-and-ash-into-sky/
http://watchers.news/2020/08/10/sinabung-eruption-august-10-2020/
2020-08-10 - Sea lice spreading on the coast in New Jersey:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/uptick-in-sea-lice-leads-to-itchy-situation-at-jersey-shore-beaches/2497590/
http://www.newsbreak.com/pennsylvania/jersey-shore/news/1615290883166/uptick-in-sea-lice-leads-to-itchy-situation-at-jersey-shore-beaches
http://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2020/08/that-itchy-feeling-after-swimming-in-the-ocean-likely-sea-lice.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-11 - Person found dead at home, chemical odor reported, deputy sickened, in Forest Hill (Maryland):
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/harford-county-deputy-transported-to-hospital-after-exposure-to-chemical-odor/33579615
http://www.newsbreak.com/maryland/forest-hill/safety/1616011650876/police-deputy-transported-to-hospital-after-exposure-to-chemical-odor
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/hazmat-incident-man-found-dead-in-harford-co-home-deputy-feels-ill
Quote: "A Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy was transported to the hospital after he was overcome by a chemical odor in Forest Hill. According to police, around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, deputies responded to the unit block of Chestnut Hill Road for the report of an unattended death. A deputy who entered the residence was overcome by the chemical odor and exited the residence."
2020-08-11 - Unknown foul odor blows through Nuneaton (Britain):
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/mystery-surrounds-awful-smell-lingering-18751352
Quote: "Mystery surrounds the awful smell that has been lingering over Nuneaton. It has been pretty pongy across the town for the past 24 hours."
2020-08-11 - Car goes up in flames and burns person to death on I-295 ramp in Hamilton Township (New Jersey):
http://6abc.com/car-fire-leaves-driver-dead-in-new-jersey-police/6368073/
http://6abc.com/hamilton-township-car-fire-i-295-mercer-county-new-jersey/6368073/
http://www.nj.com/mercer/2020/08/driver-dies-in-car-fire-at-highway-exit-ramp-state-police-say.html
Quote: "A driver has died after a vehicle went up in flames on Monday night in Mercer County, New Jersey. It happened just before 8 p.m. on the northbound lane of I-295 on the Exit 60 ramp to I-195 in Hamilton Township. New Jersey State Police confirm to Action News that the driver of a Toyota Corolla died in the blaze."
2020-08-11 - Person burns to death in burning SUV in Roseville (California):
http://goldcountrymedia.com/news/175706/person-found-dead-after-mondays-car-fire/
http://www.kcra.com/article/roseville-police-investigate-after-person-found-dead-inside-burned-vehicle/33568985
http://www.abc10.com/video/news/local/roseville/body-found-by-roseville-firefighters/103-016425dd-3bc2-426c-a2c5-bc21cf65af21
http://fox40.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-grass-fires-burning-near-roseville-neighborhoods/
Quote: "Roseville police initially deemed called the death suspicious, but have since said there is no foul play."
2020-08-11 - Passenger bus bursts into flame and burns 5 people to death, 27 more injured, on highway in Karnataka (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20200812-71106-IND
http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/5-dead-27-injured-as-bus-catches-fire-in-karnatakas-chitradurga-2278093
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bengaluru/5-charred-to-death-after-private-bus-catches-fire-in-karnataka-s-chitradurga/story-2Uo35JistKWDGOJbVWXZlI.html
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-karnataka-5-people-including-an-infant-burned-alive-27-injured-after-bus-catches-fire-in-hiriyur-near-chitradurga-2837244
http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/five-dead-bengaluru-bound-bus-catches-fire-karnataka-s-chitradurga-130569
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/5-killed-as-bus-catches-fire-in-karnatakas-chitradurga-125504
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/five-killed-as-bus-catches-fire-in-karnataka/1914142/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-08/12/c_139284683.htm
http://twitter.com/LogicalIndians/status/1293421090971119617
http://twitter.com/JantaKaReporter/status/1293410702674112513
Quote: "The private bus was said to be carrying 32 passengers when it caught fire on National Highway 4 at KR Halli in Hiriyur taluk of the district. Among the dead are two children and a woman. The bus is said to have caught fire after it developed some engine trouble."
Note: This is the 193rd bus to burn in 2020...
2020-08-11 - Warming world will be devastating for frozen peatlands:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53726487
http://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-warming-world-devastating-191003905.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/tundra-burns-cannot-afford-climate-123421251.html
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/08/10/climate-change-warming-world-will-be-devastating-for-frozen-peatlands/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-12 - Lake mysteriously turns blood red overnight in Paraguay:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/08/lake-paraguay-turns-red-video.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX80-dNoKN8
Quote: "First green, the water became light pink, before turning completely red overnight. A strong smell is also associated with the color. The smell is so bad that it is almost getting impossible to sit outside."
2020-08-12 - Last decade was Earth's hottest on record as climate crisis accelerates:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/12/hottest-decade-climate-crisis-2019
http://www.yahoo.com/news/last-decade-earths-hottest-record-155124274.html
2020-08-12 - Phoenix breaks record for number of days of 110F+ heat:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/phoenix-breaks-record-days-scorching-185538937.html
http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article244880852.html
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/511504-phoenix-breaks-its-own-record-for-most-110-degree-days-in-a-year
2020-08-12 - Heatwave set to broil California:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-12/california-will-sizzle-this-weekend-raising-specter-of-outages
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-sizzle-weekend-raising-specter-193336935.html
2020-08-12 - Pools of water atop sea ice in the Arctic may lead it to melt away sooner than expected:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/10082020/arctic-sea-ice-melt-pools-warming-climate
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/08/11/pools-of-water-atop-sea-ice-in-the-arctic-may-lead-it-to-melt-away-sooner-than-expected/
Quote: "Observations show melt ponds forming earlier and persisting longer. Their blue water is darker than the white ice surrounding them, so they absorb more warmth from the sun."
2020-08-12 - Freakish wildfires alarmingly intensify in the Arctic:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/12/freakish-arctic-fires-alarmingly-intensify/
2020-08-12 - Thunderstorms have hospitalized 52K Americans for breathing issues, study says:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/thunderstorms-hospitalized-52k-americans-breathing-174651776.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article244876752.html
2020-08-12 - Powerful Midwest derecho devastated 10 million acres of crops in Iowa, billions of dollars in damage:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/12/iowa-derecho-corn-damage/
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/millions-of-acres-of-crops-in-the-central-u-s-have-been-destroyed-by-a-giant-derecho-nightmarish-flooding-and-a-historic-drought
Quote: "The destructive storm laid siege to more than 10 million acres of Iowa’s corn and soybean crop, devastating farmers and capping off what has already been a difficult few years of farming for many. Up to 43 percent of the state’s corn and soybean crop has suffered damage from the storms that brought winds exceeding 100 miles per hour at times, a severe blow to a $10 billion industry that’s central to the Hawkeye State’s economy. The magnitude of the battered vegetation was even visible on the same weather satellites used to track Monday’s violent thunderstorms."
2020-08-12 - Underground explosions and fires shoot flames from manholes in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1891489/crown-heights-buildings-evacuated-following-manhole-explosions-videos.html
http://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/brooklyn/news/1613046703369/2-manhole-fires-erupt-in-crown-heights-fdny
http://anash.org/underground-explosion-rocks-kingston-ave/
2020-08-12 - Pickup truck and camper burst into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in East Wenatchee (Washington), near the Columbia River:
http://www.ncwlife.com/fire-sparks-in-parked-vehicle-destroys-east-wenatchee-house/
http://www.ifiberone.com/columbia_basin/video-east-wenatchee-residents-lose-their-home-to-fire-wednesday-night/article_8f8c5c0c-dd89-11ea-b6c3-0f0ae8e2bf6d.html
Quote: "A fire that claimed an East Wenatchee home Wednesday night appears to have started in a parked truck and camper."
Quote: "Phillips says the camper and pickup were relatively new, and were parked within about five feet of the residence."
Note: Park a vehicle 5 feet from your home nowadays and you're just asking to become homeless or dead...
2020-08-12 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, in Aurora (Illinois):
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-vehicle-house-fire-st-0814-20200813-7kfhtu3f4jdmpmzznww5of7b4e-story.html
Quote: "Four adults and one child were displaced after a vehicle fire spread to their two-story home in Aurora, officials said. Aurora firefighters responded to a structure fire at 10:35 p.m. Wednesday in the first block of South West Street, Aurora Fire Department officials said in a news release. Dispatchers had received a call for a vehicle fire in the driveway of the house there, according to officials."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-13 - Unknown gassy odor sickening people in and around coasal Mossel Bay (South Africa):
http://www.capetownetc.com/news/residents-smell-foul-gassy-stench-in-mossel-bay-area/
Quote: "Mossel Bay Advertiser reports that residents from Dana Bay, Mossel Bay, Heiderand, Asla Park and KwaNonqaba have been experiencing a terrible, gassy stench that leaves many with headaches and nausea."
2020-08-13 - Melting of Greenland's ice sheet has passed the point of no return:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/08/14/greenlands-melting-ice-sheets/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/weather/greenland-ice-sheet/index.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/14/study-greenlands-ice-sheet-melted-past-point-of-no-return/
http://ktla.com/news/nationworld/study-greenlands-ice-sheet-has-melted-to-a-point-of-no-return/
http://phys.org/news/2020-08-greenland-ice-sheet.html
Quote: "Greenland's ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, and efforts to slow global warming will not stop it from disintegrating. That's according to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University."
Quote: "The ice loss has been so massive in recent years, she said, that it has caused a measurable change in the gravitational field over Greenland."
Quote: "The paper was coincidentally released on the same day that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that July 2020 was the second-warmest July on record and that Arctic ice is currently at a record low for summer – the lowest in 42 years of record-keeping."
Note: That's it for the the vast majority of the major cities of the world then, since Greenland's ice sheet will add 23 feet to sea level rise. No more New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Florida, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, Seattle, Mobile, New Orleans, much of Vietnam, etc, etc. They're all on borrowed time. The human race may not even last that long though. There are worse threats than merely having almost all of our major cities submerged in the rising oceans...
2020-08-13 - Trump rolls back methane climate standards for oil and gas industry:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/13/trump-rolls-back-methane-climate-standards-oil-gas-industry
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/trump-rolls-back-methane-climate-standards-for-oil-and-gas-industry
http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rolls-back-methane-climate-151640906.html
Note: That should help push us over the extinction cliff a little faster, so congratulations to everyone wanting to suffer and die sooner rather than later!
2020-08-13 - Man has 'medical episode' on trail near coastal Torrey Pines State Beach (California):
http://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/hiker-rescued-from-steep-beach-trail-in-la-jolla/
Quote: "Firefighters and lifeguards carried a hiker to safety Thursday morning after he apparently suffered a medical emergency on a steep trail leading from a bluff to Torrey Pines State Beach."
2020-08-13 - Lumber business heavily damaged by massive fire in Rockland Township (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/08/13/fire-in-venango-county/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/firefighters-hurt-battling-massive-lumber-yard-fire/ILS4GDIZ6BGNVNYVKZJALV3CMU/
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2020/08/14/Massive-fire-Seneca-Hardwood-Lumber-Company-Venango-County/stories/202008140071
2020-08-13 - Excess deaths indicate COVID-19 causing more deaths than indicated by confirmed cases:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-excess-deaths-tally-in-the-us-is-204691-in-7-months-so-covid-19-deaths-might-be-undercounted-2020-08-13
Quote: "The number of deaths in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That’s at least 164,937 deaths above the number expected for the first seven months of the year — 16,183 more than the number attributed to COVID-19 thus far for that period — and it could be as high as 204,691."
Note: This is why excess death stats are often used in pandemics. There's nothing ambiguous about counting bodies going into the ground, whereas tests may have false positives or false negatives, or may never be administered at all. Not all excess deaths will be a DIRECT pathogenic death. A grandson may die of COVID-19 and then because he doesn't get grandpa to the hospital for his dialysis treatment, grandpa dies from renal failure. But had the pandemic not been there, the grandson wouldn't have gotten infected and died, grandpa would've gotten his dialysis treatment, and neither would be dead. Even if both people were tested, and both tests were accurate, the virus would only be listed as the cause of one of those deaths, but both deaths WERE actually caused by the virus, and both deaths WILL show up in excess death statistics.
Excess death statistics measure the impact of a pandemic in terms of lives lost without worrying about whether person A or person B died from the direct effects of the PATHOGEN or not - it's enough to know that the deaths were the result of the PANDEMIC, and the number of lives lost to the current pandemic is obviously higher than the death tolls we've been given, else the number of bodies going into the ground would not be as high as it is. E.g., they are somewhat downplaying the body count resulting from this pandemic, and the excess death count reveals the extent of the downplaying...
2020-08-13 - Excess death counts in New York City from 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic are in the same ballpark:
http://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/nyc-mortality-from-1918-flu-pandemic-covid-19-comparable-say-researchers
http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2769236
Quote: "Excess deaths associated with the two pandemics are in the same ballpark during New York City peaks. The excess mortality in New York City during the peak of the 1918 flu pandemic and the excess mortality during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic were similar, according to a brief research report published in today’s JAMA Network Open."
Quote: "During the peak months of the 1918 flu epidemic, there were 31,589 deaths from all causes among the city’s 5.5 million residents, according to Jeremy Samuel Faust, M.D., M.S., at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and his colleagues, Zhenqiu Lin, Ph.D., at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and Carlos de Rio, M.D., at the Emory University School of Medicine. That works out to 287.17 deaths per 100,000 person-months."
Quote: "During the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in the city, between March 11 and May 11, there were 33,465 deaths from all causes among the 8.3 million residents, Faust and his colleagues calculated. That works out to 202.08 deaths per 100,000 person-months, so a lower proportion than the one for the 1918 flu epidemic peak period but still in the same ballpark."
Note: So 202.08 deaths per 100,000 people for COVID-19 compared to 287.17 deaths per 100,000 people for the 1918 Spanish Flu, which makes COVID-19 about 70% as deadly when measured across the peaks of both pandemics. That tracks pretty well with the overall death count too. We're at about 75% of the death count, nationally, of the 1918 Spanish Flu at this point in that pandemic. COVID-19 could yet be the deadliest US pandemic ever if we don't do much to tame it and/or if it simply continues for a longer period of time than the 1918 Spanish Flu, especially if it continues killing 1,000+ people or more per day...
2020-08-13 - COVID-19 death toll rises by nearly 1,500 in a day in the US, worst single-day death toll since May:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-update-global-cases-top-206-million-and-us-suffers-biggest-one-day-death-toll-since-may-2020-08-13
Quote: "The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 world-wide rose above 20.7 million on Thursday and the U.S. suffered its biggest death toll since May with almost 1,500 fatalities counted in a single day."
Note: That brings us back to more than 1 death per minute...
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-14 - Small plane bursts into flame after landing at airport in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida), 2 injured:
http://www.wpbf.com/article/two-people-injured-in-aircraft-fire-at-north-county-airport/33609513
http://cbs12.com//news/local/2-people-injured-after-aircraft-fire-at-north-county-airport
http://www.wflx.com/2020/08/14/people-injured-aircraft-fire-north-county-airport/
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/palm-beach-gardens/2-people-injured-in-aircraft-fire-at-north-county-airport
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200814/plane-aflame-near-palm-beach-gardens-two-injured
Quote: "Two people were injured after an aircraft caught fire at the North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, according to Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue. Officials say the pilot of a single engine seaplane took off Friday evening and smelled smoke shortly after take off. The pilot quickly landed back at the airport before the plane was engulfed in flames."
Note: This is the 41st aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-14 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Williston (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/2020/08/15/multiple-crews-respond-to-fire-at-all-metals-recycling/
2020-08-14 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 60 cars burn, in Richwood (Ohio):
http://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/union-county-auto-parts-fire/530-8bbe75c8-a6ff-4101-9aa8-048896f15f1f
Quote: "The fire started after 3 p.m. at Kirby Auto Parts on Marriott Street. Dark smoke from the fire could be seen from a long distance away. Sixty cars were on fire and the cause is still under investigation, the fire department said."
2020-08-14 - Wildfire grows to 73,381 acres near Grand Junction (Colorado), now the 4th largest wildfire in state history:
http://www.kjct8.com/2020/08/02/pine-gulch-fire-burns-over-1000-acres/
http://www.nbc11news.com/2020/08/14/largest-fires-on-record-in-colorado-history/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/at-68-000-acres-and-growing-the-pine-gulch-fire-is-one-of-colorados-largest-wildfires-ever
http://www.kdrv.com/content/news/572113602.html
Quote: "The Pine Gulch Fire burning 18 miles north of Grand Junction is moving up on the list of Colorado’s largest wildfires, as it is now the fourth largest in state history. The fire was last mapped at 73,381 acres, and with ample fuel left to burn in the area and no moisture predicted in the coming future, it is more than likely that this number will continue to skyrocket."
2020-08-14 - Wildfire breaks out near Loyalton (California):
http://www.kolotv.com/2020/08/15/fire-near-loyalton-calf-sends-smoke-into-nevada/
2020-08-14 - Huge fish kill destroys life in Biscayne Bay (Florida), emergency measures enacted:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/08/15/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-emergency-steps-fish-kill-biscayne-bay-miami-dade-fireboats-oxygenate-water/
http://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/08/15/miami-dade-fireboats-hit-the-water-to-help-with-major-fish-kill-in-south-florida-waters/
http://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade-firefighters-spray-water-from-fire-boats-to-help-oxygenate-biscayne-bay-days-after-fish-kill/
http://keyt.com/news/national-world/2020/08/15/unprecedented-fish-kill-creates-rancid-smell-along-waterway-shorelines/
2020-08-14 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts near Mexico City (Mexico):
http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/08/15/631826/El-Popo-volcano-blasts-plumes-of-smoke-ash-high-into-sky
http://www.sott.net/article/439804-Mexicos-El-Popo-volcano-blasts-plumes-of-smoke-ash-high-into-sky
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-15 - Double-decker bus bursts into flame and burns 1 person to death, 3 more injured, in Firozabad (India):
http://in.news.yahoo.com/1-dead-3-injured-double-051831586.html
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/1-dead-3-injured-after-double-decker-bus-catches-fire-in-firozabad/vi-BB1817my
http://www.latestly.com/india/news/firozabad-accident-double-decker-passenger-bus-catches-fire-one-dead-1966713.html
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20200816/13278293/dead-injured-after-double-decker-bus.htm
http://twitter.com/AHindinews/status/1294854471995002881
Note: This is the 196th bus to burn in 2020...
2020-08-15 - Electrical substation damaged by fire at 1:28 AM on Hill Street in coastal Poole (Britain):
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18653517.explosion-electrical-substation-early-hours-poole/
2020-08-15 - Plastics recycling center goes up in flames in Metamorfossi (Greece):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20200815-71115-GRC
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/08/15/athens-covered-with-thick-black-smoke-as-fire-rages-at-plastics-factory/
http://www.thenationalherald.com/archive_general_news_greece/arthro/large_fire_at_plastics_recycling_plant_shuts_down_athens_lamia_national_highway-718081/
http://www.macaubusiness.com/large-fire-engulfs-athens-recycling-plant/
2020-08-15 - Wildfire grows to 20,000 acres and spawns firenado near Loyalton (California):
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/16/weather/california-fire-tornado-trnd-wx/index.html
http://www.wvlt.tv/2020/08/16/rare-fire-tornado-spotted-near-a-blaze-in-california/
http://www.kcra.com/article/evacuations-in-place-as-crews-battle-20000-acre-fire-sierra-county/33613614
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-08-16/massive-wildfire-spawns-fire-tornadoes-northern-california
http://fox40.com/news/california-connection/a-rare-fire-tornado-is-spotted-near-a-blaze-in-california/
http://www.sott.net/article/439864-First-ever-firenado-warning-in-California-as-wildfires-rage-into-third-day
http://6abc.com/fire-tornado-california-in-firenado-video/6373128/
Quote: "The National Weather Service issued its first-ever tornado warning for a twister spawned by fire early Saturday afternoon after a wildfire in Northern California produced a towering, flaming vortex."
Note: Some of these firenado stories say they can be destructive and mention the 2018 firenado in California. None of them mention the fact that BEFORE 2018 there had NEVER been a firenado like that one, which was equivalent in force to a powerful EF-3 tornado. That was something new, not seen before. I said back then that now that we'd seen something like that, we were likely to see more of it. That tornado ripped across a valley, tearing trees out of the ground and sucking up vehicles, then igniting them and throwing them for miles. It was like something out of a Sifi Channel apocalypse movie. And now for the first time the National Weather Service has issued a firenado warning. That's not been seen before either.
Pay attention to things happening that haven't happened before or which are now occurring at rates never seen before, like the fires raging in the Arctic, the flesh-eating bacteria events, the increasing numbers of cyanobacteria blooms, the algae spreading and discoloring the snow in the Arctic and Antarctic, the escalation in hydrogen-sulfide-spewing sargassum seaweed events, the melting of the ice at both poles, the rise in deadly heatwaves across the planet, including 100F temps above the Arctic Circle, the increasing number of megaflood events, the melting of the permafrost in Canada, Alaska and Siberia, and on and on...
2020-08-15 - Record heatwave broils 10 states in the US:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/15/weather/weekend-heat-record-california-and-texas/index.html
http://weather.com/news/news/2020-08-15-california-heat-wave-power-outages-rolling-blackouts
http://www.forbes.com/sites/karenrobinsonjacobs/2020/08/15/dangerously-hot-california-power-outages-scorching-heat-and-raging-wildfires-surge/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2020/08/15/climate-watch-record-heatwave-stretches-across-10-u-s-states-rolling-blackouts-in-california/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/08/as-silly-season-arrives-2020-is-ramping.html
2020-08-15 - Huge rats the size of rabbits multiplying in Liverpool (Britain):
http://nypost.com/2020/08/15/giant-rats-terrify-liverpool-residents-theyve-taken-over/
http://www.newsbreak.com/new-york/liverpool/news/2041572041418/rabbit-sized-rats-terrify-liverpool-residents-theyve-taken-over
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/rats-size-rabbits-invade-homes-22524577
Quote: "Rats the size of rabbits have taken over the Litherland section of Liverpool, England, and residents say the brazen creatures are multiplying and getting bigger and bigger."
2020-08-15 - Naked man, 31, breaks into office building at 3 AM and ransacks lobby in Erie (Pennsylvania):
http://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/naked-man-breaks-into-highmark-building/
Quote: "A rather strange event took place on State Street early Saturday morning. Police were called out to the Highmark Building over at 717 State Street at 3 a.m. this morning. According to Erie Police, they arrived to find a 31-year-old man standing naked inside the lobby of the Highmark office. The man entered the building after smashing the front door and continued to ransack the lobby. The suspect is currently in an area hospital undergoing psychiatric evaluation."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-16 - Temp hits 130F (54.4C) in Death Valley (California), possibly the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet:
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/environment-pmn/world-temperature-record-set-in-californias-death-valley
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/environment/world-heat-record-tumbles-as-death-valley-in-california-reaches-544c-ng-b881641534z
http://metro.co.uk/2020/08/17/hottest-temperature-ever-recorded-earth-may-have-just-hit-california-13138108/
http://wgntv.com/weather/weather-blog/western-u-s-in-midst-of-worst-heatwave-in-a-decade-death-valley-recording-record-temps/
http://www.space.com/death-valley-temperature-record.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53788018
Quote: "One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century and possibly ever has been reached at Death Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, where it has soared to 54.4C. An automated observation system in the valley’s sparsely populated Furnace Creek reported the record at 3.41pm on Sunday at the crest of an extreme heat wave, a more frequent occurrence due to climate change."
Quote: "A temperature of 56.7C was recorded in Death Valley in July 1913, and Kebili, Tunisia, is said to have hit 55C in July 1931, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. But recent research by Christopher Burt, an extreme weather expert, has led some meteorologists to view these older records as the results of observer error."
Quote: "All these records arrive as global climate conditions rapidly deteriorate. For instance, the Arctic is ablaze with wildfires for the second year in a row, which scientists worry means we have entered a global 'fire regime' that even pessimistic climate change models didn't anticipate arriving until around the 2050s, according to The Post."
Note: Maybe the most pessimistic climate change models didn't anticipate a 'global fire regime' arriving until around the 2050s, but *I* warned about that in 2012. From the full hypothesis: "Probably the most noticeable effect [of this extinction event] will be fires and explosions sweeping across the planet." I warned about the planet going up in flames before the deadly California wildfires, before the deadly forest fires in Portugal, before massive wildfires ripped across Australia and killed 3 billion animals, before the giant peat fires began in Indonesia, before the Arctic started going up in flames, before the deadliest high-rise fire in British history, before wildfires began burning above the Arctic Circle in Sweden, before car-carrier ships began going up in flames. I knew what was going to happen, I said what was going to happen - because I thought my fellow human beings deserved a heads-up - and what I said was going to happen IS HAPPENING...
2020-08-16 - Algae-tainted waters also pump toxins into the air:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-algae-tainted-waters-pump-100000947.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article244913262.html
2020-08-16 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Damariscotta Lake (Maine):
http://bangordailynews.com/2020/08/17/news/midcoast/traces-of-fatal-blue-green-algae-found-in-damariscotta-lake/
2020-08-16 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Thetis Lake near Vancouver (Canada):
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/blue-green-algae-bloom-closes-thetis-lake-to-swimming-1.5066589
2020-08-16 - Wildfire grows to 81,107 acres near Grand Junction (Colorado):
http://www.kjct8.com/2020/08/02/pine-gulch-fire-burns-over-1000-acres/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/wildfire/pine-gulch-fire-grows-to-74-807-acres-with-7-containment-and-some-growth-saturday
2020-08-16 - Person collapses and goes into cardiac arrest at marina in Friday Harbor on coastal San Juan Island (Washington):
http://sanjuanislander.com/news-articles/fire-rescue-and-ems/31523/good-samaritans-key-to-successful-cpr-outcome-at-roche-harbor
Quote: "On Thursday afternoon, August 13, 2020, emergency responders from San Juan Island Fire and Rescue, San Juan Island EMS, and Airlift NW responded to a 911 emergency call reporting an unconscious person who was not breathing at the Roche Harbor Marina."
2020-08-16 - Iowa's Republican governor asks for billions of dollars in federal aid after storm causes devastation:
http://www.thegazette.com/iowa-derecho-storm-disaster-aid-gov-kim-reynolds-20200816
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/17/iowa-weather-derecho-power-governor-kim-reynolds/5600117002/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/iowans-hurting-75-000-still-151811178.html
Note: Why Governor Reynolds, federal aid is socialism - why should MY tax dollars bail YOUR citizens out? *cough*Hypocrite*cough*
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-17 - Rotting seaweed releasing hydrogen sulfide onto coastal Birchington (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/health-fears-over-stinking-seaweed-investigated-232297/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-53818679
Quote: "Some residents believe a gas released by the decomposing algae is also causing walls, window sills and even jewellery to turn black."
Quote: "Stinking seaweed is causing misery for residents of a seaside village - as some fear the putrid pong could pose a health risk."
Quote: "The seaweed is understood to release hydrogen sulfide into the atmosphere."
Note: Rotting seaweed has been releasing hydrogen sulfide and killing people and animals on the coast in France. It's all over the Caribbean and doctors have warned people that there could be serious health consequences from the hydrogen sulfide. There is definitely a health risk involved with breathing poison gas...
2020-08-17 - Experts fear warming climate could lead to more heat waves and Dust Bowl-like conditions:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/experts-fear-warming-climate-could-013654002.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/experts-fear-warming-climate-could-lead-to-more-heat-waves-dust-bowl-like-conditions/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/video/experts-fear-warming-climate-could-lead-to-more-heat-waves-and-dust-bowl-like-conditions/vp-BB184WdC
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2042637219584/experts-fear-warming-climate-could-lead-to-more-heat-waves-and-dust-bowl-like-conditions
2020-08-17 - Chemical factory explodes and burns in Palghar (India), 2 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-palghar-explosion-blast-nandolia-organic-chemicals-1712274-2020-08-17
Quote: "The intensity of the blast was such that the explosion was heard from as far as 8 to 10 km."
2020-08-17 - Vehicle fire causes wildfire, wildfire explodes in size to 1,100 acres, in Piru Canyon near Lake Piru (California):
http://ktla.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battling-100-acre-brush-fire-near-lake-piru/
http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2020/08/17/brush-fire-kicks-off-piru-canyon/3386086001/
Quote: "The blaze, dubbed the Holser Fire, was reported at about a quarter-acre around 2:10 p.m., when a vehicle fire spread to nearby brush in the Holser Canyon Road area, according to the Ventura County Fire Department."
2020-08-17 - Wildfire grows to 42,700 acres and burns many Joshua trees in Mojave National Preserve (Nevada):
http://news3lv.com/news/local/fire-burns-at-least-5000-acres-in-mojave-national-preserve-near-las-vegas
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2020/08/17/dome-fire-burns-in-mojave-national-park-as-temps-soar/3383180001/
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/local/dome-fire-at-mojave-national-preserve-outside-las-vegas-burns-40k-acres/article_d20bc5c0-e083-11ea-97fa-4b67fc45dde0.html
http://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/dome-fire-scorches-40k-acres-in-mojave-national-preserve-at-california-nevada-border/
2020-08-17 - RV bursts into flame, ignites huge brush fire, near Chief Timothy Park (Washington):
http://klewtv.com/news/local/rv-fire-near-chief-timothy-burns-hundreds-of-acres
Note: This is the 259th RV to burn in 2020...
2020-08-17 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked in parking lot in coastal Hollywood (Florida):
http://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/pickup-truck-goes-up-in-flames-in-hollywood-parking-lot/
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/hollywood/news/2042667119294/pickup-truck-goes-up-in-flames-in-hollywood-parking-lot
2020-08-17 - Earthquake swarm shakes Baja California (Mexico):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/swarm-earthquakes-mexico-shakes-parts-175451855.html
http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article245019990.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article245019990.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-18 - Methane hydrates tipping point threatens to get crossed:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/08/methane-hydrates-tipping-point-threatens-to-get-crossed.html
2020-08-18 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of scrap metal debris burns, in St. Paul (Minnesota):
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/08/18/crews-battle-debris-fire-in-st-paul-plume-of-black-smoke-seen-over-city/
http://www.twincities.com/2020/08/18/firefighters-battling-large-blaze-at-st-paul-scrap-metal-facility/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/18/firefighters-battling-large-fire-at-st-paul-scrap-/
http://kstp.com/news/live-now-billowing-black-smoke-seen-rising-from-fire-in-st-paul/5831520/
http://www.startribune.com/large-blaze-breaks-out-at-metal-plant-in-st-paul/572151332/
Quote: "Because there were vehicles and appliances in the pile, there was the potential for firefighters to encounter various hazardous materials and they fought the fire from the perimeter."
Quote: "'It’s everything from scrap metals in regards to vehicles and appliances,' St. Paul Fire Department Deputy Chief Roy Mokosso said."
2020-08-18 - Oil tank goes up in flames at 5:45 AM at refinery near the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena (Texas):
https://abc13.com/chevron-pasadena-refinery-refining-systems-fire-red-bluff/6375769/
http://www.khou.com/article/news/local/smoke-fire-at-pasadena-refinery-on-tuesday-morning/285-a4919e05-2f27-4e03-b06f-bd754bc49a62
http://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/08/18/smoke-seen-rising-from-tank-at-pasadena-refinery-after-reports-of-fire/
Quote: "Chevron said that around 5:45 a.m., it discovered the fire on an oil tank in the northeast corner of the property near the Houston Ship Channel."
2020-08-18 - Electrical substation heavily damaged by fire in Greater Noida (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/huge-fire-at-power-substation-in-noida-amid-rain-several-fire-engines-at-site-2281690
http://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/fire-breaks-out-at-npcl-substation-in-ups-greater-noida20200819095848/
2020-08-18 - Numerous wildfires rage across California during heatwave, governor declares state of emergency:
http://kymkemp.com/2020/08/18/governor-declares-statewide-emergency-due-to-fires-extreme-weather-conditions/
http://hosted.ap.org/clevelandbanner/article/76f6f71abbfc9265a609fa5a45016caa/heat-wave-still-threatens-california-power-grid-outages
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Heat-wave-still-threatens-California-power-grid-15491328.php
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Heat-wave-still-threatens-California-power-grid-15491328.php
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Heat-wave-still-threatens-California-power-grid-15491328.php
2020-08-18 - Huge wildfire grows to 87,778 acres acres near Grand Junction (Colorado), now 3rd largest wildfire in Colorado history:
http://www.nbc11news.com/2020/08/19/pine-gulch-fire-is-now-about-10-miles-from-fruita-and-loma/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/pine-gulch-fire-grows-to-87-209-acres-almost-third-largest-wildfire-in-colorado-history
http://www.cpr.org/2020/08/18/colorado-wildfire-updates-2020-evacuations-closures-size-2/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/08/18/pine-gulch-fire-3rd-largest-history/
Quote: "The Pine Gulch Fire is now the third largest fire in Colorado history. It has burned 87,778 acres, 494 more acres than the High Park Fire in 2012."
2020-08-18 - Wildfire ignited by vehicle fire doubles in size to 3,000 acres overnight near Lake Piru (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/08/18/holser-fire-burning-near-lake-piru-doubles-in-size/
Quote: "The Holser Fire broke out just after 2 p.m. Monday in the area of Holser Canyon and Piru Canyon roads. It is believed to have been caused by a vehicle fire which spread to a nearby patch of brush."
2020-08-18 - Wildfire breaks out and causes evacuations near Skaha Lake (Canada):
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-wildfires-smouldering-fire-outside-lillooet-among-dozens-crews-are-tackling
http://cfox.com/news/7285035/south-okanagan-wildfire-near-penticton/
Quote: "The B.C. Wildfire Service said crews are working on the fire on Christie Mountain about six kilometres north of the community of Okanagan Falls, on the east side of Skaha Lake. The fire is estimated at 2.5 square kilometres and firefighters on the ground are being supported by air tankers."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-19 - At least 23 major wildfires and hundreds of smaller wildfires burning across California, homes destroyed in Vacaville:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fires-wildfire-heat-wave-state-today-2020-08-19/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/california-newsom-wildfires-statewide-emergency
http://waow.com/2020/08/19/crews-stretched-thin-coping-with-california-wildfires/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/19/california-fires-lake-dome-evacuations
http://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Vacaville-wildfire-threatens-over-homes-Winters-15495663.php
http://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2020/8/19/21375878/california-wildfires-san-francisco
http://kmph.com/news/local/gov-newsom-hundreds-of-wildfires-blazing-statewide
http://www.cnet.com/news/california-wildfires-spread-massive-plumes-of-smoke-in-images-from-space/
Quote: "More than 367 fast-moving wildfires are raging across California, burning over 300,000 acres and threatening the lives of residents and homes. The intense blazes, which stretch north from the San Francisco Bay Area, are moving so quickly that the governor has declared a state of emergency and families are being told to flee immediately. The fires are now torching an area bigger than Washington, D.C., and there is a growing fear that some people may not have escaped in time."
Quote: "The governor said the state's wildfire season has been incredibly active, with 6,754 fires as of August 18. There were only 4,007 fires at this point last year."
2020-08-19 - Wildfire explodes in size overnight to 125,108 acres, becomes megafire, near Grand Junction (Colorado), now 2nd largest wildfire in state history:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/08/19/pine-gulch-fire-grand-junction-mesa-county/
http://www.kktv.com/2020/08/05/pine-gulch-fire-near-grand-junction-burns-more-than-5600-acres-is-5-percent-contained/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/wildfire/the-pine-gulch-fire-is-hot-enough-to-produce-lightning-heres-how-that-works
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/wildfire/pine-gulch-fire-grows-to-125-108-acres-overnight-now-second-largest-in-colorado-history
http://www.9news.com/article/news/local/wildfire/pine-gulch-fire-second-largest-wildfire-in-colorado-history/73-fbacb789-e73a-43c8-a973-55fdd1fbb6dc
http://www.wtkr.com/news/national/pine-gulch-fire-is-second-largest-in-colorado-history-after-growing-125-108-acres
http://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/19/pine-gulch-fire-update-colorado-august-19/
2020-08-19 - Plastics factory devastated by massive fire at midnight in Grand Prairie (Texas):
http://www.wtkr.com/news/national/firefighters-battling-massive-blaze-at-dallas-area-plastics-warehouse
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/08/19/chemicals-air-grand-prairie-neighborhood-poly-america-fire-breathing/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massive-fire-engulfs-plastics-factory-near-dallas-could-burn-days-n1237342
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2020/08/19/firefighters-battling-large-blaze-at-dallas-area-factory.html
http://dailycaller.com/2020/08/19/large-texas-plant-fire-creates-smoke-plume/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-plant-fire-grand-prairie
2020-08-19 - Warehouse damaged by explosion in Jurupa Valley (California):
http://www.pe.com/2020/08/19/explosion-partially-collapses-warehouse-in-jurupa-valley/
2020-08-19 - Landfill fire breaks out in Prince Albert (Canada):
http://paherald.sk.ca/2020/08/19/landfill-temporarily-closed-due-to-fire/
2020-08-19 - Landfill fire breaks out in Harare (Zimbabwe):
http://www.emergency-live.com/news/dump-on-fire-in-zimbabwe-danger-for-the-spread-of-toxic-smokes/
2020-08-19 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Utah Lake (Utah):
http://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/danger-advisory-issued-for-harbor-area-on-utah-lake-due-to-harmful-blooms
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-20 - Greenland's ice sheet melted more in 2019 than in any year previously recorded:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/weather/greenland-ice-sheet-melt-climate-intl-hnk/index.html
http://www.wionews.com/world/greenlands-ice-sheet-melted-faster-than-ever-before-in-2019-study-says-322078
http://fox59.com/news/national-world/study-greenlands-ice-sheet-melted-faster-than-ever-before-in-2019/
http://www.kmov.com/greenlands-ice-sheet-melted-faster-than-ever-before-in-2019-study-says-thats-worrying-news/article_b172605d-5a4e-5fa7-ab1e-c071ffe96027.html
Quote: "Greenland’s ice sheet melted more last year than any year previously recorded, according to a new study, in another sign of the devastating impacts of a warming planet. The research, published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment on Thursday, found that in 2019 Greenland’s ice sheet lost an annual record of 532 billion tons of ice, with 223 billion tons of ice lost during the month of July alone. To put that in comparison, between 2003 and 2016 the ice sheet lost about 255 billion tons of ice on average — per year."
Quote: "The report follows another study published last week that found Greenland's ice sheet has melted to a point of no return, and is retreating in rapid bursts, leading to a sudden and unpredictable rise in sea levels."
Note: This ice sheet is in irrevocable decline now. That means, for sure, 90% of the world's major cities ARE going to be destroyed, and the majority of nuclear plants are going to be destroyed too, releasing flesh-meltingly huge amounts of radiation into the atmosphere if they aren't shut down in time, which they likely won't be. I don't think 'the markets' have priced this problem in yet. If you're thinking this will take decades or centuries, don't be so sure. The Vavilov Ice Cap in the Russian Arctic suddenly started melting recently and in short order 11% of its ice mass flowed into the ocean. So now that Greenland's ice sheet is in the process of destabilizing, something similar could happen there, and we could see billions of people forced to flee coastal cities within a decade, at which point civilization as we know it will likely collapse if it hasn't already collapsed by then. The drastic melting of the Vavilov Ice Cap was mentioned in the 2019-12-22 update. That was BEFORE temps above the Arctic Circle had reached 100F, which happened this year...
2020-08-20 - Wildfire complex doubles in size to 215,000 acres near coastal Davenport (California), 4+ killed:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Firefighters-brace-for-another-brutal-day-as-15498481.php
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/3-large-wildfires-burn-out-of-control-in-napa-county/2346695/
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/article245102995.html
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article245102995.html
Quote: "Three people died in Napa County and one in Solano County, all victims of the LNU Lightning Complex in the North Bay, a series of 20 fires that doubled in size in the 12 hours from Thursday morning to the evening, reaching 215,000 acres, with 480 homes and other buildings destroyed and 30,500 threatened."
2020-08-20 - Wildfire smoke from California heading to Missouri and Illinois:
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/wildfire-smoke-headed-to-st-louis/63-5dc7fc3f-0a7d-45fa-b572-93e06fea677e
Quote: "As the fires grow in California, smoke will continue to be carried through the atmosphere. Smoke could make it over Missouri and Illinois by the weekend, but will definitely arrive later next week."
Note: The Great California Smokeout is going on tour!
2020-08-20 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, 60+ cars burn, in Rogers (Arkansas):
http://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/08/20/fire-breaks-out-at-recycling-plant/
Quote: "According to Rogers Fire Chief Tom Jenkins, the call came in around 12:30 p.m. Jenkins says there were about 60-70 compacted vehicles on fire. The vehicles had been crushed together which created a stronger flame."
2020-08-20 - Hydroelectric plant damaged by fire in Nagarkurnool (India), 9 killed:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53861457
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2020/08/21/fire-hits-electricity-plant-in-south-india-9-feared-trapped.html
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/explosion-at-powerhouse-in-andhra-pradesh-dam-staff-trapped-inside-129279
http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Fire-hits-electricity-plant-in-south-India-9-15503491.php
http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/international/fire-hits-electricity-plant-in-south-india-at-least-6-dead/article_48f29ed4-5c8e-54be-ae41-ed6bc1f682e6.html
2020-08-20 - China’s summer of floods is a preview of climate disasters to come:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/14082020/china-floods-climate-change-extreme-weather
2020-08-20 - Softball-sized hailstones pummel Mankato (Kansas):
http://www.1011now.com/2020/08/19/mankato-cleaning-up-after-major-hail-storm/
http://www.sott.net/article/440089-Softball-size-hailstones-pummel-Mankato-Kansas
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-21 - Wildfires burn through 560,000 acres across California, death toll rises to 6, at least 175 homes destroyed:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-massive-california-wildfire-community-turns-volunteer-firefighters/story?id=72524560
http://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/california-wildfires-burn-acreage-larger-than-new-jersey/798669
http://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/CZU-August-Lightning-Complex-wildfires-force-15504781.php
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/21/california-wildfires-latest-bay-area-lightning
http://weather.com/news/news/2020-08-21-california-wildfires-damage-injuries-evacuations
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wildfire-california-death-1.5694793
http://watchers.news/2020/08/21/california-wildfires-august-2020/
Quote: "Authorities say at least six people have been killed and two more are missing in the massive wildfires that are raging across Northern California."
Quote: "In just three days, the flames have spread rapidly, scorching over 560,000 acres and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. At least 175 homes have been destroyed by the flames."
Quote: "Two of the clusters of blazes now rank among the top 10 largest in state history."
Quote: "As if the infernos weren’t enough of a problem, firefighting crews are historically undermanned this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic."
2020-08-21 - Wildfires have burned at least 180,000 acres across Colorado:
http://www.fox8live.com/2020/08/21/wildfires-burn-combined-acres-colorado/
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/08/21/wildfires-burn-combined-acres-colorado/
http://www.newsbreak.com/colorado/grand-junction/news/2045194391893/wildfires-burn-a-combined-180000-acres-in-colorado
2020-08-21 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars go up in flames, fire gets huge, in Cornersville (Tennessee):
http://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/crews-battle-large-fire-at-scrap-metal-yard-in-marshall-county/
http://eminetra.com/crews-battle-large-fire-at-scrap-metal-yard-in-marshall-county-nashville-davidson-tennessee/36075/
Quote: "The fire began around 10:15 p.m. Friday at Harmon Scrap Metal on Ostella Road in Cornersville."
Quote: "Flames were as high as 100 feet in the air. Marshall County Fire Chief Matt Fox told News 2 The fire consumed crushed cars and cars ready to be crushed that contained fuel tanks that could be heard exploding. A fire truck was 60 feet from the fire and was too hot to touch because of heat in the air. Crews were there for about nine hours. Fox said it’s the biggest fire they have ever seen at this yard."
2020-08-21 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, hundreds of scrap cars burn, in coastal Burin Bay Arm (Canada), 500 feet from the ocean:
http://www.saltwire.com/business/regional-business/more-than-1000-vehicles-burned-in-newfoundland-scrapyard-fire-487992/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/burin-scrap-yard-blaze-extinguished-1.5694887
http://www.capebretonpost.com/business/regional-business/more-than-1000-vehicles-burned-in-newfoundland-scrapyard-fire-487992/
Quote: A massive blaze in the scrapyard of Rene’s Auto Body Ltd. in Burin burned more than 1,000 vehicles that were due to be crushed for recycling."
2020-08-21 - Famine of biblical proportions looms over humanity due to COVID-19, UN food chief warns:
http://www.rt.com/news/498719-global-famine-covid-un/
http://theunionjournal.com/famine-of-biblical-proportions-looms-over-humanity-due-to-covid-19-un-food-chief-warns-rt-world-news/
Note: No doubt COVID-19 is having a dire effect on food production and availability, but it wasn't COVID-19 that just flattened ten million acres of crops in Iowa and it isn't COVID-19 that's burning through wine country in California right now, and it wasn't COVID-19 that's been wiping out crops via floods and droughts and hailstorms across the world. The radically destabilizing climate is a much worse threat to food availability than any disease will ever be...
2020-08-21 - 2020 is proving to be another disastrous year for Earth's climate:
http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/2020-another-disastrous-year-for-our-earth-094500635.html
http://www.huffpost.com/entry/2020-another-disastrous-year-for-our-earth_n_5f3d8b59c5b66346157fd6e2
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-22 - Unknown rotten egg odor regularly blowing across coastal Yokosuka (Japan):
http://japantoday.com/category/national/mystery-odor-haunts-kanagawa-prefecture-worries-seismologist
Quote: "At about 8:40 in the morning of Aug 21st, the Yokosuka Fire Department in Kanagawa Prefecture received 40 calls to their 119 emergency number all reporting a 'smell of gas' in the area over the course of an hour."
Quote: "This spate of reports is currently being looked into, but most are expecting the cause to be unknown. This is because the exact same situation has happened there twice before in as many months. In the early hours of July 17, emergency calls flooded in from Yokosuka and neighboring Miura City, and in the evening of June 4, about 260 calls were made to fire and police hotlines, all saying 'it smells like gas.'"
Quote: "Readers of the news were also at a loss to pinpoint the cause of what’s happening in the area. 'It’s happening every month, and they still can’t figure it out? What is it? Methane?'"
Quote: "This is like in disaster movies when strange phenomenon begins before the real bad stuff starts."
Note: Obviously it's not methane, since methane is odorless and nobody ever smells methane. No natural gas was detected. They're right on the coast, so this is very likely hydrogen sulfide blowing in off the ocean. And the last commenter is correct: this is the precursor to the real bad stuff. This is by no means the first coastal area to be hit by unknown rotten egg odors. It's happened in the US, Britain, Australia, India, Pakistan, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, France and other countries too. These events are collectively signs that the Earth is revving up its ancient extinction mechanism and preparing to wipe humanity off the map...
2020-08-22 - Wildfires rip through nearly a million acres in a week in California, several people killed, hundreds of homes destroyed:
http://www.wtkr.com/news/in-just-a-week-wildfires-burn-1-million-acres-in-california
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/california-wildfires-10-states-help-wine-country-bay-area
http://kfor.com/news/national/california-firefighters-struggle-to-contain-560-blazes-as-governor-asks-for-help/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-wildfires-biggest-fire-state-history-million-acres-latest-a9683506.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-fires-lnu-lightning-complex-scu-lightning-complex-crews-battle-some-largest-blazes-state-history-2020-08-22/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/500-wildfires-raging-three-california-wildfires-now-rank-among-largest-in-states-history-and-they-are-still-growing/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/22/lnu-lightning-complex-crews-brace-for-firefight-outside-healdsburg-blaze-burns-472-square-miles-twice-the-size-of-chicago/
http://www.wesh.com/article/in-just-a-week-wildfires-burn-1-million-acres-in-california/33675103
http://www.klfy.com/national/firefighting-crews-make-slow-progress-with-california-fires/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/08/21/walbridge-fire-healdsburg-containment/
Quote: "Firefighters in California are racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a week and destroyed hundreds of homes. The fires have killed five people, torched nearly 700 homes and other structures and forced tens of thousands from their houses."
Quote: "Two clusters of wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area broke old records to become the second- and third-largest wildfires in recent state history by size."
2020-08-22 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing in Krasnoyarsk (Russia):
http://tass.com/emergencies/1192615
http://apa.az/en/cis-countries-news/Passenger-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-Russia's-Krasnoyarsk-airport-due-to-smoke-328694
Quote: "A passenger plane, en route from Khabarovsk to Moscow, made an emergency landing at the airport in Krasnoyarsk after smoke was detected in the baggage compartment, a source in the law enforcement agencies told TASS on Saturday."
Note: This is the 42nd aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2020...
2020-08-22 - Landfill fire breaks out on Connor Lane in Rostraver Township (Pennsylvania):
http://monvalleyindependent.com/2020/08/fire-at-westmoreland-landfill/
2020-08-22 - Man has 'medical episode' and loses consciousness while swimming off coastal Cockenoe Island (Connecticut):
http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Swimmer-hospitalized-after-medical-incident-off-15507646.php
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/police-rescue-unresponsive-man-off-westport-beach/2322599/
Quote: "An individual was hospitalized after experiencing a medical emergency while in the waters off Cockenoe Island Saturday afternoon, according to police. Around 1:35 p.m., members of the police department’s Marine Unit responded to the waters off of Cockenoe Island after a call about an unresponsive man, police said. Private boaters in the area were the first to call in the incident to police on their marine radio. The boaters told police that the individual seemed to have suffered from 'some type of medical episode while swimming.'"
2020-08-22 - Anthropogenic CO2 increase is unprecedented:
http://phys.org/news/2020-08-earth-anthropogenic-carbon-dioxide-unprecedented.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200820151335.htm
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-23 - Greenland lost 1 million tons of ice for each minute in 2019:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/melting-faster-faster-greenland-lost-204124591.html
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/melting-faster-and-faster-greenland-lost-1-million-tonnes-of-ice-for-each-minute-of-2019/ar-BB18gnqm
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/greenland-ice-melt-glacier-global-warming-climate-change-nasa-alfred-wegener-institute-a9683866.html
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/08/21/sea-level-rise-quickens-as-greenland-ice-sheet-sheds-record-amount/
http://phys.org/news/2020-08-sea-quickens-greenland-ice-sheet.html
2020-08-23 - RV goes up in flames at 4:45 AM and kills person on Stanford Road in Danville (Kentucky):
http://z93country.com/local-news/one-dead-following-fire-in-camper-in-danville/
http://www.wkyt.com/2020/08/23/one-dead-after-camper-catches-fire-near-pioneer-playhouse-in-boyle-co/
http://foxlexington.com/news/local/one-dead-after-camper-catches-fire-near-pioneer-playhouse-in-boyle-co
http://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/one-person-dead-after-fire-on-pioneer-playhouse-property
http://www.wtvq.com/2020/08/23/body-found-following-camper-fire-at-pioneer-playhouse/
Quote: "Officials have confirmed that the body of a person was found in an RV that caught fire early Sunday morning in Danville."
Note: This is the 265th RV to burn in 2020, and this is the 14th deadly RV fire in 2020...
2020-08-23 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap cars burn, in coastal Halifax (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/crews-fight-crushed-car-fire-at-halifax-recycling-plant-1.5697151
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/crews-fight-crushed-car-fire-at-halifax-recycling-plant/ar-BB18hLpI
http://www.firefightingincanada.com/crews-douse-car-fire-at-halifax-recycling-plant/
http://www.cdnfirefighter.com/crews-douse-car-fire-at-halifax-recycling-plant/
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/crews-fight-crushed-car-fire-211514046.html
2020-08-23 - Chemical warehouse heavily damaged by huge fire in Telangana (India):
http://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/massive-fire-chemical-warehouse-telangana-sangareddy-1714065-2020-08-22
http://www.india.com/news/india/massive-fire-broke-out-at-chemical-warehouse-in-telangana-day-after-srisailam-mishap-4119509/
2020-08-23 - Power plant damaged by fire along the Delaware River in Lower Mount Bethel Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws--20200824-q5qhcsfiobavrixgylxqjq3zjq-story.html
2020-08-23 - Wildfire breaks out and grows to 1,000 acres near Norris Hot Springs (Montana):
http://www.kulr8.com/fires/wildfire-burning-near-norris-hot-springs/article_5d2f055c-e5a9-11ea-8d68-ffbef054aab3.html
http://www.kbzk.com/news/fire-watch/wildfire-confirmed-near-norris-hot-springs
2020-08-23 - Wildfire burns through 4,000 acres on the coast on the Mani Peninsula (Greece):
http://www.barrons.com/news/large-fire-burns-into-second-day-on-greece-s-mani-peninsula-01598176208?refsec=afp-news
2020-08-23 - Raging fires, hurricanes, heatwaves, devastating floods, 2020 brings on the climate change pain:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/08/long-year-of-weather-destruction.html
2020-08-23 - Person has 'medical event' in lake at Reid Park in Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.kold.com/2020/08/23/one-rescued-reid-park-lake-following-medical-event/
http://twitter.com/TucsonFireDept/status/1297644455151845376
Quote: "Tucson Police, Parks and Recreation and Tucson Fire Technical Rescue Team rescued a person from a lake in Reid Park this morning. Officials say the individual was assisted to shore after experiencing a medical event."
2020-08-23 - Man has 'medical incident' while scuba diving at St. Andrew's Lakes in Halling, Rochester (Britain):
http://www.scubadivermag.com/diver-airlifted-after-incident-st-andrews-lakes/
Quote: "A scuba diver was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after suffering a 'medical incident' while training at St Andrews Lakes in Halling, Rochester."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-24 - Numerous wildfires continue raging across California, 1.2 million acres burned in 9 days, death toll rises to 7:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/aug/24/california-fires-evacuation-orders-bay-area-wildfires-latest-news-updates
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-leave-7-people-dead-more-than-1-million-acres-burned/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/death-toll-at-7-as-california-wildfires-rage-on-2102320/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-wildfires-death-toll-evacuation-map-update-today-a9685206.html
http://kfor.com/news/big-california-wildfires-burn-on-as-death-toll-reaches-7/
Quote: "Since 15 August, 1.2m acres have burned in California from what Cal Fire is calling the August Lightning Siege. In total this year, 1.4m acres have burned – in comparison, this time last year, just 56,000 acres had burned."
2020-08-24 - Electrical substation damaged by fire in coastal Norwalk (Connecticut):
http://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/greenwich/police-fire/fire-at-substation-leads-to-thousands-of-power-outages-in-fairfield-county/793044/
2020-08-24 - Plastic storage plant heavily damaged by massive fire in Chester County (South Carolina):
http://www.wistv.com/2020/08/24/massive-fire-burns-out-control-carolina-poly-chester-county/
http://myfox8.com/news/large-fire-reported-at-south-carolina-plastic-manufacturing-plant/
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/08/24/firefighters-treated-injuries-massive-fire-carolina-poly-chester-county/
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/firefighters-injured-in-south-carolina-industrial-plant-fire/article_ecfaee84-e654-11ea-9b00-0b0bf5a58098.html
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/carolina-poly-building-erupts-in-fire/275-43673d55-7459-41cc-a507-f6e0bab76d43
http://twitter.com/MorganNewellTV/status/1297903065807323137/photo/1
2020-08-24 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in Columbus (Mississippi):
http://www.wcbi.com/scrap-metal-pile-goes-up-in-flames/
2020-08-24 - At least 25 cars destroyed by fire while parked in hotel parking lot in Melville on coastal Long Island (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/long-island-car-fire-fires-melville/6386987/
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/car-fires-huntington-hilton-uber-1.48546103
http://patch.com/new-york/halfhollowhills/multiple-vehicles-catch-fire-melville-lot-police
Quote: "Officials say a vehicle was being stored in the lot when it caught fire and spread to over two dozen other cars. The fire broke out shortly before 3 p.m. and was put out a few hours later."
Quote: "Melville Fire Chief David Kaplan, who led the firefighting operation, estimates the damage to be more than $1 million."
2020-08-24 - Warming ocean waters off the US East Coast resulting in explosion of jellyfish:
http://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/why-are-there-so-many-jellyfish-in-virginia-and-north-carolina-this-year/
http://www.newsbreak.com/virginia/portsmouth/news/2046946715714/why-are-there-so-many-jellyfish-in-virginia-and-north-carolina-this-year
Quote: "This past July was hot. Record-breaking hot. Who really likes warm water? Jellyfish. Temperatures in Norfolk, where records are kept, averaged 85 degrees Fahrenheit for July, shattering previous records. Normal July temperatures for our area average around 79 degrees. Warm air lead to warmer water and the jellyfish took note."
Note: Just a few years ago one of the nuclear plants on the East Coast was forced to temporarily shut down for the first time ever because the ocean water was too warm to provide adequate cooling. Eventually all of the nuclear plants will have to shut down for that reason, assuming they don't get submerged by the rising seas and melt down first. Humanity's going to go extinct, but I expect jellyfish will do just fine. They've survived numerous extinction events, even horrifically bad ones like the current extinction event.
The rising water temps are causing other problems in addition to the explosion in the populations of jellyfish: deoxygenation and fish kills, problems with fish and sea turtle reproduction, starvation of sea birds, massive coral bleaching events, increasing numbers of toxic cyanobacteria outbreaks, increasing numbers of people dying from brain-eating amoebas, rising numbers of incidents involving flesh-eating bacteria, rising number of incidents involving hydrogen-sulfide-spewing sargassum seaweed patches hitting beaches around the world, increased melt rate at glaciers exposed to the water, etc.
2020-08-24 - Woman, 40, has 'medical emergency' on run around Mt. Hood (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/trail-runner-rescued-after-having-medical-emergency-on-mt-hood
Quote: "Clackamas County Search & Rescue helped save a woman who experienced a medical emergency while on a 40-mile run around Mt. Hood over the weekend."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-25 - Earth has lost around 31 trillion US tons of ice in just 23 years:
http://www.ecowatch.com/earth-sea-ice-melt-study-2647072206.html
http://www.nationofchange.org/2020/08/25/earth-lost-over-30-trillion-tons-of-ice-in-under-30-years-scientists-stunned-by-landmark-study/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2046736558088/earth-lost-over-30-trillion-tons-of-ice-in-under-30-years-scientists-stunned-by-landmark-study
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/23/earth-lost-28-trillion-tonnes-ice-30-years-global-warming
Quote: "This has been a bad summer for ice news. Another study published this month found that Greenland's ice sheet had reached the 'point of no return' and would continue to melt even if the climate crisis were halted. A third study found that Greenland lost a record amount of ice in 2019."
2020-08-25 - Growing underwater heat blob speeding the demise of sea ice in the Arctic:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/growing-underwater-heat-blob-speeds-demise-arctic-sea-ice
2020-08-25 - Horrific Australian bushfires likely to happen again, and they could be even worse:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/25/asia/australia-bushfires-likely-report-climate-scli-intl-scn/index.html
http://www.dpc.nsw.gov.au/assets/dpc-nsw-gov-au/publications/NSW-Bushfire-Inquiry-1630/Final-Report-of-the-NSW-Bushfire-Inquiry.pdf
2020-08-25 - Hurricane Laura becomes ferocious Category 4 storm as it heads toward the US Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of people evacuating:
http://www.knoe.com/2020/08/25/hurricane-lauras-path-shifting-toward-texaslouisiana-border/
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-laura-storm-track-path-forecast-today-2020-08-26/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/hurricane-laura-expected-to-reach-category-4-strength-with-life-threatening-storm-surge-before-making-landfall
http://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-26-hurricane-laura-forecast-rapid-intensification-texas-louisiana
http://www.fireengineering.com/2020/08/25/492619/hundreds-of-thousands-ordered-to-leave-gulf-coast-ahead-of-hurricane-laura/
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/evacuations-ordered-in-texas-louisiana-ahead-of-hurricane-laura/
http://abc13.com/weather/last-cat-3-hurricane-to-hit-galveston-was-37-years-ago/6388598/
http://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2020-08-25-hurricane-laura-forecast-texas-louisiana
http://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/austin-area-prepares-receive-hurricane-laura-evacuees
http://abcnews.go.com/US/laura-expected-category-hurricane-130-mph-winds/story?id=72619354
http://news.yahoo.com/austin-area-prepares-receive-hurricane-174446890.html
Quote: "As of 7 p.m., Hurricane Laura’s maximum sustained wind speed has increased to 150 mph. The Category 4 storm will become a Category 5 hurricane if it reaches 157 mph."
Quote: "More than half a million people were ordered to evacuate the Gulf Coast on Tuesday as Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy flooding and the power to push seawater miles inland. More than 385,000 residents were told to flee the Texas cities of Beaumont, Galveston and Port Arthur, and and another 200,000 were ordered to leave low-lying Calcasieu Parish in southwestern Louisiana, where forecasters said as much as 13 feet (3.96 meters) of storm surge topped by waves could submerge whole communities."
Quote: "Unsurvivable storm surge with large and destructive waves will cause catastrophic damage from Sea Rim State Park, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana, including Calcasieu and Sabine Lakes. This surge could penetrate up to 40 miles inland from the immediate coastline, and flood waters will not fully recede for several days after the storm."
Quote: "Please evacuate and if you choose to stay and we can’t get to you, write your name, address, social security number and next of kin and put it a ziplock bag in your pocket."
2020-08-25 - Concrete truck bursts into flame, brakes fail, truck crashes into gift shop, in Garden City (Utah), 1 injured:
http://kutv.com/news/local/yet-another-runaway-truck-crashes-into-garden-city-building
http://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/another-truck-loses-brakes-crashes-into-building-at-accident-prone-garden-city-intersection
Quote: "Tuesday's crash was a concrete pumper truck, the Utah Highway Patrol reports. Witnesses told troopers the truck's brakes 'appeared to be on fire' before it crashed into Lighthouse Landing Gift Shop."
2020-08-25 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage on Plum Tree Court in Streamwood (Illinois):
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200826/no-injuries-in-streamwood-garage-fire
Quote: "The residents of the house were outside when firefighters arrived and informed fire officials the car in the attached garage was on fire."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-26 - Unknown rotten egg odor blowing through regularly and sickening people in Los Altos and coastal Mountain View (California):
http://www.losaltosonline.com/news/sections/news/297-news-features/63047-ooooh-that-smell-nightly-stink-wrinkles-los-altos-mountain-view-noses
http://www.newsbreak.com/california/mountain-view/news/2047940211900/ooooh-that-smell-nightly-stink-wrinkles-los-altos-mountain-view-noses
Quote: "On a late June evening, when Rachel Bratt first smelled the odor, she was inside her Mountain View home. A sniff outdoors revealed notes of sulfur and rotten eggs. She called a plumber to investigate – twice – and her neighbors near the El Monte Avenue-El Camino Real intersection did as well, because they believed their homeowners association’s sewage lines might be the cause. They weren’t. Weeks later, the stench persists at night in parts of south Mountain View and central Los Altos."
Quote: "'When the smell is bad, it has severe health detriments,' Bratt said last week. 'Me and a couple of people, we got migraines and physically sick, and there’s no acknowledgment from the city that there’s even a problem.' The official source of the smell remains a mystery."
Quote: "'A few nights ago, when it was really bad, I drove around to see where the source was,' she said. 'I went down Miramonte, the opposite side of Shoreline, and it just got significantly better the farther you got from the bay.'"
Note: Rotten egg odor, causing sickness, with the odor decreasing as one gets farther from the ocean. I'm not surprised people are getting sick. Breathing poison gas will do that to you!
2020-08-26 - Hurricane Laura makes landfall as a dangerous Category 4 storm near Cameron (Louisiana), 6+ killed:
http://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-laura-storm-category-2-track-path-forecast-today-2020-08-27/
http://abc30.com/weather/hurricane-laura-makes-landfall-in-southwestern-louisiana-near-texas/6389346/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/08/27/weather/laura-gulf-coast-weather-forecast-thursday/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-laura-live-updates-category-storm-makes-landfall/story?id=72644038
http://www.khou.com/article/weather/hurricane/laura-makes-landfall/285-b314f430-55c3-48ad-bbed-42ccbe8cde9b
http://waow.com/2020/08/27/the-latest-laura-makes-landfall-in-southwest-louisiana/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-laura-08-27-2020-11598502621
Quote: "The National Hurricane Center said the storm made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana. It had maximum sustained winds of 150mph (240 kph), making it the most powerful hurricane to strike the U.S. so far this year."
Quote: "Laura is a storm of historic proportions, with wind speed at landfall surpassing Hurricane Katrina in 2005."
Quote: "Laura made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph, putting it in a tie with a hurricane from more than 160 years ago for the strongest storm to hit Louisiana. The 'Last Island Hurricane' of 1856 also had winds of 150 mph when it made landfall in Louisiana."
2020-08-26 - Wildfire burns through 18,000 acres in Sequoia National Forest (California):
http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2020/08/26/sequoia-complex-fire-grows-giant-sequoia-national-monument/5634261002/
http://abc30.com/sqf-complex-fire-continues-to-grow-in-sequoia-national-forest/6389651/
2020-08-26 - Wildfires raging in the Amazon are poisoning the air and causing respiratory emergencies in Brazil:
http://phys.org/news/2020-08-poisoning-air-amazon.html
http://www.barrons.com/news/fires-poisoning-air-in-amazon-study-01598471705
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/fires-in-amazon-poisoning-air-millions-breathe-study-2285887
Quote: "Rampant fires in the Amazon are 'poisoning the air' of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in respiratory emergencies in a region already hit hard by Covid-19, said a study published Wednesday."
2020-08-26 - Wildfires burn out of control in central and northern Argentina:
http://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/new-sources-of-fires-advance-in-central-and-northern-argentina.phtml
2020-08-26 - Woman has 'medical emergency' at Table Rock Beach in coastal Laguna Beach (California):
http://patch.com/california/lagunabeach/woman-airlifted-table-rock-beach-wednesday
Quote: "Emergency crews arrived to aid with a woman's medical emergency at Table Rock Beach."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-27 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap metal and cars burn, in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Officials-Piles-of-vehicles-on-fire-at-New-Haven-15519616.php
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/smoke-from-fire-in-new-haven-visible-from-i-91/2324870/
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/news/21152161/piles-of-cars-catch-fire-at-ct-junkyard
http://twitter.com/T2Fox61/status/1299071911515881474
Quote: "Emergency Management Director Rick Fontana said the fire was reported at approximately 12:45 p.m. and brought under control, although not extinguished, by 2:40 p.m. He said scrap metal and cars were on fire."
2020-08-27 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, scrap cars and scrap school bus burn, in Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.kake.com/story/42555640/fire-fighters-responds-to-fire-at-salvage-yard-in-northwest-wichita
http://www.kten.com/story/42555640/fire-fighters-responds-to-fire-at-salvage-yard-in-northwest-wichita
http://eminetra.com/firefighters-battling-a-salvage-yard-fire-in-northwest-wichita-wichita-kansas/45875/
http://www.kwch.com/2020/08/28/large-smoke-plume-visible-from-west-wichita-fire/
http://www.facebook.com/wichitafiredepartment/posts/3447948298599836
Quote: "Officials confirmed that the large smoke cloud seen across Wichita was caused by a stack of cars, piled four to five high, and a school bus on fire."
2020-08-27 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Regina (Canada):
http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/fire-causes-heavy-damage-at-cms-metal-products-building-in-regina
http://www.620ckrm.com/2020/08/27/266751/
Quote: "Sundeen said the fire is largely under control, but the fire in the scrap metal yard may prove difficult to fully extinguish. He said the fire required about half of all available firefighters working in the city at the time."
2020-08-27 - Chemical plant damaged by fire near Lake Charles (Louisiana):
http://www.kplctv.com/2020/08/27/fire-chemical-plant-westlake/
http://abc13.com/fire-breaks-out-at-industrial-plant-after-hurricane/6391663/
http://weather.com/news/news/2020-08-27-hurricane-laura-lake-charles-westlake-plant-fire
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chemical-plant-fire-hurricane-laura-lake-charles-louisiana/
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/513964-hurricane-laura-causes-chemical-plant-fire-in-lake-charles
http://www.wtae.com/article/state-police-hazmat-arrives-to-fire-at-gas-refinery-in-lake-charles/33822538
http://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/08/27/black-smoke-from-chemical-fire-looms-over-lake-charles-after-hurricane-laura/#5bd323977eb2
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/nation-world/breaking-massive-fire-burning-at-plant-in-lake-charles
2020-08-27 - Megafire becomes largest wildfire in Colorado state history near Grand Junction (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/08/27/pine-gulch-fire-largest-colorado-history/
http://www.cpr.org/2020/08/27/pine-gulch-fire-largest-colorado-wildfire-history/
http://www.westernslopenow.com/news/local-news/the-pine-gulch-fire-remains-stable/
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/wildfire/the-pine-gulch-fire-becomes-largest-wildfire-in-colorado-history
Quote: "The Pine Gulch fire has become the state’s largest wildfire ever after burning through a remote high-desert area in western Colorado for nearly a month. As of Thursday night, it’s burned 139,006 acres and is 77 percent contained. More than 900 firefighters are battling the blaze."
2020-08-27 - Mysterious explosion at 1 AM rattles people in coastal Merseyside (Britain):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/early-morning-huge-bang-heard-22586061
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mystery-huge-bang-shakes-homes-18835173
Quote: "Hundreds of people were woken by a mystery loud bang in Merseyside in the early hours of this morning. Homes across Kirkby and beyond reportedly had 'lights flicker' and 'windows rattle' after a massive bang woke residents up. But police are baffled, as they have been unable to work out what caused it, the Liverpool Echo reports."
2020-08-27 - Hurricane Laura leaves destruction in its wake in southwest Louisiana:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dramatic-drone-footage-shows-devastation-louisiana-wake-hurricane-laura-n1238517
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/27/hurricane-laura-updates-path-radar-news-after-landfall-louisiana-texas/3443274001/
http://www.idahopress.com/news/national/laura-carves-destructive-path-through-louisiana-4-dead/article_cf25d9de-74b7-545a-b77c-c60f9251a371.html
Quote: "Hurricane Laura tore roofs off buildings, snapped massive trees like twigs and left huge stretches of southwest Louisiana under water, dramatic aerial video showed. A drone hovering over Lake Charles, Louisiana, recorded the devastation brought on the community, which is about 150 miles east of Houston and 200 miles west of New Orleans."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-28 - As Arctic ice melts, polluting ships stream into polar waters:
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-08-28/as-arctic-ice-melts-polluting-ships-stream-into-polar-waters
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-arctic-shipping-analys/as-arctic-ice-melts-polluting-ships-stream-into-polar-waters-idUSKBN25O0L8
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1726256/business-economy
Quote: "Traffic through the icy region's busiest lane along the Siberian coast increased 58% between 2016 and 2019. Last year, ships made 2,694 voyages on the Northern Sea Route, according to data collected by researchers from the Centre for High North Logistics at Norway's Nord University."
Quote: "The increase in shipping is a worry for the environment. As those heavy ships burn fuel, they release climate-warming carbon dioxide as well as black soot. That soot blankets nearby ice and snow, absorbing solar radiation rather than reflecting it back out of the atmosphere, which exacerbates warming in the region."
2020-08-28 - Extreme heat, wildfires and record-setting storms suggest the future climate crisis is already here:
http://www.ecowatch.com/climate-crisis-extreme-weather-2647096018.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-heat-wave-wildfires-hurricanes-derecho/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2048160721774/extreme-heat-wildfires-and-record-setting-storms-suggest-the-future-climate-crisis-is-already-here
Quote: "From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the unprecedented and concurrent extreme conditions resemble the chaotic climate future scientists have been warning us about for decades — only it's happening right now."
Note: That's right, the crisis is happening now, not at some point in the distant future. And it is going to get a whole lot worse. Things are going to get so bad that this planet will no longer be survivable by human beings. And once we've been wiped out then things are going to get REALLY bad. But that will be a problem for the cockroaches and rats and bacteria that will still be here after we're gone...
2020-08-28 - Wildfire grows to nearly 10,000 acres near Pine Grove (Oregon), conflagration emergency declared:
http://www.koin.com/news/wildfires/white-river-fire-grows-to-4500-acres-go-now-evacuations-in-place/
http://katu.com/news/local/gov-brown-invokes-emergency-conflagration-act-as-white-river-fire-threatens-homes
http://tdn.com/news/state-and-regional/washington/brown-invokes-emergency-act-for-white-river-fire/article_72729c3c-33cc-5fbb-b58c-57ba0e9aa561.html
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/ap_news/washington/brown-invokes-emergency-act-for-white-river-fire/article_baa4e474-9255-591c-a62a-213880d41f9d.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2020/08/over-100-homes-evacuated-as-white-river-fire-near-mount-hood-grows-to-4500-acres.html
http://www.kezi.com/content/news/Brown-invokes-emergency-act-for-White-River-Fire-572257701.html
Quote: "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act for the White River Fire as it reached nearly 10,000 acres and prompted Level 3 evacuations for nearby Pine Grove residents. Brown approved the act on Friday morning after determining that a threat to life, safety, and property exists due to the fire — and that threat exceeds the firefighting capabilities of local firefighting resources."
2020-08-28 - Landfill fire breaks out in South Carver (Massachusetts):
http://carver.wickedlocal.com/news/20200828/no-injuries-reported-after-landfill-fire-in-south-carver
2020-08-28 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits canal(s) in coastal Cape Coral (Florida):
http://www.news-press.com/story/tech/science/environment/2020/08/28/health-department-alerting-residents-about-cyanobacteria-in-cape-coral-canals/5626892002/
2020-08-28 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Mill Pond in Tecumseh (Michigan):
http://www.wlen.com/2020/08/28/cyanobacteria-found-in-tecumsehs-mill-pond-health-advisory-issued/
2020-08-28 - Mud volcano erupts in Central Java (Indonesia), 4 people poisoned:
http://watchers.news/2020/08/27/kesongo-mud-volcano-eruption-indonesia-august-27-2020/
Quote: "According to local media reports, villagers reported mud rising dozens of meters into the air and strong sulfur smell. At the time of the incident, four men were herding buffaloes quite close to the explosion site. They reportedly felt weak after inhaling the fumes and were taken to hospital."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-29 - Another massive methane explosion creates another gigantic crater, the biggest so far, on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia (Russia):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/crater-explosion-arctic-tundra-russia-heatwave-methane-a9695581.html
http://www.ladbible.com/news/weird-165ft-deep-crater-forms-in-russias-arctic-tundra-after-explosion-20200829
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/29/1973389/-Siberia-s-record-heat-caused-an-oozing-blast-of-methane-forming-a-165-foot-deep-crater-in-the-tundra
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/giant-new-50-metre-deep-crater-opens-up-in-arctic-tundra/
http://vesti-yamal.ru/ru/vjesti_jamal/sensacionnaya_nakhodka_na_yamale_vnov_obnaruzhili_ogromnuyu_voronku
http://www.ladbible.com/news/weird-165ft-deep-crater-forms-in-russias-arctic-tundra-after-explosion-20200829
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/huge-blast-leaves-giant-165ft-22597329
http://imgur.com/gallery/Zopxv2M
Quote: "A huge crater has appeared in Russia’s Arctic region following a massive explosion. Scientists believe the 165ft-deep hole was caused by the eruption of a build-up of methane gas beneath the thawing permafrost following record temperatures over the summer. It was reportedly initially spotted by chance by a television crew flying over the Yamal peninsula on their way back from an unrelated job in July. Blocks of ice and soil were scattered hundreds of metres from the epicentre by the force of the blast, according to scientists who studied the site after it was discovered by Vesti Yamal TV."
Quote: "Due to a buildup in methane in a rapidly heating Siberian permafrost, an explosion occurred that tossed boulders of frozen soil and ice 'hundreds of metres' into the sky from the epicenter of the blast in the Yamal Penninsula."
Quote: "It’s thought gas was released in soil which has been frozen for thousands of years but is now starting to defrost."
Quote: "Climate models considering only gradual permafrost thaw are substantially underestimating carbon emissions from thawing permafrost."
Quote: "After Vesti Yamal TV discovered the deep crater, scientists travelled out there to examine it. They reckon it's the biggest hole they've seen like this. One of those scientists, Dr Evgeny Chuvilin, a leading researcher at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, said that the crater was 'striking in its size and grandeur'."
Quote: "It is the 17th crater of its kind to be found and documented in Yamal since 2014 – and is thought to be the biggest."
Note: When the first methane explosion blasted a gigantic crater in the ground in this area, I said then that this is one of those things where once you see it happen once, it's very likely to happen again and again. And here we are at #17 so far, and those are just the ones that we know about. This is a vast and remote area, so it's probably happened many more times that nobody's even noticed yet. They only found this crater because an aircraft just happened to fly over this area.
The more of these explosions that happen, the more methane that is released into the atmosphere, which warms things up more, which makes more of these methane explosions happen, which releases more methane into the atmosphere, which warms things up more, and so on and so on. An uncontrollable and unstoppable chain reaction of warming and methane releases reinforcing and amplifying each other is now happening. One can envision a future where the ground is randomly exploding all over the place regularly, like gigantic bombs constantly going off, destroying whatever's in the general area. There may not be any human beings left alive on the planet by then though...
2020-08-29 - Wildfires continue burning across California, 1.4 million acres burned, 2,000 structures destroyed:
http://patch.com/california/across-ca/ca-fires-latest-1-4-million-acres-burn-warming-trend-looms
Quote: "Nearly 16,000 firefighters were battling a combined total of more than 1.4 million acres of land burning across California Saturday. A staggering 2,200 structures have been destroyed with 7 reported deaths associated with the wildfires."
2020-08-29 - Recycling center fire breaks out in coastal Richmond (Canada):
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/massive-fire-burning-in-richmond-recycling-yard-1.5084976
http://www.citynews1130.com/2020/08/29/richmond-fire-recycling-plant/
http://www.richmond-news.com/news/update-two-alarm-fire-in-richmond-visible-across-lower-mainland-1.24194727
http://globalnews.ca/news/7306340/black-smoke-from-richmond-fire-seen-across-metro-vancouver-saturday-evening/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/plastic-recycling-burning-in-richmond-spews-smoke-across-region-1.5705374
2020-08-29 - Mulch fire erupts at 3:44 AM at business on Bainbridge Boulevard in the Portlock area in coastal Chesapeake (Virginia):
http://www.wtkr.com/news/chesapeake-fire-department-responds-to-large-mulch-fire-road-partially-closed-due-to-smoke
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/chesapeake/chesapeake-firefighters-put-out-mulch-fire-at-tidewater-green/291-03f9ed0d-0fb6-415e-92e7-b673c74cae93
2020-08-29 - Fire pit explodes at home on Kellis Way in coastal Bridgehampton (New York), 4 injured:
http://abc7ny.com/long-island-fire-pit-explosion-bridgehampton-suffolk-county/6395362/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/08/30/4-seriously-burned-in-fire-pit-explosion-in-hamptons/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2020-08-30/4-hurt-in-fire-pit-explosion-in-wealthy-hamptons-area-of-ny
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-30 - Landfill fire breaks out on Young Pine Road in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.wftv.com/news/orange-county-firefighters-battle-blaze-landfill/OZHUERVQYRARFENB6CCZOKLXCM/
http://twitter.com/OCFireRescue/status/1300090721026879490
2020-08-30 - Metal recycling center heavily damaged by fire at 12:33 AM in the Pullman area in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/30/fire-engulfs-imperial-zinc-building-in-chicagos-pullman-neighborhood/
http://abc7chicago.com/crews-battle-massive-blaze-at-far-south-side-chemical-plant/6395762/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/30/21407335/pullman-factory-fire-extra-alarm-hazmat-103rd
http://www.euronews.com/2020/08/30/wildfire-rages-in-southern-spain-forcing-over-3-000-people-to-evacuate
2020-08-30 - Power station explodes and burns in coastal Dartmouth (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/explosion-fire-dartmouth-power-station-4470442
2020-08-30 - At least 24 transformers destroyed by fire in power company storage yard in Karimnagar (India):
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2020/aug/30/major-fire-breaks-out-at-northern-power-distribution-companys-storage-yard-in-karimnagar-2190089.html
2020-08-30 - Wildfire rages out of control in coastal Andalusia (Spain), thousands of people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=WF-20200830-71165-ESP
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/wildfire-forces-2400-evacuate-spains-andalusia-72710849
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2020/08/30/wildfire-forces-2400-to-evacuate-in-spains-andalusia.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fire-burning-southwest-spain-forces-151417287.html
2020-08-30 - Wildfire breaks out near the tomb of Agamemnon in Mycenae (Greece):
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/30/wildfire-breaks-out-near-tomb-of-agamemnon-greece
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/fire-erupts-ancient-greek-site-mycenae-200830165758062.html
http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/wildfire-rages-near-greek-ruins-of-bronze-age-site-of-mycenae-2287726
http://www.ekathimerini.com/256394/article/ekathimerini/news/fire-at-mycenae-has-not-damaged-antiquities-ministry-says
http://news.sky.com/story/wildfires-ravage-parts-of-greece-spain-and-italy-forcing-thousands-to-evacuate-their-homes-12060450
Quote: "Two years ago, 102 people died in the coastal resort of Mati near Athens in Greece’s worst fire disaster."
2020-08-30 - Wildfire breaks out and burns 1,500 acres in coastal Pu'unene (Hawaii):
http://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2020/08/fast-moving-fire-burns-1500-acres-in-puunene/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/08/30/breaking-news/maui-firefighters-battle-fast-moving-brush-fire-near-puunene-post-office/
http://www.khon2.com/local-news/veterans-highway-closed-due-to-fire-on-maui/
2020-08-30 - Wildfire breaks out near Utah Lake (Utah):
http://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/multiple-agencies-fight-brush-fire-near-utah-lake/
2020-08-30 - Wildfire breaks out and burns 8,500+ acres in Mackenzie District (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-south-canterbury/massive-blaze-spreads-19-aircraft-involved-fight
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-canterbury/massive-blaze-spreads-overnight-19-aircraft-involved-fight
2020-08-30 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Whelchel (South Carolina):
http://www.wspa.com/news/dhec-issues-water-advisory-for-lake-whelchel-in-cherokee-co/
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/dhec-warns-against-swimming-in-cherokee-co-lake-due-to-harmful-algae/article_3d8fbd00-e9f9-11ea-84b1-ffd6e9115e23.html
http://www.wltx.com/article/news/health/harmful-algal-bloom-found-in-lake-whelchel-recreational-advisory-in-place-south-carolina/101-1a1590bc-7376-4e16-b8b0-e9a81c94d2f1
2020-08-30 - Climate change is threatening to create a new housing crisis in America:
http://www.businessinsider.com/coastal-flooding-climate-change-cause-new-american-housing-crisis-2020-8
2020-08-30 - More than 90 percent of Colorado experiencing severe drought or worse:
http://www.outtherecolorado.com/news/93-percent-of-colorado-experiencing-severe-drought-or-worse/article_ea9b20ba-e95a-11ea-a942-ff97a586eb1a.html
2020-08-30 - Two more invasive Asian giant hornets found in Washington State:
http://www.ksat.com/news/national/2020/08/29/two-more-asian-murder-hornets-found-in-washington-state-wsda-officials-say/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-08-31 - Unknown sewage odor hits Forsyth County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/i-think-it-just-smells-like-2020-cumming-mayor-says-about-mystery-odor/85-47d263ca-bf3e-490e-b059-af939cf6feb4
Quote: "Imagine waking up and walking outside your door to breathe in a deep breath of sewage air. That's what residents on social media have been saying it's been like in Forsyth County and surrounding areas for the last week."
2020-08-31 - RV goes up in flames at 4 AM and kills man while parked on Valley Street in Dayton (Ohio), 1100 feet from Eastwood Lake:
http://dayton247now.com/news/local/person-found-dead-in-burning-motor-home
http://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/person-found-dead-in-burning-motor-home
http://www.whio.com/news/local/crews-respond-structure-fire-dayton/37SZHBC7ZZBZDOTOYBUUA5MRHY/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crews-investigating-mobile-home-fire-in-dayton/NRCZGJESHRAK7CUJ3K3Z5H75MY/
http://www.wdtn.com/news/local-news/coroner-called-to-fire-on-valley-street/
Note: This is the 276th RV to burn in 2020, this is the 15th deadly RV fire in 2020...
2020-08-31 - Car goes up in flames and kills person near Sunol (Nebraska):
http://northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/42576638/one-man-dead-after-vehicle-fire-near-sunol
http://rivercountry.newschannelnebraska.com/story/42576638/one-man-dead-after-vehicle-fire-near-sunol
http://www.newsbreak.com/california/sunol/news/2052291748668/one-man-dead-after-vehicle-fire-near-sunol
Quote: "According to a news release from Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub, first responders were dispatched to a report of a burned out vehicle near Sunol Sunday morning. Authorities say there was one deceased occupant in the car. According to the release, police believe they know the identity of the deceased after a preliminary investigation, but efforts are underway to positively identify the body. An autopsy was performed Monday and findings indicated the cause of death was smoke inhalation."
2010-08-31 - Transformer bursts into flame and causes blackouts in Desert Hot Springs (California):
http://kesq.com/news/2020/08/31/dhs-mobile-home-park-loses-power-after-transformer-fire/
2020-08-31 - Recycling center fire breaks out at 5 AM in Eldon, near Bishop Auckland (Britain):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-53921042
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18687791.recycling-centre-building-destroyed-fire-contain-asbestos/
2020-08-31 - Wildfires raging across the Arctic have emitted 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for ALL of 2019:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/31/arctic-wildfires-emit-35-more-co2-so-far-in-2020-than-for-whole-of-2019
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/08/31/2020-arctic-wildfires-emissions-so-far-surpass-all-of-2019-a71296
http://inews.co.uk/news/environment/arctic-wildfires-2020-co2-emissions-whole-2019-last-year-614180
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2051217762592/arctic-wildfires-have-emitted-35-more-co2-so-far-in-2020-than-the-whole-of-last-year
Quote: "As much as 245 megatons of CO2 have been released from Arctic wildfires up to Aug. 24 this year, compared with 181 megatons in the whole of 2019. That’s an increase of 35% and may be setting a new precedent, Mark Parrington, senior scientist at the EU’s Copernicus atmosphere monitoring service, told The Guardian."
Quote: "Around 600 active fires have been observed in the region in late July, compared with 400 in 2019 and about 100 on average between 2003-2018, according to the data."
Quote: "Last summer, the Arctic fires were so intense that they created a cloud of smoke and soot bigger than the EU landmass."
2020-08-31 - Wildfire breaks out and destroys two homes near Orofino (Idaho):
http://lmtribune.com/northwest/wildfire-near-orofino-claims-two-homes/article_153945b3-33d6-5b28-9eba-2f3fa155cb25.html
http://www.khq.com/fires/whitetail-loop-fire-burning-500-acres-near-orofino-at-least-two-homes-also-burned/article_48d2a770-ec8a-11ea-aafa-ff8c1c81c9f4.html
http://www.king5.com/article/news/local/wildfire/wildfires-inland-northwest-fire-season-2020/293-d0cc2c48-8bd4-463e-a874-04521fa294ab
2020-08-31 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits 16 lakes across Wyoming:
http://oilcity.news/community/health/2020/08/31/photos-harmful-algae-blooms-now-at-16-wyoming-lakes-and-reservoirs-new-warning-issued/
2020-08-31 - Woman still sick from COVID-19 after six months, has no idea how to get better, many others are like her, 'long-haulers':
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53948028
http://www.cnn.com/2020/09/02/health/us-coronavirus-wednesday/index.html
Quote: "Even once patients do test negative, many patients are reporting that their symptoms -- from aches to loss of smell to brain fog and affected mood -- can last months longer. 'We think that this long-term damage may in part be due to vascular damage, kind of a footprint that the virus leaves even when it's gone from the body,' Dr. William Li told CNN's Chris Cuomo earlier this week, adding that researchers have seen the virus damaging blood vessels that connect the entire body."
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