http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html
The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.
A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.
Category: Variety Pack
2020-10-31 - Scallops virtually all dead in Peconic Bay (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/business/scallop-peconic-die-off-peconic-bay-1.50053230
http://www.danspapers.com/2020/11/bad-news-for-bay-scallops-in-peconic
http://www.newsday.com/business/peconic-bay-scallop-harvesting-season-suffering-1.50053398
Quote: "Peconic Bay scallops, which endured a historic die-off last year, appear to have suffered an even worse fate this year as baymen say early trips show none are to be found, and researchers continue to study multiple potential causes. The scallop harvest season, which starts Monday and continues through March 31, is expected to be a wipeout, fishermen say. Longtime Peconic bayman Bob Bourguignon from Flanders said he and two other longtime baymen took a recent trip to survey some of the best scallop grounds in the Peconic and Shinnecock Bay and found not a single harvestable scallop."
Quote: "All the spots that we normally find scallops, there’s nothing. When I say nothing, I mean nothing."
Quote: "When the bay scallop doesn’t do well clearly there’s a larger problem..."
2020-10-31 - Car goes up in flames and burns man to death near his home in coastal Melaka (Malaysia):
http://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2020/10/31/police-elderly-man-burns-to-death-after-car-catches-fire-in-melaka/1918198
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/31/elderly-man-burns-to-death-after-car-catches-fire-in-melaka
Quote: "An elderly man was burnt to death in a car after the vehicle caught fire in an incident at Jalan Abadi 9, Taman Malim Jaya here today. Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Afzanizar Ahmad in the 2.30pm incident, the charred body of Lai Hee Miow, 65, was found in the front passenger seat of a Proton Iswara."
2020-10-31 - Almost half of Americans want to transition from fossil fuels as majority say time is running out to save planet:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/2020-polls-almost-half-americans-154220205.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/polls-us-election-2020-climate-change-global-warming-trump-exclusive-b1429691.html
Note: That ship has sailed, burst into flame and sunk...
2020-10-31 - Train bridge over the Roanoke River collapses, train derails and dumps 2,000 tons of coal into the river, in Roanoke County (Virginia):
http://www.nbc12.com/2020/10/31/train-derails-overnight-roanoke-co/
http://www.nbc29.com/2020/10/31/train-derails-overnight-roanoke-co/
http://www.whsv.com/2020/10/31/train-derails-overnight-in-roanoke-co/
http://www.wdbj7.com/2020/10/31/train-derails-in-salem-along-barley-drive/
http://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/10/31/train-derails-in-roanoke-county-no-injuries-reported/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/traffic/2093536472883/train-derails-overnight-in-roanoke-co
2020-10-31 - Tropical Storm Eta forms in the Caribbean, expected to become 12th Atlantic hurricane of 2020:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/tropical-storm-eta-expected-intensify-161111067.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/01/tropical-storm-eta-expected-become-hurricane-monday/6112670002/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/weather/tropical-storm-eta-monday/index.html
Quote: "The unremitting Atlantic hurricane season, which refuses to go quietly into the November night, is about to log another benchmark. Tropical Storm Eta, which swirled to life over the weekend in the Caribbean, intensified Sunday and is expected to become the 12th Atlantic hurricane of 2020 early Monday. Eta is the 28th named storm of a historic season, which has tied 2005 for most storms on record."
2020-10-31 - Scientists say a 2068 impact scenario is still in play for 1,000-foot-wide asteroid:
http://www.complex.com/life/2020/10/scientists-say-2068-impact-scenario-in-play-1000-foot-wide-asteroid
http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scientists-2068-impact-scenario-still-203157266.html
http://www.newsweek.com/asteroid-god-chaos-earth-2068-1543519
Note: Not a planet-killer, but that'd wipe out a good-sized region if it hit land, and it'd do worse damage from a resulting tsunami if it hit the ocean. On the plus side, everybody may be dead by then!
2020-10-31 - Boat bursts into flame on Lake Victoria (Uganda), 2 killed, several missing:
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1530918/killed-boat-catches-lake-victoria
Quote: "Two passengers died while several others are still missing after an engine boat carrying over 20 people and merchandise caught fire on Lake Victoria in Buikwe district."
Note: This is the 1046th boat/ship to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-10-31 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on street in Ogun State (Nigeria):
http://gistsbaze.com/commotion-as-fire-guts-petrol-tanker-in-front-of-ogun-governors-office/
http://punchng.com/petrol-tanker-catches-fire-near-ogun-governors-office/
http://headtopics.com/ng/petrol-tanker-catches-fire-near-ogun-governor-s-office-16592993
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/three-escape-death-as-fire-guts-pms-tanker-engine-in-ogun/
http://www.pressreader.com/nigeria/the-punch/20201101/281702617222319
2020-10-31 - Tanker truck bursts into flame on the N1 in Johannesburg (South Africa):
http://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/accidents/2378030/n1-in-johannesburg-closed-owing-to-a-gas-tanker-being-on-fire/
http://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/n1-in-johannesburg-closed-owing-to-a-gas-tanker-being-on-fire-20201031
http://www.dailysun.co.za/News/n1-closed-after-gas-tanker-catches-fire-20201031
Note: These are the 1536th and 1537th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-10-31 - Heavy truck bursts into flame while parked along road near Pitapiti (India):
http://kalingatv.com/state/truck-catches-fire-in-odishas-keonjhar/
2020-10-31 - Funeral home van transporting body bursts into flame on I-4 near SeaWorld in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/10/31/funeral-home-van-carrying-body-catches-fire-on-i-4/
http://spotonflorida.com/central-florida/2076263/funeral-home-van-carrying-body-catches.html
2020-10-31 - Van bursts into flame on Dobbin Road in Kelowna (Canada):
http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/van-on-fire-in-west-kelowna-prompts-emergency-response/
2020-10-31 - SUV bursts into flame while parked near coastal Kaimana Beach (Hawaii):
http://www.khon2.com/local-news/car-bursts-into-flames-in-parking-lot-near-kaimana-beach/
2020-10-31 - SUV bursts into flame on the Garden State Parkway in Clark (New Jersey):
http://www.tapinto.net/sections/police-and-fire/articles/heated-encounter-on-the-gsp-friday-night-for-the-clark-fire-department
2020-10-31 - Cars and carports go up in flames at 12:23 AM at apartments on West 59th Street in the Hyde Park area in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/10/31/several-vehicles-damaged-in-hyde-park-carport-fire/
http://watchourcity.com/communities/about-california-southern/fire-damages-several-vehicles-in-car-ports-near-apartments-in-hyde-park-area/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tej3pKktxLw
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside garage at home, fire spreads to home, on Darkmoor Lane in Imperial (Missouri):
http://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/police_fire/car-catches-on-fire-in-imperial-home-s-garage/article_3bb5d47a-1b1c-11eb-bdd5-b7f5326b6eeb.html
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame at 4 AM on I-291 in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/car-fire-on-i-291-near-exit-6-extinguished/
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame at 12:30 AM while parked at home on Valkyrie Crescent in coastal Dartmouth (Canada):
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/dartmouth-vehicle-fire-deemed-not-suspicious-1.5169315
http://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/news/dartmouth-vehicle-fire-deemed-not-suspicious-1.13844109
http://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/vehicle-fire-quickly-put-out-by-hrfe-2839835
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame at 11:09 PM on Heathfield Avenue in Crewe (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/car-fire-in-crewe_01-11-2020_11-00-36
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame on Cove Road in Westwoodside (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Cove Road, Westwoodside. Sat 31 Oct 2020 19:32 (No:020556) Car fire. Two hose reels and one BA in use."
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame at 2:36 AM on Bradley Road in coastal Grimsby (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Bradley Road, Grimsby. Sat 31 Oct 2020 02:36 (No:020492) Car fire. 1 BA and 1 hose reel in use."
2020-10-31 - Car bursts into flame on Bridge Street in Driffield (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Bridge Street, Driffield. Sat 31 Oct 2020 09:53 (No:020515) Car fire, extinguished prior to arrival of Fire Service by member of public using bucket of water and dry powder extinguisher. Environmental grab pack, Thermal Image Camera and small tools in use. Incident left with vehicle owner."
2020-10-31 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Sheikh Zayed Road in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/vehicle-catches-fire-on-sheikh-zayed-road-in-dubai
http://gulfnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-vehicle-on-fire-on-sheikh-zayed-road-1.1604147068733
2020-10-31 - Motorcycle bursts into flame at 7:02 AM on Burton Road in Flixborough (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Burton Road, Flixborough. Sat 31 Oct 2020 07:02 (No:020511) Motorcycle on fire. One hose reel in use."
2020-10-31 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at home on St. Paul Avenue in Scott (Louisiana):
http://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/neighbor-pulls-burning-camper-away-from-scott-home
http://kpel965.com/camper-catches-fire-in-scott-neighbor-prevents-further-damage/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2093672913767/crews-extinguish-camper-engulfed-in-flames-in-scott
http://www.klfy.com/local/crews-extinguish-camper-engulfed-in-flames-in-scott/
2020-10-31 - Auto shop destroyed by massive fire on Atlantic Avenue in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://nypost.com/2020/10/31/3-firefighters-hurt-battling-5-alarm-blaze-at-auto-body-shop/
http://abc7ny.com/society/massive-fire-destroys-automobile-repair-shop-in-brooklyn/7512016/
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-brooklyn-fire-firefighters-injured-20201031-3b2dtzzspfcxhg26xipasryraa-story.html
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/massive-fire-burning-in-brooklyn/2697785/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/10/31/brooklyn-auto-shop-fire-fdny-east-new-york/
2020-10-31 - Barn destroyed by fire in York County (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wgal.com/article/large-chicken-barn-fire-in-york-county/34542097
2020-10-31 - Mobile home destroyed by fire in Minot (North Dakota), dog killed, nobody there:
http://www.kfyrtv.com/2020/11/01/fire-destroys-mobile-home-saturday-in-minot/
2020-10-31 - Home damaged by fire on Mt Vernon Avenue in coastal Portsmouth (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/portsmouth/family-safely-evacuates-house-fire-in-portsmouth/291-ab4728e8-2f14-4838-bd30-41e1dac2cb27
2020-10-31 - Home heavily damaged by garage fire on Fiddlesticks Trail in Rogers (Arkansas):
http://www.4029tv.com/article/multiple-fire-crews-respond-to-house-fire-in-pinnacle-neighborhood/34541079
2020-10-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Lakeshore Drive in the Town of Friendship (Wisconsin):
http://www.kfiz.com/fire-damages-town-of-friendship-home/
2020-10-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire near Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/union-city-firefighters-battle-house-fire-near-quarry-lakes-regional-recreation-area
2020-10-31 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Chapel Hill Road in Burlington (North Carolina), nobody there:
http://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/fire-burlington-house-chapel-hill-road-alamance-county-103020/83-87868ef6-70d9-4175-bcd1-dbadcf3fecd9
2020-10-31 - Apartment building damaged by fire on SW 8th Avenue in coastal Dania Beach (Florida):
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/dania-beach/fl-ne-dania-beach-fire-20201031-uqaep3e5sbgklcd7gdex7lhzqe-story.html
2020-10-31 - Deadly fire burns home on Elm Street in Glenview (Illinois), 1 killed:
http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2020/10/woman-dies-in-house-fire-on-elm-street-near-mcarthur-drive-in-glenview/
2020-10-31 - Deadly fire burns home at 6 AM in Somerset (Pennsylvania), 2 killed:
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/11/01/two-dead-in-house-fire-in-somerset/
http://triblive.com/local/regional/2-found-dead-after-house-fire-in-somerset/
2020-10-31 - Two people found dead in home on Logan Close in Old Walcot (Britain):
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18837163.police-investigate-deaths-two-people-old-walcot-house/
http://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/detectives-and-three-forensic-investigators-at-house-after-two-people-found-dead/
2020-10-31 - Man, 35, found dead in the Trinity River near Del Loma (California):
http://kymkemp.com/2020/11/01/thirty-five-year-old-found-dead-in-the-trinity-river/
2020-10-31 - Man, 49, goes out on boat, next seen dead in the water near coastal Great Gull Island (New York):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/crews-recover-and-identify-body-of-missing-groton-boater/2353403/
http://www.wfsb.com/news/body-of-missing-groton-boater-found-near-ny-island/article_8bd4ae56-1b1a-11eb-8ae8-477a25fd5085.html
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-london/uscg-searching-for-missing-boater-in-groton/
2020-10-31 - Man, 64, falls off boat into the water and dies in the Santiam River (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/sheriff-clackamas-man-drowns-in-santiam-river-after-falling-off-boat-while-fishing
http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/486255-391627-clackamas-man-drowns-in-santiam-river-on-saturday
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/11/oregon-fisherman-64-drowns-after-falling-into-river.html
http://gorgenewscenter.com/2020/11/01/clackamas-man-drowns-in-santiam-river/
2020-10-31 - Person found dead along street in Garberville (California):
http://kymkemp.com/2020/10/31/death-investigation-ongoing-in-garberville-after-a-body-found-at-the-south-end-of-town/
2020-10-31 - Man, 48, billionaire's husband, dies while free diving off coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/dos-santos-husband-sindika-dokolo-170555846.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2020/11/01/husband-of-isabel-dos-santos-africas-richest-woman-dies-at-age-48/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/2/dubai-foul-play-not-suspected-in-dos-santos-husband-death
Note: Doesn't matter how rich you are if you don't have any idea what threats are out there these days...
2020-10-31 - Man, 38, found dead in hotel room in Managalwara (India):
http://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/state-editions/man-found-dead-in-mysterious-circumstances.html
2020-10-31 - Man, 62, found dead in the water at beach in coastal Hong Kong (China):
http://hongkongbuzz.hk/2020/11/body-found-floating-off-tap-mun
2020-10-31 - Man, 39, dies while kite-surfing off coastal Dublin (Ireland):
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/man-who-died-while-kite-surfing-on-dollymount-beach-named-locally-1.4396858
2020-10-31 - Person has 'medical emergency' at store and dies in Spondon (Britain):
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/air-ambulance-called-medical-emergency-4658188
Quote: "The Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance was called to a Derby suburb early on Saturday morning. It landed in a field close to the Asda superstore in Derby Road, Spondon, where a medical emergency had been reported. Derbyshire police later revealed that the person involved died."
2020-10-31 - Man, 59, found dead near Whitehall Park in Darwen (Britain):
http://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/tragedy-body-found-search-missing-19201205
2020-10-31 - Car rolls into Lake Mendota (Wisconsin), driver pulled out unconscious and in cardiac arrest:
http://wkow.com/2020/10/31/madison-firefighters-rescue-victim-from-sinking-vehicle/
Quote: "Fire officials say crews were called out shortly before 7:30 p.m. to the Warner Park Boat Launch. The car was about 20 yards past the dock with one person in the back seat as it was taking on water quickly. The firefighters swam out to the car and pulled the unresponsive person out. Madison police also responded and helped the crew get the person onto the dock to begin CPR, according to fire officials. The patient regained a pulse on the way to the hospital."
2020-10-31 - Tractor trailer veers off road, crashes down embankment, on I-90 near Edgerton (Wisconsin):
http://wkow.com/2020/10/31/semi-truck-crashes-off-i-90-near-edgerton/
2020-10-31 - SUV veers off road and overturns on Highway 701 in Conway (South Carolina), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.wbtw.com/home/hwy-701-shut-down-after-crash-with-serious-injuries-in-conway/
2020-10-31 - Pickup truck veers off road at midnight, crashes into tree, bursts into flame, in Canton (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.ketk.com/news/local-news/canton-man-dies-after-stricking-tree-and-his-car-catching-on-fire/
http://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/local/canton-man-dies-after-vehicle-strikes-tree-catches-fire/501-fcf5af19-c0ae-41ac-8688-84e74b16d244
http://www.kltv.com/2020/10/31/dps-man-dies-after-truck-hits-tree-catches-fire-van-zandt-county/
2020-10-31 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree, near coastal Wilmington (North Carolina), 1 injured:
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/10/31/crews-working-on-wreck-scene-near-leland/
2020-10-31 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree, on Valley Drive in Bettendorf (Iowa), 1 killed:
http://www.kwqc.com/2020/10/31/sheriffs-office-single-vehicle-fatal-accident-on-valley-drive/
2020-10-31 - Tiger attacks and kills man in Sundarban National Park (India):
http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/man-human-conflict-tiger-kills-fisherman-in-bengals-sundarbans/675245
2020-10-31 - Person has 'medical incident' on Lennox Road East in coastal Gravesend (Britain):
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/gravesend/news/road-closed-after-medical-incident-236569/
2020-10-31 - Earth keeps pulsating every 26 seconds and no one knows why:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34531984/earth-pulsates-every-26-seconds/
http://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/earth-keeps-pulsating-every-26-184300818.html
2020-10-31 - 'Extinct' giant spider rediscovered on army training area in Surrey (Britain):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/extinct-giant-spider-rediscovered-army-143148736.html
2020-10-31 - Sean Connery dies at age 90 at home in the Bahamas:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/31/sean-connery-james-bond-actor-dies-aged-90
http://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/entertainment/sean-connery-actor-dead-scli-intl/index.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/31/former-james-bond-actor-sean-connery-dies-aged-90
http://news.sky.com/story/sir-sean-connery-james-bond-actor-dies-aged-90-12119570
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54761824
Here we go again Jonny, everyone - an important week any way you look at it. Things could start falling apart rather quickly for a bit. Buckle up, people.
ReplyDeleteTwo missing in flash flooding triggered by hours of heavy rain in Thailand
https://www.sott.net/article/443727-Two-missing-in-flash-flooding-triggered-by-hours-of-heavy-rain-in-Thailand
Forest runoff caused by heavy rain in mountainous areas wreaked havoc on vast parts of Prachin Buri province, inundating the Khao Yai-Thap Lan tunnel and submerging dozens of vehicles at a well-known hotel and tourist attraction there.
Two people were reported missing [and] a teenager died after being swept away by flash flood.
More than 50 vehicles were swept away or submerged and hundreds of livestock kept by the report were trapped. The flood water at the resort was about 1.3 metres high. [more]
Tiger kills fisherman in the Sundarbans, India - 19th such death in the area this year
https://www.sott.net/article/443726-Tiger-kills-fisherman-in-the-Sundarbans-India-19th-such-death-in-the-area-this-year
A total of 19 fishermen have been killed in tiger attacks in Sundarbans since the COVID-19 outbreak, the officer added.[more]
Heavy rain leads to flash floods around Singapore
https://www.sott.net/article/443725-Heavy-rain-leads-to-flash-floods-around-Singapore [3 videos]
Asteroid's fireball over Perth, Western Australia sounded like a 'meth lab blew up'
https://www.sott.net/article/443724-Asteroids-fireball-over-Perth-Western-Australia-sounded-like-a-meth-lab-blew-up
Dr Devillepoix said a sonic boom would have been heard up to 50 kilometres away from the fireball's location. [more]
BBN: Trump Worse Threat Than Hitler, Says Noam Chomsky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-E4TVktr_w [~ 35.6 min.]
Hurricane "Eta" forms in the Caribbean Sea, life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic flash flooding and landslides expected
https://watchers.news/2020/11/02/hurricane-eta-november-2020-forecast-track/
Tropical Storm "Eta" formed on November 1, 2020, and strengthened into a hurricane at 09:00 UTC on Monday, November 2. The official forecast calls for rapid intensification and Eta could very well be a major hurricane when it makes landfall in Nicaragua. Since Eta is likely to be a very slow-moving system after it makes landfall, torrential rains and flooding will be a major threat. Life-threatening storm surge, damaging winds, flash flooding, and landslides are expected across portions of Central America. [more]
Smoke cloud from Australia’s wildfires was three times larger than anything previously recorded
https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/11/01/smoke-cloud-from-australias-wildfires-was-three-times-larger-than-anything-previously-recorded/
Smoke from the summer of 2019-2020 blocked sunlight from reaching Earth to an extent never before recorded from wildfires [more; so, it affected the aerosol masking effect]
Near-record warmth to bake southwestern US this week ahead of big cooldown
https://www.yahoo.com/news/near-record-warmth-bake-southwestern-122637639.html
The above-average warmth sweeping across a large part of the United States this week will be most intense across the Southwest, where records will be challenged for consecutive days. But, the clock is ticking on how long the heat will stick around.
Air conditioners will continue to get a workout across the region through the first week of November as temperatures climb 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit above average. [more]
[2nd section next]
The US is leaving the Paris Agreement: How that will affect the global mission to affect climate change
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/gma/us-leaving-paris-agreement-affect-110600201.html
The U.S. is set to officially withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday, three years after President Donald Trump announced his intent to remove the country from participating in the global forum to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [more; no other country is doing much either]
Record fires ravage Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal regions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-fires-ravage-brazils-amazon-054753924.html
A record high number of fires scorched Brazil's Amazon and Pantanal wetlands last month, official data showed on Sunday, as deforestation and climate change wreaked havoc on some of the planet's most valuable ecosystems.
Satellite imagery showed close to 100,000 fires in the first 10 months of 2020, more than were seen in the whole of last year.
The INPE also detected almost 3,000 individual fires in the Pantanal, a new monthly record since data collection began in 1998.
The region -- 23 percent of which is estimated to have gone up in smoke this year -- has seen a record-breaking 21,115 fires so far this year, more than double the number registered in all of 2019. [more]
Drought casts shadow over prime Moroccan farming land
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drought-casts-shadow-over-prime-045638768.html
Parched fields stretch as far as the eye can see on plains overlooking Agadir in southwestern Morocco, as precious water resources are diverted from the drought-hit agricultural heartland to households.
"These trees are nearly 20 years old -- they're dead, there is no longer any water," sighed Ahmed Driouch, a farmer, his withered orange trees testament to three years of intensifying drought.
For the past three years, the region has been struggling with a drought that exacerbated water resources and prompted authorities to make a painful choice. [more]
[on the plus side]
Australian wheat farmers harvest a bumper crop
https://www.yahoo.com/news/australian-wheat-farmers-harvest-bumper-083721092.html [~ 1.5 min. video and some text]
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At least 10 dead as typhoon slams Philippines
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At least 10 people died and three others were missing after Typhoon Goni, the world's strongest typhoon this year, barreled through the south of the Philippines' main island on Sunday, an initial government report showed. More than 300 houses were buried under volcanic rocks and mud flows from Mayon Volcano in severely hit Albay province - south of Manila. Storm surges hit some coastal towns, while rivers overflowed and dikes were destroyed. Several people are suspected of having been buried alive. Over 390,000 people had fled to safer ground, including more than 345,000 to evacuation centers, raising concerns about compliance with coronavirus-related health protocols. President Rodrigo Duterte was monitoring the government's disaster response from his southern hometown of Davao city, a presidential spokesman said.
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Super Typhoon Goni’s Death Toll Rises to 16 in Philippines
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/world-strongest-storm-kills-10-031450151.html
The world’s strongest storm this year killed at least 16 people in the Philippines, and sent tens of thousands more to evacuation centers, risking coronavirus infection.
Nearly 458,000 people were evacuated mostly in the main island of Luzon, including 177 Covid-19 patients and more than 400 medical staff from 10 quarantine facilities, the nation’s disaster risk-monitoring agency said in a report on Monday. Health Secretary Francisco Duque, in a televised briefing, asked local officials to ensure social distancing measures are in place in evacuation centers.
Super Typhoon Goni, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, slammed the eastern portion of the Philippines on Sunday morning and crossed several provinces including near the capital before heading to the South China Sea. [more]
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Rescue operations underway in the San Gabriel Mountains for rare species marooned by wildfire
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Just weeks after the Bobcat fire ravaged the San Gabriel Mountains, state and federal biologists are racing to salvage as many federally endangered species as possible before storms could inundate the animals' last outposts with mud and debris.
Creating clouds of ashes and dust with every step in the shadows of skeletal trees scorched by the blaze, eight U.S. Geological Survey scientists on Wednesday made their way down to a vein of water at the bottom of steep Little Rock Canyon, armed with long-handled nets, backpack coolers and emergency rescue permits.
“This may be the last time in my life that I see wild mountain yellow-legged frogs in the last best place for them,” said biologist Robert Fisher, gazing at dozens of tadpoles browsing on algae at the bottom of a granite tub.
“This whole area,” he added in a voice full of sadness, “will soon be buried in mud.” [more]
“This whole area,” he added in a voice full of sadness, “will soon be buried in mud.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/midwestern-states-few-virus-rules-044452265.html
Five of the six states with the nation’s lowest unemployment rates are in the Midwest, have Republican governors and have almost no restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. [more]
How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, 'They Have No Idea'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-catching-virus-increasingly-no-162255058.html
[hint: testing is the problem - if you don't have symptoms, don't get tested (ie. too many false positives due to 'the (PCR) test' being not designed for testing purposes]
“It’s just kind of everywhere,” said Crystal Watson, a senior scholar at the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who estimated that tracing coronavirus cases becomes difficult once the virus spreads to more than 10 cases per 100,000 people.
“Contact tracing is not going to save us,” said Dr. Ogechika Alozie, chief medical officer at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, where hospitalizations in the county have soared by more than 400% and officials issued a new order for residents to stay at home. [more; staying home doesn't help either apparently - just spreads it there according to this article]
Body mistaken for Halloween prop sat on balcony for days, Los Angeles cops say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/body-mistaken-halloween-prop-sits-152321801.html
Neighbors thought the body slumped over a patio table on a third-floor apartment balcony in Marina del Rey, California, had to be part of a Halloween display.
“He looked fake,” said Austin Raishbrook, 33, The New York Times reported. “It looked like somebody had thrown a dummy over the back of a chair.”
So no one called 911 for four days.
When someone notified authorities Oct. 15, police discovered the decomposing body of a 75-year-old man on the balcony, The Los Angeles Daily News reported.
Police believe the man, who had a gunshot wound to the eye, died by suicide, The New York Times reported. McClatchy News is not identifying the man. [more]
Mini November heat wave will send temps soaring
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A major warmup is on the way for the Midwest and northeastern United States following a dose of winter weather that suppressed temperatures 15-20 degrees Fahrenheit below average on Monday. Forecasters say the pattern switch will soon allow temperatures to rebound by 30-40 degrees Fahrenheit from chilly early-week levels.
Mother Nature is about to give anyone who is not yet ready for the onset of winter a little throwback to early fall in the form of a mini November heat wave. [more]
Climate crisis breaks open generational rifts in US families
https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-crisis-breaks-open-generational-150045260.html
While polling shows a clear majority of Americans accept that the climate is changing and want the federal government to respond to the myriad threats this poses, the issue has been polarized in the US to extremes not seen in other leading democracies.
a generational divide is also opening up, with younger people – even young conservatives – increasingly alarmed over the impact of global heating. An overwhelming 80% of voters aged between 18 and 29 consider the climate crisis “a major threat to life on Earth”, according to a poll taken earlier this year. Levels of concern among older people, particularly Republican voters, lag significantly. [more]
Grizzly bear killed after "surprise" attack on father and son
https://www.yahoo.com/news/grizzly-bear-killed-surprise-attack-164009636.html
A grizzly bear seriously injured a father and son who were hunting in northern Montana in a "surprise" attack, wildlife officials said. The bear charged out of a thickly wooded area and attacked the two on a road Saturday near Smith Lake north of Whitefish Lake in the Flathead Valley, according to the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks state agency.
The hunters "sustained significant injuries" before they shot and killed the bear, the agency said in a statement. They were later flown to a hospital.
Investigators found a deer carcass nearby. They concluded the nearly 20-year-old female was defending the food and her cubs.
[more; way to go humans!]
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A factory in Indiana is turning plastic waste into eco-friendly fuel — and it's trying to revolutionize how we handle pollution
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3 killed in crash of plane from North Carolina in New York
https://www.yahoo.com/news/small-plane-nc-3-aboard-132258430.html
Authorities on Monday found the wreckage of a small plane from North Carolina that crashed in western New York a day earlier, killing all three people aboard, the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office said.
The twin-engine Grumman American GA-7 was found near the town of Ellicott in an area between Route 380 and Route 60, around 10 a.m., the office said.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
Weather may have been a factor in the plane’s disappearance. The Jamestown area was experiencing wind gusts of about 25 to 30 mph with light snow Sunday night.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday. The search for the plane was halted around 1 a.m. and resumed after daylight, authorities said.
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Amazon fires: Year-on-year numbers doubled in October
https://www.yahoo.com/news/amazon-fires-numbers-doubled-october-140113995.html
The number of fires blazing in Brazil's Amazon region in October 2020 was more than double those in the same month last year, satellite data suggests. [more]
When Trump’s EPA Needed a Climate Scientist, They Called on John Christy
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30102020/john-christy-alabama-climate-contrarian
As the Trump administration went about weakening vehicle fuel economy standards earlier this year, the climatologist John Christy made his own calculations of how the change would affect Earth's climate.
His conclusion: Not at all. ["yer hired!"]
Michael Mann, a climate researcher at Penn State University, said he likes Christy, and considers him a friend, but that his statements don't match up with the actual evidence about climate change. [more]