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
2021-05-10 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits school on Huebner Road in San Antonio (Texas):
http://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/05/10/smell-of-gas-delays-start-of-school-day-at-leon-valley-elementary-school/
2021-05-10 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Detroit (Michigan):
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/05/10/fire-fighters-battle-blaze-auto-scrap-yard-detroits-east-side/5026314001/
2021-05-10 - Oilfield fire breaks out at Great Burgan Field in Kuwait, 10 miles from the ocean, 2 injured:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/fire-erupts-kuwaits-largest-oil-field-injured-77596131
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/fire-breaks-out-at-kuwait-s-largest-oil-field-2-workers-injured-report-101620637471964.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/kuwait-oil-fire/update-1-kuwait-oil-reports-limited-fire-at-burgan-field-state-news-agency-idUSL1N2MX0F5
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Fire-erupts-at-Kuwait-s-largest-oil-field-two-16164478.php
http://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/05/fire-breaks-out-kuwaits-largest-oil-field
http://www.yahoo.com/news/fire-erupts-kuwaits-largest-oil-081634155.html
http://www.rt.com/news/523364-kuwait-fire-oilfield-burgan/
Quote: "The blaze at the Great Burgan Field in the southeastern desert of Kuwait, which produces over 1.6 million barrels of oil a day, did not impact production, the report said. Burgan is among the world's largest producing fields, ranked second only to Saudi Arabia's Ghawar Field."
2021-05-10 - Huge 70,000-liter oil tank bursts into flame at steel plant in coastal Kaohsiung (Taiwan):
http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4199481
2021-05-10 - Railroad bridge goes up in flames at 1:30 AM in Springfield (Oregon):
http://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2021/05/10/union-pacific-railroad-bridge-catches-fire-springfield/5022435001/
http://www.klcc.org/post/fire-crews-respond-train-trestle-fire-springfield
2021-05-10 - Landfill fire breaks out in Sevier County (Tennessee):
http://www.thesmokies.com/ridge-road-fire/
2021-05-10 - Landfill fire breaks out in Karimnagar (India):
http://deccan.news/fire-breaks-out-at-landfill-in-karimnagar/
2021-05-10 - Several wildfires burn across Arizona as heatwave forecast for the US Southwest:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/heat-wave-forecast-in-southwest-as-drought-fueled-wildfires-rage/944637
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/552589-wildfires-force-evacuations-burn-thousands-of-acres-in-arizona
http://wildfiretoday.com/2021/05/09/tussock-fire-burns-thousands-of-acres-southwest-of-crown-king-arizona/
Quote: "A heat wave is expected to overtake parts of the Southwest this week, worsening already severe drought conditions and increasing the risk for wildfires."
2021-05-10 - Mysterious explosions rattle windows across coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/10/sydney-loud-explosion-bang-sound-mystery-heard-by-residents-south-west-marrickville-roselands-bardwell-park-campsie-belmore-earlwood
2021-05-10 - Tropical Storm Andres forms as eastern Pacific's earliest named storm on record:
http://watchers.news/2021/05/10/tropical-storm-andres-eastern-pacific-earliest-named-storm-on-record/
2021-05-10 - Lightning strike blows chunk of highway into the air, which crashes into car, in Walton County (Florida), 2 injured:
http://www.fox8live.com/2021/05/11/images-lightning-strike-sends-part-florida-highway-through-truck-windshield/
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/2021/05/11/lightning-sends-chunk-of-highway-through-truck-in-florida/
http://www.fox46.com/severe-weather/lightning-sends-chunk-of-florida-highway-flying-through-truck-windshield-injuring-2/
http://www.kitv.com/story/43867191/chunk-of-highway-goes-flying-through-trucks-windshield-after-lightning-strikes-road
http://www.sott.net/article/452548-Lightning-sends-chunk-of-I-10-through-trucks-windshield-in-Walton-County-Florida
Quote: "A lightning strike blew up part of a Florida highway and sent a chunk of it into the windshield of a moving vehicle, according to the Orlando Sentinel and the Walton County Fire Rescue."
Note: Sounds like something from a climate apocalypse movie!
2021-05-10 - Home explodes and burns near Holton (Kansas), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.wibw.com/2021/05/11/jackson-co-crews-responding-to-reported-house-explosion-north-of-holton/
http://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/1-injury-reported-in-home-explosion-in-jackson-county/
http://www.wibw.com/2021/05/11/man-killed-in-monday-night-home-explosion-identified/
http://www.kwch.com/2021/05/11/man-killed-in-monday-night-home-explosion-identified/
http://www.ksn.com/video/man-dies-in-home-explosion-north-of-holton/
Note: This is the 52nd residential explosion in 2021...
2021-05-10 - British fleet supply ship 'RFA Fort Victoria' bursts into flame while docked in coastal Portland (Britain):
http://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2021/33649/uk-royal-fleet-auxiliary-tanker-fire-portland/
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19290873.four-people-treated-fire-moored-ship-portland-port/
http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2021/05/10/uk-royal-fleet-auxiliary-tanker-fire-portland/
http://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/dorset/news/fire-on-navy-ship-at-portland-port/
http://www.the-sun.com/news/2862817/royal-navy-smoke-inhalation-fire-dorset/
http://www.forces.net/news/fire-board-rfa-fort-victoria-extinguished
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Rfa-Fort-Victoria-8606032.html
Note: This is the 262nd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2021...
2021-05-10 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on highway near Vadodara (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/bus-catches-fire-on-vad-abad-expressway-none-hurt/articleshow/82535392.cms
http://connectgujarat.com/huge-fire-broke-out-in-st-bus-carrying-passengers-from-vadodara-to-ahmedabad/
Note: This is the 181st bus to burn in 2021...
2021-05-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Okeechobee Road in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-okeechobee-road/
http://spotonflorida.com/east-central-florida/2718363/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-okeechobee.html
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/2232440103085/tractor-trailer-catches-fire-on-okeechobee-road
2021-05-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Dooly County (Georgia):
http://www.cordeledispatch.com/2021/05/10/semi-fire-on-i-75/
2021-05-10 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 99 in Chico (California):
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/Chico-fire-crews-extinguish-woodchips-on-fire-in-semi-truck-574389291.html
2021-05-10 - Semi tractor bursts into flame on I-80 near Lockwood (Nevada):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/43856917/semi-catches-fire-near-mustang-road-sunday-night
2021-05-10 - Tractor bursts into flame while parked at blueberry farm in Clark County (Washington):
http://www.columbian.com/news/2021/may/10/tractor-shed-on-blueberry-farm-bursts-into-flames/
http://news.yahoo.com/tractor-shed-blueberry-farm-bursts-140200866.html
2021-05-10 - Numerous tractors and barn destroyed by massive fire at 11:45 PM on Peach Tree Road in Dickerson (Maryland):
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/news/21222294/video-massive-fire-destroys-md-barn-causes-2m-in-damage
http://patch.com/maryland/germantown/barn-fire-montgomery-co-causes-2m-damage-officials
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/barn-burns-to-ground-montgomery-county-dickerson-fire/2667945/
http://www.localdvm.com/news/maryland/estimated-2-million-loss-in-dickerson-barn-fire-no-injuries/
http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2021/05/barn-fire-in-montgomery-co-causes-1-5-million-in-damage/
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/montgomery-county-barn-fire-causes-2-million-in-damages
Quote: "Contents, numerous tractors, mowers, farm equipment, horse & animal gear, dozens of large round & rectangular hay bales & equipment for a chimney repair business, Loss >$2M"
Note: These are the 1056th, 1057th, 1058th, 1059th, 1060th, 1061st, 1062nd and 1063rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2021...
2021-05-10 - Delivery truck bursts into flame on Wolfson Road in coastal Yarmouth (Massachusetts):
http://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/05/10/no-injuries-reported-truck-fire-yarmouth/5020276001/
2021-05-10 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on Winchester Road near Boorley Park (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19292799.firefighters-rush-vehicle-fire-boorley-park-roundabout/
2021-05-10 - Car bursts into flame on US 94 near Oakland (Michigan):
http://wwmt.com/news/local/car-catches-fire-on-i-94-near-oakland-exit
2021-05-10 - Vehicle bursts into flame on the A180 in coastal Immingham (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "A180 Westbound, Immingham. Mon 10 May 2021 19:57 (No:008582) Vehicle involved in fire. One hose reel, two BA, small tools and Environmental Grab Pack in use."
2021-05-10 - Car and garage destroyed by fire at home in Sparks (Nevada):
http://mynews4.com/news/local/sparks-house-fire-torches-garage-car-inside
2021-05-10 - Trucks and equipment go up in flames at cemetery in Chippewa Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wtae.com/article/fire-breaks-out-at-cemetery-in-beaver-county/36391434
Quote: "A truck and several pieces of equipment were damaged when a fire broke out in a cemetery in Beaver County. The fire happened at the Beaver Falls Cemetery on Darlington Road in Chippewa Township around 6 p.m. Monday."
2021-05-10 - Commercial building heavily damaged by fire on Valley Street near the waterfront in coastal East Providence (Rhode Island):
http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/east-providence-commercial-building-fire-valley-street/
http://www.abc6.com/multiple-crews-arrive-for-3-alarm-fire-in-east-providence/
Quote: "Fire crews from several departments responded Monday morning after flames broke out at a commercial building near the East Providence waterfront."
2021-05-10 - Hardwood business heavily damaged by fire in Burgettstown (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/05/10/sutherland-lumber-company-burgettstown-fire/
http://www.wtae.com/article/firefighters-on-scene-of-large-fire-in-washington-county/36387400#
2021-05-10 - Medical office building damaged by fire in Mineola (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/mineola/fire-breaks-out-winthrop-medical-office-building-mineola
2021-05-10 - Home destroyed by fire at 3:01 AM on Oreton Road in Big Stone Gap (Virginia):
http://www.wjhl.com/news/local/big-stone-gap-home-destroyed-in-early-morning-fire/
2021-05-10 - Apartment building(s) destroyed by fire on Center Street Avenue in Bangor (Maine):
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/building-fire-on-center-street-in-bangor/97-970daad2-743b-4453-a39c-0488d8e4afca
http://bangordailynews.com/2021/05/11/news/bangor/cause-of-fire-explosion-at-bangor-apartment-complex-still-being-investigated/
http://bangordailynews.com/2021/05/10/news/bangor/firefighters-fighting-blaze-at-bangor-building/
2021-05-10 - Deadly fire burns apartment building for seniors on Forest Park Avenue in St. Louis (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/woman-dies-fire-senior-living-community-central-west-end/63-2e7cd220-2485-4b4e-a97a-ab84f6bf3da8
http://www.kmov.com/news/one-person-dead-in-fire-at-senior-living-apartment-complex-in-central-west-end/article_87d93b82-b1d3-11eb-ba13-97efa2fac81c.html
2021-05-10 - Two dolphins found dead in two days in coastal Kuakata (Bangladesh):
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/05/11/two-dolphins-found-dead-on-kuakata-beach
2021-05-10 - Two men, 26 and 31, die unsuspiciously in car in parking lot at hospital facility in Shelby (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/2021/05/10/bodies-found-car-parking-lot-hospital-facility-shelby-nc/
http://www.wbtv.com/video/2021/05/11/men-found-dead-inside-car-parking-lot-hospital-facility-shelby-nc/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/police-investigating-after-2-men-found-dead-inside-car-shelby-hospital/IT6FR74QSBDH5E3XPIPIJ4WZHY/
Quote: "Police say the incident is not considered suspicious at this time and does not appear to be related to violence, but officers will be following up on it."
2021-05-10 - Four children die in pond in Rajasthan (India):
http://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/jaipur-news/4-children-drown-in-pond-in-rajasthan-s-churu-101620709256414.html
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/4-children-drown-in-pond-in-rajasthan/2080913
2021-05-10 - Woman, 36, found dead in submerged car in lake in Clay County (Indiana):
http://www.wbiw.com/2021/05/11/missing-terre-haute-woman-found-dead-after-her-vehicle-leaves-the-roadway-and-enters-ravine/
2021-05-10 - Man found dead in pond in Holladay (Utah):
http://kutv.com/news/local/man-thought-dead-from-drowning-in-holladay-police-say
2021-05-10 - Man, 60, dies after being pulled from submerged car in Berne (Indiana):
http://wpta21.com/2021/05/10/man-dies-after-being-pulled-from-vehicle-in-high-water-in-berne/
2021-05-10 - Man, 42, drops dead at jail in Jackson County (Kansas):
http://www.examiner.net/story/news/local/2021/05/10/jackson-county-jail-inmate-found-dead-cell-sheriff-darryl-forte/5025793001/
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article251293609.html
2021-05-10 - Woman, 52, found dead in the Clark Fork River in Missoula (Montana):
http://www.khq.com/regional/police-investigating-body-found-in-the-clark-fork-river/article_e1c208b0-0798-54cb-8158-57a356f76efb.html
http://missoulian.com/news/local/body-found-saturday-morning-in-clark-fork-river/article_b546e7ef-c003-5bdc-82f6-1b1604160e9e.html
http://www.montanarightnow.com/missoula/police-investigating-body-found-in-the-clark-fork-river/article_f61c6048-b1a0-11eb-bc45-6bcf10c49f8a.html
2021-05-10 - Woman found dead in motel room in Fort Wayne (Indiana):
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20210511/woman-found-dead-in-coliseum-motel-room
http://www.wowo.com/police-investigating-body-found-at-suburban-inn/
2021-05-10 - Man, 50, found dead off Lake Placid Drive in coastal Corpus Christi (Texas):
http://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/50-year-old-man-identified-dead-body-found-off-lake-placid-may-10
2021-05-10 - Person has 'medical event' and dies in sleeping bag near Lake Wanaka in Wanaka (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125092682/body-found-in-wnaka-believed-to-be-medical-event
Quote: "Police have released few details, but said they believed the death is due to a medical event."
2021-05-10 - Small plane crashes near highway in Chandler (Arizona), 1 injured:
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/small-plane-crashes-near-loop-202-in-chandler-1-person-injured
http://www.abc15.com/traffic/pd-1-hospitalized-after-plane-crashes-on-mcclintock-drive-and-loop-202-overpass
2021-05-10 - Passenger bus, tanker truck, truck and car crash, fire erupts, on the N3 in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), 7 killed, many injured:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-05-10-in-pics-bus-tanker-and-multiple-vehicles-in-fiery-horror-n3-crash/
2021-05-10 - Tractor trailer crashes, bursts into flame, on I-95 in Stafford County (Virginia):
http://wjla.com/news/local/i-95-southbound-quantico-fire
http://www.nbc12.com/2021/05/10/tractor-trailer-crashes-catches-fire-i-stafford/
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/stafford-county-tractor-trailer-fire-caused-monday-morning-delays
http://www.wric.com/news/local-news/i-95-south-lanes-reopen-after-fiery-tractor-trailer-crash-in-stafford-county/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/all-lanes-shut-down-on-sb-i-95-in-quantico-due-to-fiery-truck-crash-expect-delays/ar-BB1gyPSZ
2021-05-10 - SUV veers off road just before 6 AM, crashes into tree, in Des Moines (Iowa), 1 killed:
http://www.kcrg.com/2021/05/10/1-person-dies-after-suv-runs-into-tree-in-des-moines-2/
2021-05-10 - Car veers across median, hits tractor trailer, on Highway 29 near Lake Wissota (Wisconsin), 2 killed:
http://www.weau.com/2021/05/10/crash-closes-highway-29-near-lake-wissota-monday-morning/
2021-05-10 - Car veers over centerline, hits car head-on, on State Highway 31 in Smith County (Texas), 4 killed:
http://www.kwtx.com/2021/05/10/head-on-crash-on-texas-highway-leaves-2-children-2-adults-dead/
2021-05-10 - Car veers off road, crashes into watery ravine, in Caddo Parish (Louisiana), 1 killed:
http://www.ksla.com/2021/05/11/man-dies-after-his-car-plunges-into-ravine/
http://www.ksla.com/2021/05/10/car-goes-into-ravine-seriously-hurting-man/
2021-05-10 - Sinkhole draining lake at Lone Elk Park near St. Louis (Missouri):
http://newstalkkzrg.com/2021/05/10/sinkhole-draining-lake-near-st-louis/
http://who13.com/news/sinkhole-drains-man-made-lake-in-st-louis/
2021-05-10 - Huge sinkholes open and destroy chunks of roads in Gauteng and Western Cape (South Africa):
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-05-10-giant-sinkholes-leave-roads-disfigured-in-gauteng-and-western-cape/
http://watchers.news/2021/05/11/giant-sinkholes-lead-to-the-closure-of-two-major-roads-in-gauteng-and-western-cape-south-africa/
2021-05-10 - Water main breaks, sinkhole opens, in Rayleigh (Britain):
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19290743.rayleigh-sinkhole-hullbridge-road-closed-burst-water-main/
2021-05-10 - Man in his 50s has 'medical episode' while working on communications tower on the North Shore in coastal Sydney (Australia):
http://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-worker-rescued-after-medical-episode-30-to-40-metres-above-ground-20210511-p57qro.html
http://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-worker-rescued-40m-above-ground-following-medical-episode-on-work-site-westleigh/395926cb-0a77-4242-8ed0-2f44ccc69cad
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1190968787/sydney-worker-rescued-after-medical-episode-at-least-30-metres-above-ground
http://au.news.yahoo.com/ailing-worker-saved-high-rise-020317804.html
Quote: "A man has been rescued after suffering a medical episode while working more than 40 metres above ground in Sydney's Upper North Shore."
2021-05-10 - Lightning kills 4 carabaos in Bago City (Philippine Islands):
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1894160/Bacolod/Local-News/Lightning-kills-4-carabaos-in-Bago-City
http://www.sott.net/article/452518-Lightning-kills-4-carabaos-in-Bago-City-Philippines
2021-05-10 - Lightning strike kills 17 goats in Tamil Nadu (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/17-goats-struck-dead-by-lightning-tirunelveli/article34522100.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/452537-17-goats-struck-dead-by-lightning-in-Tamil-Nadu-India
2021-05-10 - Heavy rain and flooding affect thousands of people in Butaleja (Uganda):
http://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-flooding-butaleja-may-2021
http://www.sott.net/article/452520-Severe-flooding-affects-thousands-in-Butaleja-Uganda
2021-05-10 - There were at least 11 mass shootings across the US this weekend, and 10 per week on average this year:
http://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/us/us-weekend-mass-shootings/index.html
http://www.npr.org/2021/05/10/995380788/there-have-been-on-average-10-mass-shootings-in-the-u-s-each-week-this-year
Wonderful Wednesday Jonny, all.
ReplyDeletePA representin' again in this day's report. Lightning strikes causing significant destruction and death recently. How ironic is it that 2 middle aged guys died in a car parked at a HOSPITAL? Best one was the guy dying in his sleeping bag, imho.
Gas Stations Run Dry as Pipeline Races to Recover From Hacking
https://www.yahoo.com/now/no-end-sight-u-fuel-222356167.html
Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it shut for days.
From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying sets in. An estimated 7% of gas stations in Virginia were out of fuel as of late Monday, according to GasBuddy analyst Patrick DeHaan.
Colonial Pipeline Co. said it’s manually operating a segment of the pipeline running from North Carolina to Maryland and expects to substantially restore all service by the weekend. [more]
Do You Get The Feeling That Events Happening Now Are Leading Us Into An Endless Global Nightmare?
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/do-you-get-the-feeling-that-events-happening-now-are-leading-us-into-an-endless-national-nightmare/
2021 was supposed to be the year that life went back to normal. Obviously that is not happening, and so a lot of prominent voices out there are going to be forced to update their narratives. Global events have really started to accelerate, and so many of the things that the “doom and gloomers” have been warning about are starting to happen right in front of our eyes.
At this point, we are being told it is uncertain whether or not the Colonial Pipeline will be able to restore operations by this weekend…
the crazy inflation that we are witnessing right is not going to go away.
How many times have we heard about “the death of the dollar” and the dangers of wildly inflating our currency?
Well, it turns out that the “doom and gloomers” were dead on accurate. Inflation is one of the biggest stories of 2021 so far, and we just got another confirmation of how bad things are getting out there [home prices]
But at least home prices are not rising as fast as the price of cotton is.
If you can believe it, the price of cotton is up more than 50 percent over the past year.
Of course the price of corn is rising even more rapidly.
lumber still has everyone else beat.
we are becoming more like the Weimar Republic with each passing day.
But if you think that things are really bad now, just wait, because you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Everywhere you look, systems are failing, society is crumbling and evil is growing. Even the Secret Service, who are supposed to be the best of the best, are now plagued by endless scandals and widespread incompetence.
This is not a drill. A widespread societal collapse is now underway, and it is going to get progressively worse. [more]
[see 2nd comment]
Firefighting helicopter crash in China kills four
ReplyDeletehttps://wildfiretoday.com/2021/05/11/firefighting-helicopter-crash-in-china-kills-four/
It was attempting to refill its water bucket at a lake [more]
Just surrender
https://strangesounds.substack.com/p/just-surrender
Your daily dose of natural disasters and amazing phenomena for May 11, 2021 [a few stories listed here]
A 25-feet statue of Ganesha hand made out of bananas [pic]
A mud pot (mud geyser?) moving across the California desert [video]
The infamous New Madrid Fault will take out 150 miles of the Midwest
The psychedelic revolution is coming [more]
Fisherman Quits On The Spot When An Absolute Nightmare Emerges From The Water
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/fisherman-vs-alligator-050447094.html
Ed Mazza·Overnight Editor, HuffPost
Tue, May 11, 2021, 1:04 AM
A Florida fisherman’s efforts came to an abrupt end when he almost became the catch of the day.
Footage posted on YouTube shows 22-year-old Tommy Lee fishing for tarpon in the Everglades on Saturday when an alligator emerges from the water.
“Oh, Jesus Christ,” he says as the gator approaches.
Then, to make matters worse, Lee fell while fleeing.
Fortunately, the gator held back and, after a tense standoff, returned to the water.
But the fisherman called it day.
“And I am out of here,” he said. “Screw that.” [more]
Heavy rainfall and flash floods kill at least 84, destroy 2 600 homes in Afghanistan
https://watchers.news/2021/05/12/afghanistan-flood-casualties-damage-may-2021/
At least 84 people have died and almost 2 600 residential houses have been destroyed as heavy rainfall and flash floods hit Afghanistan in the past week, the National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) reported. Recent fatalities include six persons in Takhar Province after downpours struck Monday night, May 10. [more]
[3rd piece below]
Whitmer threatens profit seizure if pipeline keeps operating
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer threatened Tuesday to go after Enbridge's profits from a Great Lakes oil pipeline if the company defies her order to shut it down.
The Democratic governor issued the warning in a letter to the Canadian energy transport company on the eve of a state-imposed deadline to halt operation of Line 5, which moves oil through northern Wisconsin and Michigan to refineries in Ontario. Enbridge repeated its intention to defy Whitmer's demand.
Whitmer, backed by environmentalists and native tribes, says the segment is vulnerable to a catastrophic spill in the cold, swirling channel. She revoked an easement last November that Michigan had granted in 1953 for the pipes to occupy the lake bottom and ordered them closed by May 12.
Enbridge insists the segment is in good condition and says its loss would cause economic damage in both countries, a position shared by the Canadian government, which filed a legal brief Tuesday in support of the company.
In her letter to Vern Yu, Enbridge's executive vice president for liquids pipelines, Whitmer said continued operation of the line after Wednesday “constitutes an intentional trespass" and that the company would do so “at its own risk.” [more; should be an interesting "show down"]
Hilton Head woman was bitten 3 times by copperhead snake. What she did to survive
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hilton-head-woman-bitten-3-170216898.html
The first bite felt like a bee sting.
Susan Conlin O’Neil was walking home from dinner to her Hilton Head Island condo Wednesday night when she took a step down on the sidewalk and felt a pang in her heel.
It was really no big deal. She said to her friends, “something got me!”
Then the second bite came.
And the third.
O’Neil was bitten three times by a copperhead snake on the sidewalk outside her South Forest Beach home. The second two bites were nothing like the first.
“It felt like someone stuck an electric knife in my leg, like a volt of electricity,” she told The Island Packet. “The pain went up my leg.”
Nearly a week later, O’Neil is still unable to walk. She’s home and holed up on the couch
Here’s what herpetologists at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory recommend doing — and not doing — after a snake bite:
Do not eat or drink anything.
Stay calm and do not run or engage in strenuous activity.
Remove all jewelry or watches from affected area.
Take note of the snake’s size and pattern or take a photo, but do not try to capture or kill the snake.
Get to the nearest emergency room. [more]
[3rd part follows]
[infrastructure collapse]
ReplyDeleteI-40 span over Mississippi River shut after crack found
https://www.yahoo.com/news/40-span-over-mississippi-river-214122853.html
The Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee was shut down Tuesday afternoon after authorities said they found a crack in the span.
Arkansas Department of Transportation spokesman Dave Parker said the bridge would be closed at least through Tuesday night. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said the crack was found in the bottom side of the bridge truss.
height and width clearances for oversize vehicles were “basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrective action,” the inspectors found. Tennessee recommended “bridge deck replacement with only incidental widening."
The bridge carried a 2020 average of 35,000 vehicles a day across the wide Mississippi, 29% of them trucks, according to the report. Its traffic volume was expected to increase to 56,000 vehicles per day by 2040. [more; may be ZERO traffic by then]
NOAA releases updated temperature and rainfall averages
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noaa-releases-updated-temperature-rainfall-151611511.html
Every 10 years, NOAA releases updated temperature and rainfall averages based on thousands of weather stations from across the country. Meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to explain why the latest normals are anything but normal. [~ 4.5 min. news/weather video]
Man stumbles onto dead shark on Virginia coast, leaving many to wonder what killed it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-stumbles-onto-dead-shark-190549715.html
A dead shark found washed up on Virginia Beach has many fascinated, some “freaked out,” but most of all, curious what caused its death.
Discovered last week by a man walking in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, the shark cuts a macabre figure in the sand; it’s gills sunken, skin wrinkled, eyes still open, sharp teeth set in a red-ringed mouth.
It is at least 6 feet long, according to the beachgoer, who shared a photo of the dead shark on Facebook.
The cause of death is unclear [more]
Air Force awards A-10 pilot for skillfully belly-landing her plane without landing gear after 'catastrophic' failure
https://www.yahoo.com/news/air-force-awards-10-pilot-162339589.html
The US Air Force awarded one of its pilots for skillfully landing a damaged aircraft without a cockpit canopy or working landing gear after what the service described as a "catastrophic" failure.
Capt. Taylor Bye, a 75th Fighter Squadron pilot, pulled off an emergency belly landing in her A-10C Thunderbolt II attack aircraft in April 2020 after an unexplained gun malfunction over Grand Bay Range at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia sent panels and her cockpit canopy flying and prevented her landing gear from deploying. [more; gun malfunction?]
[conspiracy theory, nothing to see here, move along . .]
More than 120 retired generals and admirals wrote to Biden suggesting he wasn't legitimately elected and questioning his mental health
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-120-retired-generals-admirals-100024106.html
The signatories also called for the removal of Section 230, a part of US law that shields tech companies from legal liability. Trump called for the section to be removed last year after Twitter flagged two of his tweets about mail-in voting.
"Our Nation is in deep peril," the signatories wrote in the introduction to the letter.
"We are in a fight for our survival as a Constitutional Republic like no other time since our founding in 1776. The conflict is between supporters of Socialism and Marxism vs. supporters of Constitutional freedom and liberty." [more; y'all "woke"?]
Removing that protection from tech companies would mean MASSIVE censorship. If you post something libelous NOW then YOU can get sued. Without that protection the tech companies themselves could be sued for what YOU post. They have deeper pockets so they would be the ones to get sued. So to reduce such lawsuits they'd have to censor anything and everything that even gets close to a gray area. Ergo, if massive censorship is what people want, then yes, make the tech companies liable for what anyone says using their technology. That'd basically be like suing AT&T if someone calls you from a phone using AT&T service and threatens your life. 'Well, they let the call go through! They should pay for that!'
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