tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post1486718957950805892..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-07-15Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-74809159782147053632018-07-17T19:00:02.102-05:002018-07-17T19:00:02.102-05:00Liver cancer death rate in U.S. rose 43 percent in...Liver cancer death rate in U.S. rose 43 percent in 16 years <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/liver-cancer-death-rate-in-us-rose-43.html<br /><br />Death rates from liver cancer increased 43 percent for American adults from 2000 to 2016, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. The increase comes even as mortality for all cancers combined has declined.<br /><br />Liver cancer death rates increased for both men and women 25 and older, as well as white, black and Hispanic people. Only Asians and Pacific Islanders saw a decrease in mortality from liver cancer. [more]<br /><br />Wildfires in the U.S. are getting bigger <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/wildfires-in-us-are-getting-bigger.html<br /><br />3,362,431 acres have already burned to date in 2018 — an area a little smaller than the state of Connecticut. That’s 4 percent more than the 10-year average for this time of year, despite the fact that the actual number of fires is about 6.7 percent less than the 10-year average. [more]<br /><br />Three dead after planes crash midair over the Everglades <br />http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-reg-everglades-plane-crash-20180717-story.html<br /><br />[they think it was to training planes with students . .. ]<br /><br />South San Jose wildfire update: Firefighters make fast progress on 22-acre blaze <br />https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/17/wildfire-ignites-in-south-san-jose/<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-28120421540634974092018-07-17T10:48:13.401-05:002018-07-17T10:48:13.401-05:00Deadly floods in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire
https...Deadly floods in Aboisso, Côte d'Ivoire <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391196-Deadly-floods-in-Aboisso-Cote-d-Ivoire<br /><br />Major flooding strikes 2 states of Nigeria with 48 people dead <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391195-Major-flooding-strikes-2-states-of-Nigeria-with-48-people-dead<br /><br />Update, 17 July 2018: <br /><br />The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari, has confirmed that 48 people have now died in the flooding in Jibia local government area of Katsina State. Twnety people are still missing. <br /><br />"This is the worst natural disaster I have ever witnessed in my life. I believe this is the worst ever seen in the state," the governor said. [more, incl. several videos]<br /><br />Lightning killed man as he mowed his lawn in Fayette County, Tennessee <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391194-Lightning-killed-man-as-he-mowed-his-lawn-in-Fayette-County-Tennessee<br /><br />Darrell Hoskins was on his lawn mower when a lightning bolt struck a nearby tree, arched, and hit him. [more]<br /><br /><br />Wildfire the size of 50 football pitches breaks out in "tinder dry" New Forest, UK <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391191-Wildfire-the-size-of-50-football-pitches-breaks-out-in-tinder-dry-New-Forest-UK<br /><br />Firefighters spent the night tackling a gorse fire across more than 85 acres of land in the New Forest. [more]<br /><br />Trump administration deletes 20 years of critical online medical guidelines – “There is nothing else like it in the world” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/trump-administration-deletes-20-years.html<br /><br />The Trump Administration is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource for doctors, researchers and others in the medical community.<br /><br />Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], part of the Department of Health and Human Services, the database is known as the National Guideline Clearinghouse [NGC], and it’s scheduled to “go dark,” in the words of an official there, on 16 July 2018. [The site is gone. You can see it as it was before Trump’s antiscience forces deleted it at archive.org: National Guideline Clearinghouse. –Des]<br /><br />Medical guidelines like those compiled by AHRQ aren’t something laypeople spend much time thinking about, but experts like Valerie King, a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Research at the Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University, said the NGC is perhaps the most important repository of evidence-based research available. [more]<br /><br />FEMA admits shortcomings in 2017 hurricane response <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/fema-admits-shortcomings-in-2017.html<br /><br />[yeah, AFTER they were called out on it!]<br /><br />Orcas of the Pacific Northwest are starving and disappearing – “It’s an ecosystem-wide problem” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/orcas-of-pacific-northwest-are-starving.html<br /><br />For the last three years, not one calf has been born to the dwindling pods of black-and-white killer whales spouting geysers of mist off the coast in the Pacific Northwest.<br />Normally four or five calves would be born each year among this fairly unique urban population of whales — pods named J, K, and L. But most recently, the number of orcas here has dwindled to just 75, a 30-year-low in what seems to be an inexorable, perplexing decline. [more; heading for extinction]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-38381465019004065072018-07-17T10:48:08.978-05:002018-07-17T10:48:08.978-05:00Thanks for that, Mike (and apt subtitle). [and on...Thanks for that, Mike (and apt subtitle). [and on that note]<br /><br />What sanctions? Financial Times reports Russia to invest $50bn in Iran's oil & gas <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391206-What-sanctions-Financial-Times-reports-Russia-to-invest-50bn-in-Irans-oil-gas<br /><br />Moscow and Tehran are expanding economic cooperation, with Russia planning multi-billion dollar investments in Iran's energy sector. The move comes as major Western firms are pulling out of Iran amid the threat of US sanctions. [more; thanks, U.S.]<br /><br />Italy may become first EU nation to lift anti-Russian sanctions <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391208-Italy-may-become-first-EU-nation-to-lift-anti-Russian-sanctions<br /><br /><br />"In our opinion, sanctions don't benefit anyone, including the Italian economy. During this year in Brussels we will raise the issue of reviewing such an ineffective policy," Salvini said. <br /><br />He added that Italy has "already returned to good relations with Russia on the issues of culture, trade, industry and security." <br />[more; where's the U.S. in all this? oh, yeah, sittin' it out]<br /><br />Putin: Helsinki summit with Trump went better than expected, Trump is competent man who listens but stands his ground <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391205-Putin-Helsinki-summit-with-Trump-went-better-than-expected-Trump-is-competent-man-who-listens-but-stands-his-ground<br /><br />"I did not hold my expectations high, since it's our first meaningful meeting. It was designed to have a warm-up nature, so that we can have more concrete talks in the future," Putin told Channel One Russia late on Monday. "But it turned out different, our discussion proved to be really thoughtful." <br /><br />The two leaders agreed to undertake joint efforts on fixing several outstanding problems, namely the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the issue of displaced people in Syria. On Ukraine, Russia and the US came up with "several new ideas," which are set to be discussed at "expert level," Putin revealed. [more]<br /><br />Stunning video of wildfire turning into huge firenado then into waterspout along Colorado River in California <br />https://www.sott.net/article/391198-Stunning-video-of-wildfire-turning-into-huge-firenado-then-into-waterspout-along-Colorado-River-in-California<br /><br />The brush fire turned into a 'firenado' and then the winds moved over the river and formed a waterspout. [more; ~ 2.5 min. video]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-64083111242264204702018-07-17T08:36:06.213-05:002018-07-17T08:36:06.213-05:00Very good D'mitry Orlov post today called &quo...Very good D'mitry Orlov post today called "Newsflash! World War III Finally Over!"<br /><br />I would subtitle it, "Geopolitically the West is So Fucked". <br /><br /> http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2018/07/newsflash-world-war-iii-finally-over.html#moreMike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457050132624768898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-75125532840187223162018-07-17T07:26:03.109-05:002018-07-17T07:26:03.109-05:00Sucking carbon out of the air won’t solve climate ...Sucking carbon out of the air won’t solve climate change<br />https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/6/14/17445622/direct-air-capture-air-to-fuels-carbon-dioxide-engineering<br /><br />Can Carbon Farming Reverse Climate Change? [NO!]<br />https://www.thedailybeast.com/can-carbon-farming-reverse-climate-change<br /><br />[all kinds of "feel good" talk, but it's not going to help]<br /><br />there’s quite a bit skepticism as to whether carbon farming can actually create a significant, worthwhile impact on greenhouse gas remediation if we can’t scale upward. [more]<br /><br />The Trade War Is Already Having A Huge Impact On The U.S. Economy<br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-trade-war-is-already-having-a-huge-impact-on-the-u-s-economy<br /><br />The trade war has barely just begun, and yet significant ripple effects are already being felt all across the U.S. economy. Once thriving businesses are on the verge of failure, workers are being laid off, and some sectors of the economy are witnessing enormous price hikes. <br /><br />U.S. consumers are already stretched to the max, and they will not be able to easily absorb these price increases.<br /><br />Meanwhile, farm incomes all across the interior of the country are going to be absolutely devastated by this trade war. <br /><br />The longer it lasts, the worse things will get, and ultimately it could tip the U.S. economy into the worst recession that any of us have ever experienced. [more]<br /><br />Cape Town’s harrowing journey to the brink of water catastrophe <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/07/cape-towns-harrowing-journey-to-brink.html<br /><br />This is what a water panic looks like in a major global city.<br /><br />People hoard water. They queue for hours, well into the night, to fill jugs at natural springs. Like mad Christmas shoppers, they clear supermarkets of bottled water. They descend on stockers before they can fill the shelves.<br /><br />Restaurants, malls, and offices shut off bathroom faucets and install hand sanitizer dispensers. [more]<br /><br />The Biggest Bubble In The History Of Mankind. Is Imploding... <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/07/global-no-bid-market.html<br /><br />Entering the Q2 peak earnings buyback blackout period, a confluence of factors are now coalescing to create a no bid market. That way, gamblers can learn how much profit they made from the tax cut, while losing it all in the casino...<br /><br />In a fitting measure of how stoned gamblers are right now, I noticed that pot stocks tend to lead the rest of the market [more]<br /><br />The West is burning<br />https://www.salon.com/2018/07/17/the-west-is-burning-and-it-is-barely-july_partner/<br /><br />Wildfires across California have burned more than twice the five-year average so far this year, as of July 1<br /><br />The heat is breaking temperature records coast-to-coast, drought covers half of the country, and — sure enough — wildfires are already enveloping the West. More than 30 large fires are burning in 12 states right now. [more]<br /><br />Swarming bees stung California woman hundreds of times — then went for her rescuers<br />https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation- world/national/article214983525.html<br /><br />The woman was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.<br /><br />Two firefighters were also attacked by the bees as they sprayed the insects with the extinguisher, resulting in multiple bee stings. <br /><br />The two injured firefighters were hospitalized, as well, and are in stable condition, fire officials said. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-74018040852634981412018-07-17T07:25:59.210-05:002018-07-17T07:25:59.210-05:00Mornin' Jonny, all readers of JJFH.
BLACK B...Mornin' Jonny, all readers of JJFH. <br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 7.16.18 At least six dead, 1,500 hospitalized as heat wave hits Japan<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Bi7aiEJeg [~ 32 min. video]<br /><br />How rising seas could cause your next internet outage<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/blog/<br /><br />The internet seems magical and intangible sometimes. But the reality is, you rely on physical, concrete objects — like giant data centers and miles of underground cables — to stay connected.<br />All that infrastructure is at risk of being submerged. In just 15 years, roughly 4,000 miles of fiber-optic cables in U.S. coastal cities could go underwater, potentially causing internet outages.<br /><br />In New York City, about 20 percent of fibers distributed throughout the city are predicted to flood within 15 years–along with 32 percent of the fibers that connect the metropolis to other cities and 43 data centers. The research suggests that Seattle and Miami are especially vulnerable, along with many coastal areas.<br /><br />On top of that, much of the internet’s physical infrastructure is aging. Paul Barford says a lot of it was designed to last only a few decades and is now nearing the end of its lifespan.<br />[more; like with nuclear power plants]<br /><br />Five-foot "meteotsunami" strikes Spanish resorts in Majorca and Menorca causing chaos flooding bars and covering beachside roads (video) <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/07/five-foot-meteotsunami-strikes-spanish.html<br /><br />Latest radiation count from Alaskan waters shows halibut and all salmon measure higher levels of radiation than previous years <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/07/latest-radiation-count-from-alaskan.html<br /><br />Just a quick update on the seafood radiation issue in Alaska. Today I checked red (Sockeye) salmon and halibut. The halibut is showing higher levels of radiation than the red salmon. But at this time, the red salmon, which should be in our rivers in abundance, are so far, very low in their return numbers. Are they just late or are they dead? <br /><br />It has been my experience that the red salmon have read lower for radiation than the pinks (Humpback/Humpy), kings (Chinook), silvers (Coho) and Chum salmon. I believe this is due to the fact the red salmon are a vegetarian salmon. <br /><br />The radiation level for the red salmon and halibut are higher than in previous years. I will do my best to keep you posted throughout the summer and I encourage everyone to NOT eat seafood. <br /><br />Bill started measuring the radiation level of fish two years after the Fukushima disaster in 2011<br /><br />By the second year after the Fukushima incident, all the salmon he scanned read radioactive. <br /><br />He had seen a steady increase in radiation levels of salmon through last year with not one salmon failing to register some contamination. <br /><br />Last year he checked halibut which came from local waters. <br />They, too, registered radiation. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com