tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post3418145831573529472..comments2024-02-29T00:24:50.268-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2017-03-02Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-88781561649835795712017-03-04T15:44:31.008-06:002017-03-04T15:44:31.008-06:00Fukushima News: Deadly Nuclear Radiation Levels Ba...Fukushima News: Deadly Nuclear Radiation Levels Baffle Scientists Trying To Build Robot To Survive Reactor<br />http://www.ibtimes.com/fukushima-news-deadly-nuclear-radiation-levels-baffle-scientists-trying-build-robot-2502250<br /><br />The company in charge of the ruined Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant revealed Thursday it needed new ideas to design robots capable of surviving the high levels of radiation inside the site's reactors, which were damaged in a 2011 earthquake and its resulting tsunami.<br />The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has hit a new obstacle since being tasked with cleaning up the worst nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Soviet Union. The exploratory robot, specially designed to navigate the underwater sections of the reactor, died last month after being exposed to "unimaginable" levels of radiation nearly nine times more potent than the previous highest dose recorded. Naohiro Masuda, president of Tepco's Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning project, told reporters that the company had to rethink its methods in order to examine and extract the hazardous material stuck in the plant's second reactor. [more (bullshit, it'll never be cleaned up)]<br /><br />This girl took a selfie on a fishing trip and a ghost appeared in the photo<br />https://www.yahoo.com/style/girl-took-selfie-fishing-trip-000159191.html<br /><br />Zimbabwe hit by deadly floods after drought<br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-39152025<br /><br />[sounds familiar . ..]<br /><br />Climate, other programs get deep cuts in EPA budget proposal<br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/environmental-programs-face-deep-cuts-under-budget-proposal/2017/03/03/34d635d4-0089-11e7-9b78-824ccab94435_story.html<br /><br />The Trump administration would slash programs aimed at slowing climate change and improving water safety and air quality, while eliminating thousands of jobs, according to a draft of the Environmental Protection Agency budget proposal obtained by The Associated Press. [more]<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-20419016330805051552017-03-04T15:44:19.438-06:002017-03-04T15:44:19.438-06:00More signs that a great economic collapse is upon ...More signs that a great economic collapse is upon us <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344345-More-signs-that-a-great-economic-collapse-is-upon-us<br /><br />The system is breaking apart as we speak. <br /><br />Retail has taken a brutal pounding over the last several years, and an epidemic of closing stores continues. Jobs have never picked up, despite the optimism. The flaws of the larger economy are compounding, and what has already been for several years a "recession" may soon crumble into an outright great "depression." [more; incl. 17 min video]<br /><br />Mystery boom shakes windows, doors in Phoenix, Arizona <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344301-Mystery-boom-shakes-windows-doors-in-Phoenix-Arizona<br /><br />Weird human-shaped figure terrifies locals when it appears in clouds above shopping centre in Zambia <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344343-Weird-human-shaped-figure-terrifies-locals-when-it-appears-in-clouds-above-shopping-centre-in-Zambia<br /><br />How disappearing sea ice has put Arctic ecosystem under threat <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2017/03/how-disappearing-sea-ice-has-put-arctic.html<br /><br />the erosion of sea ice strikes at the very root of the Arctic ecosystem, for it provides a surface on which algae – the basic material on which the entire food chain in the region depends – can grow. “Algae lingers on the underside of sea ice and as spring begins there is a major increase in its growth,” said Brown. “It is then eaten by tiny creatures called zooplankton, and they in turn are eaten by fish that are in turn eaten by seals, which are in turn consumed by polar bears. But if algae levels drop the whole food chain is disrupted.” [this is the "ripple" up the food chain that ends with starving humanity]<br /><br />The Scylla And Charybdis Of Dumb And Dumber <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2017/03/record-high-risk-exposure.html<br /><br />The Fed is boxed in by Trumpfuckistan who have been front-running a "fiscal stimulus" plan that is at least 10 months away<br /><br />Let's see, raise rates, implode borrowers, bonds, China, oil, Nat Gas, commodities, Emerging Markets and rest of world. Don't raise rates, implode the stock market. Decisions, decisions<br /><br />"Looks like we have to raise rates..."<br /><br />Meanwhile here is Goldman Sachs with annual revenue (red):<br /><br />Any questions as to why the Fed would raise rates amid collapsing GDP from collapsing exports? Because it's already priced in - why else is Goldman the Treasurer and "Economic Advisor" to the President? [more]<br /><br />Body of Indianapolis Woman, 33, Found on Sand Bar After She Went Missing While Dropping Pets Off with Family<br />https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/body-indianapolis-woman-33-found-191231990.html<br /><br />On Friday, police responded to a call reporting a suspicious vehicle. When they arrived on the scene, officers found Watts’ car running with the flashers on and the passenger door open. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-57908785719353379632017-03-04T07:34:04.960-06:002017-03-04T07:34:04.960-06:00An inebriated good mornin' to y'all[in my ...An inebriated good mornin' to y'all[in my best Tom Waits voice]<br /><br />New research on solar storms reveal surprising removal of electrons from large portions of Earth's atmosphere <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344283-New-research-on-solar-storms-reveal-surprising-removal-of-electrons-from-large-portions-of-Earths-atmosphere<br /><br />In connection with violent solar eruptions, large variations occur in electron density in the ionosphere over Greenland, which interferes with GPH navigation signals as well as flight and satellite communication. [more]<br /><br />[follow-up report]<br />Yacht club reopens after crew clears away huge ice shoves in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344288-Yacht-club-reopens-after-crew-clears-away-huge-ice-shoves-in-Fond-du-Lac-Wisconsin<br /><br />[well, hoo-ray for the Douglases! (Caddy Shack)]<br /><br />USGS: 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344284-USGS-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-Papua-New-Guinea<br /><br />246 people killed by floods in Zimbabwe <br />https://www.sott.net/article/344281-246-people-killed-by-floods-in-Zimbabwe<br /><br />The affected populations are in dire need of assistance, he concluded. "There is an inadequate supply of tents and an urgent need for blankets, clothing, food and medical supplies in affected areas." [more]<br /><br />Tropical Cyclone "Enawo" threatens Madagascar<br />https://watchers.news/2017/03/03/tropical-cyclone-enawo-madagascar-march-3-2017/<br /><br />Tropical Cyclone "Enawo" has formed in the South Indian Ocean on March 3, 2017 and is now rapidly strengthening on its way toward Madagascar. Although the exact location is still unknown, it is possible Enawo will make landfall over northeastern Madagascar as an intense tropical cyclone (Category 3 or 4 hurricane equivalent) early Monday, March 6, 2017, and continue its track southward across the country. [more]<br /><br />China's severe weather patterns changing drastically since 1960<br />https://watchers.news/2017/03/03/severe-weather-patterns-changing-drastically-since-1960/<br /><br />Giant sinkhole terrifies residents of Zaruma, Ecuador as it is growing larger and larger<br />http://strangesounds.org/2017/03/giant-sinkhole-terrifies-residents-of-zaruma-ecuador-pictures.html<br /><br />Residents and officials of Zaruma, Ecuador are facing a serious geological problem as giant sinkholes are opening across the city. [more]<br /><br />A solar wind travelling at over 700 km/s continues to bombard the Earth’s magnetosphere causing auroras as far south as England this week <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/03/a-solar-wind-travelling-at-over-700-kms.html<br /><br />[beautiful, banner contender]<br /><br />Large surge in human cases of deadly bird flu in China is causing alarm amongst scientists: A significant increase since October 2016; Flu strain evolving <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2017/03/large-surge-in-human-cases-of-deadly.html<br /><br />[the Horsemen have saddled up and are headin' this way.]<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com