tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7787527516660708086..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-12-06Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-1922205685454065262019-12-08T19:04:56.641-06:002019-12-08T19:04:56.641-06:00What's That Smell? Mystery Odor Returns to Del...What's That Smell? Mystery Odor Returns to Delaware County<br />https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Mystery-Odor-Smell-Delaware-County-Pennsylvania--565948781.html [~ 2 min. news]<br /><br />“When we get on scene it only lasts a short period of time,” Montella said. “By the time we get our monitors out it usually dissipates in 10 to 15 minutes.”<br /><br />The odor was also reported in nearby Aston, Pennsylvania, in late October as well as in Ridley Township on Veterans Day last month.<br /><br />“No one has been able to figure out where it’s coming from,” State Rep. Leanne Krueger (D-161) told NBC10. [more]<br /><br />Harry Shearer's Le Show for Sunday, Dec. 8th<br />https://harryshearer.com/le-shows/december-08-2019/ [~ 1 hr]<br /><br />UN climate talks failing to address urgency of crisis, says top scientist – “There is a risk of disappointment in the UN process because of the inability to recognise that there is an emergency”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/12/un-climate-talks-failing-to-address-urgency-of-crisis-says-top-scientist-there-is-a-risk-of-disappointment-in-the-un-process-because-of-the-inability-to-recognise-that-there-is-an.html<br /><br />Urgent UN talks on tackling the climate emergency are still not addressing the true scale of the crisis, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has warned, as high-ranking ministers from governments around the world began to arrive in Madrid for the final days of negotiations. [more]<br /><br />Two tropical cyclones set records in one week: Ambali has fastest intensification on record south of the equator, and Kammuri has tallest, coldest cloud tops ever<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/12/two-tropical-cyclones-set-records-in-one-week-ambali-has-fastest-intensification-on-record-south-of-the-equator-and-kammuri-has-tallest-coldest-cloud-tops-ever.html<br /><br />Barely a tropical storm on Wednesday night EST, Tropical Cyclone Ambali astounded weather watchers on Thursday as it pole-vaulted to the brink of Category 5 strength in the southwest Indian Ocean, counter to nearly all expectations. Ambali’s top sustained winds, as assessed from satellite data by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, jumped from 35 knots (40 mph) at 0Z Thursday to 135 knots (155 mph) at 0Z Friday. This increase of 100 knots is the largest 24-hour intensification on record in the Southern Hemisphere, breaking the record of 95 knots (110 mph) from Cyclone Ernie in 2017. It falls just short of the world record set by Hurricane Patricia in 2015 of 105 knots (120 mph). [more]<br /><br />Graph of the Day: The staggering millennial wealth deficit – “To catch up to Gen Xers, millennials would need to triple their wealth in just four years. To reach boomers, their net worth would need a sevenfold jump.” <br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/12/graph-of-the-day-the-staggering-millennial-wealth-deficit-to-catch-up-to-gen-xers-millennials-would-need-to-triple-their-wealth-in-just-four-years-to-reach-boomers-their-net-wor.html<br /><br />[see the chart!]<br /><br />Tropical Cyclone "Belna" forecast to make landfall between Mahajanga and Cape Saint-Andre, Madagascar<br />https://watchers.news/2019/12/08/tropical-cyclone-belna-expected-to-make-landfall-between-mahajanga-and-cape-saint-andre-madagascar/<br /><br />Tropical Cyclone "Belna" is expected to make landfall between Mahajanga and Cape Saint-Andre, Madagascar just before 18:00 UTC on December 9, 2019, with maximum sustained winds up to 170 km/h (105 mph) and gusts to 205 km/h (130 mph). Depending on the location of landfall, the maximum storm surge could reach 3 m (10 feet) near the impact point. Additionally, torrential rains are awaited on the regions of the landfall, locally exceeding 300 mm (11.8 inches). [more]<br /><br />[Edward Snowden and Guy McPherson don't think chem-trails actually exist; Dane Wigington and Robin Westenra (and a few of us here on JJFH) not only believe in them, they PROVIDE evidence that they are real]<br />Edge of Extinction: Evidence-Free “Chemtrails”<br />https://guymcpherson.com/2019/12/edge-of-extinction-evidence-free-chemtrails/#more-22225 [~ 3.5 min.] <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-37365070796484811392019-12-08T08:03:03.922-06:002019-12-08T08:03:03.922-06:00PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfir...PG&E says it has reached $13.5 billion wildfire settlement<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/pg-e-says-reached-13-043032313.html<br /><br />Pacific Gas and Electric announced Friday it has reached a tentative $13.5 billion settlement resolving all major claims related to the deadly, devastating Northern California wildfires of 2017-2018 that were blamed on its outdated equipment and negligence.<br /><br />The utility says the deal, which still requires court approval, represents a key step in leading it out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [more; as if that'll change anything]<br /><br />Kochland review: how the Kochs bought America – and trashed it<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/kochland-review-kochs-bought-america-070032059.html<br /><br />If the unbridled consumption of fossil fuels is indeed pushing the planet faster and faster toward Armageddon, Charles Koch probably deserves as much credit as anyone for the end of the world as we know it. [more]<br /><br />Flooding leaves small Missouri city with dozens of sinkholes<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/flooding-leaves-small-missouri-city-201128538.html<br /><br />[not like it's much better here in PA where we continue to build on KNOWN FLOODPLAINS]<br /><br />Dozens of sinkholes, some up to 12 feet deep, are dotting the landscape in the small southeastern Missouri city of Caruthersville, forcing road detours, swallowing sections of people's yards and leaving city leaders scrambling to make repairs.<br /><br />Months of flooding along the Mississippi River are to blame for the problems in the city of 6,000 people, which was “built on a swamp,” according to Mayor Sue Grantham. The nearly four dozen sinkholes have caused an estimated $4.5 million in damage, and things may get worse. [more]<br /><br />Our climate is like reckless banking before the crash – it's time to talk about near-term collapse<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-reckless-banking-crash-time-160201346.html<br /><br />After a quarter of a century of nations from around the world coming together to discuss progress in dealing with climate change, emissions are still rising. The 25th annual United Nations climate change summit is now underway – and for the sake of the planet, it’s high time it changed its approach. <br />[more; nothing much will change because of this one either]<br /><br />Nobel laureate: Face up to climate change, no escaping Earth<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/nobel-science-laureates-stress-urgency-102124442.html<br /><br />An astronomer who shares this year's Nobel physics prize for discovering a planet outside the Earth's solar system is taking issue with people who shrug off climate change on the grounds that humans will eventually leave for distant planets.<br /><br />“I think this is just irresponsible, because the stars are so far away I think we should not have any serious hope to escape the Earth,” [Didier] Queloz said. [more]<br /><br />Bundle up: Coldest air yet this season to send Midwest into deep freeze next week<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/bundle-coldest-air-yet-season-113542979.html<br /><br />An invasion of Arctic air will plunge temperatures to their lowest levels since last winter and may set the stage for the biggest lake-effect snow event so far this season in the Midwest.<br /><br />The cold will come rocketing southward out of Canada as a swath of snow spreads from west to east across the Northern tier states from Sunday night into Monday night. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-8627267181348009492019-12-08T07:59:34.840-06:002019-12-08T07:59:34.840-06:00New explosive-effusive activity at Nishinoshima vo...New explosive-effusive activity at Nishinoshima volcano, Japan<br />https://watchers.news/2019/12/07/new-explosive-effusive-activity-at-nishinoshima-volcano-japan/<br /><br />A new explosive-effusive activity is taking place at the Japanese Nishinoshima volcano in the Izu-Bonin Volcanic Arch. Thermal anomalies were detected by satellites and confirmed by Japanese coastguard overflight on December 6. [more]<br /><br />California Plans FORCED Internment And Asset Seizure To Solve Homeless Crisis<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVyixBYUTcw [~ 22 min.]<br /><br />[in the first 2 min. this is stated clearly]<br /><br />Video: Australia firefighters flee “explosion of fire” in Sydney’s south-west – “There will be no relief, not in the immediate future”<br /><br />Firefighters were forced to run from an “explosion of fire” in Sydney’s south-west on Thursday night, as the bushfire crisis again tightened its grip over the state. [more]<br /><br />From Algeria to Hong Kong, 2019 was a year of anti-establishment rage – “What unites the protests is that all are responding to a sense of exclusion, pessimism about the future, and a feeling of having lost control to unaccountable elites”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/12/from-algeria-to-hong-kong-2019-was-a-year-of-anti-establishment-rage-what-unites-the-protests-is-that-all-are-responding-to-a-sense-of-exclusion-pessimism-about-the-future-and-a.html <br /><br />[perhaps we should stop voting for anyone]<br /><br />Angry citizens have swelled the streets of cities across the globe this year, pushing back against a disparate range of policies but often expressing a common grievance — the establishment’s failure to heed their demands for a more equitable future. [more; the mask has dropped]<br /><br />How to See The 'Full Cold Moon' This Week<br />https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/see-full-cold-moon-week-120001186.html<br /><br />Whatever you call it, the final full moon of 2019 promises to be a special sight.<br /><br />The next full moon is on Friday, January 10, 2020. It is called the "Full Wolf Moon," and it's going to be something extra-special since the moon will drift into Earth’s outer shadow, creating a full Wolf Moon eclipse, visible from some parts of Earth. [more]<br /><br />[last part next]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-65961936425140783622019-12-08T07:59:09.013-06:002019-12-08T07:59:09.013-06:00Australia’s Bushfires Turn New Zealand’s Glaciers ...Australia’s Bushfires Turn New Zealand’s Glaciers Pink<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/12/australia-bushfires-turn-new-zealand-glaciers-pink-pictures.html<br /><br />For weeks now, Australia has been dealing with severe bushfires.<br /><br />They’ve engulfed Sydney in smoke, threatening air quality throughout New South Wales and destroying key koala habitat. <br /><br />The smoke has been clearly visible from space, but it’s also left a mark on the ground, painting New Zealand glaciers a shade of dusty pink.<br /><br />Yes, tiny particles of ash are turning the snow brownish-pink.<br />[and we thought yellow snow was the only kind to avoid]<br /><br />Research shows that dust particles from Amazon forest fires falling on glaciers in the Andes may enhance glacier melting because darkened snow absorbs more sunlight.<br /><br />And that’s another self-reinforcing feedback. [more]<br /><br />Why Texas’s fossil fuel support will ‘spell disaster’ for climate crisis<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/12/07/why-texass-fossil-fuel-support-will-spell-disaster-for-climate-crisis/<br /><br />Texas’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Act went into effect on 1 September, stiffening civil and criminal penalties specifically for protesters who interrupt operations or damage oil and gas pipelines and other energy facilities.<br /><br />The scale of new production is “staggering”, according to an analysis by Global Witness, a campaign group, with Texas leading the way as US output of oil and gas is forecast to rise by 25% over the next decade. This makes it a “looming carbon timebomb”, the group believes, in a period when global oil and gas production needs to drop by 40% to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis. [more]<br /><br />Faded Texas oil field offers austerity lesson for U.S. shale – “There’s an inflection point coming here because production growth is going to slow down massively”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/12/faded-texas-oil-field-offers-austerity-lesson-for-u-s-shale-theres-an-inflection-point-coming-here-because-production-growth-is-going-to-slow-down-massively.html<br /><br />It’s a grand bargain that the Eagle Ford’s bigger Texas cousin — the Permian Basin — is wrestling with: sacrificing growth for profits.<br /><br />At current oil prices, “what you cannot do is harvest cash and grow,” said Raoul LeBlanc, a Houston-based analyst at IHS. “There’s an inflection point coming here because production growth is going to slow down massively.”<br /><br />The implications for U.S. oil production are vast. Shale wells are gushers for the first three months but after that, output plummets so that by the end of the first year it’s down about 60%. That’s 10 times the decline rate of conventional wells.<br />[more]<br /><br />Oceans losing oxygen at unprecedented rate, experts warn<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/12/07/oceans-losing-oxygen-at-unprecedented-rate-experts-warn/<br /><br />Oxygen in the oceans is being lost at an unprecedented rate, with “dead zones” proliferating and hundreds more areas showing oxygen dangerously depleted, as a result of the climate emergency and intensive farming, experts have warned.<br /><br />Sharks, tuna, marlin and other large fish species were at particular risk, scientists said, with many vital ecosystems in danger of collapse. [more]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-91925485298626536652019-12-08T07:58:39.447-06:002019-12-08T07:58:39.447-06:00Good Sunday morning Jonny, Fran, Mike D., Tom N., ...Good Sunday morning Jonny, Fran, Mike D., Tom N., LL, Terry, FezzedOne, Panther and all other readers of JJFH.<br /><br />When your water starts smelling "funny," watch out for trouble.<br /><br />Houseboats may be the last place people should wanna live these days.<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS: The developing world has hit the brakes on clean energy<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQ9d9PBWLo [~ 10 min.]<br /><br />More than 40 insurance companies sue government over fire that burned into Gatlinburg<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/12/07/more-than-40-insurance-companies-sue-government-over-fire-that-burned-into-gatlinburg/<br /><br />More than 40 insurance companies are suing the federal government for $450 million over how the fire that burned into Gatlinburg, Tennessee in 2016 was handled, the Knox News is reporting.<br /><br />Five days after it started in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on November 23 the Chimney Tops 2 Fire spread into the eastern Tennessee city killing 14 people, forcing 14,000 to evacuate, destroying or damaging 2,400 structures, and blackening 17,000 acres.<br /><br />The strategy used to manage the fire was controversial in that very little direct action was taken to suppress the fire during those first five days until a predicted wind event caused it to spread very rapidly out of the park and into the city. [more; hey, sounds a lot like what the world is doing about climate change-sitting around and watching the destruction until it's COMIN' RIGHT AT US!]<br /><br />California bans insurers from dropping policies in wildfire areas<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/12/06/california-bans-insurers-from-dropping-policies-in-wildfire-areas/<br /><br />The California Department of Insurance is invoking a law passed in 2018 that bans insurance companies from dropping or refusing to renew homeowners policies in zip codes within or adjacent to the perimeters of recent fires. This will apply for one year after the Governor declared a state of emergency in October, 2018 and will affect at least 800,000 homes in wildfire disaster areas in Northern and Southern California. The action by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is the result of Senate Bill 824 that he authored last year while serving as state senator.<br /><br />In his announcement about the localized ban, the Commissioner went a step further and called on insurance companies to voluntarily cease all non-renewals related to wildfire risk statewide until December 5, 2020. [more; so stupid]<br /><br />Sunday, 8 December 2019<br />Fish all gone! Gulf of Alaska fishery to close for the first time ever: No more cod: Salmon all but gone: Millions of small sea birds died since 2015 <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/12/fish-all-gone-gulf-of-alaska-fishery-to.html<br /><br />Extremely low cod numbers have lead feds to close the Gulf of Alaska fishery for the first time ever. In an unprecedented response to historically low numbers of Pacific cod, the federal cod fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is closing for the 2020 season. It’s a decision that came as little surprise, but it’s the first time the fishery was closed due to concerns of low stock. [more]<br /><br />Giant Greenland Lake Disappears Within Hours Underground, Leaving Giant Fractures in Ice<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/12/lake-greenland-drains-within-hours-video-ice-sheet.html<br /><br />The Greenland Ice Sheet may be even more unstable than scientists previously thought.<br /><br />New research reveals how lakes on the surface of Greenland’s glaciers drain toward the bottom of the ice sheet within hours. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com