Event Update For 2013-04-25

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: Fires And Explosions

 

2013-04-25 - Underground explosion and fire sends fireball erupting from street in coastal London (Britain), 2000 customers lose power:

http://news.sky.com/story/1083442/video-shows-fireball-bursting-out-of-pavement
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/10020434/Terrifying-explosion-in-central-London-caught-on-camera.html

 

Quote: "A huge fireball has burst from a pavement on a busy street narrowly missing a passer-by standing just yards from the blast. The dramatic explosion was said to have shaken nearby buildings and left a gaping crater at the side of the road. Video footage of the blast shows one astonished bystander running from the scene as flames shoot from the ground."

 

2013-04-25 - Three underground explosions as electrical fire erupts near train station in Sutton (Britain), power lost:

http://www.suttonguardian.co.uk/news/10380087.UPDATE__Triple_explosion_outside_Sutton_station_caused_town_centre_power_cut/

 

Quote: "The pavement ruptured in front of commuters from the force of the blasts. Witnesses described hearing three bangs at about 9.10am."

 

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is a highly flammable heavier-than-air gas which will seek out low-lying areas like underground facilities, basements, bodies of water, canyons and valleys, etc. It is also reactive with copper, especially electrified copper, like that used in underground electrical infrastructure around the world. As a consequence, there have been a rising number of underground fires and explosions in cities and towns around the world, mostly involving electrical infrastructure...

2013-04-25 - Major explosion and fire hit biomass energy plant in Shakopee (Minnesota), near Prior Lake:
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2013/04/25/shakopee-explosion-koda-energy-rahr.html
http://kstp.com/news/stories/s3011517.shtml
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/265389/
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22079395/shakopee-fire-rahr-beer-malt-plant
http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/262115/

Quote: "...our office building shook on Shumway St. and we saw smoke and then squad cars raced by."

Quote: "Koda Energy says the silos were full of wood chips and oat hulls that are burned in boiler to produce energy."

Note: Wood chips and oat hulls are both absorbent flammable materials and will absorb hydrogen sulfide and/or methane and spontaneously combust. Not only that, but those silos will help capture a heavier-than-air gas like hydrogen sulfide and keep it from blowing on with the wind. If they want to keep the wood chips and oat hulls in silos, they'd be wise to make sure those silos are well-protected from the atmosphere. Of course, since they don't know about our atmospheric hydrogen sulfide and methane problem, they will probably do nothing and this will happen again. Putting out this fire didn't do anything to solve the problem...

2013-04-25 - Small fire erupts on the deck of nuclear submarine in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FR-20130426-38992-GBR

2013-04-25 - Boat bursts into flame at home in coastal West Palm Beach (Florida), fire spreads, damages home:
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/west_palm_beach/firefighters-battle-boat-fire-next-to-a-home-in-west-palm-beach

2013-04-25 - Nineteen cars damaged by blaze at used car dealership in coastal Ellesmere Port (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2013/04/25/19-cars-damaged-in-ellesmere-port-garage-fire-100252-33234769/

2013-04-25 - Double-decker bus bursts into flame on Renfrew Road in Renfrewshire (Scotland):
http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/222868-double-decker-bus-catches-fire-near-esso-on-renfrew-road-in-paisley/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22295492

2013-04-25 - Tanker truck bursts into flame near gas station in Searcy (Arkansas):
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/story/Update-Massive-Tanker-Fire-in-Searcy-Extinguished/icMN5I3v80O3dpjFVUh0ew.cspx

2013-04-25 - Tanker truck bursts into flame at John C. Tune Airport in West Nashville (Tennessee):
http://www.wsmv.com/story/22089929/tanker-catches-fire-near-john-tune-airport

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 in Beaumont (Texas):
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Truck-fire-closes-I-10-lanes-4466138.php

Note: An ExxonMobil refinery caught fire in Beaumont recently too, injuring 12 people, as mentioned in the 2013-04-17 update...

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-5 near Smokey Bear Road in Los Angeles County (California):
http://www.signalscv.com/section/36/article/94682/

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame while parked at truck sales lot in Berlin (Connecticut):
http://berlin.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/early-morning-fire-lights-up-the-sky

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-94 in Macomb County (Michigan):
http://wrbw.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/22075686/tractor-trailer-fire-slows-traffic-on-i-94-in-macomb-co
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/20130425/NEWS01/130429667/tractor-trailer-fire

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-15 near Barstow (California):
http://www.desertdispatch.com/articles/semi-14402-shuts-barstow.html

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame near police station in Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Britain):
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/emergency-services/2013/04/26/shrewsbury-lorry-blaze-sparks-alert/

2013-04-25 - Garbage truck bursts into flame on Purchase Parkway near Calvert City (Kentucky):
http://westkentuckystar.com/News/Local-Regional/McCracken-County/Vehicle-Fire-Closes-Portion-of-Pkwy-on-Thursday.aspx

2013-04-25 - RV bursts into flame, fire spreads to garage, home, in Boise (Idaho):
http://www.ktvb.com/news/West-Boise-garage-goes-up-in-flames-204725751.html
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/04/25/2551623/firefighters-called-to-house-fire.html

2013-04-25 - RV bursts into flame on Fernwood Road in Newberg (Oregon):
http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2013/April/25/Public.Safety/fire.heavily.damages.rv.monday.on.fernwood.road/news.aspx

2013-04-25 - Cargo van bursts into flame on I-680 in Fairfield (California):
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/news/fairfield/car-fire-shuts-down-southbound-i-680/

2013-04-25 - Van and car burst into flame while parked on street in Hove (Britain):
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10378595.Two_cars_set_on_fire_in_Hove/

2013-04-25 - Van bursts into flame on slip road in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Van-catches-slip-road-Manadon-Plymouth/story-18803830-detail/story.html
http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/White-van-A38-Plymouth-slip-road-causes-traffic/story-18811789-detail/story.html

2013-04-25 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on street in Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-963992

2013-04-25 - Five cars destroyed or damaged by fire at business in Taney County (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-firefighters-battle-a-multiple-car-fire-north-of-branson-20130425,0,3982457.story
http://www.ky3.com/galleries/ky3-pictures-multiplecar-fire-north-of-branson-20130425,0,6325951.photogallery

2013-04-25 - Car bursts into flame on the M4 motorway near Swansea (Britain):
http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Travel-Long-queues-M4-following-car/story-18804230-detail/story.html

2013-04-25 - Car bursts into flame, eventually explodes, on highway heading into coastal Gothenburg (Sweden):
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e7_1366885258

2013-04-25 - Car bursts into flame on road in Skelmersdale (Britain), near the River Tawd:
http://skemnews.com/community/car-fire-in-eskdale-skelmersdale/

2013-04-25 - Car bursts into flame on the M40 near Banbury (Britain):
http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/local/firefighters-attend-car-fire-1-5040097

2013-04-25 - Trailer bursts into flame inside barn in Wymondham (Britain), barn destroyed too:
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/firefighters_tackle_barn_blaze_at_wymondham_1_2168915

Note: It was a trailer full of hay. All flammable absorbent materials are absorbing hydrogen suldide and/or methane and spontaneously combusting. That includes wood, paper, cardboard, hay, straw, clothing, cotton, wool, mulch, dried brush, generic trash, etc.

2013-04-25 - Two vehicles and two sheds destroyed by fire in Ship Cove on the Port au Port Peninsula (Canada):
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-04-25/article-3227201/RCMP-investigating-Ship-Cove-fire/1
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2013/04/25/nl-fire-ship-cove-2013-04-25.html

Quote: "Police and the Stephenville Marine Institute fire team arrived at 4 a.m Thursday, and found the blaze had engulfed two sheds and two vehicles on Main Road."

Note: The wee hours are when the atmosphere cools and contracts, which will push any hydrogen sulfide or methane floating above closer to rhe ground, making this time of the day the most dangerous in terms of fires, explosions and being poisoned by hydrogen sulfide...

2013-04-25 - Tractor and barn destroyed by fire in Buckhead (Georgia):
http://www.morgancountycitizen.com/?q=node/23159

2013-04-25 - Pile of tires bursts into flame outside tire shop in Tuscon (Arizona), fire spreads, gets huge:
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/22082426/jack-furrier-tire-heap-fire-now-extinguished

Quote: "Officers have put out a massive fire that started in a heap of used tires around 2:30 p.m. in an alleyway next to the Jack Furrier tire shop near Ajo and Palo Verde."

Note: As mentioned, tire rubber is absorbing hydrogen sulfide. Then when brakes are applied, the brake-friction burns hotter than normal, since hydrogen sulfide burns very hot. Then bad things can happen: tires explode or ignite, brakes burn out or ignite, fluid lines rupture, the whole vehicle goes up in flames, or all of the above. Tires NOT on vehicles, like those in this fire - tires just laying around - are even more vulnerable, because hydrogen sulfide is a heavier-than-air gas and once it gets inside the tires, it may stay there, absorbing into the tire rubber from the outside AND from the inside, and accumulating inside the tires. Then the heat of the Sun may be enough to cause spontaneous combustion. So just as you don't want have pallets or furniture laying around, you probably don't want any tires laying around either, at least not near anything you don't want to get burned...

2013-04-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Cortlandt (New York), around 2000 chickens killed:
http://longisland.news12.com/news/thousands-of-chickens-killed-in-barn-fire-1.5144997
http://peekskill.patch.com/articles/lake-mohegan-firefighters-handle-barn-fire-thursday-night

2013-04-25 - Barn destroyed by fire in Stanley (Canada):
http://www.pembinavalleyonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32075:fire-destroys-barn-just-north-of-us-border

2013-04-25 - Large farm shed destroyed by fire in rural Jones County (Iowa):
http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Fire-Destroys-Farm-Shed-in-Jones-County-204812861.html

2013-04-25 - Ductwork bursts into flame above cabinet shop at high school in Cleveland (Ohio), school evacuated:
http://www.clevelandbanner.com/view/full_story/22367160/article-BCHS-duct-fire-causes-evacuation
http://www.wdef.com/news/story/Small-Fire-in-Cabinetry-Shop-at-Bradley-Central/zIYHXR5nh0WTKULqhIdxEg.cspx

2013-04-25 - Kiln bursts into flame at 4:30 AM at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/04/kiln_fire_inside_svsu_art_buil.html

2013-04-25 - Blaze rips through home in McKeesport (Pennsylvania), family of 6 homeless:
http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmckeesport/yourmckeesportmore/3913313-74/fire-family-jones

Note: McKeesport is situated at the confluece of the Monongahela River and the Youghiogheny River...

2013-04-25 - Mobile home explodes and burns in field near Hallow (Britain):
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/10378599.Mobile_home_fire_overnight_near_Worcester/

Quote: "A 'big bang' thought to have been caused by a mobile home fire in a field near Hallow overnight was felt more than two miles away."

2013-04-25 - Vacant garage burns in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/norfolk/crews-respond-to-norfolk-fire

2013-04-25 - Vacant home burns in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20130425phoenix-fire-abandoned-home-abrk.html
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22074032/2013/04/25/vacant-cluttered-home-catches-fire-in-phoenix

2013-04-25 - Vacant hospital burns near downtown Houston (Texas):
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9078767

2013-04-25 - Three adjacent vacant homes burn in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-ci-vacants-fire-20130425,0,1708533.story

2013-04-25 - Vacant building burns in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wgal.com/news/susquehanna-valley/cumberland/manheim-township-fire-suspicious/-/9704098/19881666/-/w6bdh8z/-/index.html

2013-04-25 - Vacant building destroyed by fire in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/289948/40/Vacant-building-destroyed-by-fire

2013-04-25 - Vacant house burns in East Columbus (Ohio):
http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/04/18/columbus-fire-livingston.html

2013-04-25 - Vacant home burns in Kansas City (Missouri), fire spreads to adjacent occupied home:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/fire-in-vacant-home-damages-neighboring-house/-/11664182/19888462/-/1gpdsa/-/index.html

Note: Very dangerous to live next to a vacant structure now. Kansas City sits at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River...

2013-04-25 - Vacant house destroyed by fire near Roscoe (Texas):
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/apr/25/officials-investigate-vacant-house-fire-in-nolan/

2013-04-25 - Vacant building burns in Concord (North Carolina):
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/25/4002942/no-injuries-in-overnight-concord.html

2013-04-25 - Major fire destroys vacant building in coastal San Jose (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_23111243/san-jose-fire-crews-at-scene-structure-fire
 

2013-04-25 - Man burns to death in burning truck, son critically burned, in Nicosia on the island of Cyprus:
http://www.cyprus-mail.com/burn/man-burns-death-truck-fire/20130425

Quote: "A 66-year-old man burnt to death yesterday while his son, 44, was in critical condition after the truck they were in was engulfed in flames on a rural road in Nicosia."

2013-04-25 - College student, 19, found dead in residence hall in Boone (North Carolina):
http://www.carynews.com/2013/04/26/73473/cary-teen-found-dead-at-appalachian.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/25/2849844/appalachian-state-student-from.html

2013-04-25 - Woman, 21, drops dead on street in Hartford (Connecticut):
http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2013/04/26/woman-found-dead-in-hartford-street/

2013-04-25 - Body found at the Blue Sky Canyon ecological preserve in Poway (California), may be missing man:
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/25/5371804/missing-mans-car-found-at-poway.html

2013-04-25 - Body found near Loch of the Lowes nature reserve in Perthshire (Scotland):
http://news.stv.tv/tayside/222897-body-found-at-loch-of-lowes-nature-reserve-in-perthshire/

2013-04-25 - Missing man, 68, found dead in the River Trent in Derbyshire (Britain):
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Body-River-Trent-Derbyshire-believed-missing-68/story-18814414-detail/story.html

2013-04-25 - Body found in water near dock at Mansfield Dam Park in Northwest Travis County (Texas):
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/body-found-in-mansfield-dam/nXYPW/

2013-04-25 - SoCal Edison worker found dead while working with underground equipment in Riverside County (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/25/socal-edison-worker-found-dead-in-riverside-county/

2013-04-25 - Professional diver, 54, drops dead in shower in Grosseto (Italy):
http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/44173/Concordia-diver-found-dead-in-shower.html

2013-04-25 - Missing man, 52, found dead in the Buffalo River near Hohenwald (Tennessee):
http://www.wdxe.com/wdxe.php?rfc=narticle.php&id=20481

2013-04-25 - Man found dead in bus yard in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-found-dead-in-cta-bus-yard-20130424,0,4268885.story
 

2013-04-25 - Small plane crashes in St. Clements (Canada), near Gull Lake, 2 injured:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Plane-crash-near-Gull-Lake-injuries-two-204730571.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/04/25/mb-cessna-crash-stead-road.html
http://www.chrisd.ca/2013/04/25/rm-st-clements-selkirk-plane-crash-cessna-manitoba-rcmp/

2013-04-25 - Small plane crashes near Martin Mill Pike in South Knoxville (Tennessee), engine failure, 1 injured:
http://www.wate.com/story/22081871/plane-down-on-martin-mill-pike-in-south-knoxville
http://www.wsmv.com/story/22082977/small-plane-down-pilot-injured

2013-04-25 - Small plane makes emergency belly landing at airport in Gardner (Kansas), landing gear problem:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/22077368/small-plane-makes-emergency-landing-at-gardner-airport
http://www.kmbc.com/news/kansas-city/plane-with-stuck-landing-gear-makes-emergency-landing/-/11664182/19891402/-/tisjkcz/-/index.html

2013-04-25 - Helicopter crashes on snowfield on Mount Aeneas (Montana), 2 lightly injured:
http://missoulian.com/news/local/survive-helicopter-crash-on-mount-aeneas-snowfield/article_3068739c-ade8-11e2-9450-001a4bcf887a.html

2013-04-25 - Indian Navy vessel hits fishing trawler off the coast of Goa (India), 23 thrown overboard, 6 missing:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20130425-38986-IND

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer veers off road, bursts into flame, explodes, on I-95 in coastal St. Johns County (Florida), 1 killed:
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/rss/article/310609/3/1-person-dead-in-tractor-trailer-crash
http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2013-04-25/story/truck-explodes-accident-i-95-south-racetrack-road-st-johns-county

Quote: "Drivers should expect delays as the Highway Patrol investigates the fiery 2:20 p.m. truck crash. A motorist passing the scene just before 2:30 p.m. reported explosions from the tractor-trailer on fire in the woods."

2013-04-25 - Tractor trailer crashes on the Days River Bridge, on Michigan 35 near Gladstone (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=889657

2013-04-25 - Moving truck overturns on I-95 in coastal Palm Coast (Florida):
http://flaglerlive.com/53530/truck-overturns-sr100/

2013-04-25 - Truck overturns, bursts into flame, at Chapel Creek Boulevard in Ft. Worth (Texas), driver saved, truck explodes, 3 injured:
http://www.firehouse.com/news/10928953/paramedics-burned-in-texas-truck-fire-rescue
http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/04/25/4805079/fort-worth-paramedics-pull-woman.html

Quote: "As the paramedics dragged the woman out, the vehicle exploded, Zavadsky said."

2013-04-25 - Truck overturns, plunges down embankment, in Odisha (India), 6 killed, 4 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20130425-38985-IND

2013-04-25 - Van and SUV collide, van bursts into flame, in coastal Anchorage (Alaska), 2 injured:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-injured-in-fiery-Anchorage-crash-4464272.php

2013-04-25 - SUV slams into church, bursts into flame, church destroyed, in Malakoff (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.kltv.com/story/22082004/car-crashes-into-e-texas-church-driver-airlifted

2013-04-25 - Pickup truck veers off road, hits fence, bursts into flame, driver runs off, in Houston (Texas):
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Driver-runs-away-after-fiery-truck-crash-204841721.html

2013-04-25 - Patrol car veers off road and crashes in Winter Haven (Florida), deputy found dead:
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/polk-co-deputy-found-dead-crashed-patrol-car/nXYmz/

2013-04-25 - Car veers over centerline, hits semi head-on, semi bursts into flame, in Kootenai County (Idaho), 1 killed:
http://www.krem.com/news/local/Wreck-closes-part-of-Highway-41-in-Kootenai-County--204744011.html

2013-04-25 - Car veers over centerline, hits SUV head-on, near Greencastle (Indiana), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1963070.html

2013-04-25 - Car and pickup collide head-on, on Mt. Messenger (New Zealand), 3 miles from the coast, 3 injured:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/8598260/Head-on-crash-near-top-of-Mt-Messenger

2013-04-25 - Two cars go out of control, one plows deeply into a home, in coastal San Jose (California), 5 injured:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23099812/san-jose-vehicle-crashes-into-home-multiple-injuries

2013-04-25 - Car veers off road, hits tree, bursts into flame, on I-95 near coastal Darien (Connecticut), 1 killed:
http://www.darientimes.com/19017/car-fire-kills-one-after-i-95-accident-in-darien/
 

2013-04-25 - Sinkhole opens up at home, woman falls in, rescued, in Henrico County (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2013/04/25/firefighters-rescue-henrico-woman-from-growing-sinkhole/

Quote: "He says images of the sinkhole in Orlando, that had swallowed a home and killed a man, have him on edge about his own property. 'Man I’m not going near that hole,' he said."

2013-04-25 - Sinkhole opens up on Lehigh Street in Allentown (Pennsylvania):
http://articles.mcall.com/2013-04-25/news/mc-t-allentown-lehigh-street-sinkhole-20130425_1_lehigh-street-traffic-allentown-penndot

Quote: "City officials rushed to the scene to check first for broken water or sewer lines but found none."

2013-04-25 - Sinkhole opens up on McGavock Pike in Donelson (Tennessee), road closed for two weeks:
http://www.wkrn.com/story/22081725/sinkhole-closes-portion-of-mcgavock-pike
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130425/NEWS01/130425020/10-foot-deep-sinkhole-opens-McGavock-Pike

2013-04-25 - Firefighter suddenly collapses while directing traffic, stops breathing, resuscitated, in Portville (New York):
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130425/CITYANDREGION/130429405/1010

Note: He'd just been at the scene of a three-car accident and stayed to help direct traffic. That's when he collapsed and almost died. Portville is right on the Allegheny River...

2013-04-25 - Odor of natural gas sends firefighters to middle school for 3rd time in a week in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2013/04/odor_of_natural_gas_sends_spri.html

Quote: "Each time around, no evidence of natural gas was detected, Dennis Leger, aide to Fire Commissioner Joseph Conant, said."

Note: Natural gas doesn't actually HAVE an odor. They add mercaptan to it so that is what people smell, and it smells like 'rotten eggs'. And so does hydrogen sulfide at low concentrations. So they may be smelling hydrogen sulfide and confusing its 'rotten egg' odor with the odor of mercaptan, and that's why they aren't detecting any natural gas - because there isn't any there to detect...