2016 - MAY - Other Stories

2016-05-01 - Man, 57, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found, at Lake Lanier (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/sports/local/missing-person-reported-in-lake-laniers-cocktail-cove/163414446
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/authorities-searching-for-man-missing-near-lake-la/nrFfK/

Quote: "Spokesperson Mark McKinnon told 11Alive that 57-year-old Jerry Kornmeier was reported missing from Cocktail Cove on Saturday at 5 p.m. On Sunday, his boat was found adrift in open water."

2016-05-01 - More than 140 people sicken on cruise ship near coastal Miami (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/tourism/os-disney-wonder-sick-vomiting-20160502-story.html
http://www.wdef.com/2016/05/02/cdc-investigating-97-fall-sick-disney-cruise-ship/

Quote: "The CDC originally reported 97 illnesses. Monday, that number climbed to 145 people. Almost 5 percent of passengers — 131 people — fell ill, while 14 of 991 crew members were sick. Vomiting and diarrhea were the predominant symptoms, the CDC reported. A cause has not been determined."

2016-05-01 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes in the New Madrid Seizmic Zone near La Center (Kentucky):
http://dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/geores/techbulletin1.htm
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/m3-5-earthquake-recorded-near-la-center-ky-new-madrid-quake-felt-across-3-states/

2016-05-01 - Lightning strikes kill eight people and injure two more in Odisha (India):
http://odishasuntimes.com/2016/05/01/lightning-strike-kills-eight-injures-two-in-odisha/
http://www.sott.net/article/317508-Lightning-strikes-kill-eight-and-injure-two-in-Odisha-India

2016-05-01 - Wild storms with 107-KPH winds lash Melbourne (Australia):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/wild-weather-in-melbourne.html

2016-05-01 - Hailstorm pounds Gansu Province and Tanchang County (China), crops, vehicles and homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160502-53136-CHN

2016-05-01 - Obama administration warns of 'climate refugees' due to rapid Arctic warming:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/29/climate-change-refugees-arctic-obama-administration-warning
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/us-administration-preparing-for-climate.html

2016-05-01 - Coping with the reality of climate change, with Tim DeChristopher and Chris Hedges:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/discussing-climate-change-with-chris.html

2016-05-01 - 13 catastrophic events which could soon lead to an American apocalypse:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-end-of-america-13-catastrophic-events-which-could-soon-lead-to-an-american-apocalypse

2016-05-02 - Mysterious explosion shakes homes as rotten egg odor hits the island of Bermuda:
http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160503/reports-of-explosion-in-west-end

Quote: "The cause of an explosion that shook homes in the West End last night is still unknown. Emergency services investigated a loud sound in the Watford Bridge and Mangrove Bay area just before 10pm but came up with no clues as to why it happened. A report of a 'strong smell of gas' near Morgan’s Point at about 10.30pm led to another search in that area."

2016-05-02 - Rotten egg odor hits Alameda, San Leandro, Oakland and Castro Valley (California), PG&E can't find source:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/PGE-Unable-to-Locate-Source-of-Natural-Gas-Odor-in-East-Bay-377765351.html
http://www.ooyuz.com/geturl?aid=11470113

Quote: "Around 7:15 p.m., fire officials with the Alameda Fire Department said they received several calls reporting the smell of natural gas. PG&E crews arrived at 7:35 p.m. but were unable to locate the smell's source."

Note: Natural gas is odorless so they add methyl mercaptan to it, which smells like rotten eggs. Maybe they couldn't find the source of the natural gas because it wasn't natural gas - hydrogen sulfide also smells like rotten eggs, at least at low concentrations. In fact, one method of making methyl mercaptan uses hydrogen sulfide as an ingredient, so people are understandably confusing the odors. Also see the boat that burst into flame while docked in Oakland on this day...

2016-05-02 - Volcano Turrialba erupts 31 times in 10 hours in Costa Rica:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/turrialba-volcano-eruption-explodes-31-times-in-10-hours.html

2016-05-02 - Mount Nyiragongo showing signs of life in the (not very) Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-02/one-africas-most-active-volcanos-showing-new-signs-life
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/one-of-africas-most-active-volcanoes-is-showing-new-signs-of-life/

2016-05-02 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes near the coast on Sumatra Island (Indonesia):
http://www.sott.net/article/317511-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-western-Indonesia
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-western-indonesia/articleshow/52072593.cms

2016-05-02 - Arctic ice cover at lowest ever seen for this time of year:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/more-heating-round-globe-update-05012016.html

Quote: "Worryingly, high methane peaks have been recorded recently, as high as 2810 ppb on April 29, 2016, as illustrated by the image below, showing a large area with high methane levels east of Greenland."

2016-05-02 - Massive sandstorm sweeps through Xinjiang and Qinghai (China):
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/02/463567/China-sandstorm-XinjiangQinghai-Province/
http://www.sott.net/article/317514-Massive-sandstorm-sweeps-through-Chinas-Xinjiang-Qinghai

2016-05-02 - Deluge of hailstones pounds Gansu Province (China):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/deluge-of-hailstones-gansu-china-photo-video.html

2016-05-02 - Monster supercell storm sweeps over Laplata (Maryland):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/monster-supercell-sweeps-over-laplata-in-maryland.html

2016-05-02 - Coffee crops die in Vietnam, rice yield shrinks in Thailand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-dying-earth-05012016.html

2016-05-02 - Murray-Darling river system being destroyed by civilization in Australia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/focus-on-australia-and-murray-darling.html

2016-05-02 - What does a dying forest sound like?
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-does-dying-forest-sound-180958859/

2016-05-02 - Baby born with 15 fingers and 16 toes in China:
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/meanwhile-in-china-this-kid-was-born-with-15-fingers-and-16-toes_052016
http://www.sott.net/article/317572-Signs-and-portents-Baby-born-with-15-fingers-and-16-toes

2016-05-02 - Why are we so unhealthy? Our system makes us sick and keeps us sick:
http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2016/05/why-are-we-so-unhealthy-our-system.html

2016-05-02 - Military testing unmanned 132-foot ship in California:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-tests-worlds-largest-unmanned-surface-vessel/
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/02/military-begins-testing-of-large-unmanned-vessel/
http://www.stltoday.com/business/technology/military-tests-unmanned-ship-designed-to-cross-oceans/article_172d39ca-09b3-5866-953d-c01437928ed6.html

2016-05-02 - Scientists find 3 planets possibly capable of supportling life just 40 light years away:
http://www.kmov.com/story/31867561/scientists-identify-3-new-planets-with-potential-for-hosting-life

2016-05-02 - 100-year-old woman breaks world record for 100-yard dash in the over-80 category, in Pennsylvania:
http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/woman-100-breaks-record-for-100-yard-dash/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/05/01/100-year-old-runner-breaks-world-record-at-penn-relays/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3569816/Run-Ida-run-Great-great-grandmother-100-breaks-World-Record-100-meter-dash-didn-t-start-running-67.html

2016-05-03 - Arctic sea ice cover falling off a cliff, may not survive the summer:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/02/arctic-sea-ice-is-falling-off-a-cliff-and-it-may-not-survive-the-summer/

2016-05-03 - The Ob Sea was completely ice-free on May 1 near Novosibirsk (Russia):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/ob-servingclimate-change-in-siberia-on1.html

2016-05-03 - Ocean acidification taking toll on California coastlines at night:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160318090001.htm
http://carnegiescience.edu/news/ocean-acidification-takes-toll-california%E2%80%99s-coastline-nighttime

2016-05-03 - Flash floods hit Turkana County (Kenya), 3 killed, hundreds homeless:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160503-53140-KEN

2016-05-03 - 10 inches of rain in 24 hours hits Haiti and the Dominican Republic, 4000 people displaced:
http://floodlist.com/america/4000-displaced-floods-haiti-dominican-republic-april-may-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/317564-Over-4000-displaced-by-floods-in-Haiti-and-Dominican-Republic-after-10-inches-of-rainfall-in-24-hours

2016-05-03 - Nearly 200 people have been killed by flooding in the US over the last 16 months:
http://weather.com/storms/severe/news/flood-deaths-united-states-near-200
http://www.sott.net/article/317557-Nearly-200-people-have-been-killed-by-flooding-in-the-US-over-the-last-16-months

2016-05-03 - Rare American rose-breasted grosbeak turns up on Scottish island in Spring:
http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/12657-rare-american-visitor-graces-burra-garden
http://www.sott.net/article/317590-Wrong-time-wrong-place-Rare-American-rose-breasted-grosbeak-turns-up-on-Scottish-island-in-spring

2016-05-03 - Fukushima 'ice wall' could destroy reactor units, turn site into swamp:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/nuclear-news-05022016.html
http://alternative-news-network.net/fukushima-ice-wall-could-destroy-reactor-units-turn-site-into-swamp/
http://enenews.com/experts-fukushima-ice-wall-could-destroy-reactor-buildings-turn-site-swamp-concern-fractures-ground-movement-subsidence-around-structures-will-stay-frozen-200-year-period-govt-observable-heav

2016-05-03 - Market analyst says nothing is real, all being played to keep people believing the system is working:
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/market-analyst-nothing-is-real-all-of-this-is-being-played-to-keep-people-believing-the-system-is-working_04292016

2016-05-03 - New digital cash system was just unveiled at a secret meeting for bankers in New York:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-new-digital-cash-system-was-just-unveiled-at-a-secret-meeting-for-bankers-in-new-York

2016-05-03 - The ReAnima Project seeks to bring dead brains back to life:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/05/03/dead-could-be-brought-back-to-life-in-groundbreaking-project/
http://www.sott.net/article/317615-The-ReAnima-Project-Dead-could-be-brought-back-to-life

Quote: "The team believes that the brain stem cells may be able to erase their history and re-start life again, based on their surrounding tissue – a process seen in the animal kingdom in creatures like salamanders who can regrow entire limbs."

Quote: "The first subject woke up and could only mumble, 'Braaaaains!'"

Note: Heh, okay, I added the second quote!

2016-05-03 - Scientists working on synthetic meat to replace cows:
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-are-working-to-make-cows-obsolete-2016-4
http://www.sott.net/article/317552-The-Synthetic-Butcher-Shop-Scientists-are-working-to-make-cows-obsolete

2016-05-03 - Billions of cicadas prepare to invade Virginia, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/billions-of-cicadas-invade-virginia-maryland-new-york-ohio-pennsylvania-west-virginia-video-pictures.html

2016-05-03 - Brazil to open sex-themed amusement park called ErotikaLand:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-ideas/weird-and-wacky/brazil-is-planning-a-sexthemed-amusement-park/news-story/d24bbe4f840e062b7ec19dd029064683

2016-05-04 - Sixty girls poisoned by unknown cause at school in Takhar Province (Afghanistan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160504-53167-AFG

Quote: "The official recalled that this was the second incident of its kind in Takhar province in the past two weeks. He said in the previous incident which occured in the same district on April 19, a total of 62 students of a girl school were poisoned and the vomiting caused them to fall unconscious for several hours."

2016-05-04 - Volcano erupts on Bristol Island:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160505-53172-SGS
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bristol-island/news/57398/Bristol-volcano-South-Sandwich-Islands-UK-new-eruption.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/new-eruption-reported-at-bristol-volcano-on-the-sandwich-islands/

2016-05-04 - San Andreas Fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-andreas-fault-earthquake-20160504-story.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/san-andreas-fault-locked-loaded-and-ready-to-roll-with-big-earthquake-expert-says/

2016-05-04 - Researchers believe earthquakes in SE US caused by chunks of Earth's mantle breaking off and sinking into the Earth:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3573759/Giant-chunks-Earth-s-mantle-FALLING-causing-quakes-southeastern-coming-warn-researchers.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317708-Researchers-believe-earthquakes-in-SE-US-caused-by-chunks-of-Earths-mantle-breaking-off-and-sinking-into-the-Earth
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/giant-chunks-of-the-earths-mantle-are-falling-off-and-causing-quakes-across-the-southeastern-us-and-more-are-coming-warn-researchers/

2016-05-04 - Cambodia gripped by worst drought in decades, animals dying:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/may/05/animals-die-cambodia-worst-drought-decades
http://www.sott.net/article/317761-Animals-die-as-Cambodia-is-hit-by-worst-drought-in-decades

2016-05-04 - Nation's largest firefighting plane now based in Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kjct8.com/content/news/Colorado-Springs-now-houses-largest-firefighting-plane-in-US-378116111.html
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/colorado-springs-area/largest-firefighting-plane-to-be-based-at-colorado-springs-airport

Quote: "The Gazette reports that CEO and founder of Global SuperTanker Services LLC Jim Wheeler brought the Boeing 747-400 to the airport Tuesday. The converted freighter jet can carry up to 19,600 gallons of retardant or water for 4,000 miles."

2016-05-04 - Tennis-ball-sized hail pounds Washington DC:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/05/03/how-mondays-thunderstorms-unloaded-tennis-ball-size-hail-in-the-d-c-area/

2016-05-04 - Extreme snowfall and frost damage crops across Europe:
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/157370/Extreme-snowfall-and-frost-damage-in-Europe

Note: The only reason Europe is normally so temperate is because of the ocean current that brings oceanic heat up around the US East Coast and across the Atlantic Ocean. Now that Greenland is melting so rapidly and dumping vast amounts of icy fresh water into the ocean, causing that giant 'cold blob' in the Atlantic, it looks like that heat is no longer making it to Europe, at least not as much as it normally does. So even as most of the rest of the world bakes, Europe appears to be suffering from cold. It's like Europe's heating system got shut off. Maybe once Greenland is done melting, that problem will disappear. Of course, by the time Greenland is done melting, all of the coastal cities on the planet will be 20 feet underwater, which will present all kinds of other problems...

2016-05-04 - Storm dumps 3 inches of rain on Sarasota and Bradenton (Florida), flash floods ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160505-53170-USA

2016-05-04 - New Zealand's temps running significantly hotter than normal, to continue into winter:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/new-zealands-extreme-heat-makes-it-into.html

2016-05-04 - First US climate refugees get $48 million to move:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0503/First-US-climate-refugees-get-48-million-to-move

Quote: "A first-of-its-kind, $48 million federal grant aims to move the entire community of the sinking Isle de Jean Charles, La., to a drier place."

2016-05-04 - Two-headed cow born in Pannuganj (India):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/two-headed-cow-hailed-miracle-7888386

2016-05-04 - Bright orange fireball seen over Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.times.co.nz/front-page-feature/mystery-over-orange-fireball.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317735-Bright-orange-meteor-fireball-seen-over-Auckland-New-Zealand

2016-05-04 - 'Shiny' UFO filmed hovering near massive lightning storm, disappears inside cloud, in Brazil:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/shiny-ufo-spotted-observing-giant-7816928
http://www.sott.net/article/317739-Shiny-UFO-filmed-hovering-near-massive-lightning-storm-disappears-inside-cloud

2016-05-05 - Volcano Cleveland erupts in the Aleutian Islands (Alaska), alert level raised:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160506-53200-USA
http://www.adn.com/article/20160506/alert-raised-cleveland-volcano-aleutians-after-explosion
http://www.sott.net/article/317841-Cleveland-Volcano-in-Aleutian-Islands-under-heightened-alert-after-explosion
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/alert-level-raised-for-cleveland-volcano-in-aleutians-after-explosion/

2016-05-05 - Mount St. Helens recharging its magma stores in Washington, setting off earthquake swarms:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160507-53205-USA
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/mount-st-helens-recharging-magma-stores-setting-off-earthquake-swarms
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/earthquake-swarms-a-warning-sign-mount-st-helens-volcano-is-recharging-usgs-says/

2016-05-05 - Heatwave bakes Japan, 181 people hospitalized:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160506-53189-JPN

2016-05-05 - Lightning strikes and hail kill 9 people in 24 hours in Bihar (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160505-53179-IND

2016-05-05 - Heavy rain and flash flooding hit Garissa County (Kenya):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160505-53178-KEN

2016-05-05 - Tornado rips through Barangay Magballo (Philippine Islands), 10 homes destroyed, 85 more damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20160505-53174-PHL

2016-05-05 - Scientists discover inhospitable super-salty brine lake at bottom of the Gulf of Mexico:
http://news.discovery.com/earth/deep-sea-brine-lake-dubbed-jacuzzi-of-despair-160505.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/317738-Jacuzzi-of-Despair-Scientists-discover-inhospitable-super-salty-brine-lake-at-bottom-of-the-Gulf-of-Mexico

Quote: "The circular pool -- about 100 feet in circumference and about 12 feet deep -- lies nearly 3,300 feet below the surface of the Gulf. It contains water that is four or five times saltier than the surrounding seawater. As a result, the brine is so dense that it sits on the bottom, forming an underwater cauldron of toxic chemicals that include methane gas and hydrogen sulfide that doesn’t mix with surrounding seawater."

2016-05-05 - Freight rail traffic plunges, haunting pictures of transportation recession:
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/05/04/freight-rail-traffic-plunges-aar-april-report-photos-idled-engines-transportation-recession/

2016-05-05 - Kolkata, West Bengal witnesses rare red-blue 22-degree sun halo in India:
http://www.sott.net/article/317736-Kolkata-West-Bengal-witnesses-rare-red-blue-22-degree-sun-halo
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kolkata-witnesses-rare-red-blue-22-degree-circular-halo-around-sun-2778340/

2016-05-05 - UFO resembling jellyfish seen 'swimming through the sky' over Mexico:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/living-ufo-is-seen-swimming-1422206774648886.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317747-UFO-resembling-jellyfish-seen-swimming-through-the-sky-over-Mexico

2016-05-06 - Volcano Turrialba erupting 3 times per hour in Costa Rica:
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2411632&CategoryId=23558
http://www.sott.net/article/317843-Turrialba-Volcano-in-Costa-Rica-erupting-3-times-per-hour
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/costa-ricas-turrialba-volcano-erupting-three-times-an-hour/

2016-05-06 - High temp record broken by 3 degrees in St. Paul (Minnesota):
http://kstp.com/news/fire-danger-record-high-winds-minnesota/4128959/

Quote: "The old record high temperature of 89 degrees for May 6 in the Metro was broken Friday afternoon. The high topped out at 92 degrees. The average high for May 6 is 67 degrees."

2016-05-06 - Peter Wadham's warning of a blue sea event:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/peter-wadhams-warning-of-blue-sea-event.html

2016-05-06 - Man falls off bridge, lands on big rig, falls off that, gets hit by car, in Staffordshire (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Man-lucky-alive-A50-bridge-fall/story-29238286-detail/story.html

2016-05-06 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Laurel Lake (New York):
http://southoldlocal.com/2016/05/06/health-officials-dont-use-laurel-lake-blue-green-algae-bloom-confirmed/
http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2016/05/73515/county-algal-blooms-found-in-laurel-lake/
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/blue-green-algae-found-in-laurel-lake-officials-say-1.11771230
http://www.wopular.com/laurel-lake-has-blue-green-algae-officials-say

2016-05-06 - Lightning strike kills 2 people in Amreli (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/Lightning-claims-2-in-Amreli/articleshow/52138610.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/317762-Lightning-bolt-claims-2-lives-in-Amreli-India

2016-05-06 - Heavy rains pound Fresno (California), flooding ensues:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160507-53212-USA

2016-05-06 - Heavy rain, mudslides and flooding hit Ontario (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160507-53211-USA

2016-05-06 - SpaceX successfully lands rocket on platform at sea for the second time:
http://www.fox35orlando.com/home/137844068-story

Quote: "A live web broadcast showed the first-stage booster touching down vertically in the pre-dawn darkness atop a barge in the Atlantic, just off the Florida coast. The same thing occurred April 8 during a space station supply run for NASA. That was the first successful landing at sea for SpaceX, which expects to start reusing its unmanned Falcon rockets as early as this summer to save money and lower costs."

2016-05-07 - Man, 68, sickens and loses consciousness on boat east of Virginia Beach (Virginia), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Atlantic-Tramp-9497464.html
http://wtkr.com/2016/05/07/coast-guard-medevacs-man-110-miles-east-of-virginia-beach/

2016-05-07 - Man, 58, has trouble breathing on boat near Chincoteague (Virginia), medevac'd off:
http://www.wboc.com/story/31916968/coast-guard-medevacs-fisherman-off-coast-of-chincoteague

2016-05-07 - Mt. Ruapehu crater lake recording increased temperatures in New Zealand:
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11635587
http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/crater-lake-temperatures-climb/ar-BBsJIcg
http://www.sott.net/article/317854-Mt-Ruapehu-crater-lake-recording-increased-temperatures
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/09/scientists-monitoring-mt-ruapehu-after-volcano-displays-signs-of-elevated-activity/

2016-05-07 - Unexplained desert blowhole shoots sand hundreds of feet in the air in Saudi Arabia:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bizarre-footage-shows-unexplained-desert-7908702
http://www.sott.net/article/317877-Bizarre-video-shows-unexplained-desert-blowhole-shooting-sand-hundreds-of-feet-in-the-air-in-Saudi-Arabia

Note: Has to be pressurized gas of some kind. Given the location, rich in hydrocarbon deposits, it's probably methane. I guess they could test that, by putting a lighter close to that hole when it's spewing and see if they blow up...

2016-05-07 - Arctic heatwave on the way:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/fire-in-manitoba-and-conditions.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/09/warm-north-pacific-winds-predicted-to-usher-in-brutal-arctic-heatwave-this-week/

2016-05-07 - Hottest area in the US is in Minnesota:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/heatwave-in-minnesota.html

2016-05-07 - Seas have risen so high that it now just takes a tide to flood Atlantic City (New Jersey):
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/06/the-slow-drowning-of-the-jersey-coast-seas-have-risen-so-high-that-it-just-takes-a-tide-to-flood-atlantisc-city-these-days/

2016-05-07 - Tornado rips through Wray (Colorado):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/colorado-tornado-pictures-video.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-tornado-causes-damage-northeast-colorado-022744159.html

2016-05-07 - Lightning strikes kill six people in Bangladesh:
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/lighting-kills-six-1220440
http://www.sott.net/article/317873-Lightning-strikes-kill-six-in-Bangladesh

2016-05-07 - Fierce storm and landslide hit Sichuan Province (China), many flights cancelled:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160507-53215-CHN

2016-05-07 - Winter-like storm brings snow to Palm Springs (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/cold-blast-brings-winterlike-storm-in-spring/39425790
http://www.sott.net/article/317891-Winter-like-storm-brings-snow-to-Palm-Springs-California

2016-05-07 - Rare snow in May hits cities in northern China:
http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20160503/8020359.shtml
http://www.sott.net/article/317840-Rare-snow-in-May-covers-north-China-cities

2016-05-07 - Apocalyptic sandstorm engulfs Hafr Al-Batin (Saudi Arabia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/apocalyptical-sandstorm-engulfs-hafr-al-batin-saudi-arabia-video.html

2016-05-07 - Large Hadron Collider set to push physics into the unknown:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-largest-particle-smasher-set-push-physics-unknown-185455423.html

2016-05-07 - Ivy League professor on plane hassled for doing math because woman thinks it's terrorism-related:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/ivy-league-professor-kicked-off-230450075.html

2016-05-08 - SOTT Earth Changes Summary for April 2016: - extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteor fireballs:
http://www.sott.net/article/317933-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-April-2016-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs

2016-05-08 - Shallow magnitude 3.9 earthquake strikes near Gerlach-Empire (Nevada):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-39-quake-strikes-near-gerlach-empire-nev-revdcx-story.html

2016-05-08 - Hot spot seen in the Pacific Ocean:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/warm-waters-in-pacific.html

Quote: "This is new hotspot. It's now at +4.7C and growing very rapidly. I don't think this one has a name yet, but it may threaten the entire marine biome in the North Pacific if it keeps progressing at this rate."

2016-05-08 - Heatwave bakes Bangkok (Thailand):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/37c-temperatures-in-bangkok.html

2016-05-08 - Heavy rains pound Louisiana, coffins start floating out of cemeteries:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/flooding-disrupts-not-only-living-but.html

2016-05-08 - Lightning strike kills four elephants (!) in Sri Lanka:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/lightning-kills-four/2767222.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317872-Lightning-bolt-kills-four-elephants-in-Sri-Lanka

2016-05-08 - Fierce tornadoes and golf-ball-sized hail strike Colorado:
http://www.rt.com/usa/342251-tornadoes-colorado-injuries-damage/
http://www.sott.net/article/317917-Fierce-tornadoes-and-golf-ball-sized-hail-strike-Colorado

2016-05-08 - Strong unexpected geomagnetic storms hit Earth:
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2016/05/08/strong-geomagnetic-storms-in-progress/
http://www.sott.net/article/317892-NOAA-Strong-unexpected-geomagnetic-storms-in-progress

2016-05-08 - Man seeks restraining order against God, in coastal Haifa (Israel):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/man-restraining-order-god-a7016791.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317827-Man-seeks-restraining-order-against-God

Quote: "God could not be contacted for comment."

2016-05-09 - Hypoxic and anoxic areas spreading in the oceans since at least as far back as 2002, killing ocean life:
http://psmag.com/suffocating-the-ocean-1c4fa66ca0f4

Quote: "It was crabbers who first reported something amiss. In 2002, they began pulling in traps full of corpses. (Crabs should be alive when you catch them.) And they mentioned something else: Little octopuses had followed their crab lines to the surface, as if fleeing inhospitable conditions below. Then heaps of dead crustaceans began washing ashore along a stretch of Oregon’s coast."

Quote: "Every year since, those hypoxic waters have appeared in late summer and early autumn. In 2006, they became anoxic, meaning they lost all their oxygen. 'You didn’t see a single fish in a day,' says Jack Barth, a professor at Oregon State University, 'just the piles of crab carcasses and worms that had come out of the bottom, sort of wafting in the current.' When scientists examined the roughly 50-year record of oxygen measurements from the region, they couldn’t find a single comparable event in the past. The hypoxia, it seemed, was unprecedented. And then it spread."

Quote: "These suffocated patches of ocean aren’t just bad for fishermen and their catch; they represent a change in the ocean that has, at times in Earth’s past, heralded mass extinction."

Quote: "Almost anywhere anyone has looked in recent years — including the Atlantic Ocean — those deep, naturally low-oxygen waters have pushed upwards, in some places by an average of three feet per year."

Quote: "Deep in the ocean live anaerobic microbes that emit the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide as a byproduct. Lee Kump, head of the Department of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, thinks that, as the low-oxygen waters expanded in the End Permian ocean, these microbes surfaced. The gas they spewed may have poisoned the atmosphere and torn holes in the ozone layer. A die-off that began in the ocean spread to land. Over 90 percent of marine species, including trilobites, went extinct, as did 70 percent of terrestrial species."

Note: The oxygen-free zones spreading upward - that's the chemocline rising to the surface. When the chemocline reaches the surface, accumulated methane and hydrogen sulfide are released into the atmosphere, which is why so many coastal cities have been hit by 'foul odors' and 'rotten egg' odors in recent times. Some people have been blaming Fukushima for the mass ocean deaths, but the spreading dead zones and oceanic die-offs preceded Fukushima by close to a decade, at least, and it's been getting steadily worse since then. This is how human civilization comes to an end, at least on the surface of the Earth, and the process is well underway and it is unstoppable. Evacuate the surface of the Earth or die - those are the choices...

2016-05-09 - Volcano Nevados de Chillán erupts in Chile:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160510-53250-CHL
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/nevados-de-chillan-volcano-erupts-on-may-9-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317946-Nevados-de-Chillan-volcano-erupts-in-Chile

2016-05-09 - HazMat incident, unknown fumes hit Coast Guard station in South Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Hazmat-Crews-Respond-to-South-Philadelphia-Coast-Guard-Station_Philadelphia-378662191.html
http://myinforms.com/en-us/a/32923898-hazmat-crews-respond-to-south-philadelphia-coast-guard-station/

2016-05-09 - Nearly 50 people sicken at evacuation center in Edmonton (Canada):
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/infectious-illness-sweeps-canada-evacuation-center-wildfire/story?id=38991432

2016-05-09 - Man, 62, has cardiac problems on ship in coastal Galveston (Texas), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Stena-Companion-9282625.html

Quote: "A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a 62-year-old man from the 'Stena Companion' in the Galveston Fairway Anchorage, in the afternoon of May 9, 2016. The tanker shipping agent notified Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders that a crewmember was suffering heart attack symptoms at approximately 12 p.m."

2016-05-09 - Man falls off San Antonio River Walk bridge at 4:10 AM in San Antonio (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Man-injured-in-fall-from-bridge-on-the-River-Walk-7422382.php

2016-05-09 - Thousands of communities running out of water in India and elsewhere:
http://www.circleofblue.org/2016/daily-stream/stream-may-9-thousands-communities-run-water-india/

Quote: "37 gigawatts capacity of coal-fired power plants in India may be shut down in an effort to cut carbon emissions and save water."

Quote: "13,500 communities run out of drinking water in Rajasthan, India as groundwater levels decline."

Quote: "350 people sickened in Jaipur, India due to drinking water that is believed to have been contaminated by sewage. One child has died."

2016-05-09 - Tornadoes rip through Oklahoma, 2 people killed, homes damaged:
http://gma.yahoo.com/swirling-tornado-touches-down-oklahoma-222904007--abc-news-topstories.html
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/10/oklahoma-tornado-kill-two-people-ohio-tennessee-texas

2016-05-09 - Hailstorm kills 9000 birds on Antelope Island (Utah):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160510-53253-USA
http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/hailstorm-kills-9000-small-birds-injures-others-at-antelope-island
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2016/05/expert-claims-he-cant-remember-so-many.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317979-Hailstorm-kills-9000-migrating-birds-at-Antelope-Island-Utah

2016-05-09 - Lightning strike kills 3 people in Jharkhand (India), other regions bake in heatwave:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Lightning-kills-three-in-Jkhand-Phalodi-in-Raj-sizzles-at-48/articleshow/52191927.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/317940-Lightning-bolt-kills-three-in-Jharkhand-India-other-regions-sizzle-with-above-40-degree-Celsius-temperatures

2016-05-09 - Flooding and landslides kill at least 49 people in Rwanda:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160510-53251-RWA
http://floodlist.com/africa/rwanda-floods-landslides-gakenke-muhanga
http://www.sott.net/article/317943-At-least-49-killed-in-floods-and-landslides-in-Rwanda

2016-05-09 - Huge rain event forecast for the South Island (New Zealand):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/extreme-weather-event-forecast-for.html

2016-05-09 - Two-headed cow born near Udaipur (India):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/two-headed-calf-declared-godly-7930719
http://www.sott.net/article/317925-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-calf-declared-a-godly-incarnation-in-India

2016-05-09 - China bans televising women seductively eating bananas:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36226141
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11638722/china-erotic-banana-eating-livestream-ban
http://www.geek.com/news/china-bans-eating-a-banana-seductively-during-a-live-stream-1654546/

2016-05-10 - Almost everything you know about climate change solutions is outdated, part 1:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/10/3776465/everything-you-know-climate-change-solutions-outdated/

Note: The implication is that there ARE solutions. That's misleading...

2016-05-10 - Empty 'ghost kayak' found on the Intracoastal Waterway in Volusia County (Florida), possible missing person:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-edgewater-kayak-search-20160510-story.html

2016-05-10 - Feds close deadly strenuous canyon hike to the Colorado River:
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory/feds-close-deadly-strenuous-canyon-hike-colorado-river-39006909

2016-05-10 - As sea level rises, five islands disappear into the ocean in the Solomon Islands:
http://gma.yahoo.com/five-solomon-islands-disappear-pacific-ocean-result-climate-205505994--abc-news-topstories.html

2016-05-10 - California braces for unending drought:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/us/california-drought-water-restrictions-permanent.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/california-braces-for-unending-drought.html

2016-05-10 - Heavy rain and flooding hit London (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160511-53272-GBR

2016-05-10 - Severe hailstorm pounds Lovech (Bulgaria):
http://www.novinite.com/articles/174394/Severe+Hailstorm+Hits+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+Lovech
http://www.sott.net/article/318051-Severe-hailstorm-hits-Lovech-Bulgaria

2016-05-10 - Amazingly high dust devil filmed in Chelyabinsk (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/incredibly-high-dust-devil-video-chelyabinsk.html
http://www.sott.net/article/317966-Amazingly-high-dust-devil-filmed-in-Chelyabinsk-Russia

2016-05-10 - Saharan dust storms linked to pathogenic Vibrio blooms:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-saharan-big-impact-caribbean.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318068-Saharan-dust-storms-linked-to-pathogenic-Vibrio-blooms

2016-05-10 - Eleven signs that the US economy is rapidly deteriorating even as the stock market soars:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/11-signs-that-the-u-s-economy-is-rapidly-deteriorating-even-as-the-stock-market-soars

2016-05-10 - NASA plane detects oxygen in the atmosphere on Mars:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/10/nasa-detects-oxygen-on-mars/

2016-05-10 - The mind-boggling challenge of designing 120-sided dice:
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/mathematical-challenge-of-designing-the-worlds-most-complex-120-sided-dice/

2016-05-10 - Six fascinating tales of kids who remember past lives:
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/05/05/6-extraordinary-cases-of-kids-who-remember-their-past-lives/
http://www.sott.net/article/318086-Six-fascinating-tales-of-kids-who-remember-their-past-lives

2016-05-11 - Two men gassed unconscious in manhole in Monroe (Louisiana), one in critical condition:
http://www.kalb.com/home/headlines/Two-workers-rescued-from-manhole-one-worker-in-serious-condition-379029021.html
http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2016/05/11/two-workers-rescued-after-being-trapped-manhole/84242874/
http://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/monroe-man-in-critical-condition-after-attempting-to-rescue-coworker

Quote: "A contract worker was working in a manhole and collapsed due to fumes. Another worker noticed and went down the manhole to rescue the worker and he also was overcome by the fumes."

2016-05-11 - Man has 'medical issues' on boat in the Columbia River in Richland (Washington):
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article76965937.html

2016-05-11 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Tibet (China), homes, bridges and roads damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160511-53268-CHN
http://www.mb.com.ph/5-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-tibet/
http://www.sott.net/article/318048-Shallow-5-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-Tibet

Quote: "A shallow 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck the mountainous region of Tibet, injuring 60 people, collapsing houses and damaging bridges and roads, authorities said. The quake struck at 9.15am (01.15 GMT), 44 miles north-west of Gyamotang village at a depth of just six miles, according to the US Geological Survey."

2016-05-11 - Magnitude 3.0 earthquake strikes near El Centro (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-30-quake-strikes-near-imperial-calif-92ws4k-story.html

2016-05-11 - New map reveals ice flows on the Antarctic Peninsula:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/05/11/New-map-reveals-ice-flows-on-Antarctic-Peninsula/9591462971881/

2016-05-11 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Himachal Pradesh (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160511-53273-IND

2016-05-11 - Rare anticyclonic tornado discovered during recent outbreak in Oklahoma:
http://www.koco.com/weather/rare-backwards-tornado-discovered-during-mondays-outbreak/39499316
http://www.sott.net/article/318119-Rare-anticyclonic-tornado-discovered-during-recent-outbreak-in-Oklahoma

2016-05-11 - Yellow Fever epidemic - world on the verge of a global health emergency:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/yellow-fever-epidemic-world-on-the-verge-of-a-global-health-emergency/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/yellow-fever-global-emergency-outbreak-world-health-organization-who-angola-kenya-uganda-congo-peru-a7020371.html

2016-05-11 - Earth's magnetic field is changing:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Swarm/Earth_s_magnetic_heartbeat
http://www.sott.net/article/318152-Earths-magnetic-field-is-changing

2016-05-11 - Research finds small amounts of human and rat DNA in hamburger meat:
http://www.rt.com/usa/342677-hamburger-rat-human-dna/
http://www.sott.net/article/318087-Research-finds-small-amounts-of-human-and-rat-DNA-in-hamburger-meat

2016-05-11 - Boneyard techs putting F-16's back in the air as drones:
http://www.kvoa.com/story/31952643/boneyard-techs-putting-f-16s-back-in-the-air-as-drones

2016-05-11 - Siamese cat, 30 years old, named as oldest cat in the world, in Mansfield (Texas):
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article77077697.html

2016-05-12 - Landfill still spewing hydrogen sulfide in Orange County (Florida):
http://www.wastedive.com/news/orange-county-fl-will-install-sensors-to-track-landfills-rotten-egg-sme/419034/

2016-05-12 - Volcano Turrialba erupts strongly in Costa Rica, blankets nearby cities with ash:
http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4873741&Itemid=1
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/costa-rican-capitol-affected-by-strong-eruption-of-turrialba-volcano/

2016-05-12 - Magnitude 5.8 and 5.5 earthquakes strike in the ocean just off the coast of Taiwan, 8 more smaller quakes too:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/taiwan-m5-8-earthquake-swarm-aftershocks-pictures-video.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/5-6-magnitude-earthquake/2778238.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318118-5-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northeast-Taiwan

2016-05-12 - Atmospheric CO2 levels teetering on the point of no return – 'We’re going into very new territory':
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/worlds-atmospheric-carbon-dioxide.html

2016-05-12 - Lightning strikes kill 33 people in one day in Bangladesh:
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/05/12/lightning-kills-33-in-12-bangladesh-districts
http://www.sott.net/article/318161-Update-Lightning-strikes-kill-33-across-Bangladesh-in-a-day

2016-05-12 - Lightning strikes kill four people in Andhra Pradesh (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lightning-kills-four-116051201307_1.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318163-Lightning-strikes-kill-four-in-Andhra-Pradesh-India

2016-05-12 - Lightning strike kills three children in Umarkhed (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Lightning-kills-three-youngsters-in-Umarkhed/articleshow/52229569.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/318120-Lightning-bolt-kills-three-youngsters-in-Umarkhed-India

2016-05-12 - Hailstorm pounds fishermen with tennis-ball-sized hail in Baise (China):
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/514955/Huge-hailstones-batter-fishermen
http://www.sott.net/article/318192-Rock-hard-hailstones-the-size-of-tennis-balls-pound-fishermen-in-China

2016-05-12 - Six billion-dollar-plus severe weather disasters have hit the US this year so far:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/six-us-billiondollar-severe-weather-disasters-in-2016-more-severe-

2016-05-12 - Yemen food situation dire, 14+ million people urgently need food:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/yemen-food-situation-on-verge-of.html

2016-05-12 - Mysterious hail streaks in Colorado sky baffle storm watchers:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/mysterious-hail-streaks-colorado-sky-storm-chasers.html

2016-05-13 - Woman, 33, falls off cruise ship at 2 AM and goes missing in the Gulf of Mexico:
http://abc13.com/news/cruise-ship-passenger-goes-overboard-in-gulf/1337990/
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/05/13/arlington-mother-falls-overboard-from-cruise-ship/
http://www.khou.com/news/local/coast-guard-searching-for-woman-missing-from-carnival-cruise-ship/190794575
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/North-Texas-Woman-Falls-Overboard-Cruise-Ship-Coast-Guard-Searching-For-Her-379476011.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/13/coast-guard-joins-search-missing-cruise-ship-passenger/84353722/

2016-05-13 - Volcano Pavlof rumbling and quaking on the coast in Alaska, eruption possibly imminent:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160514-53315-USA
http://www.adn.com/article/20160513/new-pavlof-volcano-rumblings-could-be-prelude-eruption
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Low-level-earthquakes-may-signal-Alaska-volcano-eruption-379464901.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/05/14/low-level-activity-could-signal-forthcoming-alaska-volcano-eruption.html

2016-05-13 - Study predicts chance of mega-earthquake in the Aleutian Islands, huge tsunami could hit Hawaii:
https://www.rt.com/usa/343129-tsunami-earthquake-hawaii-alaska/
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/05/13/Study-predicts-chance-of-mega-earthquake-in-the-Aleutians/7881463151620/
http://www.sott.net/article/318464-Study-Within-50-years-mega-tsunami-may-strike-devastate-Hawaii

2016-05-13 - West Coast volcanic activity update from Dutchsince:
http://dutchsinse.com/5132016-west-coast-united-states-volcanic-earthquake-activity/

2016-05-13 - Arctic sea ice melting faster than ever before, 'blue ocean event' increasingly likely:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2016/05/arctic-sea-ice-gone-by-september-2016.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/13/polar-heatwave-digs-in-as-arctic-sea-ice-crashes-blue-ocean-event-looking-more-and-more-likely/

Quote: "The effect of all this heat — just the latest hot flare during a record warm 2016 — on the sea ice has been tremendous. Huge areas of dark, ice-free water have opened up. The Bering is practically ice free. The Chukchi is plagued with thin ice, large polynyas, and melt ponds. Baffin Bay and the Barents are greatly reduced. And in the Beaufort a massive 120 to 200 mile wide region of open water continues to expand."

2016-05-13 - High tide floods Wickford (Rhode Island):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20160514-53319-USA

2016-05-13 - Lightning strikes kill five people in West Bengal (India):
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-lightning-kills-five-in-malda-2212009
http://www.sott.net/article/318217-Lightning-strikes-kill-five-in-West-Bengal-India

2016-05-13 - Lightning strikes kill 64 people in 2 days in Bangladesh, people scared:
http://www.newser.com/story/225118/lightning-kills-64-in-bangladesh.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318304-Update-Lightning-kills-64-in-Bangladesh-over-2-days-surge-in-deaths-is-causing-panic

2016-05-13 - Lightning strikes have killed 18 people in Cambodia so far in 2016:
http://www.newsghana.com.gh/cambodia-has-recorded-26-deaths-from-lightning-and-strong-winds/
http://www.sott.net/article/318306-Cambodia-has-recorded-18-deaths-from-lightning-so-far-in-2016

2016-05-13 - Lightning strike kills two people off beach in Kuwait:
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/two-killed-lightning-strike-sea/
http://www.sott.net/article/318307-Two-killed-by-lightning-bolt-off-beach-in-Kuwait

2016-05-13 - Tornado and wild weather lash the South Island (New Zealand):
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/haast-pass-closes-wild-weather-lashes-southern-regions
http://www.sott.net/article/318272-Wild-weather-brings-tornado-to-South-Island-New-Zealand

2016-05-13 - Heart-shaped cloud appears in the sky over Bursa (Turkey):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/heart-shaped-cloud-bursa-turkey-friday-the-13th.html

2016-05-13 - Migratory birds shrinking as the climate changes:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/climate-change-is-shrinking-earths.html

2016-05-13 - Monarch butterfly population in jeopardy after storm in Mexico:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/monarch-butterfly-population-in-jeopardy-after-mexican-storm-1.3581065
http://www.sott.net/article/318303-Monarch-butterfly-population-in-jeopardy-after-Mexican-storm

2016-05-13 - Turtle smashes through woman's windshield as she drives in Florida:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/flying-turtle-crash-car-florida-video.html

2016-05-13 - The Gap may close more stores after sales continue falling:
http://fortune.com/2016/05/09/gap-april-sales/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gap-being-big-is-out-of-fashion-1462905759

2016-05-14 - Mount Ruapehu rumbling, heating up, may erupt anytime, in New Zealand:
http://www.sciencealert.com/lord-of-the-rings-mount-doom-might-be-about-to-erupt-irl-experts-say
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/lord-of-the-rings-mount-doom-might-be-about-to-erupt-irl-experts-say/

2106-05-14 - Magnitude 3.0 earthquake strikes near Gilroy (California):
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakes-magnitude-30-gilroy-20160514-story.html

2016-05-14 - Global urban air pollution levels up 8 percent in five years:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/global-urban-air-pollution-levels.html

2016-05-14 - Coal, gas and oil use unlikely to diminish any time soon:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/coal-gas-and-oil-use-unlikely.html

2016-05-14 - Toxic caterpillars invade London (Britain):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/scottishnews/7150535/I-wanted-to-rip-my-arm-off-Toxic-caterpillars-which-can-cause-deadly-asthma-attacks-invade-UK-and-leave-victims-in-agony.html

2016-05-14 - Meteor explodes and lights up the night sky over Finland:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/fireball-10-times-brighter-than-the-full-moon-explosion-boom-finland-may-2016.html

2016-05-14 - Man tries to rob car wash with potato chip bag in Rohnert Park (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Man-tries-to-hold-up-Rohnert-Park-car-wash-with-7469056.php
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5616516-181/man-attempts-to-rob-rohnert
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/man-attempts-rob-car-wash-potato-chip-bag-39129915

2016-05-15 - Woman, 40, has difficulty breathing after diving near coastal Key Largo (Florida), medevac'd:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/05/15/coast-guard-evacuates-diver-east-of-key-largo/

2016-05-15 - Two men and woman go out on boat, go missing, in the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers (Florida):
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160516/wire/160519730

2016-05-15 - April was the hottest April ever recorded:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/nasa-figures-show-april-was-hottest-on.html

2016-05-15 - Arctic ice melt continues, Bering Strait now open:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/arctic-ice-melt-05152016.html

2016-05-15 - Fairbanks (Alaska) breaks 101-year-old high temp record, temp hits 82F:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160517-53356-USA
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/extreme-weather-in-north-america.html
http://www.newsminer.com/news/alaska_news/fairbanks-breaks--year-old-high-temperature-record/article_c3d1bc38-1ae1-11e6-95a0-37b50a075800.html

Note: Freaky, it's hotter in Fairbanks than it is in the Midwest...

2016-05-15 - Heatwave bakes India again:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160516-53346-IND
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160516-53342-IND
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-return-of-heat-wave-to-india.html

2016-05-15 - Heatwave fries Israel, lots of fires break out:
http://www.timesofisrael.com/airborne-asbestos-feared-after-jerusalem-market-fire/
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.719730

2016-05-15 - Red tide warning issued for Vancouver Island from Campbell River down to Victoria (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160515-53327-CAN

2016-05-15 - Hailstorm pounds Santa Fe (New Mexico), one-inch hailstones:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160516-53338-USA

2016-05-15 - Radiation spikes near Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in Benton County (Washington):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/radiation-spike-near-hanford-nuclear.html
http://www.rt.com/usa/343065-hanford-radiation-spike-natural/

2016-05-15 - Unknown wolf-man creature, 8 feet tall, spotted in Hull (Britain):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mystery-werewolf-creature-terrifying-families-7979525
http://www.sott.net/article/318400-Mystery-werewolf-creature-terrifying-people-in-Hull-UK

Quote: "One woman claims to have seen the beast stand on its hind legs in a terrifying incident which left her shaking, reported the Express."

Quote: "The 8ft 'beast' is said to have the upper body of a man, and feasts on dogs according to witnesses..."

Note: Could be a human-wolf genetic chimera...

2016-05-15 - Golden retriever runs away, checks himself into daycare, in Belmont (North Carolina):
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/31960816/dog-runs-away-checks-himself-into-day-care
http://wreg.com/2016/05/15/dog-runs-away-checks-himself-into-day-care/

2016-05-16 - Mount Hood in Oregon shaken by 40 earthquakes in 18 hours:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160517-53355-USA
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/05/multiple_tremors_swarm_mount_h.html
http://www.king5.com/tech/science/more-quakes-rumble-under-a-northwest-volcano/197238089
http://www.sott.net/article/318425-Swarm-of-earthquakes-recorded-under-Mount-Hood-Oregon
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/more-earthquakes-rumble-under-northwest-volcanoes-mt-hood-shaken-by-quake-swarm/

2016-05-16 - Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Tokyo (Japan):
http://www.rt.com/news/343171-japan-quake-tokyo-tsunami/
http://www.sott.net/article/318383-Strong-5-6-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-buildings-in-Tokyo
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/moderately-strong-earthquake-in-ibaraki-rattles-tokyo-area-agency-warns-of-more-shaking/

2016-05-16 - Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes in the Red Sea near Eilat (Israel):
http://www.timesofisrael.com/5-0-magnitude-earthquake-felt-in-southern-israel/
http://www.sott.net/article/318373-5-0-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-southern-Israel

2016-05-16 - Japan riddled with active faults, chain of major quakes could strike anywhere:
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002947087
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/japan-riddled-with-active-faults-a-chain-of-major-quakes-could-strike-anywhere/

2016-05-16 - May snowstorm dumps snow on parts of New England, 7.5 inches in Perham (Maine):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20160517-53358-USA

2016-05-16 - Lightning strikes kill 2 people and 7 animals in Nepal:
http://www.sott.net/article/318382-2-people-and-7-animals-killed-by-lightning-strikes-in-Nepal
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/tanahun-lightning-kills-two/

2016-05-16 - How rising CO2 levels may contribute to die-off of bees:
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/bee_collapse_co2_climate_change_agriculture/2991/

2016-05-16 - Watch Venezuela because food shortages, looting and economic collapse are coming to America too:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/watch-venezuela-because-food-shortages-looting-and-economic-collapse-are-coming-to-america-too

2016-05-16 - Undeniable evidence that the real economy is already in recession mode:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/undeniable-evidence-that-the-real-economy-is-already-in-recession-mode

2016-05-16 - One macromolecule to rule them all - IBM creates a molecule that could destroy all viruses:
http://www.popsci.com/macromolecule-developed-by-ibm-could-fight-multiple-viruses-at-once
http://www.sott.net/article/318365-One-macromolecule-to-rule-them-all-IBM-creates-a-molecule-that-could-destroy-all-viruses

2016-05-16 - Magnetic explosions observed by NASA spacecraft for first time:
http://www.rt.com/viral/343121-nasa-magnetic-explosions-spacecraft/
http://www.sott.net/article/318378-Magnetic-explosions-observed-by-NASA-spacecraft-for-first-time

2016-05-16 - Doctor hoping to perform first head transplant next year in China:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/671098/World-s-first-head-transplant-to-go-ahead-NEXT-YEAR
http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/international-worlds-first-head-transplant-to-be-carried-out-on-chinese-patient-next-year/

2016-05-17 - Noxious odor hits Northwest Indiana, sickens people:
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/this-stinks-lung-burning-odor-again-hammers-region/article_74c21259-f36b-5f00-8e5f-5eea4ad21612.html

Quote: "The strong stench, which has been described as a mix of gas, solvents and rotten eggs, has caused burning in people's throats and lungs. It was potent from around 5 to 8 a.m. Tuesday in East Chicago and south Hammond, particularly the Hessville neighborhood, but people reported smelling it as far away as Munster and Highland."

2016-05-17 - Mount Etna erupts near Sicily (Italy):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160518-53375-ITA
http://www.thelocal.it/20160518/huge-ash-cloud-over-etna-as-volcano-erupts-again
http://www.sott.net/article/318550-Mount-Etna-in-Sicily-erupts-spewing-ash-and-smoke-hundreds-of-metres-into-the-skies

Quote: "Vulcanologists are classing the eruption as 'Strombolian' - a category characterized by explosive bursts of activity during which cinder, ash and smoke are ejected from the crater with great force."

2016-05-17 - We've now had seven straight months of record-shattering global heat:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/16/nasa-world-just-had-seven-months-straight-of-record-shattering-global-heat/

2016-05-17 - Lake Urmia drying up in Iran, ecological disaster unfolds:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-demise-of-lake-urmia-sparks-trouble.html

2016-05-17 - Lighting strikes kill 81 people in just two days in Bangladesh:
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/lightning-kills-81-people-in-two-days-in-bangladesh-2805418/
http://www.sott.net/article/318440-Shocking-update-Lightning-strikes-kill-81-people-in-just-two-days-in-Bangladesh

Quote: "'Such a high casualty figure in lightning just in two days is rare not only in Bangladesh but also in the world,' disaster management minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said."

2016-05-17 - Lightning strike kills couple, infant survives, in Ranighaghar (India):
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/17/infant-survives-lightning_n_9999700.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318466-Infant-miraculously-survives-lightning-bolt-that-kills-both-parents-in-Jharkhand-India

2016-05-17 - Dust storms close I-10 three times in three days near San Simon (Arizona):
http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/news/article_df44e3b0-1c6b-11e6-bc1a-df8ed9e1be2e.html
http://tucson.com/news/local/dust-closes-i--for-second-day-in-a-row/article_eeec1622-1bac-11e6-ac5a-633df822adf7.html
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/31987574/dust-issues-along-i-10-in-san-simone-hurting-businesses
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/other/blowing-dust-shuts-down-i-10-near-san-simon
http://www.wopular.com/dust-closes-i-10-second-day-row

Quote: "Interstate 10 near San Simon has been re-opened Tuesday afternoon after an hours-long closure because of blowing dust. It's the third time in three days the 60-mile stretch of interstate has been closed to traffic."

2016-05-17 - Huge sandstorm sweeps across Kashgar (China):
http://www.cctv-america.com/2016/05/17/100-meter-high-walls-of-sand-sweep-across-kashgar-xinjiang
http://www.sott.net/article/318470-100-meter-high-sandstorm-sweeps-across-Kashgar-in-northwest-China

2016-05-17 - Sri Lanka hit by 13 inches of rain in 24 hours, deadly flooding and landslides ensue:
http://floodlist.com/asia/sri-lanka-floods-landslides-may-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/318485-Deadly-floods-and-landslides-hit-Sri-Lanka-after-13-inches-355mm-of-rain-in-24-hours

2016-05-17 - Peak Oil returns, half of all 'proven' reserves may have just vanished:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/peak-oil-is-back.html

2016-05-17 - Rare bearded vulture (lammergeier) seen in Wales (Britain), first time ever seen in the UK:
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2016-05-17/looking-for-a-lammergeier-rare-bearded-vulture-spotted-in-wales/
http://www.sott.net/article/318478-Wrong-time-wrong-place-Rare-bearded-vulture-lammergeier-seen-in-Wales-first-time-ever-recorded-in-the-UK

2016-05-17 - Fireball lights up the night sky over New England:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/17/us/fireball-blazes-over-new-england-sky-trnd/index.html
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/huge_fireball_over_northeast_e.html
http://www.boston.com/culture/local-news/2016/05/17/fireball-lit-new-england-sky-early-tuesday
http://www.wmur.com/news/meteorlike-fireball-streaks-across-new-hampshire-sky/39583180

2016-05-17 - Meteor spotted in the skies over Espirito Santo (Brazil):
http://www.sott.net/article/318431-Bright-bolide-recorded-over-Espirito-Santo-Brazil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOrMSIbpn_8

2016-05-17 - Circumhorizontal arcs spotted over the Tennessee Valley in Alabama:
http://whnt.com/2016/05/16/this-is-not-a-rainbow-circumhorizon-arcs-spotted-in-the-valley/
http://www.sott.net/article/318549-Circumhorizontal-arcs-spotted-in-Alabamas-Tennessee-Valley

2016-05-17 - Bizarre UFO seen hovering above the south coast of the United Kingdom:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bizarre-ufo-spotted-hovering-above-7981834
http://www.sott.net/article/318441-Bizarre-UFO-seen-hovering-above-the-south-coast-of-the-UK

2016-05-17 - Physicists discover a new form of light:
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-physicists.html

2016-05-17 - Spanish police find 300 pounds of cocaine in bananas at port:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/05/17/More-than-300-pounds-of-cocaine-found-hidden-in-plastic-bananas/4751463499530/

Quote: "'During a check of a consignment in Port of Algeciras on April 28th, a pallet marked with a red 'X' was discovered by agents,' police said in a statement, according to The Local."

2016-05-18 - Sewage plant leaking hydrogen sulfide in Marana (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/31999975/sewage-treatment-plant-the-source-of-horrible-odors-at-marana-sports-park

Quote: "The operators of the sports park got an email this week in which the plant manager stated that were are high hydrogen sulfide concentrations in a building. The email states, 'We have the doors open but we have a large fan pushing fresh air into the building. This the only way we can keep the atmosphere safe for plant staff.' So the smell is let out into the atmosphere."

2016-05-18 - Unknown chemical odor reported at the Tilbury Docks in coastal Tilbury (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i5827/

2016-05-18 - Man found unconscious in Lake Ontario near Humber Bay Shores Park (Canada), rushed to hospital:
http://www.cp24.com/news/man-without-vital-signs-after-being-pulled-from-lake-ontario-1.2907421

2016-05-18 - Volcano Fuego Erupts in Guatemala:
http://www.rt.com/news/343476-guatemala-volcano-erupts-evacuation/
http://www.sott.net/article/318570-Guatemalas-Volcan-de-Fuego-erupts-prompting-evacuations
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/guatemalas-mt-fuego-erupts-prompting-evacuations-italys-mt-etna-grows-more-active/

2016-05-18 - Magnitude 6.7 and 6.8 earthquakes strike near the coast in Ecuador, 1 killed, 85 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160519-53376-ECU
http://www.rt.com/news/343393-western-ecuador-earthquake-hit/
http://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/1336
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10005i5t#general
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/31640997/ecuador-struck-by-6-7-magnitude-earthquake/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/67-magnitude-earthquake-reported-ecuador-39189300
http://www.sott.net/article/318542-Second-powerful-earthquake-of-the-day-hits-Ecuador-Magnitude-6-8

Quote: "Ecuador has been hit by two earthquakes within 24 hours, with the latest 6.8-magnitute quake reported northwest of the country’s capital, Quito. One person was killed and 85 others injured in the disaster. One person, a senior citizen, died and 85 others were injured in the two quakes, Rafael Correa, Ecuadorian President, said."

2016-05-18 - Evidence shows widespread Texas earthquakes triggered by oil and gas operations:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160517130758.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/318539-Evidence-proves-widespread-Texas-earthquakes-have-been-triggered-by-oil-and-gas-operations

2016-05-18 - Heatwave continues baking India, people sickening:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160519-53377-IND
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-dying-earth-news-from-indian.html

2016-05-18 - There's record-breaking drought on five continents:
http://scroll.in/article/808152/beyond-india-drought-records-are-breaking-around-the-world

Quote: "As 2016 continues to break all temperature records, taps and wells around the world are running dry."

2016-05-18 - Three rhinos and other animals killed by lightning strike that 'shook the ground for miles' in West Bengal (India):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3596727/Tragedy-three-members-rhino-family-killed-LIGHTNING-strike-Indian-national-park.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318560-3-rhinos-and-other-animals-killed-by-lightning-bolt-that-shook-the-ground-for-miles-in-West-Bengal-India

Quote: "Uma Rani, Jalpaiguri district's forest officer, said: 'The deaths were caused by lightning. It was an unprecedented accident. 'Some other animals have also died and we are checking the forests.'"

2016-05-18 - Lightning strike kills 4 people and injures 8 more in Jharkhand (India):
http://www.india.com/news/india/lightning-kills-4-injures-8-in-jharkhand-1194173/
http://www.sott.net/article/318509-Lightning-bolt-kills-4-and-injures-8-in-Jharkhand-India

2016-05-18 - Lightning strike kills two people and critically injures 6 people in Tripura (India):
http://www.india.com/news/india/lightning-kills-two-in-tripura-1195068/
http://www.sott.net/article/318510-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-and-critically-injures-6-in-Tripura-India

2016-05-18 - Lightning strikes kill 3 people and injure 4 more in Cambodia:
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25124/lightning-kills-three-in-provinces/
http://www.sott.net/article/318601-Lightning-strikes-kill-3-and-injure-4-in-Cambodia

2016-05-18 - Lightning strikes have killed 30 people in the first five months of 2016 in Cambodia:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/three-killed-one-day-lightning-strikes
http://www.sott.net/article/318546-Three-killed-by-lightning-strikes-in-Thailand-and-Cambodia-30-dead-for-the-latter-in-first-5-months-of-2016

2016-05-18 - Meteor explodes and shakes the ground in Pinamar (Argentina):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/giant-meteor-explosion-generates-tremor-in-pinamar-argentina.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318575-Meteor-fireball-explosion-generates-strong-tremor-in-Pinamar-Argentina

2016-05-18 - Arctic Bowhead whale seen off the coast of Britain, only second time ever recorded in Europe:
http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Bowhead-whale-spotted-Cornish-coast/story-29277703-detail/story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318581-Wrong-time-wrong-place-Bowhead-whale-from-Arctic-waters-seen-off-the-coast-of-Cornwall-UK-only-second-time-recorded-in-Europe

2016-05-18 - Kim Jong Un releases smiling photo, promptly gets Photoshopped in all kinds of funny ways:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kim-jong-un-photoshop-battle_us_573d4462e4b0ef86171d51a2

2016-05-19 - Another hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued for the Coachella Valley (California):
http://www.kesq.com/news/Odor-advisory-issued-for-Coachella-Valley/39630136
http://patch.com/california/palmdesert/coachella-valley-smells-rotten-eggs-today-heres-why

2016-05-19 - Dozens of children having seizures and experiencing hallucinations at school in Tarapoto (Peru):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/nearly-100-schoolchildren-possessed-devil-7995259
http://www.sott.net/article/318618-Over-80-schoolchildren-in-Tarapoto-Peru-have-contagious-visions-of-man-in-black-trying-to-kill-them
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/nearly-100-schoolchildren-possessed-by-the-devil-have-contagious-visions-of-man-in-black-trying-to-kill-them/

Quote: "The mass case of 'demonic possession' has caused some pupils to suffer from seizures while others have fainted at the school..."

Quote: "Children aged between 11 and 14 are reportedly fainting and having strong muscular convulsions. Shocking video footage shows pupils who are barely conscious, repeatedly screaming, and who appear to be delirious."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide can cause hallucinations, seizures and loss of consciousness. They're probably influencing what KIND of hallucinations they're having though, with the 'man in black', by talking about it with each other...

2016-05-19 - Guy McPherson speaks while on tour in California:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/guy-mcpherson-in-tour-in-california.html

2016-05-19 - Volcano Santiaguito erupts strongly in Guatemala, a day after Fuego erupts in Guatemela:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160520-53394-GTM
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/strong-eruption-at-santiaguito-volcano-guatemala-on-may-19-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318632-Two-volcanoes-in-Guatemala-erupt-strongly-within-24-hours-Santiaguito-Volcano-sends-ash-4500-meters-above-sea-level

2016-05-19 - Volcano Turrialba erupts strongly in Costa Rica, blankets area with ash:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-21/health-warnings-issued-as-volcano-spews-ash-over-costa-rica/7434742
http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/05/20/flight-delays-cancellations-latest-turrialba-eruptions
http://www.sott.net/article/318674-Flight-delays-and-cancellations-in-Costa-Rice-after-latest-Turrialba-Volcano-eruptions-3-km-high-ash-column

Quote: "In the capital San Jose, 30 kilometres from the Turrialba volcano, the air reeked of sulphur as dust and ash coated buildings and vehicles. 'It seems to me to be the strongest (Turrialba) eruption in the past six years,' volcanologist Gino Gonzalez said."

2016-05-19 - Three small earthquakes, M2.8, M1.9 and M1.9, hit Ridgely (Tennessee) in the New Madrid Seismic Zone:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/3-earthquakes-hit-ridgely-tennessee-new-madrid-seismic-zone.html

2016-05-19 - East Antarctica starting to destabilize as the world warms:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/fears-about-east-antarcticas-biggest.html

Quote: "Indeed, the Totten Glacier watch has been ramping up lately: Scientists have already documented that warm ocean waters can reach the glacier’s base and that the enormous ice shelf that currently stabilizes it, extending over the top of the ocean, is melting from below. The glacier is thinning quickly, and its grounding line, where the ice shelf descends and meets the seafloor, has retreated inland three kilometers between 1996 and 2013 in some areas. Finally, recent research has suggested that Totten can only lose a tiny 4.2 percent of its remaining ice shelf before the structure starts losing the ability to brace the larger glacier, holding it in place."

2016-05-19 - Atmospheric CO2 levels rising ever more rapidly as the climate continues to warm and destabilize:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-2016-level-of-408-ppm-co2-has-been.html

2016-05-19 - India records highest temperature ever (123.8F) as heatwave continues to broil the country, people dying:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160520-53393-IND
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/20/india-records-its-hottest-day-ever-as-temperature-hits-51c-thats-1238f
http://www.yahoo.com/news/india-records-hottest-temperature-ever-amid-heat-wave-093545365.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/20/wet-bulb-near-35-c-heatwave-mass-casualties-strike-india-amidst-never-before-seen-high-temperatures/

2016-05-19 - Lightning strike kills pregnant woman and son in West Khasi Hills (India):
http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2016/05/19/pregnant-woman-son-killed-in-lightning-strike-in-wkh/
http://www.sott.net/article/318650-Pregnant-woman-and-son-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-West-Khasi-Hills-India

2016-05-19 - Lightning strike kills couple in Chayapuram (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/lightning-kills-couple/article8622847.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/318671-Lightning-bolt-kills-couple-in-Andhra-Pradesh-India

2016-05-19 - Lightning strike kills 2 people and injures 5 more in the Philippine Islands:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/786605/lightning-kills-2-injures-5-in-negros-occidental
http://www.sott.net/article/318599-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-and-injures-5-in-the-Philippines

2016-05-19 - Deadly flash floods hit Afghanistan, 24 killed, 40 missing:
http://earth-chronicles.com/natural-catastrophe/flooding-in-afghanistan.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318668-24-people-dead-and-40-missing-after-flash-floods-hit-Afghanistan

2016-05-19 - Massive dust storm sweeps across parts of China:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/massive-dust-storm-sweeps-across-xinjiang-region-of-china/
http://www.sakshipost.com/index.php/news/international/81388-sandstorm-sweeps-across-several-regions-of-china,-reduces-visibility-to-a-few-feet.html

2016-05-19 - Three Nile crocodiles found near Miami (Florida):
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/19/three-nile-crocodiles-captured-near-miami/
http://kxan.com/ap/killer-nile-crocodiles-in-florida-experts-say-its-possible-2/

2016-05-19 - Tokyo reports tuberculosis outbreak, Zika expected to arrive in Europe by spring:
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/tokyo-reports-tb-outbreak-31205/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/18/health/zika-virus-low-moderate-risk-in-europe-by-summer/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/19/tokyo-reports-tb-outbreak-zika-expected-to-arrive-in-europe-by-spring/

2016-05-19 - Lamb born with facial deformities in Chilik, Almaty (Kazakhstan):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/671973/video-farmers-baffled-mutant-lamb-born-facial-deformities
http://www.sott.net/article/318605-Signs-and-Portents-Lamb-born-with-facial-deformities-in-Kazakhstan

2016-05-20 - Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes in the ocean off the coast of Oregon:
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/05/ocean_earthquake_causes_no_dan.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318657-4-9-earthquake-strikes-off-Oregon-coast
http://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/1343

2016-05-20 - Lake Mead in Nevada drops to lowest level in history:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/05/19/lake-mead-declines-lowest-level-history/84628000/
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2016/05/19/lake-mead-declines-new-record-low/84597120/
http://weather.com/news/trending/video/lake-mead-water-level-at-all-time-low
http://abcnews.go.com/US/water-levels-lake-mead-reach-record-lows/story?id=39235749

2016-05-20 - Salton Sea drying up and dying in California:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/19/3778671/salton-sea-evaporates-causing-a-county-to-struggle/

2016-05-20 - FEMA says prepare for extreme heat:
http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/117016

2016-05-20 - Extreme anomalous hailstorm hits Apulia (Italy):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/extreme-hailstorm-putignano-apulia-italy-pictures-videos.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318689-Extreme-anomalous-hailstorm-hits-Apulia-Italy

2016-05-20 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Guangdong Province (China), 8 killed, 55,000 evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20160521-53403-CHN
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-05/21/c_135377333.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/318691-Rainstorms-wreak-havoc-in-southern-China-8-dead-and-55000-forced-to-evacuate

2016-05-20 - Scientists observe new characteristic of light, proving Planck's constant can be inconsistent:
http://www.rt.com/viral/343701-new-light-form-planck-constant/
http://www.sott.net/article/318630-Scientists-observe-new-characteristic-of-light-proving-Plancks-constant-can-be-inconsistent

2016-05-20 - Woman has six ribs removed to achieve a 16-inch waist:
http://www.wfsb.com/story/32024202/woman-has-six-ribs-removed-for-16-inch-waist
http://wjla.com/news/offbeat/plastic-surgery-model-removes-6-ribs-for-skinnier-waistline

2016-05-20 - New stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt turned over to the Navy, Captain James Kirk takes command:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/politics/navy-stealth-destroyer-zumwalt/index.html
http://q13fox.com/2016/05/20/new-stealth-destroyer-turned-over-to-u-s-navy-and-capt-james-kirk/
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/05/20/business/navy-accepts-first-stealth-destroyer-from-maine-shipyard/
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2016/0521/Capt.-Kirk-takes-helm-of-US-Navy-s-futuristic-ship

2016-05-21 - Volcano Sinabung erupts in Indonesia, 7+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160521-53411-IDN
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36352501
http://www.yahoo.com/news/volcano-erupts-western-indonesia-killing-3-villagers-143733150.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/21/3-dead-after-volcano-erupts-in-indonesia.html
http://weather.com/news/news/indonesia-sumatra-mount-sinabung-eruption-may-2016
http://www.inquisitr.com/3121157/mount-sinabung-volcano-eruption-kills-exceed-three-as-death-toll-rises/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/more-bodies-found-after-indonesia-volcano-eruption-34736115.html
http://www.newsunited.com/mount-sinabung-volcano-eruption-news/29661486/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/seven-killed-in-violent-eruption-from-indonesias-mount-sinabung-volcano/

Quote: "Seven people have been killed after a volcano in western Indonesia erupted, blasting clouds of volcanic ash 3km (2 miles) into the sky."

2016-05-21 - Mount Etna erupts at daybreak near Sicily (Italy), near the coast:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36351921
http://www.rt.com/news/343986-italy-etna-volcano-eruption/

2016-05-21 - Magnitude 4.8 and 4.9 earthquakes rattle Macedonia, Albania and Greece:
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id4388
http://www.sott.net/article/318731-2-earthquakes-rattle-Macedonia-Albania-and-northern-Greece

2016-05-21 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes near Bárðabunga volcano on the island of iceland:
http://www.icenews.is/2016/05/21/earthquakes-around-bardabunga-volcano/
http://www.sott.net/article/318747-4-4-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-around-Barabunga-volcano-Iceland-as-unprecedented-seismic-activity-continues
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/earthquakes-return-to-icelands-bardabunga-volcano-sudden-rise-in-activity-surprises-geologists/

Quote: "The last earthquake was at 7am this morning and measured 4.4 on the Richter scale, the biggest one measured since the end of the eruption in February. Right now there is considerable seismic activity in Bárðabunga and scientists are keeping a close eye on it, the events up there are unprecedented and so scientists are observing with great alertness."

2016-05-21 - Two small but unusual earthquakes strike in one week near coastal Oban (Scotland):
http://www.scotsman.com/news/mini-earthquake-hits-oban-for-second-time-in-a-week-1-4132548
http://www.sott.net/article/318749-Earthquake-hits-Oban-Scotland-for-second-time-in-a-week

Note: MISA Theory keeps on chuggin'...

2016-05-21 - Magnitude 5.9+ earthquake strikes near Alice Springs (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-21/earthquake-hits-outside-alice-springs/7434196
http://www.sott.net/article/318688-Strong-tremor-hits-Northern-Territory-Australia
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3601777/Powerful-5-9-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-west-Alice-Springs-potential-damage-40km-epicentre.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/northern-territory-rocked-by-earthquake-of-magnitude-61/news-story/1669ae8294e9b29b44689491601d4ee1
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/magnitude-5-9-quake-hits-central-australia-at-10km-depth-usgs-strongest-quake-to-strike-the-mainland-in-19-years/

2016-05-21 - Earth breaks 12th straight monthly heat record:
http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2016/05/20/earth-breaks-12th-straight-monthly-heat-record-its-time-to-acknowledge-we-have-a-run-away-climate-event-here/

2016-05-21 - Arctic set for record-breaking melt this summer:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-melt-arctic-ice-its-official.html

Quote: "The early melting follows a record-setting winter that saw temperatures average more than 11 degrees above normal for the 49th State, shattering the previous record set in 2015."

2016-05-21 - Cyclone Roanu hits Sri Lanka, 71+ people killed:
http://www.dw.com/en/death-toll-in-sri-lanka-rises-as-rescue-workers-battle-heavy-rains/a-19274796
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/appeal-for-sri-lanka.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/cyclone-roanu.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318733-Cyclone-Roanu-Death-toll-in-Sri-Lanka-rises-to-71-after-torrential-downpours-cause-landslides-and-flooding
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/500000-in-bangladesh-flee-cyclone-roanu-at-least-24-killed-as-storm-sweeps-inland/

2016-05-21 - Cyclone Roanu roars into Bangladesh, 21 killed, 500,000 people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20160522-53413-BGD
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/05/21/21-dead-500000-evacuated-in-path-cyclone-roanu-in-bangladesh/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/cyclone-roanu-approaches-india-and.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318683-Deadly-Cyclone-Roanu-to-incite-major-flooding-landslides-in-northeastern-India-and-Bangladesh

2016-05-21 - There's still a global oil glut, tankers full of oil sitting idle:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-global-oil-glut.html

2016-05-21 - 'Britain's first alien abduction victim' recalls encounter with 'diamond-shaped UFO' 35 years after incident:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-first-alien-abduction-victim-6911498
http://www.sott.net/article/318696-Britains-first-alien-abduction-victim-recalls-encounter-with-diamond-shaped-UFO-35-years-after-incident

2016-05-21 - Turkish pilots report UFO with green lights near airport in coastal Istanbul (Turkey):
http://www.rt.com/news/343898-turkey-ufo-airport-lights/
http://www.sott.net/article/318726-Object-with-green-lights-Turkish-pilots-claim-they-saw-UFO-near-Istanbul-airport

2016-05-21 - Spain's debt now larger than Spain's GDP:
http://www.voanews.com/content/spain-debt-now-worth-more-than-value-of-economy/3335432.html

2016-05-22 - Man, 42, captain of the 'Iron Maiden', has heart problems near coastal Cape Colombine (South Africa), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-Iron-Maiden-I1822643.html
http://www.nsri.org.za/2016/05/injured-paddler-rescued-three-anchor-bay-helicopter-patient-medical-evacuation-off-a-fishing-trawler-deep-sea-west-coast/

Quote: "On May 20, 2016, at 09.30 oa.m. the SA Air Force 22 Squadron, NSRI ASR (Air Sea Rescue) and WC Government Health EMS rescue squad were placed on alert following a request for medical assistance made by a ships agent to MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre). The captain of the 'Iron Maiden' had suffered a suspected heart attack."

2016-05-22 - Man has heart problems on ferry ship 'Loch Seaforth' near coastal Stornoway (Scotland), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Loch-Seaforth-9665437.html

Quote: "A man was airlifted to hospital after suffering a heart attack on the 'Loch Seaforth' on May 22, 2016. The Stornoway Coastguard from the ferry around 4 p.m. while she was heading from Stornoway to Ullapool. being around 45 minutes from the end of its trip. A helicopter was sent to the scene and transported the man to the Western Isles Hospital."

2016-05-22 - Forty volcanoes are erupting around the planet:
http://www.sott.net/article/318851-Shake-rattle-and-roll-Earthquakes-continue-worldwide-40-volcanoes-erupting-right-now
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/40-volcanoes-are-erupting-right-now-as-the-crust-of-the-earth-becomes-increasingly-unstable

2016-05-22 - Two shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquakes shake Tibet:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/53magnitude-quakes-hit-tibet/article8631220.ece
http://www.sott.net/article/318748-Two-shallow-5-3-magnitude-earthquakes-hit-Tibet

2016-05-22 - Water horribly polluted in coastal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), unlikely to be cleaned up for the Olympics:
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/hopes-fading-that-rio-s-waters-will-be-cleaned-up-ahead-of-olympics-116052200726_1.html

Quote: "The city's waterways also harbour underwater pockets of methane and hydrogen sulfide gas produced by the decomposition of organic matter, giving the waters a rotten egg odour, as well as fecal bacteria, viruses and microbes that can give those exposed to the water for prolonged periods headaches, nausea, conjunctivitis and even hepatitis."

Quote: "A few weeks ago, 'the bottom got stirred up and a large quantity of gas was released', covering the area around the polluted lagoon and making residents ill, Moscatelli said."

Note: Yikes, just imagine if a big cloud of hydrogen sulfide bubbles up and kills a bunch of people during the Olympics...

2016-05-22 - All the doomiest climate graphs in one place:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/all-doomiest-graphs-in-one-place.html

2016-05-22 - Arctic sea ice drops far below record low extent for May:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/arctic-ice-melt-05222016.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/wunderground-on-arctic-sea-ice-melt.html

Note: Sea ice extent is nosediving! That doesn't look remotely like any previous year ever recorded...

2016-05-22 - Global temps are the highest they've ever been in recorded history:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/hottest-world-temperature-on-record.html

Quote: "When will world leaders tackle the Paris Climate Summit goal of restricting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C?"

Note: As if that's even possible...

2016-05-22 - Antarctic ice shelf retreat approaching the point of no return:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-irreversible-retreat-of-antarctic.html

2016-05-22 - Sustainability is destroying the Earth:
http://deepgreenresistancenewyork.org/2013/07/15/sustainability-is-destroying-the-earth/

Quote: "Somewhere along the way the environmental movement – based on a desire to protect the Earth, was largely eaten by the sustainability movement – based on a desire to maintain our comfortable lifestyles. When did this happen, and why? And how is it possible that no-one noticed? This is a fundamental shift in values, to go from compassion for all living beings and the land, to a selfish wish to feel good about our inherently destructive way of life."

Quote: "What is it we are trying to sustain? A living planet, or industrial civilization? Because we can’t have both."

Note: Well, the topic is kinda moot at this point, since the Earth's gonna wipe us out and do a restart on oxygen-using life, no matter what we do now, so we're going to end up with neither a habitable planet nor industrial civilization...

2016-05-22 - Pakistan prepares graves for looming heatwave:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/preparing-for-heatwave-in-pakistan.html

2016-05-22 - Indian roads become molten seas of tar as deadly heat wave continues:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-indian-heatwave-05222016.html

2016-05-22 - Huge snowstorm dumps 2 meters of snow on parts of northwest China:
http://iceagenow.info/massive-snowstorm-pounds-parts-northwest-china/
http://www.sott.net/article/318772-Huge-snowstorm-pounds-parts-of-northwest-China-2-meters-almost-7-ft-of-snow-paralyzes-traffic

2016-05-22 - Snowfall records smashed across US as northern hemisphere struggles into summer:
http://www.sott.net/article/318789-Snowfall-records-smashed-across-US-as-northern-hemisphere-struggles-into-summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bcavYkaTAc

2016-05-22 - Rare tornado damages dozens of homes in Chihuahua (Mexico):
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/homes-damaged-by-tornado-in-chihuahua/
http://www.sott.net/article/318798-Dozens-of-homes-damaged-by-rare-tornado-in-Chihuahua-Mexico

2016-05-22 - Fearsome vampire fish take over UK rivers with record numbers of the metre-long monsters:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/fearsome-vampire-fish-take-over-8026756
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/517497/lamprey-vampire-dracula-fish-rise-numbers-warning-swimmers-wild-swimming

2016-05-22 - Anomalous iridescent cloud suddenly forms in sky over Rizhao (China):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/mysterious-cloud-goku-rizhao-china-photo-dragon-ball-goku.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318861-Anomalous-iridescent-cloud-suddenly-forms-in-sky-of-Rizhao-China

2016-05-22 - Mysterious burning object disintegrates in the sky over Agra, Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/mysterious-burning-object-fly-sky-agra-india-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318819-Meteor-fireball-Mysterious-burning-object-disintegrates-over-Agra-Uttar-Pradesh-India

2016-05-22 - Physicists speculate that dark energy is the reason time moves forward:
http://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-just-found-a-link-between-dark-energy-and-the-arrow-of-time
http://www.sott.net/article/318744-Physicists-speculate-that-dark-energy-is-the-reason-time-moves-forward

2016-05-23 - 'Sewage smell' along the Brazos River hits Waco (Texas):
http://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Waco--Something-doesnt-smell-quite-right-along-the-Brazos-380572821.html

2016-05-23 - Guy McPherson presents 'Responding to Abrupt Climate Change' in Encinitas (California):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/guy-mcpherson-in-california.html

2016-05-23 - Volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts in Colombia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160523-53422-COL

2016-05-23 - Mount Etna growing more restless in Italy:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/mt-etna-eruption-in-sicily-captured-in-dramatic-video-footage/article/466100
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/italys-mount-etna-volcano-growing-more-restless/

2016-05-23 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Upland (California):
http://abc7.com/news/35-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-upland-/1352740/

2016-05-23 - Magnitude 3.4 earthquake strikes near volcano Barbarbunga (Iceland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160524-53445-ISL

2016-05-23 - Vicious hailstorm pelts parts of Pennsylvania:
http://abc7amarillo.com/news/offbeat/vicious-hailstorm-pelts-parts-of-pennsylvania
http://cbs6albany.com/news/offbeat/vicious-hailstorm-pelts-parts-of-pennsylvania
http://www.sott.net/article/318901-Vicious-hailstorm-pounds-parts-of-Pennsylvania

2016-05-23 - Thunderstorms threaten 14 million people in the Plains, Midwest and South:
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/14-million-risk-thunderstorms-threaten-plains-midwest-and-south

2016-05-23 - Tornado rips through Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), roofs torn off homes:
http://www.thelocal.de/20160523/tornado-rips-off-roofs-as-storm-batters-western-germany
http://www.sott.net/article/318870-Tornado-rips-off-roofs-as-severe-storm-batters-west-Germany

2016-05-23 - Lightning strike kills two men on motorcycle in the Philippine Islands):
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/787232/lightning-kills-2-men-in-south-cotabato
http://www.sott.net/article/318909-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-men-riding-on-a-motorbike-in-the-Philippines

2016-05-23 - Lightning strikes kill 5 people in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/548121/nine-killed-thunderstorm-rains-up.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318841-5-killed-by-lightning-strikes-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India

2016-05-23 - Lightning fatalities continue to increase in Cambodia, up to 39 dead for the year:
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25236/lightning-continues-to-take-a-toll/
http://www.sott.net/article/318813-Update-Number-of-fatalities-caused-by-lightning-continues-to-rise-in-Cambodia-now-39-for-the-first-5-months-of-2016

2016-05-23 - Tennis-ball-sized hailstones pound buildings in Myanmar:
http://www.rt.com/viral/344037-myanmar-storm-giant-hailstones/
http://www.sott.net/article/318849-Jumbo-sized-hailstones-pound-buildings-in-Myanmar-VIDEO

2016-05-23 - Strong hailstorm hits the Czech Republic:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/anomalous-hailstorms-czech-republic-picture-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318890-Strong-hailstorms-wallop-Czech-Republic

Note: Czech it out!

2016-05-23 - Tornado seen over Hartlepool (Britain), second recent torndao in the UK:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tornado-spotted-over-hartlepool-days-8025079
http://www.sott.net/article/318764-Tornado-seen-over-Hartlepool-second-recent-one-for-the-UK

2016-05-23 - Flowers and grass sprout in the desert after heavy rains in Bisha (Saudi Arabia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/flowers-cover-the-desert-in-saudi-arabia.html

2016-05-23 - Gold mining's toxic legacy - Peru declares environmental emergency over mercury pollution:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20160524-53436-PER
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-peru-declares-mercury-poison-emergency.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318835-Gold-minings-toxic-legacy-Peru-declares-environmental-emergency-over-mercury-pollution

2016-05-23 - Will Deutsche Bank survive wave of trouble or will it be the next Lehman Brothers?
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/may-2016-will-deutsche-bank-survive-this-wave-of-trouble-or-will-it-become-the-next-lehman-brothers

2016-05-23 - Grizzly-polar bear hybrids on the rise in northern Canada as the world warms:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/hybrid-bear-in-northern-canada.html

2016-05-23 - Changing marine environments leading to surge of highly adaptable cephalopods:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/world-octopus-and-squid-populations-are-booming
http://www.sott.net/article/318824-Changing-marine-environments-leading-to-surge-of-highly-adaptable-cephalopods

2016-05-23 - Tarantulas get loose and crawl on people on passenger plane en route to Montreal (Canada):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/32041522/tarantulas-get-loose-during-flight-crawl-on-passengers
http://www.wlky.com/video/buzz60/tarantulas-escape-on-a-plane-mid-flight/39660836

Quote: "Passengers on a flight from Mexico to Montreal lived a real-life nightmare – stuff horror movies are made of. They were stuck on a plane for hours with tarantulas on the loose. An hour into a flight home from Punta Cana, Catherine Moreau felt a tickle on her leg. She looked down and saw a tarantula climbing up her leg."

2016-05-23 - Papa John's salads recalled for listeria contamination:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/22/health/listeria-concerns-recall/

2016-05-24 - Child has medical problem on school bus on I-95 in coastal Bridgeport (Connecticut):
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Medical-call-slows-I-95-traffic-in-Bridgeport-7941795.php

2016-05-24 - 100,000 bats swarm coastal Batemans Bay (Australia), state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160525-53461-AUS
http://globalnews.ca/news/2718317/invasion-of-bats-forces-australian-town-to-issue-state-of-emergency/
http://www.sott.net/article/318934-Australian-town-overrun-by-bats-state-of-emergency-issued
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/05/batemans-bay-state-emergency-bat-invasion-160524165003077.html
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/05/25/flying-foxes-natural-disaster-nsw-town-batemans-bay

Quote: "There are more than 100,000 bats that made their home in the coastal town south of Sydney, creating problems for local residents, according to local media."

Note: Who left the bat signal on?!

2016-05-24 - As relentless heatwave broils India, people killing themselves:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/heatwave-in-india-causes-suicides.html

2016-05-24 - Lightning strikes kill 4 people and injure 3 more in Bihar (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/4-killed-3-injured-in-lightning-strikes-116052400391_1.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318912-4-killed-and-3-injured-by-lightning-strikes-in-Bihar-India

2016-05-24 - Crops fail again, 50 million Africans face hunger, situation critical:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/50-million-africans-face-hunger-after.html

2016-05-24 - Last stand for Europe’s remaining ancient forest as loggers prepare to move in:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/05/last-stand-for-europes-remaining.html

2016-05-24 - Brilliant meteor seen over the skies of Japan:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/fireball-japan-video-may-23-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/318941-Brilliant-meteor-fireball-flies-through-Japan-skies

2016-05-24 - Two capybaras, dog-sized rodents, escape from zoo in Toronto (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-capybaras-on-the-loose-1.3598026

Quote: "As for capybaras, the rodents are native to South America and stand about two feet tall. The average one weighs about 75 to 150 pounds. Toronto police are urging the public to keep an eye out for the two creatures and say they should still be somewhere in the park."

2016-05-25 - Hydrogen sulfide blowing over Marana (Arizona):
http://www.tucsonlocalmedia.com/marana/article_cdff21fc-21ec-11e6-a5b9-b7d28f198381.html

Quote: "The smell actually stems from hydrogen sulfide, which is commonly known as sewer gas."

2016-05-25 - Mount Etna erupts again on the island of Sicily (Italy):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/31704349/italys-mount-etna-volcano-erupts-again/
http://www.sott.net/article/319052-Mount-Etna-in-Italy-erupts-once-again

Note: Bada-bing bada-boom!

2016-05-25 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes near the island of Crete (Greece):
http://globalnews.ca/news/2720572/magnitude-5-5-earthquake-rocks-crete/
http://www.sott.net/article/318955-Magnitude-5-5-earthquake-hits-near-the-island-of-Crete-in-Greece

2016-05-25 - Rare magnitude 4.1 earthquake shakes Duchesne (Utah):
http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2016/05/25/jla-4-1-earthquake-shakes-area-near-duschesne/
http://www.sott.net/article/319020-Rare-4-1-earthquake-and-aftershock-rattles-Duchesne-Utah

2016-05-25 - Flaming object falls from the sky over coastal Sheerness (Britain):
http://www.sott.net/article/318974-Flaming-object-falls-from-the-sky-in-Sheerness-UK
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/mystery-flaming-object-plummets-from-96408/

Quote: "Although it could be a flare, there is confusion as to why it was accompanied by a series of bangs and made the ground shake when it landed. It appeared to be plunging towards the sea near Beachfields park as youngsters played nearby."

2016-05-25 - Lightning strikes kill 3 people in Bangladesh:
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/lightning-kills-3-1229380
http://www.sott.net/article/319036-Lightning-strikes-kill-3-in-Bangladesh

2016-05-25 - Lightning strike kills a dozen cattle in Phelps County (Missouri):
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Lightning-kills-a-dozen-cattle-in-Phelps-County-380909311.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319037-Lightning-bolt-kills-a-dozen-cattle-in-Phelps-County-Missouri

2016-05-25 - Powerful tornado touches down in Chapman (Kansas), railroad tracks bent, 25 homes damaged or destroyed:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/monster-tornado-bends-railway-track-chapman-kansas-photo-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319082-Monster-tornado-in-Chapman-Kansas-was-so-powerful-it-bent-railway-tracks

2016-05-25 - Severe thunderstorms bring tornadoes and flash flooding to the US Plains:
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2016/05/25/severe-weather-outbreak-massive-tornado-destroys-home-near-dodge-city-kansas/
http://www.sott.net/article/318994-Severe-thunderstorms-wreaks-havoc-across-US-Plains-tornadoes-flash-flooding

2016-05-25 - US Army to test convoys of driverless vehicles on highways in Michigan:
http://www.activistpost.com/2016/05/u-s-army-to-test-convoy-of-driverless-vehicles-on-public-roadways.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319076-Yield-US-Army-to-test-driverless-vehicles-on-Michigan-interstate

2016-05-25 - Man goes to use toilet, python chomps his wiener, bloody battle ensues, at home in Thailand:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/toilet-terror-python-bites-mans-8044766
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/world/article79992557.html

2016-05-26 - Hydrogen sulfide from sludge facility hitting two towns in Kazan (Russia):
http://eng.tatar-inform.ru/news/2016/05/26/56013/

Quote: "In Kazan, the issue of sludge recycling has been unsolved for a long time, which resulted in that thousands of residents of two Kazan villages breathe hydrogen sulfide emissions and live in a hostile atmosphere."

2016-05-26 - Volcano Kilauea erupts at the Pu'u O'o cone, spews largest volume of lava in 500 years, in Hawaii:
http://www.rt.com/usa/344457-hawaii-volcano-lava-pahoa/
http://www.sott.net/article/319035-Pu-u-O-o-volcano-Hawaii-unleashes-its-largest-volume-of-lava-for-500-years
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/new-lava-flows-open-vents-on-active-hawaii-volcano/
http://twitter.com/HawaiiNewsNow/status/735632819037278214

Quote: "According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the Pu'u 'O'o fire fountain has now unleashed its largest volume of lava in the past 500 years."

2016-05-26 - Volcano Piton de la Fournaise erupts on Réunion Island (France):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160526-53473-REU
http://www.eturbonews.com/71540/tourists-can-witness-piton-de-la-fournaise-spitting-fire-again

2016-05-26 - As peat bogs thaw in Siberia, billions of tons of methane set to be released:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/leading-siberian-scientist-warns-about.html

Quote: "He said that a thaw of the frozen bogs, which take up as much as 80 per cent of the landmass of western Siberia, will release billions of tonnes of methane – a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide – into the atmosphere."

2016-05-26 - Totten Glacier unstable, set to raise sea level by multiple meters:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/25/tottering-totten-and-the-coming-multi-meter-sea-level-rise/

Quote: "A new scientific study has found that the Totten Glacier is fundamentally unstable and could significantly contribute to a possible multi-meter sea level rise this Century under mid-range and worst case warming scenarios."

2016-05-26 - Tornado rips through Bryan (Texas), 30 homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20160527-53478-USA

2016-05-26 - Dreaded superbug immune to all antibiotics found in woman in Pennsylvania:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/26/health/first-superbug-cre-case-in-us/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/a-dreaded-superbug-found-for-the-first-time-in-a-u-s-woman/

2016-05-26 - Man with knife tries to rob woman, she chases him down, makes him strip naked, man cries, in Bogotá (Colombia):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7176242/Incredible-moment-woman-catches-knife-wielding-thief-and-forces-him-to-strip-NAKED-in-the-middle-of-the-street.html

Quote: "The man is clearly terrified as the tables are turned on him. He pleads with her to let him go but the furious woman won’t let him go without humiliating him first. With her handbag swinging in one arm, she keeps a hold of the thief in another and shouts angrily at him. She forces the man to his knees as he quickly wipes away tears."

2016-05-26 - Aristotle's tomb may have been found, in Stageira (Greece):
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/some-archaeologists-in-greece-think-they-found-aristotles-tomb
http://www.sott.net/article/319067-Lost-tomb-of-Aristotle-found-in-Greece

2016-05-26 - Hungarian physicists may have found evidence of a mysterious fifth force of nature:
http://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-think-they-might-have-just-detected-a-fifth-force-of-nature
http://www.sott.net/article/319021-Hungarian-physicists-possibly-found-evidence-of-a-mysterious-fifth-force-of-nature

2016-05-27 - Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Fiji Islands:
http://www.sott.net/article/319083-6-5-earthquake-strikes-off-Fiji-coast
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/-it-was-very-deep-6-5-earthquake-strikes-off-fiji-coast-6343547?gclid=CODpw8nH-cwCFdgjvQodizQBow

2016-05-27 - Ocean temps unusually warm off the US East Coast, second cyclone may form before hurricane season begins:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/26/atlantic-tropical-storm-bonnie-may-be-second-2016-cyclone-to-form-before-hurricane-season-start/

Quote: "Ocean temperatures off the East Coast of the US are extraordinarily warm for this time of year. A region of water in the Gulf Stream 100 miles off Virginia Beach now features sea surface temperatures of 81 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees (F) above average. To the south and east, in a stormy zone between Bermuda and the Bahamas, temperatures are around 77 degrees Fahrenheit or 4 degrees above average. Readings more typical of July and not at all usual for May in this region of the world ocean."

2016-05-27 - Update on Arctic sea ice:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/arctic-ice.html

2016-05-27 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Missouri, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20160528-53495-USA

2016-05-27 - Heavy rain and deadly flooding hit Texas, 2 killed, 3 missing:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/27/us/severe-weather/index.html

Quote: "A second person found dead in a vehicle swept away by floodwaters is thought to have died of a heart attack, Hahn said."

Note: Well, that one was a slumper then, not dead from the flooding...

2016-05-27 - The large tornado that hit northern Kansas lasted '10 times longer than the typical twister':
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/26/ninety-minute-tornado-rare-even-in-kansas/
http://www.sott.net/article/319131-Large-tornado-that-raked-northern-Kansas-lasted-10-times-longer-than-the-typical-twister

2016-05-27 - SpaceX lands rocket on ship at sea for third time in a row:
http://www.space.com/33004-spacex-thaicom8-launch-rocket-landing.html
http://mashable.com/2016/05/27/spacex-drone-ship-third-landing/

Quote: "The first stage of the company's Falcon 9 rocket came down for a soft touchdown on a ship at sea today (May 27), during the successful launch of the Thaicom 8 communications satellite. Until last month, this dramatic maritime maneuver had never been done; SpaceX has now pulled it off on three straight flights over the last seven weeks."

2016-05-27 - Physicists expand on theory of Schrodinger’s cat:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0528/Schroedinger-s-cat-gets-a-playmate
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/05/27/physicists-expand-on-theory-of-schrodingers-cat.html

Quote: "A new study argues that if the infamous Schrodinger's cat can be both alive and dead at the same time, it can also be both dead and alive in two locations at once."

2016-05-27 - Rare form of 'space lightning' sighted over Oklahoma:
http://www.sott.net/article/319126-Rare-form-of-space-lightning-sighted-over-Oklahoma

2016-05-28 - Man, 21, goes missing while swimming at coastal Carolina Beach (North Carolina):
http://www.wwaytv3.com/2016/05/28/crews-search-for-missing-swimmer-at-carolina-beach/

2016-05-28 - Magnitude 7.2+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near Visokoi Island (South Sandwich Islands):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20005ysu#general
http://sputniknews.com/environment/20160528/1040408961/eathquake-antarctica-sandwich-islands.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319136-USGS-Magnitude-7-3-earthquake-hits-South-Atlantic-near-Antarctica
http://www.mb.com.ph/magnitude-7-3-earthquake-hits-south-atlantic-near-antarctica-usgs/

2016-05-28 - Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Norseman (Australia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/strongest-earthquake-in-six-years-hits-norseman-western-australia.html

2016-05-28 - Record-breaking heatwave hits Central Queensland (Australia):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/temperature-record-in-central.html

Quote: "When its the cooling coming then? smashing 33-36ºc during May is unprecedented for these regions, let along smashing it at the end of the Month and only a few days out from the official start to Winter."

2016-05-28 - Guy McPherson says climate change is irreversible:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/donald-trump-reflects-perfectly-denial.html

2016-05-28 - As oxygen levels decrease across the planet, we're gonna get stupid:
https://lokisrevengeblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/how-fast-can-i-go-stupid/

2016-05-28 - New Zealand's coastline eroding as sea level rises:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/the-early-effects-of-sea-level-rise-in.html

2016-05-28 - More than 330,000 lightnings strikes hit Europe in eight hours:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/29/fire-in-the-sky-more-than-330000-lightning-strikes-hit-europe-in-just-eight-hours/

2016-05-28 - Lightning stike injures 35 people at football match in Hoppstaedten (Germany):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/thirty-five-people-including-referee-8071284
http://www.sott.net/article/319176-Lightning-strikes-children-in-Paris-and-Germany-over-40-injured
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/35-people-taken-to-hospital-after-lightning-strike-during-intense-thunderstorms-in-germany.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/28/479853027/lightning-strikes-childs-party-in-paris-and-soccer-match-in-germany-injuring-doz

Quote: "In another freak incident 35 people were injured by a lightning bolt during a football match in Germany. The lightning struck at the end of a children's match in the town of Hoppstaedten."

Quote: "According to what everyone present says, there were no clouds in the sky...so that this incident couldn’t have been expected."

2016-05-28 - Lightning strike injures 11 people at Park Monceau in Paris (France):
http://wsvn.com/news/us-world/11-hit-by-lightning-in-a-paris-park-many-at-childs-party/
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/05/28/11-people-including-children-hit-by-lightning-in-paris-park/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/28/11-injured-as-lightning-strikes-childrens-birthday-party-in-pari/
http://www.northjersey.com/news/children-fight-to-live-after-lightning-hits-11-in-paris-park-1.1607126
http://time.com/4351410/paris-park-lightning-strike/

2016-05-28 - Lightning strike kills man descending from Babia Gora (Poland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36405482

Quote: "The man was killed in southern Poland as he was hit by lightning while descending a mountain."

2016-05-28 - Lightning strike kills 3 people in Uttar Pradesh (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/story/243439.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319163-3-family-members-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India

2016-05-28 - Five years later, TEPCO still can't locate 600 tons of melted radioactive fuel:
http://peakoil.com/enviroment/five-years-later-tepco-still-cant-locate-600-tons-of-melted-radioactive-fuel

2016-05-28 - US federal agencies quietly pave the way to restart offshore fracking in California:
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/05/28/california-back-big-oils-crosshairs-feds-quietly-ok-offshore-fracking
http://www.sott.net/article/319162-No-significant-threat-US-federal-agencies-quietly-pave-the-way-to-restart-offshore-fracking-in-California

2016-05-28 - Black billed cuckoo shows up on Scottish island, first time seen in the UK in 30 years:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/birdwatchers-flock-remote-scottish-island-8065683

2016-05-28 - Fetus found growing inside 15-year-old BOY's body in Malaysia:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/growing-foetus-found-inside-teenagers-body-malaysia-1562500

Quote: "'The foetus removed from my son's stomach was formed with organs like those of a baby – only the nose and mouth were not complete,' Hasmah Ahmad, Shahril's mother said, as reported in Fox News."

Note: This boy was close to giving birth and being a mother!

2016-05-29 - Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits Medea Province (Algeria), 28+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160530-53523-DZA
http://www.africanews.com/2016/05/30/53-magnitude-earthquake-injures-28-people-in-algeria-s-medea/
http://www.sott.net/article/319241-5-3-magnitude-earthquake-injures-28-people-in-Algeria
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/5-3-magnitude-earthquake-injures-28-people-in-algerias-medea/

2016-05-29 - Lake starts frothing in Kasavanahalli (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/now-kasavanahalli-lake-froths/article8664598.ece

Quote: "Kasavanahalli lake seems to have joined the ignominious list of lakes in the city that froth, after Bellandur and Varthur lakes. For the first time, excessive frothing was observed in Kasavanahalli lake, located off Haralur Road, on Sunday."

2016-05-29 - Oceans rapidly losing oxygen:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/deoxygenation-of-coeans.html

Quote: "While ocean deoxygenation is well established, a new study led by Matthew Long, an oceanographer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, finds that climate change-driven oxygen loss is already detectable in certain swaths of ocean and will likely be 'widespread' by 2030 or 2040."

Note: Yep, and the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that produce hydrogen sulfide are going to love that. More heat, less oxygen, that's what they like...

2016-05-29 - Scientists discover yet more aerosols emanating from oil sands production:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-tars-sands-impact-on-air-pollution-found/

2016-05-29 - Lightning strike kills 21 cows in Moody County (South Dakota):
http://wlos.com/news/offbeat/single-lightning-strike-kills-21-cows

2016-05-29 - Floods turn deadly in Texas, mandatory evacuations hit Rosenberg (Texas), prison evacuated:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/mandatory-evacuation-issued-rosenberg-texas-floods-turn-deadly/story?id=39462766
http://www.sott.net/article/319249-Texas-floods-prompt-prison-evacuation
http://www.rt.com/usa/344793-texas-floods-prison-evacuation/

2016-05-29 - Deadly floods hit Germany:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-floods-germany-214406713.html
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/biblical-floods-germany-video-bernsbach.html

2016-05-29 - Unknown minivan-sized sponge found in the ocean near Hawaii:
http://wtvr.com/2016/05/28/minivan-sized-sea-creature-discovered-off-hawaii/
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/28/sea-sponge-the-size-of-a-minivan-discovered-in-ocean-depths-off-hawaii

2016-05-29 - The next big crash of the US economy is coming, here's why:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-28/next-big-crash-us-economy-coming-heres-why

2016-05-29 - Economist Gerald Celente warns that the global economy is crashing now:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/gerald-celente-on-global-economy.html

2016-05-29 - UFO filmed in the sky over Dayton (Ohio):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mind-blowing-footage-mystery-flying-8069069
http://www.sott.net/article/319164-Mind-blowing-video-of-mystery-flying-craft-hovering-near-US-military-base-in-UFO-hotspot

2016-05-29 - Female students seeking 'sugar daddies' to help with tuition and rent:
http://kval.com/news/offbeat/students-seeking-sugar-daddies-for-tuition-rent-05-29-2016-175320920
http://wric.com/2016/05/30/httpsmgtvwric-wordpress-comwp-adminpost-new-php/
http://kmph-kfre.com/news/offbeat/students-seeking-sugar-daddies-for-tuition-rent-05-29-2016-175320920

Note: My eagle-eyed inner shallow male sees two huge reasons why that worked out so well for the woman in the photo!

2016-05-29 - Baby grows body hair and has sexual urges, in Delhi (India):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/baby-develops-sexual-urges-grows-8081596

Quote: "And symptoms of his rare condition, called 'precocious puberty' have resulted in him growing facial and body hair as well as sexual urges."

Quote: "His penis had grown to that of a man’s size and we knew something was wrong."

2016-05-30 - Man, 24, disappears into the water at lake in Sweetwater State Park in Douglas County (Georgia):
http://www.cbs46.com/story/32097645/police-searching-for-body-in-lake-at-sweetwater-state-park-in-douglas-county
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/crews-search-for-boater-who-fell-into-lake/nrXbJ/

2016-05-30 - Man, 53, disappears into the water in the Gulf of Mexico near Dixie County (Florida):
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160531/articles/160539962

2016-05-30 - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Raoul Island (New Zealand):
http://news.islandcrisis.net/2016/05/earthquake-m5-7-near-raoul-island-new-zealand-today/
http://www.sott.net/article/319246-Magnitude-5-7-earthquake-hits-near-Raoul-Island-New-Zealand

2016-05-30 - New island forms in the sea near Fleetwood (Britain):
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/2016-05-10/drone-footage-of-new-island-near-fleetwood/
http://www.sott.net/article/319279-New-island-forms-off-northwest-England

2016-05-30 - Scientists prepare for eruption of supervolcano Lake Taupo (New Zealand):
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/305214/scientists-prepare-for-lake-taupo-eruption
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/05/31/scientists-prepare-for-lake-taupo-eruption-supervolcano-eruption-would-destroy-north-island/

Quote: "There is only a very small chance the volcano that is now Lake Taupo will erupt, but researchers are planning for a worst case scenario in case it does. A team of researchers is studying the volcano so better response plans can be put in place in case of a large eruption. The Earthquake Commission said damage from the last time the volcano erupted – almost 1800 years ago – would be large enough to destroy the central North Island."

2016-05-30 - Lightning strikes kills 6 more people in Bangladesh:
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/05/30/lightning-kills-six-in-gazipur-jhenaidah
http://www.sott.net/article/319338-Update-Lightning-fatalities-increase-to-six-in-Gazipur-and-Jhenaidah-Bangladesh

2016-05-30 - Lightning strike kills 2 people and injures 5 more in Moheshpur (India):
http://businessnews24bd.com/lightning-kills-2-injures-5-in-moheshpur/
http://www.sott.net/article/319311-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-and-injures-5-in-Moheshpur-India

2016-05-30 - Lightning strike kills 42 sheep in Andhra Pradesh (India):
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2016-05-30/Lightning-kills-42-sheep-/231296
http://www.sott.net/article/319258-Lightning-bolt-kills-herd-of-42-sheep-in-Andhra-Pradesh-India

2016-05-30 - Huge lightning bolt hits passenger plane at Jieyang Chaoshan International Airport (China):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616462/Caught-camera-Huge-bolt-lighting-strikes-plane-wild-storm-China-airport.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319281-Caught-on-camera-Massive-bolt-of-lightning-strikes-plane-during-wild-storm-at-China-airport

2016-05-30 - Violent hail storms cause havoc across France, vineyards damaged:
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160530/worries-for-2016-vintage-as-storms-destroy-french-vinyards
http://www.sott.net/article/319236-Violent-hail-storms-cause-havoc-across-France

Quote: "The storms affected large swathes of the country, not least several wine-growing regions where vineyard owners saw their crops destroyed by hail stones."

2016-05-30 - Snowstorm closes Beartooth Pass (Wyoming):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20160531-53529-USA

2016-05-30 - Heavy hailstorms damage crops in Baramulla District in Kashmir (India):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160531-53526-IND

Quote: "Heavy hailstorms hit different parts of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Monday afternoon inflicting large-scale damage to fruit industry by hammering down blossoming apple orchards and other fruits."

2016-05-30 - Death toll from record-breaking rain in Texas rises to six:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/us/6-dead-in-texas-floods-and-more-rain-is-coming.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319291-6-dead-in-Texas-floods-after-record-breaking-rain

2016-05-30 - Severe storms and flash floods causes havoc in Milan (Italy):
http://www.thelocal.it/20160530/severe-storms-and-flash-floods-wreak-havoc-in-milan-rain-weather
http://www.sott.net/article/319342-Severe-storms-and-flash-floods-causes-havoc-in-Milan-Italy

2016-05-30 - Awesome localized rainfall filmed in Grozny, Chechen Republic (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/awesome-local-rain-grozny-chechen-republic-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319293-Awesome-localized-rainfall-filmed-in-Grozny-Chechen-Republic

2016-05-30 - Massive waterspout filmed off Dundee Beach (Australia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3615877/Dundee-Beach-residents-film-huge-waterspout-coast-Northern-Territory.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319243-Massive-waterspout-filmed-off-Dundee-Beach-Australia

2016-05-30 - Huge locust swarms destroying crops in Russia, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160531-53533-RUS
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/06/02/the-rains-of-climate-change-voracious-locust-swarms-wreck-crops-in-russia/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616707/Shocking-video-shows-moment-huge-swarm-locusts-attacks-farms-devastates-crops-Russia-officials-declare-state-emergency.html

Quote: "A state of emergency has been declared in southern Russia after a huge swarm of locusts spread over 70,000 hectares devastating crops. In near apocalyptic scenes millions of the insects have caused drivers to swerve to avoid them. Officials say at least 10% of the south's farmland has been destroyed - with aircraft used in an attempt to disrupt them."

Quote: "Every year swarms of the insect from north Africa appear in the south feeding on crops. But this year locals think the unusually warm weather has caused thousands more to arrive."

Quote: "Local officials say it's the worst locust swarm the area has seen in 30 years."

2016-05-31 - Woman contracts flesh-eating bacteria while fishing in the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana:
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/01/new-orleans-woman-contracts-flesh-eating-bacteria-while-fishing.html

2016-05-31 - Lake Riesco mysteriously disappears in Patagonia (Chile):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/05/lake-riesco-mysterious-disappearance-patagonia-chile-video-major-liquine-ofqui-fault-photo.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319316-Lake-Riesco-mysteriously-disappears-in-Patagonia-Chile-Drained-by-the-Liquine-Ofqui-Fault

Quote: "Pictures and videos show that most of the 1,400 hectares of lake Riesco have disappeared overnight near Aysen, Patagonia, Chile."

2016-05-31 - Scientists just discovered dozens of new sources of sulfur dioxide air pollution:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/05/31/scientists-just-discovered-dozens-of-new-sources-of-air-pollution/

2016-05-31 - Man, 29, crewmember, collapses unconscious before midnight on ship near coastal Cherbourg (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Prinsendam-8700280.html

Quote: "A crew member of the 'Prinsendam' aged 29 years, had to be medevaced on May 31, 2016. Around midnight the man, aged 29, was found unconscious by his colleagues."

2016-05-31 - Dr Guy McPherson and Derrick Jensen debunk industrial civilization:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/guy-mcpherson-and-derrick-jensen.html

2016-05-31 - Comets and asteroids summary for May 2016:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/comets-asteroids-summary-for-may-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/319340-Comets-Asteroids-Summary-for-May-2016

2016-05-31 - Magnitude 6.1+ earthquake shakes the island of Taiwan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160531-53531-TWN
http://www.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-measuring-6-1-shakes-parts-taiwan-including-055634779--finance.html
http://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/magnitude-61-earthquake-shakes-northern-taiwan/581375
http://www.sott.net/article/319292-Magnitude-6-1-earthquake-strikes-Northern-Taiwan
http://www.newsunited.com/earthquake-measuring-6-1-shakes-news/29816470/

2016-05-31 - Three earthquakes, magnitudes 4.1, 3.4 and 2.6, hit Italy:
http://www.thelocal.it/20160531/strong-earthquake-strikes-umbria
http://www.sott.net/article/319341-Panic-as-3-earthquakes-hit-Umbria-Italy

2016-05-31 - Volcanoes regularly rumbling and erupting all around the world:
http://www.sott.net/article/319478-Frantic-volcanic-activity-recorded-across-much-of-the-globe
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/extreme-weather/frantic-volcanic-activity-seen-across-much-of-the-globe-/68389
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/06/02/frantic-volcanic-activity-seen-across-much-of-the-globe/

Quote: "Considering that in the 20th century the average number of volcanic eruptions was 35 per year, what we are seeing just this week is above last century´s average for an entire year."