2016 - AUG - Other Stories

2016-08-01 - Hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea (California):
http://patch.com/california/palmdesert/rotten-eggs-no-thats-just-salton-sea-again-odor-advisory
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/08/02/63207/smell-rotten-eggs-odor-advisory-for-areas-around-s/

Quote: "According to the SCAQMD, there are again elevated levels of a gas that smells like rotten eggs at the Salton Sea. Hydrogen sulfide, which is associated with 'natural process' at the large lake is to blame, the agency says."

2016-08-01 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts, spews ash onto Mexico City (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160802-54368-MEX
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2016/08/01/ash-from-popocatepetl-volcano-falls-on-mexican-capital-nearby-areas/
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/popocatepetl-volcano-spews-ash-over-mexico-city-34929349.html
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/695764/Deadly-volcanoes-BLOW-causing-panic-in-city-while-10km-ash-cloud-GROUNDS-flights
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/36950649
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36950033

2016-08-01 - Volcano Rinjani erupts in Indonesia:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/popocatepetl-volcano-spews-ash-and-rocks-over-mexico-city-rinjani-volcano-erupts-in-indonesia/

Quote: "Meanwhile, the Rinjani volcano, on Lombok Island, Indonesia, saw an explosive eruption at noon yesterday local time, sending a monster 10km-high ash plume into the sky."

2016-08-01 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean at the Mid Indian Ridge:
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-08-01-07-42-50-utc-6-1-10
http://www.sott.net/article/323917-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-Mid-Indian-Ridge

2016-08-01 - Magnitude 3.0 earthquake strikes near coastal Vallejo (California), M3.3 earthquake strikes near Kenwood (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/2-small-quakes-rattle-Napa-Sonoma-counties-9019084.php

2016-08-01 - Alaskans suffering as the world warms:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/37042-the-front-lines-of-climate-disruption-alaskans-witness-collapsing-mountains-shattered-lives

2016-08-01 - Lightning strike kills man on boat in Suzhou (China):
http://www.sott.net/article/323960-Video-shows-the-moment-a-fisherman-is-killed-by-lightning-in-Suzhou-China
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3718562/Shocking-footage-shows-moment-Chinese-fisherman-killed-lightning-freak-accident.html

2016-08-01 - More rain forecast in 24 hours than for the whole month of July in the UK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717793/Awful-August-rain-fall-24-hours-July-amid-fears-month-washout.html
http://www.sott.net/article/323950-More-rain-forecast-in-24-hours-than-for-the-whole-of-July-in-the-UK-fears-that-the-whole-month-will-be-a-washout

2016-08-01 - Intense straight-line winds hit Komárno (Slovakia):
http://www.sott.net/article/323882-Intense-straight-line-winds-hit-Komarno-Slovakia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5vY3KTGev0

2016-08-01 - Rain that caused deadly Maryland flooding was another 1-in-1,000 year event:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/08/01/ellicott-city-maryland-flood/87914944/
http://www.sott.net/article/323981-Rain-that-caused-deadly-Maryland-flood-was-another-1-in-1000-year-event

Note: More like an every-other-month event these days...

2016-08-01 - Ancient forest in Utah is actually the world’s largest living thing by mass, and it's dying:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-massive-ancient-forest-is-actually-the-worlds-largest-living-thing-by-mass/2016/08/01/dc4056d2-54f5-11e6-88eb-7dda4e2f2aec_story.html

2016-08-01 - Jellyfish swarming near the shore in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/32589109/beachgoers-advised-to-stay-out-of-water-due-to-jellyfish-in-myrtle-beach

2016-08-01 - Supercharged Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th:
http://www.space.com/33602-supercharged-perseid-meteor-shower-2016-peaks-this-month.html

2016-08-01 - Meteor explodes in the night sky over Denver (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/08/02/witnesses-needed-after-unusually-large-fireball-explodes-north-of-denver/
http://www.sott.net/article/324106-Unusally-large-meteor-fireball-explodes-over-Denver-Colorado

2016-08-01 - Freaky anti-rubber is still weirding scientists out:
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/2058906/

2016-08-01 - US experiencing weakest economic 'recovery' since 1949:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/painful-to-watch-this-is-the-weakest-u-s-economic-recovery-since-1949

2016-08-01 - Oil price crashing again, could be bad for US economy:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-price-of-oil-is-crashing-again-and-that-is-very-very-bad-news-for-the-u-s-economy

Note: However bad it may be for the US, I bet it's way worse for Venezuelans...

2016-08-01 - Brazil sends 1200 soldiers to quell armed gang uprising in Natal (Brazil):
http://www.rt.com/news/354152-brazil-natal-prison-riots/
http://www.sott.net/article/323905-Brazil-sends-1200-troops-to-city-of-Natal-after-gangs-start-all-out-war-on-government

2016-08-02 - Volcano Nevados de Chillán erupts in Chile, spews ash and gas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160803-54385-CHL
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/chillan/news/58565/Nevados-de-Chillan-volcano-Chile-relatively-strong-ash-emission.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324375-Skiers-in-Chile-shocked-when-Nevados-de-Chillan-volcano-erupts-next-to-them

2016-08-02 - Volcano rumbling and quaking in Cape Verde:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160803-54390-CPV
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/volcanic-eruptions-indonesia-interfering-flights/

2016-08-02 - 20 people now infected by zombie anthrax outbreak in Siberia (Russia), 90 hospitalized:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/the-nightmare-in-siberia.html
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0694-20-people-now-infected-by-zombie-anthrax-outbreak-in-siberia-say-officials/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/heat-wave-sparks-anthrax-outbreak-in-russias-northern-yamalo-nenets-region/
http://www.sott.net/article/324115-Update-20-people-now-infected-by-zombie-anthrax-outbreak-in-Siberia-90-hospitalized

2016-08-02 - Lightning strikes kill 56 people in four days in Odisha (India):
http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/lightning-kills-four-more-in-odisha-158505/
http://www.sott.net/article/324032-Update-56-killed-by-lightning-strikes-over-4-days-in-Odisha-India

Quote: "The death toll in lightning strikes in Odisha in the last four days has gone up to 56 with the death of four more persons killed by nature’s fury today."

2016-08-02 - Lightning strike kills 14 cows in village in Cambodia:
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28038/lightning-strikes-14-cows-dead/
http://www.sott.net/article/324197-Lightning-bolt-kills-14-cows-in-Cambodia

2016-08-02 - Lightning strike kills horse in Leesburg (Georgia):
http://www.walb.com/story/32601148/one-horse-recovering-after-two-struck-by-lightning
http://www.sott.net/article/324199-Horse-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Leesburg-Georgia

2016-08-02 - Man films ball lightning rolling across field near Novosibirsk (Russia):
http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0697-giant-fireball-in-novosibirsk-region-spectacular-video-of-rare-phenomenon/
http://www.sott.net/article/324205-Rare-ball-lightning-caught-on-video-in-Siberian-city

2016-08-02 - Teenager videos terrifying moment lightning bolt misses him by inches in New Jersey:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teenager-films-terrifying-moment-lightning-8542077
http://www.sott.net/article/323983-Teenager-videos-terrifying-moment-lightning-bolt-misses-him-by-inches-in-New-Jersey

2016-08-02 - Typhoon Nida rips into Hong Kong (China), much of the city shuts down, flights cancelled:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/typhoon-nida-shuts-hong-kong-more-150-flights-003137711--finance.html

2016-08-02 - Enormous storm cloud brings torrential rain and flooding to Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/gigantic-storm-cloud-swirls-skies-065854608.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324164-Enormous-storm-cloud-brings-torrential-rain-flooding-to-Phoenix-Arizona

2016-08-02 - Hailstorm damages 75 homes in Malaysia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20160802-54380-MYS

2016-08-02 - Hurricane drought in Gulf of Mexico hits a new record:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hurricane-drought-hits-a-new-record/
http://www.sott.net/article/324188-Hurricane-drought-in-Gulf-of-Mexico-hits-a-new-record

2016-08-02 - Observatory captures huge solar eruption:
http://cosmosmagazine.com/space/observatory-captures-huge-solar-eruption

2016-08-02 - More triangular UFO's, strange lights in the sky, weird configurations in Saudi Arabian sands:
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/video-strange-weather-triangular-ufos-lights-in-the-sky-merkaba-in-saudi-arabia-what-is-going-on_072016
http://www.sott.net/article/323977-More-triangular-ufos-strange-lights-in-the-sky-weird-configurations-in-Saudi-Arabian-sands-what-is-going-on-Video

2016-08-02 - Mathematicians finally starting to understand epic ABC proof:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2099534-mathematicians-finally-starting-to-understand-epic-abc-proof/

2016-08-02 - Bear spotted riding on top of garbage truck in Los Alamos (New Mexico):
http://abc7news.com/news/camera-captures-bear-on-top-of-garbage-truck/1454232/

2016-08-03 - Hydrogen sulfide causes evacuation of Capitol Commons building in Concord (New Hampshire):
http://www.concordmonitor.com/capital-commons-building-downtown-concord-nh-evacuated-3838529
http://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/rotten-egg-smell-concord-building-caused-sewer-gas

Quote: "Rescue teams were sent to the building at just before 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 3, 2016, for a report of a smell of 'rotten egg smell' in the building. Crews arrived at the scene and confirmed that the smell was hydrogen sulfide."

2016-08-03 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Harvey Reservoir in Wells County (North Dakota):
http://www.inforum.com/news/4087485-harmful-algae-found-nd-reservoir

2016-08-03 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Big East Lake near Payson (Utah):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160804-54401-USA
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=40925930&nid=148
http://kutv.com/news/local/algal-bloom-detected-closes-paysons-big-east-lake
http://fox13now.com/2016/08/03/residents-advised-to-stay-out-of-big-east-lake-after-algal-bloom-discovered/
http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/payson/public-warned-to-stay-out-of-big-east-lake-in/article_9e135298-02db-59f1-a9ed-9c55160e9221.html

2016-08-03 - Volcano Klyuchevskoy erupts, spews ash 7.5 kilometers high, on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://tass.ru/en/society/892155
http://www.sott.net/article/324124-Klyuchevskoy-volcano-in-Russias-Far-East-spews-ash-cloud-up-to-7-5-km

2016-08-03 - Three volcanoes, Lombok, Sinabung and Mount Gamalama, erupt in three days in Indonesia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3721081/Eruptions-3-Indonesian-volcanoes-disrupt-flights.html
http://weather.com/news/news/three-indonesian-volcanoes-erupt-disrupting-flights
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160803-54389-IDN
http://www.sott.net/article/324230-Flights-disrupted-after-3-volcanoes-erupt-in-Indonesia-within-2-days

Quote: "Mount Rinjani on Lombok Island near Bali, the Sinabung volcano on Sumatra Island and Mount Gamalama in the Moluccas chain of islands have all erupted within the last three days."

2016-08-03 - Human Extinction By 2030, Beyond the Tipping Point, by Joe Tyndall:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/beyond-tipping-point.html

2016-08-03 - NOAA: 'Earth's Fever Rises' as climate records are shattered worldwide:
http://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-climate-records-shattered-worldwide-1957283930.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/02/the-earth-set-all-kinds-of-crazy-climate-records-in-2015.html
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/08/02/scientists-annual-physical-of-earth-finds-its-fever-is-rising/

2016-08-03 - Greenland continues melting, deep-blue ponds and streams visible:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/greenland-ice-melt.html

Quote: "An image captured by NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite shows the effects. The site recorded, about 300 miles north-northeast of Nuuk, shows a landscape etched with dark blue melt ponds and streams – a sharp contrast to the mostly white conditions recorded in the same place in 2014."

2016-08-03 - Heatwave broils the United Arab Emirates:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160804-54410-ARE

2016-08-03 - More than 60 villages to be relocated due to rising sea level in the Fiji Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20160804-54409-FJI

2016-08-03 - Person contracts brain-eating amoeba in Charleston County (South Carolina):
http://www.wmur.com/video/veuer/braineating-amoeba-confirmed-in-south-carolina/41037566

2016-08-03 - Flash floods hit mid-Missouri:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/state-and-regional/flash-flood-warning-issued-for-mid-missouri/article_6c6c6455-07ba-592a-973f-a1a6d2f82221.html

2016-08-03 - Alberta experiences wettest July weather in 89 years in Canada:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/08/02/alberta-weather_n_11308268.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324239-Alberta-Canada-experiences-wettest-July-weather-in-89-years

2016-08-03 - World edging closer to an apocalyptic conflict:
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/world-edging-closer-to-an-apocalyptic-conflict/

2016-08-03 - Ghost particles may explain why gravity is so surprisingly weak:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2099914-ghost-particles-may-explain-why-gravity-is-so-surprisingly-weak/

2016-08-04 - Man, 69, goes out on kayak, goes missing, empty kayak found, near coastal Waldport (Oregon):
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/southern-oregon/coast-guard-searching-for-missing-kayaker-near-waldport/287879463

2016-08-04 - Man in his 20s falls off Shoal Creek bridge in Austin (Texas), 1 injured:
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/man-in-his-20s-fell-off-12th-street-bridge-over-sh/nr9qR/

2016-08-04 - Volcanic eruptions increasing in frequency around the Ring of Fire:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/major-volcanoes-along-the-ring-of-fire-are-going-off-like-firecrackers
http://www.sott.net/article/324369-Volcanoes-along-the-ring-of-fire-are-going-off-like-firecrackers

Quote: "According to Volcano Discovery, 25 volcanoes in areas that are considered to be within the Ring of Fire have erupted recently."

2016-08-04 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes near La Quiaca (Argentina):
http://www.sott.net/article/324271-Magnitude-6-1-earthquake-hits-south-west-of-La-Quiaca-Argentina
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006a1d#executive

2016-08-04 - Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Volcano Bárðarbunga (Iceland):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160804-54417-ISL
http://grapevine.is/news/2016/08/04/large-quake-reported-near-bardarbunga-volcano/
http://www.sott.net/article/324367-Largest-quakes-since-volcano-stopped-erupting-recorded-near-Bardarbunga

2016-08-04 - Four earthquakes - magnitudes 4.5, 4.4, 4.4 and 3.4 - hit Northern California:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-earthquake-northern-california-20160803-snap-story.html
http://ktla.com/2016/08/04/series-of-earthquakes-strikes-northern-california/
http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/08/03/cluster-of-earthquakes-strike-in-northern-california/

2016-08-04 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits the Middle Fork of the Feather River Arm of Lake Oroville (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160804-54399-USA

2016-08-04 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Lowell (Idaho):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160805-54424-USA
http://www.nwcn.com/news/health/toxic-algae-found-in-lake-lowell/287747118

2016-08-04 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Chittenden Reservoir (Vermont):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160804-54419-USA
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20160804/THISJUSTIN/160809821

2016-08-04 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Beaver Lake in Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160804-54398-CAN

2016-08-04 - Heatwave bakes South Korea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160804-54397-KOR

2016-08-04 - Scotland hit by 25,000 lightning bolts in one night, 10 times the normal rate:
http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scotland-hit-25000-lightning-bolts-8456503
http://www.sott.net/article/324417-Scotland-hit-by-25000-lightning-bolts-in-one-night-10-times-the-normal-rate

2016-08-04 - Tornado touches down in New Orleans (Louisiana), buildings damaged:
http://www.wwltv.com/weather/nws-confirms-tornado-touched-down-in-new-orleans/287795424
http://www.sott.net/article/324327-Tornado-hits-downtown-New-Orleans-damaging-buildings

2016-08-04 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Sudan, at least 76 people killed, thousands of homes destroyed:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-sudan-floods-idUKKCN10F0XG
http://www.sott.net/article/324325-Floods-in-Sudan-kill-76-destroy-thousands-of-houses-the-Nile-is-at-its-highest-levels-in-more-than-a-century

2016-08-04 - Waterspout forms over Lake Manawa (Iowa):
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Rope-tornado-spotted-near-metro.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324326-Waterspout-forms-over-Lake-Manawa-Iowa

2016-08-04 - Waterspout filmed off Bagirganli (Turkey):
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/possible-waterspout-spotted-off-turkish-155034949.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324329-Waterspout-filmed-off-Bagrganl-Turkey

2016-08-04 - Chelyabinsk meteor - a wake-up call for humanity:
http://www.space.com/33623-chelyabinsk-meteor-wake-up-call-for-earth.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324218-Chelyabinsk-meteor-A-wake-up-call-for-humanity

2016-08-04 - Scary-looking nuclear-bombish-looking cloud appears over Tyumen (Russia):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/gigantic-nuclear-explosion-style-mushroom-8562313
http://www.sott.net/article/324283-Chernobyl-Sky-Nuclear-blast-style-cloud-appears-over-Russian-city

2016-08-04 - Unknown shiny object spotted in the sky over Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/08/04/local-residents-report-sightings-of-mysterious-shiny-object-in-sky/
http://www.sott.net/article/324344-Pittsburgh-residents-report-sightings-of-mysterious-shiny-object-in-sky

2016-08-04 - Unexplained lights spotted over the Arch in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2016/08/04/suspicious-light-flashes-above-arch-tuesday-night/
http://www.sott.net/article/324288-Unexplained-lights-spotted-over-St-Louis-Arch

2016-08-04 - Olympic committee handing out 450,000 condoms in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/16/12206700/rio-olympics-2016-olympian-sex-demands-condoms-so-many

2016-08-05 - Girl, 11, dies from brain-eating amoeba in Charleston (South Carolina):
http://www.whio.com/news/news/national/11-year-old-girl-died-after-contracting-brain-eati/nsBh3/
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/news/national/11-year-old-girl-died-after-contracting-brain-eati/nsBh3/
http://globalnews.ca/news/2869010/brain-eating-amoeba-kills-11-year-old-girl-after-swimming-in-river/

2016-08-05 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits San Luis Reservoir and O'Neill Forebay in Merced County (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160805-54433-USA

2016-08-05 - Lightning strike kills man on Okaloosa Island (Florida):
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20160805/update-lightning-strike-victim-dies-swimmer-drowns-in-navarre-photos-video
http://www.sott.net/article/324502-Man-killed-by-lightning-on-Okaloosa-Island-Florida

2016-08-05 - Heavy rain hits Phoenix (Arizona), flooding ensues:
http://ktar.com/story/1210873/rain-pounds-phoenix-area-flooding-streets-freeway-ramps/
http://www.sott.net/article/324399-Rain-pounds-metro-Phoenix-Arizona-flooding-streets-freeway-ramps

2016-08-05 - Heavy rain and deadly flooding hits Bihar (India), at least 89 killed, many displaced:
http://www.sott.net/article/324402-Flood-death-toll-climbs-to-89-in-Bihar-India-3300000-people-hit
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bihar-flood-toll-climbs-to-89-over-33-lakh-people-hit-2955790/

Quote: "The flood-related death toll in Bihar rose to 89 with 25 casualties being reported today as 33 lakh people in 14 districts remain affected. The Disaster Management Department said in a statement that Saran is the latest district to be hit by the deluge. "

2016-08-05 - How the use of fire has affected human evolution, for the good and the bad:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/science/fire-smoke-evolution-tuberculosis.html

2016-08-05 - 'Alien megastructure' star only gets more mysterious:
http://gizmodo.com/the-so-called-alien-megastructure-just-got-even-more-my-1784883811
http://www.sott.net/article/324423-Alien-megastructure-star-only-gets-more-mysterious

2016-08-05 - Rare minerals from Siberian mine are unlike anything found in nature:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-metal-organic-frameworks-hot-material-nature.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324424-Rare-minerals-from-Siberian-mine-are-unlike-anything-found-in-nature

2016-08-06 - Person goes missing while swimming in Lake Ontario at Brennan Beach in the Town of Richland (New York):
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/08/helicopters_divers_search_for_missing_swimmer_in_oswego_county.html

2016-08-06 - Massive earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest more common than once thought:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-subduction-zone-earthquakes-oregon-washington.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324547-Massive-earthquakes-affecting-heavily-populated-areas-of-Pacific-Northwest-more-frequent-then-previous-estimates

2016-08-06 - Heatwave bakes Japan, 600 people hospitalized:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160806-54452-JPN

2016-08-06 - Heatwave bakes North Korea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160807-54457-PRK

2016-08-06 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Karachi (Pakistan), at least 10 killed:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/10-people-killed-flooding-hits-karachi-160807090550707.html

2016-08-06 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Vietnam, 10 dead or missing:
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/300716/10-people-swept-away-in-lao-cai-flood.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324586-At-least-10-dead-or-missing-after-flooding-in-Vietnam

2016-08-06 - Feds open talks on growing human organs in animals:
http://fox2now.com/2016/08/06/feds-open-talks-on-growing-human-organs-in-animals/
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/06/health/chimera-nih-proposed-new-policy-irpt/index.html

2016-08-06 - Russian scientists develop supermolecule that can speed up human tissue regeneration:
http://www.rt.com/news/354895-molecule-tissue-regeneration-russia-acegram/
http://www.sott.net/article/324530-Russian-scientists-have-developed-a-supermolecule-that-can-speed-up-human-tissue-regeneration

2016-08-07 - Man goes for hike, goes missing, in coastal Anchorage (Alaska):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/08/search-continues-for-texas-man-missing-in-alaska/

2016-08-07 - Arctic sea ice getting terribly thin:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2016/08/arctic-sea-ice-getting-terribly-thin.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/towards-sea-ice-minumum-next-month.html

2016-08-07 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes coastal Mariupol (Ukraine):
http://www.rt.com/news/354951-ukraine-rare-earthquake-panic/
http://www.sott.net/article/324557-4-8-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-Eastern-Ukraine-tremors-felt-as-far-away-as-Russia

2016-08-07 - Lightning strikes kill 2 people and 80 sheep/goats in Nepal:
http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-07/lightning-bolts-kill-two-people-80-cattle.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324524-Lightning-strikes-kill-two-people-and-80-animals-in-Nepal

2016-08-07 - Lightning strike kills 2 more people in Bihar (India), death toll from lightning this season hits 82:
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160807/2913982.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324614-Lightning-claims-two-more-lives-in-Bihar-India-death-toll-mounts-to-82

2016-08-07 - Lightning strike kills boy in Hovit (Armenia):
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/856421/13-year-old-boy-dies-in-lightning-strike-in-hovit-village-armenia.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324684-13-year-old-boy-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-Hovit-Armenia

2016-08-07 - Tropical Storm Earl rips into Veracruz (Mexico), at least 39 killed:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/07/hurricane-earl-death-toll-mexico-rises/88378862/
http://www.sott.net/article/324600-Update-Hurricane-Earl-death-toll-in-Mexico-rises-to-39

2016-08-07 - Heavy rain and flooding heading to Florida:
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2016/08/07/florida-faces-major-flooding-from-persistent-tropical-downpours/

2016-08-07 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Macedonia, 22 killed, 4 missing, many injured, emergency declared:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/macedonian-flash-floods-leave-least-22-dead-4-missing-n624916
http://www.yahoo.com/news/storm-leaves-15-dead-6-missing-22-injured-095748098.html
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0807/807523-macedonia-floods/
http://www.sott.net/article/324529-At-least-15-killed-by-storms-flash-floods-in-Skopje-Macedonia

Quote: "The Red Cross reported that 22 people were killed, more than 60 people were injured and four were still missing after the floods destroyed hundreds of homes and wiped out electricity."

Quote: "The European Commission said more than 20 inches of rain fell in parts of Skopje within two and a half hours, washing through homes and sweeping cars off roads."

2016-08-07 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Karachi (Pakistan), at least 10 killed:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/08/10-people-killed-flooding-hits-karachi-160807090550707.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324625-10-people-killed-as-widespread-flooding-hits-Karachi-Pakistan

2016-08-07 - Comets and asteroids summary for July:
http://remanzacco.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/comets-asteroids-summary-for-july-2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324577-Comets-Asteroids-Summary-for-July-2016

2016-08-07 - Olympic kayaker hits sofa and capsizes during practice run in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):
http://www.sfgate.com/olympics/article/Report-Olympic-kayaker-capsizes-sofa-kayaksofa-9127435.php

2016-08-07 - Rio Olympics sign bans fishing in toilets:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/08/08/Rio-Olympics-bathroom-sign-bans-fishing-in-toilets/8061470673647/

2016-08-08 - Unknown 'medical incident' occurs at airport in El Paso (Texas), at least 1 hospitalized:
http://cbs4local.com/news/local/el-paso-fire-responding-to-multi-patient-medical-incident-at-airport-08-08-2016
http://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-fire-responding-to-multi-patient-medical-incident-at-airport
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/KFOX14/762728720553635840

Quote: "El Paso Fire officials said there is a medical incident happening at the El Paso International Airport Monday afternoon. The department tweet indicated that multiple people were involved."

2016-08-08 - Four small earthquakes in 24 hours hit Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and New Jersey:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/08/4-earthquakes-rattle-missouri-illinois-kansas-and-new-jersey-in-24-hours.html

2016-08-08 - Hot Gulf of Mexico hurling rain bombs at Florida and the Gulf Coast:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/08/09/hot-gulf-of-mexico-hurls-rain-bombs-at-florida-and-the-u-s-gulf-coast/

2016-08-08 - Olympic diving pool turns murky green at the Olympics in coastal Rio de Janeiro (Brazil):
http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37029833
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/09/sport/rio-olympics-green-pool/
http://www.necn.com/news/sports/Olympic-Diving-Pool-Turns-Green-389646111.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83010178/Mystery-as-Rio-Olympic-diving-pool-turns-murky-green
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/rio-2016-green-olympic-swimming-diving-pool-water-contaminated-say-experts-a7182276.html

Quote: "Green Olympic diving pool is 'safe', claim officials, but experts say they wouldn’t swim in it..."

2106-08-08 - Lightning strikes have killed 22 people in the US this year so far:
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/08/is_lightning_an_underrated_kil.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324681-An-underrated-killer-Lightning-in-2016-has-already-taken-a-deadly-toll-across-the-U-S

Quote: "There have been 22 deaths from lightning in 2016, the most recent on Friday on Florida's Okaloosa Island. In comparison, there have been 12 deaths this year from tornadoes."

2016-08-08 - Strange sounds recorded in Bucharest (Romania):
http://strangesounds.org/forums/topic/more-eerie-sounds-in-bucharest-romania-agust-8th

2016-08-08 - US Marines testing a pocket-sized helicopter drone:
http://www.cio.com/article/3105526/the-us-marines-are-testing-a-pocket-sized-helicopter-drone.html

Quote: "The U.S. Marine Corps is testing a pocket-sized drone that can deliver live video feeds from three cameras and is small enough that it's almost invisible from the ground. The Black Hornet PD-100 can stay aloft for 25 minutes and has a range of 1.6 km (1 mile). That means Marines can use it for surveillance far beyond their current position. It can fly missions guided by GPS yet fits in a pocket."

2016-08-08 - Woman, 30, tossed naked from car, immediately gets dragged off and raped, in Syktyvkar (Russia):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3729473/Woman-thrown-completely-naked-moving-car-immediately-RAPED-two-men-unconscious-Russian-town.html

Note: Damn, Russia, that's harsh!

2016-08-09 - Extremely high methane readings recorded in Barrow (Alaska):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/barrow-alaska-is-back-online.html

2016-08-09 - The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/monbiot-climate-crisis-is-already-here.html

2016-08-09 - Atmospheric changes - strange cloud anomalies, rare ball lighting and more hail-damaged aircraft:
http://www.sott.net/article/324842-Atmospheric-changes-Strange-cloud-anomalies-rare-ball-lighting-and-more-hail-damaged-aircraft
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOokqgdR6dA

2016-08-09 - Heatwave that baked Tokyo sent 6,588 people to the hospital, killed 12:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/6588-taken-to-hospital-for-heatstroke-in-week-to-aug-7
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/JapanToday/762907381340700672

2016-08-09 - Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes near Upper Lake (California):
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_30226862/magnitude-5-1-earthquake-shakes-lake-county
http://abc7.com/news/51-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-in-northern-california/1463837/
http://www.sott.net/article/324953-Magnitude-5-1-earthquake-shakes-Northern-California

2016-08-09 - Magnitude 2.6 earthquake strikes near Lake Killarney near Tacoma (Washington):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Earthquake-trembles-under-Tacoma-9131688.php

2016-08-09 - Lightning strike hits train and causes explosion in Elektrogorsk (Russia):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-strikes-train-causing-huge-8591208
http://www.sott.net/article/324741-Lightning-bolt-strikes-train-causing-large-explosion-in-Elektrogorsk-Russia
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1576489/train-full-of-passengers-bursts-into-flames-after-being-hit-by-bolt/

2016-08-09 - Nearly 5,000 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes recorded in 3 hours over Hong Kong (China):
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2001291/close-5000-cloud-ground-lightning-strikes-recorded
http://www.sott.net/article/324777-Nearly-5000-cloud-to-ground-lightning-strikes-recorded-in-3-hours-over-Hong-Kong

2016-08-09 - New record set as three tornadoes touch down in Manitoba (Canada):
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2016/08/09/four-tornadoes-touch-down-in-manitoba-leaving-one-first-nation-shaken-but-standing
http://www.sott.net/article/324867-New-record-set-as-three-more-tornadoes-touch-down-in-Manitoba-Canada

Quote: "Manitoba may have unofficially set a rather dubious weather record. With three more tornadoes touching down on Monday, this year's total has reached a total of 13 to date, Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang confirmed Tuesday. The highest previous total Lang could find was nine back in 2013."

2016-08-09 - Passenger films tornado swirling above a river from plane window over Council Bluffs (Iowa):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3731342/Water-sight-Passenger-captures-incredible-tornado-swirling-river-aeroplane-window.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324892-Passenger-films-incredible-tornado-swirling-above-a-river-from-aeroplane-window-over-Council-Bluffs-Iowa

2016-08-09 - Heavy storm blows huge oil rig ashore on the Western Isles (Scotland):
http://www.sott.net/article/324772-17000-ton-oil-rig-blown-ashore-by-heavy-storm-in-Western-Isles-Scotland
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/drilling-rig-blown-ashore-in-storms-off-western-isles-scotland/news-story/6147ff41daa5d7fa4725439ae3ea062b

Note: Wow, never seen one of those things beached before...

2016-08-09 - Heavy rain and flooding destroy 5300 homes in Kano (Nigeria):
http://www.nan.ng/environment-2/flood/
http://www.sott.net/article/324918-Flooding-destroys-5300-houses-in-Kano-Nigeria

2016-08-09 - Heaviest snow in two decades hits Lesotho in Africa, several killed:
http://weather.com/news/news/lesotho-south-africa-snow-two-decades
http://www.sott.net/article/324841-Several-dead-after-heaviest-snow-in-two-decades-hits-Lesotho-Africa

2016-08-09 - Scary-looking dust storm roars through Phoenix (Arizona):
http://strangesounds.org/2016/08/haboob-phoenix-arizona-on-august-9-2016-in-pictures-and-videos.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/10/incredible-video-shows-dust-storm-engulfing-phoenix/
http://www.sott.net/article/325063-Haboob-dust-storm-filmed-engulfing-Phoenix-Arizona

2016-08-09 - Food crisis hits southern Africa, starvation for millions imminent:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/food-crisis-in-southern-africa-after.html

2016-08-09 - US Airforce wants to detonate plasma bombs in the upper atmosphere:
http://www.sott.net/article/324824-US-Airforce-wants-to-detonate-plasma-bombs-in-the-upper-atmosphere
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2100382-us-air-force-wants-to-plasma-bomb-the-sky-using-tiny-satellites/

2016-08-09 - Millions of Americans exposed to excessive levels of toxic industrial chemicals from drinking water:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-unsafe-toxic-chemicals-million-americans.html
http://www.sott.net/article/324784-Millions-of-Americans-exposed-to-excessive-levels-of-toxic-industrial-chemicals-from-drinking-water

2016-08-09 - Superbugs, sewage, and scandal at the Rio Olympics:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/superbugs-sewage-and-scandal-at-rio.html

2016-08-09 - The US is approaching 4,000 days since a major hurricane strike:
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2016/08/will-we-reach-4000-days-since-a-major-hurricane-strike/
http://www.sott.net/article/324807-The-US-is-approaching-4000-days-since-a-major-hurricane-strike

Note: They're not counting Hurricane Sandy in 2012 for some reason, which was the second-costliest hurricane to ever hit the US, so I dunno if I buy that 4000 days thing...

2016-08-09 - Marc Faber says a huge 50 percent stock market crash could be coming:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/marc-faber-issues-a-stunning-warning-that-a-gigantic-50-percent-stock-market-crash-could-be-coming

2016-08-09 - Four-eared car looking for home in Western Pennsylvania:
http://wreg.com/2016/08/10/listen-up-four-eared-cat-needs-home-in-pennsylvania/

2016-08-09 - Seagate to ship 60-terabyte SSD drive in 2017:
http://www.cio.com/article/3105556/seagate-built-a-whopping-60tb-ssd-that-it-aims-ship-next-year.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3105560/storage/seagate-built-a-whopping-60tb-ssd-that-it-aims-ship-next-year.html

2016-08-09 - Daredevil woman becomes first to surf the base of an erupting volcano, in Hawaii:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/see-daredevil-become-first-person-8605488

Quote: "A daredevil adventurer has become the first person to surf the base of an erupting volcano and swim within feet of flowing lava - and she did it in a bikini."

2016-08-10 - Another hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea (California):
http://www.desertsun.com/story/weather/2016/08/10/smell-air-officials-issue-salton-sea-odor-advisory/88538182/
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=43166

2016-08-10 - Man, 45, crewmember, has heart attack on ship 'Andromeda Voyager' near coastal Oahu (Hawaii), medevac'd off:
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2873506/
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Andromeda-Voyager-9288875.html

2016-08-10 - NASA map shows large portions of Greenland are melting from below:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/08/09/nasa-map-shows-large-portions-of-greenland-are-melting-from-below/

2016-08-10 - Rising ocean temperatures helpful to bacteria which are harmful to us:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vibrio-bacteria-ocean-temperature-cliamte-change_us_57aad740e4b06e52746e5d9b
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/09/humans-are-poisoning-ocean-and-its-poisoning-us-back

Quote: "Rising ocean temperatures may be making us ill and it’s only getting worse. Warmth-loving marine bacteria are growing in abundance and posing an increased risk to human health as waters heat up, according to a study published this week."

2016-08-10 - Rising temperatures stunt tree growth:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rising-temperatures-stunt-tree-growth/

2016-08-10 - Glaciers melting rapidly at the 'Third Pole' in the Himalayas, more than 1 billion people to be affected:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/crisis-on-high-in-himalayas-climate.html

Quote: "The station lies in the heart of a region called the Third Pole, an area that contains the largest area of frozen water outside of the North Pole and South Pole. Despite its relative anonymity, the Third Pole is vitally important; it is the source of Asia's 10 largest rivers including the Yellow, the Yangzi, the Mekong, the Irrawaddy, and the Ganges — and their fertile deltas. Flows from the glaciers that give the pole its name support roughly 1.3 billion people in China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan — and the glaciers are melting fast."

Quote: "Half a century of research shows the temperature has increased by 1.5 degrees in the area, more than double the global average. More than 500 glaciers have completely disappeared, and the biggest ones are retreating rapidly."

2016-08-10 - Sea levels rising, and the rise is itself accelerating:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/08/10/seas-arent-just-rising-scientists-say-theyre-speeding-up/
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/climate-change-already-accelerating-sea.html

2016-08-10 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), hits Lake Nepahwin (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160810-54498-CAN
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/blue-green-algae-lake-nepahwin-1.3713038

2016-08-10 - Tornado touches down in Chicago (Illinois), first time in nearly 10 years:
http://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/chicago-tornado-landspout-9aug2016
http://www.sott.net/article/324955-First-tornado-in-almost-10-years-touches-down-in-Chicago

2016-08-10 - Lightning strike kills 2 people at cemetery in Batavia (New York):
http://wivb.com/2016/08/11/2-found-dead-in-cemetery-after-lightning-strike/
http://www.wkbw.com/news/pair-found-dead-in-cemetery-were-hit-by-lightning
http://www.whec.com/news/two-people-found-dead-lightning-strike-batavia/4230685/
http://pix11.com/2016/08/11/2-people-found-dead-in-new-york-cemetery-were-struck-by-lightning-police/
http://www.sott.net/article/325022-2-people-found-dead-had-been-struck-by-lightning-in-Batavia-cemetery-New-York

2016-08-10 - Lightning strike kills 8-year-old boy in Coshocton County (Ohio):
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/national/8-year-old-ohio-boy-killed-by-lightning-strike
http://www.sott.net/article/325021-Boy-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-Coshocton-County-Ohio

2016-08-10 - Lightning strike injures 3 people near airport in Calgary (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lightning-strike-calgary-airport-injuries-1.3715722

2016-08-10 - Lightning strike kills four students in Adjumani District (Uganda):
http://allafrica.com/stories/201608100100.htmlhttp://www.sott.net/article/324843-Lightning-bolt-kills-four-students-in-Uganda

2016-08-10 - Storm dumps more than six inches of rain in four hours on Duluth (Minnesota):
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4092145-more-half-foot-rain-falls-four-hours-silver-bay

2016-08-10 - Heavy rain and deadly flooding hit Rajasthan (India):
http://floodlist.com/asia/india-floods-rajasthan-auigust-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/325012-Deadly-floods-swamp-Rajasthan-India

2016-08-10 - Strong storms, flooding rain to pound midwestern US into Friday night:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/strong-storms-flooding-rain-to-pound-midwestern-us-into-friday-night/ar-BBvvEyT

2016-08-11 - Man, 25, goes missing while tubing near coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/coast-guard-searching-for-man-in-water-near-virginia-beach/295396296

2016-08-11 - Fisherman sickens on fishing ship 'Vila Nova Do Corvo' near coastal Atlantic City (New Jersey), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Vila-Nova-Do-Corvoi-I1906114.html
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2873854/

2016-08-11 - Fisherman sickens on fishing ship 'Perola Do Corvo' near coastal Atlantic City (New Jersey), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-Perola-Do-Corvo-I1922296.html
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2873854/

2016-08-11 - Man, crewmember, sickens on passenger ship 'Ingo' near coastal Warnemünde (Germany):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Ingo-I1621587.html

2016-08-11 - Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes in the ocean near New Caledonia:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006d5h#executive
http://sputniknews.com/asia/20160812/1044185474/earthquake-strikes-vanuatu-fiji.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325041-Magnitude-7-2-earthquake-strikes-East-of-Ile-Hunter-New-Caledonia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/72magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-new-caledonia-usgs/news-story/e8a282a0b50baf3bf14b0b867e96cf2b

2016-08-11 - A dozen earthquakes, M2.0 up to M5.2, rattle the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://tass.ru/en/society/893663
http://www.sott.net/article/324952-A-dozen-earthquakes-registered-overnight-in-Russias-Far-Eastern-Kamchatka

2016-08-11 - The Banality of Annilation, an hour with Guy McPherson:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/guy-mcpherson-in-cascadia.html

2016-08-11 - 2015 State of the Climate - El Niño came, saw, and conquered:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/2015-state-of-climate-el-nino-came-saw.html

2016-08-11 - Triple-digit heat heading to the US East Coast:
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/08/13/East-Coast-to-roast-this-weekend-as-temperatures-are-expected-to-hit-triple-digits/stories/201608130094

2016-08-11 - Heatwave bakes Iraq, power grid failing:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/iraqis-boil-as-heat-wave-exacerbates-power-grid-failings-1470902980

2016-08-11 - Lightning strikes gas and power lines, fire erupts, in Sussex County (New Jersey):
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/08/11/hardyston-lightning-fire/
http://www.sott.net/article/325045-Fire-shoots-into-air-after-lightning-strikes-gas-power-lines-in-New-Jersey

2016-08-11 - Flash flooding hits parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, bringing mudslides, washed out roads and water rescues:
http://weather.com/news/news/wisconsin-flash-floods-water-rescues
http://www.sott.net/article/325120-Flash-flooding-in-Wisconsin-Minnesota-results-in-mudslides-washed-out-roads-and-water-rescues

2016-08-11 - Huge waterspout spotted near Dauphin Island (Alabama):
http://www.fox10tv.com/story/32733653/video-heavy-storms-create-waterspouts-off-dauphin-island
http://www.sott.net/article/325102-Heavy-storms-create-huge-waterspout-off-Dauphin-Island-Alabama

2016-08-11 - Is your urine Roundup ready? Majority of tests come back positive:
http://www.activistpost.com/2016/08/widespread-roundup-urine.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325003-Is-your-urine-Roundup-ready-The-majority-of-tests-come-back-positive

2016-08-11 - Global financial crisis could occur in the next few months:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/global-financial-collapse.html

2016-08-11 - Last woolly mammoths died of thirst, contributed to their own demise:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/last-woolly-mammoths-died-of-thirst.html

2016-08-11 - China developing advanced hypersonic reusable space plane:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/china-space-plane-hypersonic/

2016-08-11 - Greenland shark named longest-living vertebrate, may live to be nearly 400 years old:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016/08/11/greenland-shark-could-have-lived-for-up-to-400-years-scientists-say.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/08/11/this-shark-lives-to-about-400-doesnt-have-sex-before-150.html
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/11/health/greenland-sharks-long-lives/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/science/greenland-shark-longest-living.html

2016-08-11 - Malia Obama tokes on a joint at Lollapalooza in Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/11/what-is-malia-obama-smoking-presidents-daughter-suspected-of-can/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3733490/Did-Malia-Obama-smoke-MARIJUANA-Lollapalooza-Explosive-video-shows-president-s-eldest-daughter-puffing-suspicious-cigarette.html

Note: The unspeakable horror!

2016-08-12 - Man goes missing while swimming at Lake Travis (Texas), firefighter has 'medical episode' and woman has 'medical issue' separately:
http://kxan.com/2016/08/12/man-missing-in-lake-travis-firefighter-injured-during-search/
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/ems-search-for-missing-lake-travis-swimmer-shifts-/nsFWw/

Quote: "In an unrelated case, a woman having a medical issue was also rescued from the water by emergency crews."

Quote: "A Lake Travis Rescue firefighter who appeared to have experienced a medical episode during a water search operation is now in stable condition, Chief Robert Abbott said Friday night. The firefighter felt dizzy when he resurfaced after he dove into the lake looking for a missing swimmer, Abbott said. It is unclear what caused the episode, he said."

Note: So a missing swimmer, a firefighter has a 'medical episode' in the water looking for the missing swimmer AND a woman has a 'medical issue' in the water at that lake too. Yeah, I'd be staying away from that lake...

2016-08-12 - Woman, 72, has 'medical emergency' in swimming pool on cruise ship near coastal Bayonne (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/08/cruise_ship_sped_back_to_bayonne_after_womans_medi.html

2016-08-12 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Mormon Reservoir in Camas County (Idaho):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160813-54539-USA
http://www.kmvt.com/content/news/Toxic-algae-found-at-Mormon-Reservoir-officials-issue-health-advisory-390027271.html
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20160813/5289104/Toxic-algae-found-at-Mormon-Reservoir-officials-issue.htm

2016-08-12 - Arctic melt accelerating:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/the-disappearing-permafrost.html

2016-08-12 - California's 70 million dead trees - 'a botanical emergency room':
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/californias-dying-forest.html

2016-08-12 - Lightning strike kills man, injures 4 people, in Poughkeepsie (New York):
http://www.sott.net/article/325185-Lightning-bolt-kills-man-and-injures-4-others-in-Poughkeepsie-New-York
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/nyregion/lightning-strike-in-poughkeepsie-ny.html

2016-08-12 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Louisiana:
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/article_70fee2d4-5f41-11e6-ab3f-73d25a63de50.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325128-Torrential-rain-and-floods-slam-Baton-Rouge-Louisiana

Quote: "Historic rain, floods blast areas from East Baton Rouge and Tangipahoa parishes to Denham Springs..."

2016-08-12 - Terrible flooding hits Myanmar, 6 killed, 420,000 affected:
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/six-killed-in-mynamar-flooding-2969940/
http://www.sott.net/article/325117-6-people-killed-in-Myanmar-floods-over-420000-affected

2016-08-12 - High levels of ozone hit Mexico City (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20160813-54546-MEX

2016-08-12 - Big banks and big insurers send scary signals:
http://wallstreetonparade.com/2016/08/big-banks-and-big-insurers-send-scary-signals/
http://www.sott.net/article/325062-Big-banks-and-big-insurers-send-scary-signals

2016-08-13 - Unknown odor sickens person in Silver Spring (Maryland):
http://wjla.com/news/local/fire-officials-investigate-possible-carbon-monoxide-incident-in-silver-spring-1-injury

Quote: "Fire Officials are investigating a hazmat situation that occurred in close proximity to where a deadly apartment exploded in Silver Spring late Wednesday evening, according to Pete Piringer with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service."

Quote: "Piringer says crews are on the scene in the 2200 block Colston Drive checking out an unusual odor. One person is reportedly sick with injuries that are not life-threatening. Officials believe there could possibly be carbon monoxide coming from a gas stove."

Note: Maybe there was carbon monoxide coming from a stove but that obviously wasn't the unusual odor, seeing as carbon monoxide is odorless, which is why they call it 'the silent killer'. Also, it wasn't just the one apartment building that exploded; another apartment building caught fire near the one that exploded too, mentioned in the 2016-08-11 update. So in a short period of time, an apartment building was destroyed by a massive explosion and fire, another apartment building burned and a HazMat incident involving an unknown odor sickened a person, all in the same general location...

2016-08-13 - Devastating historic floods submerge parts of Louisiana, 20+ inches of rain falls, 2+ killed:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/13/us/louisiana-flooding/
http://www.wlox.com/story/32753080/gulfport-fire-department-sends-rescue-crews-to-baton-rouge
http://www.sltrib.com/home/4230268-155/louisiana-governor-declares-state-of-emergency
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/13/more-than-1000-rescued-two-dead-in-louisiana-floods/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/louisiana-flooding-dead-1000-rescued-high-waters/story?id=41352806
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/13/more-rain-expected-to-drop-on-soggy-louisiana-mississippi.html
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_d51ea3f6-60fb-11e6-84fc-372247d3b2ce.html

Note: The Delugening has begun...

2016-08-13 - Person goes missing while swimming at Lake Waxahachie (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/08/13/fire-and-rescue-search-for-missing-swimmer-in-lake-waxahachie/

2016-08-13 - Man, crewmember, sickens on fishing ship 'Cap Lizard' near coastal Roscoff (France), medevac'd off:
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-Cap-Lizard-I323103.html

Quote: "On Aug 12, 2016, at 10.35 p.m. the CROSS Gris-Nez was alerted by the "Cap Lizard" after a crew member was suffering health problems. The trawler was 113 nautical miles northwest of Roscoff in the British rescue area."

2016-08-13 - Heatwave bakes Washington DC:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160813-54544-USA

Quote: "With the start of the weekend, and temperatures moving toward the 100-degree mark, the D.C. area's heat index was more like a misery index. The heat index moved up to the 109-degree range. Using a heat gun thermometer, we found the sidewalk temperature reaching the 116-degree mark."

2016-08-13 - Heatwave bakes southern California:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-wave-20160813-snap-story.html

Quote: "Sizzling temperatures settled across the Southland on Saturday, marking the start of a five-day heat wave and intensifying already harsh wildfire conditions. Although the hot and dry weather will stick around through Wednesday, National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Sukup said temperatures would peak on Sunday and Monday. Parts of the San Fernando Valley saw some of the hottest temperatures, including Van Nuys, which hit 100 degrees, and Woodland Hills, which reached 102. Lancaster recorded a high of 105."

2016-08-13 - Heatwave bakes Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160814-54563-USA

2016-08-13 - Hellish heatwave broils the Middle East:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/extreme-weather-conditions-globally.html

Quote: "The Middle East is currently facing one of its most extreme heatwaves ever, with experts warning temperatures are getting almost too hot for human survival."

2016-08-13 - Civilization is a heat engine:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/tim-garrett-civisation-as-heat-engine.html

2016-08-13 - Drought ravages the country of Lesotho as water is exported to South Africa:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-drought-ravages-lesotho-exported-south.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325242-Drought-ravaged-Lesotho-forced-to-import-food-as-vital-water-reserves-exported-to-South-Africa

2016-08-13 - Lightning strike kills couple in Moulvibazar (Bangladesh):
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/116331/Lightning-kills-couple-in-Moulvibazar
http://www.sott.net/article/325297-Lightning-bolt-kills-couple-in-Moulvibazar-Bangladesh

2016-08-13 - Tornadic waterspout illuminated by lightning storm captured over the Adriatic Sea:
http://strangesounds.org/2016/08/tornadic-waterspout-during-strong-lightning-storm-in-italy-pictures.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325153-Tornadic-waterspout-illuminated-by-lightning-storm-captured-over-Adriatic-Sea

2016-08-14 - Man goes missing from fishing ship in coastal Auke Bay near Juneau (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2016/08/15/coast-guard-continues-search-for-man-believed-overboard-from-juneau-fishing-vessel/

2016-08-14 - Woman in her 20s falls off bridge in coastal Southend-on-Sea (Britain):
http://www.basildonrecorder.co.uk/news/14681564.Woman_rush_to_hospital_in_critical_condition_after_incident/

2016-08-14 - Volcano Voui erupts in Vanuatu:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160814-54564-VUT

2016-08-14 - Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes near the island of Sakhalin (Russia):
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-08-14-11-15-14-utc-5-9-10
http://www.sott.net/article/325309-5-9-magnitude-earthquake-near-Sakhalin-Russia

2016-08-14 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Blackmans Lake (Washington):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160815-54571-USA

2016-08-14 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits large coastal areas on the island of Tasmania (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160814-54561-AUS

Quote: "More shellfish growing areas are closed than ever before in Tasmania due to algal blooms, according to industry leaders. Ten growing areas have been shut down because of toxic algae, extending from St Helens down the east coast to Frederick Henry Bay in the south east and Dover in the south."

2016-08-14 - Heatwave bakes New York City (New York), cockroaches may start flying:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160814-54560-USA
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160812/bushwick/roaches-love-this-disgusting-heat-so-much-it-makes-them-want-fly
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/Hot-Humid-Palmetto-Bugs-oaches-New-York-City-NYC-390035131.html

Quote: "Here's another reason to hate the heat and humidity that has moved in on the tri-state this week: It's now hot enough to make cockroaches fly. DNAinfo reports that the steamy conditions outside could inspire the American cockroaches that inhabit New York City and other parts of the tri-state to take flight."

2016-08-14 - Heatwave continues baking San Diego County (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160815-54573-USA

2016-08-14 - Lightning stike kills 1 person, injures 2+, while swimming at Beltzville State Park (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/index.ssf/2016/08/1_killed_3_hurt_in_monroe_coun.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325296-Lightning-strike-kills-1-and-injures-2-swimming-in-Beltzville-State-Park-Pennsylvania

2016-08-14 - Lightning strike kills 2 people in West Bengal (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/325349-2-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-West-Bengal-India
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2-killed-in-lightning-strike-in-west-bengal/articleshow/53700324.cms

2016-08-14 - Rare tornado, heavy rain and flooding hit Manila (Philippine Islands), 5 killed, 50,000 displaced:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20160814-54568-PHL
http://www.rt.com/news/355888-manila-tornado-storm-philippines/
http://floodlist.com/asia/philippines-floods-manila-central-luzon-calabarzon-august-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/325353-5-dead-and-50000-displaced-following-floods-in-Manila-Central-Luzon-and-Calabarzon-in-the-Philippines

2016-08-14 - Experts say Britain is headed for a mini ice age next year triggering blackouts:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/537535/britain-mini-ice-age-widespread-blackouts
http://www.sott.net/article/325418-Experts-say-Britain-is-headed-for-a-mini-ice-age-next-year-triggering-blackouts

2016-08-14 - What will you do when the lights go out? The inevitable failure of the US power grid:
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/What-Will-You-Do-when-the-Lights-Go-Out-The-Inevitable-Failure-of-the-US-Grid.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325433-What-will-you-do-when-the-lights-go-out-The-inevitable-failure-of-the-US-power-grid

2016-08-14 - Meteor spotted over Malaga and Granada Provinces (Spain):
http://www.andaluz.tv/news/new-spain-international.php?idArt=21040
http://www.sott.net/article/325426-Meteor-fireball-flies-over-Malaga-Granada-provinces-in-Spain

2016-08-14 - North Korea stockpiling human poop to use for fertilizer:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/north-korea-stockpiles-human-poo-8624300

Quote: "Survivors of the dictatorship's brutal regime say leader Kim Jong Un and other authorities are demanding human feces to help farms in the country to continue delivering crops."

2016-08-15 - Volcano Popocatépetl erupts four times in 24 hours in Mexico:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/08/16/Mexicos-Popocatpetl-volcano-erupts-4-times-in-under-24-hours/4801471345145/
http://www.sott.net/article/325458-Mexicos-Popocatepetl-volcano-erupts-multiple-times-4-times-in-under-24-hours

2016-08-15 - Shallow magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes in the Colca Valley (Peru), 4+ killed:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/shallow-quake-peru-kills-least-4-including-u-s-tourist-n631171
http://www.sott.net/article/325348-Shallow-magnitude-5-2-earthquake-in-southern-Peru-kills-at-least-four
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/earthquake-in-peru-leaves-at-least-four-dead-40-injured/story-rTRzIJjxh9Ah85ZxYzxUPO.html

2016-08-15 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Cabazon (California):
http://abc7.com/news/35-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-6-miles-from-cabazon/1470761/

2016-08-15 - Update on conditions in the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/storms-in-arctic.html

2016-08-15 - Powerful cyclone to blow hole in thinning Arctic sea ice:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/08/15/powerful-cyclone-to-blow-hole-in-thinning-arctic-sea-ice/

2016-08-15 - Lake Powell - Going, Going...Gone?
http://www.ecowatch.com/lake-powell-drought-1974067342.html

2016-08-15 - Lightning strikes kill 4 people in Jharkhand (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/4-die-in-lightning-strikes-116081600001_1.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325405-4-die-in-lightning-strikes-in-Jharkhand-India

2016-08-15 - US deaths-by-lightning continue to increase in 2016:
http://www.kjrh.com/storm-shield/storm-shield-featured/deadliest-in-a-decade-lightning-deaths-on-the-rise
http://www.sott.net/article/325413-Deadliest-in-a-decade-Lightning-deaths-on-the-increase-in-the-U-S

2016-08-15 - Storms dump a month's worth of rain in one day on Moscow (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/356024-moscow-floods-rain-records/
http://www.sott.net/article/325368-Flash-floods-in-Moscow-after-months-worth-of-rain-falls-in-1-day

2016-08-15 - Experts warn of smallpox returning as melting permafrost increases in Siberia:
http://siberiantimes.com/science/opinion/features/f0249-experts-warn-of-threat-of-born-again-smallpox-from-old-siberian-graveyards/
http://www.sott.net/article/325438-Experts-warn-of-smallpox-returning-as-melting-permafrost-increases-in-Siberia

2016-08-15 - Meteor spotted in the sky over San Diego (California):
http://www.cbs8.com/story/32769166/mysterious-fireball-lights-up-sky-overnight
http://www.sott.net/article/325455-Meteor-fireball-lights-up-the-sky-over-San-Diego-California

2016-08-15 - Meteor filmed in the sky over Spain:
http://www.sott.net/article/325437-Meteor-fireball-recorded-over-Spain-on-15-August-2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pyCzurQGY

2016-08-15 - Mexican archaeologist says Teotihuacán was built to worship water:
http://www.history.com/news/scholar-claims-worship-of-water-explains-mexicos-ancient-city
http://www.sott.net/article/325490-Mexican-archaeologist-says-Teotihuacan-was-built-to-worship-water

2016-08-16 - Man, 47, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found, in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida:
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/192551148-story
http://www.wcjb.com/local-news/2016/08/search-continues-missing-ocala-boater-gulf-mexico

Quote: "The U.S. Coast Guard continues their search for a missing boater from Ocala, Florida. A boat belonging to  Mitchell Szegi was discovered on Tuesday morning, but he was nowhere to be found."

2016-08-16 - NASA team finds fracking contributing to major methane leaks in the US:
http://www.rt.com/usa/356198-fracking-hot-spot-nasa/
http://www.sott.net/article/325564-NASA-team-finds-fracking-contributing-to-major-methane-leaks-in-the-US

2016-08-16 - Paul Beckwith's case for a declaration of global climate emergency:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/paul-beckwith-on-global-climate-change.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/paul-beckwith-on-jetstream-crossing-and.html

2016-08-16 - July was hottest month ever recorded on Earth:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/another-record-falls.html
http://www.rt.com/news/356092-july-record-hottest-month/
http://www.sott.net/article/325436-NASA-July-2016-was-worlds-hottest-month-since-records-began

2016-08-16 - Temperature records for the last century, cold and hot:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/temperature-records.html

Quote: "Ten coldest years on record from coldest to least cold: Coldest, 1909, then 1913, 1910, 1908, 1907, 1917, 1904, 1911, 1893, and 10th coldest, 1912. Eleven hottest years on record starting with the hottest, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2013, 2005, 1998, 2009 (both tied for sixth) 2012, 2003, 2006. 2007 (in a three way tie for ninth.)"

2016-08-16 - Heatwave hits Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160817-54596-CAN

2016-08-16 - Lightning strikes kill 3 people in Bihar (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/3-killed-from-lightning-strike-in-bihar-1445018
http://www.siasat.com/news/3-killed-due-lightning-strikes-bihar-1002376/
http://www.sott.net/article/325492-3-killed-by-lightning-strikes-in-Bihar-India

2016-08-16 - Lightning strike kills 3 people in Goalanda (Bangladesh):
http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/116763/Lightning-kills-three-in-Goalanda
http://www.sott.net/article/325495-Lightning-bolt-kills-three-in-Goalanda-Bangladesh

2016-08-16 - Lightning strike kills 4 people in Kampong Chhnang (Cambodia):
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/28576/lightning-strike-kills-four/
http://www.sott.net/article/325496-Lightning-bolt-kills-four-in-Cambodia

2016-08-16 - Seven tornadoes touch down in Central Indiana:
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/08/16/six-potential-tornadoes-hit-central-indiana/88836174/
http://www.sott.net/article/325545-7-tornadoes-touch-down-in-Central-Indiana

2016-08-16 - Deadly flooding hits Sudan, 100+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20160816-54589-SDN

2016-08-16 - Louisiana flood update - 11 killed, 30,000 people rescued, at least 40,000 homes damaged:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3742851/Louisiana-Flood-danger-persists-body-pulled-waters.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325544-Update-11-dead-in-devastating-Louisiana-floods-30000-people-rescued-and-at-least-40000-homes-damaged

2016-08-16 - 'Zombees' found in Canada for the first time:
http://www.australianetworknews.com/87468-2/
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/first-case-of-zombie-fly-parasite-confirmed-in-b-c-honey-bees-1.3032353
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/first-case-of-zombie-bee-parasite-confirmed-in-nanaimo-1.3031698
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/zombie-honeybees-found-in-canada-for-first-time-vancouver-islands-insects-killed-by-parasitizing-flies

2016-08-16 - China launches first theoretically hack-proof quantum communications satellite:
http://www.sott.net/article/325468-China-launches-first-quantum-communications-satellite-theoretically-hack-proof
http://www.rt.com/news/356086-china-quantum-communications-satellite/

2016-08-16 - New study shows schizophrenia arose after divergence of modern humans from Neanderthals:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160815064944.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/325479-New-study-shows-schizophrenia-arose-after-divergence-of-modern-humans-from-Neanderthals

2016-08-16 - Photographer captures 'space lightning' atop China's highest mountain peak:
http://thedailycoin.org/2016/08/16/space-weather-electric-earth-floods/
http://www.sott.net/article/325488-Photographer-captures-space-lightning-atop-Chinas-highest-mountain-peak

2016-08-16 - Japanese pole vaulter knocks pole off with his penis at the Olympics:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3743180/The-time-man-wishes-SMALLER-penis-Japanese-pole-vaulter-s-Olympic-dream-crushed-manhood-knocks-bar-off.html

2016-08-17 - Another hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued for the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea (California):
http://patch.com/california/palmdesert/expect-salton-sea-rotten-egg-smell-southland-air-quality-officials-warn

2016-08-17 - Salton Sea becoming a hydrogen sulfide poison factory in California:
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2016/08/17/salton-sea-stinking-more-data-say-yes/88575338/
http://www.inlandnewstoday.com/story.php?s=43239

Quote: "Two air monitors near the lake have detected more days this year with high levels of hydrogen sulfide, a gas that smells like rotten eggs, than during either of the past two years."

2016-08-17 - Volcano Santiaguito erupts explosively in Guatemala:
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/anatomy-volcanic-blast-guatemalas-santiaguito/
http://www.earth-of-fire.com/2016/08/explosions-at-santiaguito-news-of-etna-and-tungurahua-birthday.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/19/santiaguito-volcano-erupts-spewing-ash-13000feet-in-to-the-air/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/16/guatemala-santiaguito-volcano-spouts-ash-plume.html

2016-08-17 - Marine heatwaves are causing unprecedented climate chaos:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/15/the-blob-how-marine-heatwaves-are-causing-unprecedented-climate-chaos
http://www.sott.net/article/325635-Marine-heatwaves-are-causing-unprecedented-climate-chaos

2016-08-17 - Paul Beckwith on the demise of Arctic sea ice:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/paul-beckwith-on-demise-of-arctic-sea.html

2016-08-17 - 2016 Arctic cyclone, update 1:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/2016arctic-cyclone-update-1-asannounced.html

2016-08-17 - Clean energy won’t save us – only a new economic system can:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/clean-energy-wont-save-us-only-new.html

Note: Yeah, a new economic system on Mars...

2016-08-17 - Stargazer captures a horizontal bolt of lightning crawling across the night sky before flashing brightly over Tampa Bay (Florida):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3744048/Stargazer-captures-horizontal-bolt-lightning-crawling-night-sky-flashing-brightly-Florida.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325618-Stargazer-captures-a-horizontal-bolt-of-lightning-crawling-across-the-night-sky-before-flashing-brightly-over-Tampa-Bay-Florida

2016-08-17 - The mysterious case of the missing Fukushima fuel:
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2016/08/16/the-mysteriously-case-of-the-missing-fukushima-fuel/

2016-08-17 - America to hand off Internet DNS control in under two months:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/america-to-hand-off-internet-in-under-two-months/article/2599521
http://www.sott.net/article/325588-America-to-hand-off-Internet-DNS-control-in-under-two-months

2016-08-17 - Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in several cities in the US:
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/08/18/24473080/theres-a-horrifying-statue-of-donald-trump-in-capitol-hill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/naked-donald-trump-sculpture-indecline_us_57b5d9d0e4b034dc73260c94
http://www.yahoo.com/news/naked-donald-trump-statues-pop-cities-across-us-195946405--election.html

2016-08-18 - Teen boy collapses in line for roller coaster at Kennywood Park (Pennsylvania), near the Monongahela River:
http://www.wtae.com/news/teen-collapses-in-line-for-kennywood-park-coaster/41264982

Note: People aren't just randomly dropping dead now, but also randomly losing consciousness, randomly going insane and randomly having seizures and 'medical events'. Eventually it all leads to the same place though, the cemetery...

2016-08-18 - A dozen people sickened after swimming in Lake Tapps (Washington), toxic algae not detected:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160819-54624-USA
http://q13fox.com/2016/08/19/lake-tapps-open-to-swimmers-boaters-after-water-quality-tests-fail-to-find-toxic-algae/
http://komonews.com/news/local/health-officials-stay-out-of-lake-tapps-toxic-algae-discovered
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/lake-tapps-closed-to-swimmers-over-concern-of-toxic-algae/425990935
http://q13fox.com/2016/08/18/people-urged-to-stay-out-of-lake-tapps-after-dozen-people-sickened-toxic-algae-found/

Quote: "On Thursday, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department warned everyone to stay out of the lake, saying in a news release that it had found toxic algae present in the water. But a new series of lab tests couldn’t find the toxin, the department said Friday."

Note: Maybe it wasn't algae that sickened those people...

2016-08-18 - Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes just off the coast of Queensland (Australia):
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/aug/18/queensland-earthquake-biggest-in-20-years
http://www.sott.net/article/325642-5-8-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-Queensland-biggest-in-20-years

2016-08-18 - Town of Shishmaref, which has existed for 500 years, votes to relocate as warming planet sends town into the sea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20160819-54623-USA

2016-08-18 - Zombie carbon emissions haunt the planet – 'We’re losing the ability to really solve the climate crisis':
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/zombie-carbon-emissions-haunt-planet.html

Note: The Solve-The-Crisis ship has already sailed, exploded and sunk...

2016-08-18 - Lightning strike kills 2 people in Sa Kaeo Province (Thailand):
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-strike-kills-2-thailand
http://www.sott.net/article/325643-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-in-Thailand

2016-08-18 - Fourth brain-eating amoeba case of the year being treated in Florida:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/17/health/florida-brain-eating-amoeba/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325671-Fourth-brain-eating-amoeba-case-of-the-year-being-treated-in-Florida

2016-08-18 - Large waterspout filmed off the coast near the Outer Banks (North Carolina):
http://wavy.com/2016/08/18/waterspout-spotted-in-the-outer-banks/
http://www.sott.net/article/325770-Large-waterspout-filmed-off-coast-of-Outer-Banks-North-Carolina

2016-08-18 - Waterspout filmed at Donner Lake (California):
http://www.kcra.com/weather/photo-captures-water-spout-on-donner-lake/41272046
http://www.sott.net/article/325794-Photo-captures-waterspout-at-Donner-Lake-California

2016-08-18 - Lawns are a soul-crushing timesuck and most of us would be better off without them:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/lawns-are-soul-crushing-timesuck-and.html

2016-08-19 - Man knocked unconscious by hydrogen sulfide at refinery in coastal Texas City (Texas):
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-refinery-operations-marathon-pete-gal-idUSKCN10U1UB

Quote: "An employee of Marathon Petroleum Corp's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas was taken to a hospital in Galveston, Texas on Friday for exposure to chemical fumes, a company spokesman said. Sources familiar with the incident said the man, an electrician, may have been exposed to hydrogen sulfide and was unconscious when flown by helicopter to the hospital."

2016-08-19 - Eighteen people sickened by unknown cause in Skid Row area in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://patch.com/california/hollywood/18-stricken-mystery-illness-downtown-la
http://ktla.com/2016/08/19/18-people-treated-for-identical-non-life-threatening-illness-in-skid-row-area/
http://www.sott.net/article/326031-For-the-second-time-this-year-crowd-stricken-by-mystery-illness-in-downtown-Los-Angeles

2016-08-19 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Gill Creek and Hyde Park Lake in Niagara Falls (New York):
http://www.wkbw.com/news/dangerous-blue-green-algae-detected-in-niagara-falls

Quote: "Mayor Paul Dyster has issued a bloom notice for Hyde Park Lake. Potentially hazardous blue-green algae was recently discovered near Gill Creek."

2016-08-19 - Bacterial contamination closes Squantz Pond near New Fairfield (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/story/32796975/squantz-pond-closed-to-swimmers-due-to-high-levels-of-bacteria

2016-08-19 - NASA study analyzes Four Corners methane leaks, some sources emit up to 5,000 kilograms per hour:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/nasa-study-analyzes-four-corners.html
http://www.abqjournal.com/829841/nasa-study-adds-fuel-to-rules-on-methane-leaks.html

2016-08-19 - Should we be having kids in the age of climate change?
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/should-we-be-having-kids-in-age-of.html

2016-08-19 - Temperatures hit 109F and 111F on consecutive days in Grants Pass (Oregon), records shattered:
http://www.kajo.com/news/local/stories.php?subaction=showfull&id=1471668991

Quote: "Thursday and Friday’s high temperatures shattered the previous records. Thursday’s reading was 109 eclipsing the previous mark of 105 and Friday’s high of 111 bested the previous high by five degrees."

2016-08-19 - Zombie bees could affect the food supply:
http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/zombie-bees-may-affect-food-supply/303261403

2016-08-19 - Second meteor in a week spotted over San Diego (California):
http://sputniknews.com/us/20160819/1044446056/mystery-lights-above-san-diego.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325820-ANOTHER-meteor-fireball-caught-on-camera-above-San-Diego-August-18-2016
http://www.sott.net/article/325810-Second-meteor-fireball-in-a-week-third-so-far-this-year-streaks-across-San-Diego-sky

2016-08-19 - 'Upside-down rainbow' seen in the sky over Salford (Britain):
http://salfordonline.com/30572-upside-rainbow-spotted-salford.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325766-Upside-down-rainbow-captured-in-Salford-UK-skies

2016-08-19 - NASA test-fires rocket engine for most powerful rocket ever:
http://www.space.com/33807-nasa-tests-mars-megarocket-engine.html

2016-08-19 - Three severed feet found in Bath (Britain):
http://news.sky.com/story/police-use-tracker-dogs-to-try-and-solve-mystery-of-severed-feet-10541548

2016-08-19 - Triumph the Insult Dog gives Trump supporters fake ads to watch for fake focus group:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/17/1561111/-Donald-Trump-supporters-watching-outrageous-fake-Trump-campaign-ads-is-amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MubunsD-7g

Note: I was laughing hard at some of the outrageous over-the-top ads these people were shown!

2016-08-20 - Landfill leaking hydrogen sulfide in Champ (Missouri):
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/health/champ-landfill-might-be-stinkier-than-bridgeton-landfill/article_ef7524b3-652b-54d4-a89b-0a3576706698.html

Quote: "The sewer district issued two violations earlier this year against Champ Landfill for its runoff that introduced 'dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide gases in the sewer system,' LeComb said."

2016-08-20 - Airbus to build autonomous flying taxis:
http://fortune.com/2016/08/20/airbus-autonomous-flying-taxis/

Quote: "Billing it as a solution to urban congestion, Airbus has announced a new effort to build helicopter-like autonomous flying vehicles to transport both small parcels and, even more radically, passengers. The battery-powered passenger vehicles, currently dubbed CityAirbus, would be summoned by smartphone and travel along aerial urban roadways, constituting a system of robotic flying taxis."

Note: In light of the problems caused by people randomly losing consciousness or spazzing out or dying while driving, I had a conversation a week or two ago with my significant other where I espoused the idea of a 'pod-based transportation system', with autonomous drones picking up and dropping off pods with people inside them. This is pretty close to what I was talking about! And also in the news this year: driveless cars, driverless semi trucks and driverless cargo ships - see a trend there?

2016-08-20 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Miyako (Japan):
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/japan-hit-by-6-0-magnitude-quake-no-tsunami-warning-2987189/
http://www.sott.net/article/325821-Japan-hit-by-shallow-6-0-magnitude-earthquake-no-tsunami-warning

2016-08-20 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) now affecting all of Fernan Lake (Idaho):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160820-54629-USA
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2016/aug/19/blue-green-algae-bloom-now-affects-all-of-fernan-l/
http://cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_1bfe6bb6-c3a9-5c92-a990-742bd3b0c53a.html

2016-08-20 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Warwick Pond in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160820-54642-USA

2016-08-20 - Hail pounds vineyards in Languedoc (France), half of crop destroyed:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2016/08/hail-wipes-out-languedoc-vineyards
http://www.sott.net/article/325896-Hail-wipes-out-vineyards-in-Languedoc-France-half-of-crop-destroyed

2016-08-20 - Golf-ball-sized hail hits Great Falls (Montana):
http://www.krtv.com/story/32790240/great-falls-hit-by-hail-storm-photos
http://www.sott.net/article/325922-Golf-ball-sized-hail-hits-Great-Falls-Montana

2016-08-20 - Orb-like UFO' accidentally filmed over Blue Cut fire in Southern California:
http://www.sott.net/article/325819-Orb-like-ufo-accidentally-filmed-over-Blue-Cut-fire-in-Southern-California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivdz8lpFKm0

2016-08-20 - Man, 42, swallows 40 knives because he liked the way they taste, in Gurdaspur (India):
http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/21/man-swallowed-40-knives-because-he-liked-the-way-they-taste-6081054/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/20/indian-man-has-40-knives-removed-from-stomach-after-urge-to-eat/

2016-08-21 - Man, 20, goes missing in the water near coastal Smith Island (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2016/08/21/coast-guard-searching-for-missing-beach-goer-in-northampton-county/
http://www.13newsnow.com/news/local/virginia/coast-guard-other-agencies-searching-for-missing-man-off-smith-island/304012949

2016-08-21 - Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes in the ocean near South Georgia Island:
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2016-08-21-03-45-23-utc-6-4-10
http://www.sott.net/article/325916-6-4-magnitude-earthquake-near-South-Georgia-island

2016-08-21 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Japan:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/21/national/politics-diplomacy/another-magnitude-6-0-quake-hits-northern-japan/
http://www.sott.net/article/325974-Another-magnitude-6-0-earthquake-strikes-off-northern-Japan-third-strong-quake-in-region-in-consecutive-days

2016-08-21 - 8,000 melt lakes sprout on the ice in Antarctica in the last decade:
http://sputniknews.com/world/20160822/1044511338/antarctica-global-warming.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326026-8000-blue-lakes-appear-in-Antarctica-worrying-scientists

Quote: "Previously it was thought that East Antarctica's ice hadn't been affected by global warming; therefore, more attention has been paid to the changes taking place in the Antarctic Peninsula. It is known that the occurrence of such lakes has led to melting of glaciers in Greenland, where 1 trillion metric tons of ice have melted between 2011 and 2014."

2016-08-21 - Bacterial slime spreading through the oceans:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/ocean-slime-spreading-quickly-across.html

2016-08-21 - Deadly flesh-eating bacteria reported in southwest Florida:
http://www.nbc-2.com//story/32808123/deadly-flesh-eating-bacteria-reported-in-sw-fla

2016-08-21 - Severe drought impacts New England states in the US - bears bolder, mosquitoes multiplying, fish stressed:
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-england-drought-bolder-stressed-fish.html
http://www.sott.net/article/325943-Severe-drought-impacts-New-England-states-Bears-are-bolder-mosquitoes-are-multiplying-and-fish-are-stressed

2016-08-21 - Lightning strike kills man in Roosevelt National Forest (Colorado):
http://kdvr.com/2016/08/20/arvada-man-killed-by-lightning-in-forest-in-northern-colorado/
http://www.sott.net/article/325976-Man-dies-after-being-struck-by-lightning-in-Roosevelt-National-Forest-Colorado

2016-08-21 - Huge dust storm roars through Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.cbs5az.com/story/32808266/wall-of-dust-hits-the-valley
http://www.cbs5az.com/story/32808956/slideshow-massive-wall-of-dust-rolls-through-the-valley?autostart=true
http://www.sott.net/article/326003-Wall-of-dirt-Huge-dust-storm-rolls-over-Phoenix-Arizona
http://www.rt.com/usa/356736-phoenix-haboob-dust-storm/

2016-08-21 - Tropical Storm Dianmu rips into Vietnam, 7 killed, 2 missing, 8 injured:
http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/36643/seven-killed-two-missing-in-typhoon-dianmu-flash-flood-in-northern-vietnam
http://www.sott.net/article/326041-Seven-killed-two-missing-in-typhoon-Dianmu-flash-flooding-landslides-in-northern-Vietnam

2016-08-22 - Mysterious 'gas leak' causes evacuations in Ocean Beach area in coastal San Diego (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HZ-20160823-54686-USA
http://www.rt.com/usa/356795-gas-leak-evacuations-san-diego-ocean-beach/
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Evacuations-Underway-for-Ocean-Beach-Gas-Leak-390983251.html
http://fox5sandiego.com/2016/08/22/gas-leak-prompts-evacuations-in-ocean-beach/

Quote: "The San Diego Police Department has ordered evacuations in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, California, following a gas leak report at 6:50pm Monday, according to reports. The source of the leak remains unknown. More than 200 people are evacuating the area of Bacon Street and Del Monte Avenue, according to officials, local NBC-affiliate KNSD reports. A 70 percent gas reading was found near a sewer man hole by a San Diego Gas and Electric technician, KNSD reported, but because the source is unknown, the evacuation order is indefinite."

Note: One block from the ocean, and I wouldn't be so sure that's a gas leak. They don't tend to run natural gas through SEWERS. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-08-22 - US deaths from lighting strikes in 2016 already higher than any entire year since 2010:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lightning-idUSKCN10X23R
http://www.sott.net/article/326086-Fatalities-from-US-lightning-strikes-this-year-at-highest-since-2010

Quote: "A pair of fatalities from lightning strikes over the weekend lifted the U.S. death toll from such accidents this year to 29, the most since 2010, the National Weather Service said on Monday. The latest lightning-related deaths occurred in Colorado and Michigan on Friday, the NWS said in a report. With four months left in the year, the 2016 toll has already surpassed last year's 27."

2016-08-22 - Large crack spreading across the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CC-20160824-54706-ATA
http://www.yahoo.com/news/lengthening-crack-threatening-cause-antarctic-190906805.html

Quote: "The crack is spreading across the Larsen C Ice Shelf at an increased rate, threatening to carve out an iceberg the size of Delaware while destabilizing a larger area of ice roughly the size of Scotland."

2016-08-22 - Man, 60, goes swimming, goes missing, near coastal New Smyrna Beach (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-coast-guard-search-swimmer-20160822-story.html

2016-08-22 - Arctic ice continues disintegrating, cyclone helps things along:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/the-disappearing-ice.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/arctic-ice-breaking-up-with-cyclone.html

2016-08-22 - Professor Wadham expects the Arctic to be ice-free either next summer or the summer after that:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/propeter-wadhams-towards-ice-free-arctic.html

Note: Sounds about right. Already got a cruise ship sailing the Northwest Passage THIS summer, for the first time in human history since it was never possible before...

2016-08-22 - 2016 is already a year of extreme weather disasters for the United States:
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/27056/20160818/2016-extreme-weather-disasters-us.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/326078-2016-is-already-a-year-of-extreme-weather-disasters-for-the-United-States

2016-08-22 - Lightning strike kills woman in Presque Isle County (Michigan):
http://upnorthlive.com/news/local/woman-dies-after-being-struck-by-lightning-in-presque-isle-county
http://www.sott.net/article/326085-Woman-dies-following-strike-by-lightning-in-Presque-Isle-County-Michigan
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/08/23/michigan-woman-dies-lightning-strike/89195784/

2016-08-22 - Lightning strikes kill 4 people in Nepal:
http://english.onlinekhabar.com/2016/08/22/384475
http://www.sott.net/article/326088-Lightning-strikes-claim-four-lives-in-eastern-Nepal

2016-08-22 - Lightning strike kills 2 people, injures 5 more, in Bajaur (Pakistan):
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/144325-Briefs
http://www.sott.net/article/325977-Lightning-bolt-kills-two-and-injures-five-in-Bajaur-Pakistan

2016-08-22 - Typhoon Mindulle roars into Japan, 1 killed, flights grounded, another typhoon on the way:
http://q13fox.com/2016/08/22/one-killed-planes-grounded-as-2-severe-storms-roar-across-japan/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-22/typhoon-mindulle-bears-down-on-tokyo-set-to-make-landfall-today
http://www.sott.net/article/325975-Typhoon-Mindulle-hits-Tokyo-bringing-risk-of-floods-and-landslides

2016-08-22 - Drought emergency declared in Ipswich (Massachusetts):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20160823-54679-USA

2016-08-23 - Unknown 'gas odor' emanates from sinks and shower drains at apartment building in coastal Waipahu (Hawaii):
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2016/08/24/hazardous-methane-release-reported-in-waipahu.html

Quote: "Hawaii Gas personnel used a device that detects hydrocarbons but found none, so they determined there was no natural gas leak, according to a spokesman for the utility. The detection of hydrocarbons would indicate the presence of methane, the primary component of natural gas. The gas crew determined that the odor was coming from sinks and shower drains in an apartment building but the source was unclear."

2016-08-23 - Magnitude 6.1+ earthquake strikes near Norcia (Italy), 159+ killed, buildings collapse, damage considerable:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earthquake-italy_us_57bcfe88e4b0b51733a6a566
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37171953
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/world/europe/italy-earthquake.html
http://wsvn.com/news/us-world/magnitude-6-1-quake-rattles-rome-central-italy/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earthquake-italy_us_57bcfe88e4b0b51733a6a566
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/23/norcia-italy-earthquake/89240378/
http://abc7ny.com/news/at-least-38-dead-as-strong-earthquake-rocks-central-italy/1482272/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/powerful-earthquake-in-italy-kills-more-than-150-and-shatters-towns/

Quote: "A powerful earthquake devastated a string of mountainous towns in central Italy on Wednesday, trapping residents under piles of rubble, killing at least 159 people according to the country’s civil protection agency."

Quote: "Residents wakened before dawn by the temblor emerged from their crumbled homes to find what they described as apocalyptic scenes 'like Dante's Inferno,' with entire blocks of buildings turned into piles of sand and rock, thick dust choking the air and a putrid smell of gas."

2016-08-23 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes at the Myanmar-India border:
http://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/earthquake-india-myanmar-border-assam-2991624/
http://www.sott.net/article/326077-5-5-magnitude-earthquake-hits-India-Myanmar-border-region-tremors-felt-in-Assam

2016-08-23 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Scooteney Reservoir (Washington):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160823-54680-USA
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article97150002.html
http://keprtv.com/news/local/scooteney-reservoir-closed-to-swimmers-due-to-toxic-algae-bloom

2016-08-23 - Lightning strikes injure man and boy in Columbia County (Florida):
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/columbia-county/2-injured-by-separate-lightning-strikes-in-columbia-county

2016-08-23 - Lightning strike kills 22 sheep near Nambiyur in Tamil Nadu (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/erode/22-sheep-die-in-lightning-strike-in-Erode-district/articleshow/53839648.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/326199-Hey-Ewe-Get-far-from-that-cloud-22-sheep-killed-by-lightning-bolt-in-Tamil-Nadu-India

2016-08-23 - Terrible flooding kills hundreds in India, millions displaced and forced into camps:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-24/india-floods-over-300-dead-force-villagers-into-camps/7779284
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/hundreds-dead-six-million-affected-as.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326294-Floods-in-India-kill-300-affect-6-million

Quote: "At least 300 people have died in eastern and central India and more than 6 million others have been affected by floods that have submerged villages, washed away crops, destroyed roads, and disrupted power and phone lines, officials said Tuesday."

2016-08-23 - Heatwave bakes London (Britain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160823-54694-GBR
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/british-heatwave-means-even-grasshoppers-8697483

2016-08-23 - Pilcomayo River drying up in South America, wildlife dying en masse:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/wildlife-dying-en-masse-as-south.html

2016-08-23 - Amazon rainforest degradation up 185 percent over last year:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/amazon-rainforest-degradation-up-185.html

2016-08-23 - Strong winds blow 1500 Americans on rafts into Canada:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-canada-float_us_57bb92f9e4b03d51368a7b3a

2016-08-23 - Rats the size of rabbits infest parts of Andover (Britain):
http://www.andoveradvertiser.co.uk/news/14693819.Rats____the_size_of_rabbits____infest_parts_of_Andover/

2016-08-23 - Cat adopts abandoned baby squirrel monkey from zoo, in Tyumen (Russia):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cat-adopts-abandoned-baby-squirrel-monkey-from-zoo/
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/article97372672.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37171084

2016-08-23 - Seal flees hungry killer whales, jumps onto tour boat, near Vancouver Island (Canada):
http://ktla.com/2016/08/24/watch-this-scared-seal-jump-onto-a-boat-to-escape-hungry-killer-whales/
http://kutt995.com/abc_world/seal-hops-aboard-boat-to-avoid-hungry-killer-whales-abcid35759068/
http://www.dolphnsix.com/news/883275/video-seal-avoids-predators-jumping-onto

2016-08-23 - Vietnamese woman paid a person to cut off one of her arms and a foot to collect insurance:
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/08/25/Vietnamese-woman-cuts-off-arm-foot-for-insurance/8451472101346/

Quote: "A woman in Vietnam paid a friend to cut off her foot and part of her arm so she could collect an insurance payout, police said. The 30-year-old woman, known as 'Ly Thi N' admitted to paying the friend $2,200 to chop off the two limbs and claim she'd been struck by a train, reported the People's Police Newspaper of Vietnam. The insurance pay off would have been $150,000."

2016-08-24 - Methane leaking from landfill in Kent County (Michigan), could cause explosions:
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2016/08/landfill_gas_could_cause_explo.html
http://www.wtol.com/story/32821363/officials-concerned-about-methane-at-landfill-in-kent-county
http://www.sott.net/article/326489-Officials-warn-of-explosions-as-methane-seeps-from-old-landfill-in-Michigan

Quote: "Methane gas seeping out of an old landfill could pose a risk of explosion in nearby houses, according to Kent County officials."

2016-08-24 - Man, 24, goes missing while swimming in the Missouri River in St. Joseph (Missouri):
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/search-underway-after-man-goes-missing-in-river

2016-08-24 - Ambae Volcano rumbling in Vanuatu, alert level raised, could erupt anytime:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160823-54690-VUT
http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=368145
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/high-warning-alert-issued-for-vanuatu-volcano/

2016-08-24 - Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes in Myanmar, at least 4 killed, many temples damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20160824-54714-MMR
http://earthquake-report.com/2016/08/24/very-strong-earthquake-myanmar-on-august-24-2016/
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/powerful-earthquake-shakes-central-myanmar-41611369
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/myanmar-earthquake-kills-three-damages-scores-of-ancient-temples/ar-BBvZhxx?li=BBnb7Kz
http://www.sott.net/article/326206-Myanmar-hit-by-6-8-magnitude-earthquake
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-quake-idUSKCN10Z176
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37172794

Quote: "Rescue workers surveyed the damage Thursday after a powerful earthquake shook Myanmar, killing at least four people and damaging 185 ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major tourist site."

2016-08-24 - Death toll from earthquake in Italy approaches 250 as as rescue operations continue:
http://www.sott.net/article/326297-Italy-earthquake-Death-toll-approaches-250-as-rescue-operation-continues
http://www.rt.com/news/357067-italy-quake-death-toll-search/

2016-08-24 - Previously unknown tectonic plate discovered in the Philippine Sea:
http://www.livescience.com/55855-newfound-tectonic-plate-east-asian-sea.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326286-Previously-unknown-tectonic-plate-discovered-in-the-Philippine-Sea

2016-08-24 - More than a quarter of India’s land is turning to desert, no plans in place to do anything about it:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/more-than-quarter-of-indias-land-is.html

2016-08-24 - Lightning strikes have killed 92 people in Cambodia this year so far:
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1002498.shtml
http://www.sott.net/article/326196-Lightning-strikes-kill-92-in-Cambodia-so-far-this-year-compared-with-only-64-for-the-same-period-in-2015

Quote: "Lightning strikes had killed 92 people in Cambodia in the first eight months of 2016, remarkably up from only 64 deaths over the same period last year, a spokesman said Wednesday."

2016-08-24 - Lightning strike kills 38 sheep in Kammalam Poondy (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/250816/lightning-kills-38-sheep-in-kanchipuram-village.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326299-Lightning-bolt-kills-38-animals-in-India

2016-08-24 - Tornado touches down in Howard County (Indiana), 15+ injured:
http://abc7chicago.com/weather/police-15-20-injured-in-central-indiana-tornado-outbreak/1483220/

2016-08-24 - Circumhorizontal arc spotted in the sky in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.wfmynews2.com/weather/circumhorizontal-arc-spotted-in-the-triad/305297265
http://www.sott.net/article/326372-Rare-circumhorizontal-arc-spotted-in-Greensboro-North-Carolina

2016-08-24 - Duke the Great Pyrenees elected mayor of Cormorant in Minnesota for third consecutive term:
http://sputniknews.com/us/20160825/1044616237/dog-mayor.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326295-Duke-the-Great-Pyrenees-becomes-mayor-of-Minnesota-town-again

Quote: "The four-legged reluctant politician reportedly has one of the highest approval ratings in the country..."

2016-08-25 - Boy, 14, loses consciousness in swimming pool at leisure center in Sheffield (Britain):
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/breaking-teenager-pulled-out-of-swimming-pool-unconscious-at-sheffield-leisure-centre-1-8088752
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/breaking-teenager-pulled-out-of-swimming-pool-unconscious-at-sheffield-leisure-centre

2016-08-25 - Magnitude 3.6 earthquake rattles the island of Saint Lucia:
http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/earthquake-recorded-in-saint-lucia/
http://www.sott.net/article/326374-3-6-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-Saint-Lucia

2016-08-25 - The Earth’s crust will be shaken by more than 100,000 earthquakes that humans can feel in 2016:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-earths-crust-will-be-shaken-by-more-than-100000-earthquakes-that-humans-can-feel-in-2016

2016-08-25 - The Earth has been warming since the Industrial Age in the 1830s:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/global-warming-has-been-happening-since.html

2016-08-25 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) spreading in Lake Shasta (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160826-54733-USA

2016-08-25 - Tornado outbreak in Indiana and Ohio could be a record-breaker:
http://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/indiana-ohio-tornado-outbreak-perspective
http://www.sott.net/article/326391-Tornado-outbreak-in-Indiana-and-Ohio-could-be-record-breaker

2016-08-25 - Two more cases of zombees found in British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.metronews.ca/news/vancouver/2016/08/25/zombie-bees-confirmed-again-in-bc.html
http://globalnews.ca/news/2904803/more-zombie-bees-tracked-on-vancouver-island/

Quote: "Two more cases of zombie bees have been confirmed in Canada and both are in B.C., according to scientists."

2016-08-25 - Another rare circumhorizontal arc seen in the sky in Tennessee:
http://wate.com/2016/08/23/rainbow-cloud-how-a-circumhorizontal-arc-forms/
http://www.sott.net/article/326394-Another-rare-circumhorizontal-arc-seen-in-Tennessee-skies

2016-08-25 - Pentagon trains for mass casualty incident involving crashed helicopter:
http://wjla.com/news/local/pentagon-mass-casualty-drill-involves-helicopter-simulator-exercise

2016-08-25 - The threatening collapse of the Western monetary system:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45352.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/326379-The-threatening-collapse-of-the-Western-monetary-system

2016-08-25 - Man catches a fish with a drone at Lake Champlain (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/story/32843856/mans-lake-champlain-drone-fishing-video-goes-viral

2016-08-25 - Domino's to deliver pizzas by drone in New Zealand:
http://www.cnet.com/news/pie-in-the-sky-drones-to-deliver-dominos-pizza-in-new-zealand/

Quote: "Domino's Pizza Enterprises tested pizza delivery by drone Thursday in Auckland, New Zealand, and it seems all systems are go for flying sausage and pepperoni pies later this year."

2016-08-26 - 35 students sickened by unknown cause at school, nausea and vomiting, in Manhattan (Kansas):
http://salina.com/news/state/dozens-of-manhattan-high-school-students-become-ill/article_451c8afb-af02-5d68-b91d-dd1f3884162c.html

2016-08-26 - Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20160827-54751-IDN
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/volcano-erupts-in-sumatra

2016-08-26 - Mount Kinabalu shaked by magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Indonesia:
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tremors-rock-mount-kinabalu-in-sabah

2016-08-26 - Italian PM declares state of emergency for earthquake area, 4.7 magnitude aftershock strikes near Amatrice (Italy):
http://news.sky.com/story/a-number-of-britons-killed-in-italy-earthquake-10551909
http://www.sott.net/article/326389-Italian-PM-declares-state-of-emergency-for-earthquake-area-4-7-magnitude-aftershock-strikes-near-Amatrice

2016-08-26 - Expert warns of overdue high magnitude earthquakes along earth's major fault lines:
http://www.sott.net/article/326412-No-one-is-safe-Expert-warns-of-overdue-high-magnitude-earthquakes-along-earths-major-fault-lines
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/life-on-the-fault-lines-major-earthquakes-overdue-and-no-one-in-the-world-is-safe-expert-says/news-story/0453eac947c8a9485be293364f56ac50

2016-08-26 - Earthquake swarm that hit McAdam (Canada) in February 2016 likely to remain a mystery:
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/cause-earthquakes-shook-new-brunswick-village-months-mystery-1004099190/
http://www.sott.net/article/326486-Earthquake-swarm-that-shook-Canadian-village-still-a-mystery

2016-08-26 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Hasse Lake (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160827-54750-CAN

2016-08-26 - Arctic sea ice status update:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/nevens-sea-ice-blog-update-08262016.html

2016-08-26 - Lightning strike kills woman in Sarasota (Florida):
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/196214874-story
http://www.sott.net/article/326490-Woman-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-Sarasota-Florida-total-lightning-fatalities-for-US-in-2016-now-31

2016-08-26 - Tornado rips through Syktyvkar (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/357164-komi-republic-twister-damage/
http://www.sott.net/article/326405-Rare-tornado-wreaks-havoc-northwest-of-Ural-mountains-in-Russia

2016-08-26 - Heavy rain and flash flooding hit Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.rt.com/usa/357359-flash-floods-missouri-emergency/
http://www.sott.net/article/326487-Flash-flooding-hits-Kansas-City-Missouri

2016-08-26 - Next few weeks to yield several Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes as busy season continues:
http://www.sott.net/article/326396-Next-several-weeks-to-yield-several-Atlantic-tropical-storms-hurricanes-as-busy-season-continues
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/coming-weeks-to-yield-several-atlantic-tropical-storms-hurricanes-busy-season-continues/59668788

2016-08-26 - Top 10 ways to destroy all water on Earth:
http://www.fairobserver.com/region/north_america/top-10-ways-destroy-water-earth-90897/
http://www.sott.net/article/326485-Top-10-ways-to-destroy-all-the-water-on-earth

2016-08-26 - Unknown flaming object leaves trail of smoke in the sky over Bristol (Britain), near the coast:
http://www.sott.net/article/326497-Meteor-Unidentified-flaming-object-leaves-trail-of-smoke-over-Bristol-UK
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/8203-is-it-a-plane-a-meteor-or-an-alien-do-you-know-what-this-strange-object-spotted-over-bristol-was/story-29655185-detail/story.html

2016-08-26 - Waterspout spotted on Lake Superior near Marquette (Michigan):
http://abc10up.com/water-spout-spotted-on-lake-superior/
http://www.sott.net/article/326542-Waterspout-filmed-on-Lake-Superior

2016-08-26 - Top US military chief warns our enemies may attack us with Terminators:
http://www.rt.com/usa/357315-terminators-enemies-us-military/
http://www.sott.net/article/326557-Terminators-may-be-built-by-our-enemies-top-US-military-chief

Note: As if we didn't have enough problems, Terminator doom!

2016-08-26 - Mosquitoes form blood-sucking 'mosquito tornadoes' in Yekaterinburg (Russia):
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/08/22/Blood-sucking-insects-form-mosquito-tornadoes-in-Russian-city/3471471894369/
http://www.sott.net/article/326402-Blood-sucking-insects-form-mosquito-tornadoes-in-Yekaterinburg-Russia

2016-08-27 - Woman, 59, loses consciousness in the water at coastal Kamaole Beach Park (Hawaii):
http://mauinow.com/2016/08/26/maui-woman-pulled-from-waters-off-kihei-beach/

Quote: "Wailea firefighters responded to Kamaole Beach Park I to assist ocean safety lifeguards with an unresponsive female pulled from the water at 12:03 p.m. on Friday, August 26, 2016."

2016-08-27 - Man, 57, skilled sailor, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' found on the Ottawa River (Canada):
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/crews-rush-to-vances-side-road-for-possible-missing-boater

Quote: "An Ottawa sailor last seen on his 35-foot yacht on the Ottawa River Saturday afternoon 'knows this river like the back of his hand' says a family friend who’s at a loss to explain the man’s disappearance. Stephen Cozzette’s three-masted boat, the Elmo Earleywine, was discovered late Saturday afternoon, stuck on a shoal near the Quebec shore, its small auxiliary engine still running with no one aboard."

2016-08-27 - 'Weather-bomb' causes deep-Earth tremor:
http://www.sott.net/article/326626-Weather-bomb-The-rare-deep-Earth-tremor-that-shook-the-planet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3759740/The-rare-deep-Earth-tremor-shook-planet-Waves-north-Atlantic-weather-bomb-measured-Japan.html

2016-08-27 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Muskoka (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20160827-54764-CAN

2016-08-27 - Lightning strike kills woman, injures man, at Grenada Lake (Mississippi), US lightning fatalities hit 32 in 2016:
http://www.wapt.com/news/mississippi/coffeeville-woman-dies-after-grenada-lake-lightning-strike/41405268
http://www.sott.net/article/326570-Woman-killed-by-lightning-strike-in-Grenada-Lake-Mississippi-total-lightning-fatalities-for-US-in-2016-now-32

2016-08-27 - Lightning strike kills 3 people, injures 30 more, in Madhya Pradesh (India):
http://www.oneindia.com/india/lightning-kills-3-in-madhya-pradesh-2193215.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326491-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-and-injures-30-in-Madhya-Pradesh-India

2016-08-27 - Lightning strike kills 3 people, injures 3 more, in Gujarat (India):
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lightning-kills-three-at-rajkot-park/1/750338.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326567-Lightning-bolt-kills-three-in-Gujarat-India

2016-08-27 - Multiple waterspouts form near coastal Sochi (Russia) where tornadoes are very rare occurrence:
http://www.rt.com/news/357380-waterspouts-tornadoes-sochi-russia/
http://www.sott.net/article/326503-Multiple-waterspouts-form-off-coast-near-Russian-resort-city-Sochi-where-tornadoes-are-very-rare-occurrence-PHOTOS-VIDEOS

2016-08-27 - Hillary Clinton receives first intelligence briefing:
http://fortune.com/2016/08/27/clinton-intelligence-briefing/
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hillary-clinton-receives-national-security-briefing-article-1.2768121

2016-08-28 - Mysterious stench regularly hitting people near Cahaba River Road in Birmingham (Alabama):
http://wiat.com/2015/09/22/whats-that-smell-on-highway-280/

Quote: "A mystery stench near Highway 280 by a major shopping center is causing some residents and business representatives to hold their noses and hope for the best. Some days there’s no smell, but there are days when people who live and work in the area say it’s unbearable. We asked several people to describe the smell and give us their thoughts about its source. The smell is noticeable to people driving along Cahaba River Road near the intersection of Riverview Road and Highway 280, but only on certain days."

Quote: "The epicenter of the smell seems to be somewhere between the Cahaba River, Highway 280, and the Riverview Wastewater treatment plant, according to the marketing manager for neighboring business MedHelp 280."

2016-08-28 - Man sickens on seaside path in coastal Dundee (Scotland):
http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2016/08/26/emergency-services-called-serious-incident-monifieth/

Quote: "Emergency services have been called to Monifieth after a man took ill on a path near the seafront. Police, ambulance and fire personnel are in the town close to Tayview Caravan Park on Marine Drive."

Note: Here's a Google Maps link of the area...

2016-08-28 - Lots of unusual medical incidents in and around coastal San Diego (California):
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/aug/29/stingray-incidents-spike-san-diego-waters/

Note: (1): 19 y/o male with hemorrhaging at Dana w/rectal bleeding. (2): Heart attack at Hospitality Point. (3): 75 y/o male aspiration at La Jolla Cove. (4): 70 y/o male with chest pain. On bike path near Sunset Cliffs Bridge. (5): Female with seizures at OB near Narragansett. 30 y/o female. (6): 73y/o female who fainted and hit her head. (7): Utility 3 requests Medics for a 21 y/o dizzy & SOB from swimming. (8): 21 y/o male dizzy and confused after swimming. (9): Man down on sand at 3450 Mission Bay, bayside lane. 35y/o male altered level of consciousness.

2016-08-28 - Climate change pledges not nearly enough to save tropical ecosystems:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/climate-change-pledges-not-nearly.html

2016-08-28 - Flash floods, lightning and golf-ball-sized hailstones hit Britain:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/704658/Families-flee-homes-as-flash-floods-lightning-and-GOLF-BALL-size-hailstones-hit-UK
http://www.sott.net/article/326640-Flash-floods-lightning-and-golf-ball-sized-hailstones-hit-UK

2016-08-28 - Multiple waterspouts filmed over Lake Qinghai (China):
http://www.geo.tv/latest/112576-Rare-waterspouts-form-over-Lake-Qinghai-in-China
http://www.sott.net/article/326714-Multiple-waterspouts-form-over-Lake-Qinghai-in-northwest-China

2016-08-28 - Creepy mushroom cloud freaks people out in Kemerovo (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160829/1044726040/russia-siberia-mushroom-cloud-thunderstom.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326636-Creepy-mushroom-cloud-over-Russian-town-scares-the-hell-out-of-residents

2016-08-28 - 145-year-old man apparently found in Indonesia:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/worlds-oldest-person-man-mbah-gotho-indonesia-145-years-old-a7213191.html

Quote: "Mr Gotho has official documentation which shows his age, and the Indonesian records office says it has confirmed his birth date as December 31 1870. If this is correct, this would earn him the title of the oldest person ever, a title currently held by French centenarian Jeanne Calment, who was 122 when she died – 23 years younger than Mr Gotho."

2016-08-28 - Women bare breasts for gender equality on GoTopless Day:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article98444877.html
http://www.wtoc.com/story/32857255/women-bare-breasts-for-gender-equality-on-gotopless-day
http://jezebel.com/women-bare-bosoms-across-the-united-states-in-honor-of-1785874110
http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/08/gotopless_day_2016_onlookers_gawk_as_women_bare_breasts_to_promote_equality.html

Quote: "Today, across the United States, women bared their bosoms for GoTopless Day, an effort to promote a woman’s right to show her breasts in public just as men do."

Note: Break the shackles of male tyranny and free those bewbs!

2016-08-29 - Volcano Colima erupts in Mexico, spews ash and gas:
http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/08/29/mexican-volcano-erupts-filling-sky-with?videoId=369694980
http://www.sott.net/article/326736-Mexicos-Colima-volcano-erupts-filling-sky-with-dark-ash
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/mexicos-colima-volcano-shaken-by-violent-eruption/

2016-08-29 - Volcano Katla shaken by two magnitude 4+ earthquakes in Iceland:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20160829-54792-ISL
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/cluster-big-earthquakes-rattles-icelands-katla-volcano/
http://www.sott.net/article/326656-Iceland-raises-warning-after-largest-volcano-starts-to-rumble
http://www.icenews.is/2016/08/30/old-giant-katla-volcano-might-be-stirring-indicated-by-recent-tremors/
http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2016/08/katla-volcano-overdue-for-major-catastrophic-eruption-001090615.html
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/growing-unrest-fears-icelands-largest-volcano-may-erupt-following-earthquakes/

Quote: "Iceland raised the alarm after its largest volcano was hit by the biggest tremors since 1977. Two quakes larger than 4 in magnitude early Monday rocked the crater of Katla, the country's Met Office said in a statement. That was followed by at least 10 more tremors at the volcano, which rises 1,450 meters (4,757 feet) into the air on the North Atlantic island's southern coast."

Quote: "The IMO has now reported that flow in the  Múlakvísl River, which flows out from under Mýrdalsjökull, has increased and has high concentrations of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide."

2016-08-29 - Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Ascension Island:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20006uy6#executive
http://www.sott.net/article/326639-7-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-North-of-Ascension-Island

2016-08-29 - Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes Arquata del Tronto (Italy):
http://www.rt.com/news/357479-aftershock-central-italy-rocks/
http://www.sott.net/article/326659-Aftershock-shakes-central-Italy

2016-08-29 - Study confirms ancient carbon being released from melting permafrost in the Arctic:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/study-confirms-the-release-of-ancient-carbon-in-arctic-permafrost/article/473253
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/melting-arctic-permafrost-releasing-ancient-carbon-study-confirms/article31542434/

2016-08-29 - July was the hottest month ever recorded, 2016 set to make 1998 look cold by comparison:
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/08/16/july-was-the-hottest-month-ever-recorded-2016-set-to-make-1998-look-cold-by-comparison/

2016-08-29 - 130-kilometer-long rift threatens to collapse Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/130-km-long-rift-threatens-085115483.html

2016-08-29 - Unprecedented pair of hurricanes churn toward Hawaii:
http://gizmodo.com/two-unprecedented-hurricanes-are-churning-toward-hawaii-1785935499
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/an-unprecedented-pair-of-hurricanes-are-churning-toward-hawaii/
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/32877193/hawaii-bracing-for-back-to-back-hurricanes-as-meteorologists-predict-impacts-worse-than-ts-iselle
http://www.sott.net/article/326766-Hawaii-bracing-for-back-to-back-hurricanes-Meteorologists-predict-impacts-worse-than-Tropical-Storm-Iselle

Quote: "In what’s being hailed a meteorological first, two back-to-back hurricanes are marching toward Hawaii, both of them threatening torrential rains and rip-roaring winds this week. The closer of the two, hurricane Madeline, could break a second meteorological record as the first hurricane to strike the Big Island since bookkeeping began in 1949."

2016-08-29 - Japan set to be battered by third typhoon in a week:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/typhoon-headed-for-fukushima.html

2016-08-29 - Girl, 17, loses consciousness in swimming pool, now in a coma, in coastal Copenhagen (Denmark):
http://cphpost.dk/news/danish-teenager-in-coma-after-incident-at-local-pool.html

2016-08-29 - More than 50 high school students sickened by 'flu-like illness' in Manhattan (Kansas):
http://themercury.com/articles/health-dept-no-new-info-on-cause-of-mhs-flu-bout

2016-08-29 - Fierce heatwave continues to roast parts of the Middle East:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/a-yet-to-be-verified-temperature-of-54c.html

2016-08-29 - Heatwave bakes Belgium:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20160829-54788-BEL

Quote: "It's the first heat wave of 2016, as well as the latest and first September heat wave of the 21st century. This is the 9th heat wave in Belgium since the start of the century. The others were in 2001, 2003, 2005, two were in 2006, and the rest were in 2010, 2013 and 2015."

2016-08-29 - Lightning strike kills 19 cows near Hallsville (Texas):
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/32870795/lightning-strike-kills-19-cows-taking-shelter-under-tree
http://www.sott.net/article/326740-Lightning-bolt-kills-19-cows-taking-shelter-under-tree-near-Hallsville-Texas

2016-08-29 - Storm dumps 2 feet of hail on parts of Colorado Springs (Colorado), snow plows get busy:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/30/colorado-city-sends-snowplows-to-clean-up-heaps-hail.html
http://www.krdo.com/news/hail-hits-a-southern-colorado-hard-expecially-neighborhood/41428086
http://www.sott.net/article/327186-Clean-up-begins-after-severe-hail-storm-in-Adams-County-Colorado

2016-08-29 - Huge green-blue ball of light seen over Ontario (Canada):
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2016/08/ontario-canada-fireball-meteor-29aug2016.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326768-Huge-green-blue-ball-of-light-seen-over-Ontario-Canada

2016-08-29 - Stunning 'fire rainbow' seen over Lavonia (Georgia):
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/32852626/fire-rainbow-or-circumhorizontal-arc
http://www.sott.net/article/326732-Stunning-fire-rainbow-seen-over-Lavonia-Georgia%20all%20over

2016-08-29 - The day the lights go out and the trucks stop running:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-day-the-lights-go-out-and-the-trucks-stop-running

2016-08-29 - Ex-presidential guard gives deathbed confession to Oliver Stone that JFK assassination was inside job:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3762617/JFK-assassination-inside-job-Ex-government-agent-claimed-team-killed-president-remarkable-deathbed-confession-director-Oliver-Stone.html
http://www.sott.net/article/326751-Ex-presidential-guard-gives-deathbed-confession-to-Oliver-Stone-that-JFK-assassination-was-inside-job

2016-08-29 - Gene Wilder dies at age 83 at home in Stamford (Connecticut):
http://www.lex18.com/story/32864676/gene-wilder-star-of-willy-wonka-dead-at-83
http://www.kesq.com/entertainment/gene-wilder-star-of-willy-wonka-dies-at-83/41421710
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/gene-wilder-star-of-mel-brooks-movies-dies-at-83/1489800/
http://6abc.com/entertainment/gene-wilder-star-of-willy-wonka-and-mel-brooks-comedies-dies-at-83/1489799/

2016-08-29 - Anthony Weiner caught sexting again, with a Trump supporter this time, wife leaves him:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/29/politics/anthony-weiner-sexting-trump-supporter/
http://www.wired.com/2016/08/anthony-weiner-puns-ranked/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/29/anthony-weiner-caught-another-sext-scandal/89526640/

Note: *cough*douchebag*cough*

2016-08-30 - Number of students sickened at high school hits 67 in Manhattan (Kansas):
http://ksnt.com/2016/08/30/mysterious-illness-continues-to-spread-at-manhattan-high-school/
http://www.sott.net/article/326885-Mystery-illness-continues-to-spread-at-Kansas-high-school-67-afflicted

2016-08-30 - Volcano Popocatépetl erupts in Mexico, triggers magnitude 3.0 earthquake:
http://www.sott.net/article/326963-Mexicos-Popocatepetl-volcano-eruption-triggers-3-magnitude-earthquake
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/08/31/Mexicos-Popocatpetl-volcano-eruption-causes-3-magnitude-earthquake/5581472663648/

2016-08-30 - Lightning strike kills 4 fishermen and injures 3 more in Morigaon, Assam (India):
http://www.newsx.com/national/39702-assam-lightning-strike-kills-four-injures-three-in-morigaon
http://www.sott.net/article/326772-Lightning-bolt-kills-4-fisherman-in-Assam-India

2016-08-30 - Flooding hits India, Ganges River levels unprecedented at four locations:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37217679
http://www.sott.net/article/326738-Indias-Ganges-river-floods-break-previous-records-water-levels-unprecedented-at-four-locations

2016-08-30 - Over half of groundwater in Indus and Ganges river basins too contaminated with arsenic to drink or use for irrigation:
http://www.rt.com/news/357637-groundwaters-south-asia-unusable/
http://www.sott.net/article/326770-Over-half-of-groundwater-in-Indus-and-Ganges-river-basins-too-contaminated-with-arsenic-to-drink-or-use-for-irrigation

2016-08-30 - Pro-nuclear countries making slower progress on climate targets:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/pro-nuclear-countries-making-slower.html

2016-08-30 - Autumn to feel like summer in New Zealand as temps remain 5-10C above average:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/in-new-zealand-from-autumn-too-like.html

2016-08-30 - Scurvy, disease from another age, once again on the rise:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2016/08/29/scurvy-symptoms.aspx
http://www.sott.net/article/326678-Scurvy-Disease-from-another-age-is-once-again-on-the-rise

2016-08-30 - European banks preparing for 'worst possible scenario':
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/european-banks-preparing-for-worst.html

2016-08-30 - Spectacular drone footage captures early Northern Lights over Iceland:
http://www.rt.com/viral/357682-northern-lights-drone-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/326799-Spectacular-drone-footage-captures-early-Northern-Lights-over-Iceland

2016-08-30 - Bright meteor spotted in the sky over Andalusia (Spain):
http://www.sott.net/article/326852-Bright-meteor-fireball-recorded-over-Andalusia-Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTmKAumU-nU

2016-08-30 - Multiple lenticular clouds form over Washington State:
http://komonews.com/weather/scotts-weather-blog/photos-alien-like-clouds-make-for-strange-sights-over-washington
http://www.sott.net/article/326925-Multiple-lenticular-clouds-form-over-Washington-state

2016-08-30 - 'Strong spike in radio signals' traced to sunlike star sparks SETI interest:
http://www.geekwire.com/2016/signal-seti-interest-hd164595/
http://www.sott.net/article/326691-Strong-spike-in-radio-signals-traced-to-sunlike-star-sparks-SETI-interest

2016-08-30 - CNH Industrial unveils concept autonomous tractor:
http://whotv.com/2016/08/31/driver-less-tractor-unveiled-at-farm-progress-show/
http://www.fox8live.com/story/32884522/cnh-industrial-brands-reveal-concept-autonomous-tractor-development-driverless-technology-to-boost-precision-and-productivity

Quote: "Based on the existing Case IH Magnum and New Holland T8 high-horsepower conventional tractors, and using GPS in conjunction with the most accurate satellite correction signals for ultra-precise guidance and immediate recording and transmission of field data, the CNH Industrial autonomous tractor concept has been designed to allow completely remote deployment, monitoring and control of the machines."

Note: So in the news all in this year: driverless people-transporting flying drones, driverless semis, driverless cargo ships, driverless cars and now driverless tractors...

2016-08-30 - Iceland unearths rock to appease angry elves:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/iceland-unearths-rock-appease-angry-elves-195326271.html

2016-08-30 - Sarah Palin falls and hits her head on a rock:
http://wonkette.com/606043/sarah-palin-hits-head-makes-as-much-sense-as-ever
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sarah-palin-head-injury_us_57c4d7a7e4b0cdfc5ac8f7a9

2016-08-31 - Magnitude 6.7+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near Papua New Guinea:
http://news.trust.org/item/20160831032219-ev4lz/
http://www.sott.net/article/326849-Earthquake-magnitude-6-7-strikes-off-Papua-New-Guinea

2016-08-31 - Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand warming four times as fast as the average:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/08/hot-spots-in-tasman-sea.html

Quote: "The ocean between New Zealand and Australia is one of the fastest-warming ocean regions on the planet, heating up at four times the global average."

2016-08-31 - Typhoon Lionrock rips through Japan, at least 11 killed:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/08/31/at-least-11-dead-as-typhoon-lionrock-floods-northern-japan.html

2016-08-31 - Lightning strike ignites car on the Will Rogers Turnpike in Rogers County (Oklahoma):
http://www.news9.com/story/32943342/car-struck-by-lightning-catches-fire-on-will-rogers-turnpike
http://www.newson6.com/story/32943342/car-struck-by-lightning-catches-fire-on-will-rogers-turnpike
http://kfor.com/2016/09/01/oklahoma-driver-shaken-up-after-lightning-strikes-car-fire-officials-say/
http://www.sott.net/article/327120-Car-hit-by-lightning-catches-fire-near-Afton-Oklahoma
http://www.claremoreprogress.com/news/car-struck-by-lightning-on-will-rogers-turnpike/article_83961f58-6f12-11e6-a002-931572fe1fb7.html

2016-08-31 - Five waterspouts and three funnel clouds form in one hour in Marquette County (Michigan):
http://www.sott.net/article/327029-5-waterspouts-3-funnel-clouds-form-in-one-hour-in-Marquette-County-Michigan
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Multiple-waterspouts-funnel-clouds-confirmed-in-Marquette-County-391959121.html

2016-08-31 - Large thunderstorms spread mercury pollution:
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/08/31/Study-Large-thunderstorms-spread-mercury-pollution/9721472674201/

2016-08-31 - Study reveals surprising role of haze in the warming of cities in China:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/08/study-reveals-surprising-role-of-haze.html
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160823/ncomms12509/full/ncomms12509.html

2016-08-31 - Canadian economy shrinks at fastest pace since the last financial crisis:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/global-recession-the-canadian-economy-shrinks-at-the-fastest-pace-since-the-last-financial-crisis

2016-08-31 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Scofield Reservoir (Utah), no boating, fishing or swimming:
http://kutv.com/news/local/toxic-algae-bloom-closes-utahs-scofield-reservoir-to-fishing-boating

2016-08-31 - Deadly anatoxin found in two rivers and five lakes in California:
http://www.presstelegram.com/health/20160831/toxin-known-to-kill-dogs-within-30-minutes-found-in-several-california-lakes-rivers
http://www.dailynews.com/health/20160831/toxin-known-to-kill-dogs-within-30-minutes-found-in-several-california-lakes-rivers

Quote: "Out of the more than 30 bodies of water where dangerous algae toxins have been detected this year, anatoxin has been found in at least two rivers and five lakes, including Lake Shasta in Northern California and Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, Anderson-Abbs said. It’s one of several toxins produced by cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, and has been linked to dog deaths across the country. But because anatoxin is not as prevalent as microcystin, another algae toxin that causes skin rashes and primarily affects the liver, finding it in several California water bodies was a little unexpected."

2016-08-31 - Hydrogen sulfide odor advisory issued again for the Coachella Valley (California), Obama pledges money for Salton Sea help:
http://www.kesq.com/news/obama-administration-announces-plan-for-salton-sea/41461332
http://www.aqmd.gov/home/library/public-information/2016-news-archives/h2sadvisory08-31-16
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/08/31/fact-sheet-lake-tahoe-summit-obama-administration-underscores-importance

Quote: "As of 7:30 Wednesday evening, the Coachella Valley was still under an odor advisory issued by the South Coast Air Quality Management District for the smell of rotten eggs, which experts say is related to elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide coming off of the sea."