2018-02-01 - Theatrical castmember has 'medical emergency' and collapses during performance in King's Lynn (Britain), 400 feet from the River Great Ouse:
http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/king-s-lynn-drama-show-halted-by-medical-emergency-1-8361499
2018-02-01 - Volcano Fuego erupts, spews ash and lava, in Guatemala:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180201-61663-GTM
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/orange-alert-over-erupting-guatemala-volcano-9918250
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/02/world/erupting-guatemala-volcano-prompts-orange-alert/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/people-warned-to-evacuate-from-mexicos.html
http://phys.org/news/2018-02-orange-erupting-guatemala-volcano.html
2018-02-01 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near the Fiji Islands:
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-02-01-11-05-50-utc-6-0-10
http://www.sott.net/article/376069-Shallow-6-0-magnitude-earthquake-in-the-Fiji-region
2018-02-01 - North Pole forecast to be above freezing on Feb 5, 2018:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/02/north-pole-forecast-to-be-above-freezing-on-feb-5-2018.html
2018-02-01 - As Arctic sea ice thins, so do polar bears:
http://www.pressherald.com/2018/02/01/as-arctic-sea-ice-thins-so-do-polar-bears/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/polar-bears-climate-change
http://www.troyrecord.com/environment-and-nature/20180201/climate-change-diet-arctic-sea-ice-thins-so-do-polar-bears
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/01/polar-bears-really-are-starving-because-of-global-warming-study-shows/
2018-02-01 - Drought deepens dramatically in Southern California:
http://phys.org/news/2018-02-drought-deepens-southern-california.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376173-Southern-Californias-drought-deepens-dramatically
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/01022018/california-snowpack-near-2015-drought-low-water-supply-forest-concerns
2018-02-01 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits reservoir at Split Rock Dam (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180202-61666-AUS
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/5204793/potentially-toxic-algae-outbreak-at-split-rock-dam/
2018-02-01 - Baily's Pond hit by bacteria at Fuji Park in Carson City (Nevada):
http://mynews4.com/news/local/bailys-pond-at-fuji-park-in-carson-city-temporarily-closed-due-to-bacteria
2018-02-01 - Lightning strike kills student in Chegutu (Zimbabwe):
http://www.chronicle.co.zw/lightning-bolt-strikes-msu-student-dead/
http://www.sott.net/article/376066-Lightning-bolt-strikes-student-dead-in-Zimbabwe
2018-02-01 - Wettest January in history moistens Broome (Australia):
http://thewest.com.au/news/severe-weather/broome-records-wettest-january-in-history-ng-b88730842z
http://www.sott.net/article/375933-Wettest-January-in-history-in-Broome-Western-Australia
2018-02-01 - Water disappears at Playa Balandra in La Paz (Mexico), revealing dry sand as far as eyes can see just a day after the Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/playa-balandra-water-disappears-ocean-receding-baja-california-mexico-pictures-video.html
2018-02-01 - Rare moon dogs light up the skies over Winnipeg (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/moon-dogs-atmospheric-phenomenon-1.4513864
http://www.sott.net/article/376178-Rare-moon-dogs-light-up-the-skies-over-Winnipeg-Manitoba
2018-02-01 - Double moon halo seen over Hampton (New Hampshire):
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/photo-moon-halo-22-degree-9-degree
http://www.sott.net/article/376059-Double-moon-halo-seen-over-Hampton-New-Hampshire
2018-02-01 - Tropical brown booby bird turns up at Ogden Point (Canada):
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/bird-rarely-seen-in-canada-found-injured-at-victoria-s-ogden-point-1.3784289
http://www.sott.net/article/376000-Wrong-place-wrong-time-Tropical-brown-booby-bird-turns-up-at-Ogden-Point-Canada
2018-02-01 - At Climate Feedback, scientists encourage better science reporting. But who is listening?
http://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/climate-change-factcheck-science.php
2018-02-01 - Trump budget seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research, underscoring preference for fossil fuels:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/trump-budget-seeks-72-percent-cut-to.html
2018-02-01 - EPA announces $236M plan to clean up suburban St. Louis landfill:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/west-lake-landfill-epa-announces-236m-cleanup-plan-st-louis/
Note: Nice, and we only had to wait since the Manhattan Project, barely 70 years!
2018-02-02 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes near Scott Island Bank (Antarctica):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/m6-0-earthquake-hits-off-antarctica.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/another-major-quake-and-two-major.html
2018-02-02 - Arctic lakes are emitting young carbon:
http://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/02/01/Arctic-lakes-are-emitting-young-carbon/8021517496908/
2018-02-02 - From Cape Town to Kabul, taps run dry in crisis cities:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/taps-run-dry-throughout-world.html
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/satellite-images-show-cape-towns.html
2018-02-02 - Caribbean wobbles under the impact of climate change:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/caribbean-wobbles-under-impact-of.html
2018-02-02 - Phosphorus pollution reaching dangerous levels worldwide, new study finds:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/phosphorus-pollution-reaching-dangerous.html
2018-02-02 - Tornado touches down and damaged 16 homes on Panggang Island (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180202-61672-IDN
2018-02-02 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Tarija (Bolivia), 50,000 people affected:
http://floodlist.com/america/bolivia-record-rains-cause-flooding-in-tarija-department
http://www.sott.net/article/376076-Record-rains-cause-flooding-in-Tarija-Bolivia-50000-affected
2018-02-02 - Heavy snowfall hits northern and central Spain:
http://www.thelocal.es/20180202/snow-brings-chaos-to-roads-across-northern-and-central-spain
http://www.sott.net/article/376191-Heavy-snowfall-brings-chaos-to-roads-across-northern-and-central-Spain
2018-02-02 - 'Oil-like blobs' washing ashore in Japan, could be from sunken tanker ship Sanchi:
http://phys.org/news/2018-02-oil-like-blobs-japan-beaches-tanker.html
http://www.afp.com/en/news/2265/oil-blobs-hit-japan-beaches-after-tanker-sinks-doc-yk1xf1
http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-From-Sunk-Tanker-May-Have-Reached-Japan.html
http://japantoday.com/category/national/'oil-like'-blobs-hit-japan-beaches-after-tanker-sinks
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/oil-from-sunken-iranian-tanker-may-have-reached-japan-shores-coast-guard/ar-BBIBch7
2018-02-02 - EPA blocks clean water rule to replace with 'industry-friendly' alternative:
http://www.ecowatch.com/clean-water-act-trump-2530542879.html
Note: 'Industry-friendly' means 'life-unfriendly'. Well, hopefully people won't mind burning to death or falling over dead or whatnot a little sooner than necessary so corporations can do some extra polluting as we head toward the exits...
2018-02-02 - Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow, six more weeks of winter:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/weather/groundhog-day-2018-punxsutawney-phil-has-seen-his-shadow/ar-BBIBltW
2018-02-02 - GOP tax cut is draining the treasury even faster than expected:
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/the-gop-tax-cut-is-draining-the-treasury/amp
2018-02-02 - Dow plunges 665 points as stocks post worst week in 2 years:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-plunges-665-points-as-stocks-post-worst-week-in-2-years/ar-BBIBtvE?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
2018-02-02 - Man shoots goose in flight, dead goose falls out of the sky, hits him in the head and knocks him out, in Eaton (Maryland):
http://fox28media.com/news/offbeat/final-revenge-canada-goose-shot-from-sky-falls-90-feet-knocks-hunter-unconscious
2018-02-03 - Unknown odor sickens people at library, library closed, in Marquette (Michigan):
http://www.miningjournal.net/news/front-page-news/2018/02/library-closed-after-odor-detected/
Quote: "The Peter White Public Library was closed early Saturday afternoon after a suspicious odor was detected. Capt. Jeff Green of the Marquette Fire Department said firefighters were called to the library at 12:41 p.m. after receiving a report of the odor, which resulted in some individuals suffering from nausea and headaches. He said the odor was concentrated on the east side of the building’s first floor. Green said the odor did not smell electrical in nature, and the air-handling and heating systems as well as the gas fireplace were not malfunctioning."
Note: About 1000 feet from Lake Superior. Here's a Google Maps link of the area...
2018-02-03 - Study confirms carbon pollution has ended the era of stable climate:
http://thinkprogress.org/carbon-pollution-has-ended-era-of-stable-climate-that-enabled-modern-civilization-fbc0e4a5e476/
2018-02-03 - Polar Vortex - how the jet stream and climate change bring on cold snaps:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022018/cold-weather-polar-vortex-jet-stream-explained-global-warming-arctic-ice-climate-change
2018-02-03 - Hot humid wedge slices through dark frigid Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/hot-humid-wedge-slices-through-dark.html
2018-02-03 - Graphic explains why 2 degrees of global warming will be way worse than 1.5:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-difference-between-15-deg-c-2-deg-c.html
Note: They should add a column for 5C warming too, and just fill it out with skulls...
2018-02-03 - Volcano Mayon continues erupting, spewing 2 million cubic meters of lava per day, in the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180113-61386-PHL
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/outflow-of-lava-is-at-2-million-cubic.html
2018-02-03 - Heatwave bakes northern California:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article198314669.html
2018-02-03 - Venice water levels at lowest point since records began, and it's sinking:
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/super-blue-blood-moon-leaves-venetian-gondolas-stranded-on-dried-up-canal-banks
http://www.sott.net/article/376188-Venice-water-levels-lowest-since-records-began-and-its-sinking-PHOTOS
2018-02-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Antigonish (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180204-61693-CAN
2018-02-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit northern Argentina, 60,000 people affected:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180204-61691-ARG
2018-02-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of New Zealand, 2 killed:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/101158102/two-17yearold-boys-killed-in-flash-flooding-in-aucklands-waitakere-ranges
http://www.sott.net/article/376291-Storm-kills-2-in-flash-floods-days-after-devastating-king-tide-in-New-Zealand-PHOTO-VIDEO
2018-02-03 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Fiji Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180204-61692-FJI
2018-02-03 - Snowfall record doubled in Grande Prairie (Canada):
http://www.mygrandeprairienow.com/35843/grande-prairie-nearly-doubles-snowfall-record/
http://www.sott.net/article/376295-Snowfall-record-doubled-in-Grande-Prairie-Canada
2018-02-03 - Heavy snowfall hits Moscow (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20180204-61690-RUS
2018-02-03 - Circumzenithal arc seen over New Plymouth (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/101152421/Double-upside-down-rainbow-Its-only-circumzenithal
http://www.sott.net/article/376229-Circumzenithal-arc-seen-over-New-Plymouth-New-Zealand
2018-02-03 - Mars Rover Curiosity snaps selfie and takes stunning panorama of Red Planet:
http://www.rt.com/news/417780-mars-rover-panorama-photo-selfie-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/376197-Mars-Rover-Curiosity-snaps-selfie-and-takes-stunning-panorama-of-Red-Planet
2018-02-04 - Graph of the day - Arctic sea ice extent on Jan 30:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/graph-of-day-arctic-sea-ice-extent-30.html
2018-02-04 - California bakes as winter temperatures set new records across the state:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-trend-continues-20180204-story.html
2018-02-04 - Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/02/is-warming-in-arctic-behind-this-years-crazy-winter-weather.html
2018-02-04 - Man, 51, has chest pains on ferry ship near coastal La Hève (France):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Normandie-9006253.html
Quote: "On Feb 4, 2018, at 2 a.m. the CROSS Jobourg coordinated a medical evacuation at approximately 24 nautical miles northwest of La Hève from the 'Normandie' on her Ouistreham - Portsmouth crossing. The ship had contacted the Toulouse Medical Center (CCMM) after a 51-year-old man was suffering from chest pain."
2018-02-04 - Shallow magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes in the ocean near Taiwan:
http://www.news24.com/World/News/shallow-61-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-taiwan-20180204
http://www.sott.net/article/376378-Shallow-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-Taiwan
2018-02-04 - Vortexes spinning off the jet streams then wreaking havoc:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/vortexes-spinning-off-jetstream.html
2018-02-04 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Atlanta (Georgia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180204-61702-USA
2018-02-04 - Waterspout and strong winds blow away boats and dumpster in Singapore:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/heavy-rain-across-singapore-pub-issues-high-flood-risk-for-tampines-road
http://www.sott.net/article/376419-Waterspout-and-strong-winds-blow-away-boats-dumpster-in-Singapore-VIDEOS
2018-02-04 - Freezing rain and heavy snow hit Moscow (Russia), 1 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=SS-20180204-61690-RUS
http://www.trtworld.com/europe/russia-sees-coldest-winter-with-temperatures-dropping-to-minus-67c-14834
http://www.sott.net/article/376251-Russias-coldest-winter-at-67C-once-in-a-century-blizzard-buries-Moscow-expected-to-continue-through-Monday-PHOTO-VIDEO
http://watchers.news/2018/02/04/snowfall-of-the-century-record-breaking-snow-freezing-rain-wreak-havoc-across-moscow/
2018-02-04 - After Hurricane Irma, islanders in Barbuda fear their cherished lifestyle may be lost forever:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/after-hurricane-in-barbuda-islanders.html
2018-02-04 - White House pulls nomination of top environmental adviser and climate-change skeptic who once called CO2 'the gas of life':
http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-trump-to-pull-nomination-of-top-environmental-adviser-2018-2
2018-02-04 - More than 12,000 retail stores expected to close in 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/more-than-1200-stores-expected-to-close.html
Note: But magically this won't affect unemployment!
2018-02-04 - Cannabis plant proving durable, economical in home building:
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180204/cannabis-plant-proving-durable-economical-in-home-building
Note: And if your home burns down, at least you get a buzz!
2018-02-04 - US government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-us-government-is-set-to-borrow-nearly-dollar1-trillion-this-year-an-84-percent-jump-from-last-year/ar-BBIDDl0
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/03/the-u-s-government-is-set-to-borrow-nearly-1-trillion-this-year/
2018-02-04 - The Philadelphia Eagles defeat the New England Patriots 41-33 in an epic Superbowl LII:
http://sports.yahoo.com/eagles-beat-patriots-epic-super-bowl-lii-031817194.html
http://whdh.com/sports/foles-eagles-outshoot-patriots-for-1st-super-bowl/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/philly-police-scanner-reveals-horrific-101131734.html
http://www.newsweek.com/raucous-celebrations-and-riots-erupt-philadelphia-fans-celebrate-eagles-799352
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/super-bowl-2018-final-score-eagles-win-first-super-bowl-title-top-patriots-in-thriller/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super/2018/02/04/super-bowl-2018-score-philadelphia-eagles-new-england-patriots/305840002/
Quote: "In the wildest shootout in Super Bowl history, unheralded Nick Foles outdueled legendary Tom Brady to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl title, defeating the New England Patriots 41-33."
2018-02-04 - 465-year-old arm of Catholic saint St Francis Xavier is on tour across Canada:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/st-francis-xavier-body-part-in-midst-of-cross-country-tour/article37616392/
2018-02-05 - Unknown odor hits workers at Hanford Nuclear Site near Kennewick (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/5-workers-at-hanford-site-report-suspicious-smell
http://www.dailyprogress.com/workers-at-hanford-site-report-suspicious-smell/article_b4e2d677-a762-58df-adfc-5b0c725b8fed.html
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/state/washington/article198584804.html
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/hanford/article198564754.html
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/feb/06/five-workers-at-hanford-site-report-suspicious-sme/
http://www.king5.com/article/news/5-workers-at-hanford-site-report-suspicious-smell/281-515200271
2018-02-05 - Fisherman has heart attack on fishing vessel near coastal Pointe de Grave (France):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-Albator-Ii-I297890.html
http://www.sudouest.fr/2018/02/05/bassin-d-arcachon-un-helicoptere-de-la-base-120-de-cazaux-au-secours-d-un-marin-a-la-pointe-de-grave-4175059-2918.php
Quote: "A helicopter of the Pyrenees squadron at the Cazaux Air Base 120 intervened to save a sailor who had suffered a heart attack on the 'Albator II' in night of Feb 3, 2018, at Pointe de Grave. The CROSS Etel was informed at 7.10 p.m. that the fisherman had suffered a heart attack on the trawler 100 kilometers off the tip of Grave in Gironde."
2018-02-05 - Earth’s ice is melting much faster than forecast:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/05/earths-ice-is-melting-much-faster-than-forecast/
2018-02-05 - The Arctic has inversions just like Utah, and they could be making climate change worse:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/05/the-arctic-has-inversions-just-like-utah-and-they-could-be-making-climate-change-worse/
2018-02-05 - The 5 most alarming climate events in a near-record warm 2017:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/the-5-most-alarming-climate-events-in.html
2018-02-05 - Cape Town pushes possible tap closure on 'Day Zero' to May:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/cape-town-pushes-possible-tap-closure.html
Note: So what happens when there's no water in a city with millions of people? I guess we'll find out!
2018-02-05 - Lightning strike hits 5 people, kills 2 of them, in Zimbabwe:
http://www.chronicle.co.zw/lightning-bolt-strikes-pupil-13-woman-dead/
http://www.sott.net/article/376387-Lightning-bolt-strikes-5-people-killing-2-in-Zimbabwe
2018-02-05 - Heavy rain, flooding and landslides hit Jakarta and West Java (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20180205-61716-IDN
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180205-61716-IDN
2018-02-05 - Suddenly receding ocean creates panic in Visakhapatnam (India):
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-02-05/Receding-of-sea-creates-panic/356661
http://www.sott.net/article/376498-Receding-ocean-creates-panic-in-Visakhapatnam-India
2018-02-05 - Lamb born with 5 legs in Cornsay (Britain):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5350379/Lamb-FIVE-HALF-limbs-fed-hand.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376380-Signs-and-Portents-Lamb-born-with-5-legs-in-Cornsay-UK
2018-02-05 - Two-headed snake with a head at each end found in Qingyuan (China):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5352975/Rare-snake-head-END-body-China.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376456-Signs-and-Portents-Two-headed-snake-found-in-China
2018-02-05 - Dow closes down 1,175 in biggest single-day point loss ever:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-plummets-1500-points-before-partial-rebound/ar-BBIInNX
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/market-dive-lops-dollar114-billion-from-fortunes-of-worlds-richest/ar-BBIKoTf
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/1175-points-we-just-witnessed-the-largest-one-day-stock-market-crash-ever
2018-02-05 - Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment gets unruly at airport in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://pagesix.com/2018/02/06/haley-joel-osment-melts-down-after-missing-his-flight/
http://people.com/movies/haley-joel-osment-public-disturbance-las-vegas-airport/
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/showbiz/article/cops-called-after-haley-joel-osment-goes-on-a-rant-at-airport#idFe5EQaRqQ5rQ0J.97
2018-02-06 - Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes near coastal Hualien (Taiwan), buildings collapse, 4+ killed, 243+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EQ-20180207-61732-TWN
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/hotel-collapses-taiwan-major-earthquake-180206171245403.html
http://www.asiaone.com/asia/least-2-dead-over-200-injured-taiwan-quake
http://globalnews.ca/news/4008947/taiwan-earthquake-damage/
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/la-fg-taiwan-earthquake-20180206-story.html
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/taiwan-hotel-collapses-6-4-magnitude-quake-173542390.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-earthquake-hualien-quake-east-coast-9934764
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/two-dead-and-at-least-200-hurt-in-taiwan-quake-rrbgjjtbs
http://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2018/02/06/4-killed-more-than-200-injured-in-magnitude-64-quake-in-taiwan
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/50000-affected-with145-people-still.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42970377
Quote: "Four people died, 85 more went missing and at least 243 were injured after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of eastern Taiwan."
2018-02-06 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #92, 29th January-6th February 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/extreme-weather-report-02072018.html
2018-02-06 - Construction worker has 'medical incident' and collapses unconscious in tunnel in Ottawa (Canada):
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/paramedics-pull-unconscious-lrt-worker-from-tunnel
http://canadadn.com/paramedics-pull-unconscious-lrt-worker-from-tunnel
http://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/ottawa/paramedics-pull-unconscious-lrt-worker-from-tunnel/
http://www.canada-headlines.com/article/paramedics-pull-unconscious-lrt-worker-from-tunnel
Quote: "An LRT construction worker is in stable condition in hospital after losing consciousness in the tunnel due to a medical incident Tuesday."
2018-02-06 - Man in his 30s has 'medical emergency' on coastal walking track near Wellington (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/101213756/waitangi-day-rescue-for-tourist-on-popular-walking-track-north-of-wellington
Quote: "Life Flight winch a man to safety after he suffered a medical emergency on the Paekakariki Escarpment Track."
2018-02-06 - January 2018 continued record-breaking growth of CO2 in the atmosphere:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/january-2018-continued-record-breaking.html
2018-02-06 - Volcano Tenorio rumbling and quaking in Guanacaste (Costa Rica):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20180207-61735-CRI
2018-02-06 - Keeping the world below 2C of warming needs tech we don’t have:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2018/02/carbon-dioxide-removal-tech-is-behind-schedule/
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/06/we-can-pull-co2-from-air-but-its-no-silver-bullet-for-climate-change-scientists-warn/
Note: We'll be able to build the tech we need once we find a big deposit of unobtainium!
2018-02-06 - Major study finds mid-latitudes ozone layer not repairing as models predict:
http://cosmosmagazine.com/geoscience/despite-polar-progress-ozone-layer-continues-to-deteriorate
http://www.sott.net/article/376538-Major-study-finds-mid-latitudes-ozone-layer-not-repairing-as-models-predict
2018-02-06 - Hurricane-torn Puerto Rico says it can’t pay any of its debts for 5 years:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/hurricane-torn-puerto-rico-says-it-cant.html
2018-02-06 - Heavy rain hit Bolivia and Argentina, 6 killed, many thousands displaced:
http://santiagotimes.cl/2018/02/04/at-least-6-killed-thousands-displaced-after-strong-storms-hit-bolivia-and-argentina-videos/
http://www.sott.net/article/376613-At-least-6-killed-tens-of-thousands-displaced-as-floods-hit-Bolivia-and-Argentina-VIDEOS
2018-02-06 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Brunei:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180206-61729-BRN
2018-02-06 - Heavy snowfall continues falling on Japan:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180206_22/
http://www.sott.net/article/376536-Heavy-snowfall-continues-to-hit-cities-in-Japan-VIDEOS
2018-02-06 - Sunrise roll cloud engulfs Virginia’s sky like a giant rolling pin on fire:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/roll-cloud-virginia-sky.html
2018-02-06 - Strange grinding, moaning sounds heard in sky over Georgia:
http://www.sott.net/article/376656-Sounds-like-the-Earth-is-giving-birth-Strange-grinding-moaning-sounds-heard-in-sky-over-Georgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWCAmPfivE
2018-02-06 - Scientists find massive reserves of mercury hidden in permafrost:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/05/scientists-find-massive-reserves-of-mercury-hidden-in-permafrost/
2018-02-06 - Whales swallowing thousands of plastic particles every day:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/microplastics-pose-threats-to-iconic.html
2018-02-06 - Faced with failing antibiotics, scientists are using killer viruses to fight superbugs:
http://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-are-using-killer-viruses-to-fight-superbugs-as-antibiotics-fail-2018-2
2018-02-06 - SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lauches Tesla into space at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral (Florida):
http://www.localnews8.com/lifestyle/elon-musk-just-launched-our-earthshaking-new-adventure/697657439
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/spacex-s-big-new-rocket-blasts-off-with-sports-car-1.3791214
http://www.local10.com/news/space-news/spacex-successfully-launches-big-new-falcon-heavy-rocket
http://abc7chicago.com/technology/spacex-falcon-heavy-launches-with-tesla-roadster-on-top/3042432/
http://cbs12.com/news/local/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-poised-to-carry-tesla-sports-car-into-space
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5356825/Video-reveals-Elon-Musks-car-fired-MARS.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5516588/space-x-falcon-heavy-rocket-elon-musk-tesla-mars/
2018-02-06 - Despite Trump's tough talk, trade gap widens to 9-year high:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/despite-trumps-tough-talk-trade-gap-widens-to-9-year-high/ar-BBILY4E
2018-02-06 - Woman finds neighbor's dog riding her pony in Bolivar (Missouri):
http://www.khq.com/story/37443705/watch-missouri-woman-finds-neighbors-dog-riding-pony
http://wric.com/2018/02/06/watch-woman-surprised-to-find-neighbors-dog-riding-pony/
http://myfox8.com/2018/02/06/woman-catches-neighbors-dog-riding-her-pony/
http://whotv.com/2018/02/06/woman-catches-neighbors-dog-riding-her-pony/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/37440336/missouri-woman-finds-neighbors-dog-riding-pony
2018-02-07 - Unknown odor sickens 15 people at high school in Grand Terrace (California), just east of the Santa Ana River:
http://www.pe.com/2018/02/07/hazmat-responds-to-strong-chemical-smell-from-grand-terrace-high-classroom/
http://ktla.com/2018/02/07/grand-terrace-high-school-evacuated-after-multiple-students-staff-member-sickened-by-chemical-irritant/
http://www.sbsun.com/2018/02/07/hazmat-responds-to-strong-chemical-smell-from-grand-terrace-high-classroom/
Quote: "A Grand Terrace High School staff member was transported to the hospital after fire and hazmat crews responded to reports of a strong chemical smell coming from a classroom late Wednesday morning. Fourteen students and one staff member complained of having problems breathing prompting the evacuation of Building A and a soft lockdown of the entire campus, according to school and fire officials."
2018-02-07 - Unknown chemical odor hits home in coastal Seaside (Oregon):
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180208/epa-investigating-chemical-odor-inside-seaside-home
http://www.kast1370.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4784:epa-tracking-seaside-mystery-odor
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20180208/mystery-smell-concerns-neighbors-in-seaside
2018-02-07 - Rotten egg odor spreads across wide area in Bristol (Britain):
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/updates-eggy-gas-smell-settling-1183084
Quote: "They describe it as a strong, sulphur smell that is akin to rotten eggs outdoors. Dog walkers have also contacted the Post about the strange smell settling in the area."
Note: Two men just dropped dead on the same day in Bristol too, mentioned in the 2018-02-05 update...
2018-02-07 - Boy, 17, has seizure and topples into scalding hot water, in Garden City (Michigan):
http://www.foxla.com/news/local-news/teen-falls-into-scalding-water-during-seizure-burning-30-percent-of-body
http://www.sfgate.com/news/media/Teen-falls-into-scalding-water-during-seizure-1187215.php
http://www.fox4news.com/news/311900610-video
Quote: "The Belleville High School student was drawing hot water for a bath when he had a seizure, falling face first into the scalding hot water."
2018-02-07 - Woman, 24, pulled unconscious from swimming pool at fitness center in Grapevine (Texas):
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/02/07/women-secretly-living-at-lifetime-fitness-found-nearly-drowned-in-pool/
2018-02-07 - Woman, 68, has 'medical event' on cruise ship in coastal Milford Sound (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/101234047/cruise-ship-passenger-airlifted-out-of-milford-sound
Quote: "A 68-year-old woman is to be airlifted to Dunedin Hospital after a medical event on a cruise ship in Milford Sound."
2018-02-07 - Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes just off the eastern coast of Taiwan:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/915815/taiwan-earthquake-hualien-pacific-ring-of-fire-big-one-tsunami
2018-02-08 - Arctic sea ice extent hit record low in January, and sea ice extent globally also hit record low:
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2018/02/sea-ice-tracking-low-in-both-hemispheres/
Quote: "January of 2018 began and ended with satellite-era record lows in Arctic sea ice extent, resulting in a new record low for the month. Combined with low ice extent in the Antarctic, global sea ice extent is also at a record low."
2018-02-08 - Temp hit 67F in Ketchikan (Alaska) in January, hottest January Alaska temp ever recorded:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/jan-2018-alaska-highest-temperature.html
2018-02-07 - Earth’s atmosphere is raining viruses and bacteria:
http://nypost.com/2018/02/06/earths-atmosphere-is-raining-viruses-and-bacteria/
2018-02-07 - Warnings issued as Sudden Stratospheric Warming threatens Europe with big freeze:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/08/warnings-issued-as-sudden-stratospheric-warming-threatens-europe-with-big-freeze/
2018-02-07 - Lightning strike kills 22-year-old man and injures his father in Honey Island (Texas):
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/texas/story/2018/feb/08/lightning-strike-kills-22-year-old-man-injures-his-father/712499/
http://www.sott.net/article/376739-Lightning-strike-kills-22-year-old-man-injures-his-father-in-Honey-Island-Texas
2018-02-07 - Tornado touches down in Chunky (Mississippi):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180209-61765-USA
2018-02-07 - Winter storm dumps two feet of snow on parts of British Columbia (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/4012458/massive-winter-storm-dumps-snow-b-c/
http://www.sott.net/article/376760-Massive-winter-storm-dumps-over-30-cms-2-feet-of-snow-in-24-hours-on-parts-of-British-Columbia-PHOTOS-VIDEOS
2018-02-07 - Heavy snow strands hundreds of drivers on road in Fukui (Japan):
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/07/national/800-cars-remain-stranded-heavy-snow-sea-japan-coast/
http://www.sott.net/article/376648-Massive-snow-strands-800-cars-in-Fukui-Japan-for-second-day-2-feet-of-snowfall-in-48-hours
2018-02-07 - Twin waterspouts spotted off Maui (Hawaii):
http://mauinow.com/2018/02/07/waterspout-spectacle-unstable-weather-remains-for-wednesday/
http://www.sott.net/article/376740-Twin-waterspouts-spotted-off-Maui-Hawaii-VIDEOS
2018-02-07 - Rising number of warm water species found off the coast of Ireland:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/it-s-fishy-rise-in-warm-water-species-found-off-our-coasts-1.3382378
2018-02-07 - Meteor spotted over Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://www.news9.com/story/37429683/watch-okc-resident-captures-falling-star-on-dashcam
http://www.sott.net/article/376687-Oklahoma-City-resident-captures-meteor-fireball-on-dash-cam
2018-02-07 - NASA tracking two small asteroids making near passes with Earth this week:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/nasa-tracks-two-small-asteroids-making-near-passes-of-earth-this-week/vi-BBIPylH?ocid=spartandhp
2018-02-07 - EMF causes cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and suicide and is the disease of our 21st century civilization:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/its-dirty-electric-emf-causes-cancer.html
2018-02-07 - New form of water, both liquid and solid, is really strange:
http://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/superionic-water-neptune-uranus.html
Quote: "This new form, called superionic water, consists of a rigid lattice of oxygen atoms through which positively charged hydrogen nuclei move. It is not known to exist naturally anywhere on Earth, but it may be bountiful farther out in the solar system, including in the mantles of Uranus and Neptune."
2018-02-08 - Man, 51, has chest pains on fishing vessel off the coast of Atlantic City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/atlantic/index.ssf/2018/02/coast_guard_rescues_fisherman_having_chest_pains_9.html
http://jerseyshoreonline.com/new-jersey/coast-guard-medevacs-fisherman-chest-pains/
Quote: "The U.S. Coast Guard came to the aid of a fisherman experiencing chest pains 90 miles off Atlantic City on Thursday afternoon. The 51-year-old man was aboard the 73-foot fishing boat Connor & Michael when a crew member called for help at 12:18 p.m, according to a news release from the Coast Guard."
2018-02-08 - Man goes into cardiac arrest in carpark in coastal Weston-super-Mare (Britain):
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/emergency-services-tackling-medical-incident-in-weston-super-mare-1-5387334
http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/weston-super-mare-police-helicopter-1187034
http://www.todays-news.co.uk/newsitem/emergency-services-tackling-incident-at-weston-ncp
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/emergency-services-tackling-incident-at-weston-ncp
http://www.newspaperstoday.co.uk/item/emergency-services-tackling-incident-at-weston-ncp
Quote: "The patient, a man who suffered a cardiac arrest, was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary."
2018-02-08 - Woman collapses on Ashby High Street in Scunthorpe (Britain), near the River Trent:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe. Thu 8 Feb 2018 15:31 (No:02380) Adult female collapsed in street. First aid administered by Fire Service personnel until arrival of paramedic."
2018-02-08 - What’s the real US weather story for Fall and Winter of 2017-2018? Abnormally warm, abnormally dry:
http://robertscribbler.com/2018/02/07/whats-the-real-u-s-weather-story-for-fall-and-winter-of-2017-2018-abnormally-warm-abnormally-dry/
2018-02-08 - Global temperatures could pass limit set by Paris climate deal within 5 years:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/global-tempratures-to-exceed-paris.html
2018-02-08 - Kevin Hester interviews Dr Andrew Glikson, earth and paleo-climate scientist:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/nbl-kevin-hester-interviews-dr-andrew.html
2018-02-08 - Grain harvest down 70% in Australia:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/habitat-habitat-australian-grain.html
2018-02-08 - Aftershocks continue to rattle Taiwan, death toll rises to 10, dozens still missing:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/aftershocks-rattle-taiwan-as-quake-toll-rises-to-10-58-missing/ar-BBIMgYU
2018-02-08 - Tornado touches down in Junction City (Georgia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180209-61768-USA
2018-02-08 - Heavy snowfall causes gridlock in Paris (France):
http://watchers.news/2018/02/08/heavy-snowfall-gridlocks-paris-record-740-km-460-miles-of-traffic-jams-reported/
2018-02-08 - Power plants’ coal ash reports show toxins leaking into groundwater:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/07/power-plants-coal-ash-reports-show-toxins-leaking-into-groundwater/
2018-02-08 - Cat plague is back after nearly 40 years in hiding:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-06/cat-plague-is-back-after-nearly-40-years-in-hiding/9401794
http://www.sott.net/article/376734-Cat-plague-is-back-after-nearly-40-years-in-hiding
2018-02-08 - Embark’s self-driving semi completes trip from California to Florida:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/embark-self-driving-semi-completes-203400076.html
2018-02-08 - Dow closes 1,030 points lower, enters correction territory:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/dow-closes-1030-points-lower-enters-correction-territory/ar-BBIQDR5
2018-02-08 - The trade in dog meat South Korea doesn't want Olympics tourists to see:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5354509/Secret-South-Korea-dog-meat-trade-Olympics-dont-want-seen.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376735-The-trade-in-dog-meat-South-Korea-doesnt-want-Olympics-tourists-to-see
2018-02-09 - Unknown gas odor evacuates school in Belleville (Illinois):
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article199277494.html
Quote: "Firefighters were joined by Ameren workers in checking the area for gas leaks. They were unsuccessful at finding any gas leak or source, but Ameren remained at the scene after firefighters left at 9 a.m., Elliff said."
2018-02-09 - Huge numbers of birds seen within two days in Dallas and Houston (Texas):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/we-are-beginning-to-feel-a-bit-uneasy-about-all-these-birds-thousands-of-birds-invade-gas-station-in-houston-and-the-sky-of-dallas-within-a-few-days.html
2018-02-09 - High school student has 'medical issue' and collapses in bathroom at school, in critical condition, in coastal Arlington (Virginia):
http://wjla.com/news/local/arlington-hs-student-taken-to-hospital-in-critical-condition-after-medical-issue
http://www.fox5dc.com/news/juvenile-in-critical-condition-after-unknown-incident-at-high-school-in-arlington-county
http://www.insidenova.com/news/education/arlington/student-in-critical-condition-after-medical-emergency-at-yorktown-high/article_116efa4a-0db7-11e8-afda-77a19102d32b.html
http://www.arlnow.com/2018/02/09/yorktown-high-school-student-taken-to-hospital/
2018-02-09 - Police officer has 'medical emergency' at jail in coastal Kent (Washington):
http://twitter.com/kentpd/status/962048199035822085
Quote: "An officer had a medical emergency at the Kent Correctional Facility, he’s ok and headed to the hospital for evaluation."
2018-02-09 - Devil's bargain - why aerosols pose a deadly climate change threat:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-aerosols-are-a-deadly-climate-change-threat-w516504
2018-02-09 - Floods are getting worse, and 2,500 chemical sites lie in the water’s path:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/06/climate/flood-toxic-chemicals.html
2018-02-09 - Lightning strike kills 89 animals in Zwelitsha (South Africa):
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/East-Griqualand-Fever/lightning-kills-livestock-20180203
http://www.sott.net/article/376920-Lightning-bolt-kills-89-farm-animals-in-South-Africa
2018-02-09 - Cyclone Gita roars through Samoa, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20180210-61777-WSM
2018-02-09 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Fiji Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180210-61775-FJI
2018-02-09 - Unofficial world record for largest hailstone set on February 8 (23 cm, 9 inches) in Cordoba (Argentina):
http://watchers.news/2018/02/10/unofficial-world-record-largest-hailstone-23-cm-cordoba-argentina/
http://www.sott.net/article/376924-Hail-larger-than-softballs-pummeled-Cordoba-Argentina-PHOTO-VIDEO
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/02/09/hail-larger-than-softballs-pummeled-an-argentina-city-on-thursday/
2018-02-09 - Winter storm hammers parts of the US Midwest:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/snowstorm-hammers-us-midwest-hundreds-of-flights-canceled/ar-BBIV3MM
2018-02-09 - Methane reporting gap widens in oil and gas industry:
http://www.ecowatch.com/methane-reporting-companies-2532153823.html
2018-02-09 - Mad Max violence stalks Venezuela's lawless roads:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-economy-trucks-widerimage/mad-max-violence-stalks-venezuelas-lawless-roads-idUSKBN1FT1G9
2018-02-09 - Brand new $15 million fleet of fire trucks hits the streets in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://fox2now.com/2018/02/09/st-louis-fire-department-receives-new-fleet-of-fire-engines/
http://kplr11.com/2018/02/09/st-louis-fire-department-receives-new-fleet-of-fire-engines/
Note: Now there's a reasonable use of tax dollars in this day and age!
2018-02-09 - Study suggests that plants have consciousness:
http://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17747-new-study-suggests-plants-have-consciousness
http://www.sott.net/article/376863-Plants-have-consciousness-new-study-suggests
2018-02-09 - CERN physicists find evidence of quasiparticules called 'Odderons' first predicted in the 1970s:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/cern-physicists-find-evidence-of-quasiparticules-odderon-first-predicted-in-the-1970s.html
2018-02-10 - SOTT Earth Changes Summary for January 2018, extreme weather, planetary upheaval, meteors:
http://www.sott.net/article/376997-SOTT-Earth-Changes-Summary-January-2018-Extreme-Weather-Planetary-Upheaval-Meteor-Fireballs
2018-02-10 - Woman has 'medical incident' in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1412017/police-seal-off-aberdeen-woman-falls-ill/
http://ukdailypost.com/police-seal-off-aberdeen-after-woman-falls-ill
http://www.newsoneplace.com/8165731712/police-aberdeen
2018-02-10 - Person has 'medical incident' on High Street in Wickford (Britain), near the River Crouch:
http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/police-paramedics-called-incident-wickford-1196097
2018-02-10 - Unknown cause knocks down around 100 huge Douglas Fir trees west of Seattle (Washington):
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/weather/article/Mysterious-wind-blows-down-big-trees-in-W-12562651.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNKahxbfgy8
2018-02-20 - Lightning strike kills 17 goats near Helmeringhausen (Namibia):
http://www.namibian.com.na/64258/read/Lightning-kills-17-goats-at-farm-Regina
http://www.sott.net/article/377013-Lightning-bolt-kills-17-goats-at-farm-in-Namibia
2018-02-10 - Cyclone Gita and tropical depression TD08F hit Samoa and Fiji causing devastation:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/double-trouble-cyclone-gita-and.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5374995/Tropical-cyclone-Gita-creates-devastation-Samoa.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376935-Roads-turned-into-rivers-mass-blackouts-and-hundreds-of-islanders-are-evacuated-as-Cyclone-Gita-slams-Samoa-VIDEOS-PHOTOS
2018-02-10 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Harlan County (Kentucky), state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180211-61793-USA
2018-02-10 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Malta:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180210-61783-MLT
2018-02-10 - Cape Town hit by a dribble of rain in South Africa, people rejoice:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/drought-hit-cape-town-rejoices-at-rain/ar-BBIXp23
2018-02-10 - Storm dumps 15 inches of snow on Chicago (Illinois):
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/the-first-real-winter-weve-had-in.html
2018-02-10 - More than 300 inches of snow has fallen this season in Redfield (New York):
http://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/mountains-of-snow-redfield-passes-300-for-season/963814513
http://www.sott.net/article/376983-Mountains-of-snow-Redfield-in-New-York-passes-300-inches-for-season
2018-02-10 - New snow record set for Calgary, Alberta (Canada):
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/calgary-alberta-sets-snow-on-the-ground-record-february-2018/95419
http://www.sott.net/article/376984-New-snow-record-set-for-Calgary-Alberta
2018-02-10 - The underestimated threat of land-based microplastic pollution:
http://phys.org/news/2018-02-land-based-pollution-microplastics-underestimated-threat.html
http://www.sott.net/article/376954-The-underestimated-threat-of-land-based-microplastic-pollution
2018-02-10 - US Army now holding drills with ground robots that shoot:
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/02/us-army-now-holding-drills-ground-robots-shoot/145854/
2018-02-10 - US Marines building amphibious robotic war balls:
http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/02/marines-are-building-robotic-war-balls/105258/
2018-02-11 - Unknown odor sickens people at restaurant in Temecula (California):
http://www.pe.com/2018/02/11/temecula-restaurant-closed-temporarily-over-strange-odor-that-caused-evacuation-illnesses/
http://myvalleynews.com/local/temecula/hazmat-responds-to-temecula-restaurant/
http://www.topix.com/forum/news/weird/TU6TELUR3LNVOQSNG
Note: They did detect some carbon monoxide in the restaurant too, but that couldn't have been the odor since carbon monoxide is odorless...
2018-02-11 - High school boy has 'medical incident' during wrestling match in Athens (Ohio):
http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/old-dominion/article_5d11d116-88f8-545e-ae24-fbcef17c8583.html
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-virginia-sports-roundup-20180211-story.html
Quote: "Old Dominion was leading 13-6 at Ohio when the remainder of the match was canceled because of what the Bobcats’ website called a 'medical incident' involving Ohio 174-pounder Austin Reese, who was wrestling the Monarchs’ Seldon Wright."
2018-02-11 - Woman, 71, has heart problems just before 3:45 AM on cruise ship off the coast of Maryland:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/02/11/cruise-ship-medevac/
http://wtop.com/maryland/2018/02/coast-guard-rescue-crew-transports-woman-from-cruise-ship/
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/coast-guard-rescue-crew-transports-woman-from-cruise-ship
Quote: "The Coast Guard medevaced a woman from a cruise ship that was off the coast of Maryland on Sunday. The 71-year-old woman was suffering a possible cardiac event on the cruise ship Carnival Pride, when a crewmember contacted watchstanders at the Coast Guard just before 3:45 a.m."
2018-02-11 - Snow and cold snap hit Spain:
http://www.sott.net/article/377004-The-beaches-of-Barcelona-snow-covered-and-a-temperature-of-21C-recorded-in-Spain
http://fr.euronews.com/2018/02/09/les-plages-de-barcelone-enneigees
2018-02-11 - One-two punch of disease and Hurricane Irma has left Florida citrus reeling:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/one-two-punch-of-disease-and-irma-has-left-florida-citrus-reeling/ar-BBIXxYt
2018-02-11 - Huge 20-pound rodents, nutria, found reproducing in the San Joaquin Valley (California):
http://www.sunherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article199582284.html
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Invasive-20-pound-rodents-increasingly-burrowing-12567822.php
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/nutria-discovered-in-san-joaquin-valley-cdfw-seeks-to-prevent-further-spread-and-infestation/
2018-02-12 - Arctic sea ice extent at record lows as winter temperatures soar:
http://robertscribbler.com/2018/02/12/arctic-sea-ice-extent-at-record-lows-as-winter-temperatures-soar/
2018-02-12 - If you live in Florida, doctors say climate change is already affecting your health:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/if-you-live-in-florida-doctors-say.html
2018-02-12 - Volcano Turrialba erupts again in Costa Rica:
http://news.co.cr/video-another-big-eruption-registered-turrialba-volcano-costa-rica/70567/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/the-costa-rica-colossus-turrialba.html
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20180213-61823-CRI
2018-02-12 - Volcano Mayon erupts again in the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180113-61386-PHL
Quote: "Nearly 15,000 people have fled from villages around the Philippines' most active volcano as lava flowed down its crater Monday in a gentle eruption that scientists warned could turn explosive."
2018-02-12 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Northern Mariana Islands:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/12/c_136969668.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/377110-Shallow-6-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-Northern-Mariana-Islands
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/a-mag-62-reduced-by-usgs-to-60-east-of.html
2018-02-12 - Magnitude 4.8 earthquake shakes western France, people report explosion:
http://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/western-france-shaken-by-48-magnitude-earthquake-in-middle-of-night
http://www.sott.net/article/377238-Like-an-explosion-Western-France-shaken-by-4-8-magnitude-earthquake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGkTjTolb0
Quote: "A baker in the town of Busseau told RMC radio: 'I was in my bakery and then it was like a big explosion, a terrible shock, we thought a truck had crashed into a wall.' A baker in the town of Châtaigneraie added: 'I was scared. I thought it was an explosion. There was a "boom" for a few seconds, maybe five seconds. It's happened before but it's never been that powerful.'"
Note: Earthquakes don't normally cause explosions. Maybe it WAS an explosion. Powerful explosions can register as seismic events...
2018-02-12 - Hundreds of earthquakes shake the Azores Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180213-61829-AZR
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/hundreds-of-small-earthquakes-monday.html
Quote: "The mid-Atlantic Azores Islands experienced hundreds of small earthquakes on Monday, the Azores Center for Seismovolcanic Information and Surveillance (CIVISA) confirmed. The tremors began shortly before midnight on Sunday and continued throughout Monday morning. Most were microseisms, tremors caused by natural phenomenon that cannot be felt by humans. But around 20 of the earthquakes were strong enough to be felt by the local population."
2018-02-12 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Pegasus in North Canterbury (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180213-61832-NZL
2018-02-12 - The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water, like Cape Town:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42982959
2018-02-12 - Sandstorm hits Saudi Arabia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180212-61821-SAU
2018-02-12 - Lightning strikes kill 4 people and injure many more in Madhya Pradesh (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/lightning-kills-4-injures-many/articleshow/62877440.cms
http://www.sott.net/article/377112-Lightning-strikes-kill-4-injure-many-hailstorms-damage-crops-in-Madhya-Pradesh-India
2018-02-12 - Heavy rain and flooding hit parts of Virginia, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180213-61826-USA
2018-02-12 - Flu causing 1 in 10 deaths in the US, and climbing:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-09/flu-caused-1-in-10-american-deaths-last-week
http://www.sott.net/article/377061-1-in-10-American-deaths-caused-by-flu-and-climbing
2018-02-12 - Scientists to study ancient ecosystem under huge Antarctic iceberg:
http://news.sky.com/story/mystery-ecosystem-under-huge-antarctic-iceberg-set-for-exploration-11247317
2018-02-12 - Get off your duff and shake your stuff, the health benefits of dancing:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/amazing-health-benefits-dancing
http://www.sott.net/article/377058-Get-off-your-duff-and-shake-your-stuff-The-health-benefits-of-dancing
2018-02-12 - More than a dozen parasitic worms removed from woman's eyes after horseback riding in Gold Beach (Oregon):
http://wwlp.com/2018/02/13/14-worms-pulled-from-womans-eye-after-rare-infection/
2018-02-12 - Woman has headache, goes to sleep, wakes up with British accent, in Buckeye (Arizona):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5366357/Former-beauty-queen-wakes-British-accent.html
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-west-valley/buckeye/valley-woman-suffering-from-rare-disease-wakes-with-british-accent
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/02/13/arizona-woman-goes-to-bed-with-pounding-headache-wakes-up-with-british-accent.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/130218/american-woman-with-headaches-wakes-up-with-british-accent.html
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/02/12/woman-headaches-british-accent/
Quote: "According to experts, she's not crazy and not faking it. She's been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome. It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues."
2018-02-13 - Landfill spewing hydrogen sulfide across broad area in Scott County (Mississippi):
http://www.sctonline.net/news/gas-and-odors-landfill-taint-south-scott-air
Quote: "Residents within a 10-mile radius are feeling the effects of the odor in the air. In December the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) requested that Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health (CTEH) initiate an air monitoring and sampling in response to odor concerns by the residents. One test conducted by the CTEH identified Hydrogen sulfide."
2018-02-13 - Mount Agung erupts again on the island of Bali (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20180213-61835-IDN
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/agung/news/67511/Gunung-Agung-volcano-Bali-Indonesia-new-explosion-this-morning-ash-column-rising-1500-m-above-summit.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/balis-volatile-mount-agung-volcano.html
2018-02-13 - Mud volcano erupts in New Grant on the island of Trinidad:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UGE-20180213-61838-TTO
http://www.caribbean360.com/news/homes-evacuated-mud-volcano-erupts-trinidad
http://www.sott.net/article/377304-Mud-volcano-awakens-after-20-years-in-Trinidad-and-Tobago
Quote: "At least three homes were evacuated and several cracks have appeared on the road as the Devil's Wood Yard mud volcano in New Grant, south of here, erupted early Tuesday. Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) and the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) have converged on the site of the volcano that began erupting at around 4.00 am (local time)."
2018-02-13 - Volcano Furnas shaken by earthquake swarm in the Azores:
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/furnas/news/67501/Furnas-volcano-Sao-Miguel-Island-Azores-earthquake-swarm.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377306-Earthquake-swarm-under-dormant-Furnas-volcano-Azores
2018-02-13 - Yellowstone supervolcano under strain from pressure in magma chamber:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/918315/Yellowstone-ERUPTION-volcano-Supervolcano-STRAIN-magma-chamber-pressure
http://www.sott.net/article/377323-Yellowstone-super-volcano-under-strain-from-magma-chamber-pressure
2018-02-13 - Huge lava dome inflating with magma on the ocean floor south of Kyushu (Japan):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/12/six-mile-lava-dome-could-trigger-volcanic-winter-kill-millions/
http://www.sciencealert.com/massive-lava-dome-discovered-under-japan-measures-over-30-cubic-kilometres
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/gigantic-lava-dome-found-site-ancient-japanese-supereruption/all/
http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/research_at_kobe_en/NEWS/news/2018_02_09_01.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5384899/Lava-building-volcano-near-Japans-southerly-islands.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/a-supervolcano-near-japan-seems-to-be-building-up-for-an-eruption/vi-BBJ8EUW
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180209100713.htm
2018-02-13 - Girls collapsing from unknown cause at school in Jajarkot (Nepal), school closed for three weeks:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH-20180214-61849-IND
http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/mystery-disease-forces-school-remain-shut/
Quote: "With girl students collapsing in the classroom due to an unidentified disease, a school in Nalgadh Municipality has been shut for three weeks in Jajarkot. Panchayabhar Secondary School of the municipality will remain shut for three weeks as girl students started trembling and collapsing abruptly in the last few days. According to Hum Prakash Singh, the head teacher of the school, teaching-learning activities were adversely affected after the incident. According to Singh, at least 10 to 12 girls from Grade V to X were suffering from the mysterious disease every day."
Note: They don't know it's a disease, they're just guessing...
2018-02-13 - Man, 68, falls into the water and disappears in Lake Coeur d'Alene (Idaho):
http://www.khq.com/story/37497298/dive-team-searching-for-missing-boater-on-lake-coeur-dalene
http://www.krem.com/news/local/kootenai-county/rescue-crews-search-for-missing-boater-on-lake-cda-near-powderhorn-bay/518360890
http://www.cdapress.com/local_news/20180213/dive_rescue_team_searching_for_missing_boater
2018-02-13 - Sea level rise is accelerating:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/12/sea-level-rise-is-accelerating-4-inches-per-decade-or-more-by-2100/
2018-02-13 - Effect of removing fossil fuel subsidies falls far short of reductions promised in Paris Agreement:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/new-study-finds-cutting-oil-subsidies.html
2018-02-13 - Cape Town now projected to run out of drinking water in early June:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=DR-20180118-61449-ZAF
Quote: "The drought in Cape Town, South Africa, has been declared a national disaster. The decision was made after "a reassessment of the extent and severity of the current drought." Cape Town has been in a drought for three years. Officials previously said 'Day Zero,' the day the city is supposed to completely run out of water, would happen in April. But thanks to water saving measures, that date has been pushed to June 4."
2018-02-13 - Water crisis looms in Pakistan:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/pakistan-water-crisis-looms-water.html
2018-02-13 - Magnitude 4.3 earthquake shakes Beijing (China):
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/earthquakes-in-strange-places-rare.html
2018-02-13 - Dust storm hits Melbourne (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180214-61844-AUS
http://www.triplem.com.au/news/melbourne/video-dust-storm-hits-melbourne
http://www.3aw.com.au/wild-wind-lashes-melbourne-bringing-dust-storm-and-traffic-chaos/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/humid-conditions-on-the-east-coast-while-gales-could-hit-melbourne/news-story/66acfe50a9a79de4f5572d2f6e732bb8
2018-02-13 - Fearsome Cyclone Gita churns across Tonga, heads toward Vanuatu:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20180214-61841-FJI
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/cyclone-gita-hits-tonga.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/tropical-cyclone-gita-leaves-trail-of.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/cyclone-gita-upgrade-to-category-5.html
http://www.rt.com/news/418704-tonga-cyclone-parliament-destruction/
http://www.sott.net/article/377295-Worst-storm-on-record-Cyclone-Gita-flattens-Tongas-parliament-building
2018-02-13 - Tropical Storm Sanba pummels the Philippine Islands, 4+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TC-20180213-61834-PHL
http://watchers.news/2018/02/12/tropical-storm-sanba-basyang-to-make-landfall-over-mindanao-philippines/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/deadly-tropical-storm-sanba-slammed.html
2018-02-13 - Fierce storm hits Tasmania (Australia), blackouts ensue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180214-61854-AUS
2018-02-13 - Heavy snow hits the coast of the Sea of Japan in Japan:
http://japantoday.com/category/national/5-die-as-snowfall-hits-sea-of-japan-coast
http://www.sott.net/article/377215-Heavy-snowfall-up-to-3-feet-hits-Sea-of-Japan-coast-at-least-5-die
2018-02-13 - Temp hits -65C in Nunavut (Canada), Eskimos advised to stay inside:
http://churchillpolarbears.org/2018/02/arctic-weather-brrrrreaking-records/
http://www.sott.net/article/377202-Arctic-chill-at-minus-65C-in-Nunavut-eskimos-advised-to-stay-indoors
2018-02-13 - Spectacular sun halo spotted over northern Sweden:
http://www.thelocal.se/20180212/magical-sun-halo-spotted-over-northern-sweden
http://www.sott.net/article/377274-Truly-magical-sun-halo-spotted-over-northern-Sweden
2018-02-13 - Parasitic brain-eating pork worm surgically removed from man's eye in Florida:
http://wwlp.com/2018/02/13/video-brain-eating-pork-worm-removed-from-mans-eye/
2018-02-13 - Man, 49, goes missing while skiing in Lake Placid (New York), shows up days later with memory loss in Sacramento (California):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43049523
http://www.wcax.com/content/news/Missing-skier-found-at-Calif-airport-but-says-he-didnt-fly-there-474059773.html
http://www.pressrepublican.com/news/police-filippidis-says-trucker-dropped-him-off-in-calif/article_4ced239a-11c6-11e8-90c4-37adba7926a6.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/14/missing-canadian-firefighter-last-seen-at-new-york-ski-resort-found-in-california-police-say.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/02/14/toronto-firefighter-who-mysteriously-wound-up-in-california-may-have-travelled-across-country-thanks-to-friendly-truck-driver.html
2018-02-13 - Enormous wild boar dubbed 'Pigzilla' caught rummaging in bins near primary school in Hong Kong (China):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/humongous-wild-boar-dubbed-pigzilla-12011991
http://www.sott.net/article/377371-Enormous-wild-boar-dubbed-Pigzilla-caught-rummaging-in-bins-near-primary-school-in-Hong-Kong
Note: Wow, that's one big boar...
2018-02-13 - Man, pastor, married, found in car with young bound naked man, in Munhall (Pennsylvania), says he was counseling the young man:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5575917/priest-insists-nothing-weird-was-going-on-with-the-naked-man-found-tied-up-in-car/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/02/14/pennsylvania-pastor-says-he-counseling-naked-man-tied-up-his-car/336309002/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pastor-car-police-naked-man-counselling-bound-george-nelson-gregory-homestead-pennsylvania-a8210561.html
http://www.statesman.com/news/national/pastor-found-with-naked-bound-man-car-charged-with-lewdness-indecent-exposure-police-say/8wqjg22yeIVT65f8m3K8wO/
Note: 'Counsel me harder, pastor, harder!'
2018-02-14 - Unknown odor sends people fleeing bus station in Ann Arbor (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/02/authorities_confused_after_wei.html
Quote: "A strong odor led to the evacuation of the bus station Tuesday evening in downtown Ann Arbor. Authorities were dispatched at 5:16 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, to the Blake Transit Center after a call of people coughing and running out of the building, Ann Arbor Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Kennedy said."
2018-02-14 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #93, February 6th-13th 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/extreme-weather-and-climate-report.html
2018-02-14 - Man, 74, found unconscious in the water at coastal Kaanapali Beach in Maui (Hawaii):
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/02/13/breaking-news/japanese-man-critical-in-maui-swimming-mishap/
Quote: "A 74-year-old Japanese visitor was found unconscious in waters off Kaanapali Beach on Maui, where so far this year 11 people have died in ocean-related activities."
2018-02-14 - Woman has 'medical emergency' at Colonna’s Shipyard in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://wtkr.com/2018/02/14/norfolk-fire-crews-rescue-woman-having-medical-emergency-at-colonnas-shipyard/
Quote: "Fire crews rescued a woman who was having a medical emergency off the dry dock of Colonna’s Shipyard, according to fire officials. The call came in Wednesday at 10:20 a.m. Officials say crews safely moved the patient down in a basket. She is being treated for her medical condition."
2018-02-14 - Woman, 75, sickens on cruise ship east of Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Pride-9223954.html
http://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-medevacs-woman-from-cruise-ship-carnival-pride-east-of-jacksonville/2018/02/13/
2018-02-14 - Person has 'medical incident' at job center in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/paramedics-called-hull-jobcentre-after-1215665
http://www.newsdump.co.uk/news/paramedics-called-to-hull-jobcentre-after-person-falls-ill
Quote: "An ambulance and an ambulance responder car rushed to the Spring Bank centre during rush-hour on Wednesday night after a person fell ill. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service has described it as a 'medical incident'."
2018-02-14 - Person has 'medical incident' at leisure center in Tonbridge (Britain):
http://www.newsliveupdates.com/police-and-ambulance-crews-called-to-tonbridge-leisure-centre/
http://www.todays-news.co.uk/newsitem/police-and-ambulance-crews-called-to-tonbridge-leisure-centre
Quote: "Emergency services have descended on a leisure centre after a 'medical incident'. Ambulances and a police car have been spotted outside the Angel Centre in Tonbridge. A police spokesman said: “We were called to a medical incident at 10.23am."
2018-02-14 - Ozone at lower latitudes in continuous decline since 1980s, despite Antarctic ozone hole healing:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/ozone-at-lower-latitudes-in-continuous.html
2018-02-14 - Climate change forcing villages to relocate in the Fiji Islands:
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/fiji-villages-move-due-climate-change-180213155519717.html
2018-02-14 - US intelligence agencies warn of climate risks in worldwide threat assessment:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/13022018/climate-change-conflict-disasters-worldwide-threat-assessment-intelligence-agencies-refugees
2018-02-14 - Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Redlands (California):
http://abc7.com/35-quake-strikes-near-redlands/3085868/
2018-02-14 - Lightning strikes kill 3 people in Rajouri (India):
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/state/woman-killed-by-lightning-in-rajouri/275727.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377320-3-killed-by-lightning-strikes-in-Rajouri-India
2018-02-14 - Hailstorm pounds Bhandara and Gondia (India), parakeets and bees killed:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/more-than-500-birds-killed-by-hailstorm-in-india.html
2018-02-14 - Strong windstorm hits Victoria and Tasmania (Australia), 71,000 homes go dark:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/14/strong-windstorm-hits-victoria-and-tasmania-leaving-71-000-homes-without-power/
2018-02-14 - Snowiest winter in 138 years hits Havre (Montana), more snow on the way:
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2018/02/14/record-snow-fall-havre-138-years-more-snow-coming/335065002/
http://www.sott.net/article/377403-Snowiest-winter-in-Havre-Montana-in-138-years-More-snow-on-the-way
2018-02-14 - Record snowfall piles up around the world:
http://www.sott.net/article/377417-Record-snowfall-piles-up-around-the-world
Note: Not just record snowfall, but record rain too. In other words, record precipitation...
2018-02-14 - Meteor spotted over Deer Park in Newfoundland (Canada):
http://vocm.com/news/possible-early-morning-meteor-reported-in-deer-park/
http://www.sott.net/article/377470-Possible-meteor-fireball-reported-in-southeast-Newfoundland
2018-02-14 - Meteor lights up the sky over Dawlish (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/watch-dawlish-webcam-captures-moment-1214350
http://www.sott.net/article/377473-Beach-cam-captures-meteor-fireball-lighting-up-the-skies-over-Dawlish-UK
2018-02-14 - Deadly virus that rats can spread to humans is hitting breeders and pet owners in the US for the first time:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-deadly-virus-that-rats-can-spread-to-humans-is-hitting-breeders-and-pet-owners-in-the-us-for-the-first-time/ar-BBJ31I1
2018-02-14 - Huge swarms of crickets invade Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/101410370/swarming-crickets-in-auckland-like-a-scary-movie-scene
http://www.sott.net/article/377382-Swarming-crickets-in-Auckland-New-Zealand-like-a-scary-movie-scene
2018-02-14 - Trump takes aim at Obama-era rules on methane leaks and gas flaring:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/13022018/methane-leaks-monitoring-global-warming-oil-gas-flares-air-pollution-trump-greenhouse-gas
Note: Moar pollution, die quicker! Make America Gasp Asthmatically!
2018-02-14 - Enriched uranium found floating in the atmosphere above Alaska:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/02/scientists-have-no-idea-why-this-enriched-uranium-particle-was-floating-above-alaska/
http://www.sott.net/article/377303-Enriched-uranium-found-floating-above-Alaska
2018-02-14 - In Iceland, Bitcoin mining will soon use more energy than the residents:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/13/in-iceland-bitcoin-mining-will-soon-use-more-energy-than-its-residents/
2018-02-14 - Third-world levels of poverty and disease in the richest country in the world reveals an America in decline:
http://www.rt.com/op-ed/418572-us-decline-poverty-un/
http://www.sott.net/article/377283-Third-world-levels-of-poverty-and-disease-in-the-richest-country-in-the-world-reveals-an-America-in-decline
2018-02-14 - Man, 19, goes on shooting spree at school in Parkland (Florida), 17+ killed, 15+ injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=SPS-20180215-61863-USA
http://abc7.com/at-least-17-dead-in-florida-school-shooting-officials-say/3084129/
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article200094039.html
http://katu.com/news/nation-world/shooting-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-parkland
http://news3lv.com/news/nation-world/shooting-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-parkland
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Police-Respond-Marjory-Stoneman-Douglas-High-School-Parkland-474078423.html
2018-02-14 - He predicted the 2016 fake news crisis, and now he’s worried about an information apocalypse:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/he-predicted-2016-fake-news-crisis-and.html
Quote: “What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?”
2018-02-14 - The world's first ski tournament for robots was held near the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the pictures are incredible:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-worlds-first-ski-tournament-for-robots-was-held-near-the-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-%E2%80%94-and-the-pictures-are-incredible/ss-BBJ5zHk
2018-02-15 - Unknown 'gas odor' evacuates school in Janesville (Wisconsin), 1800 feet from the Rock River:
http://www.gazettextra.com/news/education/janesville-school-has-short-evacuation-for-gas-smell/article_3648532b-e701-5408-a807-d73fcc88bc20.html
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Report-of-natural-gas-odor-prompts-Janesville-school-evacuation-474172433.html
http://www.wkow.com/story/37513874/janesville-school-evacuated-following-report-of-natural-gas-odor
http://www.channel3000.com/news/elementary-school-evacuated-for-report-of-natural-gas-odor-officials-say/702042886
Quote: "Firefighters and Alliant Energy investigated with gas-detection meters and found no problems, said Battalion Chief Ryan Murphy of the Janesville Fire Department."
2018-02-15 - Unknown 'mystery fumes' sicken people at car dealership in coastal Toms River (New Jersey):
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/emergencies/2018/02/15/toms-river-lester-glenn-evacuated-possible-hazmat/340261002/
2018-02-15 - Gas tanker ship crosses the Arctic in the winter without icebreaker escort for the first time:
http://www.iflscience.com/environment/gas-tanker-crosses-arctic-winter-without-icebreaker-escort-for-first-time/
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2018/02/12/timelapse-video-shipping-first-lng-tanker-crosses-arctic-winter-without-icebreaker-escort/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/gas-tanker-crosses-arctic-in-winter.html
Note: Wow, that's just incredible. This shows just how much the ice has disintegrated that this is even possible at all, much less in the winter. 'Blue Sea Event' incoming soon, and then things will get REALLY bad, like apocalyptically bad...
2018-02-15 - Boy, 13, found unconscious at bottom of swimming pool during gym class in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/drowning-minor-rosemont-pere-marquette-1.4536919
Quote: "A 13-year-old student from École Père-Marquette is in critical condition after he was found at the bottom of an indoor pool Thursday morning in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie."
2018-02-15 - Woman in her 30s has breathing problems, large emergency response, in Chelmsford (Britain)
http://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/live-updates-air-ambulance-fire-1219022
Quote: "We were called at 12.08pm today (February 15) to reports a woman in her 30’s was suffering from breathing problems. Three rapid response vehicles, an ambulance and Essex and Herts air ambulance attended. The woman was taken to Broomfield hospital."
2018-02-15 - Man collapses on Taylors Avenue in coastal Cleethorpes (Britain), 2000 feet from the ocean:
http://www.humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Taylors Avenue, Cleethorpes. Thu 15 Feb 2018 14:26 (No:02780) Fire Service crews assisted Police in giving medical assistance to adult male collapsed in the street. Oxygen therapy and trauma bag in use. Male left in care of paramedics."
Note: About 6 miles from where the car burst into flame in Aylesby on this day...
2018-02-15 - Person has 'medical episode' on High Street in coastal Exeter (Britain):
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/incident-shuts-exeter-high-street-1220107
Quote: "Exeter High Street clears after person has 'medical episode' in road..."
2018-02-15 - There has never been so little ice on this planet since human civilization began:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/record-low-arctic-sea-ice.html
2018-02-15 - Mini ozone hole appears over western Canada:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/15/mini-ozone-hole-appears-over-western-canada/
2018-02-15 - Two earthquakes, magnitudes 4.6 and 4.9, strike near coastal Poso (Indonesia):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/919170/Indonesia-earthquake-latest-update-news-magnitude-Richter-scale-Poso-Gulf-of-Tomini-USGS
2018-02-15 - People fleeing Venezuela into Brazil, Brazil declares state of emergency:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=MG-20180216-61874-BRA
Quote: "Brazil on Thursday said it will declare a 'state of social emergency' and boost troops on its border with Venezuela in response to an influx of people fleeing the crisis in that country."
2018-02-15 - Tornado rips through Uniontown (Pennsylvania), dozens of homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180216-61893-USA
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/02/16/national-weather-service-uniontown-storm-damage/
http://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13312720-74/high-winds-rip-through-uniontown-officials-to-determine-whether-tornado-touched-down
http://www.heraldstandard.com/new_today/confirmed-tornado-rips-through-parts-of-uniontown/article_501c92ac-7f0a-5c90-b62e-987731730e2c.html
2018-02-15 - A month's worth of rain in 60 minutes floods Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 4+ killed:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/16/a-month-s-worth-of-rain-in-60-minutes-floods-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/heavy-rain-high-winds-leave-3-dead-rio-142449463.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377510-Heavy-rain-leaves-4-dead-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil
2018-02-15 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Fiji Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180216-61877-FJI
2018-02-15 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180216-61878-IDN
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/02/15/heavy-rains-cause-widespread-flooding-in-jakarta.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377475-Heavy-rains-cause-widespread-flooding-across-Jakarta-Indonesia
2018-02-15 - Sunspot explodes for more than 6 hours, hurls giant solar flare at earth:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/14/sunspot-explodes-hurls-giant-solar-flare-at-earth/
http://www.sott.net/article/377491-Sunspot-explodes-for-more-than-6-hours-hurls-giant-solar-flare-at-earth
2018-02-15 - Rabies spreading and killing people in the (Not At All) Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20180216-61886-COG
Quote: "Thousands of Congolese displaced by rebel groups are at risk of contracting deadly rabies that has killed at least 11 people. The disease is wreaking havoc in the conflict-torn North Kivu Province where a lack of capacity to respond to the disease has been noted. Dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99 percent of all transmissions to humans."
2018-02-15 - Trump backs 25-cents-per-gallon tax hike on gasoline:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-backs-25-cent-a-gallon-gasoline-tax-hike-senator/ar-BBJ8Z4v
2018-02-15 - Japanese company plans world's tallest wooden building:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/14/japanese-company-plans-worlds-tallest-wooden-building/
Quote: "Japanese company has announced plans for the world’s tallest wooden building, a 1,148-foot skyscraper in central Tokyo that will leave all previous wooden structures in its shade."
2018-02-16 - Unknown foul odor regularly hitting coastal Mobile (Alabama):
http://www.wkrg.com/news/mobile-county/mchd-odor-in-midtown-mobile-not-caused-by-gaf-manufacturing/977159364
http://mynbc15.com/news/reality-check/mchd-odor-in-midtown-isnt-from-the-company-residents-suspect
Quote: "Data from GAF shows that of 18 occurrences when the smell was reported, 16 of those times GAF was not even running their machinery. Also, the wind direction at the time of each occurrence does not correspond with the smell originating from GAF manufacturing."
Quote: "Now that GAF has been cleared as the source of the odor and the other company is not currently running operations, the question remains, 'Where is the smell coming from?'"
Note: The Gulf of Mexico is right there. If a big enough and concentrated enough cloud of hydrogen sulfide blows in off the Gulf of Mexico then that whole city could drop dead and/or go up in flames...
2018-02-16 - Unknown gas odor hits Sullivan (Wisconsin):
http://www.940wfaw.com/2018/02/16/departments-respond-to-gas-odor-in-sullivan/
Quote: "According to a post on the Sullivan Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page last night, multiple agencies responded to reports of a natural gas odor in Sullivan. Another post around 8 p.m. indicated no source for the gas odor was found and first responders were cleared from the scene."
2018-02-16 - Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes near the coast in Oaxaca (Mexico):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EQ-20180217-61902-MEX
http://abc7ny.com/magnitude-72-earthquake-slams-south-central-mexico/3096683/
http://abc7.com/earthquake-measuring-72-strikes-southern-mexico/3096579/
http://abc11.com/news/72-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-mexico/3096643/
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5599300/mexico-city-7-5-earthquake-latest/
http://ktla.com/2018/02/16/7-5-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-south-of-mexico-city/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mexico-oaxaca-earthquake_us_5a876f59e4b00bc49f44206a
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/powerful-7-2-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-south-central-mexico-article-1.3825761
http://www.sott.net/article/377616-7-2-magnitude-quake-strikes-Mexico-near-Pacific-coast
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/boom-powerful-mag-72-rocks-mexico-with.html
2018-02-16 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #94, February 13th-16th 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/extreme-weather-update-02152018.html
2018-02-16 - Woman collapses and goes into cardiac arrest at shopping center in Langney (Britain), 1 mile from the ocean:
http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/update-air-ambulance-called-to-incident-at-langney-shopping-centre-1-8381095
Note: Shop 'til you drop!
2018-02-16 - Guy McPherson interview with Gary Null - 'We are in the stage of acceleration':
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/guy-mcpherson-inteview-with-gary-null.html
2018-02-16 - Warming in the winter darkness of the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/warming-in-winter-darkness-of-arctic.html
2018-02-16 - Earthquake swarm hits the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands (Spain):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/919771/canary-islands-la-palma-volcano-Cumbre-Vieja-earthquake
http://www.sott.net/article/377619-Earthquake-swarm-hits-Canary-Islands-La-Palma
2018-02-16 - Hailstorms cause extensive damage to crops in 984 villages across Madhya Pradesh (India):
http://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/984-villages-in-mp-ravaged-by-recent-hailstorms-1170997-2018-02-16
http://www.sott.net/article/377534-Hailstorms-cause-extensive-damage-to-crops-in-984-villages-across-Madhya-Pradesh-India
2018-02-16 - Blizzard hits Kyrgyzstan, airport departures halted:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20180217-61904-KGZ
2018-02-16 - The polar vortex just split into a double vortex - cold temps for Europe will persist:
http://mashable.com/2018/02/15/polar-vortex-split-stratospheric-warming-snow-cold-europe-us/
http://www.sott.net/article/377506-The-polar-vortex-just-split-into-a-double-vortex-cold-temps-for-Europe-will-persist
2018-02-16 - How microplastics are contaminating seabirds in the remote Aleutian Islands (Alaska):
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/how-microplastics-are-contaminating-birds-in-remote-alaska/95810
http://www.sott.net/article/377543-How-microplastics-are-contaminating-seabirds-in-the-remote-Aleutian-Islands-Alaska
2018-02-16 - Meteor spotted over Oregon, Washington and British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.beachconnection.net/news/freakfir021618_325.php
http://www.sott.net/article/377531-Fireball-seen-over-Oregon-Washington-and-British-Columbia
2018-02-16 - Experts admit in mainstream news that mutations in virus caused by flu shot have worsened the epidemic:
http://www.healthnutnews.com/abc-experts-say-flu-shot-potentially-caused-the-flu-epidemic-shocker-in-mainstream-no-less/
http://www.sott.net/article/377553-Experts-admit-in-mainstream-news-that-mutations-in-virus-caused-by-flu-shot-have-worsened-the-epidemic
2018-02-16 - Record flu season causes concerns global pandemic is not far off:
http://www.scmp.com/business/article/2131680/four-takeaways-about-history-deadly-flus
http://www.sott.net/article/377602-Record-flu-season-causes-concerns-global-pandemic-is-not-far-off
2018-02-16 - Multiple cities being invaded by wild coyotes in southern Ontario (Canada):
http://www.narcity.com/ca/on/toronto/news/multiple-cities-in-southern-ontario-are-experiencing-wild-coyote-encounters
http://www.sott.net/article/377596-Multiple-cities-in-southern-Ontario-Canada-are-being-invaded-by-wild-coyotes
2018-02-16 - Wrong place, wrong time - rare eastern imperial eagle turns up in Denmark:
http://www.thelocal.dk/20180216/rare-eagle-spotted-in-denmark
http://www.sott.net/article/377549-Wrong-place-wrong-time-Rare-eastern-imperial-eagle-turns-up-in-Denmark
2018-02-17 - High school girl has 'medical emergency' and collapses during basketball game in St. Clair Shores (Michigan):
http://www.thetimesherald.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/02/17/prep-basketball-marysville-lakeview-girls-basketball-game-delayed-due-medical-emergency/348339002/
Quote: "The Marysville and St. Clair Shores Lakeview girls basketball teams have been delayed due to an ongoing medical emergency. With 5:20 left in the first quarter, a Lakeview player fell to the court leaving a gasp among the crowd. Medical personnel was called and arrived minutes later."
2018-02-17 - Magnitude 4.4+ earthquake shakes coastal Swansea (Britain):
http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/europe/wales-earthquake/index.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/live-britain-hit-earthquake-people-12042115
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/920298/earthquake-uk-swansea-university-evacuated-today-video-richter-scale
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/swansea-earthquake-south-west-england-wales-a8215521.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-43098921
2018-02-17 - New study finds sea level rise accelerating – 'This is almost certainly a conservative estimate':
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/new-study-finds-sea-level-rise.html
2018-02-17 - Fierce thunderstorm hits Queensland (Australia), lightning hits power line and causes huge explosion:
http://www.centraltelegraph.com.au/news/massive-explosion-caused-lightning-strike-coast/3337861/
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/massive-explosion-caused-lightning-strike-coast/3337861/
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/severe-thunderstorm-warning-for-southeast-queensland/news-story/3cf26072832a64f2469dda3b474ed5b0
http://www.sott.net/article/377640-Massive-explosion-caused-by-lightning-strike-shakes-Sunshine-Coast-Australia
2018-02-17 - Heavy rain and flooding hit West Virginia, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180218-61912-USA
2018-02-17 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the island of Cyprus (Greece):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180217-61906-CYP
2018-02-17 - Two meteors streak through the sky in one night over Spain:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/17/two-fireballs-over-andalusia-southern-spain/
http://www.sott.net/article/377682-Two-fireballs-streak-through-southern-Spains-skies-in-one-night-VIDEO
2018-02-17 - Crazy iridescence colors the sky over Calgary (Canada):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/crazy-iridescence-over-calgary-canada.html
2018-02-18 - Person has heart attack at the seafront in coastal Southend (Britain):
http://www.basildonstandard.co.uk/news/16030884.air-ambulance-landed-on-southend-seafront-after-medical-emergency-near-arcades/
Quote: "The Southend CCTV team described the incident as 'a medical emergency' and witnesses reported someone suffering a heart attack."
2018-02-18 - Alaska's Bering Sea lost a third of its ice in just 8 days:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/global-sea-ice-is-at-record-lows-in.html
2018-02-18 - Sea ice extent very low in Antarctica:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/sea-ice-extent-in-antarctica-is-low-low.html
Quote: "The low ice extent is puzzling, given that air temperatures at the 925 hPa level are near average or below average (relative to the 1981 to 2010 period) over much of the Southern Ocean. "
Note: Forget the air temps - what's the temp of the ocean?
2018-02-18 - We’re witnessing the fastest decline in Arctic sea ice in at least 1,500 years:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/17/were-witnessing-the-fastest-decline-in-arctic-sea-ice-in-at-least-1500-years/
2018-02-18 - Yellowstone supervolcano shaken by 12 earthquakes in one day in Wyoming:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180221-61951-USA
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/yellowstone-volcano-earthquake-swarm-february-2018-supervolcano-eruption-volcano-under-strain.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/earthquake-surge-at-yellowstone.html
2018-02-18 - Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Waipukurau (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/101548471/m52-quake-shakes-waipukurau
2018-02-18 - Dust storm blows through Kuwait:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180218-61917-KWT
2018-02-18 - Sandstorm turns the sky red in Basra (Iraq):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/iraq-the-sky-over-basra-is-tinged-with-a-terrifying-red-blood.html
2018-02-18 - Cyclone Gita could be the southernmost tropical cyclone ever:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/update-on-cyclone-gita-as-it-approaches.html
2018-02-18 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the island of Cyprus (Greece):
http://cyprus-mail.com/2018/02/17/torrential-rain-causes-floods-limassol/
http://www.sott.net/article/377803-Torrential-rain-causes-flash-flooding-in-Limassol-Cyprus-VIDEOS
2018-02-18 - Snow and record cold to plunge southward through the western US:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/snow-record-cold-to-plunge-southward-through-western-us/ar-BBJhWWw
2018-02-18 - Bat swarms tracked by weather radar reveal earlier migration as planet warms:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/14022018/bat-migration-climate-change-texas-agriculture-weather-radar-global-warming-animal-impact
2018-02-18 - How the US government hid fracking's risks to drinking water:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16112017/fracking-chemicals-safety-epa-health-risks-water-bush-cheney
2018-02-19 - Unknown gas smell in basement evacuates school in Rome (Italy):
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2018/02/19/school-evacuated-for-gas-smell_e9d358d2-9b36-462e-8097-b0a66c30e549.html
http://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/english/983967/school-evacuated-for-gas-smell.html
Quote: "A nursery school was evacuated in Rome Monday because of a strong smell of gas coming from the basement. About 80 children were taken to a nearby gym."
2018-02-19 - Volcano Sinabung erupts mightily again in Indonesia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180113-61389-IDN
http://mashable.com/2018/02/19/mount-sinabung-eruption-indonesia-explosion/#DX2QczBYuSqf
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/683183/Mount-Sinabung-eruption-volcano-Indonesia-Sumatra
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/indonesia-s-mount-sinabung-spews-massive-smoke-and-ash-column-9970820
http://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesia-s-sinabung-volcano-erupts-spewing-gas-20180219-p4z0uh.html
http://www.newsweek.com/mount-sinabung-eruption-volcanic-explosion-turns-villages-pitch-black-smoke-811269
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/02/19/sinabungs-massive-explosion-seen-from-space/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news/67591/Sinabung-volcano-Sumatra-Indonesia-large-explosion-this-morning-ash-to-50000-ft.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/indonesia-s-mt-sinabung-spews-massive-smoke-and-ash-column-1.2175773
http://www.geo.tv/latest/182640-indonesias-mt-sinabung-spews-massive-smoke-and-ash-column
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/indonesian-colossus-mount-sinabung.html
2018-02-19 - Woman, teacher, has 'medical episode' and goes into cardiac arrest at school in coastal Bradenton (Florida):
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/students-help-save-teacher-having-medical-episode
2018-02-19 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes near coastal Oaxaca (Mexico):
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/682886/mexico-earthquake-tremor-magnitude-oaxaca-usgs-latest
http://www.sott.net/article/377779-Shallow-magnitude-6-1-earthquake-rattles-large-swathes-of-Mexico
2018-02-19 - Significant earthquake swarm shaking Grimsey Island (Iceland):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/earthquake-swarm-in-iceland-intensifies-m5-2-and-m4-5-earthquake-tops-the-series-now-counting-more-than-2000-earthquakes-since-four-days-and.html
Quote: "People are constantly being shaken awake on Grimsey Island, in North Iceland. A M5.2 earthquake hit around 5:30 this morning. One hour later a M4.5 quake hit the same region, which is under high seismic activity with more than 2,000 earthquakes detected since February 14th."
2018-02-19 - Sudden Stratospheric Warming over the North Pole to push cold temps into Europe:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/18/powerful-arctic-cold-blast-to-hit-europe/
2018-02-19 - Flooding hits Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq following heavy rain, up to 17 inches in 24 hours:
http://floodlist.com/asia/levant-flood-turkey-lebanon-syria-iraq-february-2018
http://www.sott.net/article/377807-Flooding-in-Turkey-Lebanon-Syria-and-Iraq-following-heavy-rain-up-to-17-inches-in-24-hours
2018-02-19 - Cyclone Gita brings heavy rain and flooding to the Kapiti Coast (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=CID-20180220-61937-NZL
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/latest-update-on-cyclone-gita.html
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/cyclone-gita-new-zealand.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/a-state-of-emergency-is-declared-in.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377864-Former-cyclone-Gita-hits-New-Zealand-state-of-emergency-declared-in-Christchurch
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43123148
2018-02-19 - Cloud shaped like the USS Enterprise surprises residents of Guatemala:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/like-in-star-trek-uss-enterprise-cloud-surprises-residents-of-guatemala.html
2018-02-19 - Unknown persistent humming sound plagues Windsor, Ontario (Canada):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/there%E2%80%99s-a-persistent-hum-in-this-canadian-city-and-no-one-knows-why/ar-BBJkYM2?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp
2018-02-19 - Kidney stones on the rise in the US and nobody knows why:
http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/kidney-stones-are-on-the-rise-in-the-us-and-we-dont-know-why/
http://www.infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/topstories/kidney-stones-are-on-the-rise-in-the-us-and-we-dont-know-why/
Quote: "Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have noted an extreme rise in the number of kidney stone cases over the last 30 years."
2018-02-20 - Jessie Lake spewing hydrogen sulfide in Alberta near Bonnyville (Canada):
http://www.bonnyvillenouvelle.ca/article/Eliminating-the-smell-of-Jessie-Lake-20180220
Quote: "This summer, the LICA plans on conducting further water testing after air quality samples taken by the organization last year revealed high levels of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) gas coming from the lake."
2018-02-20 - Unknown 'gas odor' evacuates government building in Towson (Maryland), 8 miles from the coast:
http://www.abc2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/gas-odor-prompts-evacuation-of-baltimore-county-government-building
Quote: "A Baltimore County government building was evacuated on Tuesday after officials say there was 'an odor of gas'. The odor was reported at 111 W. Chesapeake Ave in Towson."
2018-02-20 - Man has 'medical issue' at dam in Houston County (Alabama):
http://rickeystokesnews.com/article.php/311-pm-medical-emergency-at-the-columbia-dam-153955
Quote: "Units from Columbia Rescue, Columbia Police and Houston County Sheriff's Officer were dispatched to a medical call at the Dam in Columbia. Reports are a male subject unable to move and the water was rising. Units arrived on scene and the were able to get the man to safety and transported him to the hospital for his medical issue."
2018-02-20 - Man, 45, has 'medical episode' on cargo ship near coastal Newcastle (Australia):
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/seaman-winched-from-ship-near-newcastle/news-story/a116bd1a18b23dfc0d3e7c734b333771
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/5241343/medical-crew-winched-in-to-collect-seaman-off-newcastle-coast/
http://www.nbnnews.com.au/2018/02/21/man-winched-from-bulk-carrier-after-suffering-medical-condition/
http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/39242297/seaman-winched-from-ship-near-newcastle/
Quote: "A seaman has been winched from a cargo ship off Newcastle and flown to hospital after suffering a medical episode."
2018-02-20 - Man, 65, goes out on yacht, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' washes ashore near Yamba (Australia):
http://www.watoday.com.au/queensland/boat-found-in-hunt-for-missing-queensland-yachtsman-20180220-p4z11i.html
http://www.mygc.com.au/concerns-qld-man-yacht-missing-hervey-bay-nearly-week/
2018-02-20 - Man has 'medical episode' at sports event in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/man-taken-hospital-after-falling-14317292
Quote: "Paramedics stationed inside the ground went into the stand to assist a man who was having a medical episode at about 8.20pm."
2018-02-20 - IPCC seeks to downplay global warming:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2018/02/ipcc-seeks-to-downplay-global-warming.html
2018-02-20 - Leaked UN draft report sees 'very high risk' the planet will warm beyond key limit:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/leaked-un-draft-report-sees-very-high.html
2018-02-20 - January was the 5th warmest on record for the globe:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/noaa-january-5th-warmest-on-record-for.html
2018-02-20 - Graph of the Day - global map of changes in sea surface height, 1992-2014:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/graph-of-day-global-map-of-changes-in.html
2018-02-20 - There is no time left:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/todays-meltdown-has-only-just-begun.html
2018-02-20 - Lightning strikes Castle Maol like a fireball on the Isle of Skye (Scotland):
http://www.rt.com/uk/419285-scotland-castle-damaged-lightning/
http://www.sott.net/article/377868-Fireball-Lightning-strike-damages-ancient-Scottish-castle-VIDEO-PHOTOS
2018-02-20 - Three tornados touch down in North Texas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20180221-61948-USA
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/the-latest-weather-officials-3-twisters-hit-north-texas/ar-BBJnI5j
http://www.sott.net/article/378085-Three-tornadoes-hit-North-Texas-during-winter
2018-02-20 - Huge dust storm hits Charleville (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180222-61961-AUS
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/21/massive-dust-storm-turns-entire-town-orange.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5411751/Queensland-country-town-engulfed-dust-storm.html
2018-02-20 - Broome hit by two years' worth of rain in two months in Western Australia:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/20/broome-hit-by-two-years-worth-of-rain-in-two-months-western-australia/
2018-02-20 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Genesee County (Michigan):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180221-61954-USA
2018-02-20 - Heavy snowfall sets records in Norway, raises concerns:
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2018/02/20/snow-sets-record-raises-concerns/
http://www.sott.net/article/377889-Heavy-snowfall-sets-records-in-Norway-raises-concerns
2018-02-20 - Meteor spotted in the sky over Manchester (New Hampshire):
http://www.wmur.com/article/did-you-see-it-dashcam-footage-captures-apparent-fireball-over-manchester-1519188244/18379471
http://www.sott.net/article/377981-Dashcam-footage-captures-meteor-fireball-over-Manchester-New-Hampshire-VIDEO
2018-02-20 - Meteor spotted in the sky over South Carolina:
http://whnt.com/2018/02/20/monday-nights-fireball-over-south-carolina-seen-as-far-away-as-alabama/
http://www.sott.net/article/377979-Meteor-fireball-seen-over-South-Carolina-VIDEO
2018-02-20 - Study reveals worrying levels of microplastics in Atlantic deep sea fish:
http://greennews.ie/new-irish-study-microplastics-deepwater-atlantic-fish/
http://www.sott.net/article/377926-Study-reveals-worrying-levels-of-microplastics-in-Atlantic-deep-sea-fish
2018-02-20 - Trump administration targets Obama-era effort to limit methane to allow more air pollution:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/trump-administration-targets-obama-era.html
2018-02-20 - Trump administration eyes big cuts to fuel economy rules to allow cars to pollute more:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/trump-administration-eyes-big-cuts-to.html
Note: For a lazy guy, he sure is industriously hammering nails into the coffin of humanity!
2018-02-20 - Robot bees could be deployed if natural population continues to collapse:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/robot-bees-could-deployed-natural-12054328
Note: They'll be like tiny planes bursting into flame and crashing and starting fires...
2018-02-20 - Lost wreckage of Silpho UFO discovered in London Science Museum:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/11/lost-wreckage-british-roswell-flying-saucer-discovered-science/
http://www.sott.net/article/377777-Lost-wreckage-of-Silpho-UFO-discovered-in-London-Science-Museum
2018-02-20 - A magnetic 'wormhole' that connects two regions of space has been created by scientists:
http://www.thescicademy.com/2017/11/scientists-create-first-magnetic.html
http://www.sott.net/article/377792-A-magnetic-wormhole-that-connects-two-regions-of-space-has-been-created-by-scientists
2018-02-21 - Unknown odor hits coastal Point Forbin on the island of Trinidad:
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20180222/news/probe-into-mystery-smell-in-point-fortin
Quote: "Point Fortin Mayor Abdon Mason said the source of strong odours emanating through different parts of the Borough of Point Fortin, is yet to be determined. Abdon said the odour was detected on Tuesday and since then every effort is being made to ascertain the cause and source."
Quote: "Inspections of the company's infrastructure in the area, particularly its pipeline network, were also undertaken. However, no leaks have been detected."
Note: It must have been a rotten egg odor if they were checking pipes for leaks...
2018-02-21 - Unknown 'smell of gas' reported in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/engineers-investigating-smell-gas-reported-1247132
http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-smell-gas-1250090
Quote: "Police have said engineers are investigating after a 'smell of gas' across Hull on Wednesday evening. Humberside Police said they have had a number of people ringing up about the gas, which has been smelt in places across the city centre. In a tweet just after 8.30pm, they posted: 'Log 472 - We have had several reports regarding a smell of gas at various locations across Hull city centre.'"
Quote: "The source of a 'gas-like smell' sensed by numerous people in Hull on Wednesday remains a mystery. The odour was present across various parts of the city centre and its outskirts during the late afternoon and evening, with many saying it was unpleasant enough to make them feel sick. Northern Gas Networks has confirmed it received multiple calls about the issue but said that following investigations the smell had not been caused by any leak from its pipes. As a result, the origin of the smell remains officially unaccounted for."
2018-02-21 - Foul smell emanates from drain in Burpham (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/whats-smell-guildford-something-stinks-14317817
2018-02-21 - Unknown cause sickens nine people at business in Haydock (Britain), 7.5 miles from the coast, 3 hospitalized:
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/mystery-surrounds-medical-incident-at-hire-company-1-9029591
http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/news/mystery-surrounds-medical-incident-at-hire-company-1-9029591
http://www.briefreport.co.uk/news/mystery-surrounds-medical-incident-at-hire-company-5584633.html
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=373959225991105&story_fbid=1577505718969777
Quote: "Nine people reported nausea and breathing difficulties and were treated by North West Ambulance Service paramedics at the scene, with three being taken to Whiston Hospital."
2018-02-21 - Man, 44, strokes out on fishing vessel near coastal Cold Bay (Alaska):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Golden-Alaska-7229710.html
Quote: "A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 44-year-old man from the 'Golden Alaska' approximately 60 miles northeast of Cold Bay, on Feb 20, 2018. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 17th District command center received a medevac request from Health Force Partners for a man suffering from stroke symptoms Tuesday afternoon."
2018-02-21 - Passenger sickens on ferry ship near coastal Zealand (Denmark):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Color-Fantasy-9278234.html
Quote: "On Feb 21, 2018, a passenger of the 'Color Fantasy' fell ill. The patient was medevaced in the Storebælt."
2018-02-21 - Arctic sea ice extent sinks to new record low:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/arctic-sea-ice-extent-sinks-to-new.html
2018-02-21 - See how Mount Rainier glaciers have vanished over time with this eye-opening photo project:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/see-how-mount-rainier-glaciers-have.html
2018-02-21 - US East Coast shatters temperature records, offering preview to a warming world:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/21022018/february-record-high-temperature-east-coast-arctic-climate-change-nws
http://grist.org/article/its-a-steamy-80-degrees-in-new-england-in-february-thats-bad/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/80-deg-f-in-boston-in-mid-february.html
Note: Not just the East Coast. It was 79F here in St. Louis the other day, obliterating the previous record for the day which was 69F...
2018-02-21 - Mountain pine beetle jumps the Rockies, spreading across Alberta to Saskatchewan:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/mountain-pine-beetle-has-jumped-rockies.html
Quote: "In the past, it was too cold for the beetle to survive there, but now it’s warm enough..."
2018-02-21 - Worst floods in 45 years hit the US Midwest:
http://time.com/5169171/severe-floods-midwest/
http://www.sott.net/article/378072-Rescuers-use-boats-to-evacuate-victims-as-worst-floods-in-45-years-hit-US-Midwest
http://www.sott.net/article/378088-2-dead-1-missing-as-rivers-overflow-in-Midwest-and-Ontario-VIDEOS
http://watchers.news/2018/02/21/widespread-flooding-hits-us-south-and-midwest-excessive-rain-continues/
http://floodlist.com/america/usa-canada-midwest-ontario-floods-february-2018
Note: I did notice a crapload of rain coming down relentlessly for days but I didn't realize how bad it was!
2018-02-21 - Heavy rain, ice melt and flooding hit southwestern Ontario (Canada):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180222-61958-CAN
http://www.lfpress.com/2018/02/20/flooded-or-at-risk-roads-of-london-identified-by-city-as-rain-snow-melt-continue
Quote: "Flood-battered Southwestern Ontario might as well be the sixth Great Lake. Thousands evacuated in Brantford, the worst flooding in London in 40 years and potential trouble yet to come in low-lying Chatham-Kent lies downriver of all that water - the fallout of torrential rain and a massive snow melt across the region."
2018-02-21 - Freezing rain and wind hit parts of Quebec (Canada), 82,000 homes go dark:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CID-20180221-61955-CAN
2018-02-21 - Temperature plummets 72 degrees in 40 hours in Denver (Colorado):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/denver-temperature-plummets-72-degrees-in-40-hours-officials-say/ar-BBJoklj
2018-02-21 - After Cyclone Gita, food running out in Takaka (New Zealand):
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/takaka-is-running-out-of-food-after.html
2018-02-21 - Meteor spotted in the sky over New England:
http://www.wmtw.com/article/did-you-see-it-dashcam-footage-captures-apparent-fireball-over-new-england/18426117
http://www.wmur.com/article/did-you-see-it-dashcam-footage-captures-apparent-fireball-over-manchester/18379413
2018-02-21 - Meteor spotted over Bahia (Brazil):
http://www.sott.net/article/377964-Bright-meteor-fireball-reported-over-Bahia-Brazil-VIDEOS
2018-02-21 - Courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/20/donald-trump-epa-environmental-rollbacks-court-challenges
2018-02-21 - Reports spreading of grocery stores not being restocked across the US:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/are-grocery-stores-in-us-not-being.html
2018-02-21 - Puerto Rico slashes energy reserves amid cash shortfall, with one third of residents still without power after Hurricane Maria:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/puerto-rico-to-slash-energy-reserves.html
2018-02-21 - Across advanced economies, boom turns to bust for millennial generation:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/across-advanced-economies-boom-turns-to.html
2018-02-22 - Unknown odor evacuates Whole Foods store in Napa (California):
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/odor-prompts-evacuation-of-whole-foods-market-in-napa/article_31928678-c48b-567a-a2f6-f59d71f22462.html
Quote: "Whole Foods Market in Bel Aire Plaza was evacuated for about 15 minutes Thursday morning after an unexplained odor was detected, store officials said."
2018-02-22 - Unknown sewery odor plaguing Bucktown area in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/02/23/mysterious-odor-plagues-some-bucktown-homes/
Quote: "The Chicago Health Department is looking into a mysterious odor that’s coming from somewhere around Bucktown. It was about a week ago when 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack first noticed the smell in his own home in Bucktown. 'It smells like putting your nose to the sewer and the wind kind of blowing through it,' he tells WBBM Newsradio’s Steve Miller."
Quote: "Waguespack has asked the health department and the water department to look into it. He says People’s Gas has determined it’s not a gas leak."
2018-02-22 - Unknown object explodes in the air and crashes out of the sky in Bahia (Brazil):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/mysterious-ufo-explodes-in-a-bright-flash-of-light-and-falls-from-the-sky-in-brazil.html
2018-02-22 - Man, 78, loses consciousness while snorkeling at coastal Ulua Beach, Maui (Hawaii):
http://www.k5thehometeam.com/story/37569520/california-man-nearly-drowns-while-snorkeling-off-south-maui
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37569520/california-man-nearly-drowns-while-snorkeling-off-south-maui
2018-02-22 - Student has 'medical problem' at aquatic center in Lubbock (Texas):
http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/police-blotter-police-respond-to-medical-emergency-at-the-recreation/article_8efc9ee8-17f5-11e8-a6d9-0b02be508d43.html
Quote: "6:13 a.m. A Texas Tech police officer documented a medical problem at the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center's aquatic facility. The student was transported to the University Medical Center."
2018-02-22 - High school girl has 'medical emergency', gets belligerent, at school in Shillington (Pennsylvania):
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/medical-emergency-brings-police-to-gov-mifflin-high-school
Quote: "Gov. Mifflin High School leadership alerted district parents Thursday morning about an incident that brought police and ambulances to the school. 'The incident in the high school office was a student who had a medical emergency,' Melissa Fullerton, the district's spokeswoman, said. 'She became belligerent at the time, but no one was injured.' The girl, who did not pose a threat to others, was taken out of the school by ambulance, Fullerton said."
2018-02-22 - Student has 'medical event' at school in Hamilton (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/101669762/medical-event-cause-lockdown-at-hillcrest-high
http://www.twoeggz.com/int/7240308.html
Quote: "A Hamilton high school went into lockdown on Thursday morning as a precaution after a student suffered a medical event."
2018-02-22 - Volcano Mayon erupts, gushes lava, spews gases, in the Philippine Islands:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VE-20180113-61386-PHL
http://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/ndrrmc-update-sitrep-no-44-re-mayon-volcano-eruption-800-am-22-february-2018
2018-02-22 - Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Alaska Peninsula (Alaska):
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/684047/earthquake-tremors-alaska-united-states-ring-of-fire-north-america-natural-disaster
2018-02-22 - Summer in February, 80°F in Massachusetts, 78°F in New York City, 'It is simply amazing to beat a state temperature record by some 8°F!'
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/summer-in-february-80f-in-massachusetts.html
Note: Beat my local heat record last week by TEN degrees - turned my AC on, in February!
2018-02-22 - Arctic temperatures soar 45 degrees above normal, flooded by extremely mild air on all sides:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/arctic-temperatures-soar-45-degrees.html
2018-02-22 - As humans adapt to a warming planet, animals pay a price:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/how-human-coping-mechanisms-for-global.html
2018-02-22 - Sea level rise threatens to wipe out west coast wetlands:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/21022018/sea-level-rise-coastal-wetlands-global-warming-mitigation-wildlife-habitat-storm-surge-usgs
2018-02-22 - Europe’s cities face more extreme weather than previously thought:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/europes-cities-face-more-extreme.html
2018-02-22 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Queensland (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180223-61977-AUS
2018-02-22 - 236 mayors urge EPA not to repeal US Clean Power Plan:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/21022018/clean-power-plan-repeal-cities-climate-change-epa-emissions-rules
2018-02-22 - How fossil fuel donors shaped the anti-climate agenda of a powerful congressional committee:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122017/lamar-smith-congress-climate-change-fossil-fuel-industry-house-science-committee
2018-02-22 - US courts jailing thousands for civil debts - no due process:
http://www.newsweek.com/us-courts-arresting-and-jailing-thousands-over-civil-debts-without-due-process-814939
http://www.sott.net/article/378108-ACLU-US-courts-jailing-thousands-for-civil-debts-no-due-process
2018-02-22 - Artificial intelligence poses risks of misuse by hackers, researchers say:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/artificial-intelligence-poses-risks-of-misuse-by-hackers-researchers-say/ar-BBJoVAv
2018-02-22 - US imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of 'phase two':
http://www.rt.com/news/419686-north-korea-phase-two-trump/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-trump/u-s-imposes-more-north-korea-sanctions-trump-warns-of-phase-two-idUSKCN1G71RD
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/02/23/trump-warns-phase-two-against-north-korea-if-sanctions-dont-work/23369823/
2018-02-23 - Climate and Extreme Weather News #96, February 20th-23rd 2018:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/extreme-weather-report-02232018.html
2018-02-23 - Marine Corps recruit, woman, collapses and goes into cardiac arrest on coastal Parris Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/bg-military/article201745144.html
2018-02-23 - Brutally hot summer continues in New Zealand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/new-zealand-hottest-summer-on-record.html
Quote: "There are just five days of summer left and unless they are unprecedentedly cold, NIWA climate scientists say this summer will surpass a record that has been held for more than 80 years."
2018-02-23 - Earthquake swarm shakes the Bay Area near Danville and Diablo (California):
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/13-earthquakes-rattle-the-East-Bay-over-the-last-12701672.php
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-danville-earthquake-20180223-story.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378238-Earthquake-swarm-rattles-San-Francisco-Bay-Area
2018-02-23 - Extreme rainstorms becoming more common in Seattle, says city meteorologist:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/extreme-rainstorms-becoming-more-common.html
2018-02-23 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Berrien County (Michigan), state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180224-61985-USA
http://fox17online.com/2018/02/23/berrien-county-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-flooding/
http://www.wndu.com/content/news/Local-state-of-emergency-declared-in-Berrien-County--474982923.html
http://wsbt.com/news/local/berrien-county-declares-state-of-emergency
2018-02-23 - Heavy rain and flooding hit San Antonio (Texas):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180223-61978-USA
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/article/Heavy-rainfall-hits-San-Antonio-causing-flooding-12695195.php
2018-02-23 - Multi-day heavy rainfall and flooding event continues in the central and southern US:
http://watchers.news/2018/02/23/multi-day-heavy-rainfall-and-flooding-event-continues-in-the-central-and-southern-us/
2018-02-23 - Brutal cold likely to make comeback in Northeast US following once-in-100-year warmth:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/cold-air-snowstorms-likely-to-make-comeback-in-northeast-following-once-in-100-year-warmth/70004233
http://www.sott.net/article/378152-Brutal-cold-likely-to-make-comeback-in-Northeast-US-following-once-in-100-year-warmth
2018-02-23 - Cold snap heads to Denmark and large parts of Europe:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CW-20180223-61980-DNK
Quote: "The cold weather, which will continue into the beginning of next week, can be blamed on an unusual weather situation, the meteorologist said. 'There is Arctic air on the move from parts of the North Pole and northern Siberia. A large high-pressure area has built up, covering from Iceland all the way to Russia and down to central Europe. That is very unusual. I don't remember seeing such a weather situation in the last 20 years,' he said."
2018-02-23 - Shellfish contaminated with Hepatitis E found in Scottish supermarkets for the first time after huge spike in laboratory-diagnosed cases:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/shellfish-contaminated-with-hepatitis-e.html
2018-02-23 - Wild horses are extinct, domesticated breeds are now the only ones left on the planet, according to shock DNA study:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5425779/DNA-analysis-reveals-no-wild-horses-world.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378181-Wild-horses-are-EXTINCT-Domesticated-breeds-are-now-the-only-ones-left-on-the-planet-according-to-shock-DNA-study
2018-02-23 - New trojan malware could mind-control neural networks:
http://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17872-neural-networks-ai-trojan
http://www.sott.net/article/378235-New-trojan-malware-could-mind-control-neural-networks
2018-02-23 - Study finds that medical cannabis is superior to opioids for chronic pain:
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/medical-cannabis-superior-opioids-chronic-pain-study-finds
http://www.sott.net/article/378223-Study-Finds-Medical-cannabis-superior-to-opioids-for-chronic-pain
2018-02-23 - Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory saved from uncertain fate:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-apos-arecibo-observatory-182000810.html
2018-02-23 - Man uses smoke bomb to get rid of skunks, home destroyed by fire, in Ferndale (Michigan):
http://www.yahoo.com/news/got-skunks-home-dont-smoke-bomb-171619077.html
2018-02-24 - Unknown 'gas odor' evacuates businesses at mall in Cranberry (Pennsylvania):
http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20180223/NEWS12/180229932
http://www.thecranberryeagle.com/article/20180223/CRAN05/180229933/-1/CRAN
http://www.facebook.com/butlereaglenews/posts/10155955448290499
Quote: "The smell of natural gas caused three businesses at Cranberry Mall to be evacuated Saturday morning. Cranberry Fire Department Assistant Chief Larry Clutter said the department was dispatched for the smell of natural gas at Jo-Ann Fabrics shortly after 10 a.m. When they arrived there was a strong odor inside the business."
2018-02-24 - Volcano Ebeko erupts, spews ash two kilometers into the atmosphere, in the Kuril Islands (Russia):
http://sputniknews.com/news/201802241061963022-russia-pompeii-volcano/
http://www.sott.net/article/378328-Ebeko-Volcano-on-Kurils-Russia-sends-two-kilometer-ash-plume-into-air
2018-02-24 - Mud volcano Hephaestus spews mud in coastal Taman (Russia):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/hephaestus-mud-volcano-erupts-russia-video.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378402-Russias-Hephaestus-mud-volcano-erupts-chucking-muck-hundreds-of-meters-VIDEO
2018-02-24 - UK struck by 21 earthquakes in 50 days including biggest in 10 years:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/923237/uk-earthquakes-twenty-one-fifty-days-british-geological-survey
http://www.sott.net/article/378239-UK-struck-by-21-earthquakes-in-50-DAYS-including-biggest-in-10-years
2018-02-24 - Man has 'medical condition' on trail in coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37583856/injured-man-rescued-near-kahuku-motocross-track
Quote: "The Honolulu Fire Department arrived near the track at 10:22 a.m. and discovered that the man had experienced an undisclosed medical condition while on the trail."
2018-02-24 - Person has 'medical incident' on Bath Street in coastal Weymouth (Britain), 720 feet from the ocean:
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/16046167.emergency-services-called-to-medical-incident-in-weymouth/
http://www.todays-news.co.uk/newsitem/emergency-services-called-to-medical-incident-in-weymouth
Quote: "A spokesman for Dorset Police said: "At 3.03pm on Saturday, February 24, Dorset Police was called to assist the ambulance service with a medical incident in Bath Street Weymouth."
2018-02-24 - Hot wet atmospheric rivers ravage the Arctic:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/bad-news-from-arctic-paul-beckwth.html
2018-02-24 - Tornado rips through Logan County (Kentucky), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FL-20180224-61993-USA
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/woman-dies-after-tornado-hits-logan-county-kentucky-home/ShdlL1beXxcmD2oJbSEltN/?ref=cbTopWidget
http://www.wjhl.com/top-news/regional/elderly-woman-dead-in-logan-county-ky-after-possible-tornado/990503922
http://watchers.news/2018/02/25/fatal-tornado-hits-logan-county-kentucky-as-severe-weather-continues-across-united-states/
2018-02-24 - Hailstorms pound Medina (Saudi Arabia), vehicles damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180225-62002-SAU
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2018/02/25/Hailstorms-thundershowers-wreak-havoc-in-Saudi-Arabia-s-Madinah.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378320-Intense-hailstorm-pounds-Medina-Saudi-Arabia-with-huge-stones-damaging-cars-and-creating-traffic-chaos
2018-02-24 - Cyclone Gita devastated up to half of maize crops in New Zealand:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/crop-failure-in-new-zealand-after.html
2018-02-24 - Record atmospheric moisture feeds flooding in Central US:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/02/record-atmospheric-moisture-feeds.html
http://robertscribbler.com/2018/02/23/climate-change-driven-record-atmospheric-moisture-produces-major-flooding-in-central-u-s/
2018-02-24 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Ohio, state of emergency declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180225-62001-USA
http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/kasich-issues-emergency-declaration-over-ohio-flooding
2018-02-24 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Arkansas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180225-61998-USA
2018-02-24 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Canberra (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FF-20180225-62000-AUS
2018-02-24 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Bolivia, 8 killed, nearly 100,000 people homeless:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=FL-20180225-61996-BOL
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/almost-100000-homeless-eight-dead.html
2018-02-24 - Record 4 inches of snow hits Vancouver (Canada):
http://www.iceagenow.info/record-snowfall-vancouver-bc/
http://www.sott.net/article/378327-Record-snowfall-for-Vancouver-British-Columbia-double-previous-record
2018-02-24 - Meteor spotted over Côte-d'Or (France):
http://www.sott.net/article/378237-Bolide-streaks-over-Cote-d-Or-France
2018-02-24 - Rare one-in-a-million yellow cardinal spotted in Alabama:
http://www.statesman.com/news/national/rare-yellow-cardinal-one-million-gem-for-birdwatchers-alabama/gWsPmN3whrqTWVbguie6CK/
http://www.sott.net/article/378324-Environmental-stress-Rare-1-in-a-million-Yellow-Cardinal-sighted-in-Alabama
2018-02-24 - Hungry Venezuelan workers are collapsing, so is the oil industry:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/hungry-venezuelan-workers-are-collapsing-so-is-the-oil-industry/ar-BBJrHOH
2018-02-24 - Largest observational study to date finds alcohol use biggest risk factor for dementia:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180220183954.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/378246-Largest-observational-study-to-date-finds-alcohol-use-biggest-risk-factor-for-dementia
2018-02-24 - Thinking outside the box of quantum physics, how the mind can make sense of the quantum quagmire in more ways than one:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/thinking-outside-the-quantum-box/
http://www.sott.net/article/378303-Thinking-outside-the-box-of-quantum-physics-How-the-mind-can-make-sense-of-the-quantum-quagmire-in-more-ways-than-one
2018-02-24 - Brief history of Australia's eeriest alien encounters:
http://www.redbull.com/au-en/alien-encounters-australia
http://www.sott.net/article/378248-A-brief-history-of-Australias-eeriest-alien-encounters
2018-02-24 - Cold weather cancels snail races at inn in Holbeton (Britain):
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-weather-odd/english-pub-scraps-snail-race-as-cold-makes-competitors-sluggish-idUSKCN1G80FV
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-english-pub-scraps-snail-race-as-cold-makes-competitors-sluggish-2018-2
http://www.yahoo.com/news/english-pub-scraps-snail-race-cold-makes-competitors-113502300--spt.html
Quote: "An English pub has canceled a charity snail race scheduled to take place on Saturday after unseasonably icy weather made potential competitors too slow to compete."
Note: Snail races sound really exciting. 'And the winning time was...Thursday!'
2018-02-25 - Magnitude 7.5+ earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20180226-62021-PNG
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-1.4551314
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/25/papua-new-guinea-hit-by-7-5-earthquake.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/papua-new-guinea-earthquake-2018-02-26-live-updates/
http://abc7.com/75-magnitude-quake-strikes-papua-new-guinea/3139067/
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/923865/earthquake-papua-new-guinea-ring-of-fire-tsunami-warning-latest
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/earthquake-strikes-papua-new-guinea_us_5a9308b0e4b01e9e56bce62d
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/m7-5-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea.html
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/a-magnitude-75-papua-new-guinea-is-18th.html
2018-02-25 - Temperature rises above freezing at the North Pole and other far north Arctic areas:
http://robertscribbler.com/2018/02/25/a-hole-in-winters-heart-temperatures-rise-to-above-freezing-at-the-north-pole-in-february/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/6-deg-c-measured-440-miles-from-north.html
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/02/22/astounding-warmth-in-the-eastern-u-s-and-across-the-arctic/
2018-02-25 - Bering Sea loses half its ice over two weeks:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2018-02-22/bering-sea-loses-half-its-sea-ice-over-two-weeks
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/bering-sea-loses-half-its-sea-ice-over.html
2018-02-25 - Sea level rise will continue for hundreds of years after there are no human beings left alive on the planet:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/seas-will-rise-for-300-years/
2018-02-25 - Powerful storm batters the Canary Islands (Spain):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180226-62012-SPI
2018-02-25 - Death toll from storms in the Central US hits 5:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/5-dead-after-tornado-flooding-from-central-us-storms/ar-BBJxaKQ
2018-02-25 - 300 rivers hit flood stage in the US:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/worst-ever-disaster-in-usa-history.html
2018-02-25 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Indiana, state of emergency declared for numerous areas:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=FL-20180222-61964-USA
2018-02-25 - Brazil endures year without a summer:
http://www.iceagenow.info/year-without-summer-brazil/
http://www.sott.net/article/378438-A-year-without-summer-in-Brazil
2018-02-25 - Record 3.1 meters of snow hits Horokanai (Japan):
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/record-snow-fall-hits-japan-north-180225093608125.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378386-Record-snowfall-of-3-1-metres-hits-Horokanai-Japan
2018-02-25 - Blizzard hits Croatia:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180226-62013-HRV
2018-02-25 - Meteor lights up the sky over Chile:
http://www.sott.net/article/378494-Fireball-amazes-onlookers-as-it-streaks-across-the-skies-of-Chile-VIDEO
2018-02-25 - Light pillars illuminate the sky in coastal St. Petersburg (Russia):
http://www.rt.com/news/419778-light-pillars-russia-petersburg/
http://www.sott.net/article/378332-Glitch-in-the-Matrix-Light-pillars-illuminate-St-Petersburg-skies-PHOTOS
2018-02-25 - Flu is a global threat for which the world is poorly prepared:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/health/commentary-flu-pandemic-threat-universal-vaccine-9981660
http://www.sott.net/article/378344-The-flu-is-a-global-threat-for-which-the-world-is-poorly-prepared
2018-02-25 - America's other prescription drug epidemic, benzodiazepines:
http://www.statnews.com/2018/02/22/benzodiazepines-drug-epidemic/
http://www.sott.net/article/378365-Americas-other-prescription-drug-epidemic-Benzodiazepines
2018-02-25 - US falls embarrassingly far behind other wealthy countries in infant mortality rates:
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/us-falls-embarrassingly-far-behind-other-wealthy-countries-infant-mortality-rates
http://www.sott.net/article/378379-Every-Child-Alive-report-states-The-United-States-falls-embarrassingly-far-behind-other-wealthy-countries-in-infant-mortality-rates
2018-02-26 - Unknown odor evacuates courthouse in DeKalb County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/dekalb-county-public-safety-building-evacuated-due-to-unknown-odor/85-523395705
http://www.myajc.com/news/crime--law/just-dekalb-government-building-evacuated-due-possible-freon-leak/k6lTcgFUDJZmQRlHTqrPhN/
http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/just-dekalb-government-building-evacuated-due-possible-freon-leak/k6lTcgFUDJZmQRlHTqrPhN/
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/odor-sparks-dekalb-government-building-evacuation/707366663
http://www.facebook.com/11Alive/posts/10155339987065496
Quote: "At one point, officials thought the odor may have been the result of a freon leak from an air-conditioning unit, police Lt. Lonzy Robertson said. However, DeKalb fire Capt. Eric Jackson said officials 'didn’t find anything.'"
2018-02-26 - Large area of open water forms in the melting sea ice north of Greenland:
http://robertscribbler.com/2018/02/26/a-large-area-of-open-water-forms-in-the-melting-sea-ice-north-of-greenland-during-february/
2018-02-26 - Person has 'medical emergency' at post office in Castlebar (Ireland):
http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2018/02/26/4152717-post-office-temporarily-closed-due-to-medical-emergency/
Quote: "Castlebar Post Office was closed for a time early this afternoon due to a medical emergency."
2018-02-26 - New cutting-edge science confirms that Antarctica is losing ice faster every year:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7065
http://qz.com/1213702/a-new-nasa-image-confirms-that-antartica-is-losing-ice-faster-every-year/
http://news.slashdot.org/story/18/02/22/2217225/antarctica-is-losing-ice-faster-every-year
2018-02-26 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes Papua New Guinea:
http://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2018-02-26-15-17-59-utc-6-2-13
http://www.sott.net/article/378474-Shallow-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-in-Papua-New-Guinea
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/30-large-aftershocks-including-mag-60.html
2018-02-26 - Magnitude 6.0+ earthquake strikes in the ocean near Indonesia:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/a-mag-60-hits-indonesia-and-another-mag.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/shallow-6-1-magnitude-quake-hits-off-eastern-indonesia-usgs-9993348
http://www.sott.net/article/378434-Shallow-6-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-eastern-Indonesia
2018-02-26 - Lightning strike kills man and boy in Pogo (Nigeria):
http://olisa.tv/emmanuel/mourning-in-niger-as-thunderbolt-kills-two-persons/
http://www.sott.net/article/378429-Lightning-bolt-kills-2-people-in-Nigeria
2018-02-26 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Greece:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20180227-62043-GRC
2018-02-26 - Thunderstorm drops so much hail it looks like snow in Sacramento (California):
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/26/thuderstorm-drops-so-much-hail-in-sacramento-it-looks-lik-snow/
http://www.sott.net/article/378516-Thunderstorm-drops-so-much-hail-it-looks-like-snow-in-Sacramento-US
2018-02-26 - Cold wave hits Britain:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CW-20180227-62039-GBR
2018-02-26 - Heavy snow closes airport in Rome (Italy):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20180226-62031-ITA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5435055/Rome-blanketed-snow-Arctic-storm.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378430-Rare-snowfall-hits-Rome-Italy-PHOTOS-VIDEOS
http://watchers.news/2018/02/26/heaviest-snowfall-in-rome-in-six-years-and-the-largest-for-the-end-of-february-in-decades/
2018-02-26 - Meteor disintegrates in the sky over Antofagasta (Chile):
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/fireball-chile-antofagasta-video.html
2018-02-26 - Unknown objects in the sky release other unknown objects over Ukraine:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/684533/Alien-news-UFO-spotted-cover-up-conspiracy-video
2018-02-26 - Quercetin far superior to Tamiflu as flu remedy:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/02/26/quercetin-for-flu.aspx
http://www.sott.net/article/378436-Quercetin-far-superioir-to-Tamiflu-as-flu-remedy
2018-02-27 - Student has 'medical issue' at Robidoux Middle School in St. Joseph (Missouri):
http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/ambulance-called-to-treat-robidoux-student/article_c9735f64-8cbb-5b12-acce-b867c7181693.html
Quote: "An ambulance was called Tuesday morning to Robidoux Middle School due to a medical issue with a student."
2018-02-27 - Welcome to the Age of Climate Migration:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/welcome-to-the-age-of-climate-migration-w516974
2018-02-27 - Some of the world's largest lakes are drying up:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/03/drying-lakes-climate-change-global-warming-drought/
http://www.sott.net/article/378548-Some-of-the-worlds-largest-lakes-are-drying-up
2018-02-27 - Sea level rise damaging more US bases, former top military brass warn:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/26022018/sea-level-rise-military-bases-damaged-national-security-risk-report-admirals-generals
2018-02-27 - Global warming over a lifetime, the nature of exponential change:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-nature-of-exponential-change.html
2018-02-27 - Powerful snow storm 'Beast from the East' heads to Britain:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=CW-20180227-62039-GBR
http://news.sky.com/story/live-schools-closed-amid-heavy-snow-warnings-11270490
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/beast-from-east-turns-deadly-and.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5671431/uk-weather-train-flight-cancellations-snow/
http://www.sott.net/article/378515-Britain-braces-itself-as-beast-from-the-east-brings-12C-temps-and-heaviest-snow-in-25-years-with-another-storm-expected-PHOTOS
2018-02-27 - Germany hit by coldest temperatures in 117 years:
http://www.iceagenow.info/coldest-117-years-germany/
http://www.sott.net/article/378648-Coldest-temperature-for-117-years-recorded-in-Germany-of-minus-30-5-degrees-C
2018-02-27 - Water mysteriously recedes in Aruba:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRv2iyMZe_M
2018-02-27 - A fifth of antibiotic prescriptions are needless, superbugs set to kill more people than cancer:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/27/superbugs-set-kill-cancer-jeremy-hunt-warnswith-fifth-antibiotic/
http://www.sott.net/article/378511-A-fifth-of-antibiotic-prescriptions-are-needless-as-superbugs-set-to-kill-more-than-cancer-Jeremy-Hunt-warns
2018-02-27 - Extremely rare gyrfalcon from the tundra visits Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania):
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/02/a_falcon_from_the_tundra.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378534-An-extremely-rare-gyrfalcon-from-the-tundra-visits-Lehigh-Valley-Pennsylvania
2018-02-27 - US national debt spikes $1 trillion in less than 6 months:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/americas-burgeoning-debt.html
2018-02-27 - Everybody is exhausted and it's not getting better:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/02/26/its-not-just-you-everybody-exhausted/372030002/
http://www.sott.net/article/378520-Everybody-is-exhausted-and-its-not-getting-better
2018-02-28 - New evidence of radioactive nanoparticules at Fukushima:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/fukushima-radioactive-nanoparticules.html
2018-02-28 - Bus-sized asteroid to pass close to Earth on March 2nd:
http://www.outerplaces.com/science/item/17916-bus-sized-asteroid-moon
http://www.sott.net/article/378720-Bus-sized-asteroid-to-pass-Earth-on-2nd-March
2018-02-28 - 'Loud metallic noises' heard in the skies of northern Ontario (Canada):
http://www.sott.net/article/378772-Loud-metallic-noises-heard-in-the-skies-of-northern-Ontario-Canada
2018-02-28 - Powerful flare detected from Proxima Centauri:
http://public.nrao.edu/news/2018-alma-flare-proxima/
http://www.sott.net/article/378568-Powerful-flare-detected-from-Proxima-Centauri
2018-02-28 - Supreme Court rules that immigrants can be detained indefinitely:
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/375791-supreme-court-rules-immigrants-can-be-detained-indefinitely
http://www.sott.net/article/378704-Supreme-Court-ruling-Immigrants-can-be-detained-indefinitely
2018-02-28 - Shaolin monk pierces pane of glass with needle:
http://www.rt.com/news/420004-monk-throws-needle-glass-shaolin/
http://www.sott.net/article/378647-Holy-sheet-Shaolin-monk-pierces-pane-of-glass-with-needle-VIDEO
Note: I could take him out...for a beer!
2018-02-28 - Bomb cyclone heads toward the US Northeast:
http://wtnh.com/2018/03/01/another-bomb-cyclone-with-a-huge-flood-risk-is-aiming-for-the-northeast/
http://watchers.news/2018/02/28/major-noreaster-set-to-lash-mid-atlantic-and-northeast-us/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/noreaster-to-become-bomb-cyclone-fierce-winds-flooding-snow-and-coastal-havoc-on-tap/ar-BBJKGWj
Quote: "New England is gearing up for its most significant storm since early January’s 'bomb cyclone,' with heavy rain, roaring winds and excessive coastal flooding expected Friday and Saturday from the mid-Atlantic to New England."
2018-02-28 - Snowstorm unloads on Ireland, many flights canceled:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20180302-62074-IRL
2018-02-28 - Waterspout filmed off Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/weather/hurricanes/just-video-waterspout-spotted-off-palm-beach/1s6zNuFe0f6VXQmduuffgK/
http://www.sott.net/article/378578-Waterspout-filmed-off-Palm-Beach-Florida-VIDEO
2018-02-28 - Waterspout filmed near Gozo (Malta):
http://lovinmalta.com/news/weather/watch-waterspout-forms-over-gozo-as-temperatures-set-to-plummet-overnight
http://www.sott.net/article/378577-Waterspout-filmed-near-Gozo-Malta
2018-02-28 - Record-breaking cold hits parts of Russia:
http://earth-chronicles.com/natural-catastrophe/frosts-in-belarus-are-breaking-records-again.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378724-Record-breaking-frosts-in-central-Russia
2018-02-28 - Stacks of rare blue ice form 30 feet high on shores of the Great Lakes:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5443527/Stunning-pictures-blue-ice-forming-Michigan.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378643-Stacks-of-rare-blue-ice-form-30ft-high-on-shores-of-the-Great-Lakes-PHOTOS-VIDEOS
2018-02-28 - Man, 65, has chest pains at John Muir Cabin in coastal Juneau (Alaska):
http://juneauempire.com/local/news/2018-02-28/juneau-snowmobile-club-assists-snowy-rescue
http://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/medical-emergency-at-cabin-leads-to-search-and-rescue/
2018-02-28 - Climate change pushing weather extremes 'off the scale', says global cities group:
http://news.trust.org/item/20180227043712-hh1bl/
2018-02-28 - Magnitude 3.2 earthquake shakes Cumbria (Britain):
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/earthquakes-in-strange-places-as-uk.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cumbria-earthquake-latest-update-magnitude-shake-quake-geological-survey-a8232121.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378620-3-2-magnitude-quake-rocks-Northern-England-shaking-houses-the-second-to-strike-in-2-weeks
2018-02-28 - Death toll from M7.5 earthquake in Papua New Guinea hits 31, with 300 injured:
http://strangesounds.org/2018/02/m7-5-earthquake-in-papua-new-guinea-earthquake-effects-in-papua-new-guinea-as-a-result-of-an-earthquake-of-magnitude-7-5-in-papua-new-guinea-31-people-were-killed-and-300-were-injured-as-the-re.html
2018-02-28 - Volcano Bosavi, dormant for centuries, showing signs of unrest in Papua New Guinea:
http://postcourier.com.pg/smoke-filing-mt-bosavi/
http://www.sott.net/article/378641-Bosavi-volcano-in-Papua-New-Guinea-dormant-for-centuries-shows-recent-signs-of-activity
2018-02-28 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/02/another-major-quake-hits-papua-new.html
http://www.indiablooms.com/health-details/E/3416/6-magnitude-earthquake-hits-papua-new-guinea.html
http://www.sott.net/article/378629-Fresh-shallow-earthquake-of-magnitude-6-rocks-Papua-New-Guinea
2018-02-28 - Central Arctic ice cracking up 4 months early:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/02/cracking-of-arctic-ice-4-months-too.html
Note: Whoa, so the ice in the Arctic is now where it should be in JULY. That's extremely ominous...
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