Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Event Update For 2019-11-05







The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.




A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.




Category: Variety Pack

2019-11-05 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits school and sends 13 students to hospitals in Shreveport (Louisiana):
http://www.ksla.com/2019/11/05/possible-gas-leak-reported-shreveport-school/
http://www.ksla.com/video/2019/11/05/medical-emergency-sends-or-more-students-hospital-authorities-evacuate-school/
http://www.ksla.com/video/2019/11/06/no-classes-nov-broadmoor-middle-authorities-seek-source-medical-emergency/

Quote: "Broadmoor Middle Laboratory School will be closed as a precaution Wednesday as authorities search for the cause of a mystery medical emergency that sent at least 13 students to hospitals. Medical emergency sends 13 or more students to hospital; authorities evacuate school What initially was reported as a possible natural gas leak spurred a large emergency response Tuesday afternoon and caused officials to evacuate the campus on Atlantic Avenue. At least 13 students have since been taken to area hospitals. Two students came out of a class feeling dizzy and complained of headaches, Caddo School District spokeswoman Mary Nash-Wood told KSLA News 12. Eleven more other students and three school staffers had similar symptoms, she added."

Quote: "Shreveport firefighters and CenterPoint Energy crews checked the campus for a gas leak and found none."

Note: So it smelled LIKE the odorant added to natural gas but it wasn't natural gas. That's what hydrogen sulfide smells like, all of those symptoms match those of low-level hydrogen sulfide poisoning, and they didn't find any natural gas. People will often mistake the smell of low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide for a gas leak, since the smell is the same, but hydrogen sulfide will not register on natural gas detectors...

2019-11-05 - Unknown rotten egg odor sends students and staff fleeing into gym at school in Grand Forks (North Dakota):
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-reported-gas-leak-at-GF-high-school-564507991.html
http://knoxradio.com/news/local/natural-gas-smell-forces-gfc-students-staff-gym
http://www.inforum.com/news/4756573-All-clear-after-suspected-gas-leak-at-Grand-Forks-Central-High-School

Quote: "The Grand Forks Fire Department says they were not able to find a leak at the school and didn't find a presence of natural gas in the air."

Quote: "Strandell said he and other staff members believe the smell may have been sewer gas."

Note: Sewer gas is the common name for hydrogen sulfide. They thought it was a natural gas leak, but it wasn't. Like I was just saying...

2019-11-05 - Unknown odor hits animal clinic and sends two people to the hospital in Fresno (California):
http://abc30.com/animal-clinic-evacuated-after-strange-odor-2-hospitalized/5674684/
http://news.yahoo.com/animal-clinic-evacuated-strange-odor-010546505.html

Quote: "A female customer, along with another person, was transported to the hospital. Four employees inside the building were treated at the scene, while some people complained of breathing problems. Pets are were held at the building across the street. It is unclear where the odor originated."

2019-11-05 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) hits Lake Silver in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-avoid-lake-silver-after-algae-bloom-orlando-officials-say-20191106-fbb5ogbl45ed5hudmxp7ghisia-story.html
http://bungalower.com/2019/11/05/lake-alert-lake-silver-has-microcystins-yall/

Quote: "Harmful algae blooms usually last three to five months and are typical in late summer and early fall, according to the Florida Department of Health. When these blooms decompose, they release an odor that can smell like rotten eggs due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide."

2019-11-05 - Climate crisis accelerating faster than expected, untold suffering ahead, say 11,000 scientists:
http://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biz088/5610806
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/05/climate-crisis-11000-scientists-warn-of-untold-suffering
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/blame-planes-and-beef-climate-crisis-accelerating-faster-than-expected-say-11000-scientists-2019-11-05
http://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-foresee-untold-suffering-another-climate-record-falls-192240500.html

Quote: "The climate crisis has arrived and is accelerating faster than most scientists expected (figure 2, IPCC 2018). It is more severe than anticipated, threatening natural ecosystems and the fate of humanity (IPCC 2019). Especially worrisome are potential irreversible climate tipping points and nature's reinforcing feedbacks (atmospheric, marine, and terrestrial) that could lead to a catastrophic “hothouse Earth,” well beyond the control of humans (Steffen et al. 2018). These climate chain reactions could cause significant disruptions to ecosystems, society, and economies, potentially making large areas of Earth uninhabitable."

2019-11-05 - Tanker truck explodes into flame at 5 AM and kills man near 39th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://www.mrt.com/news/article/Phoenix-police-Fuel-tanker-driver-burned-in-14814661.php
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/phoenix-police-fuel-tanker-driver-burned-in-explosion-dies
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Phoenix-police-Fuel-tanker-driver-burned-in-14814661.php
http://azdailysun.com/news/state-and-regional/phoenix-police-fuel-tanker-driver-burned-in-explosion-dies/article_4f2b2bfe-4058-54db-989a-2a6abede638c.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2019-11-05/fuel-truck-explosion-leaves-phoenix-area-man-with-face-burns
http://www.azfamily.com/news/man-in-critical-condition-after-fuel-truck-explosion-in-west/article_3352d1aa-ffcc-11e9-96b6-4b9a89de4dc8.html
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/man-suffers-burns-to-head-face-in-reported-fuel-truck-explosion-in-phoenix-fire-department-says

Note: This is the 1945th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2019...

2019-11-05 - Van explodes and burns in the East Lake area in Birmingham (Alabama), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.al.com/news/2019/11/birmingham-van-explosion-critically-injures-2-people-shakes-houses.html
http://www.wvtm13.com/article/birmingham-fire-and-police-on-scene-of-large-explosion-in-east-lake-community/29705099
http://abc3340.com/news/local/authorities-on-scene-of-explosion-involving-a-van-in-birmingham
http://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-law-enforcement-investigating-explosion-in-south-eastlake/
http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/11/east-lake-explosion-that-killed-1-critically-injured-another-ruled-accidental.html
http://www.wbrc.com/2019/11/06/authorities-investigating-explosion-east-lake/
http://whnt.com/2019/11/06/1-dead-following-van-explosion-in-birmingham/

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death on Iyyanarkoil Street near Mudaliarper (India):
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/man-dies-in-car-fire/article29887468.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/man-charred-to-death-in-car-fire/article29892724.ece
http://www.f3nws.com/news/man-dies-in-car-fire-e7b419a6878

Quote: "A 32-year-old person was charred to death after his car caught fire on Iyyanarkoil Street near Mudaliarper on Tuesday morning. Police identified the victim as Muthukamaran, a resident of the street on which the incident took place. An initial probe has revealed that the victim was trapped in the car after its automatic system car got locked due to the fire, police said."

2019-11-05 - October was the hottest October ever recorded:
http://phys.org/news/2019-11-month-hottest-october-eu-climate.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/earth-just-experienced-its-hottest-october-ever/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/last-month-hottest-october-record-eu-climate-154155223.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/last-month-was-hottest-october-ever/ar-AAJTIu6
http://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2019-11-05/last-month-was-hottest-october-ever

2019-11-05 - Wall Street increasingly weighs risk from climate change:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-results-climatechange-analysis/wall-street-increasingly-weighs-risk-from-climate-change-idUSKBN1XF2CS
http://wkzo.com/news/articles/2019/nov/05/wall-street-increasingly-weighs-risk-from-climate-change/954380/

Quote: "In the wake of two years of devastating wildfires in California, Wall Street is incorporating a new risk metric when evaluating companies: climate resiliency."




2019-11-05 - Wildfire grows to 2000 acres in Tehama County (California):
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10267355-181/ranch-fire-in-tehama-county
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/11/04/air-quality-advisory-issued-for-bay-area-due-to-smoke-from-ranch-fire-in-tehama-co/
http://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfires/article/Ranch-Fire-Tehama-County-Red-Bluff-smoke-14810894.php
http://wildfiretoday.com/2019/11/03/the-ranch-fire-burns-hundreds-of-acres-southwest-of-red-bluff-calif/

2019-11-05 - Fishing trawler 'Bintang Jaya VI' damaged by fire off coastal Bali (Indonesia):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Km-Bintang-Jaya-Vi-I2351588.html

Quote: "The 'Bintang Jaya VI', 168 gt, suffered problems in the waters of North Bali on Nov 5, 2019, at 4.15 p.m. A fire broke out aboard the ship that had departed from Probolinggo and was heading to Lombo Papua to collect a cargo of fish."

2019-11-05 - Fishing boat bursts into flame at pier in coastal Portland (Maine):
http://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/firefighters-battle-boat-fire-at-portland-pier/97-0da4dd83-4cf2-4859-8755-bb4c1084a774
http://www.wmtw.com/article/boat-fire-sends-smoke-billowing-over-portland-maine/29697687
http://bangordailynews.com/2019/11/05/news/portland/firefighters-battle-boat-fire-in-portland/
http://www.centralmaine.com/2019/11/05/fishing-catches-fire-at-portland-fish-pier/
http://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/05/fishing-catches-fire-at-portland-fish-pier/
http://twitter.com/PortlandFD/status/1191728329063387143
http://wblm.com/video-boat-fire-on-portland-fish-pier/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mswYy62IIWE

Note: These are the 912th and 913th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2019...

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-10 in Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.kold.com/2019/11/05/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-traffic-delay-eastbound-i-/
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/tractor-trailer-fire-causes-traffic-delay-on-eb-i-10-between-orange-grove-and-sunset-exits
http://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2019/11/05/eb-i-10-near-orange-grove-all-clear-after-restricted-by-vehicle-fire/

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-20 in Kershaw County (South Carolina):
http://www.wltx.com/article/traffic/tractor-trailer-fire-i20-kershaw-camden-traffic-accident/101-f8d58a8a-9d34-4e16-9810-0d547e317847
http://twitter.com/SCDOTPress/status/1191703540735053824

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-24 in Coffee County (Tennessee):
http://www.manchestertimes.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-burns-on-the-interstate/article_38ce2922-0012-11ea-a8e7-bbdbcb11714f.html

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Saginaw County (Michigan):
http://www.wnem.com/news/central-dispatch-semi-fire-on-nb-i--in-saginaw/article_79185e48-fffa-11e9-aaed-7fbfd05b716e.html

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Commerce Street is in Geneva (Alabama):
http://www.dothanfirst.com/news/local-news/traffic-alert-road-closed-in-geneva-after-18-wheeler-catches-fire/
http://www.oppnewsonline.com/2019/11/05/peanut-truck-catches-fire/

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on the Hume Highway in the Snowy Mountains (Australia):
http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/6476796/biscuit-dough-cheese-among-items-lost-in-hume-highway-truck-fire/

2019-11-05 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 3 AM on the M6 near Coventry (Britain):
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/m6-closed-fire-rugby-coventry-3502055
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7650643/Lorry-fire-3am-sparks-M6-rush-hour-chaos.html
http://news.sky.com/story/m6-shut-down-as-fire-crews-deal-with-lorry-trailer-blaze-11854674
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10280293/huge-lorry-trailer-fire-m6/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-50302532

Note: These are the 1946th, 1947th, 1948th, 1949th, 1950th, 1951st and 1952nd tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2019...

2019-11-05 - Dump truck bursts into flame on Highway 407 near York (Canada):
http://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/dump-truck-fire-on-hwy-407-at-hwy-27-delays-traffic-york-police-1829544

2019-11-05 - Utility truck bursts into flame on I-25 near Colorado Springs (Colorado):
http://www.kktv.com/content/news/Vehicle-fire-causes-delays-on-southbound-I-25-south-of-Colorado-Springs-564528731.html
http://gazette.com/news/vehicle-fire-closes-southbound-i--south-of-colorado-springs/article_dedcd720-0029-11ea-9756-9b70f68888f7.html

2019-11-05 - Ambulance bursts into flame on I-291 in Springfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/firefighters-put-out-ambulance-fire-on-i-291-in-springfield/

2019-11-05 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home in Williams (Oregon):
http://kobi5.com/news/local-news/dog-alerts-owners-of-rv-fire-114689/

Note: This is the 400th RV to burn in 2019...

2019-11-05 - Campervan bursts into flame at gas station in Kelowna (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/6132198/emergency-crews-extinguish-vehicle-fire-at-kelowna-gas-station/
http://cfox.com/news/6132198/emergency-crews-extinguish-vehicle-fire-at-kelowna-gas-station/
http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_c55be1c0-005a-11ea-b8ec-dbd47be96fe4.html
http://infotel.ca/newsitem/camper-van-catches-fire-at-kelowna-gas-station/it67384
http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/van-engulfed-in-flames-along-highway-33/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DViPCIgu3pc

2019-11-05 - Van bursts into flame on Patrick Street in Mullingar (Ireland):
http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2019/11/05/dramatic-scenes-as-van-goes-on-fire-on-mullingars-patrick-street/

2019-11-05 - SUV bursts into flame on the Sawgrass Expressway in Sunrise (Florida), near the coast:
http://wsvn.com/news/local/car-catches-fire-on-sawgrass-expressway-northbound-in-sunrise/

2019-11-05 - SUV bursts into flame while parked in San Gwann on the island of Malta:
http://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/watch-car-on-fire-at-san-gwann/

Quote: "No one was injured in the car’s fire and indications are that the fire started by itself inside the car."

2019-11-05 - Pickup truck bursts into flame on I-90/39 in Janesville (Wisconsin):
http://www.gazettextra.com/no_meter/truck-fire-leaves-north-lanes-shut-down-on-i-/article_6766b6a2-3cc4-54fe-9713-186756da68a2.html

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on Cates Bay Highway in Conway (South Carolina), 1 injured:
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2019/11/06/one-taken-hospital-after-vehicle-fire-conway-area/
http://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/one-person-taken-to-hospital-after-vehicle-fire-on-cates-bay-highway/

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame at midnight in Knowlton Township (New Jersey), 1 injured:
http://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/warren-hunterdon/police-fire/state-police-driver-seriously-burned-in-knowlton-car-fire-airlifted-to-hospital/778775/

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on Northern Boulevard in coastal Queens (New York):
http://patch.com/new-york/jackson-heights-elmhurst/car-catches-fire-northern-boulevard-queens-fdny

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on I-95 in Wilmington (Delaware):
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2019/11/05/wilmington-car-fire-interstate-95-north-frawley-stadium/4170019002/

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on I-285 in DeKalb County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/article/traffic/i285-car-fire-traffic/85-63471c6b-4398-4291-a1fe-858e0b3c4ff3

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on I-91 in Windsor (Connecticut):
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Vehicle-fire-closes-lanes-on-I-91-14810580.php
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Vehicle-fire-closes-lanes-on-I-91-14810580.php
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Vehicle-fire-closes-lanes-on-I-91-14810580.php
http://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Vehicle-fire-closes-lanes-on-I-91-14810580.php
http://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/vehicle-fire-halts-traffic-on-interstate-91-southbound-in-windsor/

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame in Stoke-sub-Hamdon (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=51295&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41

2019-11-05 - Car bursts into flame on the A38 in Derbyshire (Britain):
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/live-updates-long-delays-expected-3505552

2019-11-05 - Vehicle bursts into flame on street in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Traffic-alert-Vehicle-fire-blocking-Weatherly-Todd-Mill-roads-in-Huntsville-564521941.html

2019-11-05 - Car, garage and home go up in flames in Oklahoma City (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2019/11/05/firefighters-put-out-house-fire-that-started-in-garage/

Quote: "A car in a garage may have sparked a fire near Northwest 44th and Nob Hill Road in the Oklahoma City/Yukon area on Tuesday."

2019-11-05 - Cars and auto shop destroyed by fire in Wagoner (Oklahoma):
http://www.newson6.com/story/41277386/fastmoving-explosive-fire-destroys-downtown-wagoner-business
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/wagoner-fire-department-on-scene-of-mechanic-shop-fire-police-say
http://www.newson6.com/story/41274317/wagoner-firefighters-responding-to-mechanic-shop-fire
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/fire-consumes-wagoner-auto-shop/article_87474a24-e833-5ab4-b03c-e707b97ef91c.html
http://www.tulsaworld.com/communities/wagoner/news/gallery-tuesday-morning-blaze-destroys-wagoner-business/collection_c69d3818-5a1e-597c-8997-cc3d08dddcca.html#3

Quote: "'You got cars in there; fuel tanks are exploding, any car that has a fuel tank is going to explode,' said Kelly Grooms, the fire chief in Wagoner."

2019-11-05 - Farm equipment destroyed by fire in the wee hours, barn damaged, in Thornapple Township (Michigan):
http://fox17online.com/2019/11/05/multiple-crews-battling-barry-county-barn-fire/

Quote: "The fire destroyed several pieces of farm equipment, but crews were able to save some of the barn from being a total loss."

2019-11-05 - Auto shop heavily damaged by fire on Leitersburg Pike in Hagerstown (Maryland):
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/fire-causes-damage-to-automotive-business-on-leitersburg-pike/article_89d290f1-3f74-5bc5-8167-35dfde541746.html
http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/complete-car-care-fire/video_d34f2b6d-2261-5a00-827c-c193b4ccaca7.html
http://www.localdvm.com/news/maryland/fire-at-auto-repair-shop-off-of-leitersburg-pike/

2019-11-05 - Auto shop and two mobile homes destroyed by fire at 4 AM in West Yellowstone (Montana):
http://www.kbzk.com/news/west-yellowstone-blaze-forces-some-evacuations
http://www.krtv.com/news/montana-and-regional-news/fire-destroys-several-buildings-in-west-yellowstone
http://www.kxlh.com/news/west-yellowstone-blaze-forces-some-evacuations
http://www.ktvh.com/news/west-yellowstone-blaze-forces-some-evacuations

2019-11-05 - Market heavily damaged by two separate simultaneous fires on coastal Lagos Island (Nigeria):
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2019/nov/05/nigerian-firefighters-battle-huge-blazes-at-market/
http://www.richmond.com/business/ap/nigerian-firefighters-battle-huge-blazes-at-market-in-lagos/article_80d0ef6d-8b37-5fb1-a819-4f7c0437bea5.html
http://www.statesville.com/news/state/ap/nigerian-firefighters-battle-huge-blazes-at-market-in-lagos/article_9d60a7d8-2934-55bb-b3ec-98d06ceab2f7.html
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sns-bc-af--nigeria-market-fire-20191105-story.html
http://fox61.com/2019/11/05/firefighters-tackle-huge-blaze-in-lagos/

Quote: "Nigerian firefighters were battling two fires that broke out almost simultaneously Tuesday at a busy market in central Lagos, the country's largest city and commercial center."

Quote: "The two fires don't appear to be related, he said, adding that it wasn't immediately clear if there were any casualties."

Quote: "The Balogun market sprawls across many blocks on Lagos Island."

2019-11-05 - Garage destroyed by fire at home in Ankeny (Iowa):
http://www.kcci.com/article/ankeny-fire-department-battles-blaze-in-two-car-garage/29705408

2019-11-05 - Home damaged by garage fire in St. Maries (Idaho), firefighter goes into cardiac arrest:
http://www.krem.com/article/news/local/st-maries-firefighter-suffers-cardiac-arrest/293-170cdfec-1336-495b-8a99-7e330698e766

Quote: "Lt. Phil Diffenbaugh suffered a cardiac event that immediately put him into cardiac arrest while fighting the fire in St. Maries."

2019-11-05 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 6:50 AM on East 100th Street in Runnells (Iowa), 1 injured:
http://www.kcci.com/article/6-evacuated-1-hospitalized-in-runnells-house-fire/29697438
http://whotv.com/2019/11/05/6-people-escape-early-morning-fire-in-rural-runnells/

2019-11-05 - Home heavily damaged by fire in coastal Hampton (Virginia):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nw-olde-wythe-house-fire-20191105-qn66hcbpzfct5j36hhq7hjl24u-photogallery.html
http://www.dailypress.com/dailypress/118952828-132.html

2019-11-05 - Home heavily damaged by fire just after 11:30 PM on Ray Street in Ludlow (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/mutual-aid-called-in-for-ludlow-house-fire/

2019-11-05 - Home heavily damaged by fire on 80th Avenue in Zeeland (Michigan):
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20191105/zeeland-home-heavily-damaged-in-fire

2019-11-05 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Donald Drive in Goffstown (New Hampshire), nobody there:
http://www.wmur.com/article/home-sustains-significant-damage-in-goffstown-blaze/29705230

2019-11-05 - Home destroyed by fire on Rosetta Way in Davidsonville (Maryland):
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2019/11/05/davidsonville-fire-rosetta-way/
http://twitter.com/AACoFD/status/1191896665524969473

2019-11-05 - Apartment building damaged by fire on Tricia Lane in coastal Newport News (Virginia), 1 injured:
http://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/newport-news/one-person-hurt-in-newport-news-fire/291-caa843f0-1932-4358-ab80-863fe8de9aad

2019-11-05 - Deadly fire burns detached garage at home in Mississauga (Canada), 1 killed:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/11/05/man-dead-in-mississauga-garage-fire.html

2019-11-05 - Deadly fire burns mobile home on Well Road in Hayden (Idaho), 1 killed:
http://www.cdapress.com/local_news/20191106/hayden_man_dies_in_mobile_home_fire
http://www.postregister.com/news/state/northern-idaho-man-dies-in-mobile-home-fire/article_ea8c24d6-d5ed-5084-b4cc-754d1c9911d1.html

2019-11-05 - Vacant home burns at 5:32 AM in Chester (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/11/05/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-abandoned-house-in-chester/




2019-11-05 - Goat found dead at Ellis Lake Park in Marysville (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/04/goat-found-dead-marysville-lake/

2019-11-05 - Elephants and other wildlife dying from severe drought in Zimbabwe:
http://www.itv.com/news/2019-11-06/severe-drought-ravages-zimbabwe-leaving-hundreds-of-animals-dead/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/elephants-dead-in-zimbabwe-southern-africa-severe-drought-11-06-2019/
http://www.westernmassnews.com/general/zimbabwe-s-severe-drought-killing-elephants-other-wildlife/article_a8fb3194-1f44-520b-a2b2-3b607ea03314.html




2019-11-05 - Two boys, 15 and 16, dies in the Godavari River near Pedalanka (India):
http://www.uniindia.com/two-school-boys-drown-in-godavari-river/south/news/1780757.html




2019-11-05 - Man, 41, has 'medical issue' and slumps over dead in car before 5:45 AM near Wichita (Kansas):
http://www.ksn.com/news/local/deputies-respond-to-report-of-accident-in-southeast-sedgwick-county/
http://www.kake.com/story/41273228/driver-who-died-near-wichita-possibly-suffered-medical-condition
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1139018489/man-found-in-vehicle-in-sedgwick-county-likely-died-from-medical-condition-officer-says

Quote: "Investigators say there was no evidence of a crash, no sign of trauma and the vehicle air bag did not deploy. They say it appears he suffered from a medical issue."

2019-11-05 - Man, 52, found dead in donation bin in Van Nuys (California):
http://abc7.com/hollywood-superman-found-dead-in-van-nuys/5677004/
http://www.tmz.com/2019/11/06/hollywood-blvd-superman-christopher-dennis-found-dead-52-homeless/

2019-11-05 - Man, 31, found dead in Bayou Desiard (Louisiana):
http://www.knoe.com/content/news/Ouachita-parish-body-found-564503711.html

2019-11-05 - Man found dead outside church in Florida City (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Mans-Body-Found-Outside-Florida-City-Church-564510381.html

2019-11-05 - Person found dead in the Hudson River in coastal Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.rlsmedia.com/article/body-found-floating-hudson-river-jersey-city

2019-11-05 - Man found dead on trail in Union Township (Pennsylvania):
http://local21news.com/news/local/missing-man-found-dead-on-berks-county-trail

2019-11-05 - Man, 26, goes for hike and dies near Chena Hot Springs (Alaska):
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/fairbanks/2019/11/05/soldotna-man-missing-on-hike-near-fairbanks-found-dead/

2019-11-05 - Man in his 30s found dead in submerged car in river in Avocado Heights (California):
http://ktla.com/2019/11/05/man-killed-when-car-overturns-lands-in-avocado-heights-area-riverbed/

2019-11-05 - Man, 64, found dead in Ochoco Creek in Prineville (Oregon):
http://kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/472699
http://centraloregondaily.com/recovered-body-idd-as-prineville-homeless-man/

2019-11-05 - Man found dead near US 71 near Lecompte (Louisiana):
http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2019/11/05/rapides-sheriffs-office-body-male-found-near-lecompte-highway/4167775002/

2019-11-05 - Woman, 18, boxer, found dead at home in coastal Inverness (Scotland):
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10280302/teen-boxing-star-dead/

2019-11-05 - Man found dead in or near burn (stream) near Woodmill Road in Dunfermline (Scotland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-50302030
http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/18015039.body-man-discovered-dunfermline-burn/

2019-11-05 - Man found dead in coastal Aberdeen (Scotland):
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4919092/darren-sadler-missing-body-found-police/

2019-11-05 - Boy, 15, has 'medical emergency' at home, dies shortly later, on Manor Crescent in coastal Newport (Britain):
http://www.countypress.co.uk/news/18017620.police-confirm-death-15-year-old-boy-following-medical-emergency/




2019-11-05 - Man, 74, goes missing from boat, boat found idling near coastal Little Palm Island (Florida):
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Florida-Keys-Man-Missing-After-His-Boat-Found-With-Engines-Idling-564558061.html
http://www.local10.com/news/florida/monroe-county/florida-keys-man-missing-after-boat-found-with-engines-idling

Quote: "On Tuesday afternoon, the boat, a 30-foot center console with multiple outboards, was found Tuesday afternoon anchored just off Little Palm Island with the engines idling. There was no sign of Gyurstak, investigators said."

2019-11-05 - Man, 53, has 'medical episode', SUV mows down man and boy, in coastal Neutral Bay (Australia), 2+ injured:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/eightyearold-school-boy-fighting-for-his-life-after-being-hit-outside-sydney-school-091352492.html
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/man-and-child-taken-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-a-car-in-neutral-bay/news-story/e5adcf1c675860829b845be961a74531
http://www.9news.com.au/national/neutral-bay-car-accident-man-and-child-hit-by-car-on-ben-boyd-road/d6d61ed7-6cc5-4b26-b8a7-b0d403b0d662
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7658139/Neutral-Bay-crash-driver-suffered-medical-episode-hitting-boy-8-father-40.html
http://receive.news/11/06/2019/man-and-child-taken-to-hospital-after-being-hit-by-car-in-neutral-bay/

Quote: "The 53-year-old driver was taken to Royal North Shore hospital to be treated for shock and is assisting police with their inquiries. It is believed the male driver suffered a medical episode, according to 7 News."

2019-11-05 - Police officer has 'medical event', police car crashes into 3 parked vehicles, in coastal Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/117240401/police-officer-had-medical-event-before-crashing-into-parked-cars-in-christchurch
http://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/medical-event-behind-police-car-crash

Quote: "A police officer who crashed an unmarked vehicle into three parked cars in Christchurch had suffered a medical event."

2019-11-05 - Tanker truck overturns on Contreras Road near Skull Valley (Arizona):
http://gcmaz.com/fire-crews-tended-to-a-rollover-involving-a-tanker-tuesday-near-skull-valley/

2019-11-05 - SUV veers off road at 12:15 AM, plunges into Westchester Lagoon, in coastal Anchorage (Alaska), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.ktva.com/story/41272872/suv-crashes-into-westchester-lagoon-1-dead
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Large-section-of-Minnesota--564496841.html
http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2019/11/05/1-dead-1-missing-after-speeding-suv-rolls-into-westchester-lagoon-police-say/

2019-11-05 - Pickup truck veers off road, overturns, bursts into flame, near Oxbow (North Dakota), 1 injured:
http://www.kvrr.com/2019/11/05/man-hurt-after-pickup-crashes-and-catches-on-fire/

2019-11-05 - Car veers off road at 3:30 AM, crashes into tree, bursts into flame, on Lake Shore Road in Manchester (New Hampshire), 1 killed:
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/state/driver-dies-in-crash-car-struck-tree-caught-fire/article_96f1770e-935e-5b5a-b1fe-a83efb94fe7b.html
http://www.theeagle.com/news/national/driver-dies-in-crash-car-struck-tree-caught-fire/article_2861e63d-63e6-5325-aa4f-61cda2574b6f.html
http://www.wacotrib.com/driver-dies-in-crash-car-struck-tree-caught-fire/article_a2e9415b-9474-5f9f-bebc-e7a5ece8ab32.html

2019-11-05 - Car veers off road, crashes into home, in coastal Jacksonville (Florida), 1 injured:
http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20191105/car-crashes-through-jacksonville-home-misses-woman-watching-tv




2019-11-05 - Child has 'medical episode' on street in coastal Sunderland (Britain):
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/child-taken-hospital-after-medical-episode-sunderland-street-828712

Quote: "Emergency services were called to Southwick Road in the city at around 6pm on Tuesday, November 5, following a ‘medical episode’ involving a child."

2019-11-05 - Volcano Popocatepetl erupts twice in 8 minutes near Mexico City (Mexico):
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1200442/mexico-volcano-Popocatepetl-volcano-eruption-ash-video-latest-warning

2019-11-05 - Freaky unexplained cloud formation appears over Florida:
http://strangesounds.org/2019/11/strange-clouds-florida-video-sky-phenomenon.html

2019-11-05 - Scientists predict El Nino in 2020 based on earlier warning method:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-predict-el-nino-2020-163608017.html

2019-11-05 - Several blasts of arctic cold will bring an early winter to millions across the US:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/several-blasts-arctic-cold-bring-180952095.html

2019-11-05 - The Deutsche Bank death watch has taken a very interesting turn:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-deutsche-bank-death-watch-has-taken-a-very-interesting-turn

2019-11-05 - Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space, scientists detect plasma density jump:
http://phys.org/news/2019-11-voyager-interstellar-space-scientists-plasma.html
http://www.sott.net/article/423243-Voyager-2-reaches-interstellar-space-Scientists-detect-plasma-density-jump

2019-11-05 - Ancient 70-mile-long wall found in western Iran:
http://www.livescience.com/hadrians-wall-of-iran-discovered.html
http://www.sott.net/article/423267-Ancient-70-mile-long-wall-found-in-Western-Iran

12 comments:

  1. Best way to start the day, reading JJFH to get the low-down on reality.

    Good morning Jonny and your faithful readers. Another interesting day, as things become ever more strange. Anomalous weather, strange things in the sky, die-off of land mammals, birds, insects, etc. and marine-deaths, increasing fire activity, and mysterious explosions and loud eerie noises coming from "all over."

    Let's take a look around.

    BLACK BEAR NEWS: Permafrost Releases More Co2 Than Previously Thought
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xFloO5gJQQ [5.75 min.]

    Permafrost emits more carbon in winter than plants absorb in summer: study

    [cascading effects]
    BLACK BEAR NEWS Snakes And Rats
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkjWHbFElO0 [~ 4.75 min.]

    Snake population near death as floods drown rats

    Thursday, 7 November 2019
    India's "gas chamber" of deadly air pollutants which kills nearly 2 million people a year is being sucked away by two powerful tropical cyclones Maha and Bulbul
    http://www.thebigwobble.org/2019/11/indias-gas-chamber-of-deadly-air.html

    [oh great, now we can all enjoy it . . ..]

    Forests in many areas of California are just waiting for a spark
    https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/11/06/forests-in-many-areas-of-california-are-just-waiting-for-a-spark/

    The Energy Release Component is at or above record levels in some areas of the state [more]

    [some humor from Wildfire Today]
    The Onion: Officials to reduce wildfire risk by shutting off oxygen to residents
    https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/11/06/the-onion-officials-to-reduce-wildfire-risk-by-shutting-off-oxygen-to-residents/

    Physical fitness test for wildland firefighters used in Alberta, Canada
    https://wildfiretoday.com/2019/11/05/physical-fitness-test-for-wildland-firefighters-used-in-alberta-canada/

    used in Alberta, Canada

    This video shows the physical fitness test, WFX-FIT, used to evaluate wildland firefighters in Alberta, Canada. [more]

    [the test is in a gym breathing clean air; reality is far different - try doing these activities when it's very HOT, vegetation is impeding your forward progress and the air is full of toxic SMOKE!]

    Mysterious Sleeping Sickness of Kalachi, Kazakhstan
    https://strangesounds.org/2019/11/mysterious-sleeping-sickness-kazakhstan-video.html

    we are referring to a mysterious epidemic that causes fatigue, memory loss, hallucinations, and most strangely, long bouts of unexpected narcolepsy. [more]

    Mother Nature is so cruel: Devastating Hailstorm Causes Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Food Damage in Australia
    https://strangesounds.org/2019/11/riverland-australia-devastating-hailstorm-damage-video.html

    A hailstorm, which started in Strathalbyn, has ripped through fruit and cereal crops in SA’s Riverland region.
    One local farmer says it caused “hundreds of millions of dollars” of damage. [more]

    [more below]





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  2. Red Alert at Manam (PNG) After Eruption and Lava Flow at Remote Mawson Peak on Heard Island, Australia
    https://strangesounds.org/2019/11/volcano-news-red-alert-manam-lava-flow-heard-island-australia.html

    Here an update on volcanic eruptions taking place around the world.

    Today, we feature the Manam and Mawson Peak activities. [more]

    35 Reasons Why You Should Move Away From California
    http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/35-reasons-why-you-should-move-away-from-california

    Millions of people have already left the state, and millions more are thinking of leaving. One recent survey found that 47 percent of all Californians are thinking about moving out of the state in the next five years, and a different survey discovered that 53 percent of those currently living in the state would like to leave. [more]

    Brutal tornado captured ripping through a factory in Kalamata, Greece
    https://watchers.news/2019/11/06/tornado-kalamata-greece-november-2019/

    Dumped fishing gear is biggest plastic polluter in ocean, finds report
    http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2019/11/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report/

    Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace.

    More than 640,000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots and traps used in commercial fishing are dumped and discarded in the sea every year, the same weight as 55,000 double-decker buses.
    [more; humans are lazy, uncaring slobs]

    Flooded Future: New elevation maps triple estimates of global risk from sea-level rise and coastal flooding – “By 2100, land now home to 200 million people could sit permanently below the high tide line”
    https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/11/flooded-future-new-elevation-maps-triple-estimates-of-global-risk-from-sea-level-rise-and-coastal-flooding-by-2100-land-now-home-to-200-million-people-could-sit-permanently-below.html

    Will a push for plastics turn Appalachia into next “Cancer Alley”? – “It’s so obvious that they are trying to lock us into fossil fuels”
    https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/11/will-a-push-for-plastics-turn-appalachia-into-next-cancer-alley-its-so-obvious-that-they-are-trying-to-lock-us-into-fossil-fuels.html

    MONACA, Pennsylvania (The Guardian) – Construction cranes climb into the sky and sprawl across the massive petrochemical facility that will turn a byproduct of fracked gas into plastic on the banks of the Ohio River, just outside Pittsburgh. [more; let's pollute some MORE!]

    UFO enthusiasts stabilize shaky 2008 video footage from Turkey
    https://www.sott.net/article/423368-UFO-enthusiasts-stabilize-shaky-2008-video-footage-from-Turkey

    [this is really strange]

    The clip was also hailed by netizens for its outstanding quality and high definition, with many users, of course, noticing striking resemblance between the magnified dots and the perceived look of aliens.

    All in all, the edited Kumburgaz images add to a growing throve of "unexplained aerial phenomena" caught on camera. Earlier, the US military confirmed authenticity of three widely-circulated videos appearing to show encounters between Navy aircraft and UFOs. [more, including videos]

    [continued below]

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  3. Caitlin Johnstone: Things are only going to get weirder
    https://www.sott.net/article/423147-Caitlin-Johnstone-Things-are-only-going-to-get-weirder

    Things are getting stranger and stranger. If you would have told someone ten years ago that Dennis Rodman would one day be helping to negotiate peace between North Korea and President Donald Trump, they would have assumed you were describing some weird movie cooked up in the mind of Mike Judge or the South Park guys. But in this timeline it's an actual news story.

    Everything about the last few years has been weird. The mass media's behavior has been weird, Russiagate was weird, Ukrainegate is weird, a former presidential candidate accusing a current presidential candidate of working for the Kremlin was weird, people constantly accusing strangers on the internet of being Russian agents is weird, factions of the US government constantly leaking information against other factions of the US government is weird, the DNC getting caught rigging their primary was weird, Hillary Clinton losing the election was weird, the Skripal poisoning was weird, US government officials openly tweeting about their Venezuela coup is weird, the breakdown of the entire mainstream Syria narrative is weird, Assange's arrest was weird, the campaign to censor the internet is weird, and this is just stuff off the top of my head from the areas I've been looking at in my own narrow spectrum of focus. Anyone else could list dozens of other weird new developments from their own slice of the information pie.

    I often hear people in my line of work saying "Man, we're going to look back on all this crazy shit and think about how absolutely weird it was!"

    No we won't. Because it's only going to get weirder.

    It's only going to get weirder, because that's what it looks like when old patterns start to fall away. [more]

    [just another corrupted institution]
    CDC petitioned to admit they accept corporate money
    https://www.sott.net/article/423344-CDC-petitioned-to-admit-they-accept-corporate-money

    According to a recent news release posted by the U.S. Right to Know, public health groups petitioned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday in an effort to stop the agency from making claims that it does not accept corporate money. Specifically, the CDC has claimed that it "does not accept commercial support" and has "no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products." The public interest groups behind the petition believes the CDC's claims are false.

    The US RTK news release explains, "The CDC makes such disclaimers hundreds of times in its publications and on its website, despite that the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has accepted for it nearly $80 million from drug companies and other commercial manufacturers during fiscal years 2014-2018."

    The CDC is violating the public trust by misleading us in this way.

    In 2017, the US RTK shared documents between The Coca-Cola Company and the CDC's director at the time, Brenda Fitzgerald, showing proof of an alliance. In January, a study co-authored by Ruskin showed emails between Coca-Cola and the CDC, detailing Coca-Cola's efforts to influence the agency. One correspondence showed a CDC official offering tips to the beverage company on how to lobby the World Health Organization to "back off its efforts to curtail added sugars." Coca-Cola is one of many companies that have donated money to the CDC Foundation. [more]

    [last part follows]

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  4. Heavy rain, landslides and floods leave communities cut off in Montenegro
    https://www.sott.net/article/423408-Heavy-rain-landslides-and-floods-leave-communities-cut-off-in-Montenegro

    Communities have been cut off and dozens of homes damaged after flooding in Montenegro from 05 November, 2019. [more]

    Kafu river in Uganda 10 METRES above normal raising fears of major flooding
    https://www.sott.net/article/423372-Kafu-river-in-Uganda-10-METRES-above-normal-raising-fears-of-major-flooding

    Thursday, 7 November 2019
    A manufacturing crisis in America unseen since 2008
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-manufacturing-crisis-in-america.html

    This isn’t what was supposed to happen. According to the economic optimists, there was going to be a great “manufacturing renaissance” as America entered a wonderful new golden age of boundless prosperity. But of course that is not what has happened. Manufacturing activity has been declining for the past three months, and all across the country we are seeing economic conditions rapidly deteriorate. Over and over, we are seeing economic numbers that are worse than anything we have seen since the last recession, but the economic optimists keep assuring us that these are just temporary blips on the way to America’s glorious economic renewal. Well, they can keep believing in a mirage of future prosperity if they want, but the hard numbers keep telling us another story. [more; by Michael Snyder]

    Bizarre 'Ice Eggs' Stranded on Finnish Shore Go Viral – Photo
    http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/11/meterorologists-on-hand-to-explain-away.html

    Grotesque oval ice formations created by a rare coincidence of factors on Hailuoto island in northern Finland have wowed netizens. [more; ice balls - meteorologists say one thing and Dane Wigington says another.]

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  5. China kicks off work on 6G research, state media say
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-kicks-off-6g-research-053900446.html

    Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump in February tweeted that he wanted 6G technology in the United States as soon as possible, urging U.S. firms to step up their efforts or get left behind. [more; swell...]

    More store closings coming: The list of retailers closing locations in 2019
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/more-store-closings-coming-estimated-100014142.html

    The retail apocalypse isn't showing any signs of slowing down.

    CVS announced Wednesday that 22 more stores would close in 2020, adding to 46 closures in 2019.

    More than 100 Forever 21 stores are slated to close as part of the fashion retailer's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection case, according to court documents filed last week. And Dressbarn started liquidation sales at its 544 stores Nov. 1, which will close no later than Dec. 26.

    So far in 2019, there have already been 48% more store closings announced than in all of 2018, according to a recent report from global marketing research firm Coresight Research.
    [more]

    Tulsi Gabbard Floats 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
    https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/tulsi-gabbard-911-conspiracy-theory.html

    Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) wants Americans to believe that their government has concealed the truth about the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. [more]

    Two racing powerboats flip and crash simultaneously at Key West Race
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/two-racing-powerboats-flip-crash-074925019.html

    'Losing two farms a day': Wisconsin is facing a serious dairy crisis
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/wisconsin-crisis-dairy-farmers-135448774.html

    Wisconsin leads the nation in farm bankruptcies this year, and dairy farmers are carrying the brunt of the burden.
    According to NPR, nearly 10% of Wisconsin dairy farmers may go out of business in 2019. And Wisconsin has seen an increase in suicide rates over the last few years. [more]

    Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson To Retire Amid Internal Affairs Probe
    https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/chicago-police-superintendent-eddie-johnson-retires.html

    Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is expected to announce Thursday that he is retiring after nearly four years as the city’s top cop and more than three decades with the police force.

    Johnson’s retirement comes as Chicago’s inspector general investigates an Oct. 17 incident in which police officers found the superintendent passed out in his car at a stop sign.

    The incident was initially blamed on a change in Johnson’s blood pressure medication that he said caused him to pull over. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot later told the Chicago Sun-Times that the superintendent had a “couple of drinks with dinner” that evening. Johnson had been taking medication since experiencing a blood clot over the summer. [more]

    Water crisis builds in Egypt as dam talks falter, temperatures rise
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/water-crisis-builds-egypt-dam-141323532.html

    [more follows]

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  6. Iconic Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic and death
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/iconic-pacific-bird-sanctuary-ravaged-053701543.html

    Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life.

    But on the ground, there's a different scene: plastic, pollution and death.

    With virtually no predators, Midway is a haven for many species of seabirds and is home to the largest colony of albatross in the world.

    But Midway is also at the center of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast area of floating plastic collected by circulating oceanic currents. The Hawaiian Islands act like a comb that gathers debris as it floats across the Pacific. A recent analysis found that the patch is accumulating debris at a faster rate than scientists previously thought. [more]

    [oh NOW you get it . ..]
    Sea levels could rise even faster, higher than feared: study
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/sea-levels-could-rise-even-faster-higher-feared-133148877.html

    Global warming could drive a much more dramatic increase in sea levels than current projections suggest, scientists say, citing a rise of 10 metres (33 feet) during Earth's last warming interlude more than 100,000 years ago.

    Such a change far outstrips current projections and could be catastrophic for vast swathes of humanity, a team at Australian National University concluded in a study. [more]

    Biggest tropical wetlands ravaged by fires in Brazil
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/biggest-tropical-wetlands-ravaged-fires-050152261.html

    Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have ripped through the biodiverse region, consuming an area the size of London in just the past 10 days, burning some animals alive and sending others fleeing.

    The inferno in the world's largest tropical wetlands is the latest environmental disaster facing Brazil, coming after a mysterious oil spill that is afflicting beaches in the northeast and August fires that raged in the Amazon region.
    [more]

    We Are Running Out of Air

    One suffocating city is a harbinger of health crises around the world.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/11/delhi-air-crisis/601507/

    Officials have implored the people of New Delhi to stay inside, indefinitely. Five million children in India’s capital have been handed face masks. Everyone is to keep windows closed. Contrary to the most fundamental medical advice, the city’s chief minister urged residents this week to “avoid outdoor physical activities.”

    News images seem cut from an apocalyptic outbreak film. One of India’s holiest rivers is covered in toxic foam that looks like white cotton candy. Midday visibility is like a foggy dusk. The air reportedly causes people’s eyes to burn. [more]

    [more below]

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  7. Heavy rains, flooding displace hundred of thousands in East Africa
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/heavy-rains-flooding-displace-hundred-163906536.html

    Heavy rains and floods have killed more than 50 people and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes across East Africa as researchers warn warming oceans are causing unpredictable weather patterns in the region.

    South Sudan declared a national emergency last week after 420,000 people fled from the floods, the United Nations said.

    "We now live with dead animals, waste and garbage all submerged under these waters," said resident Veronica Komor, aged 42. [more]

    "The extremes are becoming more pronounced than before," he said. "We can attribute this to the changing global atmosphere, like global warming."

    But Chris Shisanya, a professor of climatology at Nairobi-based Kenyatta University, said it was too early to say the heavy rains and floods were due to global warming. [more; yeah, there's always somebody ready to say NOPE]

    [read 'em an' weep]
    IRS releases updated income tax brackets for 2020
    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/irs-releases-updated-income-tax-203652329.html

    Teenager dies following marathon-long gaming session: 'I tried to warn him'
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/teenager-dies-following-marathon-long-205951064.html

    A teenager in Thailand died from a stroke following a marathon-long computer gaming session, the Mirror reports.

    Piyawat Harikun, 17, had purportedly spent several nights playing multiplayer battle games at his home in Udon Thani, northern Thailand, when his sessions finally took a toll on him. [more]

    [intelligent design]
    'If there's a spill, it's a disaster': living next to a giant lake of radioactive waste
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/theres-spill-disaster-living-next-093018946.html

    It is a gargantuan manmade 960-acre lake containing hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic, radioactive water that sits on top of a 200ft pile of waste byproduct, an enormous, chalky white wall that makes the bulldozers and cranes atop look like children’s toys. The massive white mound is shaped like a giant bathtub, formed with a naturally radioactive element called phosphogypsum and filled with toxic cargo. It has reshaped the horizon in this parish, which has transitioned from a center of slavery, to black-owned farmland, to an industrial corridor.

    ‘They don’t tell us anything’ [more]

    Coast Guard searching for airman who fell out of C-130 plane into Gulf of Mexico
    https://www.yahoo.com/gma/coast-guard-searching-airman-fell-c-130-plane-164100996--abc-news-topstories.html

    The U.S. Coast Guard is among several agencies searching for an Air Force airman who fell out of the C-130 he was flying in over the Gulf of Mexico.

    The staff sergeant was in training at the time and fell from the aircraft at about 1,500 feet, ABC Pensacola affiliate WEAR reported.

    Others in the plane saw the airman's parachute deploy and that he was treading water once he landed, according to the station. Additional information was not immediately available [more]

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  8. I'm dissapointed at how much right-wing politics has intruded on this otherwise great site. I don't think Hillary is evil and republicans have to lie to get votes. Thier obsessiveness regarding Hillary is sick.Considering howu Narcissism is in the rightwing politics is shows how warped and selfish those on the right are,they got control issues. For the record trump is a sociopath.

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  9. I understand your point of view, Panther. If you just read what *I* write, I don't think you'll find much of anything that is pro right wing politics. I don't speak for others though, nor do I want to be a censor. Occasionally I point out that Trump's policies are going to end up KILLING US ALL SOONER. Especially the loosening of regulations that reign in corporate abuses, like wantonly spewing methane into the atmosphere, allowing Alaskan forests to be cut down for cyanide-using gold mines, a new plastic factory in Pennsylvania, etc, etc. I don't even see that as particularly 'political'. When I was in Basic Training in the Army, a soldier asked the question, 'How do you recognize the enemy on the battlefield, sarge?' Sarge replied, 'He's the one's tryin' to kill you.' That's Trump.

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  10. For the record, I've given up on politics, voting and the phony democracy we're all supposed to believe the U.S. is. I used to be registered independent, but after GWB, I'm apolitical, leaning toward strongly anarchistic.

    I cite many stories from various sources whose authors may lean right or left, but that doesn't mean I support their political views.

    In another year or 2, none of this will matter.

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  11. In case anyone wondered, I am socially liberal and in normal times fiscally conservative. Since there is no future, I have set aside the latter, since it doesn't matter if we go extinct in the black, and if we can spend money and put it on the backs of the non-existent people of the future, well, I don't mind burdening non-existent people with anything.

    But beyond that, I am pro-staying-alive. At this time, that means I ally myself, to the degree it matters, with whomever opposes the person or party most likely to shorten my life. Since the person and party most likely to shorten my life is Trump and Republicans, I will vote for whoever opposes him/them. Should the person/party most likely to shorten my life change, I will adjust accordingly. So I guess you would say that my politics are, at the moment, entirely algorithmic, with Democrats being the beneficiary at this point in time.

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  12. To add to that, I don't inflict my politics, such as they are, on people in my daily updates to any great degree, preferring instead to stay focused on the matter at hand, that being the end of the world as we know it. I don't want anyone to die, and I want everyone to have at least a shot at seeing the truth of things. The end of the world and the truth are both apolitical. Blue or red, dead is dead, and red or blue, the truth remains true.

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