http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html
The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.
A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.
Category: Variety Pack
2020-01-08 - Wildfires devastating wildlife across Australia:
http://nypost.com/2020/01/08/many-billions-of-animals-feared-dead-in-australian-bushfires-report/
http://www.theage.com.au/national/many-many-billions-of-animals-feared-to-have-died-in-bushfires-20200108-p53pvk.html
http://www.registerguard.com/zz/news/20200108/over-1-billion-animals-feared-dead-in-australian-wildfires-experts-say
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/the-horrific-wildlife-toll-of-australias-bushfires-one-billion-animals-feared-dead
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/australia-fires-animals-in-peril-across-the-country/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-fires-over-1-billion-animals-feared-dead/
http://nypost.com/2020/01/08/video-shows-scorched-sheep-roaming-fire-ravaged-australia/
Quote: "Scientists fear many billions of animals may have been killed by the bushfires that have swept across Australia’s south-east. At least one species is feared extinct as scientists continue to raise their estimates for the animal death toll. Hundreds of billions of insects are also feared dead."
2020-01-08 - Wildfires have destroyed a third of Kangaroo Island (Australia):
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-fires-nasa-satellite-images-show-wildfires-destroy-kangaroo-island/
http://whdh.com/news/nasa-images-show-third-of-australias-kangaroo-island-burned-in-bushfires/
http://news.sky.com/story/australian-bushfires-nasa-images-show-third-of-kangaroo-island-burned-11904673
2020-01-08 - Wildfire damage estimates soar in Australia:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/business/australia-wildfire-economic-damages-and-losses-to-reach-110-billion/657235
Quote: "AccuWeather estimates the total damage and economic loss caused by the Australia wildfires from September 2019 and into 2020 will be $110 billion, according to Myers, based on an analysis incorporating independent methods to evaluate all direct and indirect impacts of the fires based on a variety of sources."
2020-01-08 - In Australia's burning forests, signs that we've passed a global warming tipping point:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012020/australia-wildfires-forest-tipping-points-climate-change-impact-wildlife-survival
Quote: "The surge of large, destructive forest fires from the Arctic to the tropics just in the last few years has shocked even researchers who focus on forests and fires and who have warned of such tipping points for years. The projections were seen as remote, 'something that would happen much farther in the future,' said University of Arizona climate scientist David Breashers."
2020-01-08 - 2019 Was the second-hottest year ever recorded, second only to the El-Nino-enhanced year of 2016:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/world/2019-temperatures-second-hottest-year-on-record-climate-change/index.html
http://www.huffpost.com/entry/2019-second-hottest-year_n_5e167638c5b6b32c72bcceb3
http://www.yahoo.com/news/2019-second-hottest-record-eu-110819886.html
http://mashable.com/article/2019-second-warmest-year-on-record/
Quote: "Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted by an exceptionally strong El Nino weather event. Average temperature in 2019 was only a few hundredths of a degree below the 2016 level."
2020-01-08 - India suffers warmest decade on record:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/india-suffers-hottest-decade-record-200107070017013.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/india-suffers-hottest-decade-on-record-12240366
http://phys.org/news/2020-01-india-hottest-decade.html
2020-01-08 - Antarctic waters warming, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic:
http://uanews.arizona.edu/story/antarctic-waters-warmer-more-acidity-and-less-oxygen
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/01/06/antarctic-waters-warmer-with-more-acidity-and-less-oxygen/
Quote: "The observed oxygen loss and warming around the Antarctic coast is much larger than predicted by a climate model, which could have implications for predictions of ice melt."
2020-01-08 - Jellyfish population exploding all around Australia:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7866979/Jellyfish-explosion-numbers-stinging-creatures-surge-Australias-coastline.html
Quote: "Jellyfish numbers have exploded all around Australia's coastline and climate change is to blame, according to experts."
Note: Jellyfish reproduce better/faster in warmer waters, so as the oceans heat up, jellyfish will do just fine even as most other life dies off. Jellyfish are an ancient lifeform. They survived the Great Dying 252 million years ago and the current extinction event is a repeat of the Great Dying, so they'll survive this extinction event too. They'll be here long after we're gone...
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by explosion and fire at 6:15 AM on Signal Mountain (Tennessee), nobody there:
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/41535626/update-signal-mountain-home-destroyed-by-early-morning-explosion-and-fire
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/firefighters-in-hamilton-county-battle-explosion-house-fire-on-signal-mountain-wednesday
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jan/08/crews-battling-house-fire-explosion-signal-mountain/512462/
http://www.wgowam.com/news/neighbors-report-explosion-before-signal-mountain-fire-2/
Note: This is the 3rd residential explosion in 2019...
2020-01-08 - Three boats destroyed by fire while docked at marina on Lake Texoma in Denison (Texas):
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/news/20200108/3-boats-destroyed-dock-fire
http://www.kten.com/story/41538201/fire-consumes-lake-texoma-boathouse
http://www.kxii.com/content/news/Boats-dock-catch-fire-at-Grandpappy-Point-Marina-on-Lake-Texoma-566816281.html
Quote: "Three boats were destroyed and a storage slip was heavily damaged after a fire broke out at Grand Pappy Point Marina in Denison Wednesday afternoon."
2020-01-08 - Boat bursts into flame while docked at marina in coastal Havelock (New Zealand):
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/118659313/havelock-boat-fire-started-by-engine-malfunction
2020-01-08 - Fishing boat bursts into flame near coastal Phuket (Thailand), 1 injured:
http://www.thephuketnews.com/myanmar-crewman-in-hospital-after-phuket-fishing-boat-fire-74309.php
Quote: "One crewman is in hospital recovering from extensive burns to his body from a fire that broke out on a fishing boat he was working on south of Phuket yesterday (Jan 8)."
Note: These are the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on Highway 33 near Lancaster (Ohio), truck reignites again later:
http://www.sciotopost.com/update-truck-fire-us23-lots-photos-pics/
http://www.sciotopost.com/semi-truck-burned-earlier-today-fire/
http://www.sciotopost.com/breaking-semi-truck-fire-lancaster/
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-77 near Camp Creek (West Virginia):
http://woay.tv/one-lane-of-i-77-southbond-is-shut-down-in-mercer-county-due-to-trailer-fire/
http://www.wvnstv.com/news/local-news-do-not-use/crews-responding-to-vehicle-fire-on-wv-turnpike/
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame, driver jumps out, brush fire ignites, on the Federal Highway in Wollogorang (Australia):
http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6573026/grass-fire-from-b-double-truck-fire-affects-traffic-on-federal-highway-at-wollogorang/
http://www.9news.com.au/national/target-truck-on-fire-federal-highway-nsw/0ecefd3c-e45c-4743-a18a-79cd0f2a79b7
http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/6573026/grass-fire-from-b-double-truck-fire-affects-traffic-on-federal-highway-at-wollogorang/?src=rss
Quote: "'The truck caught fire and the driver jumped out. They were not injured but it led to a grass fire,' police said."
Note: These are the 31st, 32nd and 33rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-01-08 - Road-grader truck bursts into flame in parking lot at Sam's Club in Bryan (Texas):
http://www.kbtx.com/video?vid=566828282
2020-01-08 - Heavy truck bursts into flame on Gillespie Road near Te Anau (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/truck-ablaze-driver-unharmed
2020-01-08 - Van bursts into flame at convenience store in Elkridge (Maryland):
http://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/howard-county/van-catches-fire-at-royal-farms-in-elkridge
2020-01-08 - Van bursts into flame on Josephine Street in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.wdsu.com/article/car-catches-fire-near-uptown-school/30444256
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-videos/car-catches-fire-near-uptown-school/vp-BBYKBEo
2020-01-08 - Van bursts into flame at 4:14 AM on Palace Lane in Beaulieu (Britain):
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18144940.transit-van-fire-palace-lane-beaulieu/
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18144947.transit-van-fire-palace-lane-beaulieu/
2020-01-08 - Van bursts into flame at gas station on Holmes Chapel Road in Middlewich (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/van-engine-fire-in-middlewich
http://www.winsfordguardian.co.uk/news/18146453.van-engine-catches-fire-petrol-station-forecourt/
2020-01-08 - SUV bursts into flame in parking lot on East Main Street in Bedford (Virginia):
http://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/suv-burns-wednesday-morning-in-bedford/
2020-01-08 - SUV bursts into flame on street in Magnolia (Arkansas):
http://www.magnoliabannernews.com/news/2020/jan/08/brief-car-fire-causes-scare-near-downtown-magnolia/
2020-01-08 - SUV bursts into flame on Highway 13 near Aldergrove (Canada):
http://www.aldergrovestar.com/news/vehicle-fire-shuts-down-aldergrove-highway-for-a-time/
2020-01-08 - SUV bursts into flame on back of flatbed truck at property in Okere Falls (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=12299286
2020-01-08 - Two cars destroyed by fire at 7:15 AM, five more damaged, while parked at hospital in Greensboro (North Carolina):
http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/fire-damages-seven-vehicles-in-moses-cone-hospital-parking-garage/article_43e958f9-533c-5cc1-baa1-1bb82abd0631.html
http://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/moses-cone-hospital-parking-deck-fire/83-a45c8be1-9ed4-4821-a2ac-616fea15aef5
http://myfox8.com/2020/01/08/2-car-fire-at-cone-hospital-parking-deck-in-greensboro-causes-cloud-of-smoke/
http://www.wxii12.com/article/7-cars-catch-fire-in-parking-deck-at-moses-cone-hospital/30441326
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article239091558.html
Quote: "Two cars were destroyed by fire and five others were damaged this morning in the public parking garage at Moses Cone Hospital, Greensboro fire officials said."
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame while parked in garage at home, fire damages home, in coastal Boca Raton (Florida):
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200108/garage-fire-causes-damage-to-home-in-suburban-boca
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-s-palm-beach-county/boca-raton/crews-battle-vehicle-fire-in-boca-raton-home-garage
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/boca-raton/news/0NmzD8QH/crews-battle-vehicle-fire-in-boca-raton-home-garage
Quote: "A vehicle caught fire in a garage and caused damage to a home in the Boca Woods Country Club in suburban Boca Raton Wednesday, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue reports."
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame near I-16 and Old River Road in Effingham County (Georgia):
http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20200108/new-effingham-fire-engine-responds-to-vehicle-fire
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame on street in Trumbull (Connecticut):
http://www.doingitlocal.com/2020/01/tonights-vehicle-fire-110/
http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Trumbull-firefighters-knock-down-raging-car-fire-14961423.php
Quote: "Tonight’s vehicle is being hosted by Trumbull at Broadway at Main Street. The engine compartment was fully engulfed."
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame on freeway in coastal Christ Church on the island of Barbados:
http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/243413/car
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame on the A30 near Launceston (Britain):
http://www.cornwalllive.com/news/local-news/car-fire-closes-part-a30-3719223
http://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/3020768/car-fire-breaks-out-on-a30-just-before-launceston/
http://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/car-fire-closes-part-a30-3719223
2020-01-08 - Car bursts into flame on Arleston Avenue in Wellington (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/80418
2020-01-08 - Vehicle bursts into flame on Highway 84 near Meadville (Mississippi):
http://www.dailyleader.com/2020/01/08/vehicle-fire-closes-westbound-lanes-of-hwy-84/
2020-01-08 - Motorcycle bursts into flame at 4:14 AM on Cornwall Road in Scunthorpe (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Cornwall Road, Scunthorpe. Wed 8 Jan 2020 04:14 (No: 000454) Fire involving one motorcycle, extinguished by Fire Service using one hose reel."
2020-01-08 - RV trailer bursts into flame while parked at home on Wooden Shoe Lane in Manhattan (Montana):
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/crime/rv-in-manhattan-burns/article_0ed93838-19bf-59d4-b9ab-0c75983abd41.html
2020-01-08 - Several cars and auto shop destroyed by fire shortly before midnight near the Mississippi River in East St. Louis (Illinois):
http://fox2now.com/2020/01/08/east-st-louis-auto-repair-shop-gutted-by-fire-several-cars-destroyed/
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/fire-destroys-east-st-louis-auto-repair-shop/63-f11c2919-5074-40c9-b714-5625b6ac35e5
http://fox2now.com/2020/01/08/massive-fire-rips-through-auto-body-shop-in-east-st-louis/
Quote: "An overnight fire destroyed an East St. Louis auto repair shop along with multiple cars that were in the business when the fire took place."
2020-01-08 - Pickup truck and home destroyed by fire in Shenango Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmj.com/story/41539416/fire-completely-destroys-shenango-twp-home
Quote: "First crews arrived in three minutes and the garage was already fully engulfed with a pickup truck inside."
2020-01-08 - Vehicle and home go up in flames on Harmony Drive in Midwest City (Oklahoma):
http://kfor.com/2020/01/08/firefighters-battle-house-vehicle-fire-in-midwest-city/
Quote: "Midwest City firefighters were called to a residential area where a house and vehicle were on fire. The blaze ignited on Harmony Drive near SE 15th Street and Post Road Wednesday evening. The fire appears to have started near the garage."
2020-01-08 - Two vehicles and home destroyed by fire at 5 AM, fire spreads to another home, in coastal Biloxi (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/2020/01/08/flames-now-out-after-large-house-fire-biloxi-spreads-nearby-home/
Quote: "The fire began around 5 a.m. at a house on Travia Avenue, just off Highway 90 south of Irish Hill Drive. The fire fully engulfed that house and two vehicles parked outside before spreading to the house next door and causing some damage there."
2020-01-08 - Auto shop damaged by fire in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Firefighters-extinguish-roof-fire-at-New-Haven-14961531.php
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Firefighters-extinguish-roof-fire-at-New-Haven-14961531.php
2020-01-08 - Car wash and tire business destroyed by fire at 3:30 AM in Aldershot (Britain):
http://www.eagleradio.co.uk/news/local-news/3020217/car-wash-and-tyre-centre-completely-destroyed-in-aldershot-fire/
2020-01-08 - Barn destroyed by fire in Dilton Marsh (Britain):
http://www.dwfire.org.uk/incident/fire-barn-clivey-dilton-marsh/
2020-01-08 - Trash fire erupts in basement at high-rise in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.fox19.com/2020/01/08/alarm-fire-reported-high-rise-apartment-building-citys-west-side/
http://www.wlwt.com/article/firefighters-battle-2-alarm-fire-at-high-rise-apartment-building/30441183
Quote: "Firefighters found a fire in the trash compactor with smoke spreading through the building."
2020-01-08 - Pallet fire breaks out at business on Waterloo Road in the Riverside area in coastal Widnes (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/pallet-fire-in-widnes_08-01-2020_17-44-48
2020-01-08 - Insulation business heavily damaged by fire on Davy Crockett Park Road in Limestone (Tennessee):
http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/smoky-fire-burns-inside-limestone-plant/article_f0331bc2-c754-584f-ac2d-8a9138084066.html
2020-01-08 - Five buildings destroyed by huge fire on Main Street in Boonville (New York):
http://www.uticaod.com/news/20200108/updated-fire-destroys-multiple-buildings-in-boonville
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2020/01/fire-destroys-5-buildings-on-main-st-in-boonville-demolition-starts.html
http://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/news/21120515/seven-fire-departments-battle-massive-boonville-ny-fire-that-guts-buildings-firefighters
http://www.timestelegram.com/photogallery/NY/20200108/NEWS/108009998/PH/1
http://www.uticaod.com/photogallery/NY/20200108/NEWS/108009998/PH/1
2020-01-08 - Home damaged by fire near East Hawthorne Road and North Andrew Street in Spokane (Washington), nobody there:
http://www.kxly.com/firefighters-knock-down-house-fire-in-n-spokane/
http://www.khq.com/news/crews-respond-to-unoccupied-house-fire-in-north-spokane/article_bc1c5fe2-3235-11ea-a3dd-0bdda841146f.html
2020-01-08 - Home damaged by fire on Big Cove Road in Huntsville (Alabama), 1 injured:
http://whnt.com/2020/01/08/crews-battle-fire-on-big-cove-road/
2020-01-08 - Home damaged by fire on Pearl Avenue in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/fire-damages-warwick-home-01-09-2020
2020-01-08 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Hudson Street in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://turnto10.com/news/local/crews-battle-house-fire-in-providence-01-09-2020
2020-01-08 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Bay Road in Stoughton (Massachusetts):
http://www.enterprisenews.com/news/20200109/officials-investigating-2-alarm-house-fire-in-stoughton
http://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/09/metro/firefighters-battle-house-fire-stoughton/
Quote: "On Wednesday evening, one person was taken by ambulance from the scene to a local hospital after complaining of chest pain. Officials say the person suffered a medical emergency while attempting to rescue an elderly resident from the home."
2020-01-08 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Booker Street in coastal Fort Pierce (Florida):
http://www.wflx.com/2020/01/08/need-red-cross-assistance-after-fort-pierce-fire/
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-st-lucie-county/fort-pierce/2-need-red-cross-assistance-after-fort-pierce-fire
2020-01-08 - Home heavily damaged by fire at the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club in coastal Myrtle Beach (South Carolina):
http://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/01/08/firefighters-battle-house-fire-myrtle-beach-golf-yacht-club/
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by fire on West Mango Lane in coastal Crystal River (Florida):
http://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/fire-destroys-crystal-river-area-home-no-injuries-reported/article_aa0bdc1c-325b-11ea-a3c0-275ab41f97c8.html
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by fire on R.S. Williams Lane in Stapleton (Alabama):
http://www.wkrg.com/top-stories/house-fire-destroys-home-in-stapleton/
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by fire on Landau Lane in Washington (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20200108/fire-destroys-washington-home
http://www.1470wmbd.com/2020/01/08/multiple-fire-crews-battle-a-washington-house-fire/
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by fire in Moncks Corner (South Carolina):
http://www.live5news.com/2020/01/09/emergency-crews-battle-house-fire-moncks-corner/
http://abcnews4.com/news/local/fd-home-destroyed-in-moncks-corner-fire-on-wednesday-night
2020-01-08 - Home destroyed by fire, second home heavily damaged, on Chris Drive in Abilene (Texas), 12 cats killed:
http://ktxs.com/news/local/multiple-home-on-fire-on-chris-drive-in-south-abilene
2020-01-08 - Duplex damaged by basement fire on Riley Drive in Bloomington (Illinois):
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/public_safety/escape-fire-at-bloomington-apartment-building/article_f3b5f220-888d-5aff-92fa-3fcbbdbd4b3f.html
2020-01-08 - Duplex destroyed by fire on Iroquois Lane in Austin (Texas):
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/fire-destroys-duplex-in-southeast-austin-five-people-displaced
2020-01-08 - Apartment building damaged by fire just after 5:30 AM on Laurel Avenue in Knoxville (Tennessee):
http://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Fire-fighters-rush-to-rescue-people-from-apartment-building-fire-566805811.html
2020-01-08 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire at Paces River Apartments in Rock Hill (North Carolina), 2200 feet from the Catawba River:
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/01/09/people-displaced-least-apartment-units-damaged-after-fire-rock-hill/
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/multiple-apartments-damaged-in-rock-hill-fire/275-7e11e3a8-4504-465d-9e91-4624585244e0
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/families-displaced-after-fire-breaks-out-rock-hill-apartments/Q5ELQCRXFFHR7ACUIC4HMVAS6Q/
2020-01-08 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire on Jay Street in Troy (New York):
http://wnyt.com/news/troy-structure-fire-jay-street-/5601527/
2020-01-08 - High-rise hotel damaged by roof fire on the oceanfront in coastal Virginia Beach (Virginia):
http://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/virginia-beach/fire-reported-at-hotel-along-the-virginia-beach-oceanfront/
http://wtkr.com/2020/01/08/crews-respond-to-hotel-fire-at-the-virginia-beach-oceanfront/
2020-01-08 - Deadly fire burns home shortly after 4 AM on Adrian Parkway in Conway (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.myhorrynews.com/news/one-dies-in-conway-area-house-fire/article_8d923a78-3228-11ea-9242-3bb0506191e8.html
2020-01-08 - Deadly fire burns home on Monticello Drive on coastal Hilton Head Island (South Carolina), 1 killed:
http://www.wtoc.com/2020/01/08/one-dead-after-hilton-head-house-fire/
2020-01-08 - Vacant home burns shortly before 3 AM near East 12th Street and Oneida Avenue in Davenport (Iowa):
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/firefighters-battle-house-fire-in-davenport-early-wednesday/
2020-01-08 - Two men, 61 and 53, found dead in garage at home in Anderson (Indiana):
http://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/men-found-dead-anderson-garage-identified
http://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/2-found-dead-in-anderson-garage/
http://www.wthr.com/article/bodies-found-anderson-garage
2020-01-08 - Mother and daughter, 84 and 63, drop dead unsuspiciously at home in coastal Saundersfoot (Britain), 1500 feet from the ocean:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10702990/mum-daughter-found-dead-inside-house-pembrokeshire/
http://dailystarpost.com/mum-84-and-daughter-63-found-dead-in-house-as-police-treat-deaths-as-unexplained/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-51039656
Quote: "A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: 'We are investigating the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of two people who were found at a property in Saundersfoot just before 4pm on Tuesday. The deaths are currently being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.'"
2020-01-08 - Infant boy found dead at home in the Central City area in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.fox8live.com/2020/01/09/month-old-found-dead-inside-central-city-home-cause-unknown/
2020-01-08 - Army soldier, man, 19, dies after being found unconscious during Basic Training at Fort Jackson (South Carolina):
http://www.ksro.com/2020/01/09/19-year-old-army-national-guard-soldier-found-dead-at-fort-jackson/
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/01/09/connor-j-mcgurran-identified-as-minnesota-soldier-who-died-wednesday/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/19-year-army-national-guard-soldier-found-dead/story?id=68180182
http://www.connectradio.fm/2020/01/09/19-year-old-army-national-guard-soldier-found-dead-at-fort-jackson/
http://www.mycentraloregon.com/2020/01/09/19-year-old-army-national-guard-soldier-found-dead-at-fort-jackson/
http://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/01/09/army-guard-soldier-dies-during-training-at-fort-jackson/
Quote: "A 19-year-old Army National Guard soldier was found dead at Fort Jackson less than four months after an Army recruit died on the same post. The soldier, Pvt. Connor J. McGurran, a native of Owatonna, Minnesota, was found unresponsive by fellow soldiers during a training exercise Wednesday morning, base officials said in a statement. He was transported to Providence Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was pronounced dead."
Quote: "Officials said on Wednesday that the soldier was found unresponsive 'during morning wake up.'"
2020-01-08 - Man, 67, found dead in the water near Pier 21 in coastal Galveston (Texas):
http://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_fd0775b5-252a-5ade-a491-f9f5ccf56d85.html
http://www.galvnews.com/news/article_5929aada-6f7e-5241-a1b2-4bc83f2bdccb.html
2020-01-08 - Person pulls over in car and slumps over dead on I-91 in North Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/news/article/State-Police-find-man-dead-in-car-on-I-91-in-14958356.php
Quote: "Connecticut State Police officials said troopers on patrol saw a stopped vehicle on the right shoulder of the highway and, after approaching it, 'observed the operator to be (slumped) over at the wheel.'"
2020-01-08 - Woman, 22, found dead in the water at the Yacht Harbor Marina in coastal Palm Coast (Florida):
http://www.newsdaytonabeach.com/stories/victim-identified-in-yacht-harbor-marina-death,7807
http://spotonflorida.com/northeast-florida/1121596/woman-found-dead-at-yacht-harbor-marina.html
http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/investigation-ongoing-after-dead-body-found-in-water-at-florida-yacht-club-deputies-say
http://www.wftv.com/news/local/flagler-county/flagler-deputies-investigating-after-body-found-palm-coast/CGIREVSE65ELJBZRU3G3IVJFWQ/
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20200108/body-found-in-matanzas-river-in-palm-coast
2020-01-08 - Man slumps over dead on passenger train in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/08/man-found-dead-on-blue-line-train-at-ohare-2/
2020-01-08 - Person found dead in the Catawba River near Charlotte (North Carolina):
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/01/08/body-found-catawba-river-off-i-/
http://969thekat.iheart.com/content/2020-01-08-body-found-in-catawba-river-near-i-85/
http://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/body-found-in-catawba-river-near-i-85-bridge/275-13f97e7d-842b-42cd-a6fd-9573e527f917
2020-01-08 - Man drops dead near intersection in the Town of Tonawanda (New York):
http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/erie-county/tonawanda/body-found-in-town-of-tonawanda/
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/police-investigating-after-body-discovered-in-the-town-of-tonawanda
2020-01-08 - Man, 45, found dead in canal in Lahore (Pakistan):
http://nation.com.pk/09-Jan-2020/man-found-dead-in-canal
2020-01-08 - Man in his 60s found dead in the water in coastal Calvi (France):
http://www.tellerreport.com/news/2020-01-09---man-found-dead-drowned-in-calvi-harbor-.SJ-6iZuEx8.html
2020-01-08 - Driver has 'medical incident' and slumps over unconscious, SUV crashes off road, in Laurel (Mississippi):
http://www.leader-call.com/news/local/driver-unhurt-after-blacking-out-crashing-on-lower-myrick/article_4aaae446-3258-11ea-b3cd-4f8e18a74ee0.html
Quote: "A driver was uninjured after reportedly blacking out at the wheel of his Jeep on Lower Myrick Road Wednesday morning, first-responders said. The unidentified driver swerved off the roadway in what Powers Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Lance Chancellor called a 'medical incident.' The car struck driveway embankments before coming to a stop."
2020-01-08 - Driver has 'medical issue' at 6:04 AM, pickup truck crashes into apartment building, in coastal Edgewood (Maryland), 2 injured:
http://patch.com/maryland/belair/car-crashes-building-edgewood-2-hospitalized-sheriff
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/01/08/car-crashes-into-edgewood-apartment-complex/
http://www.nottinghammd.com/2020/01/08/vehicle-hits-apartment-building-in-edgewood/
http://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/harford-county/snow-plow-hits-woman-at-school-car-crashes-into-apartment-complex-in-harford-county
http://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/cng-ag-car-vs-building-edgewood-20200108-rhfhdkrqtbb37fwaccwduqkcjm-story.html
Quote: "Investigators think a medical issue caused the crash."
2020-01-08 - Driver has 'medical episode', car crashes into lamppost, near coastal Plymouth (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/road-closed-after-car-hits-3718491
Quote: "A Devon and Cornwall Police spokesperson has confirmed that the driver is thought to have suffered a medical episode."
2020-01-08 - Tanker truck overturns on Route 209 near Lehighton (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/fuel-tanker-flips-on-route-near-lehighton/article_ad3164b2-3228-11ea-8cad-0fee7bf18ca2.html
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-35 in San Antonio (Texas):
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/overturned-tractor-trailer-along-i-35-sb-near-downtown-san-antonio
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer overturns on I-840 near Lebanon (Tennessee):
http://www.wgnsradio.com/big-rig-overturned-wednesday-morning-on-i-840-cms-55429
2020-01-08 - Tractor trailer overturns at 6:30 AM on US 69 near Beaumont (Texas):
http://www.12newsnow.com/article/traffic/overturned-18-wheeler-along-us-69-south-snarls-traffic-wednesday-morning/502-8bb09e3c-de5d-4cfd-8849-938884f2373e
2020-01-08 - Pickup truck veers off road, crashes into pole, in Jackson County (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Driver-dies-after-his-truck-leaves-road-hits-utility-pole-566805581.html
2020-01-08 - Pickup truck veers off road, crashes into tree, in Sidney Township (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/truck-wrecked-after-tree-crash-in-montcalm-county/69-24567ff6-64d7-48b4-a6d7-fb94e6c32fd2
2020-01-08 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree, bursts into flame, in the Town of Washington (New York), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/01/09/amenia-man-killed-car-fire-shunpike-washington/4418457002/
2020-01-08 - Car veers off road, crashes into home, in Dowagiac (Michigan), 1 injured:
http://www.abc57.com/news/vehicle-strikes-house-causes-significant-damage
http://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jan/09/dowagiac-driver-hospitalized-after-crashing-into-a-home/973041/
Quote: "Police believe the driver may have suffered a medical event prior to the crash."
2020-01-08 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree, in Elsa (Texas), 1 killed:
http://valleycentral.com/news/local/monte-alto-man-killed-in-evening-crash-in-elsa
2020-01-08 - Naked man, 25, vandalizes tugboat at marina in coastal Everett (Washington):
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/naked-man-allegedly-stole-damaged-tugboat-on-everett-waterfront/
Quote: "The voyage was short and oh so costly. Police say a tugboat was quietly commandeered by a naked man but it didn’t get far. It was spotted adrift at an Everett marina early Tuesday morning. The man, 25, was seen walking around in the wheelhouse."
2020-01-08 - Shark attacks and injures 9-year-old girl off Queensland (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/shark-attacks-girl-off-queensland-coast-165046597--spt.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7864155/Young-girl-attacked-shark-Queensland-coast.html
http://www.9news.com.au/national/bitten-on-the-leg-by-shark-queensland-yeppoon/7d82ecdd-08e9-4615-a041-bc836b86c065
http://www.mygc.com.au/girl-airlifted-to-hospital-after-qld-shark-attack/
2020-01-08 - Coyote attacks and injures 5-year-old boy at Lincoln Park in Chicago (Illinois):
http://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/boy-6-bitten-by-coyote-in-lincoln-park-fire-officials-say/5827400/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/09/coyotes-chicago-2-people-bitten-north-side-including-child/4418900002/
2020-01-08 - Coyote attacks and injures man on street in Chicago (Illinois):
http://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/depaul-students-helped-save-boy-from-coyote-attack-2nd-attack-reported/5829105/
Quote: "Two reported coyote attacks on humans in Chicago's North Side could be the first in over a decade, if ever, in the area, Animal Care and Control officials said Thursday."
2020-01-08 - Sinkhole opens at Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City (Missouri):
http://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/sinkhole-threatens-wheeler-downtown-airport-runway/article_309ff12a-3273-11ea-8566-afa11dd75c99.html
http://www.kmbc.com/article/sinkhole-develops-in-grassy-area-at-wheeler-downtown-airport/30448669
2020-01-08 - Building under construction collapses in Kampala (Uganda), 6 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/09/c_138690813.htm
2020-01-08 - Violent cloudburst triggers flood in Nahariya (Israel):
http://watchers.news/2020/01/08/nahariya-flood-israel/
2020-01-08 - Meteor streaks across the sky over Madison (Wisconsin):
http://www.nbc26.com/news/local-news/video-madison-rooftop-cameras-capture-another-meteor
http://www.sott.net/article/427035-Rooftop-cameras-capture-another-meteor-fireball-over-Madison-Wisconsin
2020-01-08 - Louisiana greenlights huge pollution-causing plastics facility in 'Cancer Alley':
http://www.yahoo.com/news/louisiana-issues-permits-proposed-complex-234404736.html
2020-01-08 - Trump administration to remove climate reviews for major projects:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-remove-climate-reviews-030027095.html
Note: Seems like major projects is where you'd definitely want to know what to expect in the future, since major projects means high-dollar projects, so if you build a big pipeline on permafrost, for example, and the permafrost melts two years later and destroys everything, cha-ching, money down the drain, start over from scratch. Well, nobody rational would ever accuse Trump of being the brightest bulb in the light store...
2020-01-08 - Trump administration quietly goes after disability benefits:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-disability-benefits-190610077.html
Note: Gotta pay for those tax cuts for corporations and rich folks somehow!
2020-01-08 - How Rupert Murdoch is influencing Australia's wildfire debate:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/rupert-murdoch-influencing-australias-bush-195344938.html
Note: Dunno if anyone's noticed, but the Earth isn't debating, it's destroying us and the destruction is accelerating and it will continue to accelerate until we're all pushing daisies. On the plus side, that will end all debates!
2020-01-08 - France and the EU ready to respond to US threat of new tariffs:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/france-eu-ready-respond-us-101548595.html
2020-01-08 - Elderberry compounds directly inhibit flu virus entry and replication in human cells:
http://nutritionreview.org/2019/04/elderberry-compounds-directly-inhibit-flu-virus-entry-and-replication-in-human-cells/
http://www.sott.net/article/427046-Elderberry-compounds-directly-inhibit-flu-virus-entry-and-replication-in-human-cells
TGIF Jonny. The bitter cold seems to have moved on and it's getting warmer by the hour here, supposed to top out sometime this afternoon at around 50 F. Saturday and Sunday are predicted to be in the low to mid 60s.
ReplyDeleteGotta love all those "medical conditions" that nobody questions or ever follows up on to pinpoint exactly what they are. i'm sure the drivers, if they don't actually DIE, are left wondering WTF that was all about (especially when, like me, they never experienced anything like blacking out suddenly before). What could be more confidence-shaking than riding down the road, perfectly fine, thinking about what you're doing, watching where you're going, maybe listening to the radio, when, in a single breath, you faint WHILE DRIVING, and when you wake up, your pickup is smashed into a tree, a building or crumpled up in a ditch, you've sustained a head injury, the windshield is cracked and the truck is useless and smoking, possibly catching fire. The cops come and ask you what happened and you CAN'T REMEMBER OR EXPLAIN it. Very disconcerting.
i hope some form of life survives this extinction event, but i'm not seeing it. Even jellyfish can't live in an environment of ionizing radiation (as far as i know), a hydrogen sulfide permeated soup of an ocean, dead-zones or if there's no source of food (besides other jellyfish). But, what do i know?
[getting worse each week in Australia]
Friday, 10 January 2020
Aussie Bushfire Update No 23: 250,000 told to evacuate Victoria: "Mega Blaze!" Two out of control fires in Victoria and New South Wales have merged: Heatwave returns
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/01/aussie-bushfire-update-no-22-250000.html
[check out the map!]
250,000 told to evacuate Victoria
"Mega Blaze!" Two out of control fires in Victoria and New South Wales have merged
"Mega-Blaze," the expected merger of two out of control fires in Victoria and New South Wales happened tonight spanning half a MILLION hectares as heatwave sparks emergencies across several states [more]
Torrential rain killing 41 people comes on the heels of a severe drought caused by years of erratic rainfall and record-high temperatures in Angola
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/01/torrential-rain-killing-41-people-comes.html
Torrential rain in Angola has killed 41 people and caused widespread destruction, the government said on Thursday. Twelve out of 18 provinces were hit by a violent downpour which began in the early hours of Monday and lasted late into the afternoon, Interior Minister Eugenio Laborinho said in a statement.
Forty-one people died and more than 300 homes were destroyed by flooding, he said."In recent days we have been witnessing heavy rainfall, causing flooding, destruction of infrastructure and plantations," he said. More than 2,000 families had been affected, said Laborinho, warning that drinking water and electricity supplies had been cut off in some areas. The rain comes on the heels of a severe regional drought caused by years of erratic rainfall and record-high temperatures.
[more below]
[from our frequently posted There Goes the Food desk]
ReplyDeletePig Crisis: African swine fever escalating in Europe: Bulgaria plans to slaughter 24,500 pigs after 140,000 pigs were culled there last year: Hundreds of millions culled in Asia 2019
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/01/pig-crisis-african-swine-fever.html
Federal employee suicide rate in 2018 was five times higher than private industry
https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/01/09/federal-employee-suicide-rate-in-2018-was-five-times-higher-than-private-industry/
Wildland firefighters are not alone in their high rate of suicide.
From Fedsmith.com January 8, 2019:
Suicides accounted for 28% of the 124 Federal employee job-related deaths in 2018.
In contrast, suicides accounted for only 5% of the 4,779 private industry employees who died on the job in 2018. [more]
Australia requests U.S. Incident Management Teams to assist with bushfires
https://wildfiretoday.com/2020/01/08/australia-requests-u-s-incident-management-teams-to-assist-with-bushfires/
They will depart around January 16 [more]
The Case Against Reality | Prof. Donald Hoffman on Conscious Agent Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6CQCbk2ro [~ 112.6 min.]
We have no clue how consciousness emerges from 3 pounds of wet goo. Cognitive scientist Don Hoffman takes us deep into his research suggesting we're attacking the problem backwards. The implications may challenge all you know about our place in reality. Take the Red Pill and see how deep the rabbit hole goes...
In this extended interview we dive into the Interface Theory of Perception (how evolution hides the truth about reality in favor of a dumbed down "user interface" that only shows us "fitness payoffs" that help us survive), the "Hard Problem of Consciousness" and how we simply have no idea how consciousness could emerge from physical matter, the non-dual theory of Conscious Realism (how reality is really a social network of "conscious agents" and our perceptions are simply the interface by which we exchange experience with other agents), the math behind conscious agent theory, implications for artificial intelligence (AI), psychedelics, spirituality, and much, much more. [more]
[mind-boggling; he uses math (and more), a made-up (or discovered) tool of humanity to discover this stuff; how does that work?]
Methane, sea ice andclimate update - 01/06/2020
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/methane-sea-ice-andclimate-update.html
Methane, Sea Ice & Climate Update with Margo (Jan. 6, 2020)
[~ 78.5 min.]
[it's looking more and more like McPherson's view is incorrect on this topic]
Caught On Camera, Military Geoengineering Jets Spraying Over US (Dane Wigington)
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/military-geoengineering-jets-spraying.html [~3.3 min. video]
TruNews Headlines - January 9, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=S_WsCcxOqaQ&feature=emb_logo [~ 18 min.]
MH17 REDUX - False flag in Iran
Is the crash of the Ukrainian jet a FALSE FLAG?
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/mh17-redux-false-flag-in-iran.html
So the pieces are coming together now.
Mossad through MEK caused the crash of that plane but the timing was done so that it would coincide with the missiles which were shot at the same time towards Iraq from Kermanshah on the border of Iraq.
The goal was to blame it on a Missile hit even though it is absurd that a missile from Kermanshah would fly East for almost eight hundred kilometers and then make a u-turn to go west towards Iraq but nevertheless they're going to try to make a story out of it, so the pieces are coming together.
Trump: We might have shot down the Ukrainian airliner…by mistake (video evidence) [more]
[continued below]
Fake Islamic Trump Assassination Video Traced to Israel! (warning, shocking and objectionable)
ReplyDeletehttp://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/trump-assasination-video-linked-to.html [link to short video provided]
Vital: How Israel is Flooding Europe With Muslims (video)
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/01/how-israel-is-flooding-europe-with.html [~ 14.75 min. video]
We are seeing the very worst of our scientific predictions come to pass in these bushfires – “The thing that really terrifies me is that weather conditions considered extreme by today’s standards will seem sedate in the future”
The “Devil face” seen in smoke from the east Gippsland bushfire in New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 2020. Photo: Channel 7 News Melbourne
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/01/we-are-seeing-the-very-worst-of-our-scientific-predictions-come-to-pass-in-these-bushfires-the-thing-that-really-terrifies-me-is-that-weather-conditions-considered-extreme-by-today.html
It’s confronting to see military evacuations, usually reserved for developing regions of the world following natural disasters, happening right here in 21st-century Australia. The sheer scale and severity of the emergency has actually overwhelmed our capacity as a nation to deal with the unfolding events. Not just in one area following a single event, but across multiple disasters occurring simultaneously in every state and territory of our nation.
As a climate scientist, the thing that really terrifies me is that weather conditions considered extreme by today’s standards will seem sedate in the future. What’s unfolding right now is really just a taste of the new normal. [more]
[here's what to expect this weekend]
"Superstorm" Brewing - RARE January Tornadoes Possible as TITANIC Air Masses Collide! [MrMBB333 video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1vlmV91ebo [6 min.]
[under Land Subsidence]
Seaside caravans left balancing on cliff after landslide 'the size of two football pitches'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/seaside-caravans-balancing-cliff-landslide-size-of-two-football-pitches-101439451.html
Three seaside caravans were left teetering on the brink of a cliff after a landslide the size of two football pitches.
Coastguards and emergency services were called after part of the cliff collapsed, leaving caravans in danger of plummeting onto the beach below.
No-one was hurt in the incident, but at least one woman who lives in one of the caravans has been evacuated, with members of the public being warned to avoid the area in Trimingham, near Cromer, Norfolk [UK]. [more]
[another refinery fire - what a surprise . ..]
Thousands evacuated as inferno engulfs Russian refinery in Republic of Komi
https://www.sott.net/article/427126-Thousands-evacuated-as-inferno-engulfs-Russian-refinery-in-Republic-of-Komi
One person was injured and thousands evacuated as a huge blaze occurred at an oil refinery in the Republic of Komi west of the Ural Mountains. The fire and a column of thick black smoke could be seen for kilometers around.
The fire at the diesel processing unit of the plant in the city of Ukhta, population circa 100,000, was preceded by "two bangs of a technological character," a source in the Emergencies Ministry said.
The blaze spread quickly, covering around 1,000 square meters at its peak. It was assigned the highest category of difficulty, with around 80 emergency workers and 15 firetrucks involved in extinguishing it. A fire train was later sent to help put the blaze out.
The local authorities said that blaze posed no threat to the city and that it didn't lead to any harmful substances polluting the air. [more; HAH! that's what they were TOLD to say]
[last part next]
[update]
ReplyDeleteThird body found buried by avalanche at Silver Mountain ski resort in Idaho
https://www.sott.net/article/427149-Third-body-found-buried-by-avalanche-at-Silver-Mountain-ski-resort-in-Idaho
Buried under about 10 feet of snow after an avalanche this week at an Idaho ski resort, Bill Fuzak made peace with his predicament and prepared for death.
"I had already relegated myself to the inevitable as I knew the air would not last long,'' Fuzak, 62, wrote on a public Facebook page for skiers. "I'm really surprised how calm I felt but knew there was nothing I could do but wait and pray.''
His prayers were answered. Fuzak became one of five survivors extricated from Tuesday's avalanche at the Silver Mountain Resort near Kellogg, Idaho. Two other skiers were killed, and the body of a third skier was recovered on Thursday. The resort remained closed Thursday.
Fuzak, a skier who lives in the nearby Spokane, Washington, area, said he was entombed in the snow for about 50 minutes, much longer than most avalanche survivors.
Unable to move anything but his right hand, he cleared snow from his face and mouth. At some point, he passed out.
"The first thing I remember when coming back to consciousness was a group of rescuers cheering that a survivor had been located: me,'' Fuzak wrote [more]
Meteor fireball illuminates night sky in Pozan, Poland
https://www.sott.net/article/427129-Meteor-fireball-illuminates-night-sky-in-Pozan-Poland [~ 1 min. video]
'Green flash' seen in Fort Collins, Colorado night sky likely a meteor
https://www.sott.net/article/427127-Green-flash-seen-in-Fort-Collins-Colorado-night-sky-likely-a-meteor
It was only visible for two snaps of your fingers, then ... poof ... gone," Vance told the Coloradoan, adding that the sight of the quick green flash gave her goosebumps. [more]
[ok, NOW the last part follows, jeez]
'Extraordinary': Two people struck by lightning within 10 minutes of each other in Sydney, Australia
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/427142-Extraordinary-Two-people-struck-by-lightning-within-10-minutes-of-each-other-in-Sydney-Australia
A woman in her 70s was struck in her chest by lightning outside her home in Arcadia, northwest of Sydney's CBD. It is believed the lightning also struck a tree.
Ten minutes later, NSW Ambulance responded to a call in Dee Why Beach, on Sydney's Northern Beaches, where they tended to a man in his 20s who was also struck by lightning.
The man was reportedly getting out of the water when he was struck [more]
'Upside-down rainbow' spotted in central Taiwan
https://www.sott.net/article/427130-Upside-down-rainbow-spotted-in-central-Taiwan
He said that this was the first time he had observed such a phenomenon and that he was amused by the "smile in the sky."
[more]
Acidic environment could boost power of harmful pathogens
https://www.sott.net/article/427123-Acidic-environment-could-boost-power-of-harmful-pathogens
When food we've swallowed reaches our stomachs, it finds an acidic environment. The low pH in the stomach helps to begin digestion — and has been thought to kill the bacteria that hides in food that otherwise could harm our bodies.
However, recent work from the Ackley and Chandler labs in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Kansas runs counter to this idea, instead suggesting lower pH in the digestive tract may make some bacterial pathogens even more harmful. [more]
Trump's Latest Environmental Rollback Is A Middle Finger To Common Sense
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nepa-rollback-climate-145950092.html
The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled plans to gut one of America’s most important environmental laws ― a move experts say is as much of a handout to polluting industries as it is a slap in the face to science and local communities.
The proposed rules would change how the federal government implements the National Environmental Policy Act, a 50-year-old law that protects air, water and land by requiring federal agencies to conduct detailed environmental assessments of major infrastructure projects. Agencies would no longer be required to consider climate change when evaluating the environmental effects of pipelines, power plants, oil and gas drilling, airports, highways and other development.
President Donald Trump announced the reforms in a speech at the White House Thursday morning, saying the federal permitting process is “big government at its absolute worst.”
“The United States will not be able to compete and prosper in the 21st century if we continue to allow a broken and outdated bureaucratic system hold us back from building what we need,” he said. [more]
[some of the headlines for the end of the week @ RF]
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Rice Farmer
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/
World Bank trims 2020 growth forecast amid slow recovery for trade, investment
Was Marx Right about Capitalism Destroying Itself from Within?
Keep in mind, however, that capitalism and socialism are actually two flavors of industrialism, which is itself unsustainable. -- RF
Germany's 'misery continues' as industrial orders fall unexpectedly
Australia's New-Vehicle Sales Drop to Lowest Since 2011
World's Largest Car Market Reports Second Straight Annual Decline (China)
The Fed Can't Reverse the Decline of Financialization and Globalization
The global economy and financial system are both running on the last toxic fumes of financialization and globalization.
Macy's is closing nearly 30 stores—here's a map of where they are
The Middle East Oil Conflict That Could Be Bigger Than The Iran Crisis
Turkey, Russia seek Libya ceasefire on Jan. 12 as rivals clash
Is Iraq About To Become A Chinese Client State?
Trump calls for new nuclear deal while bashing old one with misinformation
Russia Wants 50 of These Deadly 'New' Bombers
Iraq Reopens Negotiations For Purchase Of Russian S-300 Air Defense Systems
Iran's Supreme Leader Demands US Withdrawal from Iraq and Region
Iran's Missile Launch Against Two U.S. Bases in Iraq Calls Trump's Bluff - Updated
Trump says US will hit Iran with 'punishing economic sanctions' after attacks on Iraqi bases
Two rockets fall inside Baghdad's Green Zone
"Almost Inconceivable" That Attacks In Iraq Will Mark End Of Iranian Retaliation, Experts Say
A War on Iran Would be Different From Iraq, and Far, Far Worse
Can Iran afford war? These 6 charts shed some light
Hardly any country can afford a war. -- RF
Pentagon Accuses Iran Of Shooting Down A Ukrainian Plane But Its Evidence Is Flimsy
Israel Bombs Weapons Depot Run By Iranian Militia
Rockets Reportedly Hit Near US Base North Of Baghdad (Again)
Solar energy can have huge environmental impacts in the wrong locations
Expect low oil prices in 2020; tendency toward recession
Billions In Worthless Assets Plague The Oil & Gas Industry
North Dakota Bakken Flaring Nearly 20% Of Its Natural Gas Production
Without sea ice, Arctic permafrost more likely to thaw
Urgent new 'roadmap to recovery' could reverse insect apocalypse
Phasing out synthetic pesticides and fertilisers and aggressive emission reductions among series of solutions outlined by scientists [good luck with that]
Green tea drinkers may have better heart health, live longer
Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump's Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new target (video)
Prepare For the Worst From Iran Cyber Attacks, As DHS Issues Warning: Experts
Trump administration briefs Congress on Soleimani killing, Democrats say case was 'profoundly unconvincing'
The Donald's Assassination of General Soleimani – As Stupid as It Gets (David Stockman)
Iran investigation says Ukrainian jet was on fire before crash
Prison 'inadvertently' deleted surveillance video outside cell during Jeffrey Epstein's first suicide attempt, feds say
This might be the final episode of Juan Guaidó's surreal Venezuela regime-change reality show
'Designed by clowns and supervised by monkeys': Senate investigation into Boeing air disasters reveals what employees thought of 737-MAX
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Newly released internal emails from Boeing Co. paint a disturbing picture of its 737 Max program, with employees bragging about fooling FAA regulators and ridiculing its safety.
The emails were part of more than 100 pages of documents sent Thursday by Boeing to House and Senate committees that have been investigating the aircraft maker in the wake of two crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed a combined 346 people. The 737 Max family has been grounded for nearly a year, with no return date yet. [more]
'Secret intel', 'highly likelys' show media created narratives for Tehran jet crash in order to blame Iran, Russia, Trump
https://www.sott.net/article/427160-Secret-intel-highly-likelys-show-media-created-narratives-for-Tehran-jet-crash-in-order-to-blame-Iran-Russia-Trump
[from our Health desk]
Black seed: An effective supplement for treating and dissolving kidney stones
https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/ground-black-seed-may-dissolve-kidney-stones
Nigella sativa, more commonly known as black seed, is a widely used therapeutic plant around the world, including in Ayurvedic medicine. A study on 60 patients with kidney stones offers evidence of its might and effectiveness in helping treat or reduce the size of painful kidney stones.
A study published in the journal Phytotherapy Research sought to evaluate its effectiveness in dissolving kidney stones.[iv] In the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 60 patients with kidney stones were given either placebo or treatment consisting of 500 milligrams (mg) of black seed capsules, twice a day for 10 weeks.
The recruits were aged 20 to 60 years and had kidney stones larger than 5 millimeters (mm). The team assessed the size of the patients' kidney stones via sonography before and after the study period. They found that 44.4% in the black seed group excreted their stones completely, with the size of the stones in 3.7% remaining unchanged and decreasing in a notable 51.8%.
In the placebo group, on the other hand, only 15.3% excreted their stones completely, with 11.5% experiencing size reduction and 57.6% having no change in stone size.
Black seed was generally well-tolerated in the study group. It significantly increased serum calcium and proved more effective on smaller stones, particularly those under 7 mm in diameter.[v]
The researchers saw a significant difference in the size of the kidney stones between the two groups, concluding that black seed may be effective for reducing the size of kidney stones or even making them disappear entirely. [more]
[more follows]
US tried to take out another Iranian leader, but failed
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The officials said a military airstrike by special operations forces targeted Abdul Reza Shahlai, a high-ranking commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps but the mission was not successful. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a classified mission.
Officials said both Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Shahlai were on approved military targeting lists, which indicates a deliberate effort by the U.S. to cripple the leadership of Iran’s Quds force, which has been designated a terror organization by the U.S. Officials would not say how the mission failed. [more]
Justice Department Effectively Ends Clinton Investigation After Finding Nothing: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-department-clinton-investigation-finds-nothing-042626189.html
[of course; otherwise more people would wind up dead]
[from Pissing Away Money]
The $1 Billion Solar Plant Is an Obsolete, Expensive Flop
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-billion-solar-plant-obsolete-213200906.html
Bloomberg reports that a planned $1 billion solar plant was out of date and obsolete before it could even be completed. The Crescent Dunes plant opened outside of Las Vegas in 2015, when its technology was already behind, and the solar boom since then has completely eclipsed it. Now, the closed and abandoned plant is the subject of huge ongoing lawsuits.[more]
Brazil Plans to Allow Mining in Amazonian Indigenous Reserves
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brazil-plans-allow-mining-amazonian-144427322.html
Brazil is pushing ahead with plans to allow mining in the indigenous reserves of the Amazon rain forest and will send a bill to Congress later this month to regulate the activity, according to the country’s minister for mines and energy.[more]
[in Celebrity Deaths today]
Alexis Eddy, former star of 'Are You the One?' on MTV, dies at 23
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alexis-eddy-former-star-of-are-you-the-one-on-mtv-dies-at-23-234327509.html
She was found dead Thursday at her home in West Virginia
“This happened around 7 a.m. this morning,” the Mannington Police Department said, as reported by E!. “We were called for a report of a woman in cardiac arrest. She was pronounced dead at the scene and her body was transported to Fairmont Regional Medical Center. This is an active investigation, so we cannot determine if there was foul play or not suspected at this time.” [more]
[stupidest headline today]
There is a 50% chance something bad will happen to the stock market soon: top strategist [DUH!]
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/there-is-a-50-chance-something-bad-will-happen-to-the-stock-market-soon-joseph-davis-173617754.html
Vanguard Global Chief Economist Joseph Davis thinks there is a 50% chance of a correction in stock prices this year. The reason: equity valuations have become detached from economic reality. [more; there is no economic reality - it's all fiction]
[continued below]
Job Losses Galore Across the Energy Sector: What Lies Next?
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Trump Freed by Court to Use Military Money to Build Border Wall
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-begin-moving-military-money-152653693.html
President Donald Trump’s planned U.S. border wall with Mexico got another boost after a federal appeals court lifted an order that had blocked his use of $3.6 billion in military construction funds.
The 2-1 decision issued Wednesday night by the U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans allows Trump to begin diverting the funds from other military projects while the government appeals a December ruling by a federal judge in Texas that it’s illegal to use the money for the wall.
The U.S. Supreme Court in July lifted an order in California that blocked Trump from proceeding with wall projects using $2.5 billion in military funds that had been earmarked for drug interdiction. [more; yeah, who cays about da grunts?]
Heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes strike the South
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/heavy-rain-flooding-tornadoes-strike-212349576.html [~ 1 min. weather spot]
Women now outnumber men in the American workforce for the first time since the Great Recession
https://www.yahoo.com/news/women-now-outnumber-men-american-185314970.html
Women now outnumber men in the American workforce for the first time since the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession, according to the latest jobs report, released on Friday.
Labor Department data showed that women held 50.04% of jobs in December, bringing their share of the workforce to 76.2 million. Women gained 139,000 jobs compared with the 6,000 that men obtained in the same period. [more; seems skewed]
U.S. employment growth slows; labor market tightening
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-job-growth-seen-slowing-051829934.html
U.S. job growth slowed in December after surging in the prior month, but the pace of hiring is enough to keep the longest economic expansion in history on track despite a deepening downturn in a manufacturing sector stung by trade disputes.
[more; this is mostly propaganda - you can't believe anything our government puts out now; unemployment, jobs, etc. - all made up to manipulate us]
BLACK BEAR NEWS: Headlines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x1C1Mt19wM [32.25 min.]
[Kevin put out 3 others; all short covering some of those headlines]
Explosive Bombogenesis Engulfs Iceland
https://strangesounds.org/2020/01/explosive-bombogenesis-iceland-pictures.html
North Atlantic is developing explosive storms, almost on a daily basis. [more]
[this just in]
New Earthquake Strikes Near Puerto Rico Coast
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/puerto-ricans-settle-in-quake-shelters-refuse-to-go-home/2273280/
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a preliminary 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred off Puerto Rico's southwest coast on Friday. [more]