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
2020-03-15 - Refinery rocked by explosion and fire near Kota Tinggi (Malaysia), near the coast, 5 killed, 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EX-20200316-70789-MYS
http://www.nasdaq.com/articles/five-dead-in-fire-at-petronas-aramco-refining-complex-in-malaysia-2020-03-16
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/five-dead-in-explosion-at-johor-petrochemicals-complex
http://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/575051/body-5th-pengerang-explosion-victim-recovered
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/03/16/fire-explosion-confirmed-at-pengerang-complex/
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/03/16/explosion-at-petrol-refining-complex-in-johor-leaves-four-dead-one-missing
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/energy-commodities/fire-explosion-at-petronas-aramco-refining-complex-in-malaysia
Quote: "Pengerang Refining and Petrochemical (PRefChem) today confirmed a fire and explosion occurred at about 10.50pm last night at the Pengerang Integrated Complex near Kota Tinggi."
2020-03-15 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in Needham Market (Britain):
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/sackers-needham-market-suffolk-fire-1-6562383
Quote: "Firefighters have been called to Sackers yard in Needham Market to tackle a waste fire, less than a year after the last blaze."
2020-03-15 - Cars and homes destroyed by fire on Signal Hill in coastal Cape Town (South Africa):
http://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2020-03-15-houses-cars-burnt-as-fire-blazes-on-signal-hill2/
http://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/cape-town-fire-forces-home-evacuations-in-upmarket-beach-suburb
http://www.capetownetc.com/news/fire-burns-out-cars-on-lions-head/
Quote: "More than 200 firefighters are battling a blaze on Signal Hill in Cape Town, with vehicles and homes on fire."
2020-03-15 - Coronavirus death toll increases by record 368 overnight to 1,809 deaths with infections at 24,747 in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://www.axios.com/italy-new-coronavirus-deaths-0150a1c9-d74a-4dd8-9e22-3c716c1690ce.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/spain-france-tighten-curbs-coronavirus-fight-live-updates-200312054153018.html
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/487667-italy-reports-3590-more-coronavirus-cases-its-biggest
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/italy-coronavirus-368-deaths-24-hours-15-italians-dead-every-hour.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-coronavirus-cases-deaths-europe
http://www.yahoo.com/news/italians-over-80-left-die-151225888.html
Quote: "The Italian government reported 368 new deaths from the coronavirus on Sunday, the largest 24-hour increase since the country confirmed its first case, according to AP."
Quote: "Italy reported 3,590 new cases of the virus, bringing its total to 24,747. At least 1,809 people have died from the virus in Italy, making it the largest outbreak outside of China."
Quote: "Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin propose. Some patients denied intensive care will in effect be left to die, doctors fear."
Note: So that's 1 person dying from Covid-19 every 4 minutes in Italy now...
2020-03-15 - Coronavirus death toll increases by record 152 overnight to 288 deaths with infections at 7,753 in Spain, country goes on lockdown:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EP-20200314-70781-ESP
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/15/world/europe/15reuters-health-coronavirus-spain.html
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/playgrounds-taped-off-streets-deserted-as-spains-coronavirus-death-toll-doubles/ar-BB11dN6M
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/army-disinfects-train-stations-as-spains-coronavirus-death-toll-doubles-idUSKBN2120FQ
Quote: "Spaniards hunkered down in silent cities on Sunday with children's playgrounds blocked off with police tape, after the government imposed sudden, severe restrictions on public life and the coronavirus death toll more than doubled overnight. Spain, the second-worst affected European country after Italy, on Saturday ordered its 47 million citizens to stay indoors except for necessary outings such as buying food and medicine. Social gatherings are banned. The government's official coronavirus death toll rose by 152 overnight to 288. The number infected rose by 2,000 new cases to 7,753."
2020-03-15 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 724 with 13,938 infections in Iran:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/irans-death-toll-from-coronavirus-reaches-724-health-official-on-twitter/ar-BB11dgxW
Quote: "Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 724, with 113 new deaths in the past 24 hours, an Iranian health official tweeted on Sunday, adding that some 13,938 people have been infected across the country."
2020-03-15 - Philadelphia begins shutting down due to Covid-19 pandemic as infections mount:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/where-coronavirus-cases-have-been-reported-in-the-philly-area/2318340/
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/delaware-bucks-chester-counties-ordered-locked-down-as-coronavirus-spreads/2326784/
Quote: "Governor Tom Wolf ordered all restaurants and bars to close dine-in services in Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties for 14 days to help stop the spread of the novel coronavirus."
Quote: "The total number of cases across Pennsylvania is now at 63, rising by 16 cases from the day prior, according to the state department of health."
2020-03-15 - Coronavirus screening begins at US airports, chaos ensues:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2020/03/15/coronavirus-screening-chaos-awaits-travelers-returning-us-airports/5053421002/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/chaos-at-american-airports-as-us.html
2020-03-15 - France shuts down shops, restaurants and most public places:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EP-20200315-70784-FRA
http://www.businessinsider.com/france-closes-shops-restaurants-tells-people-to-stay-home-2020-3
http://www.france24.com/en/20200314-coronavirus-in-france-prime-minister-announces-closure-of-cafes-shops-restaurants-and-cinemas
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-worldwide-death-toll-surges-5000-200313233453162.html
2020-03-15 - Boat on trailer bursts into flame at the Cochrane Bridge in coastal Mobile (Alabama):
http://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/mfr-boat-fire-at-cochrane-bridge/
http://www.fox10tv.com/news/no-injuries-after-boat-fire-near-cochrane-bridge/article_294fa278-6714-11ea-af69-af1fa701fba7.html
http://www.newsbreak.com/alabama/mobile/news/0ORMHpkQ/mfr-boat-fire-at-cochrane-bridge
2020-03-15 - Yacht 'Minerva' bursts into flame at 6 AM while docked at marine in coastal Mallorca (Spain), nobody aboard:
http://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2020/03/15/64135/minerva-ship-goes-flames-majorca.html
http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/03/15/watch-huge-fire-erupts-on-luxury-yacht-in-mallorcas-exclusive-puerto-portals-marina/
http://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2020/03/16/64181/puerto-portals-yacht-total-write-off.html
http://www.euroweeklynews.com/2020/03/16/fire-wrecks-yacht-at-mallorcas-puerto-portals-marina/
http://twitter.com/BombersdeMca/status/1239084918673747969
http://twitter.com/lorenzoadrover/status/1239116319548678145
Quote: "A luxury yacht has burst into flames in the exclusive Puerto Portals marina of Mallorca. Dramatic footage shows enormous plumes of black smoke billowing into the air from the 20-metre-long ‘Minerva’ boat as the blaze continued to rage on board."
Note: These are the 333rd and 334th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-03-15 - Tractor bursts into flame while parked inside barn, fire spreads, barn destroyed, in East Tilbury (Britain):
http://www.chelmsfordweeklynews.co.uk/news/18306199.firefighters-rush-rescue-cows-horses-east-tilbury-huge-barn-fire/
http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/18306199.firefighters-rush-rescue-cows-horses-east-tilbury-huge-barn-fire/
http://www.thurrockgazette.co.uk/news/18306199.firefighters-rush-rescue-cows-horses-east-tilbury-huge-barn-fire/
http://www.yourthurrock.com/2020/03/16/probe-tractor-catches-fire-east-tilbury/
Quote: "The crews were called to reports of a tractor on fire inside the barn."
Note: This is the 398th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-03-15 - RV bursts into flame in coastal Sandwick on the Shetland Islands (Scotland):
http://www.shetnews.co.uk/2020/03/15/motorhome-on-fire/
http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2020/03/15/motorhome-destroyed-by-blaze
Note: This is the 76th RV to burn in 2020...
2020-03-15 - Van bursts into flame while parked at gas station on Barnfield Close in Staveley (Britain):
http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/emergency-services-attend-van-fire-staveley-petrol-station-2452882
http://www.peakfm.co.uk/news/local/van-blaze-takes-place-at-supermarket-petrol-station-in-staveley/
2020-03-15 - Minivan bursts into flame at 11:23 PM on Alderpoint Road in Blocksburg (California):
http://lostcoastoutpost.com/chpwatch/2020/mar/15/200315HM00113/
2020-03-15 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked at business in coastal Sharjah (UAE):
http://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2020/03/15/pick-up-truck-catches-fire-in-sharjah-civil-defence-douses-inferno-in-minutes
http://www.pressreader.com/bahrain/gulf-today/20200316/281552292930552
2020-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on I-81 in Fall Branch (Tennessee):
http://fox17.com/news/local/gallery-fall-branch-volunteer-department-responds-to-vehicle-fire-on-interstate
2020-03-15 - Car bursts into flame at Old Jacksonville Road and Veterans Parkway in Springfield (Illinois):
http://newschannel20.com/news/local/officials-respond-to-springfield-vehicle-fire
2020-03-15 - Car bursts into flame at 6:06 AM on Rivett Street in Hackett (Australia):
http://www.ewn.com.au/traffic/caution-car-fire-hackett-act-461645.traffic
2020-03-15 - Car bursts into flame at 2:46 AM on the A11 near Elveden (Britain):
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/elveden-mildenhall-suffolk-a11-car-fire-1-6562673
http://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/car-gutted-by-fire-on-a11-at-elveden-9102842/
2020-03-15 - Car bursts into flame on the M42 near Alvechurch (Britain), two separate crashes too:
http://www.bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/two-crashes-and-a-car-fire-on-the-m42-between-bromsgrove-and-redditch/
Quote: "TWO drivers crashed on the M42 in north Worcestershire yesterday where surface water posed challenging conditions for motorists and there was also a car fire."
2020-03-15 - Vehicle bursts into flame while parked in parking garage, fire spreads, businesses and apartments destroyed, in Mineola (New York):
http://www.fireengineering.com/2020/03/16/485413/photos-firefighters-battle-massive-mineola-ny-fire/#gref
http://abc7ny.com/large-fire-damages-homes-and-businesses-on-li/6017839/
http://longisland.news12.com/story/41898851/fire-rips-through-several-stores-on-main-street-in-mineola
Quote: "The original call came in around 8:00 p.m. for a vehicle fire at a Main Street parking garage."
2020-03-15 - Barn destroyed by fire on Route 176 in unincorporated Crystal Lake (Illinois):
http://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2020/03/15/barn-burns-to-the-ground-in-unincorporated-crystal-lake/
2020-03-15 - Auto parts business destroyed by fire in Jalan Bengan (Malaysia):
http://dayakdaily.com/fire-razes-auto-parts-shop-at-jalan-bengan/
2020-03-15 - Government office and two businesses destroyed by fire on Church Street in Lakeland (Georgia):
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/major-fire-destroys-lanier-county-businesses/article_b5d6b7c5-e1b7-59e4-baf2-7c41a24ac435.html
2020-03-15 - Police Athletic League Center Saturday night damaged by fire on Franklin Street in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/fire-breaks-out-at-police-athletic-league-center-on-the-eastside/77-d4fef2d5-88b3-4958-986f-d16cdd4eb1c0
2020-03-15 - Garage destroyed by fire at home on 4th Avenue in Moline (Illinois):
http://www.kwqc.com/content/news/Moline-fire-investigating-cause-of-garage-fire-568812331.html
2020-03-15 - Home depot damaged by fire on West International Speedway Boulevard in coastal Daytona Beach (Florida):
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20200315/daytona-home-depot-evacuated-after-electrical-fire-fire-department-says
2020-03-15 - Home heavily damaged by fire just before 6 AM on Shakespeare Avenue in coastal Bronx (New York):
http://nypost.com/2020/03/15/firefighters-battle-three-alarm-blaze-in-the-bronx/
2020-03-15 - Home heavily damaged by fire before 1:30 AM in Overland Park (Kansas):
http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/overland-park-firefighters-battle-overnight-house-fire
2020-03-15 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Rico Lane in Aiken (South Carolina):
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Fire-on-Rico-Lane-in-Aiken-568812031.html
2020-03-15 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Anson Road in coastal Portsmouth (Rhode Island), 2300 feet from the ocean, cat killed:
http://www.newportri.com/news/20200315/tenants-escape-portsmouth-house-fire-through-windows
http://turnto10.com/news/local/portsmouth-home-catches-fire
2020-03-15 - Home heavily damaged by fire at midnight on North Court Street in Rockford (Illinois), near the Rock River, nobody there:
http://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-fire-quickly-responds-to-housefire-on-n-court-street/
2020-03-15 - Home destroyed by fire in Kalaheo (Hawaii), near the coast, nobody there:
http://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/03/15/hawaii-news/kauai-fire-destroys-home-causes-1-million-in-damage/
http://www.thegardenisland.com/2020/03/16/hawaii-news/fire-destroys-kalaheo-home-displaces-family/
2020-03-15 - Apartment building damaged by fire on Bardstown Road in Louisville (Kentucky), 1 injured:
http://www.wave3.com/2020/03/15/crews-battling-fire-brown-suburban-condominiums-bardstown-road/
http://www.wlky.com/article/15-residents-displaced-after-fire-at-bardstown-road-apartment-complex/31627194
2020-03-15 - Apartment building damaged by fire at 11:30 PM in Grand Forks (North Dakota):
http://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Late-night-fire-displaces-568811001.html
2020-03-15 - Deadly fire burns duplex on Ninth Street in Des Moines (Iowa), 2 killed:
http://www.kcci.com/article/dsm-fire-department-1-adult-1-child-dead-after-house-fire/31646550
http://whoradio.iheart.com/content/2020-03-16-adult-child-dead-in-sunday-house-fire-in-des-moines/
http://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-police-id-mother-child-killed-in-house-fire/31667246
2020-03-15 - Deadly fire burns apartment building in Golf Manor (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://www.wlwt.com/article/fire-department-1-dead-in-golf-manor-apartment-fire/31639530
2020-03-15 - Vacant warehouse destroyed by fire in coastal Oakland (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/03/15/oakland-major-fire-raging-inside-abandoned-warehouse/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/15/firefighters-battling-early-morning-fire-raging-through-oakland-commercial-building/
http://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/15/oakland-major-fire-raging-inside-abandoned-warehouse/
2020-03-15 - Mother, 27, and infant found dead at home in coastal Kelston (New Zealand), 1750 feet from the coast:
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/mum-and-newborn-found-dead-house
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12317331
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/two-people-found-dead-house-in-kelston-auckland
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/police-investigating-two-sudden-deaths-in-kelston.html
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/auckland/kelston-double-death-mum-and-newborn-baby-found-dead-at-home/
Quote: "A woman and her three-day-old baby have been found dead in a West Auckland home in what is believed to be a medical event-related double tragedy. Emergency services were called to a house at Manatu Lane in the suburb of Kelston about 9.30am yesterday."
2020-03-15 - Two young men die in canal in Guntur (India):
http://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/two-died-while-swimming-in-a-canal-in-guntur-district-612156
2020-03-15 - Woman, 40, Floyd Mayweather's ex-girlfriend, slumps over dead in car in coastal Los Angeles (California):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8114055/Cops-NO-evidence-drug-use-suicide-death-Floyd-Mayweathers-ex.html
http://popculture.com/sports/2020/03/15/floyd-mayweather-pays-tribute-late-ex-josie-harris/
http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/boxing/floyd-mayweathers-ex-girlfriend-found-21700948
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/floyd-mayweathers-ex-girlfriend-found-21700908
2020-03-15 - Man, 48, found dead in Wilde Lake in Columbia (Maryland):
http://www.wbal.com/article/441706/3/police-columbia-man-found-dead-in-wilde-lake
http://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/howard-county/howard-county-police-recovers-a-body-from-a-columbia-lake
http://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/cng-ho-wilde-lake-columbia-body-20200316-aj356agk6fdvfdlwuflqqo4cxm-story.html
http://patch.com/maryland/columbia/body-found-columbias-wilde-lake-police
2020-03-15 - Person found dead in the Suisun Slough in Suisun City (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/15/body-found-in-suisun-slough-near-old-downtown-lighthouse/
http://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/Body-Found-In-Water-Near-Old-Downtown-15133555.php
2020-03-15 - Woman found dead in car at hospital in Dunn (North Carolina):
http://mydailyrecord.com/stories/woman-found-dead-in-car-outside-emergency-room-police-are-investigating,73029
http://jocoreport.com/woman-found-dead-in-car-outside-emergency-room/
2020-03-15 - Man found dead near golf course in foothills in Boise (Idaho):
http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article241249761.html
http://idahonews.com/news/local/boise-police-find-body-in-foothills-near-north-36th-street
2020-03-15 - Person found dead near the Ohio River in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/03/14/body-found-east-end-near-ohio-river/5050584002/
2020-03-15 - Person found dead in lake at Cenci Lake Park in Lancaster (Ohio):
http://www.sciotopost.com/lancaster-police-scene-body-found-cenci-lake-park-waters/
2020-03-15 - Man, 22, falls into river and dies in coastal St. James Parish on the island of Jamaica:
http://mckoysnews.com/suspected-drowning-in-st-james/
2020-03-15 - Man, 56, found dead on the shore of Loch Kishorn on the Isle of Skye (Scotland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51908463
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/body-missing-skye-man-who-21695503
http://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/body-found-in-search-for-man-missing-for-almost-two-weeks
2020-03-15 - Person found dead on the shore of Lake Rotorua (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=12316901
http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/237236-body-found-at-rotorua-lakefront.html
2020-03-15 - Man has 'medical condition' at 4:10 AM, SUV crashes into store, in San Antonio (Texas), 1 injured:
http://foxsanantonio.com/news/local/man-sent-to-hospital-after-falling-asleep-in-car-waking-up-and-stepping-on-gas-in-reverse
Quote: "After the caller hung up with 911, the man woke up, put his car in reverse and stepped on the gas pedal. Police believe a medical condition caused the accident."
2020-03-15 - Man, 51, has 'medical episode', ATV crashes, in White Township (New Jersey), 900 feet from the Delaware River, 1 killed:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/03/51-year-old-dies-in-warren-county-atv-crash-police-say.html
Quote: "Video surveillance captured the entire incident. It showed the man suffered some type of medical episode just prior to the crash and fell off the ATV, Pfeiffer said. The man was found unconscious on the ground by his son, Pfieffer said."
2020-03-15 - Small plane crashes in the Umkomazi River Valley in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), 1 killed:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-03-15-pilot-dies-in-kzn-plane-crash/
http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-03-16-pilot-killed-in-kzn-plane-crash-identified-as-springbok-canoeist/
http://ireportsouthafrica.co.za/2020/03/15/watch-plane-crash-close-to-r624-in-richmond-area-kzn/
http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/2020-03-15-pilot-dies-in-kzn-plane-crash/
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/pilot-dies-in-kzn-plane-crash-20200315
2020-03-15 - Tractor trailer hauling bees overturns on I-20 in Newton County (Mississippi):
http://www.wlox.com/2020/03/15/flatbed-truck-hauling-live-honey-bees-crashes-i-newton-county/
2020-03-15 - Van overturns on I-10 in coastal Pass Christian (Mississippi), 7 injured:
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/article241216016.html
2020-03-15 - Van crashes into car and building on Southfield Street in Nelson (Britain), 1 injured:
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/18307563.van-crashes-car-building-southfield-street-nelson/
2020-03-15 - SUV veers off road at 2:30 AM, crashes into home, on Addison Avenue in West Mifflin (Pennsylvania):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/03/15/car-crashes-into-west-mifflin-house/
2020-03-15 - SUV veers off road, crashes into tree, on Union Road in Manteca (California), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.recordnet.com/news/20200315/man-dies-woman-injured-when-suv-crashes-into-tree-in-north-manteca
2020-03-15 - Pickup truck veers off road at 2:53 AM, crashes into pole, in coastal Fort Pierce (Florida), 1 killed:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/man-killed-in-one-car-crash-in-fort-pierce
http://cw34.com/news/local/man-killed-in-one-car-crash-in-fort-pierce
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/st-lucie-county/2020/03/15/port-st-lucie-man-killed-single-car-crash/5054103002/
2020-03-15 - Car veers off road just before 5:30 AM, crashes into home, bursts into flame, on Highway 44 East in Bullitt County (Kentucky), 2 killed:
http://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/2-dead-after-car-crashes-into-bullitt-county-home-catches-on-fire/417-97b92824-b2d7-409f-9d64-17f63b48194f
http://www.wave3.com/2020/03/15/dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-home-catches-fire/
http://www.the-sun.com/news/541781/high-school-students-killed-kentucky-crash-home/
2020-03-15 - Car veers off road at 12:15 AM, crashes into home, on Gilmer Avenue in Tallassee (Alabama), 1 injured:
http://www.wsfa.com/2020/03/15/injured-after-vehicle-crashes-into-building-tallassee/
2020-03-15 - Car veers off road, crashes into home, on Meridian Street North in Huntsville (Alabama):
http://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Car-hits-Huntsville-home-causes-gas-leak-568822541.html
2020-03-15 - Car veers off road, crashes into ditch, near Newell (South Dakota), 1 killed:
http://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Fatal-crash-leads-to-one-death-in-Butte-County-568814971.html
2020-03-15 - Car veers off road at 2:30 AM, crashes into shed at the Riverside Cafe, in St. Marks (Florida), 150 feet from the Wakulla River, 1 injured:
http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Car-crashes-into-shed-at-Riverside-Cafe-568831091.html
2020-03-15 - Powerful storm slams northwestern India, crops severely damaged, 28+ killed:
http://watchers.news/2020/03/15/intense-storms-hits-northwestern-india-causing-severe-crop-damage-and-claiming-lives-of-at-least-28-people/
2020-03-15 - Mysterious black rain falls in Japan days after lightning storm:
http://www.unilad.co.uk/news/mysterious-black-rain-falls-in-japan-days-after-lightning-storm/
http://www.sott.net/article/430792-Mysterious-black-rain-falls-in-Japan-days-after-lightning-storm
2020-03-15 - $1.5 Trillion Fed injection sparks outrage among struggling workers:
http://truththeory.com/2020/03/15/1-5-trillion-fed-injection-sparks-outrage-among-struggling-workers/
http://www.sott.net/article/430755-1-5-Trillion-Fed-injection-sparks-outrage-among-struggling-workers
2020-03-15 - Graph of the day, US household debt from 1945-2018:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/graph-of-the-day-u-s-household-debt-1945-2018.html
Hey Jonny, everyone. My wife finally got the word that she's supposed to work from home until further notice - GREAT! This should have been the case YEARS AGO, but we'll take it!
ReplyDeleteSo i have 2 classes to supposedly "teach" until the end of April, with finals in early May and she'll be behind me (in our home office) on her company laptop. It's great that we won't have to commute and that we're both home pretty much most of the time. If this is any indication, gas prices should go to less than $2 a gal. (here).
Graph of the Day: Worldwide COVID-19 cases surpass China cases
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/graph-of-the-day-worldwide-covid-19-cases-surpass-china-cases.html
[i don't trust the China numbers, but it would be great if they are starting to subside, showing that there IS and end to it]
Coronavirus: Public Panic & Market Carnage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8QiUTWVnjQ&feature=emb_logo
[Chris Martenson's latest ~ 26 min.]
Tropical Cyclone "Herold" brings severe flooding to Madagascar
https://watchers.news/2020/03/16/tropical-cyclone-herold-brings-severe-flooding-to-madagascar/
Tropical Cyclone "Herold" formed in the Indian Ocean near the coast of Madagascar on March 13, 2020, causing severe flooding in the northeastern part of the country which resulted in one fatality. Herold is the 8th named storm of the 2019/20 Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season. [more]
Scientists Baffled After Antarctic Pond Turns Purple
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/antarctic-pond-purple-mystery-science.html
Why did this Antarctic pond turn bright purple?
Nobody really knows. [more]
San Francisco Curfew: Residents Banned From Leaving Home After Midnight on Tuesday For Anything But Doctor’s Visits or Grocery Shops to Fight Coronavirus
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/san-francisco-curfew-lockdown-residents-banned-leaving-home-after-midnight.html
First U.S. Person To Test Coronavirus Vaccine Speaks Out – Will Be Monitored For 14 Months
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/first-person-test-coronavirus-vaccine-interview-video.html
Jennifer Haller: First person test coronavirus vaccine
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/first-person-test-coronavirus-vaccine-interview-video.html [~ 7.25 min. video]
Haller tells Melber she will have to do daily logs of her temperature, symptoms, and side effects and will be monitored for 14 months.
So it will take us up to 14 months before we get the Covid-19 vaccine. Hopefully we won’t have the army controlling our streets and cities in the meantime. [more]
[The Big Wobble is side-lined with the symptoms of COVID-19]
Dear readers and friends. If you are waiting for reports or updates, well I got sick this weekend I have pneumonia from a bacteria and NOT a virus: Hope to be back in the saddle sometime later this week.
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/03/dear-readers-and-friends-if-you-are.html
a 39.6 fever, along with breathing difficulties, a headache and aching muscles led me to believe I had, contracted the coronavirus...I was tested on Monday at home and the doc said I had contracted pneumonia, from a bacteria and not a virus
[more; he's in Holland, but it sounds like he has it!]
[2nd piece follows]
Rounds of severe weather to target central US just in time for spring
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/rounds-severe-weather-target-central-100321112.html
A multi-faceted storm system slated to bring blizzard conditions to parts of the northern Plains and record-challenging heat [aerosol masking effect beginning?] to portions of the mid-Atlantic will also unleash multiple rounds of severe weather in the south-central United States.
The storm system is the same one responsible for bringing much-needed rainfall to California and burying the Sierra Nevada with feet of snow from this past weekend into the first part of this week.
Before this storm system ejects eastward into the Plains, a pocket of severe thunderstorms will erupt in parts of western Texas on Tuesday afternoon and evening. [more]
Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-rich-blame-international-224746758.html
[open season on the rich in 3, 2, . .]
The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis, a study by the University of Leeds of 86 countries claims.
The wealthiest tenth of people consume about 20 times more energy overall than the bottom ten, wherever they live.
The gulf is greatest in transport, where the top tenth gobble 187 times more fuel than the poorest tenth, the research says.
[more; oh come on - there are so many more poor people!]
Russia Makes Move On Antarctica’s 513 Billion Barrels Of Oil
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/russia-makes-move-antarctica-513-220000402.html
Rosgeologia’s seismic surveys and other related work since the 70s to now indicate that there is at least 513 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent in Antarctica, and Moscow has now set its sights on the world’s most underexplored continent
Given the march that it has stolen on everyone else in the exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the Arctic region, it should come as little surprise to anyone who knows anything of the ruthless single-mindedness of Moscow that moves are afoot to do exactly the same thing at the other end of the world, Antarctica. According to an announcement in the last week, Russia’s state-run geological survey firm, Rosgeologia, undertook a major new seismic survey in the Riiser-Larsen Sea, off the coast of Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land earlier this year. Moreover, Rosgeologia stated unequivocally that it did this 4.400 kilometre survey - the first seismic survey done in the area by Russia since the late 1990s – with the express purpose of ‘assessing the offshore oil and gas potential of the area using the latest technology’. [more]
[3rd part below]
Air pollution 'likely' to cut COVID19 survival: experts
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/air-pollution-likely-cut-covid19-survival-experts-130210125.html
Air pollution from petrol and diesel vehicles is likely to increase mortality from the novel coronavirus in cities, public health experts told AFP Monday. [more]
Homemade hand sanitiser recipes that could help protect against coronavirus
https://www.yahoo.com/news/homemade-hand-sanitiser-recipes-could-152603217.html
US Oil Drillers Continue to Add Rigs Despite Weak Crude Price
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/us-oil-drillers-continue-add-132601374.html
Exclusive: Shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy taps restructuring advisers - sources
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/exclusive-shale-gas-pioneer-chesapeake-214037600.html
- Chesapeake Energy Corp, the oil and gas exploration and production company that helped spearhead the U.S. shale revolution, has tapped debt restructuring advisers amid a rout in energy prices, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
The Oklahoma City-based company, which was co-founded by late wildcatter Aubrey McClendon, was struggling with its debt pile of roughly $9 billion even before an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia and the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic contributed to driving its shares down more than 50% in the last three weeks. [more]
Former Federal Virus Hunter Says U.S. Needs to Act Before New Germs ‘Kick Your Door In’
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/former-federal-virus-hunter-says-234911788.html
When the federal government decided to investigate the threat viruses in animals posed to humans, Dennis Carroll helped lead the charge.
Carroll directed the pandemic influenza and emerging threats unit at the federal Agency for International Development (USAID) for nearly 15 years. In that time, he spearheaded Predict, a project that identified more than 2,000 zoonotic viruses, or germs in animals ― the viral “dark matter,” as he characterizes it — that could also sicken people.
It operated under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, but the Trump administration opted to shut down the project. Its operations will cease later this year, Carroll said.
Carroll retired from the federal government and moved to Texas A&M University. He now heads the Global Virome Project, a nonprofit cooperative dedicated to tracking more of these threats and developing a database of viruses. [more]
Stocks - Europe Pushes Lower Amid Short-Sale Bans; VW, Airbus Halt Output
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/stocks-europe-pushes-lower-amid-050203768.html
Investing.com - European stock markets turned red Tuesday, as evidence of the coronavirus hitting corporate Europe outweighed news of more central bank largesse and promises of action from the G7 and the Eurogroup. [more]
For The 3rd Time This Month, We Just Witnessed The Largest Single Day Point Crash In Stock Market History
ReplyDeletehttp://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/for-the-3rd-time-this-month-we-just-witnessed-the-largest-single-day-point-crash-in-stock-market-history
We are literally witnessing history in the making. For the third time in the last six trading sessions, we have witnessed the largest single day point crash in stock market history. Let that sink in for a moment. On March 9th, the Dow set a new record by falling 2,013 points. Then on March 12th, the Dow set a new record again by falling 2,352 points. Of course what happened on Monday was the biggest whopper of them all. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2,997 points, and words like “carnage” and “devastation” don’t seem to be strong enough to convey that horror that took place. To put all of this into perspective, the largest single day point crash during the last financial crisis was just 777 points. That means that the crash that we witnessed on Monday was nearly four times as large as the worst single day point crash in 2008.
Overall, the Dow is now down more than 31 percent from the all-time high set earlier this year.
If you can believe it, all of the tremendous stock market gains that we have witnessed over the last three years have been completely wiped out in just 18 trading days. [more]
Powerful Kona Low continues to drench Hawaii, flash flood watches in force for all islands with rare tornado warning for Niihau
https://watchers.news/2020/03/17/powerful-kona-low-pressure-continues-to-drench-hawaii-flash-flood-watches-in-force-for-all-islands-with-rare-tornado-warning-for-niihau/
The National Weather Service (NWS) has placed all islands of Hawaii under flash flood watch on Tuesday, March 17, 2020-- and has also issued a rare tornado warning for Niihau for the first time in 11 years-- as a powerful low-pressure system - Kona Low - continues to dump widespread heavy rains across the islands.
The low is forecast to further produce bands of thunderstorms into Wednesday, March 18, with east-southeast winds of about 24 to 27 km/h (15 to 17 mph), and gusts as high as 37 km/h (23 mph). Scattered to isolated showers are also forecast to persist until Monday next week, March 23. [more]
Torrential rains and hailstorms lash parts of Colombia, widespread flooding and damaging landslides reported
https://watchers.news/2020/03/17/torrential-rains-and-hailstorms-lash-parts-of-colombia-damaging-landslides-and-widespread-flooding-reported/
Severe weather continues to lash parts of Colombia, causing widespread flooding and landslides. On March 10, 2020, streets were left in whiteout conditions after a severe hailstorm hit the Bogota's north and center. On March 15, a mudslide killed one person and injured two others in Santander Department. Flooding was also reported in Bucaramanga city on March 16, affecting around 100 families. [more]
Newly-discovered asteroid 2020 FD to flyby Earth at 0.67 LD on March 18
https://watchers.news//2020/03/17/asteroid-2020-fd/
A newly-discovered asteroid designated 2020 FD will flyby Earth at a distance of 0.68 LD / 0.00171 AU (255 812 km / 158 954 miles) at 04:05 UTC on March 18, 2020. This is the 20th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since the start of the year and the first this month. [more]
Our Near Future? Another 349 Coronavirus Deaths In One day In Italy – More Than 700 In 48 Hours
https://strangesounds.org/2020/03/italy-coronavirus-death-rate-doubles-in-two-days-700-deaths-48-hours.html
Italy has reported more than 700 deaths in two days, including a record 368 in a single day on Sunday. [more]
[2nd piece follows]
Get Ready, A Bigger Disruption Is Coming
ReplyDeletehttps://www.yahoo.com/news/ready-bigger-disruption-coming-130007827.html
As global supply chains break, airlines slash flights, borders rise within nation-states, stock exchanges convulse with fear, and recession looms over economies, from China to Germany, Australia to the United States, we can no longer doubt that we are living through extraordinary times.
What remains in question, however, is our ability to comprehend them while using a vocabulary derived from decades when globalization seemed a fact of nature, like air and wind. For the coronavirus signals a radical transformation, of the kind that occurs once in a century, shattering previous assumptions.
In fact, the last such churning occurred almost exactly a century ago, and it altered the world so dramatically that a revolution in the arts, sciences and philosophy, not to mention the discipline of [bullshit] economics, was needed even to make sense of it [which it only fucked up more!].
The coronavirus, devastating in itself, may prove to be only the first of many shocks that lie ahead. [more]
Climate Push Loses Momentum as World Fights Coronavirus
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/climate-push-loses-momentum-world-110007153.html
[this will be far worse]
“Clearly we cannot ignore what’s going on globally,” said EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius on Bloomberg TV. The global “climate emergency didn’t go anywhere.
But transforming the economy is a titanic effort, requiring all the pieces to move in perfect coordination over an extended period of time. Until now, public policy and private investment have pushed each other to advance climate goals [oh they have not!]. Whether all the stakeholders involved can deal with the immediate shocks while keeping long-term goals in sight remains to be seen [they can't, and climate change will destroy what's left of the environment in short order].
“Now we have coronavirus and every three or four years there will be a significant shock that governments will need to focus on over the short term,” said John Ferguson, director of macroeconomics at the Economist Intelligence Unit. “It’s no one’s fault, but that can throw certain countries off course. Let’s remember this is a goal about 2050.” [more]
[meanwhile Mother Nature is preparing our coffins 24/7 and we MIGHT make it to 2030]
Kentucky man refuses to stay under quarantine
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/kentucky-man-refuses-stay-under-113000422.html [2.3 min. news piece]
We just got our first look at how much coronavirus will damage the U.S. economy
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/ny-fed-empire-manufacturing-dismal-coronavirus-damage-to-us-economy-130606782.html [incl. ~ 5 min. news/finance update]
The New York Federal Reserve released its latest Empire State Manufacturing survey Monday morning, which showed the report’s index of business conditions fell to its lowest level since 2009.
The survey’s decline from February to March was its largest on record.
“Employment leveled off, and the average workweek declined. Input price increases were little changed, while selling prices increased at a slower pace than last month. Optimism about the six-month outlook fell sharply, with firms less optimistic than they have been since 2009.” [more]
[jargon for "we're fucked!"]
[You know things are going to shit real fast when one blogger is out with pneumonia while another who normally posts MWF and an occasional Sat. is now posting on TUESDAY too - some from RF]
ReplyDeleteNews Links, March 17, 2020
Rice Farmer
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/
IMF Prepares $1 Trillion Bazooka
The Covid-19 Dominoes Fall: The World Is Insolvent
Saudi Arabia's Oil War Could Bankrupt The Kingdom
Gold, silver prices collapsing amid markets panic - "sell what you can"
Foreign Central Banks Dump Treasuries For 17th Straight Month, Continue To Hoard More Gold
Globalists May Soon Become An Extinct Species [we can hope]
U.S. airlines urgently need $50 billion in grants, loans - letter
US Sees Coronavirus as a New Way to Pressure Iran
GAO: F-35 central logistics system 'does not work properly,' needs redesign [billion dollar JUNK!]
Putin Unleashes Strategic Hell on the U.S.
Few U.S. shale firms can withstand prolonged oil price war
Is The Oil Price Crash Good For Renewable Energy? [pfff]
Localism in the 2020s, Part 5 (Pandemic) – It All Starts With You
The American Mask of Death
Health insurance executives themselves are at risk because they've put profit before public health.
This is how America and Britain are maximising coronavirus deaths
Only radical action and social distancing can avert a bloodbath
Coronavirus Australia: Queensland researchers find 'cure', want drug trial
Some patients who tested positive for coronavirus in Australia have already been treated with one of the drugs and "all did very, very well," researchers say.
Peace Corps evacuating volunteers worldwide amid outbreak
Surprise end to Trump-Bolsonaro visit: a COVID-19 cluster
At least five Brazilians who traveled with President Jair Bolsonaro on a US visit including meetings with his counterpart Donald Trump, have tested positive for COVID-19, officials and media reports said Saturday.
U.S. sanctions 'severely hamper' Iran coronavirus fight, Rouhani says
Spain has nationalised all of its private hospitals as the country goes into coronavirus lockdown
A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress
Will the coronavirus kill off the 'dinosaur' world of academic publishing?
US lawmaker to Trump: Get the military ready to fight coronavirus
In Emergency Meeting, Fed Fires All Its Bullets in a Single Shot
Dow Jones falls 3,000 points, on track for worst month since 1987
SBA and small business 'disaster' loans have never faced test like coronavirus
Coronavirus could be the tipping point for movie theaters, gyms and other industries already suffering from disruption
First US Economic Data of the COVID-19 Era Emerges. It's Ugly
This is just the beginning. There will be more of the same and worse.
Are restrictions on travel within the United States coming soon?
Factories shift operations in scramble to restock supermarket shelves
Homeless families take over empty Los Angeles house
Desolate store shelves, empty streets: These 16 eerie images depict coronavirus in America
Plan For Cash Handouts Gains Steam In Congress As Consumption Collapses
More U.S. retailers shut stores to limit coronavirus spread
U.S. CDC reports 3,536 coronavirus cases, 68 deaths