Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-01 - Car goes up in flames and kills person on Washburn Road in Las Vegas (Nevada):
http://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/officials-investigate-after-body-found-in-burning-vehicle/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/body-found-in-burning-car-in-northwest-las-vegas-1969948/
http://news3lv.com/news/local/las-vegas-fire-rescue-finds-body-found-inside-burning-vehicle-in-northwest-valley
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/crime/person-found-dead-in-burning-car-in-northwest-las-vegas/article_1af1e572-5c3f-11ea-93c4-7be9452f4a34.html
Quote: "One person is dead after a car fire Sunday afternoon. It happened just after 1 p.m. at the end of Washburn Road in the far northwest part of the Las Vegas Valley. Firefighters found a fully involved car fire when they arrived on the scene. A bystander told firefighters there was someone inside the vehicle. That person said they tried to rescue them, but the fire was too intense. Firefighters responded to the original call of a crash that led to the car fire, but later determined there was no crash at all. The vehicle was still in the roadway. The car was completely destroyed by the fire."
2020-03-01 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death in Gandhinagar (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/man-charred-to-death-in-car-fire/articleshow/74431279.cms
http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad/others/50-yr-old-charred-to-death-as-car-catches-fire/articleshow/74430766.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-man-charred-to-death-as-car-catches-fire/videoshow/74438350.cms
Quote: "Yogesh Prajapati, 50, of Suryaratna Society in Sola, was charred to death after his hatchback car caught fire near Mother Dairy in Gandhinagar on Sunday afternoon. Fire department sources said that prima facie it appears that the car caught fire because of short-circuit. The doors of the car got locked and Prajapati, who owned a petrol pump, could not get out of the burning car."
2020-03-01 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport in coastal San Francisco (California):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20200302-70729-USA
http://www.ktvu.com/news/reported-smoke-on-air-canada-express-jet-forces-aircraft-to-return-to-sfo
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/01/air-canada-flight-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-at-san-francisco-international/
http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/air-canada-flight-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-at-san-francisco-international/ar-BB10Bi6A
Quote: "An Air Canada Express flight landed safely at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday morning, after encountering difficulties Smoke reportedly entered the cockpit of the plane."
2020-03-01 - Passenger plane hit by smoke, plane makes emergency landing at airport near coastal Tel Aviv (Israel):
http://www.timesofisrael.com/plane-lands-safely-at-ben-gurion-airport-after-cockpit-emergency/
http://newstral.com/en/article/en/1146919443/flight-from-berlin-lands-safely-after-smoke-seen-in-cockpit
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/489769
Quote: "An easyJet flight arriving from Berlin carried out an emergency landing at Ben Gurion Airport Sunday afternoon after pilots reported smoke in the cockpit."
2020-03-01 - Small plane hit by smoke then crashes near Cabool (Missouri):
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/two-men-uninjured-after-plane-crashes-in-texas-county/
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Plane-crashes-in-Texas-County-two-escape-without-injuries-568375541.html
http://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperG/status/1233919736007794694
Quote: "The pilot told state troopers that the cockpit filled with smoke when he took off from the Cabool airport. The crash happened while the pilot tried to return to the airport."
Note: These are the 15th, 16th and 17th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2020-03-01 - Second coronavirus death reported in the United States and first case confirmed in New York:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200131-70586-USA
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
http://www.fox9.com/news/coronavirus-kills-2nd-man-in-washington-state-officials-say
2020-03-01 - Coronavirus may have been spreading undetected for weeks in Washington State:
http://www.wishtv.com/news/medical/coronavirus-may-have-been-around-seattle-for-weeks-study-shows/
http://www.weau.com/content/news/Study-Coronavirus-may-have-been-around-Seattle-for-weeks-568376351.html
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/485389-coronavirus-may-have-spread-undetected-in-us-for-weeks
http://nbcmontana.com/news/local/study-coronavirus-may-have-been-around-seattle-for-weeks
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/health/coronavirus-washington-spread.html
Quote: "The coronavirus may have been circulating for weeks undetected in Washington state, a preliminary finding that could mean hundreds of undiagnosed cases, researchers said Sunday after analyzing genetic samples from two people."
Note: I said a few days ago that I thought it was likely that there were over 1,000 infections in the US already because this has been spreading quietly for some time. I'm even more sure of that now. Wherever you are, if it's not already in your community, it will be soon...
2020-03-01 - 'Boom' of US cases 'should be expected' as global death toll tops 3,000:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/01/coronavirus-hundreds-may-be-infected-washington-state/4923129002/
Quote: "A 'boom' of confirmed cases of the coronavirus that has now killed more than 3,000 people around the world — including two in the U.S. — could already be racing across America despite ramped-up efforts to contain the outbreak, experts say."
2020-03-01 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 54 with 978 infected in Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200229-70725-IRN
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/iran-raises-death-toll-54-coronavirus-69318327
http://wcti12.com/news/nation-world/iran-raises-death-toll-to-54-from-new-coronavirus
http://apnews.com/19afa2370546d95f98275dad41080bac
Quote: "Iran’s health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed infected cases jumped overnight by more than half to 978 people."
2020-03-01 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 34 with 1,694 infected in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/europe/italy-coronavirus-cases-travel-advisory/index.html
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-02-29/italy-hoteliers-us-travel-advisory-final-blow-to-tourism
http://wtmj.com/national/2020/02/29/italy-reports-virus-cases-top-1100-deaths-reach-29-3/
http://www.wfmz.com/news/italy-reports-virus-cases-top-deaths-reach/article_8b320265-7fb7-5138-9372-f03c5b6b2e0a.html
Quote: "Italy's Civil Protection Authority reported the country now has 1,694 confirmed coronavirus cases, up from 1,128 confirmed cases on Saturday. Thirty-four people have died."
2020-03-01 - NASA images show a decrease in China's pollution related to coronavirus shutdown:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/world/nasa-china-pollution-coronavirus-trnd-scn/index.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-puts-impressive-dent-china-170600763.html
http://time.com/5786634/coronavirus-carbon-emissions-china/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/dramatic-reduction-on-nitrogen-dioxide.html
Note: That's not as good as it sounds. One of the things staving off the full effect of global warming is 'global dimming' caused by our pollution. That's the unsolvable conundrum. If we stop polluting, 'global dimming' fades, the world warms suddenly and dramatically, and the many climate feedbacks go nuts reinforcing each other, resulting in our extinction in fairly short order. And if we don't stop polluting then we will be wiped out too, even more certainly, but somewhat more slowly. The ultimate outcome is the same. Our addiction to fossil fuels is fatal, but the withdrawal symptoms are also fatal, and quicker...
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-02 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits large area in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/source-of-center-city-odor-remains-undetermined/5979146/
http://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/gas-like-odor-prompts-evacuations-in-center-city
http://www.fox29.com/news/source-of-odor-that-prompted-center-city-evacuations-remains-under-investigation
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/03/03/philadelphia-fire-department-still-trying-to-determine-source-of-mysterious-odor-in-center-city/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/03/02/strong-gas-odor-from-pes-refinery-tank-being-cleaned-permeates-center-city-causes-multiple-buildings-to-be-evacuated/
http://www.inquirer.com/news/gas-odor-smell-center-city-refinery-evacuated-philadelphia-20200302.html
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/gas-odor-philly-caused-refinery-cleaning-officials
http://www.phillyvoice.com/gas-odor-philadelphia-evacuations-center-city/
Quote: "The Philadelphia fire department now says they cannot confirm the mercaptan release at the refinery as the origin of the odor. 'After an investigation at PES, the PFD Hazmat Task Force cannot confirm the initial report of a mercaptan release at the refinery. PES did clean equipment today, but the actual source of the smell remains undetermined,' the department wrote on Twitter."
Quote: "'Despite some initial reports that perhaps some cleaning work they were doing on a tank down there was the source of the odor. We actually went in and checked that vessel or hazmat taskforce did, and did not find that to be the source of the odors,' said Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel."
Quote: "According to Theil, the PES Refinery did have a reading on their fenceline monitoring system that suggests some type of product went across their facility, from an unknown location around 7:30 to 8 a.m."
Quote: "We were evacuated at 1500 Mkt. The smell was overwhelming. Scary not knowing where it was coming from."
Note: So 'something' that smelled like rotten eggs did blow across the refinery there but it came from an unknown location and nobody knows what it was. They initially thought that maybe the rotten egg odor was mercaptan from a tank being cleaned, but they ruled that out...
2020-03-02 - Unknown rotten egg and/or sewage odor continues regularly blowing through Delaware County (Pennsylvania):
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/springfield-pa/delaware-county-mystery-odor-still-eludes-officials
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=187566947956277&story_fbid=2872587939454151
Quote: "Now, in early March, residents are still smelling the odor. One resident in the Media area said he has notice a 'really bad smell,' saying it was similar to raw sewage. Another in Haverford said she smells gas all the time outside her home. 'PECO has been here many times but say it's all ok,' she said."
2020-03-02 - Private bus bursts into flame at 2 AM and burns man to death while parked in Kumily (India):
http://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=255735&u=
http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/cleaner-burned-to-death-after-stationary-pvt-bus-catches-fire-1.4574839
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/mar/02/man-charred-to-death-as-bus-catches-fire-in-idukki-2111037.html
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cleaner-killed-as-bus-catches-fire-at-kumily/article30965953.ece
Quote: "Initial reports say short circuit is the reason for the incident. A detailed investigation will be conducted. The bus was operating service on Kumily-Kottayam route. The bus was stationed near the Kumily petrol pump after service. As usual Rajan was sleeping in the bus."
Note: This is the 83rd bus to burn in 2019...
2020-03-02 - FEMA prepping for possible coronavirus emergency declaration:
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/02/fema-prepping-for-possible-coronavirus-emergency-declaration.html
http://city-countyobserver.com/just-in-fema-preparing-for-possible-coronavirus-emergency-declaration/
http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fema-prepping-possible-coronavirus-emergency-161744651.html
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2020/03/21-year-old-dies-on-dix-mountain/
Note: I won't be surprised if an emergency is declared, followed by martial law, followed by presidential elections being canceled until COVID-19 is eradicated, which, as has been mentioned, may never happen. Dictators seizing and consolidating power during emergencies is a time-honored tactic that dates at least as far back as the Roman Empire. All the ingredients are there: 1) a leader who wants to be a dictator; 2) a judiciary stacked by that person to provide a semblance of legitimacy; 3) a following that prioritizes him over truth, justice or their own country; and 4) an emergency. Plus, the federales may be waiting to arrest Trump for bank fraud, tax fraud and obstruction of justice if he were to lose the election. But if there IS no election, problem solved!
2020-03-02 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 6 in Washington State, 12 more people infected:
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-02/california-sees-coronavirus-spread-as-death-toll-rises-in-washington
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/03/02/811161998/coronavirus-2nd-person-dies-in-u-s-new-cases-reported-in-florida-and-new-york
http://abcnews.go.com/International/global-death-toll-coronavirus-outbreak-nears-3000-us/story?id=69330366
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-coronavirus-6-people-have-died-as-cases-nationwide-surge/ar-BB10CgY0
http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/king-county-to-issue-emergency-declaration-over-coronavirus
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-death-toll-rises-6-200302203641200.html
2020-03-02 - CDC confirms two cases of coronavirus in Florida:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/nearly-200-people-monitored-for-coronavirus-in-florida
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/coronavirus/cdc-confirms-2-tampa-bay-area-residents-have-coronavirus
http://wsvn.com/news/politics/florida-has-two-confirmed-cases-of-new-coronavirus/
Quote: "Official confirmation just came from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The affected patients are from Manatee and Hillsborough counties."
2020-03-02 - Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in Georgia:
http://www.wtoc.com/2020/03/03/cases-coronavirus-confirmed-georgia/
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/health-care/first-2-cases-coronavirus-confirmed-georgia/
http://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/03/03/gov-kemp-confirms-2-coronavirus-cases-in-georgia/
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/first-cases-coronavirus-confirmed-georgia/4P22YK37OBF2ZIC5VY2YOX7KDE/
Quote: "The governor urged residents that there is no reason to panic about tonight’s announcement."
2020-03-02 - South Korea reports 123 new coronavirus cases, bringing total to 4335:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70700-KOR
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/s-korea-reports-123-new-coronavirus-cases-taking-total-to-4335-yonhap
http://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-03-02/south-korea-reports-123-new-coronavirus-cases-taking-total-to-4-335-yonhap
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea-data/south-korea-reports-123-new-coronavirus-cases-taking-total-to-4335-yonhap-idUSKBN20P104
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/korea-reports-123-coronavirus-cases-082252499.html
2020-03-02 - Coronavirus death toll hits 66 with 1,501 cases in Iran, senior official one of the deaths:
http://www.nasdaq.com/articles/iran-finds-millions-of-hoarded-gloves-as-coronavirus-deaths-hit-66-2020-03-02
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/02/Member-of-Iran-s-supreme-leader-council-dies-of-coronavirus.html
2020-03-02 - Three cases of coronavirus reported on the islands of Saint-Barthélemy and in Saint-Martin:
http://www.antiguaobserver.com/breaking-news-three-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-st-barthelemy-saint-martin/
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/coronavirus-saint-barthelemy-saint-martin-france-oversea-territories.html
Quote: "Panic is spreading across the French Overseas Territories where three cases of coronavirus have already been confirmed in Saint-Barthélemy and in Saint-Martin."
2020-03-02 - Radiologist and healthcare management expert expects explosion of coronavirus cases in the US, says the numbers may look gruesome:
http://www.radiologybusiness.com/topics/care-delivery/radiology-coronavirus-cases-diagnosis
2020-03-02 - Airlines facing huge losses due to coronavirus pandemic:
http://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/02/airlines-face-loss-of-up-to-30-billion-in-revenues-in-wake-of-coronavirus/
Quote: "Industry experts say airlines worldwide could lose as much as $30 billion in revenues this year, with Chinese carriers facing the brunt of the loss with an estimated $12.8 billion deficit."
2020-03-02 - Amazon reports two employees infected with coronavirus:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-confirms-two-cases-coronavirus-101412989.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-03 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of cars burns, in South Peoria (Illinois):
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20200303/large-fire-in-south-peoria-stops-traffic-on-adams-street-for-two-hours
http://www.1470wmbd.com/2020/03/03/peoria-scrapyard-fire-shuts-down-traffic-near-bartonville/
http://week.com/2020/03/03/update-firefighters-extinguish-blaze-at-peoria-scrap-yard/
Quote: "The fire started in a pile of cars at the business, 2600 W. Clark St. The car pile was near a scrap shredder in the yard."
2020-03-03 - Landfill fire breaks out, again, on the island of St. Croix (US Virgin Islands), fourth landfill fire in 2020:
http://stjohnsource.com/2020/03/03/anguilla-landfill-on-fire-for-ninth-time-in-a-year/
http://stcroixsource.com/2020/03/03/anguilla-landfill-on-fire-for-ninth-time-in-a-year/
Quote: "This is at least the ninth fire at the St. Croix landfill in the past 12 months and the fourth since the year began less than three months ago."
2020-03-03 - Tornado outbreak causes widespread damage across central Tennessee, hundreds of buildings devastated, 24+ people killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=ST-20200303-70739-USA
http://nypost.com/2020/03/03/drone-footage-shows-tornados-path-of-destruction-in-nashville/
http://abc7news.com/25-dead-in-tennessee-as-tornadoes-wreak-havoc-on-towns-including-nashville/5981157/
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/03/03/nashville-tornados-path-destruction-visible-drone-footage/4940008002/
http://foxchattanooga.com/news/local/gallery-tornado-leaves-path-of-damage-in-middle-tennessee-southern-kentucky
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/national/18278568.least-24-dead-tornadoes-strike-tennessee/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/weather/nashville-tornado-tuesday/index.html
Quote: "Severe storms and at least one tornado slammed through central Tennessee, killing 24 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings hours before dawn on Tuesday. 'It's a tragic day in our state,' Gov. Bill Lee told reporters. 'It's heartbreaking.' Initial surveys indicated EF-3 tornado damage in East Nashville, Nashville's Donelson neighborhood and in Mt. Juliet, a town about 20 miles east of Nashville, the National Weather Service said."
Quote: "It wasn't immediately clear how many tornadoes struck the region, as the same tornado might have hit multiple areas, the weather service said."
2020-03-03 - Coronavirus will wreak havoc on the US economy:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/perspectives/coronavirus-economy-recession-fed-rate-cut/index.html
2020-03-03 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 with more than 100 infections in the US:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/tensions-rise-as-us-death-toll-from-coronavirus/2246783/
http://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-03-03/tensions-rise-as-us-death-toll-from-coronavirus-reaches-7
http://abcnews.go.com/International/coronavirus-outbreak-slows-china-grows-world/story?id=69352520
http://apnews.com/dcd130364f2bbec8142d0ae47f805cba
Quote: "Officials in the state of Washington reported the number of deaths due to coronavirus had risen to nine, with tensions rising over how to contain the outbreak. The number of infections in the U.S. overall climbed past 100, scattered across at least 15 states."
2020-03-03 - Coronavirus declared a level four emergency in Britain by NHS England, the highest warning that can be issued:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200303-70738-GBR
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1250419/coronavirus-uk-nhs-emergency-level-4-coronavirus-latest-news-covid-19-symptoms-cases
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-uk-cases-news-update-latest-live1/
http://www.sott.net/article/430083-Vast-majority-of-UK-doctors-warn-NHS-woefully-unprepared-for-outbreak-of-coronavirus
http://metro.co.uk/2020/03/03/nhs-declares-coronavirus-level-four-incident-highest-category-12343608/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-coronavirus-declared-highest-level-21625164
Quote: "Over 50 cases have now confirmed in Britain, and the contagion has forced the NHS to warn some care services are now undeliverable."
Quote: "A level four emergency is defined as when 'pressure in the local health and social care system continues to escalate leaving organisations unable to deliver comprehensive care. There is increased potential for patient care and safety to be compromised.' The NHS says the emergency level also means 'national action' may be needed."
2020-03-03 - Coronavirus has infected 10 percent of lawmakers in Iran:
http://www.nationalreview.com/news/iran-says-10-percent-of-iranian-lawmakers-infected-with-coronavirus/
Quote: "Iran revealed Tuesday that nearly 10 percent of Iranian lawmakers have been infected with the coronavirus as the deadly epidemic spreads through the country. On Monday, an adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died after he was infected with the coronavirus, which has also infected Iran’s vice president and deputy health minister."
2020-03-03 - Health experts warn coronavirus could be the 'Hurricane Sandy of epidemics':
http://www.yahoo.com/news/health-experts-warn-coronavirus-could-203038942.html
http://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/health-experts-warn-coronavirus-could-be-the-hurricane-sandy-of-epidemics/694787
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-04 - Passenger plane hit by unknown odor, plane returns to Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://patch.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/flight-san-juan-returns-philly-due-cabin-odor
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/4471217-american-airlines-flight-heading-to-san-juan-diverts-to-philadelphia-due-to-odor-in-cabin/
Quote: "An American Airlines flight heading to San Juan, Puerto Rico had to be diverted back to Philadelphia International Airport due to an odor in the cabin."
Note: An unknown rotten egg odor just blew through a good-sized swath of Philadelphia too, mentioned in the 2020-03-02 update...
2020-03-04 - Unknown odor hits area in coastal Hull (Britain):
http://humbersidefire.gov.uk/newsroom/incidents
Quote: "Hull. Wed 4 Mar 2020 13:21 (No: 004752) Strange smell in the area. Fire Service used detection and identification monitoring equipment. No gas found."
2020-03-04 - More than 20 passengers show possible symptoms of coronavirus on cruise ship heading toward California, state of emergency declared:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/cluster-princess-cruise-ship-california-show-possible-coronavirus-symptoms-officials
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/04/coronavirus-princess-cruise-san-francisco-held-off-coast/
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/03/05/235-canadians-on-cruise-ship-held-for-coronavirus-testing-off-california-coast.html
http://kesq.com/health/2020/03/04/as-us-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-cdc-says-communities-should-start-thinking-about-ways-to-stop-its-spread/
http://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/03/04/coronavirus-hits-california-based-cruise-ship-prompting-quarantine-off-the-pacific-coast-1265405
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/health/california-coronavirus-cruise-ship-thursday/index.html
Quote: "The Princess Grand cruise ship headed from Hawaii toward San Francisco contains 21 people who are showing possible symptoms of the novel coronavirus, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom. 'The ship will not come onshore until we properly assess passengers,' Newsom told reporters at a press conference. Newsom declared a state of emergency in California on Wednesday."
Quote: "The fate of almost 3,500 people headed back to the United States remains a mystery as their cruise ship won't be allowed to dock anytime soon. That's because the Grand Princess previously carried a passenger who has become the first person to die from coronavirus in California. And dozens of passengers who were on the voyage with that man are still on the ship. At least two people who traveled with that passenger on the ship tested positive for the virus this week."
2020-03-04 - Medical screener at Los Angeles International Airport tests positive for coronavirus in Los Angeles (California):
http://www.ktvu.com/news/medical-professional-screening-passengers-at-lax-airport-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/03/04/screener-lax-airport-tests-positive-coronavirus-dhs-says/4958759002/
http://www.wkbw.com/news/coronavirus/screener-at-los-angeles-airport-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
Note: So the person checking to see if people had coronavirus at the airport had coronavirus at the airport. How many people did he or she give the virus to while checking them? This reminds me of a time when a friend's antivirus software got infected by a virus, and when he used it to check all his executables for viruses, it infected all of them. I connected my laptop to his network, and he wanted to make sure I wasn't bringing him a virus, so he used his virus-infected antivirus software to check my executables and infected all of them too. We both ended up having to reformat our hard drives and reinstall everything...
2020-03-04 - First coronavirus case reported in New Jersey:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/nj-health-officials-say-state-has-1st-positive-coronavirus-test/2315574/
2020-03-04 - Coronavirus infection count reaches 1,000 in Japan:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200130-70579-JPN
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/04/national/japans-coronavirus-cases-reach-1000/
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13185646
Quote: "The number of coronavirus infections reported in Japan reached 1,000 on Wednesday after Yamaguchi Prefecture announced that a company worker in his 40s was confirmed to have the virus, the first case reported in the Chugoku region."
2020-03-04 - Coronavirus death toll reaches 107 in Italy, all schools and universities closed:
http://gephardtdaily.com/national-international/italy-shutters-all-schools-universities-as-covid-19-death-toll-reaches-107/
2020-03-04 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 92 with 2,922 confirmed cases in Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200229-70725-IRN
http://wgxa.tv/news/nation-world/iran-says-92-dead-amid-2922-cases-of-the-new-coronavirus
http://tdn.com/news/world/iran-says-dead-amid-confirmed-cases-of-the-new-coronavirus/article_5751eda6-e9fd-5d53-af22-28e1f5606950.html
Quote: "Iranian state television says Friday prayers have been canceled across all provincial capitals amid the country's growing coronavirus outbreak.The report Wednesday comes as Tehran and other areas canceled Friday prayers last week over the outbreak.Iran earlier announced that the new coronavirus has killed 92 people amid 2,922 confirmed cases across the Islamic Republic, the highest death toll in the world outside of China."
2020-03-04 - India bans many pharmaceutical exports due to coronavirus concerns:
http://www.peakprosperity.com/india-bans-many-pharmaceutical-exports/
2020-03-04 - Man loses consciousness then wakes up, has seizure, attacks woman, gets tased by cops and dies, in St. Cloud (Minnesota):
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/minnesota/articles/2020-03-05/man-dies-after-st-cloud-police-use-stun-gun-during-assault
http://www.startribune.com/man-dies-after-st-cloud-police-use-stun-gun-during-assault/568526382/
http://www.keyc.com/2020/03/05/man-dies-after-st-cloud-police-use-stun-gun-during-assault/
http://www.fox21online.com/2020/03/05/man-dies-after-st-cloud-police-use-stun-gun-during-assault/
Quote: "Police said the incident happened Wednesday afternoon. Officers were initially called to a medical incident in which a man was unresponsive. Before officers arrived, the female caller told authorities the man had become responsive and was possibly having a seizure. Shortly after that, she told dispatch that the man was acting physically aggressive toward her and she stated she was being assaulted and choked, according to a news release from police. Upon arrival, officers got no answer at the door so they breached the door to get inside the apartment. They found the man inside and used a stun gun while arresting him. Police said he became unresponsive during the arrest, and was taken to a hospital where he died."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-05 - SUV goes up in flames, explodes and kills person in parking lot at business on Woodinville-Redmond Road in Woodinville (Washington):
http://q13fox.com/2020/03/05/body-found-inside-suv-after-fire-explosion-in-woodinville/
http://komonews.com/news/local/person-found-dead-after-car-explodes-burns-in-woodinville
http://patch.com/washington/woodinville/1-dead-woodinville-car-explosion-deputies-investigate
http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/person-found-dead-car-after-explosion-fire-woodinville/55QCMGLSCNCV7OS777KD56PY4Q/
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/detectives-investigating-woodinville-car-explosion-a-person-was-found-dead-inside-the-vehicle/
http://www.facebook.com/Q13FOX/posts/10159891416744199
2020-03-05 - RV trailer goes up in flames just before 3 AM and kills woman while parked on Marks Avenue outside of Caruthers (California):
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/victim-identified-after-rv-fire-in-fresno-county/
http://abc30.com/1-killed-in-rv-trailer-fire-in-fresno-county-deputies-say/5987312/
http://kmph.com/news/local/one-person-missing-after-fire-breaks-out-in-rv-trailer-in-southwest-fresno
http://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/top-stories/person-missing-after-rv-fire-in-fresno-county/
http://news.yahoo.com/just-heard-screaming-relative-tulare-131832368.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article240920011.html
2020-03-05 - Landfill fire breaks out in coastal Suffolk (Virginia):
http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2020/03/05/crews-on-scene-of-landfill-fire/
http://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/suffolk/crews-working-landfill-fire-in-suffolk/
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/vp-nw-holland-landfill-fire-20200305-tdb64jj2fndatbo47yn5g2a3si-story.html
2020-03-05 - Underground electrical fire breaks out in Pool-in-Wharfedale (Britain):
http://www.strayfm.com/news/local-news/3056979/underground-electrical-fire-in-pool-in-wharfedale/
2020-03-05 - Wildfire breaks out and burns through 5,000 acres near Hamilton (Kansas):
http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Crews-battle-multiple-grass-fires-across-Kansas-568530341.html
Quote: "Vinson said the fire burned about 5,000 acres of land."
2020-03-05 - Cruise ship Grand Princess held off the coast of California for coronavirus testing:
http://apnews.com/8a9f6fd50731fd4c63edb2b5f0e568f8
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/cruise-ship-is-held-off-california-coast-for-virus-testing-03-06-2020
http://www.fireengineering.com/2020/03/05/485087/cruise-ship-is-held-off-california-coast-for-virus-testing/#gref
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10788001-181/cruise-ship-is-held-off
Quote: "Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tested, after a traveler from its previous voyage died of the disease and at least four others became infected."
2020-03-05 - Nine new cases of coronavirus reported in New York:
http://nypost.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-in-ny-9-new-cases-confirmed-including-first-in-nassau-county/
2020-03-05 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 148 in Italy, highest death toll outside of China:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/backs-83bn-funds-china-death-toll-tops-3000-live-updates-200305000715579.html
Quote: "The virus has reached all 22 regions of Italy, and prompted Rome to take unprecedented measures, including suspending all schools and universities and unveiling an $8.4-billion rescue plan."
2020-03-05 - Coronavirus kills first person in the UK as number of infections doubles to 116 in two days:
http://www.rt.com/uk/482434-first-coronavirus-death-uk/
2020-03-05 - Corpses 'piling up in Qom' amid coronavirus outbreak says Iran MP:
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/05/Dead-bodies-piling-up-in-Qom-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-says-Iran-MP-.html
http://tbsnews.net/international/coronavirus-chronicle/coronavirus-dead-bodies-piling-qom-says-iran-mp-52432
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/05/middleeast/iran-coronavirus-morgues-intl/index.html
2020-03-05 - As COVID-19 spreads, one study predicts that even the best-case scenario is 15 million dead and a $2.4 trillion hit to global GDP:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-spreads-one-study-predicts-101552222.html
2020-03-05 - Man infected with coronavirus went to packed Tool concert in Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/man-with-coronavirus-went-to-packed-rock-concert-at-new-zealand-arena
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8081173/NZ-man-coronavirus-attended-packed-rock-concert-Auckland-health-authorities-say.html
2020-03-05 - Scientists identify second more aggressive strain of the coronavirus indicating it has already mutated at least once:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/two-strains-coronavirus-identified-mutation-video.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-06 - More than 150 seagulls found dead or dying on beach near Levin (New Zealand):
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/doc-investigating-dozens-seagull-deaths-beach-near-levin
http://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/dozens-seagulls-found-dead-beach-near-levin
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/120090346/scores-of-seagulls-drop-like-flies-on-a-horowhenua-beach
Quote: "It comes after a Manukau resident says she saw over 150 dead seagulls on the beach this afternoon. Beverly Dowling was walking on Waikawa Beach and Kuku Beach where she saw some birds struggling to fly and others that were dead. 'They were struggling to fly, trying to take off and failing,' she said. The seagull in the video in this story died about 10 minutes after she finished filming."
Quote: "Dowling watched a bird go from healthy looking to paralysed and then dead in 10 minutes. She tried to count them, but gave up because it was so overwhelming. 'It was quite horrific really.'"
2020-03-06 - Coronavirus cases reach 44 in New York, 4,000 people quarantined:
http://abc7ny.com/health/44-confirmed-covid-19-cases-in-ny;-4000-people-under-quarantine/5989875/
Quote: "The Westchester County cases are suspected to be from 'community spread.'"
2020-03-06 - Two cases of coronavirus reported in Pennsylvania:
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/03/06/coronavirus-gov-tom-wolf-pennsylvania-outbreak/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/pennsylvania-new-jersey-coronavirus-cases/2317204/
http://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-coronavirus-update-governor-covid-19/31260024
http://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-now-has-2-confirmed-cases-of-coronavirus/31260590
http://www.mcall.com/coronavirus/mc-nws-pa-wolf-levine-coronavirus-20200306-cf4egmj7jfeydn7duf5occaxs4-story.html
Quote: "Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed an emergency disaster declaration after announcing two presumed positive coronavirus cases in the state on Friday morning. Wolf says the cases are in Delaware and Wayne Counties and both patients are isolated in their homes."
2020-03-06 - At least 21 cases of coronavirus confirmed on cruise ship Grand Princess off the coast of California:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200131-70586-USA
http://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/21-positive-for-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-off-california/
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/21-people-aboard-grand-princess-cruise-ship-off-california-test-positive-for-coronavirus-2020-03-06?mod=bnbh
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-03-06/vice-president-says-21-aboard-cruise-ship-in-california-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-19-are-crew-members
http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/national_news/positive-for-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-off-california/article_5808e3c4-0652-5a4e-ab38-43b11ff9a19e.html
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/vp-pence-21-people-on-grand-princess-cruise-ship-positive-for-coronavirus
http://ktar.com/story/3008112/21-on-cruise-ship-off-california-test-positive-for-coronavirus/
http://www.fox23.com/news/21-cruise-ship-off/57YSTLLQZEMGGU7NL5EFAFZC54/
Quote: "Twenty-one people aboard a mammoth cruise ship off the California coast tested positive for the new coronavirus, including 19 crew members, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday, amid evidence the vessel was the breeding ground for a deadly cluster of at least 10 cases during its previous voyage."
2020-03-06 - Coronavirus fears cancel South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin (Texas), local disaster declared:
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/sxsw-cancelled-due-to-coronavirus.html
http://abc7ny.com/health/austin-cancels-sxsw-amidst-coronavirus-fears/5991296/
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2020-03-06/sxsw-cancellation-not-covered-by-insurance/
http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/south-by-southwest-cancellation-leaves-north-texas-bands-pretty-bummed-out/287-952b33ba-4934-4ca2-b9de-c786566eb702
http://twitter.com/sxsw/status/1236048680337182724
http://www.sxsw.com/2020-event-update/
Quote: "The City of Austin canceled their much anticipated arts and technology festival, South by Southwest amidst growing concerns surrounding the coronavirus."
2020-03-06 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 124 with 4,747 confirmed cases in Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200229-70725-IRN
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/virus-kills-124-people-amid-4747-confirmed-cases-69430884
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/06/world/middleeast/ap-ml-virus-outbreak-mideast.html
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-warns-it-could-use-force-to-halt-travel-amid-virus/
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/us_world_news/virus-kills-people-amid-confirmed-cases-in-iran/article_ef0ba71a-2bbb-51a9-9154-7577b07fa2b8.html
Quote: "Iran said Friday the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned they may use 'force' to limit travel between cities."
2020-03-06 - Will this coronavirus outbreak cause a new financial crisis and a horrifying economic collapse?
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/will-this-coronavirus-outbreak-cause-a-new-financial-crisis-and-a-horrifying-economic-collapse
Note: I wouldn't worry about that unless major cities around the world start turning into ghost towns...
2020-03-06 - Coronavirus turning major cities around the world into ghost towns:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/its-like-a-ghost-town-major-cities-all-over-the-globe-are-paralyzed-by-fear-of-covid-19
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/economic-collapse-within-coronavirus.html
Note: Oh.
2020-03-06 - Stanford University in California cancels classes in response to coronavirus outbreak:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/stanford-cancels-classes-response-novel-051422908.html
http://techcrunch.com/2020/03/06/stanford-cancels-classes-in-response-to-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-07 - Hydro substation damaged by fire in Ottawa (Canada), 11,000 homes go dark:
http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/fire-at-hydro-ottawa-substation-leads-to-power-outage-1.4843125
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/fire-knocks-out-power-to-thousands-in-the-west-end
http://ottawasun.com/news/local-news/fire-knocks-out-power-to-thousands-in-the-west-end/wcm/d1858869-b425-445e-91ca-d9feeb7dc0a4
2020-03-07 - Three cases of coronavirus confirmed in Maryland, governor declares state of emergency:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/05/3-cases-of-coronavirus-confirmed-in-maryland-state-emergency/
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/06/maryland-coronavirus-patients-were-on-a-cruise-montgomery-county-officials-say/
http://twitter.com/HellgrenWJZ/status/1235929543111827457
Quote: "At a news conference Friday evening, Gov. Larry Hogan said all three patients contracted the virus on the M.S. Asara, a cruise ship that was on the Nile River in Egypt."
2020-03-07 - First coronavirus case reported in Washington DC, from community spread:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/07/coronavirus-washington-dc-first-case-123431
Quote: "Because the man had no history of international travel and no close contacts with anyone known to have coronavirus, the case is considered an example of community spread."
2020-03-07 - First coronavirus case reported in Virginia:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/us-marine-in-virginia-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-in-states-first-case/2234121/
2020-03-07 - First coronavirus case reported in Missouri, in St. Louis County:
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/gov-parson-confirms-first-covid-19-case-in-missouri/
http://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/gov-parson-to-address-the-first-presumptive-positive-case-of-coronavirus-in-the-state
http://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/gov-parson-announces-missouri-s-st-covid--case/article_e022c71e-60d9-11ea-84e6-3faa50e9d091.html
http://www.kmbc.com/article/gov-mike-parsons-office-announces-first-missouri-covid-19-case/31270932
Quote: "The announcement in Missouri comes little more than an hour after Kansas officials said they had a presumptive positive case in Johnson County, Kansas."
Note: Pretty incredible. I first heard about COVID-19 when the general public did, in early January, before it had a name. So in just two months it spread across China then onward into 90-ish other countries and now it's in my metaphorical back yard, 7400 miles from Wuhan...
2020-03-06 - Infectious disease expert expects 30 to 40 percent of the population to be infected with coronavirus within 2 two weeks in Tehran (Iran):
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200306-iranian-doctor-expects-40-of-tehran-population-to-catch-coronavirus/
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-view-from-tehran.html
Note: So that'd be about 3 million people or so. If just 10 percent have serious symptoms requiring hospitalization, that'd be 300,000 beds needed, just in Tehran. That's about as many free beds they would need as the number of free beds in the entirety of the United States. If that's what comes to pass, many of those people will die because the medical system in Tehran will break down and most people won't get the treatment they need to live. We'll have the same problem here once all of our hospital beds are filled...
2020-03-07 - Person tests positive after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor (Maryland):
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/07/politics/cpac-coronavirus-tested-positive/index.html
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486457-cpac-attendee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
http://www.axios.com/cpac-attendee-coronavirus-ac732478-bf2d-403e-981f-81c9f8ef2dfd.html
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/07/coronavirus-cpac-case-123445
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/cpac-attendee-tests-positive-coronavirus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
Quote: "The American Conservative Union announced on Saturday that one of the attendees at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, has tested positive for coronavirus."
Note: And then all the infected conservatives returned to their home states to spread the virus around even more!
Quote: "ACU said that the patient did not make contact with President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, and never attended the events in the main hall."
Note: So? Maybe he or she had contact with someone who DID make contact with Trump or Pence. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon and all that. That's how viruses work...
2020-03-07 - NBA tells teams to prepare to play without fans in empty arenas:
http://www.nba.com/article/2020/03/07/coronavirus-lebron-wont-play-empty-arenas
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2879665-report-nba-tells-teams-to-prepare-to-play-without-fans-in-coronavirus-memo
http://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/coronavirus-nba-tells-teams-prepare-possibility-games-without-fans/T2ILG3W4B5EMBDSJFWAWISBRDE/
http://www.cleveland.com/coronavirus/2020/03/nba-coronavirus-memo-tells-teams-to-prepare-for-games-without-fans-lebron-says-no-way.html
http://www.inquirer.com/sixers/nba-possibly-playing-in-empty-arenas-coronavirus-20200307.html
2020-03-07 - Number of coronavirus cases outside China could jump tenfold every 19 days without strong intervention, study says:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/number-coronavirus-cases-outside-china-171856791.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-08 - Stony corals preparing for a mass extinction event, scientists report:
http://www.newsweek.com/fossil-corals-mass-extinction-1490202
http://www.ecowatch.com/corals-mass-extinction-2645381071.html
http://www.foxnews.com/science/reef-building-coral-disaster-traits-major-extinction-event
http://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/24977/20200307/looks-stony-corals-prepare-mass-extinction.htm
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/0ONDphvF/stony-corals-seem-to-be-preparing-for-a-mass-extinction-scientists-report
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200303113246.htm
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60605-2
Quote: "Stony corals provide habitat for an eye-popping one-fourth of the ocean's species. They serve as the centerpiece of a rich and diverse ecosystem, which is why their recent behavior has scientists concerned. New research shows that stony corals around the world are hunkering down into survival mode as they prepare for a mass extinction event, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports."
Quote: "The international research team was composed of scientists from New York, California, Israel, England and Germany. They noticed a suite of behaviors that correspond to a survival response commensurate with how they behaved during the last mass extinction 66 million years ago, according to the new study. 'When we finally put all this together and saw the result, for me it was that moment when the hair on the back of your neck stands up,' said marine biologist David Gruber, from The City University of New York, to Newsweek. 'It was like, Oh my goodness, [the corals] are doing exactly what they did back then.'"
Quote: "Corals seem to be preparing to jump across an extinction boundary, while we are putting our foot further on the pedal."
Note: From this, one can conclude that stony corals are a helluva lot smarter than we are!
2020-03-08 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 366 in Italy with 7,375 cases, serious travel restrictions imposed:
http://www.businessinsider.my/italys-coronavirus-death-toll-increased-marking-center-outside-china-2020-3-2
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/italy-poised-seal-north-coronavirus-live-updates-200307234942500.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-latest-updates-italy-quarantine-nhs-death-toll-us-cruise-trump-a9385096.html
http://www.kiro7.com/news/world/italy-announces/HNMSFVBLSVRIUG5B56U53UDOJM/
http://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0308/1120899-virus-italy-quarantine-lombardy/
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-live-updates-china-reports-44-new-cases-us-cases-top-400.html
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/milano-region-in-italy-under-lockdown.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51787238
Quote: "Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced early Sunday that the entire region of Lombardy and a number of provinces in other regions were put under lockdown as the coronavirus continued to spread throughout the country. The new measures will apply to about a quarter of the Italian population and will be in force at least until April 3.In the middle of the night, Conte signed a decree that imposes new restrictions to the movement of people in the region of Lombardy and in a number of northern provinces. The entry and exit to and from these areas will be allowed only in exceptional cases."
Quote: "The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Italy has jumped by at least 133 in the past 24 hours, bringing its total to 366."
2020-03-08 - Coronavirus cases increase to 330 in Switzerland:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH-20200308-70764-CHE
http://www.thelocal.ch/20200308/cases-top-300-as-coronavirus-spreads-across-switzerland
Quote: "Across Switzerland the total of infections now confirmed to be more than 300, with a second person dying of the virus. In all, 20 out of Switzerland’s 26 cantons have declared cases of coronavirus with the total on Sunday March 8th standing at 330."
2020-03-08 - First cases of coronavirus reported in Bulgaria:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EH-20200308-70761-BGR
http://www.novinite.com/articles/203499/The+First+Two+Cases+of+Coronavirus+in+Bulgaria+were+Registered
2020-03-08 - Coronavirus infections grow to 6 in New Jersey:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/2-more-covid-19-cases-announced-in-nj-bringing-total-to-6/2319086/
2020-03-08 - Coronavirus infections grow to 6 in Pennsylvania:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/montco-officials-warn-of-spread-urge-calm-as-2-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2318941/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/health/germantown-academy-to-close-after-relative-of-student-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2319051/
2020-03-08 - US State Department warns Americans not to take cruises due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/08/cdc-warns-plane-trips-cruises-coronavirus-124153
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/03/09/state-department-urges-us-citizens-not-travel-cruise-ships/
http://myfox8.com/news/state-department-warns-americans-not-to-take-cruises-due-to-coronavirus-fears/
http://www.al.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-concerns-dont-travel-on-cruise-ships-us-state-department-warns.html
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/state-department-amid-coronavirus-risk-americans-should-not-travel-by-cruise-ship/
http://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-concerns-dont-travel-on-cruise-ships-us-state-department-warns.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/08/us/politics/cruise-ship-warning.html
2020-03-08 - Coronavirus bringing anxiety and fear to businesses around the world:
http://apnews.com/b0b49661addb3b99efaca70c4ba1d189
http://www.yahoo.com/news/anxiety-grips-companies-across-world-152837171.html
http://www.wvnews.com/newsfeed/politics/anxiety-grips-companies-across-the-world-as-virus-spreads/article_33de1e2b-0216-5a56-845d-506139db9f90.html
http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/nation_world/anxiety-grips-companies-across-the-world-as-virus-spreads/image_8a9255b8-8df4-5b20-aa58-113fbb2bf96d.html
Quote: "Since breaking out of China, the coronavirus has breached the walls of the Vatican. It’s struck the Iranian holy city of Qom and contaminated a nursing home in Seattle. And around the world, it’s carrying not just sickness and death but also the anxiety and paralysis that can smother economic growth."
2020-03-08 - Trump was warned of a pandemic 'that could lead to massive rates of death' by intel director Dan Coats, who he fired:
http://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-was-warned-of-a-pandemic-that-could-lead-to-massive-rates-of-death-by-the-intel-director-he-fired/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-09 - RV bursts into flame and kills man and dog while parked in RV park in Vernalis (California):
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/03/10/rural-tracy-san-joaquin-co-motorhome-fire-death/
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/4477495-man-56-and-dog-die-after-fire-at-san-joaquin-county-motorhome/
http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/sacramento/man-56-and-dog-die-after-fire-at-san-joaquin-county-motorhome/
http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20200310/12895503/Man-56-And-Dog-Die-After-Fire-At.htm
http://www.newsbreak.com/california/vernalis/news/0OO6Ai5U/motorhome-resident-56-dies-in-fire-near-vernalis-the-record-stockton-calif
http://www.recordnet.com/news/20200310/motor-home-fire-kills-man-dog-near-vernalis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Wc0Y75WBg
Note: This is the 70th RV to burn in 2020, and this is the 6th deadly RV fire in 2020...
2020-03-09 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, pile of scrap metal burns, in Delta (Ohio):
http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Fire-crews-respond-to-flames-at-Metal-X-plant-568632701.html
2020-03-09 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, pile of scrap cars burns, in Abilene (Texas):
http://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2020/03/10/abilene-fire-department-responds-pine-street-wrecking-yard-blaze/5009451002/
Quote: "Crews were able to quickly contain the fire to one large pile of salvaged vehicles and parts, the release said."
2020-03-09 - Auto salvage yard erupts in flame then rekindles later, in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/03/09/junkyard-fire-in-southwest-philadelphia-rekindles-overnight/
Quote: "A junkyard fire in Southwest Philadelphia rekindled overnight. Firefighters first responded to 61st Street and West Passyunk Avenue, just before 8 p.m. Sunday. They had the flames under control in about an hour, but early Monday morning the flames kicked back up."
2020-03-09 - Ammunition depot rocked by explosion in Kashmir (India), 2 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.news18.com/news/india/two-labourers-killed-in-explosion-at-army-ammunition-depot-in-j-ks-anantnag-2531383.html
http://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/two-labourers-killed-in-explosion-at-army-ammunition-depot-in-anantnag-812069.html
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/mar/09/two-labourers-killed-in-explosion-at-army-ammunition-depot-in-jks-anantnag-2114456.html
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/two-killed-in-explosion-at-army-ammunition-depot-in-j-ks-anantnag-53347
2020-03-09 - New York State to use prison labor to make hand sanitizer and, if necessary, dig mass graves:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/rikers-inmates-will-dig-graves-if-coronavirus-batters-new-york
http://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/new-york-prison-labor-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus.html
Quote: "New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday that the state had found a way to counteract price gouging on hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 outbreak: by deploying cheap prison labor. Incarcerated people will be producing 100,000 gallons of the disinfectant, branded as 'NYS Clean hand sanitizer,' to be distributed to government agencies, prisons, public transportation systems, and schools for free."
Quote: "The Daily Beast also reported that New York City’s “Pandemic Influenza Surge Plan For Managing In- and Out-of-Hospital Deaths,” which was released in 2008, set up measures to have people incarcerated at the Rikers Island jail complex transported to Hart Island, where they would dig graves for those who die in cases of serious mass illness."
2020-03-09 - Georgia to use part of Hard Labor Creek State Park to quarantine potentially infected people:
http://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/georgia-preparing-park-for-isolating-patients-exposed-coronavirus/qtEDELBUm8Xo0TqlCRhPgI/
http://www.rockdalenewtoncitizen.com/news/officials-preparing-hard-labor-creek-state-park-for-coronavirus-isolation/article_8c031872-621f-11ea-b325-1fa32739ea0f.html
http://www.onlineathens.com/news/20200309/hard-labor-park-could-house-coronavirus-patients
2020-03-09 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 11 in Illinois, disaster declared:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200131-70586-USA
Quote: "Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation Monday as he announced the state's tally of coronavirus patients reached 11, with four new cases identified in Chicago. The declaration, Illinois' version of a state of emergency, was needed to open up access to additional federal funding that would help the state in its COVID-19 response, Pritzker said."
2020-03-09 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 463 and infections rise to 9172 in Italy, entire country now on lockdown:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51805727
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/europe/coronavirus-italy-lockdown-intl/index.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/10/coronavirus-update-latest-italy-shutdown-lockdown-who-pandemic-outbreak-quarantine-uk-cases-usa-america-australia-live-news-updates
Quote: "Italy's coronavirus death toll has jumped by 97 to 463, as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte described the outbreak as the country's 'darkest hour'. The number of confirmed infections in Italy also increased to 9,172, up from 7,375 on Sunday, official figures show. Italy is the worst-hit country after China, with cases of the virus confirmed in all 20 Italian regions."
Quote: "In an unprecedented and potentially legally fraught move, all of Italy and its 60 million residents have been placed under lockdown, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced on Monday, part of a raft of sweeping quarantine measures intended to contain the outbreak."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-10 - Chemical plant rocked by explosion in coastal Barcelona (Spain), 1 killed, 13 injured:
http://wsau.com/news/articles/2020/mar/10/at-least-one-dead-in-explosion-at-barcelona-chemical-plant/992965/
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-10/at-least-one-dead-in-explosion-at-barcelona-chemical-plant
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/politics-news-pmn/at-least-one-dead-in-explosion-at-barcelona-chemical-plant
http://www.novinite.com/articles/203540/Explosion+in+a+Chemical+Plant+in+Barcelona%2C+at+least+One+Person+has+Died
http://news.trust.org/item/20200310135400-o2k5m
2020-03-10 - Brush fire burns through Breakneck Ridge and destroys vehicles near Cold Spring (New York):
http://abc7ny.com/brush-fire-burns-through-breakneck-ridge/5998692/
http://www.recordonline.com/news/20200310/update-fire-out-on-breakneck-ridge
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/03/10/breakneck-ridge-burns-brush-fire-season-hits-dutchess/5008519002/
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/03/10/breakneck-ridge-brush-fire/
http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2617100018613409&id=2280836682239746
http://www.yahoo.com/news/fast-moving-brush-fire-destroys-172106631.html
2020-03-10 - Coronavirus cases surge past 1,000 in the United States:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/10/coronavirus-cases-united-states-125233
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-clusters-swell-on-both-sides-of-us-as-total-cases-top-1000/2282929/
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/03/covid-19-day-72-mar-11th-us-cases-rise.html
Quote: "More than 1,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, according to an unofficial count compiled by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The 1000th case was reported on Tuesday night, as state and local officials in California and New York began enacting aggressive new measures to contain and mitigate the spread of the virus."
Quote: "Also on Tuesday, Massachusetts declared a state of emergency as officials there announced that the number of confirmed cases in the state had leaped to 92, most of them linked to a biotech firm's strategy meeting in Boston."
Quote: "During a news conference in February, when the number of U.S. cases stood at just 15, Trump predicted the tally would drop to zero 'within a couple of days.'"
2020-03-10 - Congressional doctor expects 70-150 million people in the US will contract coronavirus:
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/congressional-doctor-expects-70m-to-150m-people-in-us-will-contract-coronavirus/2322892/
Note: With around 10% of people coming down with serious or critical symptoms, that'll be 7-15 million people needing hospital care to stay alive. We have 300,000 beds available, so the other 6.7 million to 14.7 million people will have to be sent home to die. It could be even worse than that. That explains cities dusting off their mass grave strategies and stuff like that...
2020-03-10 - Cuomo announces 'containment area' for coronavirus, closes schools, brings in National Guard, in New York:
http://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-containment-area-new-rochelle-new-york-national-guard-schools-cuomo-1491523
2020-03-10 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 631 in Italy:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/italy-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-first-day-lockdown
http://www.itv.com/news/2020-03-10/italy-confirms-168-dead-in-single-day-with-country-on-lockdown-amid-coronavirus-crisis/
http://www.sott.net/article/430493-Coronavirus-death-toll-in-Italy-jumps-to-631-from-463-in-a-day-10000-cases-throughout-the-country-plus-other-COVID-19-updates
http://www.rt.com/news/482767-italy-coronavirus-death-toll-again/
Quote: "Italy saw 168 additional deaths from the coronavirus within the past 24 hours, authorities announced Tuesday, raising the national death toll to a whopping 631 amid the first day of a sweeping country-wide lockdown, the British ITV television channel first reported."
2020-03-10 - US response to coronavirus outbreak has been horrifyingly bad:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-u-s-response-to-this-coronavirus-outbreak-has-been-horrifyingly-bad
2020-03-10 - Biotech firm paying 24 volunteers $4500 each to be infected with the coronavirus, in London (Britain):
http://wpde.com/news/offbeat/report-company-paying-people-to-be-infected-with-coronavirus
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8090761/Get-PAID-coronavirus-Scientists-London-pay-volunteers-3-500-develop-vaccine.html
Quote: "How much would someone have to pay you to get infected with a potentially fatal virus? One London company is reportedly paying volunteers around $4,500 to be infected with the new coronavirus, COVID-19."
2020-03-10 - Amazon rainforest, coral reefs and other large ecosystems at risk of rapid collapse:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-other-large-ecosystems-risk-173607316.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-11 - Unknown odor hits school in Abingdon (Illinois):
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20200311/a-town-dismisses-early-over-mysterious-odor-area-determined-safe
http://www.reviewatlas.com/news/20200311/a-town-dismisses-early-over-mysterious-odor-area-determined-safe
Quote: "Abingdon-Avon High School dismissed early on Wednesday morning following a mysterious odor that was giving some high school employees headaches. After an investigation by Ameren, the school and surround area have been declared safe."
Quote: "Abindon-Avon High School is not a gas building, so the district believed the odor might have come from something else in the area."
Note: Sounds like it did smell like 'gas', e.g. a rotten egg odor, but they don't have gas service at the school, soooo...what was it?
2020-03-11 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills man while parked at home on Jackson Street in Rochester (New Hampshire):
http://www.wmur.com/article/man-killed-in-fire-in-rochester-trailer/31403200
http://www.wmur.com/article/man-found-dead-after-rv-fire-in-rochester-officials-investigating/31392775
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-hampshire/articles/2020-03-11/man-found-dead-following-rv-camper-fire-in-rochester
http://www.necn.com/news/local/nh-man-found-dead-in-rv-fire/2243967/
http://wgme.com/news/local/man-found-dead-after-camper-fire-in-rochester
2020-03-11 - Metal recycling center devastated by massive fire at 2 AM near the Mississippi River in Madison (Illinois):
http://fox2now.com/news/illinois/epa-responds-to-scene-of-recycling-plant-fire-in-madison-illinois/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/fire-damages-madison-recycling-plant-creating-foul-odor-in-area/article_d5923c31-cf6d-53c2-8690-7589f60efde7.html
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/fire-industrial-madison-area-madison-illinois/63-f8505380-f7bf-4b99-a0a7-5ded7859cc09
http://www.kmov.com/news/fire-at-recycling-plant-madison-county-illinois/article_b8aa59c6-6378-11ea-9a4c-ef23def10992.html
http://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/03/11/smoke-from-recycling-plant-fire-lingering-across-region/
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Fire-sweeps-Madison-recycling-center-forces-15123590.php
http://fox2now.com/news/massive-fire-erupts-at-metro-east-recycling-plant/
Quote: "You may have smelled something odd if you were in downtown St. Louis on Wednesday. It was due to a big fire that burned for hours across the river in Madison, Illinois. Firefighters from at least 10 departments, including St. Louis City, worked to contain the fire as it swept through a recycling business in southwestern Illinois. The smell caused by the fire now has the EPA involved. The fire broke out around 2 a.m. at the Interco recycling plant, which recycles metals, computers, and electronics."
Quote: "The flames could be seen for miles. Authorities say at least four separate buildings collapsed. Residents on both sides of the river complained about the smell."
Note: I smelled something weird too, but it was faint. I'm about 8 miles from Madison though...
2020-03-11 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame, fire gets huge, near the Bridgewater Canal in Manchester (Britain):
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/fire-castlefield-scrapyard-manchester-images-17908233
Quote: "Huge plumes of smoke drifted across Manchester city centre and were visible for miles after a fire at a scrap metal yard. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service confirmed there were no reported injuries. The fire was reported at a yard between Cornbrook Road and the towpath for Bridgewater Canal, near to the city centre, at around 6.35pm on Wednesday."
2020-03-11 - Refinery damaged by fire in coastal Delaware City (Delaware), 2 injured:
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/03/11/flames-smoke-seen-rising-delaware-city-refinery/5022548002/
http://firststateupdate.com/2020/03/fire-at-delaware-city-refinery-two-airlifted-to-trauma-center-in-critical-condition/
http://www.wdel.com/news/fire-at-the-delaware-city-refinery/article_5d076dea-63c1-11ea-a60c-0fdaa04bc550.html
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/11/us/11reuters-refinery-fire-pbf-energy-delaware.html
http://www.delawarepublic.org/post/two-injured-fire-delaware-city-refinery
2020-03-11 - World Health Organization finally declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EP-20200302-70730-MLC
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-51841648
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/11/who-declares-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-global-pandemic.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/world-health-organization-formally-declares-coronavirus-a-pandemic-163331423.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8101003/World-Health-Organization-says-coronavirus-classed-pandemic.html
http://www.yahoo.com/gma/coronavirus-cases-surpass-1-000-us-3-tsa-064300395.html
2020-03-11 - Passenger infected with coronavirus on passenger plane that lands in West Palm Beach (Florida):
http://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/west-palm-beach/health-department-investigating-medical-situation-on-flight-to-pbia
http://www.newsbreak.com/florida/west-palm-beach/news/0OP4qX26/health-officials-investigating-medical-incident-on-plane-at-pbia
http://abc7news.com/travel/jetblue-passenger-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-after-landing/6006162/
http://www.ocala.com/news/20200312/passenger-on-new-york-palm-beach-flight-tests-positive/1
http://cbs12.com/news/local/passenger-infected-with-coronavirus-arrives-at-pbia-pbcfr-says
http://www.kmbc.com/article/passengers-stuck-on-pbia-s-tarmac/31443052
Quote: "A passenger aboard a JetBlue fight arrived at Palm Beach International Airport as a positive coronavirus case, Palm Beach Fire Rescue said early Thursday morning."
2020-03-11 - Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson infected by coronavirus in Australia:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-coronavirus-2020-03-11/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-1284173
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/487158-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-coronavirus
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-australia/2283687/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/03/11/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-australia/5027878002/
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/business/media/tom-hanks-coronavirus.html
2020-03-11 - NBA suspends season until further notice due to coronavirus:
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/nba-suspends-season-due-coronavirus/story?id=69547659
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28887560/nba-suspends-season-further-notice-player-tests-positive-coronavirus
http://www.cbssports.com/general/news/coronavirus-live-updates-nba-suspends-season-after-utah-jazz-player-tests-positive-for-covid-19/live/
http://6abc.com/sports/nba-suspends-remainder-of-season-after-player-tests-positive-for-covid-19/6005163/
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/sports/basketball/nba-season-postponed-coronavirus.html
Quote: "The NBA has suspended its season 'until further notice' after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus, a move that came only hours after the majority of the league's owners were leaning toward playing games without fans in arenas. Now there will be no games at all, at least for the time being."
2020-03-11 - Dow drops 5.9% and enters bear market:
http://finance-commerce.com/2020/03/dow-drops-5-9-enters-bear-market/
http://abc7ny.com/business/dow-drops-5925-enters-bear-market-amid-ongoing-virus-fears/6003975/
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/dow-tumbles-into-bear-market-as-coronavirus-fears-intensify-1.622073
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/10/dow-futures-point-to-a-loss-of-more-than-400-points-after-tuesdays-surge.html
http://www.kmov.com/news/dow-drops-enters-bear-market-amid-ongoing-virus-fears/article_d0b7dfd0-63d6-11ea-b35b-77cb6adc909c.html
2020-03-11 - Hundreds of billions of locusts swarm through East Africa and South Asia as new generation of immature groups are forming from Kenya all the way to Pakistan:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/03/hundreds-of-billions-of-locusts-are.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-12 - Auto auction site hit by fire in the wee hours, 39 cars burn, on US 70 in Clayton (North Carolina):
http://www.wral.com/nearly-40-cars-catch-fire-at-auto-auction-in-clayton/19007786/
http://www.newsbreak.com/north-carolina/clayton/news/0OPAZstJ/nearly-40-cars-catch-fire-at-auto-auction-in-clayton
http://www.wilm-tv.com/nearly-40-cars-catch-fire-at-auto-auction-in-clayton/
http://jocoreport.com/fire-damages-multiple-cars-at-auto-auction/
Quote: "According to Wilson's Mills Fire officials, only 39 of the approximate 10,000 salvaged cars on the lot were burned."
2020-03-12 - Coronavirus confirmed in 4 firefighters in San Jose (California), dozens of others exposed:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/12/coronavirus-san-jose-firefighters/
http://abc7news.com/health/4-sj-firefighters-test-positive-for-covid-19-77-on-leave/6007093/
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-jose-firefighter-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-officials/2253159/
http://www.ktvu.com/news/4-san-jose-firefighters-test-positive-for-coronavirus-nearly-80-others-possibly-exposed
Note: Just mentioned this possibility in a comment not more than a couple of days ago. That didn't take long!
2020-03-12 - Second case of coronavirus confirmed in Missouri, in Springfield:
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/governor-parson-to-announce-second-covid-19-case-in-missouri/
http://fox2now.com/news/coronavirus/missouri-reports-second-presumptive-positive-coronavirus-case/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/gov-parson-announces-second-missouri-case-of-coronavirus-in-springfield/article_8da86a89-cf28-500f-a82e-b537fe2a1440.html
2020-03-12 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,016 with 15,113 infections in Italy:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/declares-coronavirus-global-pandemic-live-updates-200311235023766.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51852320
Quote: "The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped in the last 24 hours by 189 to 1,016, a rise of 23 percent, the country's Civil Protection Agency said on Thursday. The total number of cases in Italy, the European country hardest hit by the virus, rose to 15,113 from a previous 12,462, an increase of 21.7 percent."
2020-03-12 - Coronavirus closes all K-12 schools in Ohio, Maryland and Michigan:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/03/12/coronavirus-school-closings-ohio-maryland-washington-seattle-king-closures/5036252002/
http://wcyb.com/news/nation-world/ohio-governor-all-ohio-schools-to-close-for-3-weeks-due-to-coronavirus
http://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/815177591/maryland-and-ohio-to-close-schools-statewide-due-to-coronavirus
Quote: "Ohio, Maryland, Michigan and the large urban school districts of Seattle and San Francisco are shutting down all K-12 schools as part of a sweeping attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The actions are the first wave of widespread school closures in the U.S., and they stand to upend school and family routines for millions of children."
Note: The FIRST wave of widespread school closures in the US...
2020-03-12 - How delays in testing set back the US coronavirus response:
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-testing-delays.html
2020-03-12 - Man, early 50s, finishes surf race, gets out of the water and goes into cardiac arrest, in coastal Mount Maunganui (New Zealand):
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20200313/lifeguards-cpr-saves-life-after-man-collapses/
Quote: "Immediate and effective cardiopulmonary resucsitation (CPR) averted tragedy at the New Zealand Surf Lifesaving Championships yesterday when a competitor in the Masters events collapsed on the beach. Lifeguards in the immediate vicinity, including doctors and nurses, sprang into action and began CPR on the man, who had suffered a heart event. They used an AED (portable defibrillator) to restart the man's heart, and saved his life. The man, in his early 50s, is from the Bay of Plenty. He had just finished the surf race when he collapsed."
2020-03-12 - Polar ice caps melting SIX TIMES FASTER than in 1990s:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/11/polar-ice-caps-melting-six-times-faster-than-in-1990s
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/11/polar-ice-caps-melting-six-times-faster-than-in-1990s/
Quote: "The ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica is tracking the worst-case climate warming scenario set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), scientists say."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-13 - Recycling plant hit by fire, 100 tons of waste burn, on Nathan Way in Thamesmead (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2020/march/fire-at-recycling-plant-thamesmead/
2020-03-13 - US military bans domestic travel for soldiers and defense employees due to coronavirus pandemic:
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/41895231/us-military-bans-domestic-travel-due-to-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/13/pentagon-bans-domestic-travel-troops-families-coronavirus-spreads.html
http://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/03/14/dod-bans-all-domestic-travel-for-troops-employees-in-response-to-coronavirus-threat/
http://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-department-of-defense-bans-travel-employees-20200314-qhhfqqpjxnatdefpgysnb4niaq-story.html
http://www.stripes.com/news/us/dod-announces-restrictions-on-domestic-travel-for-service-members-civilians-effective-monday-1.622392
Quote: "The Deputy Secretary of Defense said in a new memorandum the U.S. Military is banning domestic travel from March 16-May 11 due to the spread of the coronavirus. The memorandum said the Pentagon has banned all travel unless it is determined to be mission-essential, necessary for humanitarian reasons, or warranted due to extreme hardship."
Quote: "The new rules apply to all Defense Department military and civilian personnel assigned to military bases or facilities inside the U.S. and its territories. The memo also applies to family members of those personnel."
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus cases rise to 4 in Missouri, state of emergency declared:
http://www.newstribune.com/news/missouri/story/2020/mar/13/gov-mike-parson-declare-state-emergency-missouri/820556/
http://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/gov-parson-missouri-has-new-covid--cases-state-of/article_71302e92-6579-11ea-8848-331a3aa22342.html
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 85 overnight to 514 with 11,364 confirmed cases in Iran:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200229-70725-IRN
http://www.france24.com/en/20200313-iran-reports-85-new-virus-deaths-taking-total-to-514
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 250 overnight to 1,266 with 17,660 confirmed cases in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2020/03/13/Italy-records-its-highest-one-day-death-toll-after-250-die-from-coronavirus.html
Quote: "Italy on Friday recorded its highest one-day death toll yet from cases of the new coronavirus, according to official data. There were 250 deaths recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the total to 1,266, with 17,660 infections overall, a rise of 2,547 since Thursday evening."
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus pandemic to change lifestyles indefinitely:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/get-ready-for-your-lifestyle-to-change-indefinitely-because-of-this-coronavirus-pandemic
2020-03-13 - Coronavirus infects eight firefighters in San Jose (California):
http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-number-of-infected-san-jose-firefighters-doubles/
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-update-san-jose-firehouse-coronavirus-outbreak-grows-to-six-firefighters/
Quote: "Four more San Jose firefighters have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to eight, the city said in a report Friday."
2020-03-13 - Trump declares national emergency over coronavirus, 12 states shutter schools, cruise lines stop cruising:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/13/coronavirus-updates-us-testing-death-toll-stocks-school-closures/5032550002/
http://www.newspressnow.com/coronavirus/trump-declares-virus-pandemic-a-national-medical-emergency/article_72104b66-6570-11ea-b684-5fbef1e560bc.html
2020-03-13 - Louisiana postponing presidential primary due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/13/louisiana-postpones-presidential-primary-due-to-coronavirus-128514
2020-03-13 - Singapore and Australia suggest warmer weather may not help with coronavirus pandemic:
http://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/12/asia/coronavirus-flu-weather-temperature-intl-hnk/index.html
2020-03-13 - Person has 'medical incident' and collapses unconscious 50 feet from where 3 boys stab another boy to death, in coastal Redcliffe (Australia):
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/teen-dead-after-fight-leads-to-car-park-stabbing-in-brisbane-s-north-20200314-p54a0i.html
http://theworldnews.net/au-news/everything-unfolded-quite-quickly-teen-dead-after-car-park-stabbing
Quote: "Mr Mihan said paramedics found another person unconcious in a bush about 15 metres away, though paramedics and police were considering this to be an unrelated medical incident."
2020-03-13 - Several global tipping points may have arrived:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-13/several-global-tipping-points-may-have-arrived-green-insight
http://www.yahoo.com/news/several-global-tipping-points-may-112346028.html
2020-03-13 - Global warming continues accelerating:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/10/global-warming-on-a-rampage/
http://www.newsbreak.com/news/0ONWbloc/global-warming-on-a-rampage
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/2c-crossed.html
2020-03-13 - Bears coming out of hibernation early due to climate change:
http://www.inquisitr.com/5941484/bears-climate-change/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/bears-coming-hibernation-early-due-043555224.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-bears-come-out-of-hibernation-month-early/
http://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51836206
Quote: "Part of the reason that they hibernate is to wait for their food sources to replenish. Now, the animals are adapting to the warmer weather faster than the resources they depend on, which means their nutritional sources are not readily available, leaving them desperate to find different things to eat."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-14 - Chemical factory heavily damaged by fire in New Delhi (India):
http://www.business-standard.com/multimedia/video-gallery/general/massive-fire-engulfs-chemical-factory-at-gt-karnal-road-101106.htm
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/fire-breaks-out-at-plastic-factory-in-outer-delhi/articleshow/74624762.cms
http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/delhi-gt-karnal-road-chemical-factory-fire-breaks-out-598057
2020-03-14 - Big pile of scrap metal erupts in flame in Rockbridge County (Virginia):
http://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/crews-use-275-gallons-of-foam-2-excavators-to-extinguish-scrap-metal-fire-in-rockbridge-county/
2020-03-14 - Arctic tundra is 80 per cent permafrost - what happens when it thaws?
http://thenarwhal.ca/arctic-tundra-is-80-per-cent-permafrost-what-happens-when-it-thaws/
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/11/arctic-tundra-is-80-per-cent-permafrost-what-happens-when-it-thaws/
2020-03-14 - Trump disbanded National Security Council pandemic unit that experts had praised:
http://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
Quote: "Public health and national security experts shake their heads when President Donald Trump says the coronavirus 'came out of nowhere' and 'blindsided the world.' They’ve been warning about the next pandemic for years and criticized the Trump administration’s decision in 2018 to dismantle a National Security Council directorate at the White House charged with preparing for when, not if, another pandemic would hit the nation."
2020-03-14 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 50+ with 2,100+ infections in the US, Britain added to travel ban:
http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/20200314/coronavirus-updates-trump-says-he-was-tested-us-death-toll-hits-50-uk-added-to-travel-ban
Quote: "At least 50 people have died in the U.S., where there have been more than 2,100 confirmed cases of the virus. Worldwide, cases were nearing 150,000 on Saturday with more than 5,500 deaths."
2020-03-14 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 611 with 12,729 infections in Iran:
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coronavirus-iran-reports-nearly-hundred-deaths-one-day-virus
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-live-house-approves-coronavirus-aid-bill-n1158821/ncrd1158876
Quote: "Kianoush Jahanpour, an Iranian health ministry official told a televised news conference in Tehran that it registered 97 new deaths, bringing the official death toll to 611 people. No details were given on the location of the deaths or whether the deceased had underlying health conditions. '1,365 fresh cases have been added to the number of confirmed infections in the past 24 hours,' said Jahanpour, bringing Iran's case number to 12,729 for the coronavirus."
2020-03-14 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 5 in Missouri:
http://www.kmov.com/news/latest-on-coronavirus-in-st-louis/article_a9e8d27a-6231-11ea-93a6-a7e28350dfd8.html
Quote: "The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced the fifth case of coronavirus in Missouri. Officials said a fifth person tested positive for COVID-19 in Greene County. The case is travel-related."
2020-03-14 - Coronavirus drive-thru testing site opens in St. Louis (Missouri):
http://www.kmov.com/news/drive-thru-coronavirus-testing-st-louis/article_fcfe1b76-653a-11ea-a969-6325dab7a63e.html
2020-03-14 - Coronavirus survivors may suffer from reduced lung function:
http://nypost.com/2020/03/13/coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function/
http://www.sott.net/article/430736-Coronavirus-survivors-may-suffer-from-reduced-lung-function
2020-03-14 - Georgia delays presidential primary for two months due to coronavirus:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/14/georgia-delays-primary-election-129595
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
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-16 - Unknown rotten egg odor sickens shopper at Walmart in Kelowna (Canada):
http://www.lakecountrycalendar.com/news/strange-smell-at-walmart-makes-shopper-ill/
http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/strange-smell-at-walmart-makes-shopper-ill/
Quote: "A shopper reported a rotten egg smell which made them feel ill."
2020-03-16 - Scientists baffled after Antarctic pond turns purple on Humble Island in Antarctica:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/antarctic-pond-purple-mystery-science.html
http://twitter.com/MtnScience/status/1233066243789291520
Quote: "A strikingly purple pond on Humble Island, Antarctica. We think the color comes from penguin colony 'input' nearby. But why it turns so purple... not sure."
Note: Purple-sulfur bacteria thriving on hydrogen sulfide created by ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea eating penguin shit in anoxic waters...
2020-03-16 - Car bursts into flame and burns man to death on street in Ahmedabad (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-transporter-dies-after-his-car-catches-fire/articleshow/74660939.cms
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/transporter-killed-as-his-car-catches-fire/articleshow/74663609.cms
http://www.thebetterahmedabad.com/ahm-transporter-dies-as-his-car-catches-fire
Quote: "A 35-year-old man was charred to death when the car he was driving caught fire near Hathijan Circle on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on Monday morning."
Quote: "Primary investigations revealed that the victim got trapped in the car after got locked automatically due to the fire, police said."
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 18 overnight with 3500+ cases in the United States:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/live-updates-us-sees-largest-one-day-increase-in-death-toll-since-the-outbreak-began-san-francisco-area-asked-to-shelter-at-home/ar-BB11eTQt
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 42 with 769 confirmed cases in Washington State:
http://mynorthwest.com/1754290/live-updates-coronavirus-washington-state-3/
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus cases rise to 6 in Missouri:
http://krcgtv.com/news/local/governor-parson-confirms-sixth-positive-coronavirus-case-in-missouri
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 129 overnight to 853 in Iran:
http://globalnews.ca/news/6682236/coronavirus-iran-lebanon-syria/
http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/iran-s-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-129-to-853-as-mideast-lockdown-deepens-1.8679278
Quote: "Iran reported another 129 fatalities from the new coronavirus on Monday, the largest one-day rise in deaths since it began battling the Middle East’s worst outbreak, which has claimed more than 850 lives and infected a number of senior officials in the country."
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus patients age 80 or older may not receive treatment in Italy:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8116223/Italian-coronavirus-victims-80-not-receive-intensive-care.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/14/italians-80-will-left-die-country-overwhelmed-coronavirus/
Quote: "Italian coronavirus patients who are 80 or older will not receive intensive care if the crisis worsens, under emergency plans being proposed in Turin. The plans drawn up by civil protection officials warn that 'it will be necessary to apply criteria for access to intensive treatment' if there are too many patients. The document, seen by the Daily Telegraph, proposes that these criteria 'must include age of less than 80'."
Note: I imagine the same thing will happen in the US once our hospital beds are full too, along with any other country experiencing a healthcare system overload...
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus turns world's busiest airport into ghost town in Atlanta (Georgia):
http://www.foxcarolina.com/coronavirus/world-s-busiest-airport-looks-like-a-ghost-town-due/article_beb1b4bb-2a45-582f-bdd9-9a0522287f48.html
http://kesq.com/news/national-world/2020/03/16/worlds-busiest-airport-looks-like-a-ghost-town-due-to-coronavirus/
2020-03-16 - Coronavirus rocks restaurants in the US, this chart shows just how bad it has gotten:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-rocks-americas-restaurants-and-this-chart-shows-just-how-bad-it-has-gotten-220156619.html
Note: Damn, that looks baaaad!
2020-03-16 - Messages from quarantined Italians make clear how many things can change in 10 days:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/coronavirus-these-messages-from-quarantined-italians-make-clear-how-much-things-can-change-in-10-days.html
2020-03-16 - Economic experts warn climate crisis could spur financial crash like 2008:
http://truthout.org/articles/economic-experts-warn-climate-crisis-could-spur-financial-crash-like-2008/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-17 - Electronics recycling center heavily damaged by fire on Cross Street in Holliston (Massachusetts):
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20200317/fire-at-holliston-electronics-recycler-sends-smoke-to-other-towns
2020-03-17 - Dire new report forces US and UK to change course on coronavirus strategy:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8119457/Britains-coronavirus-measures-18-months-Imperial-College-London-warns.html
http://www.axios.com/coronavirus-report-us-uk-strategies-e45bc5d4-d2f1-40e2-825e-429b2b7c1b50.html
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196234/covid-19-imperial-researchers-model-likely-impact/
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/news--wuhan-coronavirus/
Quote: "The scientists emphasised there will be no end in sight to the measures until a vaccine is created."
Note: Basically, the report suggests that if we go into full lockdown mode until a vaccine is available then the US would see more than a million fewer deaths and the UK would see 250,000 fewer deaths. If we don't go into full lockdown then many more people will die due to overloaded healthcare systems. To put those numbers in context, in World War II, 405,000 US soldiers died, so lack of lockdown would cost more than twice as many lives as we lost in all of World War II. So, is that even possible, full lockdown for that long? No schools or bars or restaurants or theaters for 12-18 months or so? And there's no guarantee that there'll be a vaccine ready in 18 months either. Maybe we'll never come up with one quickly enough to make a difference before the virus mutates again...
2020-03-17 - Coronavirus death toll reaches 100 in the US, virus now in all 50 states:
http://whdh.com/news/us-coronavirus-death-toll-reaches-100/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/health/us-coronavirus-updates-tuesday/index.html
http://www.kten.com/story/41903265/coronavirus-now-in-all-50-states-as-death-toll-reaches-100
http://fox40.com/news/national-and-world-news/coronavirus-now-in-all-50-states-as-death-toll-reaches-100/
2020-03-17 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 15+ in Missouri:
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/icymi-gov-parson-confirms-15-cases-of-covid-19-in-mo/
http://www.komu.com/news/breaking-15-covid-19-cases-confirmed-in-missouri-including-boone-and-cole-counties
http://www.ksdk.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/15-cases-covid-19-confirmed-missouri-st-louis-county/63-b8cae9c1-0ba1-4825-9e51-efd64260ae60
http://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article241286461.html
2020-03-17 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 60 in Maryland, bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms closed, cops prepared to arrest violators:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-in-maryland-positive-covid-19-cases-rise-to-58/
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/16/coronavirus-closings-gov-larry-hogan-closes-bars-restaurants-gyms-around-maryland/
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/17/maryland-state-police-prepared-to-arrest-anyone-who-defies-business-shutdown-5k-fine-or-1-year-in-jail/
2020-03-17 - California schools likely closed until the next school year begins:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Newsom-on-coronavirus-California-schools-likely-15138912.php
http://deadline.com/2020/03/gov-gavin-newsom-california-schools-likely-to-stay-closed-for-rest-of-school-year-1202886393/
http://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2020/03/18/bombshell-schools-may-not-reopen-till-fall-newsom-says-duncan-hunter-gets-11-year-sentence-ca-close-to-securing-two-large-hospitals-facebooks-100-million-for-small-biz-pelosi-vs-trump-mcclintock-votes-against-coronavirus-bill-488617
Quote: "The bombshell dropped Tuesday — so brace yourselves, parents. California schools are unlikely to reopen before the summer recess — and there’s a possibility classes may not return until fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press conference last night."
Note: They call it a bombshell, but I half expected this, and not just in California. Schools and school buses are excellent places for the virus to spread from person to person. I'd be surprised if ALL schools in the US aren't shuttered until fall, and I won't be overly surprised if they don't actually reopen in the fall. Actually, I wouldn't be too awfully shocked if schools never open again...
2020-03-17 - Critically ill patients denied transplants amid coronavirus outbreak:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/death-sentence-critically-ill-patients-denied-transplants-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-n1163066
Quote: "Without a transplant, Branson said his surgeon told him last week that he might only have about 30 to 45 days to live. But he said the hospital considers the surgery needed to remove part of his uncle’s liver to be elective — and therefore nonessential."
2020-03-17 - Coronavirus infection count hits 56 in Moscow (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EP-20200317-70792-RUS
2020-03-17 - Mnuchin warns senators that lack of action could result in 20% unemployment rate:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/politics/steven-mnuchin-unemployment-warning-coronavirus/index.html
http://krdo.com/news/politics/2020/03/17/mnuchin-warns-senators-that-us-could-see-20-unemployment-rate-due-to-coronavirus-source-says/
http://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/mnuchin-warns-senators-lack-of-action-on-coronavirus-could-result-in-20-unemployment-rate-source-says/
http://kfor.com/health/coronavirus/mnuchin-warns-senators-that-us-could-see-20-unemployment-rate-due-to-coronavirus-source-says/
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-coronavirus-collapse-is-here-get-ready-for-the-u-s-unemployment-rate-to-hit-20-percent-or-higher
Note: One of Trump's former advisors says we could see a million lost jobs in March alone. A 20% unemployment rate would be the worst since the Great Depression...
2020-03-17 - 'D' word (depression) rears head as coronavirus-hit markets brace for recession:
http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-stocks-economy-usa/d-word-rears-head-as-coronavirus-hit-markets-brace-for-recession-idUSKBN2140IA
http://www.fin24.com/Economy/World/watch-d-word-rears-head-as-coronavirus-hit-markets-brace-for-recession-20200318
Note: I mentioned just the day before that during the two big stock plunges during the Great Depression, people at the time had no idea that the Great Depression had begun. That may very well be where we are today in regards to a Second Great Depression: it's begun but we haven't yet realized it. It's a backwards-looking thing, so people at the beginning don't know at the time that it's begun...
2020-03-17 - We may be fighting World War Flu, but we can’t rely on military help since armies themselves are likely to be decimated by Covid-19:
http://www.rt.com/op-ed/483446-military-coronavirus-decimated-pandemic/
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-18 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame and kills person in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.wbal.com/article/442132/3/1-person-found-dead-after-tractor-trailer-fire-in-baltimore
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/police-investigating-after-man-found-dead-in-burned-out-trailer/31736937
Quote: "At the scene, fire crews found a tractor-trailer with a fire coming from the engine of the truck. After putting out the flames, fire crews found the body of an adult in the sleeping area of the tractor-trailer."
Note: This is the 405th tractor/tanker/semi to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-03-18 - Underground electrical explosion blows manhole cover off and shatters windows in Carroll (Iowa), near the Middle Raccoon River:
http://www.carrollspaper.com/news/explosion-shatters-windows-of-downtown-store/article_0b422a6e-6933-11ea-b678-979eba12379a.html
http://www.1380kcim.com/news/2020/manhole-cover-shot-into-air-from-explosion-at-carroll-clothing-store-wednesday-morning/
Quote: "An explosion in an underground utility vault in downtown Carroll shattered the windows of Wilkie Clothiers Wednesday morning and propelled a manhole cover far into the air. 'It had to be a pretty massive explosion,' store owner Wade Wilkie said."
2020-03-18 - Extremely high levels of methane, up to 2902 ppb, reported in the Arctic:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/03/methane-earthquake-and-sudden-stratospheric-warming.html
Quote: "High levels of methane, colored in magenta, show up over the oceans at high latitudes north, especially around Greenland and around Svalbard."
2020-03-18 - Rare and unusually large ozone hole develops over the Arctic-Canadian region:
http://watchers.news/2020/03/18/rare-ozone-hole-arctic-march-2020/
Quote: "'What really got our attention, was the overall reduction of ozone, in early March, when the values should actually be going up slowly,' said SWE. 'Something was off, and this time it was not just a quick low spike from a mini ozone hole, but a proper ozone destruction process.'"
Note: Methane levels in the atmosphere are rising, especially in the Arctic. Methane reacts away ozone - a 'proper ozone destruction process' you might say. Methane levels rising, ozone layer disappearing, those two things are very likely related...
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus infections near 200,000 worldwide, two US Congressmen infected:
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/coronavirus-updates-global-cases-approach-200-000-lockdown-becomes-new-n1162561
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/18/coronavirus-senate-vote-expected-house-sick-leave-testing-bill/5076063002/
http://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/mario-diaz-balart-first-coronavirus-test-positive-congresss
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/politics/mario-diaz-balart-coronavirus/index.html
Quote: "Rep. Ben McAdams, D-Utah, announced Wednesday night he has tested positive for coronavirus, little more than an hour after Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart became the first member of Congress to test positive."
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 140+ with 9,345 infections in the US:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-us-hospital-association-warns-ventilator/story?id=69658566
Quote: "An outbreak of the novel coronavirus that began in China about three months ago has now infected more than 9,345 people across all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. COVID-19, a respiratory illness which began in China about three months ago, has killed at least 140 people in the United States, according to ABC News' count."
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus kills first person in Missouri, infection count rises to 24:
http://krcgtv.com/news/coronavirus/missouris-first-death-of-covid-19-in-columbia
http://www.kait8.com/2020/03/18/gov-parson-meet-with-heartland-city-leaders-covid-/
http://fox2now.com/news/coronavirus/gov-parson-confirms-first-covid-19-death-in-missouri/
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/top-stories/governor-mike-parson-announces-first-covid-19-death-in-missouri/
http://www.kmbc.com/article/more-covid-19-cases-reported-across-the-metro-area-coronavirus-missouri-kansas-kansas-city/31735031
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/gov-parson-twenty-four-cases-of-covid--in-missouri/article_35747864-f71b-5c3b-83a7-b25309fef6ca.html
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus kills first people in Pennsylvania, infection count rises to 130:
http://6abc.com/health/adult-in-northampton-county-is-pas-first-covid-19-related-death/6026757/
Quote: "Coronavirus cases confirmed in Pennsylvania exceeded 130 as of Wednesday, rising by 37, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. "
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 5 with 427 infections in New Jersey:
http://6abc.com/politics/number-of-coronavirus-cases-grows-to-427-in-nj;-2-more-deaths-/6026759/
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus infection count hits 85+ in Maryland:
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-in-maryland-at-least-85-positive-cases/
Quote: "Baltimore City cases: 1 patient in 60s, 1 in 70s, 3 people in their 20s."
Quote: "The state said that the majority of cases are patients between 18 and 64 years old."
Note: Say, the majority of people are between 18 and 64 too - what a coincidence!
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 475 in one day to 2,978 with 35,713 infections in Italy:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120395429/coronavirus-italys-death-toll-reaches-a-recordhigh-475-deaths-in-one-day
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/italy-coronavirus-death-toll-nears-3000/
Quote: "Barring a miracle, Italy will surpass China in the number of coronavirus deaths in just one more day. On Thursday, Italy saw a record new high in the numbers of infections and deaths reported, adding more than 4,200 new cases for a total of 35,713 infections. Another 475 people died, bringing Italy's death toll to 2,978."
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 175 in one day to 1,135 with 17,361 infections in Iran:
http://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/iran-reports-largest-spike-coronavirus-147-more-die
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/18/Coronavirus-death-toll-in-Iran-reaches-1-135-with-17-361-infections.html
2020-03-18 - Coronavirus outbreak in San Jose fire department may be early sign of danger for first responders:
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-18/coronavirus-outbreak-san-jose-fire-department-first-responders
2020-03-18 - HIV drug combo fails as treatment for severe COVID-19 in China:
http://news.trust.org/item/20200318231107-sqloz
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-19 - Coronavirus infections rise to 28 in Missouri, all public and charter schools closed:
http://www.kait8.com/2020/03/19/gov-parson-holds-news-conference-covid-response-mo/
http://www.kmbc.com/article/more-covid-19-cases-reported-across-the-metro-area-coronavirus-missouri-kansas-kansas-city/31735031
http://fox2now.com/news/three-new-presumptive-positive-cases-of-covid-19-in-st-louis/
Quote: "Wednesday's cases in St. Louis may have been cases of community spread of COVID-19."
2020-03-19 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 4 with 422 infections in Illinois, school closures extended:
http://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-cases-rise-to-422-including-4-deaths-/6028536/
http://abc7chicago.com/health/what-to-know-about-illinois-422-covid-19-cases/5973196/
2020-03-19 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 22 with nearly 4000 infections in New York:
http://abc7ny.com/health/nyc-coronavirus-cases-approach-4000-with-22-dead-/6021383/
2020-03-19 - Coronavirus infections rise to 89 in Minnesota:
http://www.fox9.com/news/mdh-commissioner-89-confirmed-covid-19-cases-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg
2020-03-19 - California orders 40 million residents to stay home:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/california-governor-issues-statewide-stay-at-home-order
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/health/us-coronavirus-case-updates-thursday/index.html
http://abc7chicago.com/health/california-governor-orders-entire-state-to-stay-home/6029939/
http://krcrtv.com/news/coronavirus/more-than-half-of-california-could-become-infected-with-coronavirus-governor-warns
Quote: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order Thursday, telling residents in the most populous state to stay home. It is the most restrictive order by a governor so far during the novel coronavirus pandemic. It applies to most of the state's 40 million residents. There are exceptions for workers in '16 critical infrastructure sections.' The order takes effect Thursday night."
Quote: "The major announcement came after Newsom sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for a hospital ship to be deployed to Southern California to assist in the fight against COVID-19. In the letter, Newsom projected that more than half the state's population could be infected by the disease."
Note: Half the population would be 20 million people. With a 1% fatality rate that would be 200,000 dead in California. But the hospitals will be overloaded, so it might end up being a 5 percent fatality rate, or more, which would be 1 million dead in California, which would be more than double the number of Americans who died in every state COMBINED during ALL of World War II...
2020-03-19 - All non-life-sustaining businesses ordered closed in Pennsylvania:
http://6abc.com/health/gov-wolf-orders-all-non-life-sustaining-businesses-in-pa-to-close/6026757/
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/pa-governor-all-businesses-not-life-sustaining-must-shut-down/2333625/
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2020-03-19/big-jump-in-cases-as-pennsylvania-adjusts-child-care-policy
http://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/03/19/coronavirus-business-closures-pa-gov-wolf-order-enforced/2879915001/
http://wset.com/news/coronavirus/non-life-sustaining-businesses-ordered-to-shut-down-in-pennsylvania
Quote: "Gov. Tom Wolf is tightening his directives to businesses to shut down, issuing a dire warning and saying Thursday that all 'non-life-sustaining' businesses in Pennsylvania must close their physical locations by 8 p.m. to slow the spread of the coronavirus."
2020-03-19 - San Diego Navy bases suspend non-essential and recreational operations as coronavirus spreads:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2020-03-19/san-diego-navy-bases-suspend-non-essential-and-recreational-operations-as-coronavirus-spreads-among-sailors
2020-03-19 - Coronavirus could spark another Great Depression, former Trump adviser warns:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/business/great-depression-coronavirus-kevin-hassett/index.html
2020-03-19 - Coast-to-coast warmth expected this spring in the US along with flooding in 23 states:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/floods-affect-128m-23-states-175419372.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/accuweathers-predicted-us-temperatures-next-163926215.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/03/19/spring-flood-forecast-floods-may-affect-128-million-23-states/2874960001/
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/accuweathers-predicted-us-temperatures-for-the-next-three-months-may-be-a-first/704119
http://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/1zlqy73nwl/Floods-will-affect-128M-in-23-states-this.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQdhq-Xo3tc
Quote: "There is almost no part of the country that we are predicting to be below normal in any of the three months, which is unusual..."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-20 - Laundromat and recycling plant destroyed by fire on the waterfront in coastal Pictou (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/6706791/pictou-laundromat-recycling-building-fire/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/fire-buildings-pictou-waterfront-seniors-1.5504118
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/fire-destroys-washtub-laundromat-in-pictou-427035/
http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/seniors-evacuated-from-pictou-apartment-complex-after-fire-at-nearby-building-1.4861263
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/fire-rips-buildings-pictou-waterfront-113906948.html
2020-03-20 - Minivan explodes into flame while parked in garage at home, fire spreads, home destroyed, in Olathe (Kansas):
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article299756.html
Quote: "An explosion and fire that tore through an Olathe home Thursday night appears to have started in a minivan that was parked in a garage, investigators said. Two adults and two teenagers in the two-story house in the 900 block of East Elizabeth Street heard the explosion and escaped safely. The fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damages, according to the Olathe Fire Department. The explosion moved two of the garage walls and firefighters had to stabilize the structure. The minivan was destroyed."
2020-03-20 - Coronavirus global death toll passes 11,000 with more than 260,000 infections worldwide:
http://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/global-coronavirus-death-toll-passes-11000
http://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/coronavirus-cases-across-the-world-news-and-updates/articleshow/74727479.cms
2020-03-20 - Illinois, New York and California now on near-complete lockdown involving 70+ million people:
http://apnews.com/52f7fc77cce85060ad1cf73297b7cd45
Quote: "Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes unless they have vital reasons to go out, restricting the movement of more than 70 million Americans in the most sweeping measures undertaken yet in the U.S. to contain the coronavirus."
2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 13 with 420 confirmed infections in Georgia:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/current-updated-list-of-total-number-of-covid-19-cases-in-georgia
2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 177 with 3,983 infections in the UK:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8135465/UKs-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-40-177-biggest-daily-spike.html
2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 627 to 4,032 with 47,021 infections in Italy:
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-8136351/Italys-coronavirus-deaths-surge-627-day-elderly-high-risk.html
http://katu.com/news/coronavirus/people-in-italy-warn-people-in-the-united-states-about-the-coronavirus
http://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-italy-army-transport-coffins-bergamo-morgue-crisis-video-2020-3
Quote: "The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has leapt by 627 to 4,032, officials said on Friday, an increase of 18.4% - by far the largest daily rise in absolute terms since the contagion emerged a month ago. On Thursday, Italy overtook China as the country to register most deaths from the highly contagious respiratory disease. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 47,021 from a previous 41,035, a rise of 14.6%, the Civil Protection Agency said."
Quote: "Video shows Italian army trucks transporting coffins from Italy's worst-hit city to remote cremation sites because morgues can't cope with more coronavirus deaths..."
2020-03-20 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 11 with 904 confirmed infections in Brazil:
http://www.devdiscourse.com/article/health/948726-at-least-11-dead-904-people-infected-with-coronavirus-in-brazil
2020-03-20 - Ethicists agree on who gets treated first when hospitals are overwhelmed by coronavirus:
http://qz.com/1821843/ethicists-agree-on-who-should-get-treated-first-for-coronavirus/
2020-03-20 - What Covid-19 symptoms look like, day by day:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-symptoms-look-day-143000334.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/what-covid-19-symptoms-look-like-day-by-day/vi-BB11pWbr
http://www.businessinsider.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-symptoms-day-by-day-2020-3
2020-03-20 - Covid-19 supply chain shock born in China is going global:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/covid-19-supply-chain-shock-100000918.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-20/a-covid-19-supply-chain-shock-born-in-china-is-going-global
http://www.industryweek.com/supply-chain/article/21126666/a-covid19-supply-chain-shock-born-in-china-is-going-global
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-21 - Truck bursts into flame at 5:30 AM and burns man to death in highway near coastal Mumbai (India):
http://in.news.yahoo.com/pune-truck-catches-fire-highway-003635498.html
Quote: "The driver of a truck died when the vehicle caught fire all of a sudden on the old Pune-Mumbai highway in the early hours of Saturday. Police have identified the deceased as Sunil Sanjay Hanvate (30), a resident of Talegaon Dabhade. Police said Hanvate was driving towards Pune. Around 5.30 am, the truck caught fire near Varsoli toll post in Lonavala area."
2020-03-21 - Recycling center erupts in flame in coastal Harmon (Guam):
http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2020/03/21/gfd-responds-harmon-fire/2890598001/
http://www.postguam.com/news/local/gfd-battles-fire-in-harmon/article_5a0a268a-6b52-11ea-94b0-5f82d613c380.html
2020-03-21 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 793 to 4,825 with 55,578 infections in Italy, all non-essential businesses closed:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-live-updates-worldwide-death-toll-surges-11000-200320225513796.html
http://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-21-20-intl-hnk/h_3a2b6cfe6072f78ac20e9e2909e206f2
http://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/21/818971466/despite-lockdown-italys-coronavirus-cases-continue-dramatic-climb
http://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/italy-closes-all-nonessential-businesses-deaths-mount
http://nypost.com/2020/03/21/italys-coronavirus-death-toll-spikes-by-nearly-800-in-one-day/
http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/we-are-not-counting-the-dead-anymore-coronavirus-hits-italys-elderly-population-45263774
Quote: "Italy recorded 793 deaths on Saturday, with France and Spain and Germany also reporting steep rises in confirmed cases and fatalities."
Quote: "'We're working in a state of very high stress and tension,' said Daniela Confalonieri, a nurse at a hospital in Milan, the capital of the wealthy northern region of Lombardy, which has been the epicentre of the epidemic. 'Unfortunately we can't contain the situation in Lombardy. There's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead any more,' she said."
Note: They're up to more than 1 death every 2 minutes in Italy now...
2020-03-21 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 5 with 223 infections in Connecticut:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/223-cases-of-coronavirus-now-in-connecticut/2242832/
2020-03-21 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 3 with 73 infections in Missouri, statewide social distancing and stay-at-home ordered:
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2677293.html
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2677288.html
http://fox2now.com/news/missouri-gov-mike-parson-orders-statewide-social-distancing/
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20200320/missouri-covid-limits-tighten-as-new-cases-emerge
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Gov-Parson-announces-statewide-social-distancing-order-Missouri-schools-to-remain-closed-568997231.html
Quote: "Three Missourians have so far died from the virus and the number of confirmed cases of the illness nearly doubled from Thursday to Friday. The total number of confirmed cases in Missouri was at 73 by the state's count Saturday, up from 28 on Thursday."
2020-03-21 - Trump Administration asks states to keep quiet about jobless figures:
http://www.morningstar.com/news/dow-jones/2020032074/trump-administration-ask-states-to-keep-quiet-about-jobless-figures
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-ask-states-to-keep-quiet-about-jobless-figures-11584676698
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/488595-labor-dept-asked-states-to-delay-releasing-increased-unemployment-numbers
Quote: "State-level anecdotes suggest jobless claims could hit more than 2 million in next Thursday's report, an unprecedented level, according to a note from Goldman Sachs."
2020-03-21 - This was the worst week for the stock market since 2008, and jobless filings are growing geometrically:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/this-was-the-worst-week-for-the-stock-market-since-2008-and-jobless-filings-are-growing-geometrically
2020-03-21 - Goldman Sachs projects a catastrophic GDP decline worse than the Great Depression:
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/20/goldman-sees-an-unprecedented-stop-of-economic-activity-with-2nd-quarter-gdp-contracting-by-24percent.html
http://moneymaven.io/mishtalk/economics/goldman-projects-a-catastrophic-gdp-decline-worse-than-great-depression-3KBpBQMsgE2WDt5WYzYxPQ
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/03/a-catastrophic-gdp-projection.html
2020-03-21 - Images and videos showing US cities becoming veritable ghost towns:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/03/usa-empty-streets-pandemic-corona-video-pictures.html
2020-03-21 - Inside the US military's top secret plans if coronavirus cripples the government:
http://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-top-secret-plans-if-coronavirus-cripples-government-1492878
Quote: "Above-Top Secret contingency plans already exist for what the military is supposed to do if all the Constitutional successors are incapacitated. Standby orders were issued more than three weeks ago to ready these plans, not just to protect Washington but also to prepare for the possibility of some form of martial law."
Quote: "According to new documents and interviews with military experts, the various plans – codenamed Octagon, Freejack and Zodiac – are the underground laws to ensure government continuity. They are so secret that under these extraordinary plans, 'devolution' could circumvent the normal Constitutional provisions for government succession, and military commanders could be placed in control around America."
2020-03-21 - Climate shocks in just one country could disrupt global food supply:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-shocks-just-one-country-050030757.html
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/20/climate-shocks-in-just-one-country-could-disrupt-global-food-supply/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8133613/Climate-shocks-just-one-country-disrupt-global-food-supply.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-usa-food/climate-shocks-in-just-one-country-could-disrupt-global-food-supply-idUSKBN2170GZ
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-22 - Recycling center hit by fire, 300-ton pile of waste burns, on Amenity Way in Morden (Britain):
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2020/march/fire-at-recycling-centre-morden/
2020-03-22 - Marsh fire erupts along channels of the St. Johns River near coastal Palm Bay (Florida):
http://spacecoastdaily.com/2020/03/brevard-county-fire-rescue-florida-forest-service-on-site-of-500-acre-marsh-fire-west-of-palm-bay/
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/03/22/authorities-monitoring-large-marsh-fire-burning-just-west-palm-bay/2894741001/
Quote: "Brevard County authorities are monitoring a large, 500 blaze burning through the marshland just west of Palm Bay. Plumes of smoke from the fast-moving fire were first noticed over the weekend. The area is inaccessible for fire trucks and personnel. The burning marsh is located in Three Forks Marsh Conservation Area that sits along the channels of the St. Johns River."
2020-03-22 - Gorse fire breaks out near coastal Newry (Ireland):
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-51999624
2020-03-22 - Brush fire breaks out along the Heathcote River in coastal Woolston, Christchurch (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/scrub-fire-breaks-out-near-chch-river
2020-03-22 - Earth's deepest ice canyon vulnerable to melting:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52007637
http://www.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-earths-deepest-ice-161655840.html
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/techandscience/earths-deepest-ice-canyon-vulnerable-to-melting/ar-BB11BIkz?li=AAF3IbP
2020-03-22 - Mammoth locust swarms, some 3 times the size of New York City, are eating their way across two continents:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032020/locust-swarms-climate-change
http://sputniknews.com/environment/202003201078650635-desert-locust-crisis-to-spread-endangering-food-security-of-25-million---un-expert/
http://www.sott.net/article/431084-Desert-locust-crisis-to-spread-endangering-food-security-of-25-million-UN-expert
2020-03-22 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 with 1,049 cases in Illinois:
http://www.galesburg.com/news/20200322/illinois-coronavirus-cases-jump-to-1049-with-nine-deaths
2020-03-22 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 13 with 1,007 cases in Florida:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronavirus-sunday-march-22-20200322-owgyf46u55e5rpqfaxxbobgovi-story.html
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/cases-of-coronavirus-in-florida-surpass-800-with-13-dead/2209397/
2020-03-22 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 651 to 5,476 with 59,138 cases in Italy:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/italy-coronavirus-deaths-rise-by-651-in-a-day-lifting-total-death-toll-to-5476/ar-BB11xRQm
Quote: "The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 651 to 5,476, officials said on Sunday, an increase of 13.5% but down on Saturday's figure when some 793 people died. The total number of cases in Italy rose to 59,138 from a previous 53,578, an increase of 10.4%, the Civil Protection Agency said -- the lowest rise in percentage terms since the contagion came to light on Feb. 21."
2020-03-22 - Senator Rand Paul becomes first US Senator to test positive for Covid-19:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/22/sen-rand-paul-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-142326
http://abc7.com/politics/senator-rand-paul-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/6039127/
2020-03-22 - Germany bans groups of more than 2 people in public:
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/germany-bans-groups-of-more-than-two-people-out-in-public-39066674.html
2020-03-22 - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis predicts US unemployment rate may hit 30% in the second quarter, with 50% decline in GDP:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-22/fed-s-bullard-says-u-s-jobless-rate-may-soar-to-30-in-2q
Quote: "Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard predicted the U.S. unemployment rate may hit 30% in the second quarter because of shutdowns to combat the coronavirus, with an unprecedented 50% drop in gross domestic product."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-23 - US Army soldier, woman, 25, and US Army soldier, man, 20, found dead separately in barracks at Camp Humphreys (South Korea):
http://www.inforum.com/news/government-and-politics/5012970-Moorhead-soldier-found-dead-in-Army-barracks-in-South-Korea
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/american-soldier-found-dead-in-south-korea-the-second-in-two-days-1.623614
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/american-soldier-found-dead-in-barracks-in-south-korea-military-rules-out-coronavirus-1.623482
http://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/03/25/two-us-soldiers-died-at-camp-humphreys-barracks-over-the-weekend-investigations-underway/
Quote: "Welch was the second soldier to die over the weekend at Camp Humphreys, the main U.S. base in South Korea. Pfc. Marissa Jo Gloria, 25, a combat engineer with the 2nd ID sustainment brigade, was found dead in her barracks on Saturday. The 2nd ID said investigations were ongoing in both cases, but it took the unusual step of ruling out the coronavirus because neither soldier had symptoms."
2020-03-23 - Maps show explosion of COVID-19 cases around the world, over 1.5 billion people told to stay home:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/maps-show-explosion-of-covid-19-cases-around-the-world/ar-BB11BtuN
http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Hunt-for-medical-gear-to-fight-virus-becomes-15150404.php
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus death toll rises by a record 100 in one day to 515 with 42,000+ infections in the United States:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/health/us-coronavirus-updates-monday/index.html
Quote: "More than 42,000 people in the United States have been infected with coronavirus, and at least 515 people have died."
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 110 with 2,221 infections in Washington State:
http://patch.com/washington/seattle/2-221-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-washington-110-dead
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 235 in Minnesota:
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-in-minnesota-total-lab-confirmed-covid-19-cases-rises-to-235/
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 15 with 1,200+ infections in Michigan, stay-at-home order issued:
http://krdo.com/news/national-world/2020/03/23/whitmer-issues-stay-at-home-order-15-dead-in-mi-from-virus/
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 2,182 with 33,089 infections in Spain, elderly people found abandoned and dead:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/23/spain-distributes-650000-testing-kits-as-coronavirus-deaths-rise-steeply
Quote: "The virus has now claimed 2,182 lives in the country – up from 1,720 on Sunday – while the number of confirmed cases has increased from 28,572 to 33,089."
Quote: "Soldiers drafted in to help Spain tackle the coronavirus pandemic by disinfecting and running residential homes have found a number of elderly people abandoned and dead in their beds, according to the country’s defence minister."
2020-03-23 - US airlines prepare plans to virtually shut down domestic service amid coronavirus pandemic:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/guid/2a042162-6d72-11ea-a687-9e83803f6b96?siteid=rss&rss=1
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-domestic-passenger-flights-could-virtually-shut-down-voluntarily-or-by-government-order-11585013673
Quote: "Major U.S. airlines are drafting plans for a potential voluntary shutdown of virtually all passenger flights across the U.S., according to industry and federal officials, as government agencies also consider ordering such a move and the nation’s air-traffic control system continues to be ravaged by the coronavirus contagion."
2020-03-23 - A third of coronavirus cases may be ‘silent carriers’, classified Chinese data suggests:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8140551/A-coronavirus-cases-silent-carriers-classified-Chinese-data-suggests.html
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3076323/third-coronavirus-cases-may-be-silent-carriers-classified
http://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=235975167798163
Quote: "The number of 'silent carriers' – people who are infected by the new coronavirus but show delayed or no symptoms – could be as high as one-third of those who test positive, according to classified Chinese government data seen by the South China Morning Post."
2020-03-23 - Coronavirus causing TV show seasons to be postponed and/or end early:
http://www.1025jackfm.com/news/the-walking-dead-season-finale-is-being-delayed-due-to-coronavirus/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/entertainment/walking-dead-finale-delayed/index.html
Note: Stay home and watch repeats!
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-24 - Underground electrical explosions and fires blow manhole covers off, buckle road, shoot flames from manholes, in coastal Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.wcvb.com/article/photos-videos-capture-manhole-explosion-in-boston/31917174
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/explosions-in-manholes-send-smoke-billowing-near-mass-general-hospital/2096554/
http://www.boston25news.com/news/local/emergency-crews-responding-manhole-explosions-near-mgh/MRHTRQEL3FHDFHCK3L5GIHWDLM/
http://patch.com/massachusetts/boston/manhole-explosions-boston-shut-down-longfellow-storrow
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/03/25/boston-manhole-explosion-newsource-orig.cnn
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/03/24/manhole-fire-mgh-red-line-mbta/
http://www.universalhub.com/2020/manhole-explodes-charles-circle
http://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1242545155514814465
Quote: "Authorities said there were multiple explosions, as flames shot out of the manholes. Fire officials said the explosions were strong enough to send manhole covers flying, and caused the road to buckle."
2020-03-24 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame on Lime Kiln Lane in Kidsgrove (Britain):
http://www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/news-events/incidents/ongoing-scrapyard-fire-in-kidsgrove
2020-03-24 - Waste transfer station damaged by fire just before 6 AM in Salem (Massachusetts):
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/new_hampshire/salem-transfer-station-closes-after-fire/article_2b45d53e-6dd6-11ea-9e80-3f05ea490c37.html
2020-03-24 - Coronavirus death toll rises by record 163 to 704 in the United States:
http://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-24-20-intl-hnk/h_9e219b2654e413ba9fb880a0a2172c31
Quote: "There are at least 52,976 cases of the novel coronavirus in the United States and 704 people have died, according to CNN Health’s tally of US cases that are detected and tested in the US through public health systems. There have already been 163 deaths reported today, according to a tally by CNN, making this the deadliest day in the US since the coronavirus pandemic began."
Note: So we're up to one person dying from COVID-19 every 9 minutes in the United States, so far, basically following the Italy/Spain trajectory, albeit a week or two behind them...
2020-03-24 - Coronavirus death toll hits 12 with 1,014 cases in Texas, most infected people younger than age 40:
http://www.kxan.com/news/local/travis-county/56-of-travis-county-covid-19-patients-are-younger-than-40-hsem-says/
Quote: "HSEM’s numbers show that in Travis County, 27.6% of all cases are in the 20-29 age group. The 30-39 age group follows in second place with 26.5% of all Travis County cases. About 56% of all cases in Travis County are in patients younger than 40. As of Tuesday, there have been 12 deaths and are 1,014 COVID-19 cases reported in Texas."
2020-03-24 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 743 to 6,820 in Italy:
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/uk-closes-warns-pandemic-accelerating-live-updates-200323234651419.html
Quote: "The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus pandemic rose by 743 in one day to 6,820, reversing a declining trend in fatalities observed over the last two days."
2020-03-24 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 514 to 2,696 with 39,673 cases in Spain, ice rink turned into morgue:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EP-20200314-70781-ESP
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/24/europe/spain-ice-rink-morgue-coronavirus-intl/index.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/spain-doctors-lack-protection-coronavirus-covid-19
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/03/spanish-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-40000-with-2700-deaths/
http://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-ice-rink-madrid-spain-turned-into-morgue-20200324-iooeph6tj5edxf47x6uetlqp7u-story.html
Quote: "The coronavirus death toll in Spain has jumped by 514 in a single day, as the situation in the country quickly worsens. Official figures show that 2,696 people have now died in the country and close to 40,000 are infected. About 5,400 health care workers are among those confirmed cases."
Quote: "With hospitals, funeral homes and crematoriums in and around the capital struggling to keep pace [with the mounting number of corpses], an ice rink in the city has been pressed into service as a makeshift morgue and Madrid’s cavernous Ifema conference centre has been converted into a field hospital with capacity for 5,500 beds."
2020-03-24 - Three US Navy sailors test positive for coronavirus aboard aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/us-navy-sailors-theodore-roosevelt-test-positive-coronavirus
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/1st-navy-sailors-test-positive-coronavirus-aboard-ship/story?id=69776204
http://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/03/24/coronavirus-spreads-on-us-navy-ship-in-pacific-ocean/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/24/uss-theodore-roosevelt-navy-sailors-test-positive-/
Quote: "Three Navy sailors tested positive for the coronavirus while they were aboard an aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific. It’s the first such incident aboard a deployed warship, authorities said Tuesday. The sailors, who have not been identified, are assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, an aircraft carrier based in San Diego. 'Those individuals have been quarantined and are being flown off the ship,' acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly told reporters Tuesday at the Pentagon."
2020-03-24 - Could we be headed for a Greater Depression, even worse than the Great Depression?
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/coronavirus-greater-great-depression-by-nouriel-roubini-2020-03
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-25 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 1,031 with 68,572 cases in the United States:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-stimulus-plan-terrible-ny-cuomo/story?id=69784080
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/health/coronavirus-state-actions-wednesday/index.html
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/coronavirus/new-york-struggles-with-coronavirus-us-deaths-top-1000-03-26-2020-043503906
Quote: "The death toll now stands at 1,031. The most deaths have come in New York state, with 366, well ahead of Washington state, with 133. The U.S. has also had at least 68,572 confirmed cases."
2020-03-25 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 8 with 356 cases in Missouri, governor asks for federal major disaster declaration:
http://fox2now.com/news/governor-parson-requests-federal-major-disaster-declaration-for-in-response-to-covid-19/
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20200325/missouri-tallies-101-new-covid-cases-parson-seeks-disaster-declaration
http://www.newstribune.com/news/missouri/story/2020/mar/25/gov-parson-requests-federal-major-disaster-declaration/822018/
http://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/parson-request-that-trump-approve-significant-disaster-declaration-in-missouri/
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-Gov-Parson-requests-federal-major-disaster-declaration-amid-COVID-19-response-569091951.html
Quote: "Gov. Parson announced that there are now 356 cases and eight deaths in Missouri. There are 101 more cases than reported Tuesday."
2020-03-25 - Coronavirus rises by record 738 to 3,434 in Spain:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52036836
Quote: "Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed the official figure from China, becoming the second highest in the world. The number of deaths rose by 738 in 24 hours - a daily record - to 3,434, higher than the 683 announced in Italy. By comparison, China has officially reported 3,285 deaths, while Italy – the worst affected country – has 6,820."
Note: So they're seeing a person die from COVID-19 every 2 minutes. Italy hit that rate last week...
2020-03-25 - Sudden loss of smell and/or taste may indicate that you've contracted COVID-19:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/24/coronavirus-symptoms-loss-smell-taste/2897385001/
http://local12.com/health/health-updates/study-loss-of-smell-taste-may-be-early-symptoms-of-covid-19
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/some-covid--patients-experiencing-loss-of-taste-smell/article_6ee5e9a4-6e18-11ea-9b74-57dd42987c46.html
http://www.popsci.com/story/health/covid-19-coronavirus-symptoms-smell/
2020-03-25 - Scientists in Iceland have already found 40 mutations of this coronavirus:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8146565/Scientists-Iceland-claim-FORTY-mutations-coronavirus.html
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/here-are-the-very-alarming-things-that-scientists-have-just-discovered-about-this-coronavirus
2020-03-25 - Experts warn Britain's Prime Minister that food rationing must begin immediately:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-rationing-food-fruit-vegetables-france-spain-supermarkets-a9418446.html
Quote: "Food rationing must be introduced immediately to prevent the UK running short of fresh fruit and vegetables, three experts have warned Boris Johnson."
2020-03-25 - Countries starting to hoard food, threatening global trade:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/countries-starting-hoard-food-threatening-233000095.html
http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/03/countries-starting-hoard-food-threatening-global-trade/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/countries-are-starting-to-hoard-food-threatening-global-trade
2020-03-25 - Train car full of railroad ties bursts into flame in Leonore (Illinois):
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2020/03/26/rail-car-fire-keeps-firefighters-busy-for-four-hours/a948fgw/
http://www.shawmediaillinois.com/2020/03/26/rail-car-fire-keeps-firefighters-busy-for-four-hours/a948fgw/
http://www.lcbcradio.com/wlpo/rail-car-catches-fire-in-rural-la-salle-county/article_abd033a0-6f54-11ea-bcdb-6f3b7448a746.html
Quote: "The fire involved a rail car full of railroad ties, said Leonore Fire Chief Don Miller."
2020-03-25 - Volcano Shiveluch erupts on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/shiveluch/news/100578/Sheveluch-volcano-Kamchatka-Russia-explosive-eruption-recorded-today-lava-dome-remains-very-active.html
http://www.sott.net/article/431297-Explosive-eruption-by-Shiveluch-volcano-in-Kamchatka-Russia
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-26 - Unknown stench sickens people from South Wigston to Enderby (Britain):
http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/mystery-smell-blaby-investigated-stink-3986277
Quote: "A weird smell around the Blaby area is being investigated by engineers. People living around the village of Blaby itself and other neighbouring places have noticed a strange smell. It has been compared to cat urine, sewage, sulphur and rotting waste and is affecting people from South Wigston to Enderby."
2020-03-26 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, 20-40 cars burn, on East Houston Street in Sherman (Texas), nobody there:
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/news/20200327/sherman-fire-at-salvage-yard
Quote: "Sherman Fire Rescue responded to a call Thursday evening of a fire at Ellis Truck and Auto at 414 East Houston Street. SFR Assistant Chief Chris Olson said the department got the call around 9:30 p.m. Thursday. When he arrived on scene, there were between 20-40 vehicles on fire. 'It would be almost impossible to determine a cause on something like this,' Olson said. 'As far as I know nobody was there when it started.'"
2020-03-26 - Landfill fire erupts on Otis Road in coastal Jacksonville (Florida):
http://www.wokv.com/news/local/crews-respond-jacksonville-landfill-fire/j7iOR2dHnYaQOfg6U7rxbJ/
http://twitter.com/JFRDJAX/status/1243302950715437057
2020-03-26 - Great Barrier Reef devastated by third severe coral bleaching event in five years in Australia:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/25/great-barrier-reef-suffers-third-mass-coral-bleaching-event-in-five-years
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/great-barrier-reef-suffers-third-mass-coral-bleaching-in-five-years-1.4868949
http://evoke.ie/2020/03/26/news/world/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching
http://www.yahoo.com/news/great-barrier-reef-suffers-third-061941630.html
Quote: "Last year Australia’s Great Barrier Reef slipped behind Belize as the world’s longest barrier reef. Now the iconic reef has suffered a catastrophic setback. The culprit? Coral bleaching owing to climate change. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority which monitors the reef confirmed the sad news and stated that the damage is ‘widespread.’ The world-famous dive site was designated a Unesco World Heritage site in 1981 but over the last five years it has suffered three severe incidents of coral bleaching."
Quote: "Australia's Great Barrier Reef has likely experienced its most widespread bleaching event on record, according to a U.S. government scientist who monitors the world's coral reefs. This marks the third mass bleaching event on the reef in just the last five years. And scientists say that the rapid warming of the planet due to human emissions of heat-trapping gases are to blame."
2020-03-26 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 29 with 2,400+ cases in Florida:
http://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-now-has-over-2400-coronavirus-cases-statewide-death-toll-rises-to-29
2020-03-26 - Coronavirus infection count rises to 25 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/politics/coronavirus-cases-us-aircraft-carrier/index.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8156241/23-sailors-aboard-USS-Theodore-Roosevelt-test-positive-COVID-19.html
http://news.usni.org/2020/03/26/coronavirus-outbreak-sidelines-aircraft-carrier-uss-theodore-roosevelt
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/26/coronavirus-navy-test-all-sailors-roosevelt-cases-grow/2920634001/
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/26/navy-testing-all-5000-sailors-carrier-roosevelt-covid-19-cases-spike.html
http://www.centralmaine.com/2020/03/27/navy-hits-choppy-waters-as-virus-strikes-aircraft-carrier/
Quote: "There are now 25 sailors who have tested positive for the coronavirus aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, just two days after the Pentagon announced that three sailors aboard the ship had tested positive for the virus, a Navy official has confirmed to CNN."
2020-03-26 - Mass casualty plan for pandemic deaths hasn't been stress-tested in California:
http://laist.com/2020/03/26/california-mass-casualty-plan-covid-19-deaths.php
http://laist.com/latest/post/20200326/coronavirus-deaths-pandemic-coroner-funeral-industry
2020-03-26 - Firefighters to deliver food, pick up corpses and drive ambulances in Britain:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/coronavirus0covid19-uk-firefighters-crisis-12583332
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/27/world/americas/27reuters-health-coronavirus-britain.html
http://www.nasdaq.com/articles/guk-to-use-firefighters-to-deliver-food-collect-bodies-in-coronavirus-crisis-2020-03-27
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-27/uk-to-use-firefighters-to-deliver-food-collect-bodies-in-coronavirus-crisis
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-to-use-firefighters-to-deliver-food-collect-bodies-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E16V
Quote: "The United Kingdom will use firefighters to help deliver food, retrieve dead bodies and drive ambulances as it braces for the looming peak of the coronavirus outbreak that has already claimed the lives of more than 22,000 people across the world."
Note: Bring out your dead!
2020-03-26 - Jobless claims soar to unprecedented 3.3 million claims in a week in the US:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/26/unemployment-claims-numbers-release-150052
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/26/economy/unemployment-benefits-coronavirus/index.html
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/a-massive-surge-of-unemployment-like-america-has-never-seen-before
Quote: "The 3.3 million unemployment claims were by far the largest number ever recorded for a single week."
Quote: "The previous record increase was about 700,000 claims in 1982."
Quote: "Heidi Shierholz, a former chief economist for the US Department of Labor who is now with the Economic Policy Institute, called the surge in unemployment claims just the tip of the iceberg. 'We estimate that by summer, 14 million workers will [have] lost their jobs due to the coronavirus shock,' she said in a tweet."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-27 - Metal recycling center hit by fire, scrap metal burns, in Modesto (California):
http://www.modbee.com/news/local/article241574736.html
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises by a record 919 to 9,134 with nearly 86,500 cases in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-trump-discussed-crisis-great-detail/story?id=69829226
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52067673
Quote: "Italy has recorded 919 new coronavirus deaths, its highest daily figure in the outbreak so far. It means 9,134 people have now died from the virus in the country."
Quote: "There were 5,959 new cases nationwide - a slightly lower increase than Thursday's figure. There has been a total of nearly 86,500 confirmed cases in the country."
Note: Closing in on one coronavirus death per minute in Italy...
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises by a record 769 to 4,858 with 64,059 cases in Spain:
http://www.france24.com/en/20200327-spain-s-coronavirus-toll-hits-new-record-with-769-dead-in-24-hours
Quote: "The death toll in Spain soared over 4,800 Friday after 769 people died in 24 hours, in what was a record one-day figure for fatalities in the country, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest death toll after Italy, and has so far suffered 4,858 deaths, while the number of cases jumped to 64,059."
Note: More than one coronavirus death per two minutes in Spain...
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 519 with nearly 44,635 cases in New York:
http://abc7ny.com/health/covid-19-deaths-soar-over-500-in-new-york/5989875/
http://twitter.com/ABCNewsLive/status/1243569067589500929
Quote: "As of Friday, there were 44,635 positive cases in New York state with 519 deaths. More than 6,400 people have been treated in the hospital with 1,583 still in ICU."
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 19 with 1,137 cases in Ohio:
http://wchstv.com/news/local/ohio-governor-dewine-to-update-state-on-coronavirus
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 46 with 3,198 cases in Florida:
http://www.wpbf.com/article/coronavirus-florida-nears-4000-cases/31961876
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 9 with 670 cases in Missouri, National Guard activated:
https://www.kait8.com/2020/03/27/gov-parson-mobilizes-mo-national-guard/
2020-03-27 - Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, infected with COVID-19:
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/boris-johnson-coronavirus-positive-test-151411
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/27/uk/uk-boris-johnson-coronavirus-gbr-intl/index.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/boris-coronavirus-johnson-prime-minister-112128890.html??33
2020-03-27 - Coronavirus could infect privacy and civil liberties forever:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonchandler/2020/03/23/coronavirus-could-infect-privacy-and-civil-liberties-forever/
2020-03-27 - EPA, citing coronavirus, drastically relaxes rules for polluters:
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/03/26/e-p-a-citing-coronavirus-drastically-relaxes-rules-for-polluters/
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/climate/epa-coronavirus-pollution-rules.html
Note: More pollution weakens immune systems and makes people more susceptible to diseases, so relaxing rules for polluters will just make the coronavirus pandemic even worse. That's our president, always looking for ways to kill us off quicker. Maybe he has a big stake in the funeral industry!
2020-03-27 - Naked man, 34, exits house and bites woman to death in coastal Chennai (India):
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/home-quarantined-man-runs-out-of-house-naked-fatally-bites-elderly-woman-62336
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/covid-19-tn-man-in-home-quarantine-runs-out-naked-bites-old-woman-to-death/articleshow/74858826.cms
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/coronavirus-update-tamil-nadu-man-breaks-quarantine-runs-naked-bites-woman-to-death/story-eMHys9KArSp4jj60vCCvaL.html
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2020/03/28/home-quarantined-tn-man-runs-out-naked-fatally-bites-elderly.html
http://inshorts.com/en/news/man-quarantined-after-returning-from-sl-runs-naked-bites-woman-to-death-in-tn-1585410236872
http://yonews.org/naked-man-breaks-indias-national-virus-quarantine-to-viciously-kill-woman-in-savage-bite-attack/
http://www.rt.com/news/484385-india-man-bite-kill-woman-coronavirus/
Quote: "Late on Friday, the man ran out of his home naked and bit the throat of Natchiammal who was sleeping outside her home. Hearing her cries, neighbours came to the spot and secured the man. He was handed over to police. The woman was admitted to Theni Government Hospital, where she died."
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-28 - Boreal lakes to emit significantly more methane as the world continues warming:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200326124141.htm
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 2,010 with at least 120,000 cases in the United States:
http://nypost.com/2020/03/28/us-coronavirus-death-toll-doubles-in-two-days-passes-2000/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/03/28/coronavirus-deaths-cases-usa-united-states/2934169001/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/health/us-coronavirus-weekend-saturday/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/coronavirus-live-updates-global-covid-19-cases-600000/story?id=69850797
Quote: "As of Saturday evening, 2,010 people have died in the US, according to CNN's tally. The US surpassed Italy and China this week to become the country with the most coronavirus cases in the world and now has at least 120,000 known cases."
Quote: "Confirmed coronavirus deaths in the United States doubled in two days, surpassing 2,000 Saturday evening, according to states’ health data."
Note: So the US death toll doubled in two days. That's not a good sign!
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 10,023 with 92,472 cases in Italy:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/europe/italy-coronavirus-cases-surpass-china-intl/index.html
Quote: "Italy's death toll is now the highest in the world at 10,023. Fatalities passed the grim milestone on Saturday, with an increase of 889 since the last figures were released on Friday, according to Italy's Civil Protection Agency. With 92,472 confirmed cases, Italy appears to have the highest death rate on the planet."
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 10 with 838 cases in Missouri:
http://www.kait8.com/2020/03/28/deaths-cases-covid-missouri/
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 56 with 4,038 cases in Florida:
http://patch.com/florida/miami/3-763-coronavirus-cases-florida-54-dead
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 13 with 663 cases in Mississippi:
http://www.wjtv.com/health/coronavirus/84-new-cases-of-the-coronavirus-in-mississippi-663-total-cases-with-13-deaths/
2020-03-28 - Experts are warning coronavirus puts the integrity of the 2020 presidential election at risk:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/politics/coronavirus-2020-election-challenges/index.html
2020-03-28 - Trump raises idea of quarantining of New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut:
http://kwwl.com/2020/03/28/trump-raises-idea-of-quarantines-affecting-ny-nj-and-conn/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/28/coronavirus-news-trump-us-latest-live-updates
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/28/trump-considers-enforceable-quarantine-in-new-york-new-jersey-and-parts-of-connecticut.html
2020-03-28 - Coronavirus pandemic changing life at rapid pace across the United States:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/the-pace-at-which-the-coronavirus-is-changing-life-in-america-is-absolutely-breathtaking
2020-03-28 - US consumer sentiment falls to lowest level in more than 3 years:
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/us-consumer-sentiment-march-2020.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/03/27/Survey-Consumer-sentiment-in-US-falls-to-3-year-low/8671585322617/
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-52068549
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-29 - Medical transport plane bursts into flame on runway at airport in coastal Manila (Philippine Islands), all 8 aboard killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=VI-20200329-70824-PHL
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/plane-catches-fire-manila-airport-aboard-killed-69861690
http://www.kmov.com/news/plane-catches-fire-at-manila-airport-killing-all-aboard/article_1531c0c1-db8a-57ff-b6ae-5387eb37c303.html
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/asia/2020/03/29/plane-catches-fire-at-manila-airport-all-8-aboard-killed.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/philippines-oronavirus-response-plane-fire-manila-medical-mission-japan
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/manila-medevac-plane-explosion-kills-200329154642150.html
http://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/03/29/2004265/plane-bound-tokyo-catches-fire-naia
http://q13fox.com/2020/03/29/plane-catches-fire-at-manila-airport-killing-all-8-aboard/
Quote: "A plane carrying eight people, including an American and a Canadian, burst into flames Sunday while attempting to take off from Manila’s airport on a flight bound for Japan, killing all those on board, officials said. The plane, which was carrying six Filipino crew members and the American and Canadian passengers, was bound for Tokyo on a medical mission when it caught fire near the end of the main runway, Manila airport general manager Ed Monreal said."
Note: This is the 18th aircraft to smoke/burn/explode in 2019...
2020-03-29 - Landfill hit by fire, pump house burns, in Polk County (Minnesota):
http://www.crookstontimes.com/news/20200330/crookston-fire-department-responded-to-polk-county-landfill-saturday
2020-03-29 - Swarms of bats dropping dead from the sky in multiple cities in Israel:
http://sputniknews.com/science/202003271078729650-the-end-of-humanity-bats-dropping-dead-in-israel-signalling-biblical-prophecy/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/IsraelWildMammals/permalink/2854374361321247/
Quote: "Swarms of dead bats with no physical signs of trauma were spotted across Israel, raising questions and fears about the end-of-days omen. The photos of the dead creatures lying in Gan Leumi Park in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan were first shared by Adi Moskowitz on Facebook, who asked for an explanation to the mysterious phenomenon. Similar photos and videos were published by some other users in neighbouring cities, according to Breaking Israel News, which was suspicious of the death plague among bats and even linked it to a biblical prophecy about the end of humanity as it is."
Note: Ramat Gan is near the coast near Tel Aviv...
2020-03-29 - Coronavirus corpses being loaded into tractor trailer with forklift in coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/warning-disturbing-video-shows-brooklyn-hospital-staff-lifting-bodies-with-forklift/
http://www.amny.com/coronavirus/warning-disturbing-video-shows-brooklyn-hospital-staff-lifting-bodies-with-forklift/
2020-03-29 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 48 with 4,955 cases in Massachusetts:
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/coronavirus/massachusetts-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-48-nearly-700-new-cases/2099172/
2020-03-29 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 34 with 1,993 cases in Connecticut:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-in-connecticut-34-deaths-reported-nearly-2000-cases-statewide/2246982/
2020-03-29 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 151 with 3,540 cases in Louisiana:
http://www.katc.com/news/national-news/coronavirus/90-presumptive-positive-coronavirus-cases-in-louisiana
2020-03-29 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 756 to 10,779 with 97,689 cases in Italy:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_update&edis_id=EH-20200222-70701-ITA
http://www.france24.com/en/20200329-coronavirus-deaths-jump-by-756-in-italy-as-total-toll-reaches-10-779
http://www.china.org.cn/world/2020-03/30/content_75875157.htm
Quote: "The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 10,779 lives in locked-down Italy by Sunday with the cumulative total infections reaching 97,689, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department. A total of 756 COVID-19 patients died over the last 24 hours, the second consecutive fall in the death toll after reaching an all-time high Friday."
2020-03-29 - Here are the 27 states with stay-at-home orders, alphabetized:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-which-states-stay-at-home-order-trnd/index.html
2020-03-29 - COVID-19 crisis could trigger global food shortage, UN warns:
http://www.rt.com/business/484276-global-food-shortage-coronavirus/
2020-03-29 - Millions of Americans are about to lose their health insurance during a pandemic:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/27/coronavirus-pandemic-americans-health-insurance
Note: This only happens in backwards nations where the people let soulless corporations control their healthcare. Americans seem to care more about corporations being able to ream them out of tons of money than they care about staying alive, and there's a price for that: an extra helping of death. On the plus side, this is more good news for the funeral industry!
2020-03-29 - East Africa faces dual shock from coronavirus and locust swarms:
http://desdemonadespair.net/2020/03/east-africa-faces-dual-shock-from-coronavirus-and-locust-swarms-my-entire-life-in-the-world-i-havent-seen-something-like-this-before.html
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-30 - Person found dead in burning car at 2:30 AM on County Highway K in Springwater (Wisconsin):
http://waow.com/2020/03/30/one-dead-after-vehicle-catches-fire-in-waushara-co/
http://www.wsaw.com/content/news/1-killed-in-Waushara-County-vehicle-fire-569216321.html
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Body-found-after-vehicle-fire-in-Waushara-County-569216251.html
http://www.wbay.com/content/news/One-person-dead-after-vehicle-fire-in-Waushara-County-569216111.html
http://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/one-person-pronounced-dead-at-scene-of-waushara-county-car-fire/
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/2020/03/30/waushara-county-vehicle-fire-kills-1-authorities-investigating/5086670002/
http://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2020/03/30/waushara-county-vehicle-fire-kills-1-authorities-investigating/5086670002/
Quote: "A person was found dead early Monday morning after a vehicle fire in Waushara County. Authorities responded around 2:30 a.m. to a report of a vehicle fire on County K east of Alpine Road in the town of Springwater, according to the Waushara County Sheriff’s Office. Officials said the Waushara County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced a person dead at the scene, and authorities are investigating."
2020-03-30 - Forest fire rages in Sichuan (China), 19 killed:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-state-media-reports-19-people-killed-forest-69888003
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/forest-fire-kills-18-firefighters-one-guide-xichang-china
http://poststar.com/news/world/china-state-media-reports-people-killed-in-forest-fire/article_d7e4562a-2834-5e75-a4cd-343a691d18a8.html
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/world/wire/china-state-media-reports-people-killed-in-forest-fire/article_0fc36354-7eb0-5060-baf5-065a1100cdac.html
http://www.vancourier.com/china-state-media-reports-19-people-killed-in-forest-fire-1.24109387
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/30/c_138932157.htm
2020-03-30 - Landfill fire breaks out at 4 AM in the Burnside suburb of coastal Dunedin (New Zealand):
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/diggers-work-contain-burnside-landfill-fire
http://theworldnews.co/diggers-work-to-contain-burnside-landfill-fire/
2020-03-30 - Ambulance bursts into flame at 4:30 AM on road near Victoria (Texas):
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/crime/blotter-ambulance-catches-fire/article_762f141e-72e2-11ea-af9f-3b746a296b39.html
2020-03-30 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 13 with 1,031 cases in Missouri, parks may be closed:
http://www.kmbc.com/article/missouri-adds-128-new-cases-of-coronavirus-to-move-past-the-1000-mark-coronavirus/31982113
http://www.kmov.com/news/parson-social-distancing-order-to-extend---days-looking/article_decb1cc0-72c4-11ea-8e1f-77aa7b541e86.html
Quote: "The new numbers released Monday afternoon by the state show 1,031 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths and 14,107 patients tested overall in Missouri. The new numbers are an increase of 128 confirmed cases and one additional death from Sunday’s report by the state. The largest concentration of the coronavirus continues to be on the east side of the state with 366 cases in St. Louis County, 91 cases in St. Louis city and 56 cases in St. Charles County."
Quote: "Parson, speaking at his daily COVID-19 media briefing, also said he is discussing closing state parks, following a weekend that saw large gatherings of people in Missouri parks."
2020-03-30 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 102 with 3,032 cases in Georgia:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/coronavirus-numbers-georgia-2809-cases-87-deaths-707-hospitalizations/KHX6YACNJZFLZHZHMNXLY4TNVI/
2020-03-30 - Wuhan coronavirus death toll 12 times more than official figures, locals say:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8165717/Locals-Wuhan-believe-42-000-people-died-coronavirus.html
http://www.metro.news/wuhan-coronavirus-death-toll-12-times-more-than-official-figures-claim-locals/1962578/
http://www.the-sun.com/news/608795/wuhan-locals-claim-coronavirus-death-toll-is-42000-ten-times-higher-than-official-figure-as-they-blast-cover-up/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/wuhan-residents-say-coronavirus-figures-released-by-china-dont-add-up
Category: Variety Pack
2020-03-31 - Bus goes up in flames and kills man while parked at church on Pine Creek Drive in Greenville (South Carolina):
http://www.wspa.com/news/43-year-old-man-found-in-burning-bus-in-greenville-co-coroner-says/
http://www.wyff4.com/article/raymond-alan-decker-found-after-overnight-bus-fire-in-greenville-county-according-to-coroner/32002150
http://iongreenville.net/coroner-body-found-in-burning-bus-late-tuesday-investigation-underway/
Note: This is the 113th bus to burn in 2019...
2020-03-31 - Taxi bursts into flame and burns driver to death at 1:26 AM on highway in coastal Seletar (Singapore):
http://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/cabby-dies-after-taxi-catches-fire-in-seletar-west
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cabby-dies-after-his-taxi-caught-fire-along-seletar-west-link-094508098.html
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/cabby-dies-after-taxi-catches-fire-in-seletar-west
http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/taxi-driver-dies-after-cab-catches-fire-along-seletar-west-link
Quote: "A 58-year-old taxi driver died after the taxi he was driving caught fire in Seletar West Link in the wee hours of Tuesday morning (March 31). The police were called to the incident at 1.26am. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said firefighters put out the fire using two water jets. The driver was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic. ComfortDelGro group chief corporate communications officer Tammy Tan said the company is shocked and deeply saddened by the driver’s death. 'Our cabby suffered burns and (was) found outside the taxi,' she said."
2020-03-31 - RV trailer goes up in flames and kills person on FM 3247 in Little Cypress (Texas):
http://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/orange-county-fire-crews-find-body-in-trailer-where-an-elderly-person-lived/502-423a7ba1-d124-4208-8b80-d893cc0fac67
2020-03-31 - Metal recycling center erupts in flame in coastal Westport (Massachusetts):
http://whdh.com/news/westport-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-metal-scrap-yard/
2020-03-31 - Environmental disasters across the world in March 2020:
http://www.sott.net/article/431715-Environmental-disasters-across-world-in-March-2020
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/environment/environmental-disasters-across-world-in-march-2020/1787451
2020-03-31 - California's wildfires aren't going to stay quarantined for coronavirus:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/editorial-californias-wildfires-arent-going-120017412.html
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/editorial-when-coronavirus-and-fire-risks-collide
2020-03-31 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 4,076 with more than 189,000 cases in the United States:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/coronavirus-live-updates-us-open-tennis-complex-transform/story?id=69889301
http://www.gazettenet.com/US-death-toll-from-the-virus-eclipses-China-s-official-count-33635573
http://themercury.com/ap/business/us-death-toll-from-the-virus-eclipses-chinas-official-count/article_a125bb87-7b3d-53c9-9ff5-947cec7687c4.html
http://wgme.com/news/coronavirus/us-death-toll-from-the-virus-eclipses-chinas-official-count
Quote: "With more than 189,000 diagnosed COVID-19 cases, the United States has by far the highest national tally in the world, according to the Johns Hopkins data. At least 4,076 have died from the virus in the United States, surpassing the death toll in Hubei, China, the province where the virus first emerged in December."
2020-03-31 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 33 to 89 with 6,620 cases in Massachusetts:
http://whdh.com/news/health-officials-announce-33-new-coronavirus-related-deaths-in-mass-bringing-death-toll-to-89-with-6620-confirmed-cases/
2020-03-31 - Coronavirus death toll rises to 41 with 3,266 cases in Texas:
http://www.statesman.com/news/20200331/texas-coronavirus-death-toll-rises-to-41
2020-03-31 - Coronavirus has infected 35 police officers and 13 firefighters in Jersey City (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/03/35-jersey-city-police-officers-13-firefighters-have-covid-19-officials-say.html
2020-03-31 - Coronavirus has infected 17 police officers and 16 firefighters in Buffalo (New York):
http://buffalonews.com/2020/03/31/14-buffalo-firefighters-test-positive-50-more-showing-symptoms/
2020-03-31 - The myriad horrors of March - record-breaking rain, warmth and cold, dead wildlife, swine fever and avian flu, huge locust plague, worldwide lockdown:
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/03/into-unknown-march-2020-month-our-world.html
2020-03-31 - Researchers record first-ever heat wave in East Antarctica:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/03/31/world/antarctica-heat-wave-intl-scli-scn/index.html
http://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-record-1st-ever-heat-200131134.html
http://theweek.com/speedreads/905968/researchers-record-1stever-heat-wave-east-antarctica
http://ktla.com/news/nationworld/scientists-record-1st-ever-heat-wave-at-research-base-in-east-antarctica/
http://www.dw.com/en/antarctica-experiences-first-known-heat-wave/a-52963959
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