http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html
The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.
A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.
Category: Variety Pack
2020-04-18 - Lagoon suddenly and mysteriously turns pink in Zacatecas (Mexico):
http://strangesounds.org/2020/04/laguna-de-chichimequillas-turns-pink-mexico-video-picture.html
http://twitter.com/porticoomx/status/1250082379038887940
2020-04-18 - Climate change brings record-breaking summertime heat to Florida’s early spring:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/climate-change-brings-summertime-heat-110030116.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-17/climate-change-brings-summertime-heat-to-florida-s-early-spring
2020-04-18 - WHO unsure antibodies protect against COVID-19, little sign of herd immunity:
http://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2020-04-17/who-unsure-antibodies-protect-against-covid-little-sign-of-herd-immunity
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/coronavirus-who-unsure-antibodies-protect-against-covid-19-little-sign-of-herd-immunity
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-immunity/who-unsure-antibodies-protect-against-covid-little-sign-of-herd-immunity-idUSKBN21Z2XM
http://www.news18.com/news/world/unsure-if-antibodies-protect-against-covid-19-little-sign-of-herd-immunity-says-who-2582649.html
2020-04-18 - Coronavirus death toll rises by 156 to 1,560 with 36,372 cases in Massachusetts:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/04/18/coronavirus-massachusetts-latest-total-new-cases-deaths-reported-saturday-april-18/
2020-04-18 - Coronavirus killing thousands of people in Ecuador:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52324218
http://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-ecuador-sees-massive-surge-103126223.html
2020-04-18 - Coronavirus infects more than 1,000 people on French aircraft carrier:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/04/18/france-finds-more-1000-virus-cases-aircraft-carrier.html
http://nbc25news.com/news/coronavirus/france-finds-more-than-1000-virus-cases-on-aircraft-carrier
http://www.pilotonline.com/military/vp-nw-coronavirus-france-aircraft-carrier-20200417-bklsr6hnlnesre3jy6shuhvhj4-story.html
http://www.wishtv.com/news/international/over-a-thousand-virus-cases-on-french-ship/
http://www.yahoo.com/news/french-seek-clue-900-plus-150019441.html
2020-04-18 - Universities begin considering canceling in-person classes until 2021:
http://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/us/university-may-cancel-classes-fall-2021-trnd/index.html
http://whdh.com/news/universities-begin-considering-canceling-in-person-classes-until-2021/
http://nypost.com/2020/04/15/some-colleges-consider-canceling-in-person-classes-until-2021/
http://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/universities-consider-cancelling-person-classes-163357626.html
http://ktla.com/news/nationworld/universities-mull-canceling-in-person-cancels-until-2021-due-to-coronavirus/
2020-04-18 - Computer modelers estimate how much longer coronavirus shutdowns should last in US states:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/another-month-computer-modelers-estimate-065307753.html
http://www.geekwire.com/2020/another-month-computer-modelers-estimate-long-coronavirus-shutdowns-last/
2020-04-18 - Don’t bet on vaccine to protect us from COVID-19, says world health expert:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/18/dont-bet-on-vaccine-to-protect-us-from-covid-19-says-world-health-expert
2020-04-18 - Testicles may make men more vulnerable to COVID-19 than women:
http://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-04-18/do-testicles-make-men-more-vulnerable-to-coronavirus
2020-04-18 - Officials dumbfounded as beaches reopen 3 days after death spike in Florida:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/very-very-scary-officials-dumbfounded-215722198.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/jacksonville-florida-beaches-reopen-three-days-after-states-coronavirus-death-toll-spiked
http://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/04/19/decision-to-reopen-jacksonville-beaches-draws-national-media-attention-scrutiny/
2020-04-18 - Wildfire breaks out at Necedah Wildlife Refuge (Wisconsin):
http://www.channel3000.com/crews-battle-wildfire-on-necedah-wildlife-refuge/
http://wkow.com/2020/04/18/dnr-responds-to-wildfire-at-necedah-wildlife-refuge/
http://www.news8000.com/wildfire-at-necedah-wildlife-refuge-burns-240-acres/
http://wausaupilotandreview.com/2020/04/18/crews-battle-200-acre-wildfire-in-juneau-co/
2020-04-18 - Boat bursts into flame, burns and sinks, on Lake of the Ozarks (Missouri):
http://www.lakeexpo.com/boating/boat_crashes/boat-catches-fire-on-lake-of-the-ozarks-with-two-aboard-no-injuries-reported/article_4509c0d8-81eb-11ea-96b5-cf96ddaa015a.html
http://www.krmsradio.com/boat-collision-boat-fire-reported-in-separate-incidents-at-public-beach-2/
Quote: "A 20-foot boat caught fire and sank, at the 2 Mile Marker of the Lake’s Glaize Arm on Saturday, April 18."
Note: This is the 382nd boat/ship to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-04-18 - Tractor trailer hauling medical supplies bursts into flame at 5 AM on I-40 near Gordonsville (Tennessee):
http://www.wate.com/news/n95-masks-lost-in-tractor-trailer-fire-in-smith-county/
http://whnt.com/news/coronavirus/n95-masks-lost-in-tractor-trailer-fire-in-smith-county-tennessee/
http://fox17.com/news/local/report-semi-truck-carrying-n95-masks-gowns-catches-fire-on-i-40-in-smith-county
http://popculture.com/trending/2020/04/18/truck-carrying-masks-hospital-gowns-catches-fire-equipment-landfill-coronavirus/
http://smithcountyinsider.com/home-page-featured/semi-truck-carrying-n95-masks-and-surgical-gowns-catches-fire-on-i-40-in-smith-county/
http://www.facebook.com/foxnashville/posts/10158284735597290
Quote: "A semi-trailer truck carrying a shipment of N95 masks and surgical gowns reportedly caught fire on I-40 West in Smith County on Saturday morning. The crash took place near the Gordonsville exit at 5:00 a.m., according to Smith County Insider."
2020-04-18 - At least one semi tractor and industrial building destroyed by massive fire in coastal Port Hardy (Canada):
http://www.vicnews.com/news/video-massive-fire-burns-down-industrial-building-in-northern-vancouver-island-town/
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/large-structure-fire-in-port-hardy-causes-extensive-damage-closes-road-1.4902515
http://www.northislandgazette.com/news/video-massive-industrial-fire-burns-down-rock-pro-building-in-port-hardy/
Note: These are the 552nd and 553rd tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2020...
2020-04-18 - RV bursts into flame on Highway 225 in Benton County (Washington):
http://www.yaktrinews.com/motorhome-catches-fire-just-after-owner-filled-it-with-fuel-and-propane/
2020-04-18 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home on Main Street in Sicamous (Canada):
http://www.eaglevalleynews.com/news/sicamous-firefighters-douse-motorhome-fire/
http://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/news/cause-of-shuswap-motorhome-fire-undetermined/
http://www.keremeosreview.com/news/cause-of-shuswap-motorhome-fire-undetermined/
http://amp.flipboard.com/@BlackPressMedia/sicamous-firefighters-douse-motorhome-fire---salmon-arm-observer/a-LLFaTldVTqOuzHCyWSa70A%3Aa%3A3177150469-924cb27b70%2Fsaobserver.net
Note: These are the 102nd and 103rd RVs to burn in 2020...
2020-04-18 - Van bursts into flame at 11 PM on Novorossiysk Road in coastal Plymouth (Britain):
http://www.dsfire.gov.uk/News/Newsdesk/IncidentDetail.cfm?IncidentID=51934&siteCategoryId=3&T1ID=26&T2ID=41
http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/dramatic-blaze-wrecks-van-major-4059047
2020-04-18 - SUV bursts into flame on Ridge Road in South Brunswick Township (New Jersey):
http://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/family-delivering-food-to-relative-escape-car-seconds-before-it-bursts-into-flames.html
http://abc7ny.com/nj-family-escapes-massive-car-fire-after-delivering-food-to-relative/6114054/
http://nypost.com/2020/04/19/family-delivering-food-during-coronavirus-outbreak-narrowly-escapes-car-fire/
http://nj1015.com/family-escapes-car-fire-after-south-brunwick-food-delivery-cops/
2020-04-18 - Pickup truck bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, in the Oyster River area on coastal Vancouver Island (Canada):
http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/wildfire-near-oyster-river-started-when-truck-went-up-in-flames-chief-says-1.4903060
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame at business, fire spreads to 3 buildings, on Union Street in Columbia Borough (Pennsylvania), 2 injured:
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/two-taken-to-the-hospital-over-1-5-million-in-damages-reported-after-fire-in/article_3cbdb2c4-8266-11ea-9570-33e38b1d695b.html
http://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/one-person-taken-to-hospital-after-3-alarm-fire-columbia-borough/521-18e5e32c-7108-449f-842e-974cb3b5d4e2
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/fire-spreads-to-3-buildings-in-columbia-saturday-afternoon/article_893872c8-818b-11ea-bc4d-e75c2083e6fb.html
http://local21news.com/news/local/three-alarm-fire-in-columbia-borough-one-hospitalized
Quote: "A fire that began in a vehicle and spread to three buildings sent two people to the hospital and caused over $1.5 million in damages Saturday, fire officials said."
Quote: "Kemmerly estimated the value of loss around $1.5 million. The garage, which was completely destroyed in the fire, stored over $150,000 worth of antique cars and equipment, he said."
Note: A parked car just burst into flame and caused a million dollars in damage to an apartment building in South Salt Lake (Utah) too, mentioned in the 2020-04-16 update...
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to home, on Byron Street in coastal Berkeley (California):
http://www.berkeleyside.com/2020/04/18/building-on-fire-near-san-pablo-avenue-allston-way-in-west-berkeley
Quote: "One resident was displaced after a parked vehicle caught on fire on Byron Street in West Berkeley on Saturday afternoon then spread to an adjacent home, authorities report."
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked at home, fire spreads to carport, on Wyman Road in Scott (Louisiana):
http://kadn.com/scott-fire-department-respond-to-residential-fire-no-injuries-reported/
Quote: "The Scott Fire Department was dispatched to a residential fire in the 800 block of Wyman Road.Upon arrival, firefighters observed a vehicle engulfed in flames, which spread to the carport area of the structure."
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside auto shop in Cherokee County (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fire-auto-garage-cherokee-county/85-558090d4-7769-4a33-80e9-942f5a17c9af
Quote: "A fire that began inside the engine compartment of a car in Cherokee County was knocked down before causing significant damage to a local auto repair shop on Saturday. Cherokee County firefighters said they were called to Richard's Automotive Repair at 2965 Lower Union Hill Road in the Hickory Flat area around 6:30 p.m. They had been alerted to the area by a caller who said they saw black smoke coming from the top of the building and through its doors."
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame shortly after 1:25 AM while parked at convenience store on West Texas Street in Fairfield (California):
http://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/fairfield/firefighters-make-quick-work-of-early-morning-car-fire/
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame while parked inside auto shop, fire spreads, shop heavily damaged, on Reinhold Drive in Roselawn (Ohio):
http://www.fox19.com/2020/04/18/large-fire-vintage-sales-building-roselawn/
http://local12.com/news/local/crews-respond-to-saturday-fire-in-roselawn-cincinnati
http://www.wlwt.com/article/crews-battle-large-fire-at-car-restoration-business-in-roselawn/32196090
Quote: "When they arrived at the scene, there was a heavy fire coming from inside the garage. Crews noticed that the roof of the garage had already collapsed and a car was on fire inside of the garage."
Quote: "Around 10:30 a.m., a call came in for a vehicle fire, District Fire Chief Nathaniel Cash said."
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame at 11 PM on Highway 141 near Perry (Iowa):
http://theperrynews.com/vehicle-fire-stops-traffic-on-iowa-highway-141-saturday/
http://www.raccoonvalleyradio.com/2020/04/18/perry-fire-department-battles-car-fire-saturday-night/
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame on street in Ballyvolane (Ireland):
http://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/cork-city-fire-brigade-tackle-18112954
2020-04-18 - Car bursts into flame on street in Castlebar (Ireland):
http://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/news/38096-emergency-services-attended-the-scene-of-a-car-on-fire-in-castlebar-yesterday
2020-04-18 - Two mobile homes destroyed by fire in the wee hours in Phoenix (Arizona), 2 injured:
http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/west-phoenix/two-hurt-in-overnight-mobile-home-fire-near-35th-ave-van-buren
2020-04-18 - Home heavily damaged by basement fire on Standish Avenue in North Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nhregister.com/metro/article/FD-7-displaced-by-North-Haven-basement-fire-15210693.php
2020-04-18 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Main Street in Ravena (New York), dog killed:
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Twelve-year-old-escapes-Ravena-blaze-15211018.php
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/12-year-old-survives-ravena-fire-by-jumping-from-2nd-story-window
2020-04-18 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Timberglen West Drive in Franklin Park (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/crews-battle-large-fire-allegheny-co-home/R7S6WRX33NFUPM5KX7XMHMHC2U/
2020-04-18 - Home destroyed by fire on Alphonse Street in Rochester (New York):
http://13wham.com/news/local/home-on-alphonse-street-a-total-loss-after-fire
http://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/home-quottotal-lossquot-after-alphonse-street-fire-/5703892/
2020-04-18 - Home destroyed by fire just after midnight near 4th Avenue and Hartman Avenue in Omaha (Nebraska):
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/Overnight-fire-engulfed-home-in-East-Omaha-569760681.html
2020-04-18 - Home destroyed by fire on Turkeyfoot Trail Road in Somerset County (Pennsylvania):
http://wjactv.com/news/local/officials-crews-responding-to-house-fire-in-somerset-co
2020-04-18 - Apartment building heavily damaged by fire on Muir Field Road in Madison (Wisconsin), cat killed:
http://madison.com/wsj/news/local/fire-destroys-24-units-in-apartment-building-on-madisons-southwest-side/article_618ec1ca-464f-50c3-9e07-52618c694cf1.html
http://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Crews-respond-to-fire-at-multi-family-apartment-911-caller-reported-an-explosion-569759331.html
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns shed on Baltimore Street in Martinsburg (West Virginia), 1 killed:
http://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/one-fatality-confirmed-in-martinsburg-fire/article_863a84c0-df91-50e5-bdb4-89b062a9fe96.html
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns home at 11:15 PM on Lisa Lane in Methuen (Massachusetts), 1 killed:
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/1-dead-1-hurt-in-methuen-house-fire/2109841/
http://www.wcvb.com/article/woman-dies-in-late-night-fire-in-methuen/32195748
http://whdh.com/news/authorites-investigating-after-woman-dies-in-methuen-house-fire/
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/04/18/woman-dies-house-fire-methuen-lisa-lane/
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns home at 2:30 AM on Kaigler Street in Oglethorpe (Georgia), 4 killed:
http://wgxa.tv/news/local/macon-county-house-fire-kills-3-children-1-adult
http://www.cbs46.com/news/3-children-1-adult-killed-in-overnight-house-fire-in-oglethorpe/article_2807ca10-81ab-11ea-b275-d7f3c1c2dbd7.html
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/this-is-devastation-family-reacts-to-death-of-man-3-children-in-macon-county-fire/85-2531b634-d379-42b1-8188-1139e5485490
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns home on Pamal Lane in the Town of New Paltz (New York), 1 killed:
http://hudsonvalleyone.com/2020/04/18/structure-fire-in-new-paltz-takes-the-life-of-one-resident-and-two-pets/
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/2020/04/18/new-paltz-structure-fire-kills-one-resident-and-two-pets/5158831002/
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire destroys home at 5 AM on 3rd Avenue in North Tonawanda (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/one-person-killed-in-north-tonawanda-fire
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns apartment building on Mangam Street in Cohoes (New York), 1 killed:
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Woman-24-dies-in-Cohoes-fire-15210309.php
http://cbs6albany.com/news/local/cohoes-fire-kills-one
2020-04-18 - Deadly fire burns apartment building on Peach Avenue in Fresno (California), 1 killed:
http://kmph.com/news/local/woman-dies-in-east-central-fresno-apartment-fire-5-families-displaced
2020-04-18 - Vacant home burns just before 7 AM on Daisy Street in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-in-new-haven/2257524/
http://www.wfsb.com/news/crews-working-to-douse-fire-on-daisy-st-in-new-haven/article_1a6aebda-8165-11ea-8630-c7f5aeffdd74.html
2020-04-18 - Vacant home burns in Rock Island (Illinois):
http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/house-fire-in-rock-island-2/
2020-04-18 - Vacant home destroyed by fire at 2 AM on Parkview Street in Diaz (Arkansas):
http://www.kait8.com/2020/04/18/fire-destroys-abandoned-home-diaz/
2020-04-18 - Gray whale washes ashore dead near coastal Pacific City (Oregon):
http://katu.com/news/local/gray-whale-washes-ashore-north-of-pacific-city
http://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/gray-whale-washes-ashore-south-of-tillamook/
http://www.facebook.com/tillamookcountysheriff/posts/2111288399017701
2020-04-18 - Thousands of fish wash up dead along rivers in Nigeria:
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/04/17/thousands-of-dead-fish-washed-up-on-rivers-shoreline/
2020-04-18 - Couple, 20 and 23, found dead at business in Guntur (India):
http://www.ndtv.com/cities/couple-found-dead-in-andhra-pradeshs-guntur-case-registered-police-2214270
2020-04-18 - Man, 30, found dead near Mullener Pond in North Merrick (New York):
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/mullener-pond-body-north-merrick-1.43956562
http://www.nyspnews.com/body-found-near-mullener-pond-off-meadowbrook-state-parkway-on-long-island.htm
2020-04-18 - Man found dead in ditch near supermarket in Round Rock (Texas):
http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rrpd-conducting-death-investigation-after-male-body-found-in-ditch-behind-h-e-b
http://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/body-found-round-rock-heb-ditch/269-245067a0-f378-4c7c-9a9b-6383f54ea38c
http://www.statesman.com/news/20200418/body-found-behind-h-e-b-store-in-round-rock-police-say
http://www.newsbreak.com/texas/round-rock/news/0OnPsW4L/rrpd-conducting-death-investigation-after-male-body-found-in-ditch-behind-h-e-b
2020-04-18 - Man found dead in Elkhorn Slough in Monterey County (California):
http://kion546.com/news/2020/04/18/body-pulled-from-elkhorn-slough/
2020-04-18 - Person found dead in the water near Vinoy Park in coastal St. Petersburg (Florida):
http://www.tampabay.com/news/st-petersburg/2020/04/18/st-petersburg-police-investigate-body-found-in-water-by-vinoy-park/
http://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-petersburg-vinoy-park-body-found/67-e5c123f6-20f8-4992-8de1-fe39b34e28d6
http://www.fox13news.com/news/st-petersburg-police-investigate-decomposed-body-found-in-water-near-vinoy-park
http://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/police-body-found-in-water-near-vinoy-park-in-st-pete/
2020-04-18 - Person found dead in the Dry Fork River in McDowell County (West Virginia):
http://www.wvnstv.com/news/mcdowell-county-sheriffs-department-investigating-body-found/
2020-04-18 - Man, 31, found dead in pond in Downs (Illinois):
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/missing-man-found-dead-in-private-pond/
2020-04-18 - Man, 53, found dead in river in coastal Port Adelaide (Australia):
http://au.news.yahoo.com/mans-body-found-sa-river-045733793--spt.html
2020-04-18 - Man, 30, found dead near Belowrie Road in Dubbo (Australia):
http://www.dailyliberal.com.au/story/6727366/inquiries-continue-after-body-of-missing-man-located-in-bushland-in-central-west/
2020-04-18 - Woman found dead in a reserve near the Weiti River north of coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/04/woman-found-dead-in-reserve-north-of-auckland-police-investigating.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/121103366/woman-found-dead-in-reserve-north-of-auckland
2020-04-18 - Man found dead at home in Papakura suburb of coastal Auckland (New Zealand):
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12325768
2020-04-18 - Man, around 45, found dead in reservoir in Telangana (India):
http://telanganatoday.com/body-found-in-nizamsagar-project
2020-04-18 - Woman, 41, dies in bathing lake in Bensheim (Germany):
http://www.easternherald.com/news/police-recovers-a-dead-woman-from-bathing-lake-in-bensheim-60790/
2020-04-18 - Small plane crashes and burns near airport in Auburn (California), 1 killed, 1 injured:
http://fox40.com/news/local-news/cal-fire-small-plane-crash-in-placer-county-leaves-one-dead-another-injured/
http://www.kcra.com/article/crews-respond-small-plane-crash-near-north-auburn-sheriffs-office-says/32196999
http://ktla.com/news/california/1-dead-1-injured-in-small-plane-crash-near-auburn-airport/
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/1-dead-1-injured-in-small-plane-crash-in-Placer-County-569762161.html
http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/04/18/small-plane-crash-north-auburn-municipal-airport/
http://www.theunion.com/news/plane-crashes-near-auburn-airport/
2020-04-18 - Small plane crashes near Khabarovsk (Russia), 3+ killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/database/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VI-20200418-70853-RUS
http://sputniknews.com/russia/202004181079008030-private-plane-crashes-in-khabarovsk-krai-killing-three---reports/
http://apa.az/en/cis-countries-news/Private-plane-crashes-in-Khabarovsk-Krai-killing-three-318410
http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2020/4/18/14961/
http://tass.com/emergencies/1146659
2020-04-18 - Tractor trailer veers off road, crashes into field, in Sistersville (West Virginia):
http://wtov9.com/news/local/tractor-trailer-accident-closes-route-18-in-tyler-co
2020-04-18 - Food truck crashes into the Erie Canal near Macedon (New York):
http://fingerlakes1.com/2020/04/19/food-truck-crashes-into-erie-canal-in-wayne-county/
2020-04-18 - Minivan veers off road just before 3 AM, crashes into tree, bursts into flame, on Highway 18 in Polk County (Oregon), 1 killed:
http://www.koin.com/news/crashes/driver-dies-in-crash-car-fire-in-polk-county/
2020-04-18 - SUV veers off road and overturns, on Route 22 in Palmer Township (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/2020/04/driver-pronounced-dead-after-suv-flips-onto-holiday-inn-lot-off-route-22-police-say.html
2020-04-18 - SUV veers off road and overturns, on US 101 in Santa Maria (California), 1 injured:
http://keyt.com/news/traffic/2020/04/18/one-person-injured-after-car-rolls-over-on-highway-101-in-santa-maria/
2020-04-18 - SUV veers off road, crashes down embankment, in Muhlenberg Township (Pennsylvania), 1 killed:
http://www.readingeagle.com/news/local/woman-62-dies-after-suv-crashes-over-embankment-in-muhlenberg-township-police-say/article_f455d952-8171-11ea-a5e6-7b6b63c93b95.html
Quote: "Muhlenberg police said it's unclear whether the crash was caused by a medical episode."
2020-04-18 - Car veers over centerline, hits pickup truck head-on, near Stanley (North Carolina), 1 killed, 2 injured:
http://www.wbtv.com/2020/04/18/one-dead-others-hurt-gaston-county-crash/
2020-04-18 - Car veers off road, crashes into pole, bursts into flame, on Leopard Street in coastal Corpus Christi (Texas), 1 killed:
http://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/one-person-dead-after-vehicle-collides-with-utility-pole/503-753500ce-a5e8-4103-a24a-a9e9bb3ef17f
2020-04-18 - Car veers off road, crashes into tree and overturns, in Johnston (South Carolina), 2 killed:
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/SCHP-on-scene-of-a-crash-on-Weaver-Road-in-Johnston-569762021.html
2020-04-18 - Coatimundi attacks woman and dog at the Coronado National Memorial (Arizona):
http://www.kold.com/2020/04/18/coatimundi-attacks-woman-dog-coronado-national-memorial/
http://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/azgfd-rare-coatimundi-attacks-woman-dog-at-coronado-national-memorial
2020-04-18 - Swarm of bees attacks and kills man in Mysuru (India):
http://citytoday.news/youth-killed-in-honey-bee-attack/
2020-04-18 - Magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in the ocean near the Ogasawara Islands (Japan):
http://wgntv.com/news/strong-earthquake-rattles-japanese-islands/
http://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/asia/japan-ogasawara-bonin-islands-earthquake/index.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/strong-earthquake-rattles-japanese-islands/ar-BB12PO7L?li=BBnbfcL
http://www.ntd.com/strong-earthquake-rattles-japanese-islands_456926.html
http://www.theepochtimes.com/strong-earthquake-rattles-japanese-islands_3317176.html
http://www.sott.net/article/432753-6-6-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-off-Japans-Ogasawara-island-USGS
http://wgntv.com/news/strong-earthquake-rattles-japanese-islands/
2020-04-18 - Lightning strike kills 3 women in Kalasa (India):
http://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/lightning-strike-kills-three-women-labourers-in-kalasa-827020.html
http://www.sott.net/article/432771-Lightning-bolt-kills-3-women-in-Kalasa-India
2020-04-18 - Lightning strikes kill at least 9 people and injure 13 more people across Bangladesh:
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/04/18/lightning-kills-5-in-netrokona-sunamganj
http://www.sott.net/article/432772-Lightning-strikes-kill-at-least-9-injure-13-across-Bangladesh
2020-04-18 - Meteor lights up the sky over parts of Australia:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/04/australia-meteor-fireball-changes-night-into-day-south-australia-video-pictures.html
2020-04-18 - Strange 'trumpet' sounds disturb the night in coastal Buenos Aires (Argentina):
http://www.smnoticias.com/noticias/105337
http://www.sott.net/article/432844-Strange-trumpet-sounds-disturb-the-night-in-Buenos-Aires-Argentina
2020-04-18 - US economy contracting at sharpest pace since WWII and the worst is yet to come:
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/u-s-economy-contracting-at-its-sharpest-pace-since-world-war-two-and-the-worst-is-yet-to-come
2020-04-18 - North Korean leader's absence from anniversary event fuels speculation over health:
http://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korean-leader-absence-anniversary-124126970.html
http://www.todayonline.com/world/north-korean-leader-absence-anniversary-event-fuels-speculation-over-health
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-politics/north-korean-leader-absence-from-anniversary-event-fuels-speculation-over-health-idUSKBN21Z1WX
The start of another week on our way to oblivion.
ReplyDeleteGood morning to you Jonny and to all your blog's readers, among them: Fran, Mike D., Tom N., LL, Terry, FezzedOne and Panther.
We've never experienced a pandemic before and modern people can't handle it, because over time we've become so "busy."
We find it almost impossible to sit quietly in a room (or out in nature) and just BE. We've all but forgotten that life is only RIGHT NOW.
Planning for a future that won't be there when we arrive is one of the biggest factors of our faulty perspective. It seems that we've become blind, unthinking creatures akin to robots that carry out duties as long as they can before suddenly failing for some reason. We've been deluded into believing that this modern way of life is all there is.
This virus is clearly illustrating that it doesn't work that way in reality. Our 'system' used to be resilient, with multiple ways of sustaining us. Over time it's been changed (to increase profit) so that redundancy is missing and, like mono-cropping in our agriculture, a weakness developed whereby if that one place that manufactures stuff gets taken out or delayed, it affects the entire system instead of the system being able to ramp up in other areas to counteract any such problem.
When a pandemic hits (from historical data) there is need for localization and self-sustaining actions. From Le Show yesterday, we may start changing this 'system' back to locally producing and manufacturing of necessities rather than importing everything from afar, if we ever recover from this.
Remember, if we DO happen to come out of it with survivors, the NEXT and even more dire problem of our polluted habitat and the environmental dilemma we're in will come roaring back into focus.
Killed By The Coronavirus Lockdowns: 1000s Of U.S. Businesses That Were Shut Down Will Be Closed Permanently
http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/killed-by-the-coronavirus-lockdowns-1000s-of-u-s-businesses-that-were-shut-down-will-be-closed-permanently
This economic downturn is turning out to be far deeper and far more severe than most experts were originally anticipating. More than 22 million Americans have filed claims for unemployment benefits, and economists are telling us that the U.S. economy is contracting at the fastest rate that we have seen since the Second World War. We are already starting to see some high profile companies move toward bankruptcy, but the real story is what is happening to thousands upon thousands of small and mid-size businesses because of the lockdowns. Many of them were barely surviving even before this pandemic, and now these lockdowns have delivered a death blow.
The restaurant industry is a perfect example. Prior to the pandemic, there were more than a million restaurants in the United States, and about half of them were independent. Those independent restaurants employed approximately 11 million workers, and now the vast majority of those workers have been laid off.
Once the lockdowns are over, it would be wonderful if all of those independent restaurants would spring back to life, but the results of a recent survey suggest that simply is not going to happen. In fact, that survey found that 28 percent of all independent restaurants are probably not going to survive if the lockdowns last for another month…[more]
[2nd part below]
[the mass extinction continues]
ReplyDeleteFear Explodes Across Europe as Thousands of Birds Drop Dead From the Sky
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/birds-fall-dead-from-sky-europe-video.html
200 ducks in Denmark, hundreds of herons in Turkey, thousands of swallows and swifts in Greece, 1000 starlings in Rome…
Birds literally fall dead from the sky, and nobody knows why.
[JJFH is the Occam's Razor explanation]
Scientists believe high winds over the last three days have killed or gravely injured thousands of swallows and swifts, migrating from Africa to Europe. [more; like birds have never encountered high wind events before; further down the author offers disease as an explanation, but these are all different types of birds so that isn't it]
Hundreds of dead juvenile seals have washed up on shores in Cape Breton and near Halifax in recent days.
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/hundreds-dead-seals-nova-scotia-canada-video.html
[so sea-life and birds dying off at the same time must be due to something affecting them both: like radiation, pollution, and/or poison in the atmosphere AND the water - like H2S and CH4; of course there are probably more factors like red tide and lack of food due to habitat loss, but a large number of species dying AT THE SAME TIME means it was more likely a single vector, like H2S which can instantly kill in the air or the water]
[here we go with the finger pointing, accusations & demands]
Monday, 20 April 2020
German Bild newspaper Accuses Beijing Of "Exporting" Coronavirus
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/04/german-bild-newspaper-accuses-beijing.html
China Outraged After Largest German Newspaper Accuses Beijing Of "Exporting" Coronavirus Pandemic, Demands €149 Billion In Damages [~ 10 min. lead-in video to Zero Hedge article]
[3rd piece next]
Sunday, April 19, 2020
ReplyDeleteThe Fatal Road To 4 Degrees Celsius
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-fatal-road-to-4-degrees-celsius.html [Andrew Glikson]
The fatal road to +4°Celsius
Extreme GHG and T°C rise rates exceed climate tipping thresholds
Global CO₂ rise and warming rates have reached a large factor to an order of magnitude higher than those of the past geological and mass extinction events, with major implications for the shift in climate zones and the nature and speed of current extreme weather events. Given the abrupt change in state of the atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere-land system, accelerating since the mid-20áµ—Ê° century, the terms climate change and global warming no longer reflect the nature of the climate extremes consequent on this shift.
It can be expected that such extreme rates of change will be manifest in real time by observed shifts in state of global and regional climates and the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, including the following observations:
A shift in climate zones (Fig. 7) including expansion of the tropics and migration of moderate mediterranean-type climate zones toward the poles , estimated at a rate of 56-111 km per decade (Thurton 2017), signifying a fundamental shift in state of the Earth’s climate regime.
A high rate of ice melt and development of cool ocean pools south of Greenland and around Antarctica (Fig. 8a) developing into cool ocean regions and stadial climate conditions (Fig. 8b).
Reduced temperature differences between the polar zones and mid-latitudes and thereby weakening of the polar boundaries and the polar jet stream boundary.
Weakening of the North Atlantic Thermal Circulation.
Changes in the southern ocean Antarctic oscillation and the Antarctic vortex.
The rapid increase in extreme weather events,including droughts, heat waves, fires, cyclones and storms.
Added below is a video with an August 6, 2019, interview of Andrew Glikson by Guy McPherson and Kevin Hester, as edited by Tim Bob. [more; ~ 34 min.]
[from: Coronavirus: A challenge to the well-meaning tyranny of busybodies, https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/121069618/coronavirus-a-challenge-to-the-wellmeaning-tyranny-of-busybodies posted @ seemorerocks]
CS Lewis articulated our current predicament perfectly:
"Of all the tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under the omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
[more]
[some headlines to start the work week from RF]
ReplyDeleteNews Links, April 20, 2020
Rice Farmer
https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pandemic and Growth
There is no way authorities can limit the coronavirus and restore global growth and debt expansion to December 2019 levels.
Israeli Settlers Escape Quarantine, Attack Palestinians, Injure One
Iran DM: Illegal US Presence in Persian Gulf Causing Insecurity
How the Military-Industrial Complex Is Using the Coronavirus
Arms industry lobbyists are addressing this pandemic and preparing for the next by pushing weapons sales.
Revolts and revolutions: how history reveals the ways coronavirus could change our world forever
Leading migrant rescue alliance falls apart over coronavirus handling disagreement
Chile unrest simmers under pandemic lockdown
Hundreds gather in California to protest stay-at-home orders
Scenes of protests across the country demanding states reopen the economy amid coronavirus pandemic
"Unhinged" Trump Calls on his Mussolini-Style Black Shirts to Attack Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia
Violence and looting point to food crisis in S.Africa lockdown
Mexico's Offshore Oil Investment Set To Plunge Despite Government Pledges
Moody's Downgrades Pemex Bonds to Junk With Losses Mounting
What's wrong with nuclear power?
U.S. Energy Consumption Falls To 16-Year Low
Texas Oil at $2 a Barrel Raises Specter of Negative Prices
The Limits of Clean Energy
US shale industry expected to shrink sharply as oil price falls
Tankers pile up off Europe's coast as onshore storage sites hit limit
USDA to try 'out of the box' solution to get food from farmers to food banks [kinda late there fellas]
The Next Crisis: Food
Soaring Food Prices May Signal U.S. Return to "Inflation Nation"
Hungry, jobless Americans turning to food banks to survive pandemic
[2nd section below]
How effective is cloud 'brightening' for managing climate change?
ReplyDelete'Nature welcomes the change': with no tourists, wildlife roams California's Yosemite
The Global Fragmentation of Public Health Systems
$3 Million and an Official Apology: Brazil's Ashaninka Get Unprecedented Compensation for Deforestation on Their Land
Discarded coronavirus face masks and gloves rising threat to ocean life, conservationists warn
Paper towels beat air dryers against viruses, small study finds
Africa still needs $44 bn to fight pandemic: World Bank and IMF
Iran says 89 virus deaths take total to 4,958
Canada, U.S. extend border restrictions 30 days to control coronavirus spread
COVID-19: Survivors test positive again in S. Korea
Coronavirus: Currently 'no evidence' that COVID-19 survivors have immunity, WHO warns
Spanish virus lockdown prolonged as toll tops 20,000
Coronavirus deaths slow worldwide, pass 164,000 as restrictions ease
Russia reports record daily rise in coronavirus cases
New wave of infections threatens to collapse Japan hospitals
'China Lied, People Died?' Look Who's Talking!
With Trump gross Incompetence, Bookstores moving Post-Apocalyptic Fiction into Current Events Section
[do you know of an open brick and mortar book-store?]
U.S. coronavirus crisis takes a sharp political turn
Blame WHO, blame Democrats, blame the Chinese, deflect blame from one's own failures. -- RF
Trump was too slow in virus response: poll
Millions could see their coronavirus stimulus checks taken by debt collectors [of course!]
Amazon reportedly tried to shut down a virtual event for workers to speak out about the company's coronavirus response
Hilton closes 1,000 hotels, experiences 56% decline in revenue per room resulting from coronavirus
Americans Are Paying a Tragic Price for Allowing Five Banks to Control the U.S. Economy
24 Hour Fitness weighs bankruptcy as coronavirus pushes fitness industry to brink
Illinois is Insolvent: State Requests a Pension Bailout From Congress
Public pension funds shouldn't wait for a return to 'normal'
Nearly 40% Of Near-Retirees Don't Realize Social Security May Be In Trouble
Coronavirus Drives Barrage of New Lobbying Activity
Follow the Bailout Money.
If Democrats Won't Dump Biden, They Should At Least Keep Him Out of Sight
Neiman Marcus to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week - sources
Record government and corporate debt risks 'tipping point' after pandemic passes
Coronavirus tests were delayed by contamination at CDC lab, report says [bumbling clusterfuck]
GM dispatches first batch of [now mostly unneeded] ventilators for COVID-19 patients
Nearly 90% of the US Navy hospital ship in New York is empty amid coronavirus fight
Pile of bodies linked to coronavirus found at US nursing home
Trump's coronavirus reopening plan has big holes, health experts say
Don't reopen yet, governors tell Trump as coronavirus deaths cross 40,000
Shocking Report Shows Half The Homeless At Boston Shelter Tested Positive For COVID-19: And None Had Symptoms
Dow drops 500 points amid coronavirus concerns & oil price collapse
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/432881-Dow-drops-500-points-amid-coronavirus-concerns-oil-price-collapse
[literally throwing money down a black hole]
US stocks dropped sharply to start the week on Monday as investors are focused on coronavirus news along with plunging crude prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 500 points at the opening bell on Wall Street.
Stocks are headed lower as the price of US crude benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crashed below $11, the weakest level since December 1998. Oil is selling off as the May crude contract is set to expire, and suppliers are running out of places to store it. WTI rebounded slightly, but was trading down more than 34 percent as of 13:52 GMT, at $12 per barrel.
Despite the historic OPEC+ deal to cut global crude production by almost 10 percent, concerns are growing that oil storage facilities are still at risk of overflowing as the worldwide coronavirus lockdown has crippled demand. Investors are particularly worried about storage reaching capacity in Cushing, Oklahoma, a major US hub. The remaining 21 million barrels of storage at Cushing will likely be filled up in May, causing "panic" in the oil markets, Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at Rystad Energy, told CNN. [more]
According to Joseph Amato, president and CIO of Equities at investment firm Neuberger Berman, the expectation is a deep recession in the first half of 2020, followed by a recovery later in the year "that still leaves US GDP down six percent, Europe's down eight percent, Japan's down three percent and China's up just two percent." [more; don't believe the hype]
Someone call the WAHmbulance! US Navy complains of second 'unsafe' Russian jet interception in four days
https://www.sott.net/article/432879-Someone-call-the-WAHmbulance-US-Navy-complains-of-second-unsafe-Russian-jet-interception-in-four-days
U.S. military officials have complained that a Russian fighter jet came dangerously close to a U.S. surveillance plane in the Mediterranean Sea, the second such encounter in four days in the region. [more]
[things looking up]
North Georgia treated to sight of rare rainbow cloud formation
https://www.sott.net/article/432873-North-Georgia-treated-to-sight-of-rare-rainbow-cloud-formation
Channel 2 Action News viewer John Westbrook took pictures of a rainbow-colored cloud formation over Holly Springs in Floyd County. [more]
[2nd piece coming up]
Rain-triggered landslide in W Sumatra's illegal gold mine kills 9
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/432869-Rain-triggered-landslide-in-W-Sumatras-illegal-gold-mine-kills-9
The bodies of nine people were found after being engulfed by a landslide that hit an illegal gold mine in South Solok District, West Sumatra, on Saturday, the police stated on Sunday. [more]
At least 36 killed by floods in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
https://www.sott.net/article/432865-At-least-36-killed-by-floods-in-South-Kivu-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo
Officials said the heavy rain caused the Mulongwe river to break its banks in Uvira city. The ensuing floods caused significant material damage. Theo Kassi, governor of the province reported that as of 17 April, at least 3,500 homes had been destroyed. MONUSCO said 15,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed, and 7 bridges damaged or have completely collapsed. Almost 78,000 people are reported to have been left without shelter. Roads have been blocked and drinking water supply cut. [more]
Sicily's Mount Etna spews smoke and ash 5 km into air
https://www.sott.net/article/432863-Sicilys-Mount-Etna-spews-smoke-and-ash-5-km-into-air
Sicily's Mount Etna erupted in plumes of smoke and ash which reached heights of over 5 km and produced "slight falls of fine ash" on the eastern side of the volcano on April 19, Italy's Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported. [more]
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolts Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
https://www.sott.net/article/432862-Magnitude-6-1-earthquake-jolts-Miyagi-Prefecture-Japan
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake, registering a 4 on the Japanese intensity scale, struck off Miyagi Prefecture early Monday, according to the Meteorological Agency, but no tsunami warning was issued. [more]
Oil prices crash to $10 per barrel for first time in 21st century
https://www.rt.com/business/486278-us-oil-price-falls/
A gruesome combination of crumbling demand for crude and global storage filled to its brim has pushed oil prices to levels not seen in over two decades. [more]
Scientists reveal ‘dramatically different’ discovery about first interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua
https://www.rt.com/news/486357-oumuamua-interstellar-comet-strange-gas/
A strangely-shaped rocky object that journeyed into our solar system last year is emitting an unexpected amount of carbon monoxide, according to a team of experts – up to 26 times higher than that of the average comet. ["i fart in your general direction!" from Monty Python's Holy Grail]
If the gases we observed reflect the composition of [the comet’s] birthplace, then it shows that it may have formed in a different way than our own solar system comets, in an extremely cold, outer region of a distant planetary system.
[maybe the Dagoba system]
Astronomers have already revealed some of ‘Oumuamua’s most peculiar properties, with one recent study suggesting its unusual shape is down to it being ripped apart by a parent star and fired off out into space. [more; i like the spacecraft theory]
American clinics report up to 400% rise in abortion requests. If there's a Covid-19 economic collapse, this will get much worse
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/486184-abortions-covid19-america-clinics/
“Having a child right now feels like a big luxury.” Facing an out-of-control disease, a grim economic climate and with some states banning abortions as non-essential, many women are rushing to terminate their pregnancies.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted every aspect of life in the US, including one deeply controversial topic: abortions. Several states – including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas – are trying to ban abortions, calling them “non-essential” procedures in the wake of a public health crisis. As a result, some clinics have closed, while others are experiencing a spike in requests from women hoping to get an abortion while they still can. [more]
Monday, 20 April 2020
ReplyDeleteAn accident waiting to happen: In a world focused on one subject other important and sometimes frightening news is happening around the world: A powerful mag 6.4 rocks the Fukushima area: Japan's 2nd major quake in 24 hrs
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/04/an-accident-waiting-to-happen-in-world.html
hopefully, it's a one-off but the 2011 disaster started with mag 6., foreshocks. A mag 4.5 aftershock followed last nights major quake. [more]
Giant Hail Hammers Queensland Damaging Homes and Cars (Videos and Pictures)
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/queensland-giant-hail-storm-damage-videos-pictures.html
[we haven't heard anything from our members in Australia or NZ since before the fires]
A huge hail hit the eastern part of Queensland, damaging homes and cars in Rockhampton, Yeppoon and other cities in the area.
The huge hailstones had diameters between 8-10 cm (3-4 inches).
With wind gusts in excess of 100 kilometres per hour, that unusual storm turned biblical when tennis ball, maybe even softball-size hailstones started hammering the region. [more]
Spike in Illegal Poaching During Corona Pandemic Lockdown
https://strangesounds.org/2020/04/illegal-poaching-increase-lockdown-pandemic.html
The pandemic has already caused a spike in poaching across the world.
And conservationists have no idea how to stop this deadly phenomenon. [more]
[for anyone interested, here are some common statistical paradoxes - kinda shows how things get manipulated so the numbers say what you want]
Paradoxes of Probability and Other Statistical Strangeness
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/paradoxes-of-probability-and-other-statistical-strangeness
Sometimes statistics and probability produce unexpected or counter-intuitive results. If we’re hoping to use numbers to make good decisions, we must be wary of the traps. [more]
[2nd piece next]
Severe flooding hits DR Congo, at least 36 fatalities and 18 500 homes damaged or destroyed
ReplyDeletehttps://watchers.news/2020/04/20/congo-flood-april-2020/
Heavy rains from April 16 to 17, 2020, triggered severe flooding in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, resulting in significant damage and destruction. As of April 20, at least 36 fatalities were reported, 42 people were injured, and more than 77 000 have been left without shelter.
[more]
Miami is shattering heat records during a wildly-warm start to 2020 – Most of Florida has endured record heat in the past four weeks
https://desdemonadespair.net/2020/04/miami-is-shattering-heat-records-during-a-wildly-warm-start-to-2020-most-of-florida-has-endured-record-heat-in-the-past-four-weeks.html
temperatures in the Sunshine State have been shattering records and rivaling typical readings during the heart of summer. Miami even endured its earliest heat wave on record last week, when it hit at least 90 degrees on three consecutive days.
Meteorologists are calling the heat “ridiculous,” “brutal” and “a cruel joke.”
Miami’s temperature climbed to 95 on Friday, at a time of year when average highs are 83. To date, this April has been the city’s hottest on record coming after its second-warmest March. The heat goes back further, too; this has been Miami’s warmest start to the year in its 83-year history of bookkeeping, according to Brian McNoldy, Capital Weather Gang’s Miami-based tropical weather expert. [more]
French govt issues post-lockdown decrees: Most measures to remain in place (indefinitely) beyond 'deconfinement date' of May 11th
https://www.sott.net/article/432910-French-govt-issues-post-lockdown-decrees-Most-measures-to-remain-in-place-indefinitely-beyond-deconfinement-date-of-May-11th
The nation will not return immediately "and probably not for a long time" to the "life it enjoyed before the health crisis". "We have not emerged out of this," said Mr Philippe, although he added that progress was being made and that the situation is "gradually improving, slowly but surely". He said advances were in a large part due to the confinement rules which were in the vast amount of cases being respected;
A reopening of schools will start from May 11 but will not involve all schools at the same time. The openings could possibly be staggered "by territory" or "part of the class", dependent on the local situation. Various scenarios are being studied;
Remote / home working must be maintained after May 11 "as much as possible" [more; at least they're testing]
[3rd part below]
Nationwide protest of Amazon workers in the US
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/432911-Nationwide-protest-of-Amazon-workers-in-the-US
More than 300 Amazon warehouse workers at 50 facilities across the country have pledged to call out of work in the coming days to protest Amazon's handling of the coronavirus — the largest mass action against the company since the start of the pandemic.
Geomagnetic storm underway - Bright auroras sighted in Montana and Canada
https://www.sott.net/article/432890-Geomagnetic-storm-underway-Bright-auroras-sighted-in-Montana-and-Canada
Earth's magnetic field is reverberating from the unexpected impact of a CME during the early hours of April 20th. G1-class geomagnetic storms are now underway with bright auroras sighted earlier today in Montana and Canada.
This is the first geomagnetic storm of 2020. In fact, the last time storm levels reached G1 on NOAA Storm Scales was more than a year ago: March 16-17, 2019. [more]
Oil crashes 305% to -$36.73 a barrel
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/oil-crashes-lowest-level-since-113552445.html
U.S. oil prices plummeted in historic fashion Monday, crashing below zero as traders unloaded positions ahead of the May contract's Tuesday expiration.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for May delivery cratered by 305 percent to -$36.73 a barrel. At a price below zero, buyers would be paid to take delivery as there are costs associated with transportation and storage. The selling had WTI on track to close at its lowest level since recordkeeping began in March 1983, according to Dow Jones Market Data. [more]
Even Red States Are Spooked About a Fast Reopening
https://www.yahoo.com/news/even-red-states-spooked-fast-083909852.html
Proceeding carefully, public health experts have said in recent weeks, will generally require states provide several key tools before sending their citizens back to work: millions more diagnostic tests and antibody tests, and enough health workers and infrastructure to conduct meticulous “contact-tracing” of anyone who might have the virus. [more; sure...]
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
https://www.yahoo.com/news/india-reports-biggest-one-day-062112431.html
India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world's strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume.
An additional 1,553 cases were reported over 24 hours, raising the national total past 17,000. [more]
So everyone at the facility I work at was tested last week, no positive results, self included. There are 3 facilities in Grove, the one in the news I do not work at but I do know a few of the positive employees there. They are reporting no symptoms, but one of their nurses was just hospitalized due to her symptoms. It's crazy a co worker reported being spit on while putting gas in her car for wearing scrubs, people are jacked!
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to hope atlas is real.
My hometown made the news....https://www.newson6.com/story/42008006/63-people-at-grove-nursing-home-have-tested-positive-for-covid19
ReplyDeleteDafuq! Someone spit on a NURSE?! How does that make any sense? WTF is wrong with people!
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