"When in the course of all these thousands of years has man ever acted in accordance with his own interests?"
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky ('Notes From Underground', 1864)
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Event Update For 2021-06-30
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
2021-06-30 - Lakes all around the world rapidly losing oxygen:
http://www.wired.com/story/lakes-are-losing-oxygen-and-their-inhabitants-are-in-danger/
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03550-y.epdf
Quote: "The researchers found that the oxygen decline in freshwater was happening at a rate up to 9.3 times greater than in oceans, and that climate change and a lack of water clarity had changed the physical and chemical makeup of those lakes too."
2021-06-30 - Brutal heatwave killing hundreds of people across the US Northwest and British Columbia (Canada):
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/30/never-seen-anything-like-this-100s-dead-amid-canada-heat-wave
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/excess-death-follows-heat-wave-in-portland-and-vancouver.html
http://www.voanews.com/usa/more-100-deaths-may-be-tied-heat-wave-nw-north-america
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-30/heatwave-kills-dozens-in-canada-us/100255480
http://desdemonadespair.net/2021/06/more-than-230-dead-in-british-columbia-as-heatwave-shatters-records-dubai-would-be-cooler-than-what-were-seeing-now.html
Quote: "British Columbia’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said on Wednesday afternoon that the BC Coroners Service received at least 486 reports of deaths between Friday and Wednesday afternoon – a total she said was preliminary and expected to increase."
2021-06-30 - Wildfire breaks out and quickly grows to 10,000+ acres near Dufur (Oregon), emergency declared:
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/561049-oregon-governor-invokes-emergency-conflagration-act-to-combat-wildfire
http://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/wildfire/oregon-gov-brown-declares-state-of-emergency-wildfires/283-d22e6c4d-457c-489a-8942-373af7a2458d
http://www.kptv.com/news/wildfire-burning-east-of-dufur-grows-to-10k-acres-overnight-evacuation-levels-remain-in-place/article_828fadde-d931-11eb-a75a-c79b41a19c82.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/2021/06/30/wildfire-southeast-of-the-dalles-or-burns-10000-acres/
http://katu.com/news/local/wrentham-market-fire-near-dufur-grows-to-10000-acres
Quote: "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) invoked the Emergency Conflagration Act on Wednesday, allowing the state fire marshal to contribute firefighters and other resources to combat a fire that had grown to 10,000 acres."
2021-06-30 - Wildfire grows to 17,591 acres near Weed (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/06/30/update-lava-fire-siskiyou-county-grows-17500-acres-forces-new-evacuation-orders/
http://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-30/explosive-lava-fire-keeps-growing-forcing-thousands-to-flee-their-homes
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/60444
2021-06-30 - Auto salvage yard hit by fire, cars burn, in Shelby (North Carolina):
http://www.shelbystar.com/story/news/2021/06/30/l-l-u-pull-catches-fire/7816943002/
2021-06-30 - Landfill fire breaks out on River Road in Camden County (New Jersey):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/06/30/pennsauken-nj-fire-camden-county-landfill/
2021-06-30 - Landfill fire breaks out in Charlie Lake (Canada):
http://energeticcity.ca/2021/06/30/fire-crews-called-out-to-landfill-late-tuesday-night/
2021-06-30 - Railroad bridge over the Seekonk River damaged by fire in coastal Providence (Rhode Island):
http://whdh.com/news/abandoned-rhode-island-bridge-ignites-in-flames/
http://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/crews-battling-fire-on-providences-crook-point-bridge/
2021-06-30 - Boat bursts into flame at marina on Lake Washington in Kenmore (Washington):
http://komonews.com/news/local/fire-erupts-on-36-foot-boat-at-kenmore-marina-overnight
http://ktvl.com/news/fire-erupts-on-36-foot-boat-at-kenmore-marina-overnight
2021-06-30 - Boat bursts into flame on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (Texas):
http://www.dailytrib.com/2021/06/30/kingsland-man-fights-boat-fire-with-waverunner-after-rescuing-occupants/
Note: These are the 424th and 425th boats/ships to burn/explode in 2021...
2021-06-30 - Church bus bursts into flame at church in Morristown (Tennessee):
http://www.citizentribune.com/news/local/mfd-responds-to-church-bus-fire/article_48ba880a-d9bc-11eb-a96a-6bde2e13f0f2.html
2021-06-30 - Passenger bus bursts into flame on the B5061 in Overley (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/94928
Note: These are the 232nd and 233rd buses to burn in 2021..
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame, ignites brush fire, on I-5 near Bakersfield (California):
http://www.kget.com/news/local-news/semi-truck-fire-forces-closure-of-i-5-north-of-grapevine-road/
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/grapevine-closed-in-both-directions-due-to-semi-truck-fire
http://kmph.com/news/local/truck-fire-closes-interstate-5-lanes-expect-delays
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-80 near Emigrant Gap (California):
http://www.ktvn.com/story/44210749/caltrans-semi-truck-fire-closes-i80-westbound-near-emigrant-gap
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-65 in Glendale (Kentucky):
http://www.thenewsenterprise.com/news/local/truck-fire-in-glendale/article_220672db-bcc0-5ef2-a027-9a7c7d9a0d0c.html
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame on I-75 in Lexington (Kentucky):
http://www.wtvq.com/2021/06/30/interstate-reopens-after-semi-truck-fire/
http://www.dailyadvent.com/news/5008b9af46c17d7caea5a31f2dc8c7c3-Interstate-reopens-after-semitruck-fire
2021-06-30 - Tractor bursts into flame on Rehoboth Road in South Newton Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.shipnc.com/news/police/article_1ae45ddc-d900-11eb-aaca-eb1d9ee3f620.html
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer bursts into flame at 3:55 AM on the M25 near Waltham Abbey (Britain):
http://www.essex-fire.gov.uk/incidents/i8726/
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-57662641
Note: These are the 1360th, 1361st, 1362nd, 1363rd, 1364th and 1365th tractors/tankers/semis to burn/explode in 2021...
2021-06-30 - RV bursts into flame while parked at home off Highway 13 in Rifle (Colorado):
http://www.vaildaily.com/news/burning-rv-causes-clouds-of-smoke-explosions-in-rifle/
Note: This is the 259th RV to burn in 2021...
2021-06-30 - Church van bursts into flame in Jacksons Gap (Alabama):
http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/church-van-catches-fire-on-way-to-childrens-bible-class-no-one-injured/article_042b000c-da02-11eb-82c4-bf686a220c95.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP86zAPvF8c
2021-06-30 - SUV bursts into flame on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Warren (Massachusetts):
http://www.wwlp.com/news/traffic/car-fire-causing-delays-on-mass-pike-in-warren/
2021-06-30 - Pickup truck bursts into flame while parked on 27th Avenue North in Fargo (North Dakota):
http://www.valleynewslive.com/2021/06/30/pickup-destroyed-following-fire/
2021-06-30 - Around six cars destroyed by fire while parked at business in North Bergen (New Jersey):
http://abc7ny.com/north-bergen-fire-car-new-jersey-nj/10846534/
Quote: "Multiple cars went up in flames behind a North Bergen business."
2021-06-30 - Car bursts into flame shortly before 11:10 PM while parked in garage at home, fire spreads, home heavily damaged, in coastal Oceanside (California):
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2021-06-30/firefighters-douse-blaze-at-oceanside-home-keep-flames-from-spreading
Quote: "Dispatchers received multiple reports shortly before 11:10 p.m. about a vehicle on fire in the garage of a two-story house on Mayflower Way, a cul-de-sac just north of state Route 76 in Oceanside’s San Luis Rey neighborhood, Oceanside Fire Battalion Chief Scott Stein said."
2021-06-30 - Car bursts into flame on I-5 ramp in Santa Clarita (California):
http://www.hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/scv-emergency/santa-clarita-fire/vehicle-fire-impacts-5-freeway-traffic-in-santa-clarita-382390
2021-06-30 - Car bursts into flame on Highway 20 in Sioux City (Iowa):
http://siouxlandnews.com/news/local/car-fire-briefly-slows-traffic-on-highway-20-in-sioux-city
2021-06-30 - Two cars go up in flames at 1:04 AM on Maslan Crescent in Tibberton (Britain):
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/94945
2021-06-30 - Three cars and garage destroyed by fire just before 3 AM at home in Forty Fort (Pennsylvania):
http://www.pahomepage.com/news/garage-and-three-cars-destroyed-in-luzerne-county-fire/
Quote: "Officials tell Eyewitness News that three cars inside the garage were destroyed and five cars in a nearby alley were damaged."
2021-06-30 - SUV and garage destroyed by fire at home in Adjala-Tosorontio (Canada):
http://www.iheartradio.ca/garage-fire-in-adjala-tosorontio-destroys-suv-1.15523498
Quote: "Officials say a vehicle within the garage was completely destroyed in the blaze."
2021-06-30 - Mobile home heavily damaged by fire on Sherman Avenue in Southport (New York):
http://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/top-stories/firefighters-battle-southport-mobile-home-fire-in-extreme-heat/
2021-06-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 11:38 PM on Minnesota Avenue in Albert Lea (Minnesota):
http://www.kimt.com/content/news/2-hospitalized-after-late-night-house-fire-in-Albert-Lea-574739541.html
2021-06-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire at 1 AM on Birch Lane in Milton (Vermont):
http://www.wcax.com/2021/06/30/milton-home-damaged-overnight-fire/
2021-06-30 - Home heavily damaged by fire on Ohio Avenue in Charleston (West Virginia), dog killed, nobody there:
http://www.wsaz.com/2021/06/30/fire-crews-respond-fire-charleston/
2021-06-30 - Apartment building damaged by fire on Quinnipiac Avenue in coastal New Haven (Connecticut):
http://www.wfsb.com/news/new-haven-apartment-fire-under-investigation/article_91a2289e-d993-11eb-9e4f-2bea13b0837b.html
2021-06-30 - Apartment building damaged by fire near US 278 on coastal Hilton Head Island (South Carolina):
http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/crime/article252478833.html
http://www.wsav.com/crime-safety/hilton-head-island-home-damaged-in-fire-tuesday-night/
2021-06-30 - Deadly fire burns mobile home on Self Lane in Jefferson County (Alabama), 1 killed:
http://www.abc3340.com//news/local/7-year-old-boy-killed-in-mobile-home-fire-in-jefferson-county
2021-06-30 - Deadly fire burns home on El Sereno Street in Modesto (California), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://fox40.com/news/local-news/2-killed-3-injured-in-modesto-house-fire/
2021-06-30 - Deadly fire burns apartment building off Pleasant Ridge Road in Knoxville (Tennessee), 1 killed:
http://www.wate.com/news/local-news/neighbors-try-to-save-life-of-victim-in-fatal-north-knox-apartment-fire/
2021-06-30 - Two people, 15 and 18, found dead in lake in Bhiwandi (India):
http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/two-youngsters-drown-while-swimming-in-bhiwandi-lake
http://www.uniindia.com/two-teens-drown-in-lake-in-thane/west/news/2436434.html
2021-06-30 - Woman, 50, dies after being pulled from the water at beach in coastal Warwick (Rhode Island):
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Warwick-police-investigate-apparent-drowning-16286962.php
2021-06-30 - Man, 70, has 'medical problem' while driving, pulls over and dies, near Lompoc (California):
http://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/driver-pronounced-dead-after-suffering-medical-emergency-near-lompoc
http://keyt.com/news/santa-maria-north-county/2021/06/30/lompoc-man-dies-after-suffering-medical-emergency-while-driving/
http://news.yahoo.com/driver-pronounced-dead-suffering-medical-031047620.html
Quote: "Officers say the driver was heading westbound when he began having medical problems. He reportedly pulled over and became unresponsive. First responders attempted life-saving measures but CHP says the man was pronounced dead at the scene."
2021-06-30 - Man, 64, found dead in the water at LeConte Falls in Yosemite National Park (California):
http://kmph.com/news/local/hiker-found-dead-at-yosemite-national-park
2021-06-30 - Man, 38, found dead in Lake Elsinore (California):
http://patch.com/california/los-angeles/body-los-angeles-man-recovered-lake-elsinore
2021-06-30 - Man, 61, found dead near submerged pickup truck in retention pond in Greenfield (Indiana):
http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/2021/06/30/greenfield-man-dies-after-truck-enters-retention-pond/
http://fox59.com/news/police-investigating-death-of-man-found-in-truck-partially-submerged-in-pond/
http://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/greenfield-indiana-fatal-car-retention-pond/531-99bafe2d-990d-492d-ae53-0e66e3ae2623
http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2021/07/01/man-found-dead-greenfield-retention-pond-wednesday/7823453002/
2021-06-30 - Man found dead in creek in coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/male-found-dead-in-baltimores-gwynns-falls
http://news.yahoo.com/body-found-gwynns-falls-southwest-205300058.html
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/body-of-man-found-floating-in-gwynns-falls-baltimore/36893008
2021-06-30 - Woman found dead in retention pond in coastal Port Orange (Florida):
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/06/28/womans-body-pulled-from-port-orange-retention-pond-police-say/
2021-06-30 - Man, 25, found dead in Ascarate Lake in El Paso (Texas):
http://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2021/06/30/el-paso-body-found-ascarate-lake/7820834002/
http://cbs4local.com/news/local/body-found-at-ascarate-park-07-01-2021
2021-06-30 - Man, 77, dies after being pulled from Crescent Lake (Oregon):
http://ktvz.com/news/accidents-crashes/2021/06/30/crescent-lake-drowning-one-of-several-across-northwest/
2021-06-30 - Man, 73, falls off boat and dies in Lake Champlain (Vermont):
http://www.mynbc5.com/article/body-recovered-in-search-for-missing-boater-police-say/36891920
http://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/Body-of-Lake-Champlain-boater-missing-since-16286823.php
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/news/state/body-of-lake-champlain-boater-missing-since-monday-found/article_72c823e5-bde6-5723-bcfa-76ca5e085ff5.html
http://apnews.com/article/vt-state-wire-a8a5dec63455f06a037c5948daa485fe
2021-06-30 - Woman in her 40s found dead in Lake of the Woods in Kenora (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/death-lake-of-the-woods-winnipeg-woman-1.6087198
2021-06-30 - Passenger sickens on passenger plane, plane makes emergency landing in coastal Edinburgh (Scotland):
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19408711.edinburgh-british-airways-flight-alert-passenger-takes-ill-board/
2021-06-30 - Diver has breathing problems on boat after diving off coastal Wrightsville Beach (North Carolina):
http://www.wect.com/2021/06/30/coast-guard-medevacs-diver-vessel-off-wrightsville-beach/
http://wcti12.com/news/local/coast-guard-rescues-man-having-breathing-problems-after-dive
Quote: "The Coast Guard medically evacuated a diver from a vessel nearly 50 miles off the coast of Wrightsville Beach Wednesday. According to a news release, Coast Guard officials received an alert via channel 16 that an individual was experiencing difficulty breathing after completing a 35-minute dive from the commercial boat Olympus."
2021-06-30 - Driver has 'medical emergency', car plunges into pond, in Lafayette (Louisiana):
http://www.theadvocate.com/article_a7dd1e20-d9d9-11eb-9a13-1bf4db9ef391.html
http://1079ishot.com/vehicle-ends-up-lafayette-welcome-center-pond/
http://twitter.com/KATCTV3/status/1410319154943512577
Quote: "No injuries were reported after a car ended up in a pond near the Lafayette welcome center on Evangeline Thruway, KATC reports. Police say the driver had a medical emergency and lost control of his or her vehicle."
2021-06-30 - Small plane crashes near Curtiss (Wisconsin), 1 killed:
http://www.nbc15.com/2021/07/01/pilot-found-dead-after-taking-off-clark-co/
http://wqow.com/2021/06/30/airplane-and-pilot-missing-after-leaving-curtiss-en-route-to-new-richmond/
2021-06-30 - Small plane crashes in Chichester (Britain), 2 killed:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/plane-crash-two-die-aircraft-014400728.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-goodwood-plane-crash-massive-24432439
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/06/30/two-men-killed-light-aircraft-crash-west-sussex/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9742367/Fire-ambulance-crews-rush-scene-light-aircraft-crash-near-Goodwood-airfield.html
http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/eyewitness-pilot-describes-black-smoke-after-gosport-man-dies-in-plane-crash-near-goodwood-aerodrome-3292577
2021-06-30 - Freight train derails in Rocketts Landing (Virginia):
http://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/train-derailed-on-bridge-in-rocketts-landing/
http://twitter.com/RFDVA/status/1410342334424879108
2021-06-30 - Tractor trailer overturns and bursts into flame just before 1:30 AM on I-30 in Texarkana (Texas):
http://www.ksla.com/2021/06/30/fiery-18-wheeler-crash-i-30-diverts-traffic-texarkana/
2021-06-30 - Person has 'medical emergency' on coastal Bardsey Island (Britain):
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/air-ambulance-scrambled-medical-emergency-20939277
2021-06-30 - Lightning strikes kill 6 people in Bihar (India):
http://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/patna-news/lightning-kills-6-patna-flooded-after-pounded-by-record-rain-101624724582317.html
http://www.sott.net/article/454860-Lightning-strikes-kill-6-in-Bihar-India-as-Patna-floods-after-being-pounded-by-record-rain
2021-06-30 - Powerful storm rips through southern and western Germany:
http://www.thelocal.de/20210629/in-pictures-devastating-storm-rips-through-southern-and-western-germany/
http://www.sott.net/article/454855-Devastating-storm-rips-through-southern-and-western-Germany
2021-06-30 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Western Texas, 2 killed:
http://floodlist.com/america/floods-texas-june-2021
http://www.sott.net/article/454868-2-dead-after-floods-and-heavy-rain-in-Western-Texas-El-Paso-gets-twice-as-much-rain-in-a-day-as-first-6-months-of-the-year
2021-06-30 - Heavy rain and flooding hit Heilongjiang Province (China):
http://floodlist.com/asia/china-floods-heilongjiang-june-2021
http://www.sott.net/article/454867-20000-evacuate-after-floods-in-Heilongjiang-province-China
2021-06-30 - Heavy rain and flooding hit the Netherlands:
http://www.sott.net/article/454898-June-2021-Flash-floods-powerful-lightning-strike-and-destructive-storm-hit-the-Netherlands
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Fabulous Friday Jonny, everyone.
ReplyDeletePA keeping up with JJFH incidents as per today's report.
Now that June has ended (already?), here are the stats for JJFH events in Hull, UK and garbage truck fires:
There were (record) 33 garbage trucks destroyed in 7 days (!) while, like last year, there were less JJFH events in Hull, UK in June - 5 events in as many days. So, after 6 months, we have a total of 87 garbage trucks destroyed by fire in 47 days and 48 JJFH episodes in Hull, UK over 42 days. i won't bother with the averages (since 2017 when i started keeping track) until year's end (if i live that long).
Tropical Storm "Elsa" - Warnings issued for Barbados, Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
https://watchers.news/2021/07/01/tropical-storm-elsa-forecast-track-july-2021/
Tropical Storm "Elsa" formed at 09:00 UTC on July 1, as the fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. The system is expected to pass near or over portions of the Windward Islands or the southern Leeward Islands on Friday, July 2, move into the eastern Caribbean Sea late Friday and Friday night, and move near the southern coast of Hispaniola on Saturday, July 3. [more]
Who is Robert Malone? [~ 8.5 min. video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwE2ZeuUyXo&t=131s
[today's fear porn selection]
Japanese official warns US of potential surprise attack on Hawaii — from Russia and China
https://news.yahoo.com/japanese-official-warns-us-potential-200100225.html
Russia and China are coordinating military exercises to threaten not only Taiwan but also Hawaii, according to a senior Japanese defense official who warned the United States to beware of a Pearl Harbor-style surprise attack. [more]
U.S. calls build-up of China's nuclear arsenal 'concerning'
https://news.yahoo.com/u-says-chinas-nuclear-buildup-203949961.html
The United States said on Thursday China's rapid build-up of its nuclear forces was concerning and called on Beijing to engage with it "on practical measures to reduce the risks of destabilizing arms races." [more]
Norway to pay compensation for AstraZeneca side effects as patients who suffered from Pfizer & Moderna watch and wait
https://www.rt.com/news/528174-norway-astrazeneca-vaccine-compensations/
The Norwegian System of Patient Injury Compensation (NPE) will make payments to three applicants badly affected by the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, it announced on Friday. It officially confirmed that the vaccine, currently suspended in the European country, has resulted in severe cases of blood clots and low platelet counts in these patients, one of whom died. [more]
Huge blast at Romania oil refinery sends black smoke billowing into sky (VIDEOS)
https://www.rt.com/news/528199-romania-plant-oil-blast/
An explosion at a Petromidia’s Black Sea crude oil refinery in Romania has sent plumes of black smoke rising into the sky. Several people are injured, and ambulances have arrived at the scene, according to reports.
Raed Arafat, head of the Department for Emergency Situations, told Reuters that there were "four victims, of whom one is missing. One has severe burns and two others have mild burns." He added that the danger of further explosions was diminished as firefighters were working to put the fire out. [more]
[see 2nd comment]
Canadian village WIPED OUT by fire amid extreme heat as 90% of homes, incl. critical infrastructure, is gone
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rt.com/news/528162-lytton-fire-destroyed-village/
An entire village in British Columbia, Canada was devoured by fire, which ignited shortly after the country’s all-time high temperature record was smashed amid a heatwave in the western part of the country.
The fire reduced the small historic village of Lytton, located about 260km (162 miles) northeast of Vancouver, to little more than smoldering debris, officials said on Thursday, a day after around 1,000 people were told to evacuate.
Two hydro stations, railroads, and highways were hit hard, he added.
There have been reports of injuries and missing people. Police said on Thursday that it was still unsafe to enter the area, noting that the police precinct was destroyed by the fire as well. No deaths from the fire have been reported so far.
Dramatic footage from the village shows flames ripping through the homes and other buildings, as people rushed to flee the city, braving the flames and near-impenetrable smoke. [more]
[more here on that fire]
Wildfire forces evacuation for British Columbia town that hit a record 121 degrees – “The whole town is on fire”
https://desdemonadespair.net/2021/07/wildfire-forces-evacuation-for-british-columbia-town-that-hit-a-record-121-degrees-the-whole-town-is-on-fire.html [video and pics]
[from As Usual news]
Taliban has won the war in Afghanistan, says Lord Dannatt as UK and US troops pull out
https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-prevailed-afghanistan-says-former-172727945.html
[have we won ANY "war" (skirmish, police action, etc.) since Grenada? seems like all we do is waste men and materiel]
The Taliban has “prevailed” in its battle with the West in Afghanistan, the former head of the British Army has said, as it emerged all UK and US troops will be withdrawn on Sunday.
Writing in The Telegraph, General Lord Dannatt said the mission had been intended to give the Afghan people the choice of a more “moderate and peaceful” life.
“Ultimately, Taliban force of arms has prevailed, and the people of that country have been denied the chance to choose a better way of life,” Lord Dannatt said. “Tragically, a descent into the chaos of civil war seems highly likely.” [more; "hey, ya fucked up, you trusted us!" (from Animal House)]
Six dead, three missing as floods and landslides wreak havoc in various districts of Nepal
https://www.sott.net/article/454968-Six-dead-three-missing-as-floods-and-landslides-wreak-havoc-in-various-districts-of-Nepal
In Chitwan, at least two persons died while three others went missing in separate incidents of floods and landslides. A woman died after being struck by lightning, said police.
a landslide at Rapti Municipality-12 swept away two houses and an animal shed.
Floods in various streams, including Kayar Khola, Ladari Khola and Pampa Khola, inundated settlements and farmlands in the eastern part of the district. The flooded Kayar Khola entered the premises of Baba LPG plant at Belsi in Khairahani Municipality-1 and caused damage.
Floods in the Ladari Khola swept away a motorable bridge at Khairahani-3. According to Mayor Lalmani Chaudhary, the 30-metre long bridge connecting the rural areas was swept away while several houses were inundated.
A landslide buried a house in the Ashram of Ram Bahadur Bamjan at Paire of Kamalamai-8 on Thursday, killing one person.
Floods and landslide related incidents have also greatly affected the Gandaki Province on Thursday. Two individuals lost their lives, eight sustained injuries and dozens of households were displaced by the disasters that occurred in the last 24 hours, according to the Gandaki Provincial Police Office.
Multiple landslides in Shukla Gandaki Municipality Ward No. 9 also killed 19 goats and two buffaloes, police said.
[more; 4 videos, loads of damage]
[part III below]
The War on Reality
ReplyDeletehttps://www.sott.net/article/454954-The-War-on-Reality
In the UK, Germany, and many other countries, and in numerous states throughout the US, a "state of emergency" remains in effect. An apocalyptic virus is on the loose. Mutant variants are spreading like wildfire. Most of society is still shut down or subject to emergency health restrictions. People are still walking around in public with plastic face shields and medical-looking masks. The police are showing up at people's homes to arrest them for "illegally gathering outdoors." Any deviation from official reality is being censored by the Internet corporations. Constitutional rights are still suspended. Entire populations are being coerced into being injected with experimental "vaccines." Pseudo-medical segregation systems are being brought online. And so on ... you're familiar with the details.
when GloboCap rolled out the "New Normal" reality, they weren't exactly starting from scratch. Millions of people — not just Americans, because the War on Populism was a global campaign — were already living in a new reality in which facts no longer mattered at all, where things that never happened officially happened, and other things that obviously happened never happened, not officially, or were "far-right extremist conspiracy theories," "fake news," or "disinformation," or whatever, despite the fact that people knew that they weren't.
If you repeated that process long enough, eventually, nothing would mean anything anymore, because everything could potentially mean anything ... at which point, you could basically tell people anything you wanted and they would go along with it, because what the hell difference would it make? A narcissistic billionaire ass-clown could be a Russian agent and literally Hitler. A half-assed riot could be an "insurrection." Children could be born "systemically racist." Men could menstruate.
But wait ... it's gets better.
You could stage an apocalyptic global pandemic that only happened in certain countries, or in certain parts of certain countries, and that more or less mirrored natural mortality, and that didn't drastically increase historical death rates, but was nonetheless totally apocalyptic.
Perfectly healthy people could become "medical cases." You could count anyone who died of anything as having died of your apocalyptic virus. You could tell people in no uncertain terms that medical-looking masks will not protect them from viruses, and then turn around and tell them that they will, and then, later, publicly admit you were lying in order to manipulate them, and then deny you ever said that, and tell them to wear masks.
You could experimentally "vaccinate" millions of people whose risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from your apocalyptic virus was minuscule or non-existent, and kill tens or hundreds of thousands in the process, and the people whose brains you had methodically broken would thank you for murdering their friends and neighbors, and then rush out to their local discount drugstore to experimentally "vaccinate" their own kids and post pictures of it on the Internet.
At that point, you wouldn't really have to worry about "populist uprisings," or "terrorism," or any other type of insurgent activity, because the vast majority of the global population would be scramble-headed automatons who were totally incapable of independent thought, and who had no idea what was real and what wasn't, so just repeated whatever new script you fed them like customer-service representatives on Haldol.
It doesn't get much better than that for globally hegemonic ideological systems! [more]