tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post1186092380596184528..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-09-21Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-61416637921014693382018-09-23T19:49:06.820-05:002018-09-23T19:49:06.820-05:00Florence the week after: Thousands brace for more ...Florence the week after: Thousands brace for more flooding <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/florence-the-week-after-thousands-brace-for-more-flooding/ar-AAAvP7O<br /><br />South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has estimated damage from the flood in his state at $1.2 billion. He asked congressional leaders to hurry federal aid. [more; woefully underestimated]<br /><br />[from our O-O-O-O k-a-a-a-y Department]<br />British psychic says motorway fatalities 'due to ghosts of Roman soldiers' <br />https://www.sott.net/article/396678-British-psychic-says-motorway-fatalities-due-to-ghosts-of-Roman-soldiers<br /><br /><br />An accident-prone stretch of the M6 in Cheshire sees more crashes than other sections of the road because it is haunted by ghosts of Roman soldiers, a psychic has claimed. <br /><br />A series of strange phenomena have been reported by motorists between junction 16 and 19, including phantom lorries, spectral hitchhikers and sightings of legionnaires. <br /><br />And Mike Brooker says the disturbance caused by a £250million upgrade project could be to blame. He said a Roman burial ground in the area of the roadworks may have awoken 2,000-year-old spirits which now haunt motorists and cause crashes. [listen up Native Americans - this might work!]<br /><br />"There is no clear evidence either way to support or substantiate these claims but what is clear is that something is very wrong to cause so many accidents on what is to all intents and purposes and fairly straight stretch of road. <br /><br />"I 'personally' believe there is something supernatural that has attached itself to this particular stretch of motorway... when 'science' holds its hands up and is at a complete loss to explain this plethora of accidents/incidents between junctions 17 and 19 of the M6; there is perhaps an alternate explanation." [more]<br /> <br />Puerto Rico’s grim prognosis: The island may never recover from Hurricane Maria – “I am not hugely optimistic” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/09/puerto-ricos-grim-prognosis-island-may.html<br /><br />9/23/2018 -- Spread of new M5.0+ earthquakes across the Pacific -- Keep watch between silent zones<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2K7EMh7mAM [~ 95.5 min. dutchsinse]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-43663489887596158072018-09-23T14:38:13.653-05:002018-09-23T14:38:13.653-05:00As Hurricane Florence flooding recedes, dead fish ...As Hurricane Florence flooding recedes, dead fish cover eastern North Carolina highways <br />https://www.sott.net/article/396655-As-Hurricane-Florence-flooding-recedes-dead-fish-cover-eastern-North-Carolina-highways<br /><br />US fire crews dealing with the clean-up operation after hurricane floodwaters receded made an unexpected discovery: dead fish spread across the highway. <br /><br />"Well, we can add 'washing fish off of the interstate' to the long list of interesting things firefighters get to experience!" it said. [more]<br /><br />Massive fire at Crete university leaves Greek city engulfed in smoke (PHOTOS, VIDEO) <br />https://www.rt.com/news/439156-greece-massive-fire-crete/<br /><br />Students have been evacuated from University of Crete after a fire broke out in its building in Heraklion. Huge plumes of smoke, resembling a volcanic eruption and visible kilometers away, were billowing above the area. <br /><br />The blaze reportedly started at the campus, forcing students to flee their rooms as the building filled with smoke. [more; they don't say how it started]<br /><br />[some fun listening and learning]<br />Harry Shearer Radio Show<br />http://harryshearer.com/le-shows/september-23-2018/<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-15031635601422424832018-09-23T08:17:45.912-05:002018-09-23T08:17:45.912-05:00North Carolina Flooding Soaks Federal Taxpayers Al...North Carolina Flooding Soaks Federal Taxpayers All Over Again<br />https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-21/north-carolina-flooding-exposes-flaws-in-flood-insurance-program<br /><br />Since 1978, 120 homes in the town of 1,600 people have cost federal taxpayers $13.4 million in National Flood Insurance Program payouts, according to data the Natural Resources Defense Council obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency; 36 received more money than their total value. Five of those homes have gotten federal flood insurance payments ten times or more, including one that received money 15 times.<br /><br />The result: homes that flood keep getting rebuilt with public money, only to flood again. That leaves people living in vulnerable areas who might rather receive money to move away -- and the flood insurance program, already more than $20 billion in debt, going deeper underwater. [more]<br /><br />The Watchers News Brief: September 22, 2018<br />https://watchers.news/2018/09/22/the-watchers-news-brief-september-22-2018/<br /><br />[some headlines]<br />Catastrophic flash flooding in Nabeul, Tunisia<br /><br />Dallas-Fort Worth area sets a new September rainfall record, Texas<br /><br />Multiple water rescues across Oklahoma<br /><br />Massive dust storm engulfs parts of northern Kuwait [geez!]<br /><br />Inside the tornado near Ottawa, Canada<br /><br />Tropical Storm "Kirk" forms in eastern Atlantic<br /><br />Bright fireball over Ural, sonic boom reported, Russia<br /><br />[more on the Canadian tornado]<br />Severe thunderstorm, large hail and destructive tornado hit Ottawa, 85 000 homes without power, Canada<br />https://watchers.news/2018/09/22/severe-thunderstorm-large-hail-and-destructive-tornado-hit-ottawa-85-000-homes-without-power-canada/<br /><br />Severe thunderstorms accompanied by large hail and a destructive tornado swept through eastern Ontario and into Quebec during the afternoon hours of September 21, 2018. The storm left widespread power outages, three seriously injured people of which one is in critical condition and more than 60 damaged homes. Several homes were completely destroyed. [more]<br /><br />217 scientists sign letter opposing logging as a response to wildfires<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2018/09/22/217-scientists-sign-letter-opposing-logging-as-a-response-to-wildfires/<br /><br />The House version of the 2018 Farm Bill would expand logging on public lands [more]<br /><br />Comparing the numbers of human and lightning caused wildfires<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2018/09/21/comparing-the-numbers-of-human-and-lightning-caused-wildfires/<br /><br />During a 21-year period 84 percent of the wildfires in the United States were caused by humans, but the ratio varies greatly across the country. [more]<br /><br />A magnitude 6.4 Guam is the 9th major quake of September with all nine of them hitting the Pacific Ring Of Fire <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/09/a-magnitude-64-guam-is-9th-major-quake.html<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-82154941799077939932018-09-23T08:17:41.601-05:002018-09-23T08:17:41.601-05:00This doesn't normally happen here - Something ...This doesn't normally happen here - Something is NOT right | Tropics 'Flexing"<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDMcm4mDVc&list=PLo273xJs-T3S873dM8-U6AuEE49Pl1LId [~ 14 min. MrMBB333 video; see next two]<br /><br />[Fran may have experienced severe weather yesterday in 2nd vid above]<br /><br />Record-setting rainfall in Texas claims life, requires rescues and forces evacuations <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/record-setting-rainfall-in-texas-claims-life-requires-rescues-and-forces-evacuations/ar-AAAu3ZR<br /><br />A record-setting 24 hours of rain in North Texas has left much of the state dealing with deadly flooding. In Arlington, a young man was swept off a bridge near University of Texas at Arlington's campus. [more]<br /><br />Tourists Warned to Stop Swimming Near Great Barrier Reef <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/tourists-warned-to-stop-swimming-near-great-barrier-reef/ar-AAAsDha<br /><br />Tourists heading to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia are being warned to stay out of the water following shark attacks on consecutive days this week.<br /><br />According to The Associated Press, the warning was issued for the popular Whitsunday Islands after a 46-year-old woman was attacked by a shark Wednesday and a 12-year-old girl was bitten Thursday while swimming. <br /><br />Extensive rainfall has caused flooding issues all month in east Texas. [more; Mike, you aight?]<br /><br />BLACK BEAR 9.22.18 Environment at risk from clean energy switch, says World Bank<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxFm5ErNEqQ [25 min.]<br /><br />Toxic Algae Blooms: A growing worldwide menace that generate mysterious toxins <br />https://www.postandcourier.com/news/toxic-algae-blooms-a-growing-worldwide-menace-that-generate-mysterious/article_63c05498-9b4c-11e7-ad44-d7ad43e12be1.html<br /><br />Seas, lakes and ponds across the world are “going green” at an alarming rate. Hyperactive algae are the culprits — scum that can generate toxins as deadly as cobra venom. [more]<br /><br />Climate change is making storms like Hurricane Florence worse<br />https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/us/climate-change-hurricane-florence-wxc/ [~ 1.5 min. video and text]<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com