tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post307644659462137997..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2021-08-09Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-19845708532506543572021-08-11T08:16:29.682-05:002021-08-11T08:16:29.682-05:00Heavy rain causes flash flood in Surat Thani, Thai...Heavy rain causes flash flood in Surat Thani, Thailand<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456718-Heavy-rain-causes-flash-flood-in-Surat-Thani-Thailand [video]<br /><br />Other villagers had written on Facebook yesterday, claiming that water had flooded into their home while they were asleep. [more]<br /><br />Severe flooding hits Turkey's Black Sea region again, 3rd such event within 4 weeks<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456717-Severe-flooding-hits-Turkeys-Black-Sea-region-again-3rd-such-event-within-4-weeks<br /><br />One month after floods and landslides killed six in Turkey's Black Sea region, heavy precipitation took hold in the region's central parts on Tuesday and Wednesday. A woman went missing in Bartın, one of the provinces hit worst by rainfall that triggered floods on Tuesday. Floods were also reported in Karabük and Kastamonu provinces.<br /><br />In Bartın, floodwaters inundated a large number of houses and businesses, sweeping away vehicles after severe precipitation late on Tuesday. The heaviest damage was in Ulus district. Part of a road connecting the province to Karabük collapsed while bulldozers waded through floodwaters to save 20 people trapped in their houses.<br /><br />"We rescued people stranded in their houses near river beds. Our crews also saved people trapped in their cars," he said. Güner said that an elderly woman went missing in Akören Söküler village after her wooden house had almost collapsed due to floods that carried her away. "There are many bridges, roads to villages and houses collapsed in the region," he lamented. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that 13 people were injured due to the collapse of a bridge on a road connecting Bartın and Karabük provinces. <br /><br />A large number of residents stranded in places engulfed by floodwaters were evacuated by helicopters. <br /><br />Authorities warned that the Black Sea region will be exposed to more rainfall on Wednesday. [more; 2 videos]<br /><br />Researchers find a 'fearsome dragon' that soared over Australian outback<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456657-Researchers-find-a-fearsome-dragon-that-soared-over-Australian-outback<br /><br />Australia's largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland.<br /><br />The research has been published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology [more; video]<br /><br />Rachel Carson’s Bittersweet Farewell to the World<br />https://getpocket.com/explore/item/rachel-carson-s-bittersweet-farewell-to-the-world-timeless-advice-to-the-next-generations-from-the<br /><br />In June 1962, five days before the first installment of Silent Spring made its debut in The New Yorker, the terminally ill Carson summoned the remnants of her strength to take her very first cross-country jetliner flight and deliver a long-awaited commencement address at Scripps College in California<br /><br />She told graduates:<br /><br /> Your generation must come to terms with the environment. You must face realities instead of taking refuge in ignorance and evasion of truth. Yours is a grave and sobering responsibility, but it is also a shining opportunity. You go out into a world where mankind is challenged, as it has never been challenged before, to prove its maturity and its mastery — not of nature, but of itself. <br /><br /> Therein lies our hope and our destiny. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-14077858689993986212021-08-11T08:16:25.409-05:002021-08-11T08:16:25.409-05:00Motorists rescued from flash flood waters in Arizo...Motorists rescued from flash flood waters in Arizona<br />https://news.yahoo.com/motorists-rescued-flash-flood-waters-203855642.html<br /><br />Emergency crews rescued people from a vehicle in the Tucson area on Tuesday as monsoon thunderstorms caused scattered flash flooding in southeastern Arizona. (August 10) [short video]<br /><br />96,000 fish killed after chlorine leak at seafood facility<br />https://news.yahoo.com/96-000-fish-killed-chlorine-234014125.html<br /><br />International seafood company Grieg Seafood leaked nearly 4,000 gallons of chlorine into a northern Norway fjord, killing approximately 96,000 fish, the company announced Tuesday. Grieg Seafood — which supplies more than 25,000 tons of salmon to North America and Asia each year — said no employees or other people were harmed. [more]<br /><br />Health Care is Worse Today than it was 50 Years Ago<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwIv92qAqLA [~ 19 min. video]<br /><br />International bestselling author and retired medical doctor, Dr Vernon Coleman, explains how medical care has deteriorated, why doctors and drug companies are lying when they claim that life expectation has improved, and why the UK's hopelessly bureaucratic health service now probably kills more people than it saves. Dr Coleman is the author of 'How to Stop Your Doctor Killing You'.<br /><br />They Killed Granny - Now They're Going to Kill the Kids<br />https://vernoncoleman.org/videos/they-killed-granny-now-theyre-going-kill-kids [~ 12.5 min. video]<br /><br />Russia - Far east faces another wave of floods as rivers rise again - Over 24,000 affected (UPDATE)<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456633-Russia-Far-east-faces-another-wave-of-floods-as-rivers-rise-again-Over-24000-affected-UPDATE<br /><br />More than 24,000 people in Russia's Far East have been affected by floods, the press service of the office of the Russian presidential envoy in the Far Eastern Federal District said on Tuesday. [more; video]<br /><br />Algeria wildfires: At least 65 people killed as blazes ravage forests and villages east of the capital<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456719-Algeria-wildfires-At-least-65-people-killed-as-blazes-ravage-forests-and-villages-east-of-the-capital<br /><br />The dead include soldiers who were killed saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of the capital, Algiers.<br /><br />At least 65 people have been killed in wildfires that erupted in Algeria, according to state television reports.<br /><br />Officials said the number included 25 soldiers killed trying to save residents.<br /><br />The fires have been ravaging forests and villages east of the capital, Algiers, in the Kabyle region, covering the mountainous area with thick clouds of smoke. <br /><br />Some villagers were fleeing, while others tried to hold back the flames themselves, using buckets, branches and rudimentary tools. [more; 3 videos]<br /><br />[5th piece awaits]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-88492396612971237942021-08-11T08:15:57.478-05:002021-08-11T08:15:57.478-05:00More than 40 feared buried under rubble after majo...More than 40 feared buried under rubble after major landslide in Himachal Pradesh, India<br />https://watchers.news/2021/08/11/40-feared-buried-major-landslide-kinnaur-himachal-pradesh-india-august-11-2021/<br /><br />A major landslide took place on the Reckong Peo-Shimla Highway in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh, India at around 07:15 UTC (12:45 LT) on August 11, 2021. <br /><br />The slide hit and buried a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus with 40 people on board, one truck, and several other vehicles, according to local media reports and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).<br /><br />Rescue efforts are still underway and the National Disaster Response Force has been put on alert. [more; pics and video]<br /><br />More than 460 000 customers without power as severe thunderstorms hit Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, U.S.<br />https://watchers.news/2021/08/11/severe-thunderstorm-power-outage-michigan-wisconsin-illinois-august-2021/<br /><br />Severe thunderstorms rolled through parts of the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday night, August 10, 2021, into Wednesday, leaving more than 460 000 customers without power in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois. [more; here in s/e PA we had a downpour with some gusty wind and big lightning but no power outage]<br /><br />Ferocious heat spreads out of North Africa into Southern Europe right now… And this is just the beginning of an atrocious heatwave!<br />https://strangesounds.org/2021/08/ferocious-heat-europe-atrocious-heatwave-europe.html<br /><br />This is the highest temperature ever recorded in the capital of Tunisia. Average high temperature in August is usually around mid 30s Celsius.<br /><br />The record was long standing and broke the previous record of 47.4°C from July 1943! [more]<br /><br />Powerful heat wave to cause 100-degree temperatures for 25 million in the U.S. this week<br />https://news.yahoo.com/powerful-heat-wave-cause-100-105941426.html<br /><br />Heat warnings and advisories are in effect for at least two dozen states through the end of the week. 25 million people are projected to see highs reach or eclipse 100°F this week, as yet another powerful heat dome-dominated weather pattern affects a huge swath of the country.<br /><br />This time around, heat and high humidity will combine to make for dangerously hot conditions in the Mid-Atlantic and Central states, too. [more; makes western fire conditions worse as well]<br /> <br />Could a collapse of cryptocurrencies force a reform of the global monetary system?<br />https://strangesounds.org/2021/08/collapse-cryptocurrencies-reform-global-monetary-system.html<br /><br />A dollar from 1971, after five decades of inflation, would only be worth 15 cents today.<br /><br />It’s time to replace our non-system with a new Bretton Woods. Bretton Woods was the result of a perfect storm: some big problems; a set of ideas that attracted a consensus; a group of prepared and capable participants; and a leader, namely the United States, that was prepared to lead.<br /><br />Today, I don‘t see such a perfect storm on the horizon. Then again, a collapse of the rapidly expanding cryptocurrency ecosystem might just be enough to signal the coming of such a storm. [more]<br /><br />[4th part below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-79208637998213687212021-08-11T08:15:23.777-05:002021-08-11T08:15:23.777-05:00Fore! Family of 4 golfers struck by lightning in H...Fore! Family of 4 golfers struck by lightning in Hayward, Wisconsin<br />https://www.sott.net/article/456715-Fore-Family-of-4-golfers-struck-by-lightning-in-Hayward-Wisconsin<br /><br />Authorities said four people, all related, were struck by lightning at the Big Fish Golf Club course in Hayward.<br /><br />According to a golf course employee, the golfers were on hole 5's tee box when a lightning bolt struck.<br /><br />The local hospital said two of the men were sent home and the other two are still being treated at the hospital. [more]<br /><br />Smoke forecast, August 11, 2021<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/08/10/smoke-forecast-august-11-2021/<br /><br />[see map]<br /><br />Wednesday, 11 August 2021<br />Climate scientists warn of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. In the winter of 1962-63 something incredible happened in the UK. The entire British Isles was suddenly plunged into an unexpected and unprepared mini-ice-age event which was dubbed “the year the gulf stream stopped.”<br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2021/08/climate-scientists-have-detected.html<br /><br />Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the currents that researchers call the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The currents are already at their slowest point in at least 1,600 years, but the new analysis shows they may be nearing a shutdown.<br /><br />Such an event would have catastrophic consequences around the world, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America, and West Africa; increasing storms and lowering temperatures in Europe; and pushing up the sea level in eastern North America. It would also further endanger the Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets.<br /><br />The complexity of the AMOC system and uncertainty over levels of future global heating make it impossible to forecast the date of any collapse for now. It could be within a decade or two, or several centuries away. But the colossal impact it would have means it must never be allowed to happen, the scientists said. [more; as if we have any way to affect it at all]<br /><br />Wildland firefighters are battling logistics as well as the fires<br />https://wildfiretoday.com/2021/08/10/wildland-firefighters-are-battling-logistics-as-well-as-the-fires/<br /><br />“Gentlemen, the officer who doesn’t know his communications and supply as well as his tactics is totally useless.”<br />– Gen. George S. Patton, USA. [more]<br /><br />Warnings sent out this week by the National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group at the National Interagency Fire Center advised wildland firefighters across the Western United States that logistics problems are developing in several areas, including supplying firefighters with communications, food, and water. [more]<br /><br />[see 3rd comment]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-74114043053113592632021-08-11T08:14:52.496-05:002021-08-11T08:14:52.496-05:00Wacky Wednesday Jonny and all readers of JJFH.
[w...Wacky Wednesday Jonny and all readers of JJFH.<br /><br />[where to start . . there's so much going on; maybe listen to this ~ 22 min. video]<br /><br />MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09maaUaRT4M<br /><br />In this video we are going to explore the most dangerous of all psychic epidemics, the mass psychosis. A mass psychosis is an epidemic of madness and it occurs when a large portion of a society loses touch with reality and descends into delusions. Such a phenomenon is not a thing of fiction. Two examples of mass psychoses are the American and European witch hunts 16th and 17th centuries and the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century.<br /><br />This video will aim to answer questions surrounding mass psychosis: What is it? How does is start? Has it happened before? Are we experiencing one right now? And if so, how can the stages of a mass psychosis be reversed? [more]<br /><br />Oregon Suspends Need For High School Graduates To Be Proficient in Reading, Writing, and Math<br />https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=61964<br /><br />Many of us have long objected to the chronic failure of public schools in major cities like New York, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore to achieve bare proficiency for many students in reading, writing, and math. The response in many districts is for some to declare standardized testing or meritocracy as racist while other district eliminate special programs or schools for gifted students. Oregon has found a simpler approach. Gov. Kate Brown (D) just signed a bill last month that drops any proficiency requirement in reading, writing or math, before graduation. Problem solved. [more; so they can "fail somewhere else"]<br /><br />Mt. Vernon School Board Meeting - Dr. Dan Stock MD<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auSox6ybZD8 [~ 6.4 min. video]<br /><br />Dr. Dan Stock explains how the current measures to combat Covid do not work. Dr. Stock spoke at the Mt. Vernon school board meeting. <br /><br />Virginia teacher resigns at school board meeting, denounces 'highly politicized agendas'<br />https://news.yahoo.com/virginia-teacher-resigns-school-board-030246065.html<br /><br />A Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) teacher in Virginia resigned in front of the school board Tuesday, stating in a defiant and emotional speech that she refused to continue pushing their "highly politicized agendas."<br /><br />"School board, I quit," she said. Choking up, she added: "I quit your policies, I quit your training, and I quit being a cog in a machine that tells me to push highly politicized agendas to our most vulnerable constituents – children."<br /><br />Morris' comments touched on a number of simmering controversies within one of the nation's wealthiest school districts. Most notably, the school district has been embroiled in a longstanding controversy over the use of critical race theory (CRT).<br /><br />While the county has denied teaching the controversial ideology, its officials have acknowledged CRT influences their work.<br /><br />She said that teachers were told to "disrupt and dismantle this systemic racism. And I can tell you, one thing that's for sure, it has been disruptive because there are parents who disagree with this ideology, there are teachers who disagree with it, there are students who disagree with it — and it is harmful."<br />[more]<br /><br />[2nd section upcoming]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com