tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post4942925612411496024..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2019-08-10Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-70559653561371774882019-08-12T16:24:59.885-05:002019-08-12T16:24:59.885-05:00[if you didn't get it before, you will now]
Th...[if you didn't get it before, you will now]<br />The Brexit Question.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DMLt2E6o6A [~ 4 min.]<br /><br />Dangerous heat grips wide stretch of the South and Midwest<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/dangerous-heat-grip-parts-13-141228655.html [incl. 1.75 min. weather spot]<br /><br />Forecasters are warning of scorching heat across a wide stretch of the U.S. South and Midwest, where the heat index will feel as high as 117 degrees (47 Celsius) in some spots.<br /><br />Parts of 13 states on Monday will be under heat advisories, from Texas, Louisiana and Florida in the South to Missouri and Illinois in the Midwest, the National Weather Service reported.<br /><br />"It feels like hell is what it feels like," said Junae Brooks, who runs Junae's Grocery in Holly Bluff, Mississippi. [more]<br /><br />[SE PA weather]<br />https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/?zipCode=19101<br />[~ 3.3 min. weather spot; Jonny may get some of this today]<br /><br />Restoring Glass-Steagall (without the Green New Deal) is the only way to avoid complete economic collapse<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418424-Restoring-Glass-Steagall-without-the-Green-New-Deal-is-the-only-way-to-avoid-complete-economic-collapse<br /><br />[no way anything will save our foundering financial system]<br /><br />Hope fades for man, girl missing in Switzerland flash flood<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418437-Hope-fades-for-man-girl-missing-in-Switzerland-flash-flood<br /><br />Authorities in Switzerland are searching for a man and a girl missing since Sunday after their car was swept away by a flash flood caused by heavy rain in the Swiss Alps. [more]<br /><br />Rare lightning strikes detected near the North Pole<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418436-Rare-lightning-strikes-detected-near-the-North-Pole<br /><br />[see SOTT comment too]<br /><br />Florida woman dies following lightning strike<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418435-Florida-woman-dies-following-lightning-strike<br /><br />A 20-year-old Florida woman has died two weeks after being struck by lightning while working with a roofing crew, authorities said. <br /><br />She had been in critical condition since July 30, when she took a direct hit from the lightning strike, which knocked her to the ground from the two-story home, officials said.<br /><br />Another worker who was knocked off a ladder during the incident hit his head but is expected to survive. Four other workers were treated at the scene or local hospitals and released. [more]<br /><br />Massive wildfire spreads rapidly in Athens suburb overnight, sparking evacuations<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418400-Massive-wildfire-spreads-rapidly-in-Athens-suburb-overnight-sparking-evacuations<br /><br />Huge wildfire on Gran Canaria, Spain sparks mass evacuation<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418398-Huge-wildfire-on-Gran-Canaria-Spain-sparks-mass-evacuation<br /><br />[as usual, SOTT is still screaming that Global Cooling is just around the corner]<br /><br />Perseids meteor shower to peak Monday night with stunning FIREBALL displays<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418409-Perseids-meteor-shower-to-peak-Monday-night-with-stunning-FIREBALL-displays<br /><br />The Perseids come from the direction of the constellation Perseus (hence the name), and for best viewing the advice is, as always, to stand anywhere with as limited light pollution as you can manage with your back to the moon, looking north or east.<br /><br />If you can resist the temptation to check your phone for between 30 and 60 minutes, you're likely to see some phenomenal cosmic firecrackers streaking across the sky from about 10pm until just before sunrise in your local time zone. <br /><br />For those who can't make it outside, NASA is running a live camera feed from Alabama starting around 6pm PT on August 12 as is the Virtual Telescope Project in Europe from 3pm PT. <br />[more]<br /><br />Mysterious "Space Craft" Orbiting Earth For Nearly TWO Years - Nobody Knows Why... [MrMBB333 video]<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly5g93fyGXw [~ 11.6 min.]<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-84784127516632871862019-08-12T14:30:49.748-05:002019-08-12T14:30:49.748-05:00Good afternoon, if you're still with us.
Buil...Good afternoon, if you're still with us.<br /><br />Buildings swept away in China typhoon<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/buildings-swept-away-china-typhoon-111542739.html [~ 1 min. news piece]<br /><br />Firefighter was dad to 3 of 5 kids killed in day care blaze<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/firefighter-dad-3-5-kids-151336141.html<br /><br />The department's two fire inspectors and three Erie police detectives trained in fire investigations are working to determine the cause. [more; how do you go on after that?]<br /><br />A Massachusetts man is the first person this year to be diagnosed with EEE, a rare mosquito-borne virus that can cause personality changes, paralysis, and death<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/rare-mosquito-borne-virus-cause-193800334.html<br /><br />The virus has also been found this summer in mosquitoes in Florida, New York, and Delaware. [more]<br /><br />U.S. racks up wettest calendar year to date in July 2019<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/u-s-racks-up-wettest-calendar-year-to-date-in-july-2019.html<br /><br />The Big U.S. Wet of 2018-19 went on cruise control in July, but the year so far managed to hang on as the nation’s wettest calendar year to date in records going back more than a century, NOAA reported on Wednesday. Averaged across the 48 contiguous states, the month of July saw 2.69” of precipitation, which is just below the 20th-century average of 2.78”.<br /><br />The period from August 2018 to July 2019 came in just shy of the wettest 12-month period on record. Below is the new list of the top-ten wettest 12-month spans in U.S. records going back to 1895. Amazingly, the seven wettest spans among all of the 1495 overlapping year-long spans since January 1895—and eight of the ten wettest—have occurred in the last five years. <br />[more]<br /><br />Trump Administration weakens protections for endangered species – “If we make decisions based on short-term economic costs, we’re going to have a whole lot more extinct species”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/trump-administration-weakens-protections-for-endangered-species-if-we-make-decisions-based-on-short-term-economic-costs-were-going-to-have-a-whole-lot-more-extinct-species.html<br /><br />The Trump administration on Monday announced that it would change the way the Endangered Species Act is applied, significantly weakening the nation’s bedrock conservation law credited with rescuing the bald eagle, the grizzly bear and the American alligator from extinction. [more]<br /><br />[didn't i just say this recently?]<br />World food security increasingly at risk due to “unprecedented” climate change impact, new UN report warns<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/world-food-security-increasingly-at-risk-due-to-unprecedented-climate-change-impact-new-un-report-warns.html<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-27450490945701345162019-08-12T08:06:02.303-05:002019-08-12T08:06:02.303-05:00[some of the many headlines at Rice Farmer]
News ...[some of the many headlines at Rice Farmer]<br /><br />News Links, August 12, 2019<br />Rice Farmer<br />https://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Brink of a Global Recession: UK and Germany in Contraction<br /><br />Volume of negative-yielding debt surges, entire German yield curve now negative…<br /><br />Bunker Chaos: Global Shipping-Fuel Price Plunges Amid Slowdown Fears<br /><br />The World's Wealthiest Family Gets $4 Million Richer Every Hour<br /><br />Lack of G7, IMF support seen dimming impact of U.S. move on China's yuan<br /><br />Why Climate Change Could Make Your Next Flight a Bumpier One<br /><br />North Korea Dislikes That The U.S. Plans To Occupy It<br /><br />Navy and Marine C-130s Still Flying After Air Force Found 'Atypical Cracks'<br /><br />US, Taliban Likely To Sign Afghan Peace Deal Next Week<br /><br />Turkey to annex northern Syria with US blessing<br /><br />The wheels come off shale oil<br /><br />Bleak Financial Outlook for US Fracking Industry<br /><br />Permian Slowdown Could Start In 2020<br /><br />Germany facing risk of increased water shortages<br /><br />Climate change risks could cause an American "Fukushima"<br /><br />China's food prices jump 9.1% in July as the country battles African swine fever<br /><br />U.N. food agency strikes deal with Houthis to resume Yemen deliveries<br /><br />Farm equipment maker Deere's dealers reel from trade war, bad weather<br /><br />Farmageddon: Farm Loan Delinquencies And Bankruptcies Soar, Incomes Plunge<br /><br />Green turtles swallow plastic that looks like sea grass<br /><br />Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis<br /><br />California's Minimum Wage Rules Kill State's Largest Recycling Center<br /><br />The First Report of 5G Injury from Switzerland [READ THIS!]<br /><br />The FBI keeps boasting about all its "domestic terror" arrests, but it can't name a single one<br /><br />San Diego Police Department ramps up use of streetlamp video cameras, ACLU raises surveillance concerns<br /><br />New cars 'can be broken into in 10 seconds'<br /><br />Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict<br /><br />Distorting the Definition of Antisemitism to Shield Israel from All Criticism <br /><br />Apple supplier Japan Display's net worth negative after tenth quarterly loss<br /><br />US oil is likely to be China's next target as trade war rages, energy analysts warn<br /><br />Department stores could have a 'sobering' Christmas, Credit Suisse warns<br /><br />J.C. Penney faces NYSE delisting<br /><br />Brick & Mortar Meltdown's Ugly Week in Record-Ugly Year<br /><br />Critical U.S. Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials<br /><br />Police are now a leading cause of death among young American men<br /><br />Student Debt Crushes Homebuying Dreams For Millennials , Now Delayed 8 Years<br /><br /> NYC Businesses Struggling After $15 Minimum Wage Results In Layoffs, Understaffing<br /><br />Illinois Family Sues to End Law Threatening Them With Compulsory Eviction for a Crime They Did Not Commit<br /><br />Joe Biden's Latest Gaffes Raise New Questions About His Mental Fitness<br /><br />What is the magic retirement number? For most Americans, it's $1.7 million [therefore, no retirement - die "with boots on"]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-29999008153046165062019-08-12T07:50:17.980-05:002019-08-12T07:50:17.980-05:00Lightning strikes kill at least 32, injures dozens...Lightning strikes kill at least 32, injures dozens as monsoon batters India<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418384-Lightning-strikes-kill-at-least-32-injures-dozens-as-monsoon-batters-India<br /><br />Lighting is very common in India, especially during monsoon season, which stretches from June to October. In fact, it kills more people every year in India than any other extreme weather event, including floods and heat waves. <br /><br />It is estimated that the annual death toll from lightning is over 2,500. [more]<br /><br />India: 175+ killed, nearly a MILLION left homeless by massive landslides & mega-flooding - UPDATE<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418343-India-175-killed-nearly-a-MILLION-left-homeless-by-massive-landslides-mega-flooding-UPDATE<br /><br />[SOTT]Comment: The BBC is lying by omission: this isn't just 'oh another annual destructive rainy season in India'...<br /><br />Rainfall 3000% above normal in a single day in the Indian state of Karnataka<br /><br />Update 12 August <br /><br />Floods and landslides across southern and western Indian states have killed nearly 200 people over the past week as the Indian Army intensifies its relief operations to help thousands stranded in desperate need of rescue. [more]<br /><br />Image of the Day: Satellite view of 5 million km² of Siberia covered by smoke from wildfires, 11 August 2019<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/image-of-the-day-satellite-view-of-5-million-km%c2%b2-of-siberia-covered-by-smoke-from-wildfires-11-august-2019.html<br /><br />Global sea level rise began accelerating “30 years earlier” than previously thought<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/global-sea-level-rise-began-accelerating-30-years-earlier-than-previously-thought.html<br /><br />Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s [more]<br /><br />[Your EPA in action!]<br />EPA dropped salmon protection after Trump met with Alaska governor – Scientists dumbfounded at gold mine approval that will cause “complete loss of fish habitat” – “We were told to get out of the way and just make it happen”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/epa-dropped-salmon-protection-after-trump-met-with-alaska-governor-scientists-dumbfounded-at-gold-mine-approval-that-will-cause-complete-loss-of-fish-habitat.html<br /><br />AccuWeather misleads on global warming and heat waves, a throwback to its past climate denial<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/accuweather-misleads-on-global-warming-and-heat-waves-a-throwback-to-its-past-climate-denial.html<br /><br /> A week after a punishing heat wave torched the eastern two-thirds of the country, setting numerous records, AccuWeather chief executive Joel Myers cast doubt on the scientific finding that heat waves in the United States and elsewhere are worsening because of climate change. This point of view, at odds with peer-reviewed research, is reminiscent of the contrarian position AccuWeather took on the climate change issue in the 1990s, which historical documents recently obtained by The Washington Post shine light on. [more]<br /><br />European heatwave made up to 100 times more likely due to global warming – “The July 2019 heatwave was so extreme over Europe that the observed magnitudes would have been extremely unlikely without climate change”<br />https://desdemonadespair.net/2019/08/european-heatwave-made-up-to-100-times-more-likely-due-to-global-warming-the-july-2019-heatwave-was-so-extreme-over-europe-that-the-observed-magnitudes-would-have-been-extremely-unl.html<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-31065118348760938142019-08-12T07:50:12.980-05:002019-08-12T07:50:12.980-05:00Good morning Jonny and all your readers. Let'...Good morning Jonny and all your readers. Let's try to stay alive another week, shall we?<br /><br />BLACK BEAR NEWS 8.11.19 MIT Trained Physicist Fired in Brazil in Spat Over Deforestation<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woSsBmWYnTs [~ 11 min.]<br /><br />Monday, 12 August 2019<br />Arctic update - 11 August, 2019<br /><br />Margo is doing these videos less frequently.I shall share them as they appear.<br /><br />Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, Climate & Arctic Sea Ice Update with Margo (Aug. 11, 2019)<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2019/08/arctic-update-11-august-2019.html [~ 45.75 min.; full page update with charts]<br /><br />Top 5 Warning Signs Before a Strong Earthquake<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/reading-signs-before-a-quake-does-nature-warn-when-a-big-earthquake-is-coming.html<br /><br />Simone Biles makes more history at U.S. Gymnastics Championships<br />https://sports.yahoo.com/simone-biles-makes-more-history-at-us-gymnastics-championships-012129210.html<br /><br />One night after becoming the first person ever to land a double-double dismount at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Simone Biles continued to make jaws drop on Sunday with more history.<br /><br />Biles became the first woman to land a triple double (two flips and three twists) in competition on the floor during her routine [more; see ~ 2 min. video - check out the HEIGHT!]<br /><br />The 10 Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Day<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/10-most-interesting-science-news-articles-august12-2019.html [not my list . ..]<br /><br />[under Land Subsidence]<br />Giant Sinkhole Swallows Australian Family Jeep – Tod[d]ler Saved (Video)<br />https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/sinkhole-australian-family-car-todler-saved-video.html<br /><br />This is the terrifying moment a huge sinkhole swallowed two cars in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.<br />In one of the cars, an Australian family with a 20-month toddler! Everybody is fine! [more; video]<br /><br />Teenager dies following mauling by 3 pit bulls in Irving, Texas<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418385-Teenager-dies-following-mauling-by-3-pit-bulls-in-Irving-Texas<br /><br />24 dead, 6 missing as floods wreak havoc in Vietnam<br />https://www.sott.net/article/418395-24-dead-6-missing-as-floods-wreak-havoc-in-Vietnam<br /><br />In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops were submerged, mostly in Lam Dong province.<br /><br />Floods have also damaged more than 30 kilometers of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat. <br /><br />They have also destroyed 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.<br /><br />Damages are estimated at more than one billion Vietnamese dongs (46 million dollars), the most serious loss in recent years. Deadly floods are common in Vietnam. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com