tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post5925567146180514592..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2018-05-06Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-85045976649459824972018-05-08T19:13:38.998-05:002018-05-08T19:13:38.998-05:00Overnight Energy: Interior sending officers to sou...Overnight Energy: Interior sending officers to southern border | Dem AGs want EPA to halt plan restricting use of science | EPA documents show secrecy push<br />http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/overnights/386600-overnight-energy-zinke-sends-officers-to-patrol-southern<br /><br />INTERIOR TO SEND OFFICERS TO HELP BORDER PATROL: The Interior Department is sending its law enforcement officers to help the Department of Homeland Security secure the U.S.– Mexico border, according to an internal email obtained by The Hill.<br />The announcement from the U.S. Park Police (USPP) Planning Unit and National Park Service (NPS), sent last Thursday, says that officers from both agencies will assist the Border Patrol along the southwest border starting May 13 as part of "Secretary [Ryan] Zinke's offer of assistance to the Department of Homeland Security."<br /><br />DEMS PUSH PRUITT TO HIT BRAKES ON SCIENCE PLAN: Eight Democratic attorneys general are pushing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt to stop his proposal to restrict the science the agency could use in writing and enforcing regulations.<br /><br />The group, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D), hinted that they might sue the EPA if it moves forward with the rule that they and other critics say is an attempt to stop the EPA from using some major findings on health, pollution and other issues. [more]<br /><br />Residents voice frustrations at meeting as Hawaii volcano continues to wreak havoc<br />http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/08/residents-voice-frustrations-at-meeting-as-hawaii-volcano-continues-to-wreak-havoc.html<br /><br />More than 100 frustrated residents packed into Pahoa High School's cafeteria Monday night, demanding county, state and federal officials be straight with them on the danger still developing as Hawaii’s most active volcano continues its path of destruction.<br /><br />“Don’t tell us to sit in a shelter,” one angry resident said. “Tell us what is going on. Rumors and fear are spreading. What is going on? Someone tell us something.” [more]<br /><br />Temperature plummets as mysterious cold fog descends on beach during heatwave in England <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385051-Temperature-plummets-as-mysterious-cold-fog-descends-on-beach-during-heatwave-in-England<br /><br />Sunbathers enjoying the start of the bank holiday were caught unawares at a Devon beach when freezing fog suddenly descended. <br /><br />The freak weather conditions appeared to come out of nowhere, stunning people who had flocked to Woolacombe Beach in Devon to make the most of the heatwave and the start of the long break. <br /><br />The popular beach was said to be cleared "in minutes" as temperatures plummeted suddenly after the cold fog suddenly appeared. [more]<br /><br />Yet again: Study confirms repeated alcohol consumption damages the brain <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385073-Yet-again-Study-confirms-repeated-alcohol-consumption-damages-the-brain<br /><br />[and yet, it's LEGAL!]<br /><br />We knew vacationing had a big carbon footprint, but we didn’t know it was this big<br />http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2018/05/07/we-knew-vacationing-had-a-big-carbon-footprint-but-we-didnt-know-it-was-this-big/<br /><br />A new study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that vacationing actually releases far more climate change-inducing greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere than previously expected.<br />When taking into account not only the direct emissions from jet and automobile engines, but also the millions of supply chains needed to feed and support vacationers, researchers found that global tourism today generates 8 percent of the carbon we send into Earth’s atmosphere each year. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-62994666655715783612018-05-08T12:55:37.900-05:002018-05-08T12:55:37.900-05:00New Antarctic process contributing to sea-level ri...New Antarctic process contributing to sea-level rise and climate change revealed, that “may trigger a transition from a cold regime to a warm regime, characterised by high rates of melting from the base of ice shelves” <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2018/05/new-antarctic-process-contributing-to.html<br /><br />A new Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led study has revealed a previously undocumented process where melting glacial ice sheets change the ocean in a way that further accelerates the rate of ice melt and sea level rise.<br />Led by IMAS PhD student Alessandro Silvano and published in the journal Science Advances, the research found that glacial meltwater makes the ocean’s surface layer less salty and more buoyant, preventing deep mixing in winter and allowing warm water at depth to retain its heat and further melt glaciers from below. [more]<br /><br /> <br />'Go Now', Hawaii residents given evacuation warning as eruptions spread <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385036-Go-Now-Hawaii-residents-given-evacuation-warning-as-eruptions-spread<br /><br />Geologists compare the volcano activity to an event that took place in 1955 when eruptions continued for 88 days. [more]<br /><br />Pension funds still making promises they probably can't keep<br />https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAwWmcd<br /><br />\The value of investments by public pension funds declined last quarter, widening the gap between what these funds say they will earn and what they actually earn. [more]<br /><br />Earthquake jolts wide swath of Southern California <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/earthquake-jolts-wide-swath-of-southern-california/ar-AAwWRGD<br /><br />An early morning earthquake jolted a wide swath of Southern California awake Tuesday. CBS Los Angeles reports the quake, which struck about 6 miles south-southeast of Mt. San Gorgonio at about 4:49 a.m., was downgraded to magnitude-4.5. It was initially reported to have a preliminary magnitude of 4.6.<br />The temblor in the Cabazon area was felt as far west as the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley, as far south as Tijuana, and near Barstow to the north. Residents in the Inland Empire reported feeling it strongly in cities like Menifee, Rancho Cucamonga and Temecula. [more]<br /><br />The Fool, Or The One That Follows? <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/coiled-spring.html<br /><br />The Idiocracy starts with a delusion and then work backwards to find any dunce who will tell them it's true...<br /><br />Today's early rumour is that Trump won't cancel the Iran nuclear deal. Fortunately, there are only so many hours left of this back and forth. Either way, the premium is coming out of oil, and lower support for the S&P beckons.<br /><br />Look up bull trap in the dictionary and see this picture of oil<br />[see chart]<br /><br />Which gets me to the point of this post. For months now, no amount of bad news has fazed the bulls.<br /><br />Worsening data in Europe has seen European stocks drive back towards the February highs. EM implosion, has seen a drive into Go Daddy.<br /><br />EM credit has just now broken through the election Maginot Line indicated as the point of "contagion" for developed market risk<br /><br />Which goes to my hypothesis that this shit show doesn't just end, it explodes with extreme dislocation [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-78130091725693122682018-05-08T10:30:55.025-05:002018-05-08T10:30:55.025-05:00Listening to the birds gossip while planting flowe...Listening to the birds gossip while planting flowers out front. I'm looking forward to a final face-plant into the soil. What a way to go.<br /><br />Of course, it's just as possible I go out in a fiery crash, like Mansfield!<br /><br />All right, enough about me.<br /><br />Moonset: Moon 'vanishes' rapidly behind Earth in stunning video by Russian ISS cosmonaut<br />https://www.sott.net/article/384854-Moonset-Moon-vanishes-rapidly-behind-Earth-in-stunning-video-by-Russian-ISS-cosmonaut<br /><br />The phenomenon of the "disappearing" moon can only be observed from low Earth orbit. [more]<br /><br />Federal court rules CBD oil has no medicinal value, proving government loyalty to the pharmaceutical cartel<br /><br />https://www.sott.net/article/384948-Federal-court-rules-CBD-oil-has-no-medicinal-value-proving-government-loyalty-to-the-pharmaceutical-cartel<br /><br />Out of Sight and Beyond Scrutiny: Big Pharma's stranglehold on Europe's vaccination policy<br />https://www.sott.net/article/384947-Out-of-Sight-and-Beyond-Scrutiny-Big-Pharmas-stranglehold-on-Europes-vaccination-policy<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-80381202586327592902018-05-08T07:52:53.891-05:002018-05-08T07:52:53.891-05:00BLACK BEAR NEWS 5.7.18 Shock and Thaw—Alaskan Sea ...BLACK BEAR NEWS 5.7.18 Shock and Thaw—Alaskan Sea Ice Just Took a Steep, Unprecedented Dive<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBOoaSKHMmE<br /><br />Climate Scientist Won't Back Down Despite Threats, Harassment<br />https://www.kqed.org/science/1923414/why-this-climate-scientist-is-optimistic-despite-record-co2-levels<br /><br />Miller: Given what we know now that maybe we didn't know or weren't as certain of even five years ago, are you more concerned or less concerned than you were then?<br /><br />Mann: I'm more concerned. Over the last several years, we've learned that there are processes that are now playing out that we didn't have in our models in our early projections that are causing the ice sheets to lose ice faster than we expected, earlier than we expected, that's leading to more sea level rise than we expected. [more]<br /><br />Scientists Say Ocean Circulation Is Slowing. Here’s Why You Should Care.<br />https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07052018/atlantic-ocean-circulation-slowing-climate-change-heat-temperature-rainfall-fish-why-you-should-care<br /><br />Hotter summers in Europe, changing rainfall in the tropics, hurricane risks along the U.S. coast: If Atlantic currents keep weakening, we'll feel it. [more; we're FEELING IT NOW]<br /><br />Trump Will Announce Iran Deal Decision At 2 PM Tuesday<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/trump-will-announce-decision-on-iran.html<br /><br />President Donald Trump tweeted Monday afternoon that he will be announcing his long-awaited decision on whether the US will be pulling out of the Iran deal tomorrow at 2 pm ET. The decision will be announced from the White House. [more]<br /><br />Regime Change. Indeed <br />http://ponziworld.blogspot.com/2018/05/regime-change-indeed.html<br /><br />The reign of corrupt lying geezers is ending extraordinarily badly. But like everything else, they appear to have forgotten. <br /><br />Because there's a fine line between denial and dementia. And we crossed that line a long time ago...<br /><br />The Iran premium is coming out of oil. The odds on bet is that Trump will announce the U.S. is withdrawing from the deal, which would reimpose economic sanctions while also freeing Iran to resume making nuclear fuel.<br /><br />Either way, it's priced in to oil. And oil was the last piece of the puzzle to resist the 2014 deflationary deja vu, despite the rising dollar. [more]<br /><br />Record Low Bering Sea Ice Causes 'Natural Disaster' for Alaskan Communities <br />https://www.ecowatch.com/bering-sea-ice-2566745144.html<br /><br />The impacts of the Arctic's warmest winter on record are being felt into the spring.<br />As April drew to a close, scientists confirmed that sea ice in the Bering Sea, the body of water between Alaska and Russia, was at 10 percent of normal levels, The Washington Post reported Thursday. [more]<br /><br />EPA chief Scott Pruitt is reportedly bunkered down, growing paranoid, and hanging on <br />http://theweek.com/speedreads/771784/epa-chief-scott-pruitt-reportedly-bunkered-down-growing-paranoid-hanging<br /><br />[hanging would be good!]<br /><br />Outlook for vital Southwestern US river remains grim<br />http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/05/07/outlook-for-vital-southwestern-us-river-remains-grim.html<br /><br />he outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim this summer after April storms failed to produce much snow in the mountains that feed the waterway, forecasters said Monday.<br /><br />The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Colorado River is expected to carry only 43 percent of the average amount of water into Lake Powell, one of two huge reservoirs that store and distribute the river. [more]<br /><br />Large predators are showing up in surprising places<br />https://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/05/07/Large-predators-are-showing-up-in-surprising-places/5101525721183/<br /><br />"We can no longer chalk up a large alligator on a beach or coral reef as an aberrant sighting," biologist Brian Silliman said. [more]Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-91075327826870169342018-05-08T07:45:48.772-05:002018-05-08T07:45:48.772-05:00Strange auroral arc 'STEVE' observed in US...Strange auroral arc 'STEVE' observed in US, farther south than usual <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385005-Strange-auroral-arc-STEVE-observed-in-US-farther-south-than-usual<br /><br />Early UK May bank holiday weather breaks temperature record <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385004-Early-UK-May-bank-holiday-weather-breaks-temperature-record<br /><br />The Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: "We have smashed the warmest bank holiday Monday for early May." [more]<br /><br />Yellow fever threatens South Florida after Zika scare <br />https://www.sott.net/article/384999-Yellow-fever-threatens-South-Florida-after-Zika-scare<br /><br />The Zika scare of 2016 could lead to a yellow fever panic this year if South Florida residents let down their guard when it comes to protecting themselves from disease-carrying mosquitoes. <br /><br />There hasn't been a yellow fever outbreak in the United States in more than 100 years, but state health officials are concerned that a large outbreak in Brazil and others in South and Central America could lead to infected travelers bringing the disease to South Florida, which has the right mosquitoes and climate for it to spread. [more]<br /><br />Hawaii volcanic eruption threatens power plant<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2018/05/fears-erupting-volcano-in-hawaii-could.html<br /><br />The plant is located less then two kilometres away from where the Kilauea volcano began erupting last week. [more]<br /><br />[article contains this embedded story, with link]<br />"We've Never Seen Anything Like This" - Hawaii Officials Warn Residents Of Dangerous Volcanic Smog<br /><br />"It's sort of like you've injected ammonia into your lungs" Incredible level of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere from Kilauea volcano off the scale <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2018/05/its-sort-of-like-youve-injected-ammonia.html<br /><br />With almost 1400 quakes in the last 7 days and fissures spewing lava fountains to heights of more than 200 feet the real threat to residents of the whole South Island is the incredible amount of a toxic gas with a pungent, irritating smell called sulphur dioxide which is a major air pollutant and has significant impacts on human health, In addition, the concentration of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere can influence the habitat suitability for plant communities, as well as animal life. [more]<br /><br />[continued below]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-43773188643268752372018-05-08T07:45:21.713-05:002018-05-08T07:45:21.713-05:00Watching it all disappear, here we are still able ...Watching it all disappear, here we are still able to comment about it all (before it's our turn). For example, it's kind of ironic when a home is destroyed by a garage fire near Torch Lake (loose translation of Lac du Flambeau - could also be Lake of Fire). <br /><br />"Natural" disasters, such as the many earthquakes, sinkholes, floods, droughts, hail, flooding and drought are being supplemented (and, some would argue, exacerbated) by climate change-driven effects. As Jonny points out, the fossil fuel based noxious, corrosive gases permeating our atmosphere cause damage to concrete and metal, as well as plant life and human cellular problems. From this we can expect bridge and building collapses, vegetation problems due to chemical imbalances, and disease and respiratory troubles in animals (including humans). <br /><br />Taken together with the on-going other atmospheric, biologic, chemical and physical problems becoming continually worse, it's no great leap to human extinction (and most of life on Earth) due to lack of food, clean water and loss of habitat for it all.<br /><br />We haven't stressed the political, economic and social troubles that are also a result of our living the way we do, and we could crash our civilization (and life) via ANY KIND of nuclear war "ahead of schedule." In fact, it's been shown that simple supply chain interruption of food and basic necessities would also begin a chain reaction event that takes down the global system.<br /><br />So we're being "boxed in" by a NUMBER of converging factors, and it won't be long (certainly WAY before 2100) before it all ends.<br /><br />Let's see what today brings:<br />Trains collide in Germany, killing 2 and injuring 14 <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trains-collide-in-germany-killing-2-and-injuring-14/ar-AAwVwOT<br /><br />Authorities say two people have died and 14 have been injured after a passenger train hit a stationary cargo train in southern Germany late Monday. [more]<br /><br />Lockheed resumes [problem-ridden, useless] F-35 jet deliveries to Pentagon <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/lockheed-resumes-f-35-jet-deliveries-to-pentagon/ar-AAwUc0G<br /><br />The dispute was over who was responsible for paying to fix corrosion[!] related to an error discovered in the second half of 2017. [JJFH strikes again!]<br /><br />The majority of aircraft will be repaired within two years, the statement said. [so they aren't available NOW]<br /><br />Last year, the Pentagon stopped accepting F-35s for 30 days after discovering corrosion where panels were fastened to the airframe, an issue that affected more than 200 of the stealthy jets. [more]<br /><br />[just a quick note: if you live near wildlife WATCH YOUR KIDS!!]<br />Ranger's 3-Year-Old Son Killed After Leopard Dragged Him Off into Bush at Safari Lodge in Uganda <br />https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/rangers-3-year-old-son-killed-after-leopard-dragged-him-off-into-bush-at-safari-lodge-in-uganda/ar-AAwUJeu<br /><br />Arctic Ocean Deep in the Grips of May Temperature Spike; Beastly Summer Melt Season on the Way?<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2018/05/07/arctic-ocean-deep-in-the-grips-of-may-temperature-spike-beastly-summer-melt-season-on-the-way/<br /><br />The Arctic sea ice is presently at its second lowest extent ever recorded in most of the major monitors. However, May is shaping up to be far, far warmer than normal for the Arctic Ocean region. If such high temperatures over this typically-frozen part of our world continue for much longer than a couple of weeks at this key time of year, precipitous summer melt is sure to follow. [more; see comments]<br /><br />Heavy hailstorm and spring snowfall hits Himachal Pradesh, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385019-Heavy-hailstorm-and-spring-snowfall-hits-Himachal-Pradesh-India<br /><br />70-year-old heat record broken as temps soar to 106F/41C in Phoenix, Arizona <br />https://www.sott.net/article/385009-70-year-old-heat-record-broken-as-temps-soar-to-106F-41C-in-Phoenix-Arizona<br /><br />[more below]<br /><br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com