tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post6423751518829856161..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2016-10-05Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-36803864209367355352016-10-07T19:23:48.752-05:002016-10-07T19:23:48.752-05:00Look up! Mother Nature's Draconid meteor showe...Look up! Mother Nature's Draconid meteor shower show starts tonight <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330438-Look-up-Mother-Natures-Draconid-meteor-shower-show-starts-tonight<br /><br />Dancing twin waterspouts filmed near Lazio, Italy <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330450-Dancing-twin-waterspouts-filmed-near-Lazio-Italy<br /><br />Rabid honey badger attacks couple in South Africa <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330445-Rabid-honey-badger-attacks-couple-in-South-Africa<br /><br />UPDATED: Matthew’s Nightmarish Storm Surge Takes Aim at 430-Mile Stretch of U.S. Coast<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/10/06/matthews-nightmarish-storm-surge-takes-aim-at-430-mile-stretch-of-us-coast/<br /><br />Unusual tornadoes, hail and strong winds damage rural Kansas<br />http://strangesounds.org/<br /><br /><br /><br />2 people killed in Minnesota helicopter crash, officials say<br />http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/07/multiple-people-killed-in-minnesota-helicopter-crash.html<br /><br />'Flash crash' thrashes sterling; dollar slides on U.S. jobs data<br />http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-global-forex-idUKKCN12700Z<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-30265269034595495272016-10-07T10:44:36.312-05:002016-10-07T10:44:36.312-05:00Seven-meter deep sinkhole discovered near public s...Seven-meter deep sinkhole discovered near public school in Central Visayas, Philippines <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330399-Seven-meter-deep-sinkhole-discovered-near-public-school-in-Central-Visayas-Philippines<br /><br />Woman attacked by fisher cat in Coventry, Rhode Island <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330396-Woman-attacked-by-fisher-cat-in-Coventry-Rhode-Island<br /><br />[never heard that term before - wolverine, badger?]<br /><br />Lightning strikes kill two farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330392-Lightning-strikes-kill-two-farmers-in-Uttar-Pradesh-India<br /><br />[that's about a week straight of lightning deaths there]<br /><br /><br /><br />Hailstones the size of golf balls pelt Nkomazi, South Africa<br />https://www.sott.net/article/330390-Hailstones-the-size-of-golf-balls-pelt-Nkomazi-South-Africa<br /><br />about 426 houses, 25 schools, five clinics and Tonga and Shongwe hospitals were damaged, but the verification process is ongoing. <br /><br />More than 100 houses' roofs were blown away, more than eight collapsed and infrastructure such as gravel roads and electricity cables were damaged. <br /><br />Large parts of Nkomazi were left without electricity [more]<br /><br />UFO? Ball lightning? 'Huge glowing ball of light' filmed above Moscow (VIDEO) <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330401-UFO-Ball-lightning-Huge-glowing-ball-of-light-filmed-above-Moscow-VIDEO<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-47983614012720523342016-10-07T09:21:58.200-05:002016-10-07T09:21:58.200-05:00News Links, October 7, 2016
Rice Farmer
http://ri...News Links, October 7, 2016<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />IMF says global debt tops $152 trillion, urges some to spend more<br />The world is swimming in a record $152 trillion in debt, the IMF said on Wednesday, even as the institution encourages some countries to spend more to boost flagging growth if they can afford it.<br /><br />If it doesn't work, do it over and over again. The IMF, in its great wisdom, still fails to see that global decline isn't a money problem, but an energy problem. No amount of debt will help. -- RF<br /><br />More Young Adults Live At Home In US, Europe<br /><br />Menhaden going extinct — the key food source at bottom of food web<br /><br />Invasive insects costing the world at least $100 billion a year<br /><br />Tech billionaires convinced we live in the Matrix are secretly funding scientists to help break us out of it<br /><br />The Great Debt Unwind: Business Bankruptcies Soar 38%<br /><br />Heavy Truck Orders Plunge, Worst September since 2009<br /><br />Police Theft So Out of Hand, State Just Passed a Law Banning Cops from Robbing Innocent People<br /><br />Illinois Renegotiates Derivative Deals as Rating Approaches Junk<br /><br />Dead People And Illegal Immigrants Are Being Registered To Vote All Over America<br /><br />Dear Senator McCain, Our National Security is Threatened by You, Your Policies, and Your Soulmate, Hillary Clinton<br /><br />Humane Society Warns: Trump Presidency is a 'Threat to Animals Everywhere'<br /><br />[lots more there - for those interested]<br /><br />Tom<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-73848970655461871562016-10-07T06:13:58.644-05:002016-10-07T06:13:58.644-05:00"Storms with the power to level cities."..."Storms with the power to level cities." (from The News Room) - with Chaba just the latest typhoon to bust up S. Korea and heading for Japan, while Matthew looks to create an estimated $10 BILLION in damage, this prediction from Aaron Sorkin's fictitious show isn't too far off (and before long storms WILL level cities).<br /><br />Matthew’s Nightmarish Storm Surge Takes Aim at 430-Mile Stretch of U.S. Coast<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/10/06/matthews-nightmarish-storm-surge-takes-aim-at-430-mile-stretch-of-us-coast/<br /><br />The Latest: Matthew's eyewall brushing Cape Canaveral <br />http://www.miamiherald.com/news/article106625472.html<br /><br />2.5M expected to lose power in Hurricane Matthew<br />http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/10/06/25-million-lose-power-hurricane-matthew/91699300/<br /><br />Up to 2.5 million Florida Power & Light customers are expected to lose power because of Hurricane Matthew — that's more than half of the company's 4.8 million customers. [more]<br /><br />[looking back at the trail of destruction]<br />New images show scale of Haiti destruction from Hurricane Matthew <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/10/new-images-show-scale-of-haiti.html<br /><br />New images show the extent of devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, with one town virtually wiped out and at least 23 people dead. [more]<br /><br />[23? sheeeeet, naw]<br />Hurricane Matthew: Hundreds dead in Haiti storm disaster<br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37582009<br /><br />[the death toll will continue to climb]<br /><br />Worst disaster in Haiti since 2010 earthquake: Hurricane Matthew leaves 340 dead as it approaches US (PHOTOS) <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330384-Worst-disaster-in-Haiti-since-2010-earthquake-Hurricane-Matthew-leaves-340-dead-as-it-approaches-US-PHOTOS<br /><br />[oh, and don't look now, but there's another one developing right behind Matthew, called Nicole, with 90 mph winds so far]<br /><br />Tick bites that trigger severe meat allergy on rise around the world<br />https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/07/tick-bites-that-trigger-severe-meat-allergy-on-rise-around-the-world<br /><br />[It's 'em VEE-gins I tey ye!]<br /><br />Cases of the emergent allergy have been reported in Europe, Asia, Central America and Africa, but it is most prevalent – and on the rise – in parts of Australia and the United States where ticks are endemic and host populations are booming. [more]<br /><br />[and lest we forget]<br />Deepwater Horizon oil spill impacted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in Gulf of Mexico – ‘Population shows little evidence of rebuilding’<br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/10/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-impacted.html<br /><br />[looking north]<br />Unprecedented Arctic change demands action: World Meteorological Organization <br />http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2016/10/unprecedented-arctic-change-demands.html<br /><br />[too late now, guys]<br /><br />Amazing meteor fireball seen over Sierra Nevada, California <br />https://www.sott.net/article/330345-Amazing-meteor-fireball-seen-over-Sierra-Nevada-California<br /><br />Tom<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com