tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post7147907699883878702..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2016-05-02Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-52953359222258809912016-05-04T09:43:19.152-05:002016-05-04T09:43:19.152-05:00Severe turbulence injures 32 on Etihad flight to I...Severe turbulence injures 32 on Etihad flight to Indonesia<br />http://finance.yahoo.com/news/abu-dhabis-etihad-31-injured-103044377.html<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Thirty-one passengers and a crew member aboard an Etihad Airways flight were injured Wednesday when their plane ran into sudden turbulence as it prepared to land in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.<br /><br />First US climate refugees get $48 million to move<br />http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0503/First-US-climate-refugees-get-48-million-to-move<br /><br />The residents of Isle de Jean Charles, La., will soon become America's first climate refugees.<br /><br />[tons of good stuff at Rice Farmer]<br />Rice Farmer <br />http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/<br /><br />It’s Not Random——The Global Economy’s At Stall Speed, Rapidly Loosing Lift <br /><br />Controlling Zika mosquitoes may be 'lost cause<br /><br />Food security fears resurface in Asian as nations face rice shortage due to drought<br /><br />[lots more]<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-91283617937147114972016-05-04T07:32:50.347-05:002016-05-04T07:32:50.347-05:00Most amusing post today, Jonny. Despite the dire ...Most amusing post today, Jonny. Despite the dire incidents the gallows humor continues to keep ones perspective. From the Skull talk joke (coffee spew good) to the quick jabs (ala Dominican Republic headline) kept me grinning throughout, though it's all tragic beyond belief. It's like humanity keeps hitting itself in the head with a two by four - we're so stupid that we keep doing the same civilization-destroying activities every moment of every day despite the fact that it's now public knowledge that climate change is our own fault!<br /><br />Wave of dead sea creatures hits Chile's beaches<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/wave-dead-sea-creatures-hits-chiles-beaches-050245996.html<br /><br />Thousands of dead clams pictured on the shores of Chiloe Island [the stats are apocalyptically stunning]<br /><br />The Fires of Climate Change are Burning the Himalayas<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/03/the-fires-of-climate-change-are-burning-the-himalayas/<br /><br />[and, from your comment on the last thread]<br />“Please Get Us Out” — Historic Alberta Wildfire Threatens to Engulf City of Fort McMurray, 61,000 Forced to Evacuate<br />https://robertscribbler.com/2016/05/03/arctic-wildfire-threatens-tar-sands-city-of-fort-mcmurray-thousands-forced-to-evacuate/<br /><br />[much more detail and coverage at seemorerocks today]<br />Once the fire is in the tar sands they may NEVER put it out<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/it-would-seem-worst-has-happened-tar.html<br /><br />This appears to be the latest<br /><br />80,000 evacuated as fire threatens city<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/80000-evacuated-in-port-mcmurray.html<br /><br />A balmier than usual autumn to continue into winter<br />http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2016/05/new-zealands-extreme-heat-makes-it-into.html<br /><br />New Zealand's extreme heat makes it into the mainstream<br /><br />Tom<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com