tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post9112812087328894508..comments2024-03-20T06:07:07.676-06:00Comments on Jumping Jack Flash Hypothesis: It's A Gas Gas Gas: Event Update For 2020-11-20Jonny Mnemonichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516458612879773986noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-13589735046772966162020-11-22T15:14:08.606-06:002020-11-22T15:14:08.606-06:00Florida man saves his dog from the jaws of an alli...Florida man saves his dog from the jaws of an alligator; wildlife cam films the dramatic rescue<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-man-saves-dog-jaws-231627500.html<br /><br />Newly released footage shows a Florida man rescuing his dog from the grasp of an alligator, an unexpected moment captured on film by a project designed to monitor local wildlife.<br /><br />The dramatic video shows the man jumping into waist-deep pond water after the alligator dragged the dog underwater. The man submerges his whole arm to bring the small dog to the surface, with the small alligator still latched on.<br /><br />The dog yelps as the man struggles to free it from the gator's grasp, loudly grunting from the strain. After about 12 seconds, the man succeeds in freeing his pet, and it scampers ashore. [more]<br /><br />Gati rapidly strengthens before making landfall over Somalia<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/severe-cyclonic-storm-gati-nearing-153244302.html<br /><br />Tropical activity is ramping up across the northern Indian Ocean with the development of Gati in the Arabian Sea. More development may be on the horizon as a disturbance continues to organize in the Bay of Bengal.<br /><br />The first system to form in the basin this week was Gati. This system first developed into an area of low pressure on Thursday, according to India's Meteorological Department (IMD). By early Sunday morning, local time, the system strengthened into a depression. Just a few hours later, the system became a deep depression and then strengthened even further into Cyclonic Storm Gati. Development of this system exploded on Sunday and around 12 hours after first becoming a depression, Gati was a severe cyclonic storm. [more]<br /><br />You're gonna need a bigger marsh: Wayward blue shark spotted in Cape Cod<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/youre-gonna-bigger-marsh-wayward-012208832.html [66 sec. live video]<br /><br />Unemployment: Stay-At-Home Order Starts Tonight With No Stimulus In Sight<br />https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/unemployment-stay-home-order-starts-165459772.html<br /><br />Heading into Thanksgiving weekend, things have never looked gloomier for Southern California.<br /><br />A state and local stay-at-home order goes into effect late tonight, but exempts film and TV production workers. Still, many of those people are still without employment, dating from the spring shutdowns, and the already struggling ancillary businesses that support them are about to be damaged even more by another round of restrictions.<br /><br />The bad news is enhanced unemployment benefits and other programs established with the CARES Act in March are going to expire by the end of the year. A study released this week says 12 million people will lose their federal and state unemployment Dec. 26. [more]<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-32235680513810294282020-11-22T15:14:03.290-06:002020-11-22T15:14:03.290-06:00'Choked, Strangled, Drowned': Report lays ...'Choked, Strangled, Drowned': Report lays out severity of plastic harming endangered marine life<br />https://www.yahoo.com/news/choked-strangled-drowned-report-lays-173913671.html<br /><br />When Charles Innis, lead veterinarian at the New England Aquarium, cut into a 400-pound leatherback sea turtle that washed up dead on Sandy Neck in November 2015, he was looking for the cause of its demise, signs of disease or parasites.<br /><br />What the necropsy team encountered was a 3-foot-square sheet of plastic lodged in the animal's stomach.<br /><br />The turtle had experienced the worst that mankind could dish out. Deformities and X-rays revealed extensive fractures of the shell and vertebrae from a collision with a vessel. Heavy abrasions and lacerations around the front flippers indicated it had been entangled in fishing gear, the likely cause of death.<br /><br />The plastic, which when floating in the water resembles the jellyfish that are the leatherback’s favorite food, would have killed it by blocking its intestine, Innis concluded. [more]<br /><br />[may i NOT experience this]<br />American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Bird Reportedly Strikes Cockpit Window<br />https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/american-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-025153096.html<br /><br />An American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the cockpit window began to crack.<br /><br />CBS Chicago reports the incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. CST, shortly after American Eagle Flight 3408 had departed from Chicago. The airline said the plane, which was bound for Cleveland, had "experienced a mechanical issue with the windscreen" during takeoff and was immediately forced to turn back to O'Hare International Airport, where emergency personnel was waiting.<br /><br />Sources told TMZ that the "mechanical issue" was seemingly caused by a bird that made contact with the windshield. And judging by the photos, the impact was severe. [more]<br /><br />China Is Set to Eclipse America as World’s Biggest Oil Refiner<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/china-set-eclipse-america-world-230000003.html<br /><br />Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell Plc pulled the plug on its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries shut in recent years, Convent was far from obsolete: it’s fairly big by U.S. standards and sophisticated enough to turn a wide range of crude oils into high-value fuels. Yet Shell, the world’s third-biggest oil major, wanted to radically reduce refining capacity and couldn’t find a buyer.<br /><br />As Convent’s 700 workers found out they were out of a job, their counterparts on the other side of Pacific were firing up a new unit at Rongsheng Petrochemical’s giant Zhejiang complex in northeast China. It’s just one of at least four projects underway in the country, totaling 1.2 million barrels a day of crude-processing capacity, equivalent to the U.K.’s entire fleet. [more; Covid damage to blame, of course]<br /><br />[part 4 follows]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-66770835284389154822020-11-22T15:13:21.369-06:002020-11-22T15:13:21.369-06:0050 people killed by animals so far in 2020 across ...50 people killed by animals so far in 2020 across Uttarakhand, India - 24 by leopards<br />https://www.sott.net/article/444675-50-people-killed-by-animals-so-far-in-2020-across-Uttarakhand-India-24-by-leopards<br /><br />Eight people have died due to attacks by elephants, two each by bear and wild pig attacks and one after being attacked by a crocodile.<br /><br />The maximum attacks were by bears, which struck 71 times this year in the state, followed by 58 leopard attacks, 38 wild pig attacks, 35 snake bites and eight elephant attacks. [more]<br /><br />[extreme precip news]<br />Northwestern US snowpack now 200 - 400% above normal - Mt Baker, Washington gets nearly 8 feet of snow in 8 days<br />https://www.sott.net/article/444674-Northwestern-US-snowpack-now-200-400-above-normal-Mt-Baker-Washington-gets-nearly-8-feet-of-snow-in-8-days<br /><br />Ski area is open and they've had almost 8 feet (228 cm) of new snow in the last 8 days alone [more]<br /><br />Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia - 8th such fatality for the country in 2020<br />https://www.sott.net/article/444673-Man-killed-in-shark-attack-off-Western-Australia-8th-such-fatality-for-the-country-in-2020<br /><br />The incident happened at Cable Beach in the Kimberley region's popular tourism destination of Broome about 8.45am local time (12.45am GMT).<br /><br />It is understood that the 55-year-old man had been bodyboarding when he was bitten. [more; ~ 2.3 min. news vid]<br /><br />6.2 magnitude earthquake hits off Chile coast - USGS<br />https://www.sott.net/article/444671-6-2-magnitude-earthquake-hits-off-Chile-coast-USGS<br /><br />There has been no tsunami alert issued as a result of the quake. [more]<br /><br />[from There Goes The Food!]<br />Dutch authorities have culled another 190,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu broke out at least two poultry farms bringing total to almost 500,000 this month: On Friday 1 million chickens were culled in Japan as disease spreads <br />http://www.thebigwobble.org/2020/11/dutch-authorities-have-culled-another.html<br /><br />Dutch authorities have culled some 190,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu broke out at least two poultry farms, the agriculture ministry said Sunday. Health workers slaughtered around 100,000 hens at a poultry farm at Hekendorp outside Gouda while 90,000 chicks were culled at Witmarsum, in northern Friesland.<br /><br />In both cases "a highly contagious strain of the H5 variant" was suspected, the ministry said in a statement. There were no other poultry farms within a one-kilometre radius of the outbreaks, it added."Both farms were cleared to prevent further spread of the disease," the ministry said. [more]<br /><br />Billionaire UK investor aims to force hundreds of companies to act on climate<br />https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/billionaire-uk-investor-aims-force-031248909.html<br /><br />British billionaire Chris Hohn is aiming to force hundreds of U.S. and European companies to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by enlisting global investors to demand an annual vote on their climate plans at shareholder meetings.<br /><br />Hohn, who has emerged as a major investor voice on climate change, set a precedent last month by using a shareholder resolution to force Spanish airports operator Aena to draft a new climate plan and submit it to an annual vote. [more]<br /><br />[3rd section awaits]<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4388504906915444063.post-28842272384537213392020-11-22T15:12:16.306-06:002020-11-22T15:12:16.306-06:00Skully and Molder was a hoot, Jonny! Let's he...Skully and Molder was a hoot, Jonny! Let's hear it for dying in or by the water in yer 70's! WOO . . ...(um)..hoo(?) Heh, i'll be 3 blocks from the Pacific tomorrow morning. <br /><br />Psychological burden from stress? Sheee-mah, we jes wahmin' up! We-all 'bout ta have PHYSICAL and financial pain too.<br />Thanks for reminding everyone of the lag time from greenhouse gas emissions to environmental effect, Jonny - just so they know we have more in the pipeline and to not be too surprised.<br /><br />[from Bill Gates news]<br />Mass Sterilization”: Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility <br />Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine [from Global Research]<br />https://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/11/tetanus-vaccine-may-be-laced-with-anti.html [~ 3.25 min. soundcloud opening]<br /><br />When injected as a vaccine to a non-pregnant woman, this Beta HCG sub unit combined with tetanus toxoid develops antibodies against tetanus and HCG so that if a woman’s egg becomes fertilized, her own natural HCG will be destroyed rendering her permanently infertile. In this situation tetanus vaccination has been used as a birth control method. [more]<br />[incl. ~ 5 min. video at the end]<br /><br />Sunday, 22 November 2020<br />Prof Susan Krumdieck: 'Sustainability is wishful thinking' <br /><br />'Sustainability is wishful thinking': get ready for the energy downshift<br />https://robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/11/prof-susan-krumdieck-sustainability-is.html<br /><br />The problem with “sustainability” is its implication that economic growth can still continue on blithely in a world of zero carbon and a green energy transition. But expect a rude shock. <br /><br />She spins around a 1981 edition of National Geographic to read the headline. “Special report: Facing up to the problems, getting down to the solutions.” Then chuckles again.<br /><br />Her point is that we have known how an exponential rise in the consumption of fossil fuels was going to end ever since she began her career as a young researcher at the University of Colorado.<br /><br />And now we have way overshot the mark. Any action is going to have to be drastic. Talk of “sustainability” no longer cuts it.<br /><br />That has become a feelgood weasel word, says Krumdieck. What does it say to the public except economic growth can be continued under a new carbon-friendly regime?<br /><br />We will simply switch out the fossil fuels – the coal, oil and gas – and replace them with clean and green renewables.<br /><br />More hydro. More wind, solar, geothermal and biodiesel. Then the completely new technologies exciting folk, like hydrogen fuel cells.<br /><br />Anyway, from an engineering perspective, the sustainability strategy looks to amount to a straight swap of what sits under the hood of the economy. Green power to replace fossil fuel power.<br /><br />Do that pit stop, throw in some energy efficiency measures, and get motoring again.<br /><br />Krumdieck shakes her head. Sadly, this is her area, and she has crunched the numbers. It’s not going to work, she says.<br /><br />Renewables can’t deliver in this way so energy abundance is about to become energy poverty. And we need to get ready.[more]<br /><br />[2 below]<br /><br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819564675299071481noreply@blogger.com