2015-03-01 - Hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen and carbon monoxide found in the ground near Chinchilla (Australia):
http://www.abusinessherald.com/2015/03/underground-fire-may-have-caused-gases-below-soil-surface-environment-department/
http://brisbane.dotnewz.com/underground-fire-may-have-caused-gases-below-soil-surface-environment-department-brisbane/
http://article.wn.com/view/2015/03/01/Queenslands_Department_of_Environment_not_ruling_out_undergr/
http://aussiedaily.com.au/australian-featured-news/activist-fears-underground-csg-fire-brisbane-times
http://www.lockthegate.org.au/toxic_gases_detected_in_prime_farmland_soils_call_to_act_on_unconventional_mining
http://danilnews.com/news/activist-fears-underground-coal-fire
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2015-03-01/queenslands-department-of-environment-not-ruling-out-underground-fire-as-cause-of-gases-near-chinchi/1420091
Quote:"The department has revealed that preliminary tests carried out last week at two private properties at Hopeland, near Chinchilla, showed a positive result for carbon monoxide, hydrogen and hydrogen sulphide. 'The gases identified are commonly associated with combustion and are not associated with coal seam gas development,' said Jon Black, the director-general of the Department of Environment."
Quote:"The gases detected - in the Western Downs region of Queensland by the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection - included carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and hydrogen sulfide. The gases are explosive and farmers in the Hopeland area have been advised not to excavate or disturb soils greater than two metres deep without talking to the department."
Note: Carbon monoxide isn't explosive or flammable - it's the leftovers of combustion. Hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide aren't normally associated with combustion unless it's them doing the combusting. So maybe some hydrogen sulfide is rising from below, or some has blown by in the atmosphere and sunk into the ground in this area, and then ignited. That would cause readings like this. Hydrogen sulfide is associated with natural gas - that's what makes natural gas 'sour' - and natural gas is sometimes found near coal seams. The gas IN the coal seams is more or less pure methane, but if any leaks out then it can become food for the ancient anaerobic bacteria and archaea that produce hydrogen sulfide. Either way, bottom line, however it happened, whatever the cause, they've got a deadly poison in the soil here...
2015-03-01 - Man, 31, goes out on boat, goes missing, empty 'ghost boat' and 2 dogs found, at Lake Mohave (Nevada):
http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/local/story/Crews-searching-for-missing-boater-at-Lake-Mohave/m60lSYceZkOJIQrB7Jbm2Q.cspx
Quote:"The Lake Mead Interagency Communication Center received a call from a person who reported seeing a small vessel -- that previously had a person on board -- unattended south of Willow Beach on Lake Mohave."
2015-03-01 - US military satellite explodes after unexplained 'sudden spike in temperature':
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11444155/US-military-satellite-explodes-above-Earth.html
http://news.sky.com/story/1436965/satellite-explodes-after-catastrophic-event?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2976166/Satellite-blows-Earth-orbit-Mystery-temperature-spike-explosion-adds-43-pieces-debris-region-planet.html
Quote:"Air Force Space Command confirmed to SpaceNews.com that the 'catastrophic event' came after 'a sudden spike in temperature' was detected, followed by 'an unrecoverable loss of attitude control'."
2015-03-01 - Students sicken at school in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), blamed on C-Diff:
http://screen.yahoo.com/parents-concerned-students-fall-ill-141500227.html
2015-03-01 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Yunnan Province (China), 12 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150302-47170-CHN
2015-03-01 - Heavy rain hits Dallas (Texas), temps drop, rain freezes, airport cancels a record 1000 flights:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ST-20150301-47162-USA
2015-03-01 - Rare albino elephant captured in Myanmar:
http://wric.com/2015/03/01/myanmar-captures-rare-white-elephant-in-western-jungles/
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/world/myanmar/Myanmar-captures-rare-white-elephant-in-western-jungles-5332667
2015-03-01 - Mysterious odor hits Louisville (Kentucky):
http://www.wdrb.com/story/28233568/somethings-in-the-air-city-officials-investigating-mysterious-odor-in-louisville
Quote:"It's unusual that we get the same complaint in such a widespread area."
2015-03-02 - Huntington Beach turns white with hail in coastal California, heavy snow hits Arizona:
http://tbo.com/ap/heavy-snow-hits-arizona-hail-turns-california-beach-white-20150302/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/02/southern-california-beach_n_6786202.html
2015-03-02 - Devastating flooding worsens in Madagascar:
http://floodlist.com/africa/madagascar-floods-19-dead-37000-displaced
http://www.sott.net/article/293280-Madagascar-flooding-update-19-dead-and-37000-displaced
Quote:"The latest report from Madagascar's disaster management agency, the Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC) said that further assessments of the flood disaster that struck on 26 February show that 19 people have been killed, 36,956 have been displaced and over 60,000 affected by the disaster. 517 houses have been destroyed and 1,698 damaged in the floods. BNGRC also report that the floods have damaged 6,339 hectares of rice fields."
2015-03-02 - Ebro River overflows, massive flooding hits Aragon and Zaragoze (Spain):
http://floodlist.com/europe/floods-northern-spain-ebro-river
http://www.sott.net/article/293333-Flooding-in-northern-Spain-as-Ebro-river-breaks-its-banks
2015-03-02 - Weasel attacks woodpecker, photgrapher gets picture of weasel riding on top of bird:
http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Wow-picture-Photographer-catches-weasel-catching/story-26111107-detail/story.html
http://www.southwestnews.org.uk/news/wow-what-a-picture-photographer-catches-weasel-catching-a-ride
2015-03-02 - New York City rats harbor Oriental rat fleas, which can spread the plague:
http://www.newsweek.com/nyc-rats-harbor-fleas-can-transmit-plague-310842
2015-03-03 - Volcano Villarica erupts, belches magma and ash, in Chile:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150303-47182-CHL
http://interactives.koin.com/photomojo/gallery/18103/1
http://www.weather.com/news/news/chile-villarrica-volcano-erupts
http://www.wsj.com/articles/volcano-erupts-in-southern-chile-thousands-evacuated-1425384468
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/chiles-villarica-volcano-erupts-forcing-thousands-evacuate-n316276
http://rt.com/in-motion/237297-chile-volcano-villarrica-lava/
Quote:"A volcano in southern Chile erupted early Tuesday, spewing heavy smoke and lava and prompting officials to evacuate thousands of people in the surrounding area. The Villarica volcano erupted around 3 a.m., according to the National Emergency Office, which issued a red alert and ordered evacuations."
2015-03-03 - Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes off the coast near Sikabaluan (Indonesia):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000tumx#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/293335-USGS-Earthquake-Magnitude-6-4-50km-NW-of-Sikabaluan-Indonesia
2015-03-03 - Deadly bacteria escapes lab in Covington (Louisiana), nobody knows how far it's spread:
http://rt.com/usa/236957-deadly-tulane-lab-leak-mystery/
http://www.sott.net/article/293316-Deadly-bacteria-escapes-from-Louisiana-lab-and-no-one-knows-how-far-it-has-spread
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/03/01/tulane-primate-bio-lab-bacteria-release/24137053/?hootPostID=4c9946bcee8ab9322bc3f9e369a230f4
2015-03-03 - Major winter storm hits large area, from Oklahoma to the East Coast, 100 million people affected:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/oklahoma-city-to-boston-snow-ice-storm/43277612
http://www.sott.net/article/293405-From-Massachusetts-to-Oklahoma-new-storm-brings-snow-ice-along-1500-mile-corridor-100-million-affected
2015-03-03 - Rare deepwater goblin shark caught off the coast near Eden (Australia):
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/alien-deep-rare-goblin-shark-found-australia-n316666
2015-03-03 - Thousands of bees swarm tree at school in coastal Panama City Beach (Florida):
http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/Bees-Swarm-Breakfast-Point-Academy-294944881.html
2015-03-03 - Meet 'Hulk', the 175-pound pit bull:
http://gma.yahoo.com/175-pound-pit-bull-hulk-shatters-misconceptions-breed-170720486--abc-news-pets.html
2015-03-04 - Flooding kills 38 people in Tanzania:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31729777
http://www.sott.net/article/293395-38-people-killed-by-flooding-in-Tanzania
2015-03-04 - Major flooding hits Cordoba (Argentina):
http://floodlist.com/america/argentina-floods-thousands-evacuated-in-cordoba
http://www.sott.net/article/293398-Thousands-evacuated-due-to-flooding-in-Cordoba-Argentina
2015-03-04 - Sinkhole insurance now available in Missouri:
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2015/03/05/359583.htm
http://www.ky3.com/news/local/sinkhole-insurance-is-now-available-in-missouri/21048998_31615416
2015-03-04 - Dusky woodswallow seen for the first time in New Zealand:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/66887005/First-sighting-of-dusky-woodswallow-in-New-Zealand
http://www.sott.net/article/293392-Dusky-woodswallow-seen-for-the-first-time-in-New-Zealand
2015-03-05 - Boy, 17, goes for hike, goes missing, near coastal Honolulu (Hawaii):
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/article_8b3e2c28-b322-5edb-85ad-b9a1dd588411.html
http://westhawaiitoday.com/community-bulletin/navy-joins-search-missing-big-island-teen-who-last-went-hiking-oahu
2015-03-05 - Catastrophic wildfires expected this summer in Southern Oregon:
http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150305/NEWS/150309767/101033/NEWS
2015-03-05 - Flocks of rare bohemian waxwing birds seen in New Hampshire:
http://www.wmur.com/escape-outside/rare-bird-alert-bohemian-waxwing-flocks-sighted/31605094
http://www.sott.net/article/293452-Flocks-of-rare-bohemian-waxwing-seen-in-New-Hampshire
2015-03-06 - Scientists believe Kilauea has a second deeper larger magma chamber:
http://www.livescience.com/50036-hawaii-kilauea-volcano-lava-sources.html
2015-03-06 - 114-year-old cold record broken in Detroit (Michigan):
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/03/06/metro-detroit-breaks-114-year-old-winter-weather-record/
http://www.sott.net/article/293513-US-Detroit-breaks-114-year-old-cold-weather-record
Quote:"According to the National Weather Service, the low temperature Friday morning was zero degrees, breaking the old record of 2 degrees set in 1901."
2015-03-06 - Man hits police car with vehicle, acts strangely, at airport in coastal Miami (Florida):
http://screen.yahoo.com/breaking-police-incident-miami-international-220200623.html
Note: Might've been zombifying. This area is close to the MacArthur Causeway, which is where the original face-eater incident occurred...
2015-03-07 - World record for snowfall possibly set in Capracotta, Isernia (Italy):
http://iceagenow.info/2015/03/world-record-snowfall/
http://www.sott.net/article/293572-World-record-snowfall-set-in-Italy
Quote:"In Capracotta, Isernia, more than 2 meters of snow fell in 24 hours, compared to the historical 193 cm in 24 hours measured in 1921 in Silver Lake, Colorado."
2015-03-07 - Agent claims Utah shouldn't legalize marijuana because rabbits like it:
http://www.kutv.com/news/features/local-news/stories/Stoned-Rabbits-This-week-in-Utah-Medical-Marijuana-headlines-99741.shtml
Note: Think of the
2015-03-07 - After huge fire in coastal Cape Town (South Africa), residents warned that mice, rats and snakes will head for suburbs:
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Snakes-and-rats-to-head-for-suburbs-warn-Cape-fire-experts-20150308
2015-03-08 - College student falls 11 stories off building at university campus in Storrs (Connecticut), possible toppler, 1 injured:
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Student-Falls-from-Building-at-UConn-295611521.html
2015-03-08 - Swarm of bees descends on Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe (Arizona), delays baseball game:
http://www.kpho.com/story/28294427/swarm-of-bees-delays-spring-training-game
http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-0309-angels-20150309-story.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/bees-delay-game-angels-royals-article-1.2142076
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/08/bees-bring-lots-of-buzz-to-angels-game-in-tempe/
2015-03-08 - Baby cries, woman cuts baby's throat with circular saw, baby dies, in Chicago (Illinois):
http://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/7/71/425762/police-investigating-death-baby-little-village
2015-03-09 - Two students sicken at school, one loses consciousness, in Twin Falls (Idaho):
http://magicvalley.com/news/local/firefighters-respond-to-medical-calls-at-harrison-elementary/article_87a19203-05c1-54f4-907b-571f35c884a3.html
Quote:"Twin Falls firefighters responded Monday morning to Harrison Elementary School after a couple of students had unrelated medical problems. A student fainted, and firefighters arrived at 11 a.m. to check the building for carbon monoxide as a precaution, school district spokeswoman Eva Craner said. No carbon monoxide was detected and detectors didn’t go off at the school, she said."
Note: Unrelated? Boy, they sure were quick to jump to THAT conclusion. I can imagine a headline in the future: 'In unrelated incidents, twelve students were found dead at a school.'
2015-03-09 - Man, 21, crewmember, sickens with chest pain on fishing vessel 'En Avant' near coastal Cap de la Chèvre (France):
http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Fv-En-Avant-I354313.html
Quote:"On Mar 8, 2015, at 9:27 p.m., the CROSS Corsen was alerted that a fisherman of 21 years on board the 'En Avant' was suffering from chest pain. After a conference call between the Maritime Medical Consultation Center (MMCC) of Toulouse, the Medical Maritime Coordination in Finistère and the CROSS, a medical evacuation was decided."
2015-03-09 - Collapsing sardine population may cause commercial fishing ban off the coast of California:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20150310-47264-USA
Quote:"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projections show 2015 levels of Pacific sardines would fall well below 150,000 metric tons, the level needed to allow even a modest fishing season. Those figures demonstrate a precipitous crash from the more than 1 million metric tons that the assessment reported in 2007."
2015-03-09 - Mount Lokon rumbles and shows increasing signs of activity in Tomohon, North Sulawesi (Philippine Islands):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150309-47245-PHL
Quote:"Also in the same province, Mount Soputan in Minahasa Tenggara regency has shown an increase in activity as of early this year. Four eruptions sending thick smoke as high as 4,500 meters from the peak were recorded on Saturday."
2015-03-09 - Magnitude 4.6 earthquake strikes near Kosjeric (Serbia), 100 homes damaged:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150309-47257-SCG
2015-03-09 - Toxic algae outbreak hits the Ashley River in coastal Canterbury (New Zealand):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150309-47244-NZL
2015-03-09 - Huge amounts of snow take out electricity and water in parts of Bulgaria:
http://iceagenow.info/2015/03/bulgaria-remains-grip-snow/
http://www.sott.net/article/293603-50-settlements-cut-off-in-Bulgaria-roads-blocked-by-huge-snowdrifts-electricity-supply-disrupted
2015-03-09 - Spectacular waterspout filmed off the coast of Broome (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/waterspout-off-broome-coast-caught-on-film/6290180
http://www.sott.net/article/293605-Waterspout-filmed-off-Broome-coast-Australia
2015-03-09 - Solar plane takes off from Abu Dhabi (UAE), attempts first fuel-less around-the-world flight:
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/03/09/solar-powered-plane-takes-off-on-around-world-flight-attempt/
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/solar-impulse-plane-takes-round-world-flight-n319711
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article13067957.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/solar-impulse-2-takes-off-for-historic-around-the-world-attempt-1.2986720
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/2-men-attempt-around-the-world-trip-with-solar-powered-plane-100360.shtml
Quote:"A Swiss solar-powered plane took off from Abu Dhabi early Monday, marking the start of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel."
2015-03-09 - Zoo records footage of honey buzzards taking out a hornet hive in Taipei (Taiwan):
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201503090042.aspx
Quote:"The Taipei Zoo on Monday released a video of crested honey buzzards feasting on a hornet hive at the zoo."
2015-03-10 - Two volcanoes erupt simultaneously, ash clouds rise to 5 kilometers altitude, on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150310-47272-RUS
Quote:"A code of high threat to air traffic has been enforced in Kamchatka in Russian Far East following discharge of volcanic ashes by two Kamchatka volcanoes simultaneously, a source from a regional department of the Institute for studies of seismological activity told TASS on Tuesday. A cloud of gas-ash particles rising above the Kluchevsky and Zhupanovsky volcanoes is nearly five kilometers high, it said. A tail of ashes from the Zhupanovsky volcano has spread to a distance of 187 kilometers east of the volcano, and the ash tail from the other one has spread 92 kilometers southeast."
Note: I don't think I've ever seen two volcanoes erupt simultaneously before...
2015-03-10 - New one-mile volcanic island near Tonga now safe to walk on:
http://www.sott.net/article/293688-New-one-mile-volcanic-island-forms-off-Tonga-in-the-Pacific
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/tongafrenchpolynesia/11463853/First-photographs-emerge-of-new-Pacific-island-off-Tonga.html
Quote:"They said the surface was still hot and the green lake in the crater smelt strongly of sulphur."
2015-03-10 - Chance of megaquake hitting California rises:
http://news.yahoo.com/report-strong-quake-certain-hit-california-future-194242427.html
2015-03-10 - Weasel attacks heron, annoyed heron drowns and eats weasel, in Kent (Britain):
http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/09/remember-the-weasel-riding-a-woodpecker-well-now-the-birds-have-had-their-revenge-5094686/
http://www.sott.net/article/293683-Strange-animal-behaviour-Weasel-attacks-heron-in-Kent-UK
2015-03-10 - Study finds that fathers' genes are more dominant:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/04/study-finds-fathers-genes-are-more-dominant/
Quote:"And while it is true that you get half of your genes from each parent, the genes from your father are more dominant, especially when it comes to your health. Researchers at the University of North Carolina, School of Medicine discovered this pattern in mice, and it could have huge implications for how diseases are inherited."
2015-03-10 - Woman found dead with puncture wounds to her neck at home in Racine (Wisconsin):
http://www.wisn.com/news/racine-police-conducting-possible-homicide-investigation/31687736
Note: Aw hell, didn't we have enough problems without a vampire outbreak?!
2015-03-11 - Two volcanoes rumble to life in Guatemala:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/12/world/second-volcano-rumbles-life-guatemala/
http://www.sott.net/article/293737-Second-of-Guatemalas-three-volcanoes-now-active
Quote:"Guatemala's Fuego volcano, in the southwest, over the past several weeks has spewed adjacent towns with soot, forcing the temporary closure last month of a neighboring airport. Now the Santiaguito volcano in the west has awakened as well, emitting columns of ash 400 meters (1,300 feet) tall above its crater."
2015-03-11 - Magnitude 6.6 earthquake shakes Bogota (Colombia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150312-47285-COL
http://rt.com/news/239489-earthquake-colombia-capital-evacuation/
http://www.sott.net/article/293670-Evacuations-as-6-6-earthquake-shakes-Colombia-capital
Quote:"The earthquake caused damages to at least 14 municipalities in the Latin American country. An 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the north of Colombia and parts of Venezuela at 3:55 p.m. local time Tuesday, causing damages to hundreds of buildings in at least 14 municipalities across the country, government officials reported Wednesday. Over 200 homes and three airports were also reported damaged after the earthquake, a spokesperson for the Colombian government said."
2015-03-11 - Snowstorms continue to hammer Newfoundland (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/western-newfoundland-continues-to-get-buried-in-snow-1.2990010
http://www.sott.net/article/293718-Western-Newfoundland-continues-to-be-buried-in-snow
2015-03-11 - Unseasonal heavy snow causing problems in Kashmir (India):
http://indiablooms.com/ibns_new/video-details/VV/11426/heavy-snowfall-in-kashmir-throws-life-out-of-gear.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293721-Unseasonal-heavy-snowfall-throws-normal-life-out-of-gear-in-Kashmir-India
2015-03-11 - Blizzard conditions close peaks in Hawaii:
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2015/03/09/blizzard-conditions-shut-down-hawaii-summits/
http://www.sott.net/article/293663-Blizzard-conditions-close-access-to-Hawaii-summits
2015-03-11 - Huge chunks of ice wash ashore in coastal Cape Cod (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/09/giant-icebergs-wash-ashore-on-cape-cod/
http://www.sott.net/article/293677-Huge-chunks-of-ice-wash-ashore-on-Cape-Cod
2015-03-11 - Rare 'portal to heaven' cloud appears in Turkey:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/rare-cloud-formation-observed-in-western-turkey.aspx?PageID=238&NID=79501&NewsCatID=341
http://www.sott.net/article/293741-Rare-portal-to-heaven-cloud-observed-in-Turkey
2015-03-11 - Militaries considering bomb-sniffing elephants:
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/186261/bomb-sniffing-elephants-not-so-nutty-us-army-says/
2015-03-11 - Man, 45, rolls around in dog poop to avoid arrest, gets arrested, in Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania):
http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2015/03/man_rolls_in_dog_waste_to_avoi.html
Note: Ah yes, the I'm-too-disgusting-to-arrest gambit! Has that ever worked?!
2015-03-12 - Oceans losing oxygen and becoming increasingly hostile to oxygen-breathing life:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150313-oceans-marine-life-climate-change-acidification-oxygen-fish/
Quote:"The diving patterns of Atlantic sailfish, like this one going after sardines in the Caribbean, and blue marlin helped scientists figure out that many fish are spending more time in shallower water as low-oxygen zones push closer to the surface."
Note: The dead zones aren't just spreading around coastal areas, but are rising from the depths in the deep oceans too. When the anoxic zones reach the surface, they 'exhale' methane and hydrogen sulfide that has accumulated at the bottom into the atmosphere. That's what happened when Santa Monica Bay belched up methane and hydrogen sulfide in California, mentioned in the 2013-03-03 update. That's what happened when the Inner Harbor in coastal Baltimore turned milky green-white, all the fish died and there was a smell of sulfur in the air, mentioned in the 2013-07-18 update. And so on.
This is the ancient extinction event that has once again raised its ugly head. This problem wiped out virtually all oxygen-using life 250 million years ago and it will do the same this time too. What the scientists are (still!) missing is the hydrogen sulfide aspect of the problem and all of the sub-problems that that causes: animals and people going insane and/or dying, fires and explosions devouring our civilization, etc.
We are rapidly running out of time...
2015-03-12 - Responders train for chemical tanker truck crash and fire, in Whittlesey (Britain):
http://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/gallery_mock_exercise_in_whittlesey_to_test_how_services_react_to_an_emergency_1_3989492
Quote:"Exercise Hotfoot involved the scenario of a chemical tanker which had crashed into another lorry, resulting in an explosion and fire that spread to nearby homes, leading to the evacuation of local residents."
Note: Given all the oil trains and tanker trucks crashing and burning lately, that sounds like some prudent training!
2015-03-12 - Heat wave heads for California, temps to hit the 90s in the inland valley near San Diego:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HT-20150313-47311-USA
2015-03-12 - Very unusual snowfall closes highway in Puebla (Mexico):
http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-city-puebla-closed-snowfall/
http://www.sott.net/article/293770-Very-unusual-snowfall-forces-closure-of-Puebla-Mexico-highway
2015-03-12 - Harsh winter has been rough on waterfowl in the United States:
http://www.sott.net/article/293803-Winter-has-been-tough-on-waterfowl-across-America
http://www.thehour.com/sports/outdoor/for-the-birds-winter-has-been-tough-on-the-birds/article_507636ee-9b11-5261-9929-12d50e87b084.html
2015-03-12 - Devastating flooding and landslides hit northern Lebanon, several injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20150312-47292-LBN
2015-03-12 - Man stuck in traffic films UFO in the sky over Houston (Texas):
http://www.inquisitr.com/1920167/ufo-houston-traffic/
http://www.sott.net/article/293834-Houston-man-stuck-in-traffic-films-mysterious-flying-object-in-sky
2015-03-12 - Milky Way may be much larger than we thought:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/milky-way-size-bigger_n_6849548.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293833-The-Milky-Way-galaxy-may-be-more-enormous-than-we-ever-imagined
2015-03-13 - Students and faculty sickening, unknown cause, at elementary school in Wellington (Florida), near the coast:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150313-47308-USA
2015-03-13 - Volcano Turrialba erupts multiple times in Costa Rica:
http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/03/13/breaking-new-explosions-at-turrialba-volcano
Quote:"Two new explosion of gas and ash Friday mid-morning broke a brief period of low activity at Turrialba Volcano, located in the province of Cartago, 67 kilometers from the capital San José. The new explosions follow one that occurred at 4:30 a.m. Friday and four on Thursday."
2015-03-13 - Woman sets herself on fire in car (supposedly), jumps off bridge, in Eugene (Oregon), 1 injured:
https://newsdaily.com/2015/03/oregon-woman-sets-herself-on-fire-crashes-car-jumps-off-bridge-and-lives/
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Police-Woman-on-fire-crashes-burning-car-jumps-off-bridge-296329141.html
Quote:"Witnesses report that she was on fire and stripping and ran southbound on the bridge before eventually intentionally jumping off the bridge..."
Note: I'm not convinced she set herself on fire. The rest is explainable by her being ON FIRE - she stripped off her clothes because they were burning, and she jumped off bridge perhaps in an effort to put the fire out with water...
2015-03-13 - NASA launches four satellites to study Earth's magnetic field:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/13/nasa-launches-spacecraft-_n_6861150.html
2015-03-13 - Lake Baikal sickening with algae and record water loss in Siberia (Russia):
http://rt.com/news/240453-lake-baikal-pollution-draining/
http://www.sott.net/article/293810-Baikal-seriously-ill-Worlds-deepest-lake-suffers-alien-algae-record-water-level-drop
2015-03-13 - Devastating rains and flooding hit Lobito (Angola), dozens killed:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/storm-kills-62-in-angola-report-1.1831355
http://www.sott.net/article/293797-Storm-and-flooding-kills-62-in-Lobito-Angola
2015-03-13 - 200 reindeer killed by avalanche in Trollheimen (Norway):
http://www.sott.net/article/293819-200-reindeer-killed-by-avalanche-in-Trollheimen-Noway
http://www.tk.no/150___200_tamrein_tatt_av_sn_skred_i_Trollheimen-5-51-29299.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.tk.no/150___200_tamrein_tatt_av_sn_skred_i_Trollheimen-5-51-29299.html&edit-text=&act=url
2015-03-13 - Magnitude 2.8 earthquake jolts North Carolina:
http://www.wyff4.com/news/us-geological-survey-reports-earthquake-in-western-north-carolina/31796774
http://www.sott.net/article/293865-US-Geological-Survey-reports-earthquake-in-western-North-Carolina
2015-03-13 - Wolf seen in the street in Kolham (Netherlands), first wolf sighting here in 150 years:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/terrifying-footage-wolf-prowling-city-5327412
http://www.sott.net/article/293844-Wolf-seen-prowling-the-streets-of-Kolham-Netherlands
Quote:"I looked at it in the eyes. It seemed hungry."
2015-03-13 - Ganymede, largest moon in the solar system, one of Jupiter's moons, has saltwater ocean:
http://www.cnet.com/news/the-biggest-moon-in-the-solar-system-also-has-a-confirmed-ocean-says-nasa/
Quote:"The ocean is estimated to be about 60 miles thick -- 10 times deeper than the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Pacific -- but is buried under a layer of mostly icy crust 95 miles thick."
2015-03-14 - Another methane explosion crater, this time 1 kilometer in diameter, reported in Siberia (Russia):
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-giant-craters-russia-north.html
http://zeenews.india.com/news/sci-tech/more-giant-craters-spotted-in-russias-far-north_1560682.html
Quote:"'We have just learnt that in Yakutia, new information has emerged about a giant crater one kilometre (0.6 miles) in diameter,' the deputy director of the Oil and Gas Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vasily Bogoyavlensky, told AFP."
2015-03-14 - Parked cars mysteriously suffer 'hail-like' damage while parked in lot in Limburg (Netherlands):
http://www.nltimes.nl/2015/03/13/hail-like-damage-to-new-cars-mystifies-limburg/
http://twitter.com/RTLnieuws/status/576270389497765888/photo/1
Note: My guess would be that this particular lot got hit by a small pocket of acid rain, which pocked up the cars and the windows. Hydrogen sulfide in the upper atmosphere will degrade and some of the ensuing chemical reactions can result in acids. Some joggers got chemically burned by rain in the Pacific Northwest, back in 2011 I think it was, and that was likely the same thing, some acid rain...
2015-03-14 - Cyclone rips through Port Vila (Vanuatu), at least 8 killed:
http://abc11.com/news/unbelievable-destruction-after-cyclone-slams-vanuatu/557762/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31892872
2015-03-14 - Toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) outbreaks hit Lake Mead and Lake Mohave in Nevada and Arizona:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150314-47320-USA
2015-03-14 - Ohio River rises to highest level in decades:
http://www.ibtimes.com/flood-warnings-around-country-cincinnati-prepares-ohio-river-rise-highest-level-1847322
http://www.sott.net/article/293890-Ohio-river-set-to-rise-to-highest-level-in-decades
2015-03-14 - Drought declared in three regions in Washington State:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=DR-20150314-47324-USA
2015-03-15 - Vanuatu left in ruins, much of the country flattened, after Tropical Cyclone Pam roars through:
http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/03/aid-workers-arriving-in-vanuatu-witness.html
Quote:"This is likely to be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific."
2015-03-15 - Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shakes Fuyang (China), 10,000 homes damaged, 155 homes collapse:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=EQ-20150315-47340-CHN
2015-03-15 - NASA scientist warns that California has only one year of water left:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/california-only-has-one-years-worth-of-water-left-nasa-scientist-warns/
Quote:"California, he writes, has lost around 12 million acre-feet of stored water every year since 2011. In the Sacramento and San Joaquin river basins, the combined water sources of snow, rivers, reservoirs, soil water and groundwater amounted to a volume that was 34 million acre-feet below normal levels in 2014. And there is no relief in sight."
2015-03-15 - Man, 73, goes missing while walking dog in Orlando (Florida):
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-missing-person-orlando-pacheco-20150315-story.html
2015-03-15 - Heavy rains batter North India, crops damaged, 14 killed:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/rains-lash-north-kill-14-and-damage-crops/53955.html
http://www.sott.net/article/293894-Heavy-rainfall-kills-14-and-damages-crops-in-North-India
2015-03-16 - Boy, swimmer, dives in pool, doesn't resurface, coach gets him out, coach collapses too, in Detroit (Michigan):
http://fox4kc.com/2015/03/16/diving-coach-collapses-after-saving-swimmers-life/
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/diving-coach-michigan-collapses-saving-life/31804136
http://news.yahoo.com/video/diving-coach-collapses-saving-swimmer-172059493.html
2015-03-16 - College student, man, 21, goes missing at the Charlotte Pier in Rochester (New York):
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/water-search-called-off-for-son-of-espn-writer-ivan-maisel/ar-AA9TZk3
2015-03-16 - Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of Papua New Guinea:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/15/papua-new-guinea-earthquake_n_6875312.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
2015-03-16 - Reaction map suggests meteorite chemistry route to life:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2015/03/reaction-map-suggests-meteorite-chemistry-route-life
Quote:"The chemists have mapped reactions producing two- and three-carbon sugars, amino acids, ribonucleotides and glycerol. Respectively, these are fuel for metabolism, building blocks for proteins, for ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules that carry genetic information and for fats that form cell membranes. The map shows how they could have formed on Earth’s surface from just hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulfide and ultraviolet light from the Sun."
2015-03-17 - Sweeping water restrictions hit California as drought intensifies:
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-drought-State-approves-sweeping-6139559.php
http://www.sott.net/article/294038-California-in-severe-drought-State-approves-sweeping-water-restrictions
2015-03-17 - Huge 200-pound chunk of ice crashes through home in Wilmington (Massachusetts):
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/03/15/ice-boulder-crashes-through-wilmington-apartment-ceiling/
http://www.sott.net/article/294024-200-pound-ice-boulder-crashes-through-apartment-roof-in-Wilmington-Massachusetts
Quote:"The ice boulder weighing about 200 pounds landed in the back stairwell of the Avalon Oaks Apartments. Residents who were home when it happened say they heard a huge 'bang' when the ice came crashing through the ceiling."
Note: Methane is flooding the atmosphere now. As methane breaks down, water is formed, so events involving unusual amounts of water are escalating, from record-setting amounts of snowfall to massive flooding, and apparently sometimes large boulders made of ice will fall from the sky from time to time too, if the water is created high enough in the atmosphere, where it is very cold. Let's hope that events involving large ice boulders don't become commonplace and regular because 200-pound chunks of ice would kill anyone they hit and they probably wouldn't be too kind to homes and vehicles either...
2015-03-17 - Lightning strike ignites gas leak and car in Canberra (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-18/car-explodes-after-lightning-strike-in-canberra/6328422
http://www.sott.net/article/294044-Car-explodes-after-freak-lightning-strike-ignites-nearby-gas-mains-in-Canberra-Australia
Note: Well, that's the 'official story' anyway. That and five bucks will probably still get you a coffee somewhere...
2015-03-17 - Cyclone heads toward the northeast coast of Australia:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-australia-cyclone-warning-idUSKBN0MD0FV20150317
http://www.sott.net/article/294000-Yet-another-cyclone-heading-for-Australias-northeast-coast
2015-03-17 - Severe geomagnetic storm hits Earth:
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/28540300/powerful-space-storm-hits-earth
http://www.sott.net/article/293970-Another-powerful-geomagnetic-storm-hits-Earth
http://www.sott.net/article/294009-Severe-geomagnetic-storm-lights-up-New-Zealands-sky
http://www.sott.net/article/294040-Northern-Lights-head-south-Geomagnetic-storm-reveals-aurora-borealis-in-Central-Russia
2015-03-17 - Two plague locust infestations found in New South Wales (Australia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150317-47367-AUS
2015-03-18 - Popping sounds heard in Walmart, and then people start having coughing fits, in Grand Blanc Township (Michigan):
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2015/03/walmart_remains_closed_even_af.html
Quote:"The fire department received the call around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, saying a popping sound was heard near the customer service desk and then multiple people started coughing. A few more people in different areas of the store were also coughing, so store managers evacuated the building as a precaution. Servetter said fire officials still aren't sure what caused the issue, but it could have been something in the store or something that was brought into the store through the ventilation systems."
Note: Some hydrogen sulfide probably got sucked in through the HVAC system, a little found some electrified copper or rusty iron and caused a small firecracker-sized explosion, and since it's a poison and people breathed it, some people experienced respiratory distress. It's not always so mild when this happens. There was a recent HazMat event at a turkey plant in Willmar (Minnesota), where 28 people sickened and some of them experienced 'excited delirium', mentioned in the 2014-10-18 update. The 'excited delirium' - that was their brains being affected, and those people may have sustained permanent brain damage (inability to focus, forgetfulness, etc), along with damage to other organs like kidneys, hearts, livers, although the damage may not show up for a while.
Last April, the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, near the Mississippi River, was evacuated because of an unknown noxious odor that originated OUTSIDE, mentioned in the 2014-04-11 update. Same thing there - gas got sucked in via the HVAC system from the outside air. The day prior to that, in the wee hours, I was outdoors and I smelled the sickly-sweet odor of medium concentration hydrogen sulfide, about 7 miles west of the Edward Jones Dome. I immediately stopped breathing and held my breath and closed my eyes for about a minute, to give some time for the cloud to blow past. There have been many similar incidents in the last few years as the atmospheric contamination has intensified.
So, we've got deadly and flammable poison gas blowing randomly around the atmosphere. It won't always be a gigantic cloud like the clouds of hydrogen sulfide that hit Moscow, Kuwait City, and Seattle, or the medium-sized clouds that hit Rayong, Kingston (Jamaica) or Santa Monica. Sometimes it'll be small car-sized invisible clouds, just big enough to give you time for one breath before it blows on. If the cloud is just 0.1% hydrogen sulfide, that one breath will be enough to kill you, maybe immediately, but possibly with a delayed reaction of minutes, hours or up to two or three days.
Don't count on your government telling you the truth about what's happening. People might freak out, stock markets could collapse, yada yada. In fact, you should count on your government doing all it can to SUPPRESS the truth. If you want to survive what's happening then it's completely up to you to take whatever protective measures you feel worthwhile...
2015-03-18 - Man, 18, attacks and kills three children with machete in coastal New Bern (North Carolina):
http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/03/19/4434828_deadly-knife-attack-stuns-north.html
http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/national/article_bfd02af5-cee4-5039-b498-0aa56305615f.html
2015-03-18 - Bright light illuminates night sky over Stavropol (Russia):
http://rt.com/news/241629-russia-ufo-flash-light/
http://www.sott.net/article/294005-Mysterious-flash-lightens-night-sky-in-south-Russia
Note: That was likely a large atmospheric gas plume exploding, possibly very high in the atmosphere...
2015-03-18 - Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off the coast near Talcahuano (Chile):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10001nj1#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/294049-USGS-Earthquake-Magnitude-6-2-82km-NNW-of-Talcahuano-Chile
2015-03-18 - Strange sounds heard before storm in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://www.sott.net/article/294057-Strange-sounds-heard-in-Philadelphia-before-storm
2015-03-18 - Solar eclipse, Supermoon AND Spring equinox all occur on March 20, 2015:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/solar-eclipse-supermoon-spring-equinox-friday-will-see-three-rare-celestial-events-10111592.html
2015-03-18 - Massive flooding hits Boca do Acre (Brazil):
http://floodlist.com/america/brazil-floods-20000-affected-in-boca-do-acre-after-purus-river-overflows
http://www.sott.net/article/294036-20000-affected-by-flooding-in-Boca-do-Acre-Brazil
2015-03-18 - Very rare Blue-bearded Helmetcrest seen for the first time since 1946, in Colombia:
http://thecitypaperbogota.com/features/lost-hummingbird-found1503181/8593
http://www.sott.net/article/294047-Spectacular-lost-hummingbird-rediscovered-after-69-years-in-Colombia
2015-03-18 - MIT researchers figure out how to affect the brain wirelessly:
http://scitechdaily.com/new-technique-offers-direct-stimulation-of-neurons-without-external-connections/
http://www.sott.net/article/294043-Wireless-mind-control-New-technique-allows-direct-stimulation-of-neurons
2015-03-19 - Fire ants spreading in and around Vancouver (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/video/1893325/metro-van-fire-ant-invasion-shows-no-sign-of-slowing
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/delayed-at-vancouver-airport-blame-the-fire-ants-1.1797628
2015-03-19 - Bark beetles destroyed forests, but maybe that's a good thing:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/03/bark-pine-beetles-climate-change-diana-six
http://www.sott.net/article/294104-Bark-beetles-are-decimating-our-forests-which-may-be-a-good-thing
2015-03-19 - FAA approves drone delivery experiments for Amazon:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31975464
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27747007/amazon-gets-ok-from-faa-experiment-drone-deliveries
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/03/19/amazons-faa-certificate-to-test-drones-comes-with-plenty-of-strings-attached/
2015-03-20 - Worms infesting peoples' eyeballs in Hong Kong (China):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150320-47416-CHN
Quote:"The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health is today (March 19) investigating three cases of ocular worm infestation, and hence reminded the public to maintain strict environmental hygiene and protective measures against mosquito bites and stray dogs."
Note: Something to keep an eye on...or maybe not!
2015-03-20 - Man, 63, attacks TSA agents with machete and wasp spray, gets shot, dies, at airport in coastal New Orleans (Louisiana):
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/shooting-suspect-at-la-airport-dies-15902.shtml
http://www.dw.de/new-orleans-airport-attacker-dies/a-18332471
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2015/03/accused_airport_attacker_was_s.html
http://wate.com/2015/03/20/shooting-reported-at-louis-armstrong-new-orleans-international-airport/
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/21/us/panic-at-new-orleans-airport-as-shots-are-fired-in-terminal.html
http://wtkr.com/2015/03/21/tsa-officers-attacked-with-machete-and-wasp-spray-at-new-orleans-airport/
http://www.okcfox.com/story/28577514/shooting-at-airport-in-new-orleans
2015-03-20 - Two transit bus drivers get off their buses and duke it out on street in coastal Manhattan (New York):
http://gawker.com/two-mta-bus-drivers-duked-it-out-in-midtown-last-night-1692840928
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/mta-bus-drivers-battle-busy-midtown-street-officials-article-1.2157734
2015-03-20 - Hailstorm hits Chinchilla (Australia), hail the size of cricket balls:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=HS-20150321-47435-AUS
2015-03-21 - Volcano Mauna Loa (Hawaii) showing signs of awakening after 31 years:
http://www.hawaii247.com/2015/03/20/volcano-watch-mauna-loa-quiet-for-many-years-but-not-to-be-forgotten/
2015-03-21 - Earthquake hits Puebla State (Mexico), shakes Mexico City 100 miles away:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/565443/Mexico-City-earthquake
http://www.sott.net/article/294163-Mexico-City-shaken-by-earthquake-that-struck-more-than-100-MILES-away
2015-03-21 - Biggest tide of the century hits coast in France:
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150321/1019827029.html
http://www.sott.net/article/294164-French-coast-hit-with-biggest-tide-of-the-century
2015-03-21 - Rising sea levels forcing residents of Bikini Island to ask for harbor in the United States:
http://news.yahoo.com/radiation-climate-force-bikini-islanders-seek-us-refuge-150947066.html
Note: With all the people dropping dead and burning to death in the US, I'm not so sure the US is the safest place for them, but hey, we irradiated their islands with nuclear testing, so if they wanna come here and collapse dead or burn to death with us in the US, why the hell not...
2015-03-21 - Iranian researchers develop nanodevice to detect hydrogen sulfide, at Shiraz University (Iran):
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=51145
Quote:"The sensor is made of carbon nanotubes covered with copper nanoparticles on a flexible bed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The sensor can detect hydrogen sulfide at concentration about 5ppm. It has a respond time of 10 seconds at this concentration while the return time has been obtained to be 15 seconds. In fact, highly quick carrier transfer properties of carbon nanotubes and catalytic properties of copper in contact with hydrogen sulfide are among the main reasons for the desirable performance of the sensor."
Note: Sounds useful...
2015-03-22 - Atmospheric methane levels rising rapidly and drastically:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/2015/03/more-on-methane.html
2015-03-22 - Red tide hits Pangasinan (Philippine Islands):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=BH-20150322-47449-PHL
2015-03-22 - Ancient supernova explosion created enough dust to make 7,000 planets the size of Earth:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/22/supernova-cosmic-dust_n_6911278.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/21/ancient_supernova_explosion_contains_enough_dust_for_7000_earths/
http://thespacereporter.com/2015/03/massive-discovery-cosmic-dust-that-creates-planets-came-from-supernovae/
2015-03-22 - Autonomous self-driving car begins cross-country trip in San Francisco (California):
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/22/self-driving-car-begins-cross-country-trip-beginning-at-golden-gate-bridge/
Note: Another use for autonomous cars: catching car thieves. Just leave one unlocked, keys in the ignition. Someone gets in, takes off, the windows automatically roll up and the doors all lock and the car drives itself to the nearest police station. Could even have the car make the phone call to the cops to let them know a car thief is en route, and play the call through a speaker in the car. LMAO, that'd seriously freak out any car thief!
2015-03-23 - Mount Ngauruhoe showing signs of unrest in New Zealand:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VA-20150323-47457-NZL
http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/67483587/Volcanic-alert-lifted-for-Mount-Ngauruhoe
2015-03-23 - Magnitude 6.4 quake strikes near Putre (Chile), near the coast:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/magnitude63-earthquake-rocks-n/44378650
http://www.sott.net/article/294205-Magnitude-6-4-earthquake-rocks-Northern-Chile
http://abcnews.go.com/International/64-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northern-chile/story?id=29833199
2015-03-23 - More than a foot of snow hits parts of theMidwest in the United States:
http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/15-inches-of-snow-in-Midwest-Last-blast-of-6152535.php
Quote:"Spring came falling down Monday on winter-weary residents in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa with more than a foot of new snow in some areas."
2015-03-23 - Huge hailstones kill horses and birds, damage cotton crops, in New South Wales (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/severe-storms-ravage-cotton-crops-in-northern-new-south-wales/6339726
http://www.sott.net/article/294228-Large-hailstones-kill-horses-birds-and-ravage-cotton-crops-in-northern-New-South-Wales-Australia
2015-03-23 - Huge 7-inch hailstones pound Chinchilla (Australia):
http://www.sott.net/article/294256-Giant-hailstones-fall-in-Queensland-Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq1th6mAMpw
Note: This is the area where hydrogen sulfide has been found in the soil, mentioned in the 2015-03-01 update. Doesn't have anything to do with the hail, just mentioning it because I remembered the name of this place...
2015-03-23 - Two FEET of hail and snow hit Bogota (Colombia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=SS-20150324-47468-COL
Quote:"Colombia's capital Bogota was surprised on Sunday by a major hail storm that covered the south of the city with a 24-inch layer of icy snow. The excessive hail caused a number of emergencies across the city. Entire streets became either covered in ice or former rivers, while rooftops were damaged and trees fell down."
Note: Okay, that's just freakishly abnormal. Colombia is tropical jungle land! The equator goes through Colombia!
2015-03-23 - No tornadoes reported anywhere in the US in March:
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/no-tornadoes-reported-anywhere-across-us-in-march/
http://www.sott.net/article/294264-No-tornadoes-reported-anywhere-in-the-US-in-March
2015-03-23 - Signs that the ocean current that moves heat around is weakening:
https://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2015/03/23/world-ocean-heartbeat-fading-nasty-signs-north-atlantic-thermohaline-circulation-is-weakening/
2015-03-23 - New viruses discovered in deep ocean methane seeps:
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-viruses-ocean-depths.html
http://www.sott.net/article/294207-New-viruses-discovered-in-deep-ocean-methane-seeps
2015-03-23 - Boeing patents a force field system to protect military vehicles from explosions:
http://q13fox.com/2015/03/23/boeing-patents-star-wars-style-force-fields/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/23/tech/boeing-shock-wave-attenuation-patent/index.html
http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2015/03/23/boeing-patents-a-force-field-system-to-protect-military-vehicles-from-explosions/
2015-03-23 - Poop in the US may contain billions of dollars in metals:
http://rt.com/usa/243377-mining-sewage-precious-metals-studies/
http://www.sott.net/article/294235-Feces-to-fortune-US-sewage-may-contain-billions-in-precious-metals
2015-03-24 - Man, 20, goes missing on coastal South Padre Island (Texas):
http://www.kxxv.com/story/28600506/killeen-man-reported-missing-while-on-spring-break-on-south-padre-island
Note: Considering all the corpses that have been found here in the last two weeks (at least three), I wouldn't be too hopeful about seeing this man alive again. Actually, seems like almost any time someone goes missing nowadays, it's because they're dead. Not every time, but ALMOST every time...
2015-03-24 - Major driving restrictions hit Paris(France) as air pollution levels skyrocket:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=ED-20150324-47470-FRA
Quote:"Public transport was free and traffic was cut in half today as Paris sought to cut its dangerously high levels of air pollution which left the Eiffel Tower shrouded in smog last week. The city authorities imposed measures which banned vehicles with even-numbered registration plates from driving."
2015-03-24 - Heavy rains and terrible flooding hit Bangkok (Thailand):
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transport/506784/heavy-downpour-causes-bangkok-floods
http://www.sott.net/article/294257-Heavy-rainfall-floods-Bangkok-Thailand
2015-03-24 - World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/worlds-largest-asteroid-impact-zone-found-in-central-australia/6341408
http://www.sott.net/article/294247-Worlds-largest-asteroid-impact-zone-believed-uncovered-by-ANU-researchers-in-central-Australia
2015-03-25 - Volcano Colima erupts in Mexico:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VE-20150325-47478-MEX
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/colima/news/52080/Colima-volcano-Mexico-strong-explosions.html
Quote:"The volcano continues to produce sometimes strong vulcanian-type explosions that seem to have picked up in strength over the past days. An eruption at 03:08 am local time produced fountaining of lava several hundred meters high and appears to have caused a small pyroclastic flow."
2015-03-25 - Volcano Villarrica starts spewing ash in Chile:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3007215/Chile-issues-orange-alert-Villarrica-volcano-plumes-ash-terrorize-town-below.html
2015-03-25 - New Zealand told to be prepared for major quake along the Alpine Fault:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/67499846/franz-josef-asked-to-prepare-for-alpine-fault-earthquake
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/new-zealand-community-told-to-prepare-for-major-quake-along-dangerous-alpine-fault/
2015-03-25 - Deadly tornado rips through mobile home park near Tulsa (Oklahoma), 1 killed, several injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=TO-20150326-47484-USA
http://news.yahoo.com/video/tornado-kills-least-one-oklahoma-070251149.html
2015-03-25 - Lorikeets, which usually eat nectar and pollen, found eating meat, near Brisbane (Australia):
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-23/rainbow-lorikeets-eating-meat-baffles-bird-experts/6337984
http://www.sott.net/article/294299-Rainbow-lorikeets-eating-meat-leaves-bird-experts-astonished
Quote:"To see a lorikeet eating meat astonishes me completely. I have never heard of such a thing before."
2015-03-25 - Worst hailstorm in decades destroys avocado crops in Michoacan State (Mexico):
http://www.freshplaza.com/article/137243/Mexico-Worst-hailstorm-in-40-years-destroys-avocado-crop
http://www.sott.net/article/294310-Worst-hailstorm-in-40-years-destroys-avocado-crop-in-Mexico
2015-03-25 - Startup of the Large Hadron Collider delayed by five weeks because of minor issue:
http://www.piercepioneer.com/minor-setback-delays-lhc-startup-by-as-many-as-five-weeks/39353
2015-03-26 - Incredible video of tornadoes hitting Moore (Oklahoma), huge number of transformers explode, 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUJIRWX5mxw
http://rt.com/usa/244137-oklahoma-tornado-death-injuries/
http://www.sott.net/article/294409-Oklahoma-tornadoes-destroy-50-mobile-homes-kill-1-injure-3
Note: Check out the Youtube video - that's some apocalyptic-looking sh#t there!
2015-03-26 - Heaviest rain in decades causes devastating flooding in Chile, 2+ killed, 22+ missing:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/heavy-rains-in-chile-leave-two-dead-24-missing/6351394
http://www.sott.net/article/294385-Flash-floods-in-Northern-Chile-leave-three-dead-22-missing
2015-03-26 - Snow covers streets and palm trees in Baljurashi (Saudi Arabia):
http://iceagenow.info/2015/03/snow-covered-streets-palm-trees-baljurashi-saudi-arabia-video/
http://www.sott.net/article/294402-Snow-covers-streets-and-palm-trees-in-Baljurashi-Saudi-Arabia
2015-03-26 - Snowstorm paralyzes Oslo (Norway):
http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/03/26/snow-paralyzes-oslo-and-beyond/
http://www.sott.net/article/294400-Snowstorm-paralyzes-transportation-system-in-Oslo-Norway
2015-03-26 - Large asteroid cruises past Earth:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/huge-asteroid-capable-wiping-out-5394729
http://www.sott.net/article/294303-Massive-asteroid-on-course-to-narrowly-miss-the-Earth
2015-03-26 - Plastic pollution found inside dead seabirds in Scotland:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/plastic-pollution-found-inside-dead-seabirds-1-3729064
http://www.sott.net/article/294386-Plastic-pollution-found-inside-the-stomachs-of-dead-seabirds-in-Scotland
2015-03-26 - Two college students invent way to use sound to extinguish fires, at George Mason University in Fairfax (Virginia):
http://wric.com/2015/03/26/two-george-mason-university-students-invent-way-to-extinguish-fire-with-sound/
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/03/26/george-mason-students-using-sound-waves-to-extinguish-fire/
2015-03-26 - Cops don gas masks, burn three tons of pot, nearby locals get stoned, in West Jakarta (Indonesia):
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/jakarta-police-accidentally-get-their-neighbourhood-high-with-marijuana-bonfire-10135769.html
2015-03-27 - Strong eruptions continue at Colima (Mexico):
http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2015/03/colima-volcano-sends-exhalation-two-miles-high/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/colima/news/52213/Colima-volcano-Mexico-strong-explosion-with-pyroclastic-flows.html
http://www.sott.net/article/294438-Mexicos-Colima-volcano-strong-explosion-with-pyroclastic-flows
https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/mexicos-colima-volcano-sends-exhalation-two-miles-high/
2015-03-27 - Info about the cockpit door on the A320 that crashed in France:
http://robinwestenra.blogspot.co.nz/search?updated-max=2015-03-28T18:36:00%2B13:00
Note: It doesn't appear that the 'official story' was completely truthful, which is not terribly shocking...
2015-03-27 - Person has medical emergency aboard the USS Vella Gulf docked in coastal Norfolk (Virginia):
http://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/local/mycity/norfolk/2015/03/27/fire--rescue-crews-respond-to-medical-emergency-at-nassco/70552506/
2015-03-28 - NASCAR driver Kyle Larson loses consciousness, visits neurologist, scrubbed from race:
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_ac7177d5-49f6-5193-b526-6a2c09bbe82d.html
http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/state/ap/nascar-driver-kyle-larson-visits-neurologist-after-fainting/article_9913557a-fb28-505c-a037-a47467a0527a.html
2015-03-28 - Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off the island of Crete (Greece):
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/03/28/magnitude-5-5-earthquake-rattles-crete/
http://www.sott.net/article/294442-Magnitude-5-5-earthquake-rattles-Crete
2015-03-28 - Are we ready for the next volcanic catastrophe?http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/03/28/are-we-ready-for-the-next-volcanic-catastrophe/
http://www.sott.net/article/294484-Are-we-ready-for-the-next-volcanic-catastrophe
2015-03-28 - Double El Niño about to affect us, scientists say:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-03-22/welcome-double-el-ni-o-and-more-extreme-weather
https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/welcome-to-the-double-el-nino-and-more-extreme-weather/
2015-03-28 - Swarms of bees increasingly hitting beaches in Orange County (California):
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/03/27/beware-of-the-bees-unexpected-swarms-take-over-oc-beaches/
Quote:"For the last four or five years, we’ve noticed an increase of the bees on the beach..."
2015-03-28 - Seals attacking and eating sharks off the coast of South Africa:
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/03/30/killer-seals-feast-sharks/
http://dailysciencejournal.com/researchers-find-seals-in-south-africa-preying-on-sharks/21972/
http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/44085/20150329/photo-why-did-this-fur-seal-attacked-and-devoured-a-sharks-innards.htm
http://www.sott.net/article/294467-Revenge-of-the-seals-Marine-mammals-seen-killing-and-eating-sharks-off-the-coast-of-South-Africa
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3012926/Revenge-seals-Marine-mammals-spotted-killing-SHARKS-eating-guts-coast-South-Africa.html
2015-03-29 - Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off the coast of Papua New Guinea:
http://news.yahoo.com/papua-guinea-hit-7-7-magnitude-offshore-quake-003645307.html
http://fox40.com/2015/03/29/7-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-papua-new-guinea-tsunami-warning-issued/
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/deep-7-7-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-png-3rd-major-quake-to-hit-the-region-in-4-months/
2015-03-29 - Responders in Kansas head to Salina (Kansas) to train for gas explosions:
http://www.ksal.com/crisis-city-downtown-gas-explosion-drill/
Quote:"The exercise scenario will simulate a large-scale gas explosion in a downtown area. First responders, including search and rescue dogs, will be conducting response operations at the concrete rubble pile, gas pipeline and other training venues at Crisis City."
2015-03-29 - Wettest March in 100 years hits North and Central India:
http://www.sott.net/article/294510-Wettest-March-in-100-years-in-North-and-Central-India-weather-dept-says
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Wettest-March-in-100-years-in-north-central-India-weather-department-says/articleshow/46737602.cms
2015-03-29 - Massive flooding hits one of the driest places on Earth, in Atacama (Chile), 17 killed, 20 missing:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32114822
https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/chile-floods-death-toll-rises-to-17-one-of-driest-places-on-earth-hit-by-worst-flooding-in-80-years/
2015-03-30 - Volcano Sinabung continues erupting in Indonesia:
http://www.sott.net/article/294508-Indonesias-Sinabung-volcano-still-rumbling-violently-after-nearly-2-years
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/indonesias-sinabung-volcano-still-rumbling-violently-after-nearly-2-years/
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sinabung/news/52236/Sinabung-volcano-Sumatra-Indonesia-update-growing-lava-lobe-pyroclastic-flows.html
2015-03-30 - Magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes off the coast of Hihifo (Tonga):
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10001ryu#general_summary
http://www.sott.net/article/294514-USGS-Earthquake-Magnitude-6-5-99km-ENE-of-Hihifo-Tonga
2015-03-30 - Magnitude 5.6 earthquake shakes northern Chile:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/03/29/magnitude-5-6-earthquake-strikes-chile/
http://www.sott.net/article/294551-5-6-magnitude-earthquake-hits-northern-Chile
2015-03-30 - Hurricane-force winds hit Moscow (Russia), roofs torn off, trees toppled:
http://rt.com/news/245205-russia-moscow-weather-wind/
http://www.sott.net/article/294507-Hurricane-force-winds-in-Moscow-topple-trees-sweeps-away-rooftops
2015-03-30 - Strange substance leaks in subways in Toronto (Canada), nobody knows what it is:
http://www.cp24.com/news/full-subway-service-resumes-on-line-1-after-leak-capped-1.2294187
http://globalnews.ca/news/1899574/no-subway-service-between-bloor-and-union-due-to-environmental-spill/
http://www.citynews.ca/2015/03/24/spill-at-college-station-suspends-subway-service-bloor-to-union/
Quote:"Source of leak a 'complete mystery'..."
2015-03-31 - Empty boat found running near the Boca Inlet in coastal Boca Raton (Florida), boater missing:
http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/boat-found-running-no-one-board-off-boca-raton-inlet-24689.shtml
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/empty-boat-found-near-boca-inlet-authorities-seek-/nkjrn/
http://www.wpbf.com/news/missing-man-identified-after-empty-boat-found/32137882
Quote:"Agencies were searching for a missing boater Tuesday night after a boat was found adrift near the Boca Inlet, the U.S. Coast Guard said."
2015-03-31 - Magnitude 3.3 earthquake shakes area near the summit of Mauna Loa volcano (Hawaii):
http://westhawaiitoday.com/community-bulletin/m-33-earthquake-hits-near-mauna-loa-summit
http://www.sott.net/article/294576-Magnitude-3-3-earthquake-reported-near-summit-of-Hawaiis-Mauna-Loa-volcano
2015-03-31 - Responders train for high-rise fires in coastal Bethany Beach (Delaware):
http://www.delmarvanow.com/picture-gallery/news/local/delaware/2015/03/31/sea-colony-fire-simulation-in-bethany/70722458/
2015-03-31 - Category 5 Super Typhoon Maysak takes aim at the Caroline Islands:
http://mashable.com/2015/03/31/super-typhoon-maysak-record-western-pacific/
Quote:"The typhoon is the third of the year so far, which sets a record for the most typhoons so early in the Western Pacific typhoon season, according to meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground."
2015-03-31 - Flooding hits northern Chile while southern Chile suffers devastating drought and wildfires:
http://www.rtcc.org/2015/03/31/chile-faces-critical-situation-as-floods-and-droughts-batter-country/
2015-03-31 - Hurricane-force winds batter Europe, 3 killed in Germany:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150331/world/hurricane-strength-winds-pummel-europe-three-killed-in-germany.562186
http://www.sott.net/article/294594-Hurricane-strength-winds-pummel-Europe-three-killed-in-Germany
2015-03-31 - Heavy flooding damages hundreds of homes, kills 14 people, in the Democratic Republic of Congo:
http://floodlist.com/africa/severe-floods-eastern-democratic-republic-of-the-congo
http://www.sott.net/article/294601-14-people-dead-due-to-severe-flooding-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo
2015-03-31 - Heavy flooding kills 20 people in Kashmir (India):
http://www.sott.net/article/294596-20-killed-in-eastern-India-as-Kashmir-floods-toll-rises-to-16
2015-03-31 - Freak snowstorm engulfs bridge in less than a minute in Siberia:
http://www.sott.net/article/294559-Freak-snow-storm-swallows-bridge-in-Siberia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Xt-QxWvlY
2015-03-31 - Doctor films some wild clouds in Augusta (Georgia):
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/03/31/awesome-time-lapse-video-undulatus-asperatus-clouds/
http://www.sott.net/article/294575-Awesome-time-lapse-video-of-Undulatus-Asperatus-clouds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kt3OVwGPtM
