Event Update For 2020-02-20

http://jumpingjackflashhypothesis.blogspot.com/2012/02/jumping-jack-flash-hypothesis-its-gas.html

The seas, lakes and oceans are now pluming deadly hydrogen sulfide and suffocating methane. Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic water-soluble heavier-than-air gas and will accumulate in low-lying areas. Methane is slightly more buoyant than normal air and so will be all around, but will tend to contaminate our atmosphere from the top down. These gases are sickening and killing oxygen-using life all around the world, including human life, as our atmosphere is increasingly poisoned. Because both gases are highly flammable and because our entire civilization is built around fire and flammable fuels, this is leading to more fires and explosions. This is an extinction level event and will likely decimate both the biosphere and human population and it is debatable whether humankind can survive this event.

A. More fires and more explosions, especially along the coasts, but everywhere generally.
B. Many more animal die-offs, of all kinds, and especially oceanic species.
C. More multiples of people will be found dead in their homes, as if they'd dropped dead.
D. More corpses found in low-lying areas, all over the world.
E. More unusual vehicular accidents.
F. Improved unemployment numbers as people die off.

Category: Variety Pack

2020-02-20 - Unknown rotten egg odor hits American Idol auditions, Katy Perry collapses, in Hollywood (California):
http://people.com/music/american-idol-katy-perry-falls-audition-gas-leak/
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/katy-perry-fall-american-idol-gas-leak
http://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/entertainment/katy-perry-collapse-idol-trnd/index.html
http://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/katy-perry-appears-to-collapse-during-american-idol-auditions/5955265/
http://kelofm.com/news/articles/2020/feb/21/katy-perry-collapses-after-gas-leak-forces-evacuation-on-american-idol/987174/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSd9hM0uK4M

Quote: "In an exclusive clip of Sunday’s episode, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie are forced to pause auditions due to a gas leak that could be potentially be dangerous. 'Do you guys smell gas? It’s pretty intense,' Perry, 35, says in the clip. 'We’re getting heavy propane,' Bryan, 43, says to the Idol producers."

Quote: "There is a scramble to evacuate and once outside, Perry appears to be overcome. 'I'm not feeling good,' the singer says as she falls to the ground."

Note: I didn't see in any of the stories any confirmation that there was actually a gas leak, just some guy on the set saying it smelled like propane and then everyone ran with the 'gas leak' theory. Propane is odorless, so nobody ever smells propane. What they smell is an odorant that's added to propane to make it smell like rotten eggs. So they smelled a strong rotten egg odor, near the coast, and Katy Perry collapsed - that's all we can know for sure. Hydrogen sulfide smells like rotten eggs at lower concentrations, and hydrogen sulfide is a 'knockdown agent' which can cause unconsciousness or death...

2020-02-20 - Unknown odor closes senior resource center in coastal Pensacola (Florida):
http://www.wkrg.com/top-stories/odor-forces-center-to-shut-down/

Quote: "Pensacola City officials have closed The Bayview Senior Resource Center until they know what’s causing an odor there. According to a news release sent out Thursday Evening, Pensacola City officials are working with Public Works and Facilities to solve the smelly mystery."

2020-02-20 - Brand new SUV bursts into flame before 5 AM while parked inside Mercedes dealership's showroom, another vehicle later starts smoldering, in Lynnfield (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/02/20/dealership-showroom-car-fire
http://whdh.com/news/investigation-underway-after-fire-destroys-suv-in-showroom-of-lynnfield-car-dealership/
http://www.itemlive.com/2020/02/20/car-catches-fire-inside-lynnfield-mercedes-benz-dealership/
http://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/fire-at-car-dealership-in-lynnfield-causing-traffic-delays/2079151/
http://turnto10.com/news/local/car-fire-on-showroom-floor-fills-massachusetts-dealership-with-smoke
http://patch.com/massachusetts/lynnfield/car-fire-inside-lynnfield-mercedes-benz-dealership-fills-showroom-smoke
http://www.wlwt.com/article/mercedes-catches-fire-overnight-in-dealership-showroom/31023034
http://www.wcvb.com/article/crews-battle-fire-in-mercedes-dealership-showroom/31012848

Quote: "Although firefighters were able to contain the fire to the car where it had originated, between 20 and 25 other vehicles were exposed to smoke and water damage, according to Lynnfield Fire Chief Glenn Davis."

Quote: "An investigation is underway into the apparent spontaneous combustion of a new car."

Quote: "Hours after the first fire broke out, a second vehicle parked in the lot outside of the showroom started smoking and smoldering."

2020-02-20 - Around 40 cars destroyed by fire at car dealership in Anandapur (India):
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/kolkata/major-fire-at-car-showroom-in-kolkata-40-brand-new-cars-charred/videoshow/74228818.cms
http://newsd.in/several-cars-charred-in-fire-at-kolkata-maruti-service-centre/

Quote: "There was a major fire at a car workshop of a leading four-wheeler manufacturer in Kolkata on Thursday afternoon. 40 brand new cars are charred in the fire that erupted in Anandapur. Ten fire tenders were rushed to douse the flames. The blaze was brought under control after long struggle by the firefighters, and the cooling-off process has started."

2020-02-20 - FBI has ordered $40,000 in hand sanitizer and face masks 'in case the coronavirus becomes a pandemic in the United States':
http://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/fbi-orders-40000-in-hand-sanitizer-and-face-masks-in-case-of-a-coronavirus-pandemic-in-us.html

2020-02-20 - China dispatches army of 100,000 ducks to fight locust invasion:
http://strangesounds.org/2020/02/china-sends-thousands-ducks-to-face-locust-plague-video.html

2020-02-20 - UN calls for greater global effort in tackling locust invasion as June upsurge forecast:
http://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-02-19/UN-calls-for-greater-global-effort-in-tackling-locust-invasion-OcOBqODbtC/index.html
http://www.sott.net/article/429473-UN-calls-for-greater-global-effort-in-tackling-locust-invasion-as-June-upsurge-forecast

2020-02-20 - Fates of humans and insects intertwined, warn scientists:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/20/fates-humans-insects-intertwined-scientists-population-collapse
http://www.fasterthanexpected.com/2020/02/20/fates-of-humans-and-insects-intertwined-warn-scientists/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320719317823
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320719317793

2020-02-20 - Arctic sea ice volume hits lowest level on record for this time of year:
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2020/02/arctic-ocean-february-2020.html

Quote: "On February 18, 2020, Arctic sea ice extent was 13.96 million km², just above the 2010s average. At first glance, that may not sound worrying. However, sea ice volume is at a record low for the time of the year. In other words, sea ice is very thin and there is little or no buffer left to consume the influx of warm, salty water from the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean."

2020-02-20 - Unknown eyeless dolphin-ish creature washes up dead on coastal Destiladeras Beach (Mexico):
http://metro.co.uk/2020/02/20/weird-eyeless-creature-dolphin-head-tadpole-tail-washes-beach-12271659/

Quote: "The creature appears to have the head of a dolphin but the tail of a tadpole. It has sharp, fanged teeth but no eyes – prompting speculation it has emerged from the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean where no light penetrates and eyes aren’t needed."

Note: Could be something entirely new too. The Earth's not just going to exterminate most species currently alive, but will also create entirely new species by blending DNA/RNA, which will help preserve evolutionary advances across the current extinction event. The human race won't survive on this planet, but our genes, or at least parts of them, may yet live on in new species that are more capable of surviving the harsh conditions to come...

2020-02-20 - Up to 90 percent of coral reefs on the planet may be dead within 20 years:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/20/1920640/-Report-Climate-change-pollution-could-kill-up-to-90-of-coral-reefs-in-next-20-years