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World's longest-lasting lightning bolt was recorded in France


Phys.org
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 11:59 UTC
longest-lasting lightning bolt
The UN World Meteorological Organization announced that France held the record for longest-lasting lightning bolt, with a flash of 7.74 seconds

At a little over seven seconds France's lasts the longest but America's is by far the biggest.

The UN World Meteorological Organization on Friday announced that France held the record for longest-lasting lightning bolt, with a flash on August 30, 2012 in the southeast of France lighting up the sky for a full 7.74 seconds.

The horizontal bolt travelled 200 kilometres (125 miles), the WMO's Rapporteur of Weather & Climate Extremes, Randall Cerveny, told AFP.

"It was a "cloud-to-cloud" discharge," Cerveny said.

France was bested, however, in the distance stakes by the US.

A lightning strike on June 20, 2007 in the state of Oklahoma covered a distance of 321 kilometres, the WMO said.

Comment: Electric universe: Lightning strength and frequency increasing

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MSM 'global warming' damage control as temperatures drop, clouds increase and Arctic snows intensify

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:42 UTC
global warming scam
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Damage control as clouds increase, snow storms intensify and now to explain it all away new stories stating global warming will result in more snow in the arctic, stronger snow storms and a cease to Greenland Ice cap melting. Matches exactly with the effects of galactic cosmic rays, but the explanation from IPCC is increased ocean evaporation producing more clouds.


Comment: As the global warming hoax spirals out of control, evidence suggests that the world is on the brink of a new ice age. See also:

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Seismograph

USGS: Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Vanuatu


Sputnik International
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 07:31 UTC
Vanuatu
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The earthquake hit about 7 kilometers (4 miles) northeast of Norsup at 02:31 GMT on Saturday; its epicenter was located at a depth of about 37 kilometers (23 miles).

There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties. No tsunami warning was issued. The Vanuatu Islands are part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire quake zone, where about 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur.
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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake detected off British Columbia, Canada


CBC.ca
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:30 UTC
Canada earthquake
© Earthquake TrackAn earthquake struck near Haida Gwai on Friday afternoon.

No damage or tsunami expected, Earthquakes Canada says

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck off British Columbia's Central Coast Friday afternoon.

Data from Earthquakes Canada shows the trembler hit at 12:45 p.m. PT just south of Haida Gwaii or 195 kilometres west of Bella Bella.

Earthquakes Canada says no one has reported feeling the quake and no damage or tsunami is expected.

Comment: The really big one: The next full Cascadia rupture will spell the worst natural disaster in North American history

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Crepuscular rays cause giant blue streak to appear over Houston, Texas


ABC 13
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:37 UTC
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What caused this mysterious blue streak across Houston's morning sky? Meteorologist Travis Herzog says this is a thunderstorm cloud shadow illuminated by crepuscular rays.

These cloud shadows were formed by tropical showers below the horizon in the Gulf near Louisiana. They were visible all the way to New Braunfels and south Texas.

Comment: For more on crepuscular rays see:

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Attention

Hundreds of horseshoe crabs found dead on tidal flat in Japan

Takuya Miyano
The Asahi Shimbun
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:59 UTC
Shungo Takahashi measures dead horseshoe crabs at a tidal flat in Kita-Kyushu.
© Takuya MiyanoShungo Takahashi measures dead horseshoe crabs at a tidal flat in Kita-Kyushu.
Nearly 500 dead horseshoe crabs have washed ashore at a tidal flat here, and researchers have no idea what is killing the endangered species that dates back 200 million years.

According to a local horseshoe crab protection group, 50 to 60 dead horseshoe crabs are found annually at the Sonehigata tidal flat, one of the largest habitats of horseshoe crabs in Japan. But 490--the largest number over the last 20 years--have already been discovered this year.

Hiroko Koike, a researcher at the Kyushu University Museum who studies horseshoe crabs at Sonehigata, said the overall health of the crabs appears good.

"Rises in the sea level caused by global warming, shortages of places to lay eggs and a lack of nutrition could have resulted in their deaths," Koike said. "We have to be careful to identify the cause."
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Attention

Diver attacked by great white shark off Santa Barbara, California

Mayde Gomez
6abc.com
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:21 UTC
Shark attacks
The college student who came within inches of a great white shark off the coast of Santa Barbara said he definitely thought his life was "finished."

It was like a scene from a terrifying movie. Tyler McQuillen was spearfishing when he was attacked by a great white shark. A GoPro camera captured the frightening encounter.

"I thought it was my friend Brent playing a joke on me, just tugging on my fin. So I thought nothing of it and I didn't turn around," he said.

But that quickly changed once McQuillen felt one of his flippers being ripped right off.

"And I turned around and he was thrashing my fin, and I realized it was a great white," he said. That's when he knew - it was on.

The 22-year-old quickly retrieved the spear gun he had dropped- just in time.

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Cloud Precipitation

Freak hailstorm hits Malacca, Malaysia


Malaysian Digest.com
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:35 UTC
Hailstones
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More than 130 homes in 13 districts involving 9 residential areas and 4 villages were affected by a sudden hailstorm which saw ice the size of rocks hurtling into homes in the early morning thunderstorm yesterday.

In the 3:15 am downpour, it wasn't torrents of water but rock-hard hailstones that rained down, jolting many from their sleep with the unusual sound of stones hitting their roofs and gardens.

Many Malacca residents awoken by the unusually noisy 'rain' recorded the incident and shared photographs on social media.

Among the affected residential areas are Taman Keris Satria, Taman Keris Emas (9, Taman Peruna, Taman Terendak Permai, Taman Pahlawan, Taman Desa Taming Sari, Taman Sungai Udang and Taman Bandar Baru, Berita Harian reports.

Several villages also reported damage, among them Kampung Paya Rumput Jaya, Kampung Baru Sungai Udang and Kampung Sungai Udang Jaya.

Sungai Udang village head Mohd Nizam Dawood told the Malay news daily that the hailstorm lasted for 30 minutes with many residents reporting finding ice bigger than marbles in the vicinity of their homes.

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Swordfish mysteriously washes up on beach in Rye, New Hampshire


UPI
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:08 UTC
deceased swordfish
© New Hampshire Marine Mammal Rescue Deceased swordfish
Marine biologists in New Hampshire were baffled after a deceased swordfish was found washed up on the shore of a local beach.

New Hampshire Marine Mammal Rescue arrived to investigate what happened to the large fish, which is typically found in deeper water.

"We decided to take it back to the Center to see if we could find any internal signs that may point to why it washed up, as swordfish would normally be offshore in deep water," New Hampshire Marine Mammal Rescue said.

Rescue Assistant and Aquarist Rob Royer performed an informal necropsy on the swordfish and did not discover any signs of having been hooked, according to CBS Boston.

The rescue group also reported there were no signs of plastic in its stomach, but said it appeared it had not eaten in some time.
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Cloud Lightning

Two killed by lightning bolt in Odisha, India


Business Standard
Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:03 UTC
lightning
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Two persons were killed and their wives injured after they were struck by lightning at Palli Padmanavpur in Odisha's Ganjam district today.

The victims, who were working in their farms, had taken shelter under a tree during a sudden downpour when they were struck by lightning, said inspector in-charge of Berhampur sadar police station, S S Mohapatra.

The dead were identified as locals and their wives were admitted to MKCG Medical College and Hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger, he said.

Source: Press Trust of India
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