Earth ChangesS


Fire

Around 31 grassfires sweep across Victoria, Australia

'We'll see fires move around in the night with levels of intensity and fire behaviour that'll be quite erratic,' Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said
'We'll see fires move around in the night with levels of intensity and fire behaviour that'll be quite erratic,' Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley said
Residents near raging fires west of Melbourne have been told it's not safe to leave their homes and to take shelter immediately.

A warning has been issued by the Country Fire Authority said people should stay within their homes as it is 'not safe for you to leave'.

Dramatic video footage shows massive flames and explosions emerging from a substation in Terang, while a grassfire burns out of control in Boorcan, 199km west of Melbourne.

Nearby resident Brett Gasper told the Herald Sun the scene of the fire caused a 'red sky and smell of smoke' which was 'daunting'.

A CFA spokesperson said people had been evacuated from nearby homes.


Arrow Down

Building collapses under weight of snow in downtown Edmundston, Canada

A snow-heavy building used for storage collapsed in Edmundston early Friday morning.
© Bernard Lebel/Radio-CanadaA snow-heavy building used for storage collapsed in Edmundston early Friday morning.
A downtown building that's been part of Edmundston for at least 115 years collapsed early Friday, and city police say it was probably because too much snow had piled up on its flat roof.

Insp. Alain Lang of the Edmundston police said there were no injuries, and no one was near the empty building when it came down around 4 a.m.

The building at Church and Hill streets is owned by Downtown Edmundston, which used it for storing tents chairs, tables and other equipment for a farmers market.

She said the building was initially bought in 2012 and was supposed to be bought to be a tear down and rebuild a farmers market with that lot and the two next to it.


Comment: See also: Another roof collapses due to snow weight in Nakusp, British Columbia - 200 inches of snow in some areas this year


Attention

Dead Sei whale found on Marathon's bayside, Florida

This dead sei whale was found on the bayside of Marathon.
© Shanna ShroederThis dead sei whale was found on the bayside of Marathon.
What caused the death of a 50-foot sei whale found on the bayside of Marathon Wednesday and how it ended up in the warm waters of the Florida Keys is a mystery.

Its stop at the Marathon Yacht Club caused quite a stir. Shanna Shroeder, officer manager of the club, said it was brought to the 33rd Street boat ramp, where biologists took samples and eventually removed it from the property and reportedly disposed of it offshore.

It had "quite the smell," she said.

It didn't actually wash up at the yacht club, but was found dead on the bayside of Marathon and "secured" at the 33rd Street boat ramp next to the club until biologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration arrived, said Lt. Andy Cox with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Attention

Bryde's whale carcass washes ashore in Tamil Nadu, India

Bryde's whale
Bryde's whale
A Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei) weighing more than 10 tonne washed ashore dead at Thondi in Ramanathapuram district on Friday morning. Local fishermen, who spotted the huge carcass floating one km away from the shore, alerted wildlife officials from Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (GoMMNP).

Based on the information, wildlife officials deployed fishing boats and towed the carcass to the beach. Veterinary doctors inspected the carcass and found that performing an autopsy was very difficult.

Forest range officer S Sathish said that the stomach cavity has been exposed and it should have been dead for more than 20 days. Looking at the carcass, they deduced that it should have been hit by a ship, Sathish said.

However, samples have been collected from the carcass. The whale, a fully grown female, weighed more than 10 tonne, he said.

Cloud Precipitation

Severe hailstorm leaves behind injuries and havoc in Lesotho (PHOTOS)

hailstones
The southern African country of Lesotho experiences a devastating hailstorm earlier this week, which incident left in its wake death and destruction of public and private properties.

The event which took place in the southern Quthing district left the windows of cars, homes and other facilities smashed. People caught in the storm were also bruised by the impact as the hailstones left them with cuts on their heads and other parts of the body.

Local media reported that emergency personnel treated a number of school children who were caught out in the open during the storm.

Snowflake

Heavy snowfall disrupts traffic in northeast China

Workers remove snow from train tracks at Shenyang North Railway Station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, March 15, 2018.
© XinhuaWorkers remove snow from train tracks at Shenyang North Railway Station in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province, March 15, 2018.
More than 4,800 people have been deployed to clear roads after heavy snow hit northeast China's Liaoning province starting Wednesday night, causing flight delays and expressway closures.

As of 11:00 a.m. Thursday, about 868 pieces of snow clearing equipment were put into use to remove snow from roads.

Snowstorms hit most parts of the province Wednesday evening, and snow was still falling Thursday, the provincial meteorological bureau said.

The bureau issued warnings in 12 cities to watch out ice on streets.

Snowflake

Late-winter storm piling up snow in the Sierra Nevada, California - over 2 feet in 24 hours

Snow at Squaw Valley, 16th, March
Snow at Squaw Valley, 16th, March
A late-winter storm moving through California is piling up snow in the Sierra Nevada, making travel hazardous and raising avalanche danger.

The National Weather Service says the Heavenly and Northstar ski resorts near Lake Tahoe reported Friday morning they each received more than 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow in 24 hours.

The Sierra Avalanche Center says there's high avalanche danger at all elevations in the central Sierra backcountry in the greater Lake Tahoe region.

Wolf

Coyote attacks 9-year-old child in Davie County, North Carolina

Coyote
© Getty ImagesCoyote
A coyote attacked a 9-year-old child in Davie County Thursday night, according to Davie County Animal Control.

Animal Control received a report of an animal attack at 6:35 pm.

The attack occurred at 942 Markland Road in Advance.

A coyote followed a young female to the door of her home and attacked her as she was trying to get inside.

Sun

Impressive sun halo seen over Manila, Philippines

Sun halo over Manila
© NewsFlare
This rare sun halo amazed onlookers when it was seen in Manila, Philippines, on February 26.

The optical phenomena was caused by light reflecting through ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

It produced a blindingly beautiful double circular rainbow effect surrounding the mid-day sun over the city in South East Asia.


Take 2

More snow or no snow? Climate activists predict both so that they're never wrong

snow
Here we go again. Climate activists are once again claiming that 'global warming' is making winters snowier and colder.

But a new book reveals the long history of climate activists making opposite predictions so they can always claim they "predicted it" correctly.

Excerpted from the new Amazon 'best seller' The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change By Marc Morano, available at Amazon & Barnes & Noble & Walmart. See: Wash Times front page feature: Morano's 'Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change' uses humor to battle alarmists.

Comment: Further reading: Yale's Two Climate Bombs Point to Impending Ice Age
Let's just assume humans are melting the arctic: it is only at a faster pace than what happens every cycle, and somehow leads to an ice age.

They keep talking about runaway warming but that isn't what Earth does. This video was an attempt to use ONLY the mainstream science and demonstrate that you don't need to be a conspiracy theorist or a "denier" to believe cooling is coming... you just need to believe in mainstream science :)

Isn't that even more fun than doing it the usual way?