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Loud 'roaring sounds' heard in the sky along the Mississippi River at the Illinois/Iowa border

Splenorous
YouTube
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:11 UTC
Strange sounds in IL, IA border
© Via YouTube/Splenorous
The video can be deceptive! I have more understanding of what I am hearing and seeing in other videos! Your comments are most welcomed! However, I can tell you for 100% accuracy as to what I am witnessing as the camera is recording!

It is a cloudy November day in 2017 along the Mississippi River Illinois/ Iowa border. There is very little wind, the trees are barely rustling so the noise is NOT wind although it occasionally sounds like a mighty wind very high up in the sky! NEVER heard this particular noise EVER before! Even though the camera may seems as if it is raining - it is NOT RAINING! Kind of sounded a tish like thunder but this noise was a continual noise for an hour!

It sounded for 5 - 7 minutes at a time then died down for just 1-2 minutes and was back just as loud as before. We could hear it out from the same direction but seemed to be louder just right, left then right over head. It was not moving far if at all. NO VARIATIONS as traffic, planes, jets, and way too loud for a plane to be that low and we did not see one thing! For an hour, no lights, shadows or planes.

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Another mysterious boom shakes buildings, this time in Daytona Beach, Florida

Tony Holt
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:16 UTC
Daytona Beach boardwalk
© YouTube/Best Orlando Vacation Packages
A sonic boom rattled buildings up and down the Daytona Beach area Friday afternoon and its source may have been fighter jets flying in the area.

Messages left with the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville were not returned Friday, but Kaylee LaRocque told WESH-TV that the boom was probably caused by the Air National Guard flying F-15s in the area.

People reported hearing it from Ormond Beach to Port Orange. The boom was heard around 4:30 p.m.

Soon after the sound reverberated across the area, people speculated that NASA was conducting tests.

Comment: Another space rock exploding in the sky?

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Record Aussie flooding, Supermoon Trifecta, NASA will stare at the sun!

Oppenheimer Ranch Project
You Tube
Sat, 02 Dec 2017 16:07 UTC
Melbourne residents took to social media to share photos of their flooded neighbourhoods

Melbourne residents took to social media to share photos of their flooded neighbourhoods
Popocatepetl has just erupted again as we uploaded this! Check the Agung Livestream if you want to watch live

The worst weather in 159 YEARS: Record-breaking storms ravage Victoria after an entire season's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours - and floodwaters are still rising.

Major flooding after record-breaking rains hit Victoria and NSW, Australia.

Will this winter see a record big freeze?Britain faces lengthy Arctic blast thanks to the 'La Niña effect' as forecasters predict TWO 60mph storms will hit the country next week with MORE snow to follow.


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Cloud Precipitation

Weekend rain sets all-time record in Minden, Nevada

Kurt Hildebrand
Sierra Sun
Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:57 UTC
rain
With only a month to go, 2017 has already hit the record books as the wettest in the 111 years measurements have been taken in Minden.

Last weekend's storm brought .43 inches to the county seat on Sunday, bringing the year's total to 19.94 inches for the calendar year.

That tops the record of 19.67 inches set in 1909.

The total rainfall for November was 3.1 inches, according to the National Weather Service, more than three times the average for the month.

Heavenly Ski Resort reported 5 inches of snow fell on Sunday, bringing the season total to 28 inches.
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Tasmania covered in snow over the first weekend of summer; up to 15 inches deep

Nick Clark and Shaun McManis
news.com.au
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:44 UTC
Lyn Rootes captured the heavy snowfall from her shack at Wilburville in central Tasmania.
© Lyn Rootes
Lyn Rootes captured the heavy snowfall from her shack at Wilburville in central Tasmania.
Snow has fallen in Tasmania's Highlands as wild weather has stuck the state.

Owners of the hotel posted images on Facebook today after noticing a power problem during the night.

"Nice surprise- just stuck my nose out to see why the power flickered. SNOW now back to bed for me," the post said.

It was still snowing at 7am.

Police have issued a warning to road users after a landslip in the state's South and a deep low pressure system settles in over the state.

On Sunday morning Tasmania Police warned motorists of adverse weather conditions as more than 30mm of rain fell across many areas in the state in the state's South and East.

Hobart airport had received 36.4mm and Mt Wellington had 52mm by 8am.

Comment: The following is part of a later report from the same newspaper:
TASMANIA: the northern hemisphere has called, and it wants its weather back.

And it would probably be happily returned after snow, flood warnings, gale force winds and plenty of rain lashed the state just 22 days out from Christmas.

Up to 40cm of snow fell in the Tasmanian Highlands yesterday cutting off inhabitants from power and the outside world.

Further afield, more than 2500 homes had been hit by electricity outages by yesterday afternoon.

The worst-hit areas included: the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, south of Hobart; Rokeby and Sandford on the Eastern Shore; and communities around Fern Tree.

Lack of power wasn't a concern to the snowed-in guests at the Great Lakes Hotel in Miena where owner and operator Kaylee Hattinger was keeping them entertained.

THE pool table was in full swing and stomachs fed via a gas stove when the Mercury called.

"We had four days of plus 25C weather this week, then flooding rains and now snow. We love the highlands," Ms Hattinger said.

"It's a good eight inches out there."


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Major shallow 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes near the coastal city of Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador

Tom Towers
Daily Star Sunday (UK)
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:08 UTC
IMPACT ZONE: It struck 11 miles north east of the coastal city of Bahía de Caráquez
© USGS
IMPACT ZONE: It struck 11 miles north east of the coastal city of Bahía de Caráquez
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck near the coast of Ecuador.

It occurred 11 miles north east of the coastal city of Bahía de Caráquez at a depth of 15 miles in the South American country.

The quake hit at 6.19am local time, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa tweeted: "Strong tremor in San Vicente and Bahia. I hope everything is fine.

"Here in Esmeraldas it was also felt strongly. It reminds me of harder times in my presidency."

It is not clear if the quake has caused any injuries or damage.

Last month, another quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck near the Ecuadorian town of Palora.
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Unusual fallstreak cloud captured in Michigan sky

Meredith TerHaar
Detroit Free Press
Sat, 02 Dec 2017 13:24 UTC
Michigan fallstreak cloud
© Nicholas LaBelle via WZZM-TV
This fallstreak hole was captured by Nicholas LaBelle while he was in Sparta on Friday
Several viewers contacted WZZM-TV to ask about some unusual sights in the western Michigan sky. The TV station did a bit of research to learn they are called fallstreaks.

According to the National Weather Service a fallstreak hole is also known as a "hole punch cloud" and it's easy to see why from this photo provided by Nicholas LaBelle who was in Sparta on Friday when he snapped this pic.

Here's more from the NWS: "A fallstreak hole is a large circular or elliptical gap that can appear in cirrocumulus or altocumulus clouds."

You might be wondering how they form and why: "High to mid level clouds, such as altocumulus, are often composed of tiny water droplets that are much colder than freezing, but have yet to freeze. These "supercooled" water droplets need a "reason" to freeze, which usually comes in the form of ice crystals. Planes passing through the cloud layer can bring these ice crystals."

"Once the ice crystals are introduced, the water droplet quickly freeze, grow and start to fall. A hole is left behind, which will start to expand outward as neighboring droplets start to freeze."

Comment: In recent times this rare cloud phenomena has appeared over Southern California, UK, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Other strange cloud anomalies seem to be appearing globally with higher frequency and intensity. Factors which may contribute to these 'strange skies' are atmospheric dust loading from increased comet and volcanic activity and changes in the layers of the atmosphere. See these articles from the last couple of days: An indicator of this dust loading is the intensification of noctilucent clouds we are observing. As explained in Pierre Lescaudron's book, Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection:
The increase in noctilucent clouds is one of the effects - among others - of increased dust concentration in the atmosphere in general, and in the upper atmosphere in particular. We suspect that most of this atmospheric dust is of cometary origin, while some of it may be due to the recent increase in volcanic activity.
See also: Chemtrails? Contrails? Strange skies

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Sun

Spectacular Sun Halo Seen by Skiers in Sweden


Vemdalen
Sat, 02 Dec 2017 23:10 UTC
Sun halo vemdalen

A spectacular Sun halo display, with a 22° halo, parhelic circle, sundogs and a tangent arc as well as 44° parhelia (sundogs) and 46° halo, was seen in Vemdalen, Sweden Dec 1 2017
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Moon

Supermoon 2017 - the biggest of the year this weekend

Jason Samenow
The Washington Post
Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:05 UTC
fullmoonship
© awesome photos
The last full moon of 2017 will appear especially plump and vibrant in the night sky this weekend. As it reaches fullness, the moon will also be making its closest approach to Earth around the same time, designating it a "supermoon."

Because of the moon's extra-close approach to Earth, it will appear about 14 percent bigger than if it were at its farthest away point in its orbit. It will shine up to 30 percent brighter, not only because it's close to Earth, but also because Earth will be nearing its closest to the sun in early January.

"The sunlight reaching and reflecting off the Moon this time of year is about 7 percent more intense" than in the summer, explains NASA.

The moon officially turns full at 10:47 a.m. Sunday, but it will look full or very close to full to the naked eye Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

December's full moon is known as the Cold Moon or Frost Moon because of the cold weather at this time of year. It is also sometimes referred to as the Moon Before Yule (Yule is an old northern European winter festival, associated with Christmas).

While this supermoon is 2017's one and only, 2018 will start with two in succession. Supermoons are set to occur twice in January, on the 2nd and 31st. When two full moons occur in the same month, the second is sometimes called a blue moon or, in this case, a super blue moon.

EarthSky notes this January super blue moon "will pass right through the Earth's shadow," making for a super blue moon eclipse!
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Attention

Signs and Portents: Two-headed piglet with eight legs born in southern China

Tom Michael
The Sun (UK)
Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:22 UTC
Footage emerged showing this set of conjoined piglet twins in southern China

Footage emerged showing this set of conjoined piglet twins in southern China
A two-headed piglet with two snouts and eight legs has been born in southern China.

Footage filmed by bemused locals shows the baby hog wriggling about on the floor shortly after arriving into the world.

The clip was filmed in Wuping County in Fujian Province on November 11.

From the front, the pig looks like a mutant - with a normal pair of front legs but two snouts.

But the person recording turns the animal over to reveal it has an extra set of front legs on its back.

The little piglet - in fact a set of conjoined twins - reportedly only lived for three days.
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