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Arizona 'Haboob' Dust Storm Hits Phoenix Area

Darren Halas
Z6Mag
Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:57 UTC
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Yes, the name sounds a little crazy, but the term often associated with a major dust storm in an arid region is called a haboob. It's Arabic for "strong wind" and is something people living in Arizona and the Phoenix area are becoming used to.

The massive Arizona dust storm slammed into the Phoenix area on Saturday July 21st, 2012. The dust storm was relentless with extremely strong winds knocking out power to over 9,000 customers as reported by the Tucson Citzen. Other areas close by effected by the dust storm were Mesa, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Apache Junction, Santan Valley, Chandler and Casa Grande.

The winds reached gusts as high as 45mph throughout the Phoenix area. Some drivers had to pull of off the road due to zero visibility situations from the thick cloud of dust spreading across the city. Some area residents reported damages to roofs and vehicles. One resident of the Tempe area shared a video on YouTube that you can watch below that showed their roof being nearly ripped off.

People have been sharing numerous pictures & tweets from Twitter of the storm that they are hash tagging as #haboob. Some of their accounts are below:
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Bizarro Earth

New Fault Line Found in Fort Stockton, Texas - Could Threaten City's Water

Geena Martinez
NewsWest 9
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:31 UTC
A city councilman makes a shocking discovery in Fort Stockton and what he found could threaten the city's main water source.


    • What looks like a crack in the earth could turn out to be a big problem in Fort Stockton. City Councilman-at-Large Billy Jackson works for wildlife services. He was surveying some hog damage when he found a line.

    "Just a continuous crack," Jackson said. "I actually walked for about two miles following it."

    What Jackson stumbled upon turned out to be a fault line southwest of town.

    Comment: More signs the earth is 'opening up'?

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    Attention

    Mysterious gas bubbling up in Louisiana Bayous for nearly a month

    Amber Stegall
    WAFB
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:18 UTC
    Assumption gas bubbles
    Assumption Parish, Louisiana - Environmental experts are looking into an abandoned well as a possible source for mystery bubbles in Assumption Parish Bayous.

    Officials have been trying to figure out what is causing the natural gas to rise up out of Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou for nearly a month.

    OEP, DNR, and DEQ went out Monday night and observed what is believed to be an old orphaned well in the swamps about 1,000 feet from the main bubbling area in Bayou Corne.

    It is suspected that this well may be the source of the natural gas bubbling in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou waterways. The Department of Natural Resources is currently investigating and bringing in necessary equipment to complete the investigation of the suspect orphaned well.
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    Question

    Loud noise remains a mystery in Huon Valley, Tasmania

    Zara Dawtrey
    The Mercury
    Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:09 UTC
    Tasmania
    © Google Maps
    A mysterious rumbling noise remains a hot topic in the Huon Valley some 10 days after it was heard.

    Hundreds of residents are still unable to explain the source of the 20-second roar.

    The noise was first reported after a Huonville dam bank burst on July 15, causing the evacuation of 100 residents.

    "It woke me up about 10pm we had no idea what was going on at the time but in hindsight maybe it was the dam breaking," a Scenic Hill Drive resident said on July 16.

    But the council said the noise would not have been caused by the dam incident.
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    Question

    Could Gas Leaking From California Sea Floor Be Source Of Mystery Odor?


    10News
    Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:01 UTC
    Encinitas California
    © Google Maps
    Scripps Institution Of Oceanography Grad Students Discovered Site Of Methane Seepage 20 Miles West Of Del Mar

    The strange smell 10News viewers reported Tuesday is now being reviewed by the San Diego Air Pollution Control District.

    Comment: Sure sounds as if things are opening up here on the big blue marble.

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    Bizarro Earth

    Mysterious, Gas-Like Odor Reported In North County, California


    10News
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:27 UTC
    Encinitas California
    © Google Maps
    Residents In Encinitas, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Solana Beach Reported Strange, Gas-Like Smell

    A mysterious odor was reported along the North County coast on Tuesday.

    Lifeguards in Encinitas were first to report the strong, pungent odor at about 5 p.m. The odor was described as a gas-like smell rolling in off the ocean.

    Comment: More out-gassing as the planet destabilizes?

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    Cloud Lightning

    El Nino could strike as early as third quarter forecaster warns

    Rene Pastor
    Reuters
    Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:55 UTC
    El Nino
    © File / NOAA
    This satellite image illustrates the classic El Nino condition of warm water piling up in the eastern Pacific.
    The feared El Nino weather phenomenon could strike as early as the third quarter of 2012, raising prospects of wreaking weather havoc from North and South America to Asia, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said on Thursday.

    "Overall, the forecaster consensus reflects increased chances for El Nino beginning in July-September 2012," the agency said in a monthly update.

    The monthly report is the strongest prediction yet about when the El Nino weather phenomenon could emerge this year. Last month, it issued an El Nino watch, warning the phenomenon could materialize in the second half of the year, but said conditions were still neutral between June and August.
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    Fish

    Fish kill at Lake Erie result of 'upwelling of cold water'


    Erie Times-News
    Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:36 UTC
    Lake Erie fish kill
    © Josh Barber / Erie Times-News
    This dead freshwater drum, commonly known as a sheepshead, was photographed on the beach at Chautauqua park in Erie on July 24.

    Hundreds of dead and dying sheepshead showed up along the Lake Erie shore in recent days.

    The fish, also known as freshwater drum, were spotted over the weekend along North East Township near the Pennsylvania-New York state line and also in western Erie County between Elk Creek in Girard Township and Crooked Creek in Springfield Township.

    Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials said the die-off was due to a "natural phenomenon" called a seiche and was unrelated to pollution or other stresses caused by humans.
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    Sun

    Drought categories rise by 50% - in 1 week

    Miguel Llanos
    NBC News
    Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:30 UTC
    Image
    © NOAA
    The drought ruining crops, shrinking water supplies and exacerbating wildfires intensified dramatically over the last week, U.S. forecasters reported Thursday.

    The weekly Drought Monitor shows "widespread intensification" in the central U.S., the National Drought Mitigation Center said in a statement.

    Across the contiguous U.S., the total area under all kinds of drought grew only slightly but the most severe categories -- extreme and exceptional -- rose from 13.5 percent to 20.5 percent, the monitor showed.

    The jump "this week was the largest since we started the U.S. Drought Monitor" 12 years ago, Brian Fuchs, a climatologist and Drought Monitor author, told NBC News. "This is really showing the rapid intensification of the drought due to the heat/dryness over the region with little relief for anyone."

    The 20.5 five percent in extreme/exceptional drought is the most since 2003, he added.

    "We've seen tremendous intensification of drought through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Kansas and Nebraska, and into part of Wyoming and South Dakota in the last week," Fuchs said in the center's statement.

    Comment: The MSM has been saying that the current drought will cause prices to go up in 2013 but here in America we are already seeing prices for food going up. This is the second year in a row there has been major drought in the United States.

    From 2011: Drought may have killed a half-billion trees
    Worst drought on record, trees dying by the millions
    Floods to North, but Drought Spreads in U.S. South

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    Bug

    Omaha man's home overrun by Brown Recluse spiders

    Laura Pullman
    The Daily Mail
    Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:13 UTC
    An Omaha man is desperate to move out of his home after an army of venomous spiders have invaded.

    Dylan Baumann is cautiously moving around his small apartment after seeing at least forty brown recluse spiders crawling up the walls and across the floors.

    A single bite from a brown recluse can hospitalise victims. Baumann has not yet been bitten after taking special precautions.

    Image
    © KETV
    Dangerous: Dylan Baumann is sharing his Omaha home with dozens of venomous brown recluse spiders
    He has moved his bed away from the wall and pulled up the skirt of the bed to try and avoid being attacked in his sleep.

    Every day he shakes out his clothes before putting them on and makes sure none of the dangerous arachnids are hiding in his shoes. After a shower, he shakes his towel before drying off.
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