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Pine Gulch fire becomes largest in Colorado history as firefighters near full containment


The Colorado Sun
Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:17 UTC
Firefighters at the Pine Gulch fire near Grand Junction
© Handout
Firefighters at the Pine Gulch fire near Grand Junction.
The Pine Gulch fire has become the largest blaze in Colorado history, having torched more than 139,000 acres.

Incident command provided an updated size for the fire near Grand Junction on Thursday night.

The blaze is now larger than the 2002 Hayman fire west of Colorado Springs, which burned roughly 138,000 acres and destroyed 133 homes. The Hayman fire, which was previously the state's largest wildland blaze, was also blamed for several deaths.

The Pine Gulch fire has not destroyed any homes or caused any injuries, but firefighters have been battling it for about a month. It started on July 31 and was ignited by lightning.

The fire was 77% contained as of Thursday evening.

Three other major fires are burning in Colorado. No homes have been destroyed or injuries reported from any of them.

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New 50-metre deep 'crater' found blasted open on Yamal peninsular, Siberia

Anna Liesowska
The Siberian Times
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 22:12 UTC
Yamal crater
© by Vesti Yamal
The new funnel filmed from air by the team of Yamal-based TV station. July 2020
Blocks of soil and ice thrown hundreds of metres from epicentre of the funnel at the Yamal peninsula.

The recently-formed new hole or funnel is the latest to be seen in northern Siberia since the phenomenon was first registered in 2014.

It was initially spotted by chance from the air by a Vesti Yamal TV crew en route from an unrelated assignment.

A group of scientists then made an expedition to examine the large cylindrical crater which has a depth of up to 50 metres.

Such funnels are believed to be caused by the build up of methane gas in pockets of thawing permafrost under the surface.

Comment: In Pierre Lescaudron's book Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection he explicates the possible factors involved in earthquakes, volcanoes and sinkholes. The following extract may help explain the mysterious and sudden appearance of some of these craters in Siberia, why their proximity to methane deposits may be relevant, and why some have reportedly been accompanied by a 'big bang' and a 'pillar of fire':
So, most of the Earth's crust can become highly conductive if subjected to mechanical stress/shock, for example the type of stress due to the slowing down and opening up of the Earth's lithosphere described above. When high conductivity is reached, electric current can occur between ground regions of different electric potential.1 This current being fed, among other factors, by the change in surface-core E-field mentioned previously.

At this point a second phenomenon called piezo electricity might itervene. Some crystals, in particular quartz which is very frequent in granite rocks,2 will deform if subjected to electric current (that's almost the reverse of the above described phenomenon where mechanical deformation triggers electric current).

One could thus hypothesize that earthquakes are not unlike underground lightning. Earthquakes being to underground electric phenomenon what lightning is to atmospheric electric phenomenon: a simple charge rebalancing process generating some mechanical side effects: air waves (thunder) for lightning and crustal waves (seismic tremors) for earthquakes.

Footnotes:
1 Such effects, combined with emissions of gasses from inside the earth, another consequence of 'opening up', could be another factor in the eruption of anomalous fires and explosions.

2 Interestingly most mountain range are made of granite, concomitantly mountain range are also some of the most quake prone geological formations.
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Snowflake Cold

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Winter forecast high food prices and cancelled credit cards


Adapt 2030
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 08:03 UTC
farmers almanac
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Just as food prices spike banks are cutting credit card limits and the N. Hemisphere settles in for the coldest winter in a century with crop losses sending grocery bills upward. Australia highest snowfall total ever recorded in a non-alpine area. Russia pummeled with summer snow drifts and record cold temperatures. Grand Solar Minimum ON !


Comment: See also:

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Boat

Flood death toll reaches 251 in Bangladesh


Dhaka Tribune
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:44 UTC
Floodwater has inundated a village at Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj, making access to food and safe water extremely difficult for the villagers. The photo was taken on Thursday, July 23, 2020
© Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune
Floodwater has inundated a village at Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj, making access to food and safe water extremely difficult for the villagers. The photo was taken on Thursday, July 23, 2020
A total of 251 people have died due to excessive flooding in 33 districts across Bangladesh till now.

Health Emergency Operation Center and the Control Room of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the figure in a media statement on Friday, reports Bangla Tribune.

After analysing the control room data from the last two months, it appears that most of the deaths were caused by drowning.

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Snowflake Cold

Significant snow blankets low-lying parts of Western Cape, South Africa

Lucinda Dordley
Capetownetc.com
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:20 UTC
snow
The Western Cape has experienced low temperatures since Friday - and on Saturday certain parts of the region were blanketed in snow. Matroosberg, Sutherland and Ceres regions have been fortunate enough to enjoy significant snowfall.

Snow-Forecast predicted that the Matroosberg area will receive a light covering of snow on Saturday [August 29]. "Temperatures will be below freezing, with a maximum of 0°C on Monday morning [August 31], and min -7°C on Saturday night [August 29]. Winds will also be decreasing, with fresh winds from the west on Saturday morning [August 29], and calm by Monday night [August 31]."


Comment: From the same source on the same day:
Cape Town mesmerised by snow on Table Mountain

snow

Snowing on Table Mountain
It's snowing on Table Mountain. This is the second time in recent years that snow flurried over the top of the majestic mountain.

A video of snow coming down on the mountain was shared by Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, and Capetonians are thrilled by the sight.


"Must be cold down there. Take care," one social media user commented.

"Snow, wow we don't really get it like before," another said.


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Eye 2

Signs and Portents: Two-headed rattlesnake found near Arizona golf course - 'I lost my mind a little'

Mark Price
Miami Herald
Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:55 UTC
A professional snake catcher searching for den of rattlesnakes stumbled on a two-headed western diamondback rattlesnake near Arizona golf course.
© Rattlesnake Solutions
A professional snake catcher searching for den of rattlesnakes stumbled on a two-headed western diamondback rattlesnake near Arizona golf course. The snake, which died, has shaken social media.
Greyson Getty says he was following a western diamondback rattlesnake through a bush when he found himself suddenly staring down 11 rattlesnakes.

But things got even stranger for the professional snake catcher when he noticed a peculiar snake coiled by itself in one corner of the den.

It was a very large "baby" with two heads. And it appeared to have just died, he said.

"Once I pull it out of the hole, honestly, I lost my mind a little," Getty told McClatchy News. "The body of the snake seemed to be quite large and disproportionate compared to its siblings. It was just over double the size of a normal baby rattlesnake."
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Tornado2

Rare waterspout filmed off Southwold coast in Suffolk, UK

Max McLean, Richard Brown
Cambridgeshire Live
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:39 UTC
waterspout
A waterspout caught the attention of tourists and residents this weekend after it was spotted moving across the sea.

The weather phenomenon was filmed by Lisa Wroe, 49, from Flint in Wales, while on holiday on the Suffolk coast.

She had been visiting Southwold when the phenomenon was caught on camera.

"I was sat near the pier and it went very dark in the distance and started thundering," Ms Wroe told the PA news agency.

"I noticed out to sea what looked like smoke on the horizon. On closer inspection I realised the sea was being churned up directly underneath this long pointed 'arrow' coming out of the sky.

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Tornado2

Rare waterspout filmed in County Kerry, Ireland

Barra Best
BBC
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:31 UTC
WATERSPOUT
© Gloria Jean Keller
"The people were running to the pier shouting 'look at that, look at that'."

A photographer and her family were treated to a rare sight while travelling from County Kerry to Connemara in County Galway.

A waterspout formed while they were waiting for a ferry at Tarbert Ferry terminal in County Kerry on Thursday.

"It was fascinating," said Gloria Jean Keller.

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Boat

Thousands displaced by lake floods in Kenya and Uganda


Floodlist
Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:55 UTC
FLOOD
Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding from lakes in Kenya and Uganda, eastern Africa.

In Uganda, the government reported that rising water levels on Lake Albert and Lake Kyoga had displaced over 8,700 people in Buliisa, Nakasongola and Amolatar districts. Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda visited affected areas on 23 August. He said:

"The devastation caused is immense. The Government of Uganda has provided initial relief to the people affected by floods and will do more. I salute our people for the resilience they have shown in the face of this natural disaster at a time when we are also battling COVID-19."

Buliisa Heritage and Information Centre said flooding from Lake Albert has been causing havoc in Buliisa for over 3 months.

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Cloud Precipitation

Niger capital Niamey flooded as Niger River overflows at record level


Floodlist
Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:31 UTC
People carry their belongings while walking in a street flooded by the waters from the Niger river that flooded in the Kirkissoye neighbourhood in Niamey on August 27, 2020.
© AFP
People carry their belongings while walking in a street flooded by the waters from the Niger river that flooded in the Kirkissoye neighbourhood in Niamey on August 27, 2020.
Update 28 August 2020:

Red Cross Society of Niger (RCSN) reported that as many as 868 houses were destroyed by flooding of the Niger river in Niamay that began 23 August.

A total of 2,283 households (approximately 15,981 people) have been affected with many of them displaced and taking refuge in local schools or host families. One fatality was reported.

The Niger river at Niamey reached 6.69 metres on 28 August 2020. Danger mark here is 6.2 metres and the previous record high was 6.4 metres.

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