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This quake is the third M6.0+ earthquake to hit this region within the last 48 hours. A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Micronesia on Friday, December 8, which was followed 9 hours later by an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude 50 km from Fais.
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This quake is the third M6.0+ earthquake to hit this region within the last 48 hours. A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck Micronesia on Friday, December 8, which was followed 9 hours later by an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude 50 km from Fais.
The USAF claims supersonic aircraft on secret missions are causing the booms, yet such mysterious booms are being reported worldwide.
In mid-November, shocked residents in Alabama were left so alarmed by the noise they even called the cops to investigate.
They dubbed it the "Bama Boom", saying it was so powerful it actually shook houses and left windows rattling.
However, NASA and the US Geological Survey said they had no idea what was causing the booms, saying they could only theorise.
Comment: The sounds have been heard in numerous areas of Alabama. The National Weather Service has said that it did not appear that earthquakes were involved. Meteorites and sonic booms have been floated as possible causes.
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Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
Record snow blankets Houston and Texas
Snow is falling in Houston, TX, last measurable snow there was 8 years ago.
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Huge snow accumulation in the backcountry of Artvin in Turkey.
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Snow in Central Alabama 12-8-17
Snow in Central Alabama 12-8-17
This snowstorm certainly surpassed expectations.
Areas across Alabama were blanketed with snow on Friday, with totals reaching the double digits in some areas.
As of Friday night some of the highest totals came from Randolph and Calhoun counties in east Alabama.
Both have reported 10 inches of snow, according to reports to the National Weather Service in Birmingham.
The weather service has also logged reports of 8 inches, 7 inches and multiple reports of 6 inches over the course of the day.
Get central Alabama preliminary snowfall totals here.
Mobile hadn't gotten as much snow as of Friday night, only about six-tenths of an inch as of 9:30 p.m. But that is still enough to set a record, as forecasters noted earlier Friday:
Comment: A rare blast of winter weather has dusted Louisiana with snow, shutting down much of the state. There has also been record snowfall in Houston and Texas. More than 250,000 people are without power across the South following the snowstorm.
Meanwhile only a couple of days ago, Alaska recorded one of the most extreme snowfall rates on record - when an incredible 10 inches of snow piled up in one hour. In the end, 40 inches of heavy wet snow accumulated in 12 hours.
The Oraefajokull (err-IVER'-yer-kuhl) volcano, dormant since its last eruption in 1727-1728, has seen a recent increase in seismic activity and geothermal water leakage that has worried scientists. With the snow hole on Iceland's highest peak deepening 18 inches (45 centimeters) each day, authorities have raised the volcano's alert safety code to yellow.
Experts at Iceland's Meteorological Office have detected 160 earthquakes in the region in the past week alone as they step up their monitoring of the volcano. The earthquakes are mostly small but their sheer number is exceptionally high.
"Oraefajokull is one of the most dangerous volcanos in Iceland. It's a volcano for which we need to be very careful," said Sara Barsotti, Coordinator for Volcanic Hazards at the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
Comment: See also:
- Iceland's Öræfajökull volcano may be about to erupt for first time since 1728
- Iceland's biggest volcano being monitored after a series of earthquakes
- Shiveluch volcano in Russia erupts spewing hot ash 6 miles into the sky
- A force to be reckoned with: Seismologists report that a volcano is building up under New England
- Bali volcano has erupted for a second time in less than a week, forcing airlines to re-route flights
- Great Sitkin volcano alert level raised to yellow in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Alert up as Mayon Volcano shows 'abnormal behavior' in the Philippines
Thousands flee as winds whip California fires
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Mother Nature brought blockbuster amounts of snow to areas that only see it a few times per century - where even half melted flurries are enough to drive kids out of their minds with excitement. I'm not talking Dallas or Amarillo or Lubbock. As of this entry, it is snowing and snowing heavily in, of all places, Brownsville, marking only the third time since 1895 they have received accumulating snowfall.
Not to be outdone, Corpus Christi got their first snowfall in 13 years and recorded between five and seven inches of snow. What's more absurd than that? They reported a thunderstorm with heavy snow; in Corpus Christi! That is extremely rare --- in Buffalo. To have it happen not once but twice would make even the Jim Cantore breathe into a bag.
A day after parts of Texas - which rarely see flurries - were dusted with snow, Floridians were starting to ask, "So, could we see some flakes?"
Well, to be blunt: Probably not. But there is a chance if you live in the Panhandle.
The Sunshine State has an approaching cold snap, but the National Weather Service offices closest to Pensacola - Tallahassee and Mobile, Ala. - are mentioning just a slight possibility of snow.
Tallahassee forecasters were careful with their words:
"Will need to monitor ... for the possibility of a few snow flurries mixed with the rain late tonight," forecasters wrote in their report at 6:22 a.m. on Friday. "Chances are low at this time, but cannot be ruled out."
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Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
Snow filled roads Wednesday in Valdez, Alaska.
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Comment: These loud booms often coincide with earthquake like shocks and are rattling nerves around the world with increasing regularity. They are probably associated with the dramatic rise of fireballs and meteors which have been increasing each year exponentially!
- 64 mysterious booms heard all over the world this year. Why?
- Mysterious 'skyquakes' continue around the world with few answers to their origins
For more background on the increased asteroid and fireball activity - including its causes, effects, and role in human history, see: Earth Changes and the Human-Cosmic Connection.