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Earth Changes
Some people living on Grayland Avenue near Carytown told CBS 6 they have heard a mysterious boom sound for the past few months.
"It's like a boom that has an echo to it," said Thomas Daniel who lives near Grayland Avenue and S. Sheppard Street.
Daniel told CBS 6 news reporter Chelsea Rarrick that he hears the mystery sound periodically, sometimes even a few times a week. He said he first heard it while sitting on his front porch around 2 a.m.
"You think sometimes it's like a train backing into another train," said Daniel
Sarah Barrow also lives on Grayland Ave. and heard a boom for the first time this week around 10 or 11 p.m.
"It's like a boom that has an echo to it," said Thomas Daniel who lives near Grayland Avenue and S. Sheppard Street.
Daniel told CBS 6 news reporter Chelsea Rarrick that he hears the mystery sound periodically, sometimes even a few times a week. He said he first heard it while sitting on his front porch around 2 a.m.
"You think sometimes it's like a train backing into another train," said Daniel
Sarah Barrow also lives on Grayland Ave. and heard a boom for the first time this week around 10 or 11 p.m.
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Two mysterious 'black hole' whirlpools have been spotted in the South Atlantic ocean
Two mysterious 'black hole' whirlpools have been spotted in the South Atlantic ocean
The whirpools - never witnessed before - would suck down ships, debris and even living creatures, moving 1.3 million cubic metres of water per second.
Two of the black holes - or "maelstroms" - have been sighted in three months by physicists from Zurich and Miami.
The powerful vortices of current have been described as 'maelstroms' and are 'mathematical analogues' for black holes - which is to say they do exactly the same with water that black holes do with light.
Ocala - A row of duplexes and some office buildings appear to be on stable ground after an apparent sinkhole swallowed up a pond Tuesday, according to the property manager for the Woodland Villages neighborhood.
Wes Herren said Wednesday a surveyor checked things out and two others have been called to assess the situation and for now all seems to be okay.
Neighbors began noticing water draining from five-acre pond Tuesday morning.
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Sheepherders for the Siddoway Sheep Co. heard the wolves at about 1 a.m. Saturday, but didn't know the extent of the damage until they saw the sheep piled up on each other at daybreak.
J.C. Siddoway of Terreton says almost all of the sheep died from asphyxiation. About 10 died of bite wounds and one was partially consumed.
Idaho Wildlife Services State Director Todd Grimm says it's the greatest loss by wolves ever recorded in one instance in the state. About nine years ago, wolves killed 105 sheep on one night.
Grimm says a dozen wolves have been removed from the Pine Creek area this year.
Source: Associated Press
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At 10:45 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, NASA's Terra satellite passed over Typhoon Trami on its approach to China and Taiwan.
At 10:45 p.m. EDT on Aug. 20, NASA's Terra satellite passed over Typhoon Trami on its approach to China and Taiwan.
Tropical Storm Trami enhanced rainfall from the monsoon, and caused flooding in the northern Philippines, including Manila, the capital city. The northern Philippines were hit with two nights of heavy rainfall, but Trami is now moving to the northwest and away from the northern Philippines. According to reports from the Associated Press, many roadways were flooded. A report from Malaysia's Star on-line noted that three people were killed and two were missing as a result of the flooding.
The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument known as AIRS that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Trami's cold clouds combined with rainfall from the monsoon on Aug. 20 at 05:05 UTC/1:05 a.m. EDT. Clouds and showers from the combination blanketed the northern half of the Philippines and dropped heavy rainfall.
Health authorities are trying to find out what poisoned at least 20 condors in the Andes mountain range between Chile and Argentina.
Click here to watch footage of the birds, who experts say are showing "signs of intoxication".
The huge endangered birds, with a wingspan of up to 3m, were found near the town of Los Andes, about 80km east of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
The authorities say two birds died, but 18 are recovering at a clinic.
They suspect the damage may have been caused by eating carcasses of poisoned cattle, fox or puma.
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The birds were taken to a veterinary facility and are said to be recovering
The birds were taken to a veterinary facility and are said to be recovering
The huge endangered birds, with a wingspan of up to 3m, were found near the town of Los Andes, about 80km east of the Chilean capital, Santiago.
The authorities say two birds died, but 18 are recovering at a clinic.
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Most of the sick Andean condors were found on Sunday
Most of the sick Andean condors were found on Sunday
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2013-08-21 12:38:30 UTC
2013-08-21 05:38:30 UTC-07:00 at epicenter
Location
16.917°N 99.381°W depth=20.0km (12.4mi)
Nearby Cities
13km (8mi) NNW of San Marcos, Mexico
35km (22mi) SE of Tierra Colorada, Mexico
54km (34mi) E of Acapulco de Juarez, Mexico
71km (44mi) S of Chilpancingo de los Bravos, Mexico
279km (173mi) S of Mexico City, Mexico
Technical Details
Thousands of fish are dead in Bayou Casotte forcing the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to close the bayou and part of the Mississippi Sound. MDEQ is also advising people to not eat any seafood from the area until further notice.
Mississippi Phosphates said a release of water from the plant led to the fish kill.
Owner of CC's Bait Shop Charles Williamson Jr. said, "If I continue taking hits like that, I can't stay in business."
He said every time the water is contaminated, his business suffers. This time Williamson lost 65 pounds of shrimp.
"It will take me about a week to get my stock back up because we haven't been catching a lot of shrimp," Williamson said. "So all that shrimp I had was four days worth of work. That's four days of burning diesel, four days paying help."
Five months ago another fish kill forced MDEQ to again close the boat ramps, causing him to lose about $5,000 in bait and business.
"It has just been a hard, uphill battle," Williamson said.
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Filipinos cross chest-deep floods at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Flooding caused by some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response for a second day.
Filipinos cross chest-deep floods at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Flooding caused by some of the Philippines' heaviest rains on record submerged more than half the capital Tuesday, turning roads into rivers and trapping tens of thousands of people in homes and shelters. The government suspended all work except rescues and disaster response for a second day.
Officials reported at least seven people dead, 11 injured and four missing. The dead included a 5-year-old boy whose house was hit by a concrete wall that collapsed. His two adult relatives also were injured.
Throughout the sprawling, low-lying capital region of 12 million people, floodwaters made most of the roads impassable and reached waist- or neck-deep along rivers and creeks. Authorities opened more than 200 evacuation centers in Manila and surrounding provinces filled with tens of thousands of people, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said. Overall, more than 600,000 people have been affected by the floods.
Comment: Here's a video from a year ago, where you can see small whirlpools forming in the pond!