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Second wildfire rages across Utah: 39,000 acres goes up in flames

Sandra Yi
KSL.com
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:19 UTC
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All Robin Coltharp can do is wait and watch.

"We don't even know if our property is still good or not, if it's burned," she said.

Coltharp's husband used a telescope to get a closer look at the property, which Sunday was about a mile away from area burned in the Wood Hollow Fire.

The wildfire continued to rage Sunday, covering more than 39,000 acres in Sanpete County, destroying between 25 and 30 structures and forcing evacuations of more than 200 homes. At last word, only the fire was only 4 percent contained.

Roughly 360 permanent structures and more than 200 trailers or sheds are threatened, the Summit County Sheriff's Office said.

The Coltharps live in Mt. Pleasant and own 5 acres of land on Baldy Mountain. On Sunday, they couldn't see the mountain through the thick smoke.

"We had plans of building a cabin up there," she said, "perhaps living up there."
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Bizarro Earth

Three villages buried in Uganda by landslide on slopes of Mt. Elgon- 100 feared dead

Elias Biryabarema and Jocelyn Edwards
Reuters
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:15 UTC
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Many people were feared dead after villages were buried in a landslide on Monday in eastern Uganda on the slopes of Mt. Elgon, which straddles the Kenyan border.

Some media reports said about 10 people had been killed in the landslide while the area member of parliament, David Wakikona, told Reuters that up to 100 people could have been buried. This could not be independently verified.

"Three villages have been flattened in the Bumwalukani parish on the slopes of Mt. Elgon and the initial reports I have is that more than 100 have been buried," he said.
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Bee swarm attack lands Thailand monks in hospital

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Source
Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:52 UTC
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Dozens of novice monks have been taken to hospital after an attack by a swarm of bees in northern Thailand.

The monks were cleaning the Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai province on Saturday when the attack took place.

The Bangkok Post said more than 70 monks were admitted to hospital, quoting one doctor as saying he had seen 19 in serious condition.

Bee stings typically cause skin rashes and nausea but multiple attacks are more serious and occasionally deadly.

Temple abbot Phra Ratcha Jetiyajarn told the Post that 76 monks had been taken to three regional hospitals.
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Strange snake invasion in Kiev region leads to mass killing of cattle

Translated by SOTT
Oko Planety
Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:58 UTC
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Residents of the village of Litky near Kiev in Ukraine have noticed mass deaths of horses and cows from snake bites. Until now, vipers weren't seen in this area. Villagers claim that the snakes were thrown on the pasture from a helicopter. However, a local veterinarian, Dmitry Panchenko, calls this mere legend.

All the corpses of the fallen animals were examined by a veterinary commission of Brovary. However, in the laboratory, it wasn't possible to determine the nature of the poison that killed the animals. Cattle was tested only for anthrax and salmonellosis.

Anti snake venom serum that could save the animals also wasn't found in the area. Veterinarians say it is no longer available in Ukraine.

The vet advised that the cattle be grazed in strictly limited areas only, but the villagers, although afraid of snakes, still drive the cows to pasture.

Comment: Interestingly enough, another case of snakes being "thrown from a helicopter" happened recently in Namibia.

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Muirhead's Mysteries: "Strange Snakes" Invade a Namibian Town


Cryptozoology Online
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:30 UTC
Some of you may know that in August I'm speaking at the Weird Weekend on the Flying Snake of Namibia. The other day I came across a report from the Namibian (newspaper's) web site, dated April 3rd 2012

Under the headline ' Strange Serpents' plague Tubuses, a town in Namibia. This is the story, by Adam Hartman:

Since December last year, Erongo's Tubuses settlement, north of Usakos near the foot of the Erongo Mountains,(1) has apparently been plagued by hundreds of 'large strange snakes'.

Speculation is rife, but one particular version has it that some residents claim that they saw a helicopter flying low over the area before the New Year- soon after which there was a sharp increase in the snake population. According to one resident, the snakes are not the usual kinds (like pythons, puff adders, whip snakes and mambas) found in the area. The 'new' snakes were also larger and more dangerous. "Instead of staying in the bush, these snakes are coming into the houses as if the houses belong to them" said David Nuseb. One story has it that a toddler was apparently sitting on the couch watching television, when a large serpent entered the living room and made its way to the TV where it started 'fighting' with the images on the screen. The child called his parents, the snake was cornered and killed Nuseb said.

Comment: Interestingly enough, another case of snakes being "thrown from a helicopter" happened recently near Kiev, Ukraine.

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Bizarro Earth

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.1 - Near The East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia


US Geological Survey
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:37 UTC
Kamachatka Quake_240612
© USGS
Date-Time
Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 03:15:02 UTC

Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 04:15:02 PM at epicenter

Location
57.601°N, 163.218°E

Depth
17.4 km (10.8 miles)

Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA

Distances
268 km (166 miles) SSW (192°) from Il'pyrskiy, Russia

317 km (197 miles) NNW (329°) from Nikol'skoye, Komandorskiye Ostrova, Rus.

586 km (364 miles) NNE (28°) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

2994 km (1860 miles) NNE (28°) from TOKYO, Japan
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Phoenix

Treasure Fire Burning 20 Acres Near Leadville, Colorado

Ryan Budnick
TheDenverChannel.com
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:12 UTC
leadville fire
© Junko Kazukawa
A ninth wildfire began burning near Leadville on Saturday afternoon.

The Treasure Fire has burned 20 acres near Fremont Pass, between Leadville and Copper Mountain Resort.

According to Keith McMillan of Red, White and Blue Fire Department, the wildfire is burning in forest land on the west side of State Highway 91.
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Bizarro Earth

Indonesia jolted with 5.9 quake


Online News
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 22:14 UTC
Sumatra quake
Jakarta - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit the north of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties.

The quake struck at 11.34am (0434 GMT), 66 kilometres west-southwest of Kabanjahe at a depth of 97 kilometres, the USGS said.
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Phoenix

Colorado's High Park fire at 82,190 acres; new pre-evacuation orders

Kirk Mitchell and Erin Udell
The Denver Post
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:09 UTC
The High Park fire in Colorado
© Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
The High Park fire in Colorado burns west of Fort Collins, as seen from Highway 287 in Larimer County on Saturday.
The High Park fire has now surpassed the Missionary Ridge fire as the second largest in state history at 75,537 acres.

High Park fire officials have sent 235 pre-evacuation notices to Bonner Peak Subdivision, including Springs Ranch Road.

Issued at midnight, the pre-evacuation is also for County Road 74E, also known as Red Feather Lakes Road, from the junction of U.S. 287, west to include County Road 37, north to include County Road 76H, east to U.S. 287 and south to County Road 74E.

All residents need to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice, according to the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

Other evacuation orders had been sent out to 998 homes late Friday after a spot fire ignited by wind-blown embersfrom the main blaze erupted north of Poudre Canyon.
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Cloud Lightning

British Columbia Flood Evacuation Alerts Grow


CBC News
Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00 UTC
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© Reuters/Andy Clark
A worker reinforces a temporary dyke set up along the waterfront of the Fraser River in Mission, British Columbia June 22, 2012. The river has been steadily rising putting many properties on flood evacuation warning.
Canada, B.C. - The flood watch continues around parts of British Columbia, with another community in the Fraser Valley issuing evacuation alerts to 43 homes.

Fred Armstrong with the District of Maple Ridge says the homes are located outside the dike system and the alerts have been issued because of high water levels in the Fraser River.

He says the alerts allow officials to provide information to residents on what they should do in the event of an actual evacuation.

However, Armstrong says the district doesn't believe the river's levels will rise high enough to force such a move.

The City of Abbotsford, located about 70 kilometres east of Vancouver, declared a state of emergency on Friday, issuing evacuation orders to 28 residents in the Glen Valley and three residents on the Matsqui Prairie.

Just one day earlier, the City of Chilliwack, located 27 kilometres east of Abbotsford, issued evacuation orders to 12 residents living in three homes when it appeared the river was about to spill over a berm at Carey Point, on the northeastern edge of the city.
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