Earth Changes

At least 35 tremors recorded in Kyrgyzstan for 3 days; including a 7 point earthquake

Suyunbek Shamshiev
eng.24.kg
Wed, 29 Jun 2016 10:19 UTC

At least 35 aftershocks with the force from 3 to 7 points have been registered at the junction of the borders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and China from June 26 till June 29, 2016. Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan reported.

According to it, on June 29 at about 3.38 a.m. the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences recorded a 7- point earthquake. The focus located in the Alai Range on the border with Tajikistan.

As reported, the strength of tremors reached 7 points in Bor-Dobo village, in the villages of Sary-Tash, Archa-Bulak, Kara Kindik - 6 points, the villages of Nura, Irkeshtam - 5-6 points. According to preliminary data, no victims and destruction was recorded.

The ministry noted that the residents of Osh region felt 4-5 point tremors.

Woman dies after being attacked by two dogs in New Haven, Connecticut

Kels Dayton
wtnh.com
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:42 UTC

Two dogs were taken into quarantine after they attacked a woman

A 53-year-old New Haven woman has died after being attacked by two dogs outside of a home on Ella T. Grasso Boulevard last week, according to a city official.

Jocelyn Winfrey succumbed to her injuries after being treated at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The incident happened while Winfrey was visiting Hamilton Hicks, the owner of the dogs. Both were attacked as soon as they walked onto the property, according to witnesses.

Police said a neighbor heard the commotion and tried to help by grabbing a broom. The neighbor told police that kids were also throwing rocks at the dogs to try to get them to stop biting the woman.

Brazil shivers as cold engulfs South America

Adapt 2030
You Tube
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:07 UTC

In the first and second week of June 2016, S.E Brazil with 38 cites below 0C, and hundreds of cold temperature records broken. Frost, snow and freezing lakes damage some crops that are ready to harvest.

Dead humpback whale found off Point Carolus, Alaska

Jerzy Shedlock
Alaska Dispatch News
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:51 UTC

Festus, a humpback whale monitored in Southeast Alaska for 44 years, is hauled Sunday, June 26, 2016, by two National Park Service vessels after being discovered dead in the waters off Point Carolus.

© National Park Service
Festus, a humpback whale monitored in Southeast Alaska for 44 years, is hauled Sunday, June 26, 2016, by two National Park Service vessels after being discovered dead in the waters off Point Carolus.

An initial identification suggests that a humpback whale documented for 44 years in Southeast Alaska has died, according to the National Park Service.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Philip Hooge announced the whale's death Monday. The humpback, nicknamed Festus, was found floating in the waters off Point Carolus a day earlier, he said.

A charter vessel operator called the National Marine Fisheries Service about the floating whale around 10:20 a.m. Monday. Glacier Bay staff located and towed Festus to shore. Veterinarians are set to conduct a necropsy on Tuesday, according to the Park Service.

"More information on the cause of death and the condition of the whale are expected to be available later this week, after the veterinary examination," Hooge said.

Enormous sinkhole damages car in Colorado Springs, Colorado

KKTV 11 News
Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:03 UTC

Crews worked Sunday to repair a water main break near Garden of the Gods Road after gushing water caused a sinkhole that damaged a car.

Colorado Springs police say the broken pipe was noticed after 8 a.m. on the 4200 block of Northpark Drive, near Garden of the Gods and Interstate 25.

"One vehicle drove into the sink hole," police said in a news release. "There was minor damage to the vehicle and no injuries were reported."

Colorado Springs Utilities was called to fix the pipe.

"The roadway will be closed to vehicle traffic for several hours while they work on the water main break," police said.

Dead humpback whale washes ashore in Rye, New Hampshire

Austin McGuigan
Seacoastonline.com
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:45 UTC

A 45-foot female humpback whale, identified as Snow Plow, washed onto some rocks near the Rye Harbor State Park early Monday morning.

© Rich Beauchesne/Seacoastonline
A 45-foot female humpback whale, identified as Snow Plow, washed onto some rocks near the Rye Harbor State Park early Monday morning.

Crowds gathered Monday morning to witness a 45-foot humpback whale that washed onto rocks outside of Rye Harbor State Park and Foss Beach. Marine investigators quickly identified the whale as an 18-year-old female named Snow Plow.

The whale, which lay on its back, was guessed to have been dead for days before the tides pushed it to shore.

Fisherman had reported seeing the corpse floating 20 miles out at sea Sunday.

"A once in a lifetime experience!" said Rye resident Denise Levin after witnessing her first beached whale. Levin has been living in the area for almost 50 years and had never seen a whale so close.

Marine scientists responded to the scene and were working to determine the cause of death and scientists said a necropsy would be necessary to determine the cause definitively.

Fire rainbows, sun dogs appear over Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona Daily Sun
Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:38 UTC

Several optical phenomena were seen around Flagstaff Thursday evening.

Fire rainbows, or circumhorizontal arcs, are formed under very strict circumstances. First, the sun must be high in the sky. Second, cirrus clouds have to be present and not only present, but also made up of hexagonal ice crystals. This shape refracts the light from the sun that passes through and creates the colorful rainbow hues among the clouds.

Sun dogs are a related type of ice halo, but they mainly occur horizontally with red often appearing on top while the sun is low in the sky. Also sometimes called parhelia, they can often create the illusion of multiple suns minus the color burst.

Thanks to our readers who sent in their sightings!

Sinkholes damage county, city roads in Hanford, California

Mike Eiman
Hanford Sentinel
Fri, 17 Jun 2016 00:30 UTC

Officials are asking drivers to stay vigilant as sinkholes start to take a toll on Kings County roads.

County road crews closed a section of Houston Avenue southeast of Hanford after a massive sinkhole opened Sunday night.

Kings County Roads Superintendent Tony Gomes said motorists discovered the sinkhole in the eastbound lane of Houston Avenue, just east of Sixth Avenue, around 9:30 p.m. County roads employees were called shortly after and found a hole that encompassed the entire lane.

Gomes said a big rig reportedly made it through the area unscathed Sunday night. One car got a flat tire, while a second car got three flat tires.

By Monday morning, the hole had grown to three or four times its original size. Gomes said both lanes of Houston Avenue will remain closed between Second and Sixth avenues until further notice. Motorists are being asked to use Highway 198 to bypass the affected area.

"I have never encountered this in 42 years," Gomes said. "We've had squirrel holes and gopher holes that have taken water from the high side of the road and caused erosion until finally the road will dimple down. But only a dimple, not a huge cavity."

Comment: Sinkholes: The groundbreaking truth

4th cetacean corpse in 4 days found in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong; 16 beached animals this year so far

Catherine Lai
Hong Kong Free Press
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:13 UTC

A dead porpoise was found in Discovery Bay on Sunday afternoon, the fourth dead marine mammal discovered in four days after the bodies of three dolphins were discovered on Thursday.

It was found in the water and handed over to the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation for an autopsy. The OPCFHK said that the porpoise was a 1.55 metre long female and the body had reached the fourth stage of decomposition. Its cause of death has yet to be determined.

On Thursday, the bodies of three Chinese white dolphins were found - one entangled in fishing wire near Lido Beach in Sham Tseng, one in waters near Lamma Island and another in Fan Kwai Tong off Lantau Island.

That makes 16 beached animals this year, according to HK01. The Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society (HKDCS), a charitable organisation, told HK01 that dolphin numbers in Hong Kong are decreasing. They estimate that there has been a decline since 2014, when 61 dolphins were estimated to be in Hong Kong waters.

According to the HKDCS, finless porpoises in Hong Kong face threats of habitat degradation from coastal development, net entanglement, vessel strikes, and water pollution.

Nine wildfires burning in California, leaving 70,000 acres scorched

Alexia Fernandez
Los Angeles Times
Mon, 27 Jun 2016 02:15 UTC

Burned rubble is all that remains of the residence at the Erskine fire in Squirrel Mountain Valley.

Nine wildfires continued to burn throughout California on Monday, as flames left nearly 70,000 acres scorched, and occupied the efforts of more than 5,000 firefighters, according to state and federal fire authorities.

The deadly Erskine fire in Kern County is the largest of the fires and has so far burned 45,388 acres since it began late Thursday, south of Lake Isabella. After destroying 250 structures and causing two deaths, the blaze is only 40% contained.

The fire had initially been suspected of killing three people, but authorities announced Monday one set of remains found in the 4100 block of Fiddleneck, in South Lake, was determined to have belonged to an animal, not a human.

Comment: Could 2016 be California's worst wildfire season?

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Earth Changes

At least 35 tremors recorded in Kyrgyzstan for 3 days; including a 7 point earthquake

Woman dies after being attacked by two dogs in New Haven, Connecticut

Brazil shivers as cold engulfs South America

Dead humpback whale found off Point Carolus, Alaska

Enormous sinkhole damages car in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Dead humpback whale washes ashore in Rye, New Hampshire

Fire rainbows, sun dogs appear over Flagstaff, Arizona

Sinkholes damage county, city roads in Hanford, California

4th cetacean corpse in 4 days found in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong; 16 beached animals this year so far

Nine wildfires burning in California, leaving 70,000 acres scorched

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