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Mystery: Purple waves puzzle Oregon coast scientists, officials

Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
BeachConnection.net
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:14 UTC

A true mystery is brewing on the Oregon coast, with a dozen or so scientists and public officials stumped, and the public increasingly enthralled.

Puzzling purple waves have been hitting the Oregon coast here and there for the last month, and no one seems to know what it is. Meanwhile, a lot of velella velella jellyfish - otherwise known as Purple Sails - have shown up again as well, but the two are completely unrelated.

Oregon Coast Beach Connection got word of the perplexing purples in the ocean over the weekend from visitor Jeanine Sbisa and her family. She photographed these examples of the stuff in Neskowin on August 15. Oregon State Park Ranger Dane Osis snapped another incident at Fort Stevens State Park near Astoria.

After sending word to a host of scientists, naturalists, volunteers from CoastWatch and even state officials from the Oregon Health Authority (which sends out beach bacteria alerts), no one could come up with a positive answer. All were quite mystified and admitted they hadn't seen anything like it. There is no evidence it's harmful in anyway, just a big enigma.

THREE simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in Pacific Ocean: A new record

Weather.com
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 16:26 UTC

A very rare meteorological event occurred Saturday evening into early Sunday morning when three Category 4 hurricanes were ongoing simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean.

At 11 p.m. EDT Saturday, Huricane Kilo (135 mph) was located well southwest of the Hawaiian Islands followed by Hurricane Ignacio (140 mph) to the east of Hawaii and Hurricane Jimena (140 mph) in the eastern Pacific. Kilo was the last of the trio to reach Category 4 status, doing so on Saturday evening. For reference, hurricanes with maximum sustained winds of 130-156 mph are classified as Category 4, which is the second highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

However, by 5 p.m. EDT Sunday both Kilo and Ignacio had begun to weaken and were classified as Category 3 hurricanes, while Jimena maintained its Category 4 status.

This is the first recorded occurrence of three Category 4 hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific basins at the same time. In addition, it's also the first time with three major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger) in those basins simultaneously, according to hurricane specialist Eric Blake of the National Hurricane Center.

Sinkhole swallows car in Boulder, Colorado

9news.com
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 14:41 UTC

Crews are working to repair a sinkhole that opened up on a Boulder street, swallowing a car.

The car driving near Folsom Street and Iris Avenue in Boulder was almost completely swallowed up by a sinkhole Sunday evening.

The 53-year-old Boulder woman in the car got out of her Honda Civic before it sank into the four-by-six foot deep hole caused by a water main break.

Traffic in the area will be shut down until at least 3 a.m. Monday as crews work to fix the roadway before rush hour. Boulder says drivers should expect delay throughout the day as the westbound lanes will remain closed indefinitely for repairs.

"Not something you normally see on your way home from work," said Troy Ginley, a Boulder resident.

300 buffaloes die of anthrax at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Robert Herriman
Outbreak News Today
Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:57 UTC

In an update on the anthrax update at Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya from July, Dr Kisa J. Z. Juma Ngeiywa, CVO Director of Veterinary Services with the Ministry of Agriculture in Nairobi reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health that the outbreak is ongoing and the number of animals affected has increased.

Ngeiywa notes the number of dead Cape buffaloes due to anthrax in Lake Nakuru National Park has reached 300. The park has a buffalo population of 4,500.

In addition, a number of other animals have been affected to include rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, elands, impalas, warthogs and Thomson gazelles.

Officials report the source of the outbreak is contact with infected animal(s) at grazing/watering near the lake shore, watering holes and the fence line since mid-July.

Mysterious disease kills 100 goats in Ragapur, India

The Hindu
Sun, 30 Aug 2015 13:51 UTC

100 goats perish in Ragapur village

At least 100 goats have perished displaying symptoms of cold and fever at Ragapur village in Sirpur (U) mandal in the last four days spreading panic among the Gonds. "We are unable to understand what ails the goats," wondered Pendur Geeta one of whose goats fell ill two days back. Kanaka Sonabai, the local Asha workers and some other villagers informed the animal husbandry department of the disease which seems to be endemic as of now.

The veterinarian did respond but failed in saving the goats the loss being valued at over Rs. 4 lakh in terms of money.

According to villagers the goats seemed to have contracted the disease while grazing in the nearby open lands. "The animals developed the symptoms only in the night after returning from grazing," Geeta disclosed.

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Fort Bragg, California

Quakebot
Los Angeles Times
Sat, 29 Aug 2015 13:37 UTC

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported Saturday morning 11 miles from Fort Bragg according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 1:13 a.m. Pacific time at a depth of 1.9 mile.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was 30 miles from Ukiah 63 miles from Clearlake and 71 miles from Healdsburg.

In the past 10 days, there have been two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.

This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.

Tropical Storm Erika has left over 7,300 people displaced in the Dominican Republic

Sputnik News
Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:15 UTC

Tropical Storm Erika has left 7,345 people displaced in the Dominican Republic.

Tropical Storm Erika has left 7,345 people displaced and over 820 houses damaged in the Dominican Republic, director of the country's Center for Emergency Operations (COE) Brig. Gen. Juan Manuel Mendez said.

The storm caused over 400 road obstructions and massive power outage and caused the country's authorities to issue a red alert, Mendez told reporters on Friday, as quoted by the Listin Diario newspaper.

Herd of wild elephants kill two in Bihar, India

indileak.com
Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:29 UTC

The elephants got enraged when some people pelted stones

Wild elephants which had come out of forest for crop raiding chased and killed two villagers and injured two other in Bagaha district of Bihar on Tuesday.

A herd of wild elephants had ventured out of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve and killed two villagers of Bagaha district, late on Monday, said an official of the state forest department.

He said that the elephants got enraged when some people pelted stones at the the herd and in the process the violent pachyderms destroyed several thatched huts as well as the standing crop, added the forest official.

Powerful windstorm topples trees, causes massive power outages in Washington state

Barbara Goldberg
Reuters
Sun, 30 Aug 2015 15:34 UTC

High winds power outages Washington state.

A powerful windstorm toppled trees, killing two people in Washington state as work crews scrambled on Sunday to restore power to 450,000 customers, a TV report showed.

A father driving with his three-year-old daughter in Gig Harbor, just west of Tacoma, was killed on Saturday when a tree fell on his car, KOMO 4 TV reported.

Within two hours, a falling branch struck and killed a 10-year-old girl in Federal Way, just east of Tacoma, the television station reported.

Gusting winds were blamed for massive power outages affecting as many as 450,000 customers.

Waterspout spotted off Jacksonville Beach, Florida

firstcoastnews.com
Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:03 UTC

A waterspout was spotted in the ocean off of Jacksonville Beach this morning.

A few onlookers and beach-goers could be seen checking out the weather phenomenon in the Atlantic Ocean. Reports came in from Ponte Vedra Beach, as well as Jacksonville Beach.

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Earth Changes

Mystery: Purple waves puzzle Oregon coast scientists, officials

THREE simultaneous Category 4 Hurricanes in Pacific Ocean: A new record

Sinkhole swallows car in Boulder, Colorado

300 buffaloes die of anthrax at Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

Mysterious disease kills 100 goats in Ragapur, India

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Fort Bragg, California

Tropical Storm Erika has left over 7,300 people displaced in the Dominican Republic

Herd of wild elephants kill two in Bihar, India

Powerful windstorm topples trees, causes massive power outages in Washington state

Waterspout spotted off Jacksonville Beach, Florida

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