Earth Changes
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The Jackson County Sheriff's office said they received a call around 9:00 a.m. on Thursday about a dog attack at County Road 121 in Jackson County; right outside of Section
Officials said that the dog tried to attack a deputy and was shot. Scottsboro Animal Control along with deputies and Section Police rounded up another four dogs involved. All five dogs have been described by authorities as pitbulls.
Another woman was found injured and has been treated for her injuries and released according to authorities.The Jackson County Sheriff's Office says that Colvin had been in contact with the dogs before and they had never received a call or had a problem with those particular dogs.
Comment: The is the second fatality caused by this particular type of dog within the same state in 10 days: Pack of 4 pit bull terriers kill woman in Guntersville, Alabama; seriously injure another
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The quake, initially measured with a magnitude of 6.8 by the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center but later scaled down, was at depth of 46 km (28 miles), the Hawaii-based PTWC said.
Comment: The above event was followed by an earthquake of 6.4 magnitude at the same locality about 9 hours later:
6.4 magnitude earthquake 50 km from Fais, Yap, Micronesia
2017-12-08 09:51:10 UTC
USGS page: M 6.4 - 50km WNW of Fais, Micronesia
USGS status: Reviewed by a seismologist
Reports from the public: 0 people
The earthquake occurred at 3.09pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, roughly 74km north-northeast of L'Esperance Rock, one of several uninhabited islets in the Kermadec Islands, which are roughly 900km northeast of the North Island.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has not issued a tsunami warning.
Inspiring: Family and friends have been paying tribute to the keen netball player
Sarah Oldham, 39, suffered a cardiac arrest after being hit by a lightning bolt as she sheltered under an umbrella when it started to rain on the course in Belek, on Turkeys south coast.
Mrs Oldham, from March, Cambridgeshire, was taken to hospital and eventually airlifted back to the UK, but died 12 days after the accident.
Mrs Oldham and her husband Alex, 36, had arrived in Turkey on November 17, and were enjoying their third round of golf in as many days when disaster struck.
Mr Oldham says he looked round after hearing 'an almighty crack of thunder', only to see his wife lying unconscious on the ground.
Taken by Kameron Barge on December 7, 2017 @ Whitefish, Montana
DIAMOND DUST SKI HALOS
Ski resorts are some of the best places to see sun halos--rings and pillars of light that surround the sun when ice crystals fill the air. The most sublime halos are caused by jewel-like crystals called "diamond dust." On Dec. 7th, Kameron Barge was skiing in Whitefish, Montana, when he saw these specimens:
"As we rode the chair down into the clouds today, we begin seeing all sorts of halos, and sundogs!" says Barge. "It was an unforgettable display."
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The raw (unadjusted) data from three Indian Ocean gauges - Aden, Karachi and Mumbai - showed that local sea level trends in the last 140 years had been very gently rising, neutral or negative (ie sea levels had fallen).
But after the evidence had been adjusted by tidal records gatekeepers at the global databank Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) it suddenly showed a sharp and dramatic rise.
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A firefighter is working on extinguishing the Lilac Fire, a fast moving wildfire, in Bonsall, California, US, December 7, 2017
A firefighter is working on extinguishing the Lilac Fire, a fast moving wildfire, in Bonsall, California, US, December 7, 2017
Lilac Fire
The Lilac Fire was first reported at 11:20am Thursday on the southbound Interstate-15 freeway, near the connector to the State Route 76 freeway in North County, about 45 miles northeast of San Diego. State Route 76 has since been closed to traffic, according to KNSD.
The fire prompted California Governor Jerry Brown (D) to declare a state of emergency in San Diego County. The National Weather Service (NWS) said a wildfire risk in San Diego County is extreme Thursday, due to dry vegetation and Santa Ana conditions.
Humidity was in the range of 5-15 percent, and any new fires will have a high probability of becoming big in a short period of time, according to the US Forest Service, KNSD reported.
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The Oraefajokull volcano is part of Iceland's Skaftafell National Park.
The Oraefajokull volcano is part of Iceland's Skaftafell National Park.
The last but one time Oraefajokull spewed ash into the sky, the area around it had to be abandoned for decades.
A long-dormant volcano in Iceland may be about to erupt, scientists fear.
The Oraefajokull volcano last spewed out ash and lava in 1728, but is showing renewed signs of activity.
A hole in the snow on the top of the mountain has been becoming 45cm deeper every day.
It is now more than 22 metres (72ft) lower than where it was before the activity began.
There has also been a recent increase in seismic activity and geothermal water leakage, volcanologists have said.
Experts at Iceland's Meteorological Office have detected 160 earthquakes in the region in the past week alone.
As a result, authorities have raised the volcano's alert safety code to yellow.
Comment: Bardarbunga, Iceland's biggest volcano is also being monitored after a series of earthquakes recently.
Comment: Coincidentally, there have been a spate of 'strange sounds' heard in Alabama recently. On November 14th, a mysterious loud 'boom' was heard across North Alabama. On November 24th and 26th, more booms were heard and recorded: Another unexplained boom heard in Alabama (Update).