Earth Changes

Officials confirm 'arc flash' caused electrical explosion which seriously injured workers at Washington state dam

Christine Pratt
Tri City Herald
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 09:25 UTC

The explosion that burned six workers at Priest Rapids Dam on Oct. 8 was the result of an electrical heat wave called an "arc flash," Grant County PUD officials have confirmed.

All the injured received serious burns. Two of the six workers remain at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. One remains in serious condition in intensive care but is awake and alert, hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. The condition of the other has improved from critical to serious, she said.

Both of the men are in their 40s and undergoing burn surgeries, she said.

The employees were in the vicinity of the dam's P8 generating unit, when the main breaker that turns the unit on or off failed, causing the arc flash explosion, PUD spokesman Chuck Allen said last week.

An arc flash is a phenomenon where an electric current leaves its intended path and travels through the air from one conductor to another, or to the ground, according to workplace safety bulletin on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) website.

Comment: Could the 'grounding' of our Solar System be contributing to some of these incidents of electrical explosions and fires? See also:

SOTT Exclusive: Solar System 'grounding': Transformer explosions and electrical anomalies

Heavy sandstorm hits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

Accuweather
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 16:45 UTC

A heavy sandstorm hit a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan on October 25. A video uploaded by a UNHCR worker in the camp showed a massive sandstorm covering Azraq camp.

Alligator killed swimmer in Blue Spring, Florida; medical examiner confirms

Elyssa Cherney
Orlando Sentinel
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:11 UTC

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials fatally shot a 12-foot alligator that was found near a swimmer's dead body

Families were back in the clear waters of Blue Spring State Park on Wednesday, tubing and swimming down the narrow run that becomes packed with manatees every winter.

Park visitors said they weren't deterred by what the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Wednesday was the first fatality from an alligator attack since 2007.

Jennifer Burroughs, 30, visiting with her family from Melbourne, said the news scared her at first. But she had already booked a cabin and spent money to make the visit happen.

"We booked it, we're doing it, we're committed," she said as she was loading her small children into an inflatable ring. "I feel like I'm going to be on the lookout now. I know what happened, so I'm going to be looking out."

Questions into the specific circumstances of 61-year-old James Okkerse's death linger as officials remained closed-mouthed about what park officials did or did not do leading up to the tragedy. The day before, visitors reported two sightings of the 12-foot alligator linked to his death. The alligator was later shot and killed.

Thousands of dead fish turn up in Lake Ivanhoe, Florida

Jeff Allen
mynews13.com
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:57 UTC

Thousands of fish were found dead in Lake Ivanhoe in Orlando, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials are working to figure out how thousands of fish turned up dead at Orlando's Lake Ivanhoe.

Frank Hilgenberg, who lives near the lake, reached out to us, concerned about what he saw Thursday morning.

"I could smell it when I walked around the corner, because I'm upwind, and I thought, 'Hmm,'" Hilgenberg said. "I saw guys digging around, and as I got closer I realized there's, like, eight or 10 of them, and they're all netting out, unfortunately, the dead fish."

Officials from the city of Orlando and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said they are working to determine what killed the fish.

One dead, dozens injured as thunderstorms, hail pound Israel

Tova Dvorin
Arutz Sheva7
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:33 UTC

Israel's first winter storm entered with a thunderclap on Sunday morning, with unusual weather along Israel's coastal region endangering lives.

A 20-year-old man was critically injured after a wall collapsed on a construction site in Pardes Hana. He was transferred to Hillel Yafeh hospital in Hadera, where he was confirmed dead. "We found an unconscious young man under a pile of cinder blocks, without a pulse and not breathing," Yehuda Haim, an MDA paramedic at the scene, stated to Channel 2.

Dozens injured

A 20 year-old woman was injured late Sunday morning in Hadera after a tree fell on a public bus. She was transported to Hillel Yafeh hospital in serious condition.

In the Samaria community of Har Bracha, a 17 year-old suffered from head trauma after a tent collapsed due to high winds. MDA medics treated him at the scene and transported him to Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva. A 20 year-old woman at the site also suffered light injuries, but was treated at the scene.

Several crane accidents at building sites in the Central Israel and Sharon areas have been reported. Two specific incidents - a crane crash near Tel Aviv's Azrieli towers, and another in Netanya - have reportedly left no injuries.

In Netanya, a power line went up in flames next to a kindergarten; no injuries are reported. A large tree fell in the yard of a kindergarten in Petach Tikva; no injuries are reported.

Comment: Israel is really getting battered. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch!

Crane collapses onto busy Tel Aviv road as storms rage

Crane collapses onto busy Tel Aviv road as storms rage

Ari Soffer
israelnationalnews.com
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:18 UTC

As stormy winds, rain and giant hailstones buffet Israel, locals capture terrifying moment large crane crashes onto commuters.

Tel Aviv locals caught the terrifying moment a giant crane crashed down onto a busy Tel Aviv street, as the first major winter storm rages through Israel.

Miraculously, there were no reported injuries.

The footage shows the crane swaying in the gale-force winds before suddenly keeling over and bending in two, crashing onto the street below.

The sudden storm has also caused some localized flooding in central Israel, and at least one other person was critically injured when a wall at a construction site collapsed on top of him due to the extreme weather.

Lightning strikes kill 8 in Pakistan

dunyanews.tv
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 14:35 UTC

Lightning killed eight including three kids on Saturday in Loralai, Sibbi and Dera Ghazi Khan while three other kids were injured in the incidents, reported Dunya News.

In Dera Ghazi Khan's suburb area Pagan, lightning claimed lives of at least two people and injured one.

Meanwhile, one youth died in Loralai's area of B and R Colony while two laborers died in Daki as lightning struck upon a coalmine.

On the other hand, lightning fell on a house in Waam Tangi area of Harnaai, near Sibbi, and killed three kids on the spot while critically injuring other three.

Tourists stranded following heavy snowfall in Naran Valley, Pakistan

geo.tv
Sun, 25 Oct 2015 14:15 UTC

Several tourists have been stranded in Naran Valley after heavy snowfall cut off the area from rest of the country on Sunday.

Women and children are among the tourists from across Pakistan and facing difficulties due to running out of supplies amidst continuous rain and snowfall.

Taking advantage of the situation, several hotel owners have also raised prices of food and accommodations.

Matiullah Khan, president of a local hotels association, however claimed that accommodations were being provided for free to the stranded tourists.

The fresh spell of snowfall had started yesterday afternoon, also trapping several vehicles on the roads.

5.0 tremor jolts Canela Baja in central Chile

BNO News
Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:08 UTC

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 has struck near the town of Canela Baja in central Chile, seismologists say.

The earthquake, which struck at 6:24 p.m. local time on Saturday, was centered about 5 kilometers southeast of Canela Baja, which is located in Choapa province. It struck about 50 kilometers deep, making it a relatively shallow earthquake, according to Chile's national seismological center (CSN).

Chile's national seismological center initially measured the earthquake at 5.2 before downgrading it to 5.0.

Residents in the region reported feeling tremors, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

ONEMI reported that there was no threat of a tsunami.

Bridge crawling with thousands of spiders in Columbus, Ohio

Mark Somerson
The Columbus Dispatch
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:55 UTC

© Doral Chenoweth III/The Columbus Dispatch
This Oct. 19, 2015 photo shows one of the thousands of spiders that are living on the new Main Street bridge over the Scioto River in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State University entomologist David Shetlar estimated that up to 5,000 spiders live there.

The Main Street bridge is crawling with spiders.

Crawling. With. Spiders.

But this is no Halloween tale. The $60 million bridge that spans the Scioto River and connects Downtown to Franklinton really is infested with thousands of orb weavers spinning intricate webs up and down the hand and guardrails.

If you pay close attention during the day, you can see the sun playing off the silk strands woven round and round on nearly every open span on the steel structure.

But at night, you can really see the webs, snagging thousands of flying insects that live in and around the river. (You can tell how successful the hunters are at night by all the repair work being done during daylight.)

Monsters!! Pushing that crap into children. Cuba have been jabbing 2 year olds for weeks too now.

LadyRad

Vax analysis that shows how deadly they are: [Link]

L. Wood

Well, FWIW, the number of sites claiming that actress Melle Stewart is dead is growing which makes the BFM's silence all the more suspect, eh...

Rowan Cocoan

Good thing semis will all be automated in the next 10 years

Bobble

I wonder if that negroid snake oil salesman was actually voted into office, or if he had some computerized remote help, like the senile deepfake....

codis

Earth Changes

Officials confirm 'arc flash' caused electrical explosion which seriously injured workers at Washington state dam

Heavy sandstorm hits Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

Alligator killed swimmer in Blue Spring, Florida; medical examiner confirms

Thousands of dead fish turn up in Lake Ivanhoe, Florida

One dead, dozens injured as thunderstorms, hail pound Israel

Crane collapses onto busy Tel Aviv road as storms rage

Lightning strikes kill 8 in Pakistan

Tourists stranded following heavy snowfall in Naran Valley, Pakistan

5.0 tremor jolts Canela Baja in central Chile

Bridge crawling with thousands of spiders in Columbus, Ohio

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