Earth Changes

Deceased humpback whale turns up in Lloyd Harbor: Second dead whale for New York coast within a week

Paige McAtee
patch.com
Sun, 18 Oct 2015 12:46 UTC

Humpback whales have been spotted playing in Long Island Sound waters several times in the past month. But unfortunately, a not-so-happy whale sighting was reported in Lloyd Harbor this weekend.

A dead humpback whale was found in the harbor after a local resident noticed that the whale may have been in distress on Saturday, according to the Town of Huntington.

The Town Harbormaster responded and confirmed that the female humpback whale was deceased. The Town then contacted the The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation and the Coast Guard, which then took the whale to a Coast Guard facility to determine its cause of death.

Comment: See also: Dead humpback whale washes up in Montauk, New York

Dead humpback whale washes up in Montauk, New York

Taylor K. Vecsey
The East Hampton Star
Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:36 UTC

© Riverhead Foundation
A dead humpback whale, measuring 26 feet long, washed up about a quarter-mile east of Ditch Plain Beach. The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation was notified of the whale on Monday.

A dead humpback whale washed ashore at Ditch Plain Beach in Montauk for what is believed to be the second time in less than a week. Officials from the Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation believe the carcass is the same one that washed up on Thursday and then was washed back out to sea before they could get to it.

The badly decomposed carcass was in a difficult area to traverse, about a quarter mile east of Ditch Plain, and biologists were only able to get there to examine it on Monday afternoon with the assistance of East Hampton Marine Patrol. The humpback was a male that measured approximately 26 feet. They believe it is the same whale that washed up nearby on Wednesday night. The tide had taken it back out by Thursday morning.

Over 200 earthquakes swarm San Francisco Bay Area

Joseph Serna
Los Angeles Times
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:24 UTC

A swarm of more than 200 earthquakes have rumbled through San Ramon in the Bay Area in recent days, including a 3.5 temblor Monday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The biggest quake in the area in the past 24 hours was a magnitude 3.6 that struck about 4:20 p.m. Monday about one mile northeast of San Ramon. Shaking was felt as far as 14 miles away in Walnut Creek, the USGS reported.

Nearly 60 earthquakes, most of them so small they can't be felt, have rumbled beneath San Ramon since Monday morning. But looking further back, the town has seen 238 earthquakes since Oct. 13, some of them coming just minutes apart. Besides Monday afternoon's temblor, two others quakes were above magnitude 3.0.

5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima & Miyagi regions

RT
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:17 UTC

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit near the Fukushima prefecture in Japan, with residents of some 10 other prefectures feeling the tremor.

The quake occurred off the northeast coast of Japan. No tsunami warning has been issued.

The epicenter was near the Fukushima coastline, at a depth of 30 kilometers.

People in affected areas of Japan took to Twitter to say they felt the tremor.

Comment: As Japanese authorities adopt new secrecy laws whilst urging citizens to move back to Fukushima, the legacy of the recent disaster reveals thousands have died since the evacuations, with suicide and cancer rates on the rise. See also:

Powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes north east of Vanuatu

BNO News
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:04 UTC

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 has struck the Pacific Ocean near the island nation of Vanuatu, seismologists say.

The earthquake, at 8:52 a.m. local time on Wednesday, was centered about 46 kilometers (29 miles) northeast of Port-Olry, or about 339 kilometers (211 miles) north-northwest of Port-Vila, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. It struck about 117 kilometers (72 miles) deep, making it a fairly deep earthquake.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami.

"Based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the Earth," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin.

There was no immediate word on damage or casualties.

UPDATE: The United States Geological Survey has downgraded the magnitude of the earthquake to 7.1.

Winter getting a head start: Record cold and storms forecast for northeast U.S.

Todd B. Bates
Asbury Park Press
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:00 UTC

Talk about a frigid morning in New Jersey!

The mercury plunged to 27 degrees in Trenton on Monday, shattering the previous record low for Oct. 19: 30 degrees set in 1986 and 1974, according to the National Weather Service's Mount Holly Office.

In Atlantic City, the temperature dropped to 28 and it was the coldest morning in October since Halloween in 2011, according to the weather service.

Locally, the mercury sank to 23 degrees in Berkeley, 24 in Upper Freehold and 25 in Howell, according to the New Jersey Weather and Climate Network.

The cold led to a widespread freeze in the entire region covered by the Mount Holly Office, according to a forecast discussion. In some cases, it was a hard freeze, with temperatures of 28 degrees or lower.

"As a result, the growing season has now ended for the entire region," the discussion says.

On Sunday, I drove from Pittsford, New York, to New Jersey and encountered snow showers on the New York State Thruway. Good thing the highway didn't seem slippery, at least when and where I was driving

Comment: Looks like it's getting started.

Residents react to fish die-off in Panama City, Florida

Tyler Allender
wjhg.com
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:59 UTC

Stan Jones, the Director of the Panama City Marina, says he's seen a lot of dead fish in St. Andrews Bay lately. That is, everything from small Pinfish to huge Flounder, Red Fish, and Mullet as a result of red tide.

"It can affect marine life," Bekah Nelson, on behalf of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), said. "You know, there's obviously fish kills that can happen from the neurotoxins."

While symptoms for us are usually minor, red tide can still be a nuisance.

"It can cause skin irritation if people are in the water and also it can cause respiratory irritation as well," Nelson explained.

"Once I'm here for a couple of hours, I taste it in my mouth and you definitely feel it's like an irritant in your lungs," Jones described. "I feel like I'm a healthy guy and I can tell there's something going on."

Even the birds aren't happy.

Huge waterspout descends on Italian coastal town of Genoa

Sara Malm
Daily Mail, UK
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:55 UTC

The enormous water tornado hits the sea just off the coast of Italy

These amazing pictures show the moment when a giant water tornado hits the coast of Italy.

The series of snaps show the stormy skies over Genoa, Italy, as the tornado, known as a waterspout when occurring over water, sweeps over the sea.

Dark, blustery clouds can be seen filling the sky as the twister hits the ocean, with dramatic flashes of lightening and rumbles of thunder taking place in the background.

No escape: As the tornado moves closer to the Italian coastal town, it grows in size and power

A tornado is a column of air rotating at extreme speed, which reaches from a storm cloud to the surface, creating a wind tunnel.

1,500 displaced by floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Richard Davies
Floodlist
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:11 UTC

Heavy rainfall in Brazil has caused flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, displacing over 1,000 people in Porto Alegre. Flooding in Uruguay was also reported and almost 200 have been displaced in northern departments.

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

As many as 1,500 people are homeless after a storm brought torrential rain and floods to the city of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

The storm struck Porto Alegre on Wednesday 14 October 2015. Guaíba Lake overflowed, causing flooding in the city. Around 32 mm of rain fell in a 24 hour period. The area had already see a period of heavy rainfall over the previous days, where over 100 mm of rain fell between 08 and 10 October.

Local civil defense authorities say an estimated 12,000 people have been affected by flooding, as of 18 October, 1,500 people were still homeless, many of whom are staying with relatives. Around 600 people are currently staying in temporary shelters, and 230 in the Tesourinha Gym.

Rio Grande do Sul State Civil Defense say that as many as 55 municipalities across the state were affected by the storm last week, and 3 people have died as a result of flooding, according to local media.

4 waterspouts seen off Hamptons coast, New York

Gary Dymski
NewsDay
Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:11 UTC

Gary Grunseich has owned the Silly Lily Fishing Station in East Moriches for what seems like forever. And until Friday morning he had never seen a waterspout from offshore.

"I'm here 35 years, every day, and I've never seen one before," Grunseich, 63, said Friday about an hour after snapping some photographs of a group of waterspouts just on the ocean side of Moriches Bay, a mile or so offshore from Cupsogue Beach County Park in Westhampton Beach.

Grunseich and a friend, Dave Roys of Shirley, were drinking coffee at about 7:30 a.m. when they saw the spouts, "whirling columns of air and water mist," as defined by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration.

"There looked to be three or four of them, going west to east, and definitely on the ocean side," he said.

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Earth Changes

Deceased humpback whale turns up in Lloyd Harbor: Second dead whale for New York coast within a week

Dead humpback whale washes up in Montauk, New York

Over 200 earthquakes swarm San Francisco Bay Area

5.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima & Miyagi regions

Powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake strikes north east of Vanuatu

Winter getting a head start: Record cold and storms forecast for northeast U.S.

Residents react to fish die-off in Panama City, Florida

Huge waterspout descends on Italian coastal town of Genoa

1,500 displaced by floods in Porto Alegre, Brazil

4 waterspouts seen off Hamptons coast, New York

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