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Girl recovering from shark attack off Melbourne Beach, Florida


Surfline
Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:44 UTC
Kaia Anderson, 14, of Floridana Beach (south of Melbourne Beach) was bitten by a shark this past Saturday while surfing. While being interviewed, their dog Spot wanted to be in the photo.
© Tim Shortt/Florida Today
Kaia Anderson, 14, of Floridana Beach (south of Melbourne Beach) was bitten by a shark this past Saturday while surfing. While being interviewed, their dog Spot wanted to be in the photo.
Crystal-clear water and lingering mix swell revealed some excited ocean activity in Central Florida last weekend — both above and below the surface. On Saturday evening, at about an hour or two before sunset, 14-year-old surfer Kaia Anderson was bitten by what is believed to be a spinner shark off a Floridana Beach access in southern Melbourne Beach.

"Kaia lives right next door to me, she's probably the nicest girl I've ever met in my entire life, and she and her sister go surfing every single day," said local pro Chauncey Robinson, who witnessed the attack. "I'd been up at the access watching the waves for 30 minutes prior and saw a shark go through a wave, but others thought it was a dolphin, since there were a few of those out, too. Then, probably ten minutes before it happened, I saw a spinner shark jump out the back and splash in front of everyone.
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Cloud Lightning

Man dies following lightning strike in Western Australia


The Australian
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 11:41 UTC
LIGHTNING
A West Australian race course worker who was struck by lightning last week has died in hospital.

Track curating staff member Doug Fernihough, 57, was filling divots at Northam Race Club on November 16 when he was hit by lightning, suffering a heart attack and internal injuries.

He was flown to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment, but died late on Wednesday surrounded by his family.

"On behalf of the Northam Race Club, Racing and Wagering WA and the broader WA racing fraternity, I wish to extend our thoughts and heartfelt condolences to Doug's family and friends," RWWA chief executive Richard Burt said on Thursday.
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Windsock

Wyoming, US: Wind gusts top 60 mph, trucks topple on highway

Katie Kull
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:52 UTC
toppled trucks Wyoming
© Blaine McCartney/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
A truck driver speaks on the phone after his semitractor-trailer combination blew over in the southbound lane on Interstate 25 near the interchange with Interstate 80 on Monday in Cheyenne. High winds caused numerous accidents mainly south of Cheyenne, resulting in the temporary closure of I-25 leading to Colorado.
With wind gusts topping 60 miles per hour Monday, semitractor-trailer combinations were tottering and tipping on highways near Cheyenne.

A wind advisory was out most of the day for light, high-profile vehicles, such as trucks with empty cargo compartments.

But despite those warnings, nine semitractor-trailers had blown over on Interstate 25 between Cheyenne and the Colorado border between 9:26 a.m. and 5:15 p.m., according to Lt. David Wagener of the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The interstate was closed for about an hour around 3:30 p.m. to clean up crashes in both lanes, according to emails from the Wyoming Department of Transportation.

Comment: More wind speed events have been reported recently around the globe. However, overall wind speeds seem to have slowed down since1960.

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Umbrella

Homes evacuated as severe rain floods Britain

Anders Anglesey & Christine Younan
Daily Star
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:14 UTC
torrential rainfall floods UK
© UKNIP
Torrential rainfall hit Lancashire earlier today
Torrential rain has forced Brits to abandon their homes today as weather experts issue weather warnings across the UK.

Lancaster and Galgate were the worst affected areas, with the A6 closed in both directions and 27 residents housed in two nearby pubs.

Emergency services responded to more than 500 calls about flooding and attended more than 100 incidents across the county.

It comes hours after the Environment Agency issued 25 flood alerts and ten warnings - most being in the North West of England.

A Lancashire Constabulary spokesman said: "All agencies worked really hard in a coordinated effort to minimise disruption and protect the public and we will continue to support those communities worst affected.

Comment: Also in Europe: Atmospheric compression event in Europe brings heavy snow and biblical flood

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Butterfly

Habitat loss results in a 90% population reduction of monarch butterflies in 25 years

Ken Krall
wxpr.org
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:37 UTC
Monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies
Many species of pollinators are in sharp decline in Wisconsin.

Recently, a DNR program was granted more almost $70,000 to aid in helping Monarch butterflies. The grant was to help the insects during their annual trek to Mexico over the winter. The grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore and enhance critical monarch butterfly habitat along the Mississippi River.

But the DNR's Owen Boyle says the populations of the once-common Monarchs have fallen by 90 percent in the last 25 years.
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Snowflake

Mount Agung erupts, record snow, Cosmic Ray uptick

Oppenheimer Ranch Project
You Tube
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:48 UTC
Linda Maz shovels out her driveway on Sparks Ave. after the 57cm snowfall on the weekend.

Linda Maz shovels out her driveway on Sparks Ave. Terrace after the 57cm snowfall on the weekend.
As Terrace recovers from Saturday's 105-year record daily snowfall, Environment Canada has upgraded their snowfall warning with up to 40cm of snow Wednesday evening. The storm falls short of Saturday's 57cm snowfall, but Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald warns it will present its own challenges.


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Stock Up

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Wheat prices rising as crop failures mount


Adapt 2030
Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:34 UTC
rice field
© SIPA Asia / Global Look Press
USDA Nov Wheat ending stocks are in and totals are down 25 Million Bushels, Wheat prices up, CME wheat futures jump $90 for delivery Dec 2018. GMO Fish in Canada, GMO potatoes for USA, new strains of rice that can grow in salt water and ready for commercialization in China. Crop losses in Australia due to hail and frost plus soggy conditions in USA delayed harvests.


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Cloud Precipitation

California sees its wettest water year on record in 2016-17

Jeff Opperman And Peter Moyle
The Sacramento Bee
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:19 UTC
Water flows through break in the wall of the Oroville Dam spillway during heavy rains on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017.
© Rich Pedroncelli /AP
Water flows through break in the wall of the Oroville Dam spillway during heavy rains on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017.
Massive floods hit Houston and devastating hurricanes struck Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Yet one of the more remarkable stories in the past year is the catastrophe that did not happen: massive flooding in California.

California experienced its wettest water year on record in 2016-17. In previous decades, that huge volume of water would have caused lethal floods, particularly in the Central Valley.

In part, we were lucky. Reservoirs were empty from drought so they had abundant capacity, and there was sufficient time between big storms so the rainfall didn't stack up. Dams and major levees held, though the near-failing of Oroville Dam's spillway and the flooding of the small town of Maxwell in February showed it could have been much worse.
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Snowflake Cold

Arctic sea ice advances further each year, and this years growth is faster than expected

Anthony Watts
Watts up with that
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:00 UTC
arctic sea ice
© NASA/C. Starr

Ice grew at 5,100 square kilometers (2,000 square miles) per day faster than the average rate of ice growth for the month during October

Rapid expansion of the Arctic sea ice cover is the norm for October as solar input dwindles and the remaining heat in the upper ocean is released upwards, warming the lower atmosphere and escaping to space. Because of late season growth, the seasonal Antarctic maximum we previously reported as occurring on September 15 was exceeded, with a new maximum set on October 11 and 12. This is the second-lowest and second-latest seasonal maximum extent in the satellite record.
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Attention

Five dolphins strand themselves in Mayo, Ireland; one dies

Anton McNulty
The Mayo News
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:45 UTC
Locals and volunteers working hard to get one of the dolphins back safely in the water.
© Tommy English
Locals and volunteers working hard to get one of the dolphins back safely in the water.
Four stranded dolphins were successfully rescued and returned to the sea off Achill Island today (Tuesday). The mammals, which were described as distressed and exhausted, were found by members of the public this morning.

The four common dolphins were discovered alive but in difficulty around 11am on the sand on Keem beach. A fifth mammal was also discovered, but was unfortunately found lying dead on the rocks.

A number of local volunteers initially went to the beach to try to rescue the surviving dolphins, but the low tide and lack of appropriate clothing made it difficult to successfully return the much-loved mammals to the sea.

Sorsha Kennedy, a local volunteer with Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland was called to help, and with the assistance of David McNamara of the Achill Coast Guard Unit, and they eventually returned all the live dolphins to the water around 1pm.
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