Welcome to Sott.net
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
The World for People who Think

Earth Changes
Map

Bizarro Earth

Scotland: Severe gale force winds cause disruption and damage throughout isles

Rosalind Griffiths
The Shetland Times
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:56 UTC
Severe gale force winds caused damage and disruption to national and local ferry services and flights today - and destroyed a caravan in the Skerries.

Shetland experienced the highest winds in the UK, with 81mph gusts recorded in Foula, 73mph in Lerwick and 69mph in Fair Isle.
Image
© Unknown
Christopher Hay's flattened caravan in Skerries.
NorthLink's sailings were delayed or cancelled and there were no inter-island ferries on some routes. There were no ferries on Bressay or Bluemull Sounds or to Whalsay in the morning, and the Yell Sound service was down to a single ferry. Normal service resumed on these routes in the afternoon, although the Skerries service was off all day.

The reduction followed the strike yesterday when there were no ferries at all.

Flights to and from Sumburgh were also disrupted, with the early morning flight from Aberdeen and the 12.15pm departure to the city both cancelled.
      Read More...
Cloud Lightning

US: Winds wreak havoc in Southern California - 200K+ without power

John Gregory, Melissa MacBride & Darsha Philips
ABC News
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00 UTC

Image
© KABC Photo/ Eddie Shamie
An uprooted tree on the campus of California State University, San Bernardino on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
Los Angeles - Powerful Santa Ana winds sweeping through Southern California caused widespread damage overnight.

Trees and power lines were knocked down, and thousands of people were without power.

Southern California Edison said nearly 200,000 of its customers were without power Thursday morning. The company said the hardest hit area was in the San Gabriel Valley along the 210 Freeway.

Communities most affected were Altadena, Alhambra, Arcadia, La Canada, Monrovia, Pasadena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre and Temple City. It's unknown when power was going to be restored.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported that at least 88,700 of its customers did not have power.

Pasadena declared a local emergency due to the severe conditions. Officials urged residents to stay home, if possible, in order to avoid downed trees and power lines.

Pasadena Unified School District and Arcadia Unified School District canceled classes for the day.
      Read More...
Bizarro Earth

Unusual earthquake shakes buildings, unnerves people in Finland


Sott.net
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:33 UTC
A quake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale occurred today in southeast Finland. It was the strongest quake of the year in Finland according to seismologists.

Image
© Seismologian instituutti
Järistyksen keskus sijaitsi Kuusaanlammen vieressä.
A loud bang was also heard by eyewitnesses and buildings shook.Quakes of this intensity are more common in the North of the country with the South being relatively calm.
      Read More...
Bizarro Earth

US: 97 mph! Santa Ana winds knock out power, down trees in Los Angeles


MSNBC / Associated Press
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:02 UTC
Power outages and downed trees were reported in several regions of Los Angeles County Wednesday night due to strong winds, NBC LA reported.

A major change in the weather pattern is expected to bring powerful gusts of up to 85 miles per hour and possible hurricane force winds into the Los Angeles region for two days.
Image
© Mark J. Terrill / AP
Los Angeles City firefighters look over a eucalyptus tree that fell on a house and knocked down power lines, Wednesday.
The National Weather Service issued warnings that the high winds and low humidy could cause wildfires.

On Wednesday night, a wind gust of 97 mph was recorded at Whitaker Peak in Los Angeles County, according to the weather service.
      Read More...
Bizarro Earth

5.8 magnitude quake hits Nicobar Islands


The Hindu
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:12 UTC
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale jolted Nicobar Islands early on Thursday.

The quake hit the islands at 1.12 a.m., Xinhua quoted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as saying.

The quake's epicentre, with a depth of 1.00 km, was initially determined to be at 7.8365 degrees north latitude and 94.0158 degrees east longitude.
      Read More...
Bizarro Earth

US: Stranded dolphin improving, fifth dead dolphin found in Mississippi

Harlan Kirgan
Gulf Live
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:54 UTC
dolphin
© The Mississippi Press/Kaija Wilkinson
Institute Director Moby Solangi watches a dolphin that was stranded on the beach in Fort Morgan, Alabama, make circles in its pool at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011.

Gulfport, Mississippi -- A stranded dolphin found alive in the marsh near Fort Morgan, Alabama continues to improve, said Moby Solangi, director of the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies at Gulfport.

Another dead dolphin, the fifth in the past week, was found at Waveland on Monday, he said.

"They are all about the same age, which is the group of animals that would have been born earlier this year in February and March," Solangi said. "They were less than a year old and still dependent on their mothers."

All the dead dolphins were about 5½-feet long, he said.
      Read More...
Cloud Lightning

UK: floods hit the North following rain, gales . . . and even a tornado


The Daily Mail, UK
Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:36 UTC
Sitting atop his taxi surrounded by flood waters, this man was one of hundreds caught out as Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland were hit by heavy rain yesterday.

This scene was captured in a car park in Greenock, Scotland as some parts of Scotland were battered by a fortnight's rain in just 24-hours.

The deluges forced roads to close and train cancellations, while several schools were forced to close due to the rising waters.
Image
© unknown
Stranded: A man sits atop his taxi in Greenock, Scotland after heavy rain caught him unawares
Image
© PA
Fireman study the debris left by a fallen chimney that injured a pensioner after a cloud-burst and sudden strong winds hit the Heaton Moor at around 2.25pm today
      Read More...
Better Earth

Earthquake rocks north Philippines; no damages


Associated Press
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:30 UTC
Image
© Unknown
A map of the Philippines.
Manila, - An official says an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 shook the capital and parts of the northern Philippines. There are no immediate reports of damages or injuries.

Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology chief Renato Solidum says movement in the Manila Trench off the country's western coast set off the earthquake Wednesday but it occurred deep under the ocean floor and did not cause any destruction.

Solidum says the quake was felt in metropolitan Manila and in the nearby provinces of Zambales, Bulacan, Pangasinan and in the mountain resort city of Baguio.

The Philippines is located in the Pacific "Ring of Fire" where earthquakes and volcanic activity are common. A 7.7-magnitude quake killed nearly 2,000 people in Luzon in 1990.
      Read More...
Bizarro Earth

Philippines - Earthquake Magnitude 6.0 - Luzon


US Geological Survey
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:22 UTC
Luzon Quake_301111
© USGS
Earthquake Location
Date-Time:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 00:27:08 UTC

Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 08:27:08 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
15.467°N, 119.031°E

Depth:
14.6 km (9.1 miles)

Region:
LUZON, PHILIPPINES

Distances:
152 km (94 miles) WNW of Olongapo, Luzon, Philippines

154 km (95 miles) WSW of Dagupan, Luzon, Philippines

171 km (106 miles) WNW of Angeles, Luzon, Philippines

230 km (142 miles) WNW of MANILA, Philippines
      Read More...
Attention

Four villages evacuated as volcano begins to erupt in Ecuador

Emma Reynolds
Daily Mail
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33 UTC
Tungurahua erruption
© EPA
Violent eruptions: The molten heart of the Tungurahua volcano, near Quito in Ecuador, as it begins to spew out lava and hot gas
Four Ecuadorean villages are being evacuated after a volcano close to the country's capital began spewing smouldering rock and billowing columns of ash.

The government is urging 700 people living beside the Tungurahua volcano near Quito to leave the area as soon as possible.

Tungurahua - which means 'Throat of Fire' in the indigenous Quechua language - has been active since 1999 but began erupting violently on Sunday, sending red-hot clouds of gas up into the atmosphere.
      Read More...
Amazon Smile
Revolt! T-shirts