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Woman killed by lightning in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France

The Connexion
Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:33 UTC

51-year-old was on a beach on the Ile d'Oléron when she was struck

A holidaymaker has died after being struck by lightning while on a beach on the Ile d'Oléron.

Emergency services said the 51-year-old, from the Dordogne, was on the beach at Saint-Trojan-les-Bains with her husband when she was hit at about 8.30am on Friday.

Although local storms were forecast in the area, it was raining, but not stormy, at the time, 20minutes.fr reports.

Her husband raised the alarm, and gave first aid until the emergency services arrived - but the woman was declared dead at the scene.

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes

Lia Pavlou
Greek Reporter
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 21:18 UTC

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit south east off the coast of the island of Rhodes at 19:48 (local) on Friday, according to the Greek Department of Geophysics at the University of Athens.

The quake's epicenter was located in the Aegean Sea at a depth of 43km below the seabed. There are no reports of injuries, or damages.

Earthquakes have historically caused widespread damage across central and southern Greece, Cyprus, Sicily and other neighboring regions.

Australian researchers: 'We found evidence of microplastics pretty much everywhere we looked'

Lorraine Chow
Ecowatch
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:32 UTC

A lot of attention is paid to the floating junkyards on our high seas, but a new study highlights how the problem of marine plastic goes much deeper.

Australian researchers were surprised to find high concentrations of microplastics embedded in the seafloor along the southeast coast of Australia.

Scientists with the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies sampled marine sediments at 42 locations from Adelaide to Sydney and discovered these tiny particles at every location, from busy city harbors to seemingly pristine locations.

Comment: Full scale of plastic pollution in the world's oceans revealed for first time

There's too much ice! Arctic explorers give up sailing into the 'melting' North Pole

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:23 UTC

From the arcticmission reports, where they try to put the best spin on this colossal failure as reported by the BBC:

Pen Hadow sets sail for North Pole as Arctic ice melts
British explorer Pen Hadow and his crew have set sail from Alaska, in an attempt to become the first people ever to sail to the North Pole.

With Arctic ice melting at an unprecedented rate, previously inaccessible waters are opening up, creating the potential for their planned 5,500 km (3,500 mile) journey for the first time in human history.

Um, no. Above is the view of the North pole today, as reported by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

Houston provides a grim vision of Los Angeles after a catastrophic earthquake

Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:00 UTC

For years, scientists have drawn up terrifying scenarios of widespread destruction and chaos that would come to Southern California when a catastrophic earthquake hits.

Their efforts to warn the public may get an unlikely boost from the unprecedented disaster unfolding in Houston, where Tropical Storm Harvey dumped trillions of gallons of rain across Texas and brought America's fourth-largest city to its knees.

While epic flooding is different from a powerful temblor, both natural disasters fundamentally alter daily life for months or years.

In recent years, officials have drawn up detailed scenarios of what would happen if a huge quake struck this region, part of a larger campaign to better prepare.

The last two big earthquakes to hit Los Angeles - the 1971 Sylmar quake and 1994 Northridge quake - caused destruction and loss of life. But the worst damage was concentrated in relatively small areas and did not fundamentally bring daily life across all of Southern California to a halt.

Experts have long warned that a significantly larger quake will eventually strike and that the toll will be far greater.

Comment: Heads-up, folks. We are heading into rocky times with potentially devastating events. For excellent research on this topic and its correlation to extended solar minimums and increased volcanism: Upheaval!, Why Catastrophic Earthquakes Will Soon Strike the United States, by author John L. Casey.

Moment of powerful sinkhole implosion caught on camera in Mexico City (VIDEO)

RT
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:45 UTC

The dramatic moment a massive sinkhole devoured part of a street in Mexico City was captured by a witness determined to get the shot despite the nearby road crumbling into oblivion.

An underground tunnel was exposed when a 10-meter-wide and 20-meter-deep sinkhole suddenly opened between Colon and Humboldt street in the city center on Thursday.

Cobra filmed regurgitating another venomous snake in India

Joe Sheppard
Daily Mail
Fri, 25 Aug 2017 15:01 UTC

The cobra regurgitated a whole snake before it was placed in a bag and released into the wild

Footage has emerged of a cobra regurgitating another massive poisonous snake that it had swallowed.

The poorly reptile was spotted by farmer Rashid Khan on his land in Manchar Village, Western India.

He helped it regurgitate the other snake while another person filmed the process.

Mr Khan said: 'Sometimes the cobra would flare its hood and look straight at us at other times he would roll of the ground. It seemed to be writing in pain.'

The farmer saw from a distance that the cobra could not move and was choking.

Snake filmed regurgitating another after trying to swallow it WHOLE in Kerala, India

Harvey Day
Daily Mail
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:51 UTC

'While the Common Indian Krait is a species of venomous snake found in the jungles, the Green Vine Snake is mildly venomous and normally feeds on frogs and lizards,' said Sujith, who later released the rescued Krait in the nearby forest area

A gory clip has been released of a venomous snake regurgitating a much larger snake that it had tried to swallow whole.

The unusual video shows a common Indian krait being captured on a dairy farm in Kerala, India, near to the Kottiyoor Wildlife Sanctuary.

The slithery reptile had tried to swallow a much larger green vine snake.

Sujith Wayanad, a snake rescue volunteer with the region's forest department, who was called to catch the snake, said: 'On spotting the snake, the frightened workers at Nila dairy farm, contacted the forest department who told me to rescue the snake.

'After reaching the spot, I found that the snake had ensconced itself in thick shrubs.

Lightning strikes kill 7, critically injure 6 others, 11 cattle fatalities also reported in Odisha, India

Kalinga TV
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:59 UTC

Lightning strikes killed as many as seven and left six others critical in different parts of Odisha on Friday.

People were struck dead in the Sohela area of Bargarh district, Basudevpur area of Bhadrak district, Soro area of Balasore district, Kolabira area of Jharsuguda, Bhandari Pokhari of Bhadrak, Bisra of Rourkela and Mahakalpada in Kendrapara district.

Similarly, as many as 11 cows died in lightning strike in Kundapatna village of Jajpur district.

Notably, on Thursday night also, one person died of lightning strike in Brahmagiri, Puri. The deceased has been identified as Brahmar Baral, who had gone to the village pond nearby when the wind was strong. While returning, he was struck by lightning.

Comment: A day earlier in the same Indian state, a lightning bolt killed a couple and injured 3 others.

Arctic sea ice increases in August & Europe begins 1963 cooling repeat

Adapt 2030
YouTube
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 08:56 UTC

The 2017 summer melt season in the Arctic has come to an early end, as now sea ice is gaining an additional 10,000 square kilometers over the last 3 days. Along with a report linking cold European winters with the 11 year solar cycle and freezing Rhine River in Germany, the last time it froze 1963, and this year Finland, Romania and Russia all broke July snow records, last records they eclipsed, you guessed it, 1963. Cycles repeat.

New Lt. Governor of Virginia Winsome Sears: "We're going to have safer neighborhoods, safer communities, and our children are going to get a good...

parzival

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parzival

The more we hear about adverse affects the more we will merely shrug. It's a catch 22. Is that an asteroid trail in the photo?

sass

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more misbehaving phuqqin' jewzskies starring on the sott; speaks for itself

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Earth Changes

Woman killed by lightning in Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Greek island of Rhodes

Australian researchers: 'We found evidence of microplastics pretty much everywhere we looked'

There's too much ice! Arctic explorers give up sailing into the 'melting' North Pole

Houston provides a grim vision of Los Angeles after a catastrophic earthquake

Moment of powerful sinkhole implosion caught on camera in Mexico City (VIDEO)

Cobra filmed regurgitating another venomous snake in India

Snake filmed regurgitating another after trying to swallow it WHOLE in Kerala, India

Lightning strikes kill 7, critically injure 6 others, 11 cattle fatalities also reported in Odisha, India

Arctic sea ice increases in August & Europe begins 1963 cooling repeat

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