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Teen girl describes harrowing attack by sea lion

Mark Ssborne
ABC News
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:14 UTC
Megan Pagnini
© Pagnini familyMegan Pagnini, 13, was attacked by a sea lion on Friday, June 14, 2019, and suffered a deep gash to her leg.
Hanging out and taking selfies on the beach is hardly an unusual pastime for a 13-year-old girl. But Megan Pagnini never expected a day at the shore to turn into the nightmare of being attacked by a sea lion.

The teen was in Pismo Beach, California, along the state's central coast, last Friday evening when her and a friend walked down to the water after dinner.

"I was at the water, I was just playing around, jumping -- having fun," Pagnini told "Good Morning America" in an interview airing Friday. "And I was taking silly pictures, when all of a sudden, it came out of nowhere and bit my leg."

The "it" she was referring to was a very angry sea lion.

The animals are common in the region, and Pagnini said she thought nothing of the animals swimming in the area.
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Snowflake

Snowstorm shuts down roads to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Parks on first day of summer


The Denver Channel
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:24 UTC
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
A snowstorm has temporarily shut down a popular mountain roadway leading to Yellowstone National Park as well as the scenic road through Rocky Mountain National Park on the first day of summer.

Beartooth Pass has been closed at the Montana-Wyoming state line since Thursday night. The winding Beartooth Highway reaches nearly 11,000 feet (3,350 meters) in elevation as it runs from the town of Red Lodge to the northeast entrance of Yellowstone, which is entering its busy season.

Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park closed Friday, just over two weeks after it opened late for the season because of heavy snow this winter.
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Snowflake

First day of summer and this part of Canada woke up to 25cm of SNOW


The Weather Channel
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 19:02 UTC
snow
These snowy scenes may be difficult to digest, especially since it's the first day of SUMMER!

We're thinking Mother Nature may have our seasons confused as parts of western Canada face a HEAVY swath of snow right on the first day of summer.

Instead of abundant sunshine and pleasant temperatures more reminiscent of the favoured season, snowfall warnings have stretched across the higher elevations of the Rockies and into parts of the B.C. Interior this week. That's as an extremely slow and moisture-packed system dumps heavy, flooding rains on other parts of the Prairies.

While this early summer snow isn't completely unheard of for the region, more than 20 cm this late in June seems to be pretty excessive even by the heartiest of standards. Up to 25 cm had already fallen over higher terrain near Banff and Jasper by early Friday morning with another 10 cm expected before all's said and done for the Icefield Parkway Highway 93.


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Snowflake

June snow falls on SilverStar Mountain Resort, British Columbia

Jennifer Smith
Keremeos Review
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:46 UTC
SilverStar Mountain Resort gets a white surprise June 20, the day before biking season gets into gear.
© Brieanna Charlebois/Morning StarSilverStar Mountain Resort gets a white surprise June 20, the day before biking season gets into gear.
SilverStar gets snow day before summer season starts

While SilverStar Mountain Resort is used to the white stuff, staff and bikers were not impressed with the winter-like conditions Thursday, June 20 - the day before the resort opens for the summer season. But that won't stop the Star from allowing bikers to hit the trails.

"We are still a go for tomorrow," said Chantelle Deacon, SilverStar's communications manager. "For all of our bikers and hikers who are headed to the mountain tomorrow for opening day I recommend wearing lots of layers and dress warm for sudden weather changes."

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Sun

Sun spotless for 33 days straight - airline travelers being exposed to up to 70 times more radiation

Anthony Watt
Watt's Up With That
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:19 UTC
spotless sun June 2019
Solar Dynamics Observatory HMI Continuum image for June 21, 2019
Are we in a solar grand minimum? We've seen this before, but now predictions are for an extremely weak solar cycle ahead.

Today is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The sun has been without a single observable sunspot now for over a month - 33 days according to NOAA and SIDC data. Spaceweather.com says:
"This is a sign of Solar Minimum, a phase of the solar cycle that brings extra cosmic rays, long-lasting holes in the sun's atmosphere, and a possible surplus of noctilucent clouds. "
There's been sightings of the electric blue noctilucent clouds as far south as Joshua Tree, near Los Angeles, and many many other locations. But one of the most interesting things is due to the fact that the Sun's magnetic field has weakened, more cosmic rays are now bombarding Earth and some airline flights are seeing doses of radiation up to 73 times that which we'd see at ground level.

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Snowflake

June snowfall in Marmot Basin, Alberta

Josh Classen
CTV News
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:25 UTC
Marmot Basin on June 20, 2019.
© Marmot BasinMarmot Basin on June 20, 2019.
The ski hill's been closed for over a month, but Marmot Basin is covered in snow. In June.

Brian Rode, Vice-President of Marketing and Sales at Marmot Basin says he can't remember seeing this much snow this late in June.

"Never! At least not that I can recall in my 41 years here."

A snowfall warning is in effect with about 10cm of snow expected in areas from Jasper to Banff, especially in higher terrain.
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June snowfall hits highway in British Columbia for second day in a row

Alyse Kotyk
CTV News
Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:19 UTC
DriveBC highway camera shows snowy conditions
© DriveBCDriveBC highway camera shows snowy conditions along the Okanagan Connector at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
For the second day in a row, late spring snow has hit the Okanagan Connector between Aspen Grove and Brenda Mines.

Shortly after 3 p.m. Thursday, Environment Canada posted to Twitter saying there was a "cool airmass" bringing snow to the area.

"Showers/flurries will end this evening," the tweet added.

On Wednesday, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the area saying there was "unseasonable snowfall." The special weather statement ended that afternoon and another has not been issued since.

On Tuesday, forecasters warned of thunderstorms in the area, and that hail was possible closer to the Alberta border.

Comment: The earlier event: Snow falls on a major British Columbia highway in June

Short video of the first fall:



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Snowflake

Snow falls in Montana the day before summer


ktvq.com
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:10 UTC
big sky
Winter intruded into Montana on the day before summer.

Snowfall was reported in the Bozeman area Thursday, the last day of spring.

Watch the video to see this crazy Montana weather.

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Yet another very strong earthquake (magnitude 6.3) hits the Kermadec Islands - 5th in 6 days, 6th for region

Armand Vervaeck
Earthquake Report
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 10:42 UTC
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Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.3

Local Time (conversion only below land) : Unknown

GMT/UTC Time : 2019-06-21 08:37:16

Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km

Comment: Details of the other shakes: Shallow magnitude 6.8 earthquake jolts Kermadec Islands - 4th major event in 4 days, 5th for region

Shallow 6.0-magnitude quake hits Kermadec Islands - 3rd in 2 days, 4th for region

Second strong earthquake (magnitude 6.6) hits Kermadec Islands - third for the region within 8 hours

New Zealand earthquake: Tsunami threat cancelled after 7.2 tremor strikes Kermadec Islands

Strong shallow 6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes NE of Tonga

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Ice Cube

If "Greenland is catastrophically melting", how do alarmists explain NASA's growing Greenland glacier?

Anthony Watts
Watts Up With That
Fri, 21 Jun 2019 05:15 UTC
Climate scientist Steffen Olsen took this picture while travelling across melted sea ice in north-west Greenland
© BBC UKClimate scientist Steffen Olsen took this picture while travelling across melted sea ice in north-west Greenland
This photo of a dog sled team going through some meltwater on ice in Greenland has made headlines....but it's just a snapshot of one place, with summer approaching. Nothing really all that unusual is going on.

Melting as summer approaches is natural, and spikes of fast melting due to lack of cloud cover and clear skies are not unprecedented, as some overwrought people (Bill McKibben comes to mind) like to claim.


We've covered it before in 2012 - along with the same level of catastrophic squawking.

Comment: Meanwhile Glacier National Park quietly removes its 'Gone by 2020' signs which stated glaciers were disappearing - because they're actually growing.

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