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Snowflake

Big Sky Resort in Montana receives 6 inches of new snow


kmmsam.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:20 UTC
Big Sky Resort
Big Sky Resort
Snow began falling at Big Sky Resort Thursday evening and continued overnight.

The total accumulation of snowfall was right around 6 inches. The snow comes as a welcome gift to those waiting for ski season to arrive. With more snow in the forecast for this weekend and next week, things are looking pretty good for skiers and snowboarders itching to hit the slopes.

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Snowflake

Mammoth ski resort in California sees early snowfall

Alysia Gray Painter
nbclosangeles.com
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:12 UTC
Fall foliage in the foreground, snow-capped peaks in the back... This is happening, as of the first weekend of October 2018, in the Eastern Sierra.
© Josh Wray/Visit MammothFall foliage in the foreground, snow-capped peaks in the back... This is happening, as of the first weekend of October 2018, in the Eastern Sierra.
The mere words "opening day" carry so much importance, and even lore, for a ski resort.

After all, that's when the big ribbon is cut with the pair of big scissors, and that's when the slopes open for another multi-month run, and that's when all of the wintry festivals begin to take shape, like so many snowflakes drifting in from parts unknown.

But there's another milestone on the calendar for upper-elevation destinations, and it involves when the first snow occurs.

That moment might happen months before opening day, as it did for Mammoth Mountain in 2017, when snow fell at the very end of summer, or it might nestle up a bit closer to when the schussing is set to start.

Comment: Mount Hood in Oregon is also currently experiencing early snowfall, likewise Mount Charleston in Nevada and on the Grand Mesa in Colorado while Big Sky Resort in Montana has received 6 inches of new snow.

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Cloud Precipitation

Epic flooding in Calabria, Italy, turns streets into rivers, claims lives of mother and son

Alessandra Scotto di Santolo
Express
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:20 UTC
calabria italy flooding
The video appeared on social media showing a motorist driving through an extremely flooded motorway near Crotone, Calabria.

The south-western Italian region was hit by severe and relentless rain showers overnight causing substantial damage to roads, shops and houses.

The severe weather hit most of the southern Italian regions, including the islands Sicily and Sardinia and south-eastern region of Puglia.

A mother and her son were found dead by the bed of a stream in Lamezia Terme after her husband declared them and their other son missing last night.

In Catania, Sicily, roads turned into rivers lifting the asphalt and flooding houses and shops.

A bridge near the province of Catanzaro, Calabria, collapsed as a result of the extreme conditions.


Comment: Reminiscent of the recent tragedy: "Dozens" dead as massive section of motorway bridge collapses during "violent cloudburst" in Genoa, Italy


Schools in Taranto, Puglia, have been shut on Friday and emergency services have issued and orange weather warning for the whole golf between Calabria and Puglia.
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Cloud Precipitation

Rain bomb explodes over drought stricken Sydney dropping a month of rain in 24 hours

Charlie Coe
Daily Mail
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 03:44 UTC
sydney rain bomb
© AAPParts of the east coast are bracing for wild weather heading into the weekend - accompanied by strong winds
A massive rain bomb has exploded over the east coast of Australia, but it will not be enough to save the crops of drought-hit farmers inland.

Sydney was hit with a month's worth of rain over the last 24 hours and the Bureau of Meteorology said region could see a further 40mm on Friday.

But inland areas of New South Wales like Bathurst and the Central Tablelands have missed out, with the former receiving just 10mm on Thursday.

Zhi-Weng Chua, duty forecaster at the BoM, said western parts of the state would remain largely dry on Friday and predicted only isolated showers in the northern tablelands.

'We're expecting heavy rainfall in the Sydney basin area on Friday, but that's not really going to affect areas further west,' Mr Chua said.

He added, though, that Armidale in the central tablelands could see around 10mm of rain on Friday.

Comment: With predictions that atmospheric rivers will increase in the coming years, we can expect only more chaos to occur with our food supply. Most crops depend on regular intervals of rain in order to thrive, and with a future promising extensive periods of drought followed by flooding, not only will the crop not grow but the impact on the soil could be catastrophic: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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Snowflake

October snow in Montana making it difficult for some ranchers to reach their cattle

Kasey Herman
kbzk.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:05 UTC
snow blocked
Wintry weather arrived in Montana several days ago, with more intense storms that followed this week.

Laura Monroe and her husband Hughie said that the 14 inches of snow currently on their land on the Milk River Ridge, which is north of Browning, has made it nearly impossible for them to reach their 250 cattle.

They were set to ship their calves this first weekend in October to Great Falls, but they had to cancel this year.

"They're under enough stress right now, we don't want to add more stress to them trying to get them out of knee-deep snow," she said.


Comment: See also this recent report: 13 inches of early snowfall overnight for Browning, Montana

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Snowflake

Early snow on the Grand Mesa, Colorado

Nikki Sheaks
kjct8.com
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:54 UTC
snow
After such a hot summer, any amount of snow seems almost unbelievable.

However, a disturbance that moved in Thursday morning, brought some winter weather to the Grand Mesa.

"We had a very strong system come through today," said Dennis Phillips, National Weather Service.

It brought thunderstorms to Grand Junction, but a dusting of snow, and hail, to the Mesa.

It caught some people by surprise.

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Attention

Kerinci volcano on Sumatra, Indonesia - frequent explosions and ash emissions


Volcano Discovery
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:23 UTC
Eruption at Kerinci on 28 Sep 2018
© Real Thing TVEruption at Kerinci on 28 Sep 2018
Indonesia's highest volcano seems to have increased during the past week.

Following a moderately strong vulcanian-type explosion on 28 Sep, several other smaller to moderate explosions and ash emissions have occurred.

During the past days, Darwin VAAC report ash plumes from the volcano that rose to an altitude of 4.3 km (14,000 ft) a.s.l. and drifted SW and W.

Kerinci is one of Indonesia's most active volcano and has been the site of intermittent, mild explosive activity for years. Most of its usually smaller explosions go unnoticed.
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Arrow Down

'I was going to be buried alive': Man recounts terrifying experience trapped in sinkhole in Montfort ,Wisconsin

Jamie Perez
.channel3000.com
Wed, 03 Oct 2018 14:04 UTC
sinkhole
Brandon Post was working outside his home in Montfort when the earth collapsed beneath his feet.

"I just started screaming, 'Somebody help me! Somebody help me!' It was the only thing I could do and hope and pray that eventually someone would hear me," Post said.

The sinkhole is about 3 feet away from his garage. It looks small from the outside, but if you look closer into the hole, you can't even see the bottom.

Post said he fell about 25 feet down before he caught himself against the walls. Shocked and scared, he screamed for help.

He said, "I was yelling and screaming for 20 to 25 minutes. It was just to the point where I was like, 'Do I just give up and just sit here and wait for my girlfriend to come out of the house? Or do I keep screaming?' My voice was so hoarse. I couldn't breathe," he said.

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Doberman

Three-week-old baby is mauled to death by family's pet Belgian shepherd in Tenerife, Spain

Rita Sobot
Daily Mail
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:57 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A baby just 20 days old has been mauled to death at her parents' home in Tenerife by the family dog.

The Belgian shepherd is understood to have bit the infant in the head at their rural property.

The tragedy happened at lunchtime today in the coastal town of Fasnia which is near the capital of Santa Cruz. It is not a holiday area.

The dog belonged to the family and was not on the dangerous breed list. The nationality of the young couple has not yet been revealed.

An investigation has been launched to find out what happened and how. The child's distraught parents are being comforted by relatives but have needed psychological medical treatment because of their extreme distress.
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Attention

Gaping fissures and sinkhole open up around school in Ireland, children evacuated


strangesounds.org
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:00 UTC
ireland fissure sinkhole
Nearly 100 children were evacuated from their classrooms on September 24, 2018 when a huge sinkhole opened up at Drumgossatt National School, near Carrickmacross in Monaghan, Ireland.

The collapse of a disused Gypsum mine in the region has been cited as the cause of the subsidence.

While the school was closed immediately, and an appeal was made for parents to collect their children, there were no injuries.

Comment: Why is it that all of a sudden, all over the world, the ground has become so unstable? Those mines have been there for decades, if not centuries, so what has changed? And it's also important to note, that for many of these incidents, there are no mines in the vicinity. For more information on the changes we're seeing on our planet, check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Earth changes in an electric universe: Is climate change really man-made?

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